- Population: 4,400,000
- Capital: Belverus
- Ruler: King Nimed (29-45), King Taracus (45)
- Major cities: Numalia, Hanumar
- Resources: Worked jewelry, armor, weapons, grain
- Imports: Spices, gems, iron
- Historical Equivalent: Early Medieval Germany; Early Medieval Ireland
- Religion: Mitra, Ibis
Second most powerful of the Hyborian kingdoms, it lies east of Aquilonia, south of the Border Kingdom, west of Brythunia, and north of Corinthia and Ophir.
The Border Range lies between Aquilonia and Nemedia. Most of the passes into Aquilonia are in the northwest; two southern passes exist, one a well-defended gap in the range that the Road of Kings runs through, the other the difficult Pass of Oteron. At the south end of the range lies the Tybor Gap, a large river valley that connects the kingdoms of Aquilonia, Nemedia, and Ophir. The rugged, impenetrable range of the Karpash Mountains lay on the southern border with Ophir.
The capital city, Belverus, lay in the western part of the kingdom on the main road to Aquilonia. This highway, the Road of Kings, continues eastward to the vicinity of the eastern Nemedian border, then drops into Corinthia and will eventually cross Zamora and the Eastern Desert.
East and west of Belverus are rich croplands and orchards. Northwestern baronies protect the borderlands between the Border Kingdoms and Nemedia proper as far as the Great Salt Marsh. The north-flowing Yellow River marks the heavily forested eastern border between Nemedia and Brythunia, emptying into the Salt Marsh. Two other rivers, the Rhyl and the Urlaub drain interior Nemedia; without them the country would have been a virtual desert. Most of the Nemedian rivers have basin-style drainage into the Salt Marsh.
Nemedia was anciently a part of Acheron, and the peoples of the Nemedian hills still boast of their Acheronian blood. When the Hybori were finally able to overcome Acheron, Nemedia became the first of the Hyborian kingdoms raised upon its ruins.
Nemedia has waged intermittent war with Aquilonia for centuries, but its western neighbor has never made much headway against it.
Acculuration between Hybori and Acheronians was actually quite fruitful in Nemedia, and the Nemedians have perpetuated the long tradition of Acheron scholarship without yielding to its overtly perverted aspects. Its best known product are The Nemedian Chronicles, which have told most of the history of the Hyborian Age, including the Saga of Conan.
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