Starting Population     226                     % of Worldwide          0.7%                    

                                                Population                                      

Starting Income         3,716                   % of Worldwide          0.6%                    

                                                Income                                          

Starting GDP            41,506                  % of Worldwide GDP      0.7%                    

Starting Surplus        338                     % of Worldwide          1.0%                    

                                                Surplus                                         

10 fiefs in province                            Overlord:               de Valois (200)
         

Kingdom: France

Comments: Quercy lies in south central France. Since ancient times a part of Aquitaine, it thus has a common history with Guyenne and Gascony. Created a county in the 9th century, it passed under the influence of the Counts of Toulouse in the 11th and 12th centuries, but came under the direct rule of the Crown of France under Philip II Augustus, only to pass to English dominion by the Treaty of Paris of 1259, not again returning to the French Crown until late in the last century. The county is part of the Archiepiscopal province of Bourges, exercised through the Bishop of Montauban. There is some industry in the larger towns, most notably Montauban and Cahors . Occupying as it does a portion of the rocky plateau which dominates south central France, Quercy is rather infertile save in the river valleys.