A tightly controlled
expansionist totalitarian state controlling eight worlds in the Ea and
Eakoi
subsectors. The Grand Duchy can
trace its origins to one of the last successful Reaver Warlords in the Ea
subsector. The Duchy capital is at
Marlheim (Reavers' Deep 1230).
Tensions
have been high between the Grand Duchy and the Confederacy
of Duncinae for some time and the Grand Duchy closed its borders to all
shipping from the Confederacy following the MacBeth
Affair in late 1113 on Mirak (Reavers' Deep 1127).