Kingdom of Alterac (WoW AU)

The Kingdom of Alterac was one of the original seven human nations to join the Alliance of Lordaeron during the Second War, and later destroyed and resurrected in the Third War by Marecus Blackthorn and the Blackthorn Bandits under the possession of Sylvanas Windrunner. It is situated in the foothills and mountains of the land known as the Alterac Mountains. Formerly ruled by King Aiden Perenolde, Alterac was the weakest kingdom in the Alliance and a relatively small contributor of soldiers and supplies, and became a protectorate of Lordaeron under the rule of the Forsaken. The humans of Alterac, wishing to exact revenge upon the Alliance for supposedly betraying them, joined the Horde and remain largely loyal to King Blackthorn.

Because of how the Kingdom was reformed in the Third War, several Alteraci nobles rebelled and formed the Syndicate, a rebel order dedicated to overthrowing the Blackthorn regime and restoring an "uncorrupted" kingdom. Officially part of the Alliance because of their animosity of the Horde-aligned kingdom, Alterac and the Syndicate remain in constant conflict and is one of the more important flashpoints in the cold war. These rebels fight from their base of operations in the township of Strahnbrad, a border-town between the old Alterac and Stromgarde. Bolstered by the Scarlet Crusade, these rebels remain a thorn in the side of the Horde Alteraci.

Government and politics
The Horde-aligned Kingdom of Alterac, just like its old Alliance incarnation, functions as a hereditary monarchy. King Blackthorn rules in an absolutist fashion, though tempered in his rule by wise nobles such as Lord Trand and Lord Julian.