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| leader_name1 = Louisa von Reitz
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}}'''Rißtten''', formally known as the '''Duchy of Rißtten''', is a constituent state within [[Arkalarius]] ruled by the von Reitz family. The coastal territory is known for its rich soil and the spectacular rivers that flow down from the Arkian mountains. Though home to diverse technology and industrial sectors, the Duchy's economy is best known for the city of Rißtten and its important shipbuilding industry. The region is populated by the descendants of 16th-century [[Cryria|Cryrian]] missionaries and settlers, and retains its strong Ademarist roots despite centuries of [[Ethalria|Ethalrian]] and Arkian roots.
== History ==
Northern Arkalarius was subjected to infrequent contacts by Asendavian and Cryrian vessels for much of its early history. These visits intensified with the Cryrian migration to Novaris. Seafaring Ademarist missionaries began to frequent the area with the purpose of converting the region, and the presence of navigable rivers and good soil made it attractive for settlers, especially as the Cryrian Isles themselves began to offer little more in the way of claimable land for would-be aristocrats. For a time, portions of the Arkian coast was home to a distant and largely disconnected Cryrian outpost, though it would receive a sizable boost after the Sorrows, when the victors of the Cryrian civil war exiled many former rebels across the sea.
=== Ethalrian Rule ===
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