Greater Dienstad

Greater Dienstad is a shared-world region founded by The Macabees in 2005.

Name

Dienstad refers to a cultural and political entity focused around the northermost peninsula of the mainland territory of The Macabees, canonically known as the Golden Throne. The name was applied to the wider region after the 2005 refounding of Imperial Armies, renamed to Greater Dienstad.

In Common, Dienstad does not contain an accent mark over the i. The accent mark is native to the Dienstadi language.

Countries

Country	Primary Player	Continent	Type	Language
Adaptes Astrates	Stevid	???	Puppet, Historical	Stevidian (Common)?
Arcaenia	The Technocratic Syndicalists	???	Primary	???
Barjaanistan	Potthan	???	Puppet	???
Castille	Castille de Italia	???	Primary	???
Czaslyudia	Czaslyudian Peoples	???	Primary	???
Deamonopolis	Deamonopolis	???	Primary	???
Eitoan	Eitoan	???	Primary	Stevidian (Common)?
Federal Ralkovia	Eitoan	???	Puppet	???
Fustera	United World Order	???	Puppet, Originally: NPC	Istoloan, Creoloso
Imbrinium	Imbrinium	???	Primary	Stevidian (Common)?
Haishan	Haishan	???	Primary	Stevidian (Common)?
Kolechia	Free Kolechia	???	Primary	???
Holy Marsh	Holy Marsh	???	Primary	???
Independent Hitmen	Stevid	???	Puppet, Historical	Stevidian (Common)
Irat	The Macabees	???	NPC	Istoloan
Istoloa	The Macabees	???	NPC	Istoloan
Kassaran	Kassaran	???	Player	???
Killia	The Macabees	???	NPC, Historical	Dienstadi, Stevidian (Common)
Ladero	The Macabees	???	NPC	Istoloan
Lamoni	Lamoni	???	Primary	Stevidian (Common)?
Lyras	Lyras	???	Primary	Stevidian (Common)?
McNernia	McNernia	???	Primary	???
Merica	Patrick O'Connor	???	Primary	Stevidian (Common)
Mokastana	Mokastana	???	Primary	Mokan (Zarbian)
Morrdh	Morrdh	???	Primary	???
New Empire	The Macabees	???	Puppet, Historical	Dienstadi, Stevidian (Common)
Nova Orontes	The Macabees	Hugen	NPC	Dienstadi
Ordena	State of Ordena	???	Primary	Ordenite
Palmyrion	Palmyrion	???	Primary	???
Pennslyvannia	Pennslyvannia	???	Historical	Stevidian (Common)
Philotas Islands	Imbrinium	Makria	Puppet	Stevidian (Common)
Potthan	Potthan	???	Primary	???
(Regime) Ralkovia	Ralkovia	???	Primary	???
Romandeos	Holy Marsh	Makria	Puppet, Originally: Primary	???
Safehaven	The Macabees	Hugen	Puppet, Historical	Zarbian (Mokan)
Samarasta	The Macabees	???	Puppet, Originally: NPC	Creoloso, Istoloan, Dienstadi
San Castello	The Macabees	???	Puppet, Historical	Plánol, Knootossian, Dienstadi
Solisian Union	Solisian Union	???	Primary	???
Sorofi	The Macabees	???	NPC	Istoloan
Stevid	Stevid	???	Primary	Stevidian (Common)
Tarn	The Macabees	???	Puppet, Originally: Owned	Dienstadi, Stevidian (Common)
The Eternal Union	The Ice States	Makria	Primary	???
The Golden Throne	The Macabees	Hugen	Primary	Dienstadi
Tnemrot	Tnemrot	???	Primary	???
Tupenga	Holy Marsh	???	Puppet, Originally: NPC	Istoloan, Creoloso
United Gordonopia	United Gordonopia	???	Historical	Stevidian (Common)

Notable Past Countries of Greater Dienstad

Past members of Greater Dienstad include Maltropia, Santheres, and Sumer.

Canonical History

See Canonical History of Greater Dienstad

Greater Dienstad's canonical history begins when the region was founded by The Macabees as a refound of Imperial Armies, after Imperial Armies' founder was permanately banned from NationStates. Guffingford, the original founder, remains on the map and is a core component of early regional lore.

The region's history is replete with recurring instances of political instability, war, and crises. This pattern remains true even as the region's domain extends territorial, evidenced by the growing number of continents included on Greater Dienstad's map.