Dwaerkar freeholds

Dwaerkar freeholds are independently-run Dwaerkar realms, and usually Regions of Borost.

Pact of the Three
Helderen, Hyrost, and Vaalsebossen freeholds have allied to stand against the expansionistic interests of Tielsland, the most powerful freehold. The Pact of the Three was signed immediately after Tielsland invaded and annexed Terbrug, a former freehold, in +532.

Demographic information
It is estimated that the Dwaerkar freeholds are the home of over 50 million persons. This includes 6.29 million Dwaerkar, more than 40 million Borostím, and some 3 million humans. Population figures for the Dwaerkar, regularly tallied via census, are well-documented; however, it has proven more difficult to survey the elven and human members of the freeholds, as many willfully elude the authorities.

Distribution of the Dwaerkar population
The Dwaerkar population primarily resides in the freeholds of Tielsland, Helderen, Hyrost, and Vaalsebossen, which together contain over 95% of the Dwaerkar population. Tielsland is home to 2.87 million Dwaerkar, Helderen accounts for 1.92 million, Hyrost contains 0.87 million, and Vaalsebossen is home to a further 0.32 million.

The Dwaerkar populations are primarily concentrated in the great cities, such as Ouwestad, Bahyrst, Middenhal, and such. Various factors have enacted such population distributions. Primarily, the Dwaerkar prefer work in industry, which can only be achieved in the Great Cities. In addition, the constitution of a Dwaer is in its nature in cold to temperate hills and mountains, away from the hot tropics and lowlands, and the humid and expansive forests of Borost.

Furthermore, recent events have also influenced this unbalanced Dwaerkar population distribution. In recent years, many farmsteads and hamlets of Dwaerkar in the countryside have been evacuated due to Borostím radical activists, who terrorized them by exploiting the overextension of the Dwaerkar soldiery and police forces over a vast land. These unprotected civilians represented low-hanging fruit for the dastardly and evil criminal activities of these terrorists, such as those of the New Covenant.

In more centric and developed freeholds, however, such as Tielsland, there is a considerable rural population of Dwaerkar. This expansion has been mostly facilitated by the Dwaerkar railroads, a transportation network that means that Dwaerkar authorities can more closely defend the civilian Dwaerkar population.