Erik I of Scania-Arensinus was the first monarch and founder of the Kingdom of Laris, he grew up in Stockholm, Sweden where he learned many a fine thing, excelling in all subjects except french which he failed horrendously. He traveled to Laris, then Swedish and managed to perform a red revolution! Yet the people were not yet ready for a socialist state so he instituted a constitutional monarchy with parliamentarian democracy - just like in Sweden. He brought with him his girlfriend Amanda W. and married her, making her Queen of Laris. Since he was good friends with the Head of State of Sweden he managed to pull of a diplomatic solution and as such The Kingdom of Laris continued to exist without swedish military intervention.