The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and over six thousand smaller islands. They have a total area of 315,159 km2 (121,684 sq mi) and a combined population of almost 72 million, and include two sovereign states, the Republic of Ireland (which covers roughly five-sixths of Ireland), and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (which also comprises England, Wales, and Scotland). The Channel Islands, in the English Channel off the north coast of France, are sometimes taken to be part of the British Isles, even though they do not form part of the archipelago.
Morgaf was populated by Strongbrows and ruled by a King. Over the centuries, Morgaf fought numerous wars with Tartesh, but had been at an uneasy peace for the last twenty years. Many believed this was due to the invention of the starbomb some fifty years prior.
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While not precisely stated, it is likely that Morgaf comprises the entire British archipelago.
The Tin Isle was once inhabited by the Nuggies, who exported tin to the Centaurs. One day tin shipments abruptly stopped coming, prompting the centaur Cheiron to mount an expedition to investigate this disappearance. Cheiron found that the Nuggies had gone all but extinct and been replaced by the mans. Though Cheiron found the mans very intimidating, he negotiated a trade agreement whereby shipments of tin to the centaurs' homeland would resume. However, at a feast commemorating this agreement, some drunken centaurs brawled with mans, and the agreement was abrogated. The centaurs barely escaped with their lives and never returned to the Tin Isle again.
By 769, the Saxon Angle kings of Britain retained complete political autonomy. Niketas cited them as an example of secular rulers within ChristianEurope when trying to convince Telerikh to covert to Christianity rather than Islam.[1]
