Yeah. Pretty much, it used to be a Entish Principality in decline. Then it nearly collapsed when the Dark Races attacked. Although they repulsed the Dark Races, casualties were enormous, and then they got into a brief border conflict with the Ice Drakes in Finland, with the Drakes decisively winning and taking the Eastern territories of the Entish principality (Lapland). I assume that soon after this the Ulvene Reich intimidated the Ents into becoming a puppet state.