Ophir

• Population: 1,100,000
• Capital: Ianthe (pop. 140,000)
• Ruler: King Amalrus (37-44)
• Major cities: Carnolla, Leucta, Pergona, Ronnoco, Vendishan
• Resources: Gold, precious gems, steel
• Imports: 
• Historical Equivalent: Early Rome
• Religion: Anu, Ishtar, Bel

One of the Hyborian kingdoms, situated south of Aquilonia, Nemedia, and Corinthia, and north of Argos and Koth.

Near the Aquilonian border, which was delineated by the Tybor River, Ophir had meadowlands and a few mountains near Poitain. Farmlands, forests, and fortresses covered the north between the Tybor and the capital city, Ianthe. Its royal court was called the Ianthium.

Southern Ophir had craggy borderlands, lone and deserted, save for the ramshackle huts of peasants. Hills and a small river lay between Koth and Ophir. The impassable Karpash Mountains lay on the Nemedian frontier and produced the gold and precious stones, which have been linked to the destiny of Ophir down through the ages and the cause of its opulence. The mountains were quite high, with very few mountain passes, and considered to be haunted by vampires, ghost mists, and terrible lightning storms.  

Although a small kingdom, Ophir has considerable resources and is also a snug enclave, easily defended on all borders except that with Koth.  Fortunately, solid castles and the penurious nature of the rulers of Koth mean that the latter kingdom has never troubled to take on an Ophirian army equipped with the best money could buy.

Ophir even allies with Koth in the hope of controlling Aquilonia; King Amalrus is killed beneath the walls of Shamar, minutes before the Emperor Strabonius of Koth dies by the hand of King Conan I of Aquilonia.