Starting Population     156                     % of Worldwide          0.5%                    

                                                Population                                      

Starting Income         2,529                   % of Worldwide          0.4%                    

                                                Income                                          

Starting GDP            34,235                  % of Worldwide GDP      0.6%                    

Starting Surplus        230                     % of Worldwide          0.7%                    

                                                Surplus                                         

8 fiefs in province                             Overlord:               de Bourbon-LaMarche     

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Kingdom: France

Comments: The Marche is a county in south central France. From earliest times the region has been part of Aquitaine, first under the Gauls and continuing under the Romans, the Franks, and Carolingians, thus sharing a common history with Guyenne, Gascony, Armagnac and the other regions of Aquitaine.

It was organized as a "march" to defend the northern frontier of the great Duchy of Aquitaine in the 10th century. It passed to English overlordship with the rest of Aquitaine in 1154, but returned to French overlordship in the 13th century, when it under the comital authority of the House of Lusignan. The direct line of the Lusignans died out later in the century, and the county has recently been entrusted to 176 Louis de Bourbon , a son of the Duke of Bourbon and cousin to His Grace the King of France. La Marche is under the Ecclesiastical authority of the Archbishop of Bourges. There is little commerce, for the province is primarily agricultural, raising various grains and sheep.