Starting Population     393                     % of Worldwide          1.3%                    

                                                Population                                      

Starting Income         6,362                   % of Worldwide          1.0%                    

                                                Income                                          

Starting GDP            46,557                  % of Worldwide GDP      0.8%                    

Starting Surplus        580                     % of Worldwide          1.8%                    

                                                Surplus                                         

12 fiefs in province                            Overlord:               de Valois (200)
         

Kingdom: France

Comments: Anjou, to which Maine is appended, is a county western France, in the Loire Valley, between Brittany, on the west, and the Touraine, on the east. The ancient home of the Celtic Andecavi, it became part of the Roman Empire under Julius Ceasar, and was later incorporated into the Frankish Kingdom. By the 12th century, the Counts of Anjou were among the most powerful nobles in France, and under Geoffrey Plantagenet (so named from the use of a sprig of greenery he wore as a symbol), married into English royalty, while other prominent Angevins eventually acquired the thrones of Arles and Naples . Becoming part of the dominion of the Kings of England when Henry II ascended his maternal grandfather's throne in 1154, over the next 50 years or so Anjou was gradually lost to France, and by the early fourteenth century the King of France was also the Count of Anjou . The province is subject to the Ecclesiastical authority of the Archbishop of Tours. Anjou is well watered and enjoys a marine climate. The principal products are wines, grains and cattle.