Starting Population     142                     % of Worldwide          0.5%                    

                                                Population                                      

Starting Income         2,290                   % of Worldwide          0.4%                    

                                                Income                                          

Starting GDP            20,437                  % of Worldwide GDP      0.3%                    

Starting Surplus        209                     % of Worldwide          0.6%                    

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5 fiefs in province                             Overlord:               de Chantillon (81)
      

Kingdom: France

Comments: Blois is an important county on the Loire between Orleans and Tours , less than a hundred English miles southwest of Paris. In ancient times a place of no consequence in the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis, it was incorporated into the Frankish Kingdom in the 6th century. A line of counts was firmly established by the 11th century, and in the 12th the county grew considerably, constituting as it did a major frontier zone against the power of England's Henry II, who in that age ruled more than half of France. Since then the influence of the county has declined. Ecclesiastical authority is vested in the Archbishop of Sens . The province has some commerce in the larger towns, but is primarily agricultural.