Starting Population     369                     % of Worldwide          1.2%                    

                                                Population                                      

Starting Income         6,037                   % of Worldwide          0.9%                    

                                                Income                                          

Starting GDP            46,043                  % of Worldwide GDP      0.7%                    

Starting Surplus        548                     % of Worldwide          1.7%                    

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11 fiefs in province                            Overlord:               de Valois (200)
         

Kingdom: France

Comments: Champagne is a large county in northeastern France, which gets its name from the Latin "campania," for "plain," which describes the county's principal geographic characteristic. Originally a part of Gallia, the area was incorporated into the Roman Empire by Julius Caesar, then became part of the Frankish Kingdom in the fifth century. It later became autonomous under Count Robert in 864 following the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire. Under Robert's descendants it was a semi-independent (sometimes very independent) county that flourished for over four centuries.

In the late 13th century the reigning Countess, Jeanne, who was also Queen of Navarre in her own right, married Philip IV of France, which resulted, upon her death, in the county passing to their son, Louis X, and through him to the crown of France in 1314. Ecclesiastical authority is shared among the Archiepiscopal provinces of Sens , Reims , Trier, and Lyon .

The sprawling county has a diversified economy, with some commerce and banking in the larger towns, some river trade, and a wide variety of agricultural produce.