Antiva

Antiva is a nation in north eastern Thedas. Its capital is Antiva City, which lies on the middle of its coastline. Allthough Antiva is officialy a monarchy the regent's power is very limited and therefore the line of kings in Antiva have remained unbroken for two and a half thousand years. In truth Antiva is more of a plutocracy since the nation is ruled by a collection of merchant princes such as heads of banks, trading companies, and vineyards.

As Antiva is well-known to be good at everything but fighting, it is ironic that the world's deadliest assassins, the Crows of Antiva, originate here. No general would be mad enough to lead an attack on the Antivan borders, for while they would surely succeed due to the fact Antiva has no standing army, the general would likely be assassinated by the Crows.

Women have strictly defined roles in Antiva. They are considered pure and delicate and not allowed to participate in combat, among other things.

The Steel Age derived its name from when a Queen of Antiva was found murdered, impaled upon four swords.

Cities

 * Antiva City - Capital
 * Rialto
 * Seleny
 * Treviso

Regions

 * The Drylands
 * Rialto Bay
 * Tellari Swamps
 * The Weyrs

Notable people with Antivan origins

 * Castillon
 * Cesar
 * Ignacio
 * Nuncio Caldera Lanos
 * Oriana Cousland
 * Velasco
 * Vincento
 * Zevran Arainai

Trivia

 * Antiva was originally going to be called Calabria, but the name was changed because Calabria is a real region in Italy, although the cities of Treviso and Rialto, which appear in the map, are actual Italian cities . Nevertheless, Antiva is erroneously referred to as Calabria in Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne.
 * Antivans, particularly Zevran, speak with a strong Spanish accent. On the other hand, Antivan society is a fictionalized version of a medieval Italian city-state like Venice.


 * In his dialogue with Morrigan, Zevran mentions the rumors of a Witch of the Wilds settling in the Antivan Tellari Swamps.
 * Some Antivans in-game may say words in Spanish. Zevran, when successfully romanced in Dragon Age: Origins, will randomly say "Si amor?" ("Yes, love?") when switching control to him in the party. Another case is Vincento in Dragon Age II, who says Maldición (a Spanish term for "damn it").