You don't tick off a country. You conquer it.

The bigger it is, the longer you stay.

The time required grows with the area, and it adds up from one stay to the next: one hour in Luxembourg, then another two days later, count just as much as two hours in a row.

The exact sum: 0.04 × √(area in km²) hours, never less than an hour, never more than seven days. The app's atlas covers 258 countries and territories and the 101 French départements, overseas included.

Three tiers, three hatchings.

Each heraldic tincture has its own engraved hatching: the Petra Sancta code, invented to print coats of arms without colour. Fief entrusts your tiers to it. On the map, whatever you have never set foot in stays veiled in parchment, and the mist lifts wherever you go.

• Crossed

  argent, plain

  One trusted position inside the territory is enough: you have been through it.

  +1 renown

• Conquered

  gules, vertical lines

  You have spent the required time there, in one go or several. Your banner is planted.

  +5 renown

• Stronghold

  or, dotted

  Three times the required time, over three different days. It is yours for good.

  +12 renown

What does not count.

A conquest is only worth something if it is true. Fief sets aside anything that is not real presence, and shows you why.

1. Article I

   Flying over is not setting foot

   Nothing counts on a plane, neither time nor crossing: a Paris–Rome flight gives you neither Switzerland nor northern Italy.

2. Article II

   Moving the clock moves nothing

   Durations come from the iPhone's monotonic clock, not the displayed time. Changing the phone's time does not add a minute.

3. Article III

   A simulated position is set aside

   A position made up by software, supplied by an accessory, too imprecise, or an impossible journey: it credits nothing.

4. Article IV

   A VPN changes nothing

   The country comes from GPS and maps built into the app, never from your IP address or your iPhone's settings.

5. Article V

   A restart gives no gifts

   Across a restart, time only counts if the time was verified on both sides. Otherwise the stay is marked “interruption” and is worth zero.

6. Article VI

   A border does not stretch

   At most 24 h is credited between two positions. When you change territory, the first one gets 30 min at most.

It can all be checked: Settings, “Counting details”, lists each interval kept or set aside, with its reason.

From Wanderer to Emperor.

Each territory earns you renown according to its tier. Twelve titles: the first come within days, the last take years of travel. A title credits no time; it only reflects what has been counted.

1. Wanderer0 renown
2. Squire3 renown
3. Knight10 renown
4. Lord25 renown
5. Baron45 renown
6. Viscount75 renown
7. Count120 renown
8. Marquess180 renown
9. Duke260 renown
10. Prince380 renown
11. King550 renown
12. Emperor800 renown

Thirty-three reasons to set off again.

Fifteen hand-picked quests and one for each French region. They give your trips a purpose and unlock ornaments for your blazon, never time.

Neighbourhoods

• 

  The Three Borders

  Conquer France, Luxembourg and Germany.

  Ornament : Laurels

• 

  Benelux

  Conquer Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

  Ornament : Laurels

• 

  The Greater Region

  Conquer Luxembourg, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Belgium and Germany.

  Ornament : Motto scroll

• 

  The seven microstates

  Cross Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malta, San Marino and Vatican City.

  Ornament : Stars

• 

  Around the Alps

  Cross France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Liechtenstein and Monaco.

  Ornament : Stars

• 

  The Iberian Peninsula

  Conquer Spain, Portugal and Andorra.

  Ornament : Laurels

• 

  The British Isles

  Conquer the United Kingdom and Ireland.

  Ornament : Laurels

• 

  The Far North

  Cross Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland.

  Ornament : Ermine mantle

• 

  The Baltic states

  Cross Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

  Ornament : Stars

• 

  The Isle of Beauty

  Conquer Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse.

  Ornament : Motto scroll

• 

  Paris and its inner ring

  Conquer Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne.

  Ornament : Crown

• 

  Lord of Bretagne, of Corse…

  All 18 French regions, overseas included: conquer all of their départements.

  Ornament : Crown or scroll

Great rides

• 

  Beyond the seas

  Set foot in an overseas département.

  Ornament : Lion supporters

• 

  The six continents

  Set foot in a country on six continents.

  Ornament : Crown

• 

  Ten countries conquered

  Conquer ten countries, anywhere.

  Ornament : Lion supporters

• 

  Half of the Hexagon

  Conquer fifty French départements.

  Ornament : Ermine mantle

Something to play between stays.

None of this credits any time: conquest stays reserved for those who actually move.

The herald's riddle

A silhouette appears, blurred, then sharpens. Recognise the territory early for 3 points, then 2, then 1. Eight riddles per game, from world countries, départements or your own lands; a daily riddle, the same for everyone, and free games.

Weekly challenges

Three new goals every Monday, the same for everyone: six hours of presence, three territories to advance, new ground… They are worked out from time already credited.

Challenges between friends

Throw down the gauntlet with a simple link, no server: a scoreboard to beat on a riddle, or “this territory by that date”. The link only carries nicknames and scores, and your friend needs Fief.

The poster and the year card

Your blazon, your world map and your figures as a 9:16 image. Every year, the review: new lands, conquests, days on campaign, favourite land. No position, no date of passage.

Plus a wax seal for every conquest, a fanfare for a title, a horn for a quest. Effects and haptics are set separately; the silent switch mutes the sounds.

Your fief does not leave your iPhone.

To count, Fief has to know where you are. That is exactly why it all happens on the spot: no account, no position server, no ads, no analytics.