Fizbat

Fizbat is a democratic nation within the City-States of Quashtiree, founded many years ago by persecuted ninja who wanted freedom of martial arts. They came from a far off land where those like them were hunted and enslaved, and they came to regard the freedom to practice ninjitsu as a sacred right.

Today most everyone in Fizbat is trained in the way of the ninja, but few of the townspeople take their art as seriously as their ancestors. Most go through the motions without conviction, and only call upon their skills when their city-state is blatantly threatened. Of course, a few diehard fundamentalists passionately advocate a return to traditional ninjitsu values, but despite their amazingly sneaky tactics, they have not yet managed to have a representative of their party elected.

Most of the inhabitants of Fizbat are humans, but through a complex series of events, the state is now controlled mostly by hobbits, who apparently have ties to the Secret Order of the Fuzzy Toe. Fizbat rarely attacks other countries outright (their army is limited and can do little more than protect their borders), but is constantly engaged in covert operations in nearby city-states.