Lancelot

General Info
The Republic of Lancelot is a desert nation on the World of Eve, founded by members of King Arthur's pilgrimage to the "promised land" of neighboring Eden, to the southwest. The nation was founded by citizens of the Kingdom of Arthur, their primary source of fresh water, Lake Guinevere, had been heavily drained through poor resource management. Arthur's friend Lancelot worked with the Witches of the Round Table to develop a desalination process, allowing them to connect Lake Guinevere to the ocean while still allowing it to serve as a source of fresh water. Having proved a more capable leader than Arthur, many Arthurites appointed Lancelot as the leader of a new nation, and founded a city of the same name on the newly-defined southern shore of Lake Guinevere.

In the present, the republic is one of the largest human nations in terms of geographical area, with more cities and towns than any other. The country continues its practice of appointing its leader through the consensus of the people, electing a president at least every four years, a practice essentially unique to Lancelot. The presidency is opposed by an opposition party with its own leader.

Lancelot is a desert nation, and relies heavily on its Purification Plant to desalinate the water from Lake Guinevere to provide the people with the water they require to survive. The Lancelot military is notoriously short-handed. Despite their larger territory, the country is home to an extremely small number of knights, and often has to hire knights from the neighbouring Kingdom of Eden to rid the area of monsters. The country's relationship with its eastern neighbours, El Quixote and Kalar Village, is somewhat hindered by the mountains and impenetrable forest that mark their respective borders.

Major Cities and Sites
Lancelot is home to the most cities of any nation in the World of Eve. Besides the capital of Lancelot, there is also the town of Safere (until recently known for its Nubobo Festival) and the port towns of Lionel and Pankarch. New to the country is the city of Hector, formerly a border town of the Kingdom of Arthur, which ceceded to Lancelot after Arthur's destruction.

Lake Guinevere is the country's central geographic feature and a major facet of life for all residents of the republic. Its waters are treated by the Purification Plant on its western shore (near Hector), and more recently by the giant fish known affectionately as "Good Doctor." The country is also home to a few major Haniwa landmarks, including a Hanny "love hotel" on the Lancelot side of the eastern mountains, and the Hanny Tomb, a major Haniwa burial site, gathering place and convention center.

Unbeknownst to the people of Lancelot except in legend, Lancelot is also the earthly home of the hidden castle known as Camelot, purgatory of the dead and home to both QD and King Arthur himself.

Trivia

 * Lancelot, Lake Guinevere, Lionel and Hector are all named after characters from the real-world stories of King Arthur.
 * Safere, on the other hand, may have been named in reference to safaris, which often take place in the desert and focus on animal life - or in this case, Nubobos.
 * The Haniwa Tomb adds new strains of Hannies as the player encounters them in later chapters. It is the only area in the game to update its random encounters in this fashion.