Elfrieden Kingdom

The Elfrieden Kingdom was a nation of Landia that occupied the south eastern area of the continent and the only known Kingdom with the knowledge of performing the "Hero Summoning Ritual".

The kingdom was founded by the First Hero King who was a Summoned Hero, as a multiracial nation for humans and various races so that they could co-exists, and it eventually became a powerful nation in the east. However a period of political instability followed by increase in corruption and weakening leadership had caused the kingdom to decline until a hero summoning ritual succeeded in summoning Kazuya Souma.

Under King Souma the kingdom began large scale reforms which saw the kingdom recovering and winning a war with the Principality of Amidonia. As a result of a series of events the kingdom was forced to annex Amidonia and created the United Kingdom of Elfrieden & Amidonia with the former territories of the Elfrieden Kingdom becoming the "Elfrieden Region" of the new nation.

History
The Elfrieden Kingdom was founded more than 500 years ago after the founding war with both humans and non-humans participating in its founding under its first king who was also the first hero to be summoned from another world. The first king would be one of the few outside the Nothung Dragon Knight Kingdom to become a dragon rider.

By the time of the 12th king the Gran Chaos Empire's expansionism caused concern in the kingdom which also adopted expansionist policies. This era saw the Elfrieden Kingdom annexing almost half of the territories of the Kingdom of Amidonia including the main grain producing regions. As a result Amidonia which became a principality after the war became bitter enemies with Elfrieden for decades. However the rapid expansion exhausted the kingdom and the 12th king was assassinated by those unhappy with the situation.

The sudden death of the 12th king sparked a succession crisis and the three dukes which controlled the Army ,Navy and the Airforce avoided involvement in the crisis fearing a possible civil war. The bloody conflict resulted in the royal bloodline being nearly wiped out with Elisha Elfrieden being the only survivor with a claim on the throne. Thus Elisha's husband Albert Elfrieden became the 13th king.

King Albert was loved by the people but he was also indecisive. Under his reign nobles became more corrupt and the kingdom was facing a massive food crisis. In addition the appearance of the Demon Lord's Domain caused an influx of refugees from northern regions that were taken over by armies of demons. While the Kingdom did not sign the Mankind Declaration the Gran Chaos Empire demanded tribute to support the war effort against the Demon forces. The Empire demanded either funds or a hero in case of the Kingdom succeeded in a hero summoning ritual. Unable to pay the demanded tribute the Kingdom attempted the hero summoning ritual and succeeded in summoning Kazuya Souma

Politics
The Elfrieden Kingdom was an absolute monarchy ruled by a king. While an elected body known as the Congress of the People consisting of representatives elected by the vote of citizens exists it has no power other than to draft suggestions which would be presented to the king by the prime minister.