Starting Population     322                     % of Worldwide          1.0%                    

                                                Population                                      

Starting Income         5,393                   % of Worldwide          0.8%                    

                                                Income                                          

Starting GDP            26,494                  % of Worldwide GDP      0.4%                    

Starting Surplus        491                     % of Worldwide          1.5%                    

                                                Surplus                                         

5 fiefs in province                             Overlord:               de Valois (200)
         

Kingdom: France

Comments: Picardie was a part of Gallia Belgica, until added to the Roman world by Julius Caesar. It flourished during the centuries of Roman rule, and during the 5th century was incorporated into the Frankish Kingdom.

Although long a part of France political power in the province is in the hands of a number of local lords, under the overlordship of the King. Ecclesiastical authority is vested in the Archbishop of Rheims. There is a good deal of commerce and banking in the major towns of the province --one of the most urban in all France-- and the countryside is fertile, producing grains and livestock.