Maze of Games - Chapter 2 - Puzzle 2 - Three of Clubs

The proper second puzzle (disregarding my trip down to the 8 of clubs), is the 3 of clubs, and it deals with maps and pictures, and again the sort of puzzle that I feel the need to make an excel sheet for. Our siblings find themselves with a set of shields and a map. Using the heraldry, based on rules regarding each country's neighbors, the goal is to properly identify the location of each country on the map, and specifically the needed heraldry for a blank shield. Not being a particularly visual person, I needed a spreadsheet. 

	Upper Left - own	upper right - nation to left	nation to right - lower left	nation in front - lower right
Werboxia	W- Keys	Z - eagle	F - anchor	V - Tree
Jyuncia	J - Cross	G - Star	Z - Eagle	V - Tree
Vatria	V - Tree	G - Star	J - Cross	W - Keys
Zakophia	Z - Eagle	J - Cross	F - anchor	W - Keys
Gondalia	G - Star	F - Anchor	J - Cross	V - Tree
Frusq	F - Anchor	?	?	? - W - Keys

There, that helps. The first thing you can notice is that there are only two countries that are in any of the lower right quadrants - Vatria and Werboxia. Which means that those two countries form the center of the 'island', which is what I'm calling the map. We don't know which side is which, yet, but we can bank on that. Also, because of the way it's set up, we can know that Frusq is across from Werboxia, because that makes it equitable - we can fill that part in on the sheild/table. So, we now look at where that means things are on the island. 

Postion	Possible Countries	Impossible Countries
Top Left	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia	Werboxia and Vatria
Center Left	Werboxia and Vatria	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia
Bottom Left	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia	Werboxia and Vatria
Top Right	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia	Frusq (from the text), Werboxia and Vatria
Center Right	Werboxia and Vatria	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia
Bottom Right	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia	Werboxia and Vatria

So, we know Frusq has to be across from Werboxia, and that it cannot be on the top right corner. Then we look at the other placements. Looking at Werboxia first, we see that Frusq is to its 'lower right'. Presumably that means that we turn the map on its side, to the left or right. That would place Frusq only in either the northeast/top right, where we know it can't be, if Werboxia is on the right, or the southwest/bottom left, if Werboxia is on the left. Given that one is impossible, we find that Frusq is in the bottom left corner and Werboxia is center left. This also means that we know that Vatria is center right. We still need the other placements, but that definitely helps. Now we have:

Postion	Possible Countries	Impossible Countries
Top Left	Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia	Werboxia and Vatria, Frusq
Center Left	Werboxia	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia, Vatria
Bottom Left	Frusq	Werboxia and Vatria, , Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia
Top Right	Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia	Frusq (from the text), Werboxia and Vatria
Center Right	Vatria	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia, Werboxia
Bottom Right	Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia	Werboxia and Vatria

But, we also know now which sides face each other, and can at least place 'teams' on a side. If Vatria is right, that means Jymuncia and Gondalia must also be on the right. If Werboxia is on the left, that means Frusq and Zakophia must be on the left, and, because we already know where Frusq is, Zakophia must be in the top left. 

Postion	Possible Countries	Impossible Countries
Top Left	Zakophia	Werboxia and Vatria, Frusq, Jymuncia, Gondalia
Center Left	Werboxia	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia, Vatria
Bottom Left	Frusq	Werboxia and Vatria, , Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia
Top Right	Jymuncia, Gondalia	Frusq (from the text), Werboxia and Vatria,  Zakophia,
Center Right	Vatria	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia, Werboxia
Bottom Right	Jymuncia, Gondalia	Werboxia and Vatria,  Zakophia, Frusq

But, we still have to figure out Jymuncia and Gondalia, and for that, we can look at Vatria, which says that it has Gondalia to its left, and Jymuncia to its right, which, when we turn the map, means that Jymuncia is in the top right, and Gondalia is in the bottom right. 

Postion	Possible Countries	Impossible Countries
Top Left	Zakophia	Werboxia and Vatria, Frusq, Jymuncia, Gondalia
Center Left	Werboxia	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia, Vatria
Bottom Left	Frusq	Werboxia and Vatria, , Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia
Top Right	Jymuncia	Frusq, Werboxia, Vatria,  Zakophia, Gondalia
Center Right	Vatria	Frusq, Jymuncia, Zakophia, Gondalia, Werboxia
Bottom Right	Gondalia	Werboxia and Vatria,  Zakophia, Frusq, Jymuncia,

Then, we can fill in Frusq's own shield, which puts GONDALIA in the bottom left corner, which tells us that Gondalia is our keyword, which we then plug into the couplet.

The couplet at the end essentially tells us to shuffle Gondalia to make another word. After much staring and scribbling, we come up with DIAGONAL as our final answer, which gives us an O for the password out of this maze. 

And that, my dears, is the second puzzle in Maze of Games' second chapter, the suit of clubs. Come back next time for the Ace of Clubs, which appears to be our next destination.