Siltran

Siltran (シルトラン) is the ancient nation in the Bow and Shield world. This nation is the predecessor of the nation of Siltvelt and existed prior to the fusion which created Raphtalia's World. It is the nation where the famous shield hero, Mamoru Shirono was summoned.

History
Information to be added later on.

Culture
The language of Siltran seems to be an old dialect of modern-day Siltvelt.

Government
The nation of Siltran is traditionally ruled by a king. However, in the king's absence, the Shield Hero may take responsibility for ruling the nation.

Military
Siltran was founded by races with little prowess in combat. Compared to the Piensa army, the Siltran army is relatively small and untrained with roughly a tenth of the soldiers. They are also relatively poor at large-scale magic. It is only thanks to help from the powerful Lurolona Village and Naofumi's strategy that Siltran was able to win the full-scale battle.

Economy
With Siltran being a relatively small nation at war, it was seeing major distribution problems with bandits being a constant problem. As a result, they were experiencing food shortages. After establishing trading relations with the newly arrived Lurolona Village, Siltran started receiving a steady supply of food and medicine.

Castle Town
The capital of Siltran consists of the main castle, surrounded by a town. Compared to modern-day Melromarc or Siltvelt, Siltran has relatively humble and "cozy" (or cramped) architecture. The town was made of simple stone and wood houses without a distinct cultural style. During the time Naofumi arrived, the entire town was in partial ruin from repeated beatings from the waves.

The nation of Siltran possesses a dragon hourglass which they keep near the castle.

Surrounding Land
Unlike Siltvelt which is surrounded by jungle, Siltran is surrounded by barren plains. However, Naofumi still recognizes some major geological features from the modern day.

Q'ten Lo
Similar to modern day, Q'ten Lo is still a relatively mystical nation to the general population and not much is known about it. Even the maps of Q'ten Lo cannot depict the shape of the island.

Piensa
Compared to the small nation of Siltran, Piensa was a powerhouse with significant military and economic strength as well as the Legendary Bow hero. Despite this, they were reluctant to attack Siltran since they had the Legendary Shield hero Mamoru. However, Siltran was in the way to land that was founded by a previous hero - The Holy Land. They believed that whoever ruled that land would rule the world and thus would have to trample past Siltran to get to it.

Before Naofumi had arrived, a Piensa spy had killed the Siltran king which had thrown the nation into confusion. Eventually, the armies of Piensa started marching on Siltran.

Residents

 * Compared to modern-day Siltvelt, Siltrant consists mainly of smaller and gentler races of demi-humans and beastmen. These include sheep, mice and weasel demi-humans, kobolts, and the occasional lizard man.

Trivia

 * Apparently a lot of artifacts from Siltran have been destroyed due to conflict. Naofumi hypothesizes that this is due to interference from the vanguards of the waves.
 * Siltran existed in the Bow and Shield world prior to when it was merged with the Sword and Spear world.