Ahitereira

Ahitereira (Ahitereiran: ahiteTeiTa [ahitɛɾei'ɾa]) officially the High Kingdom of Ahitereira (Ahitereiran: ahiteTeiTa da altos ceide [ahitereira da altoʃ t͡ʃeide]), is a province of the greater High Kingdoms of Alaxia since 2447, whose delimited by the Fazarian Strip, the Magma Fields, and the Kloresan Mountains. Ahitereira is located in the East of the Kloresan Gulf in East Alaxia. The capital of Ahitereira, the city of Inysta, is the largest city in the High Kingdoms of Alaxia. The capital of the High Kingdoms, Esperiy, is also located in Ahitereira. The High Kingdom covers a total area of 2,069,217.45 km2 (798,929.32 sq mi), sharing a border with Fazar, Empherias, Koresa and Hvede. With around 287 million inhabitants, it is the second-most populous Kingdom in the High Kingdoms of Alaxia.

Ahitereira's geography is predominantly characterized by flat, arable land, sandy coasts, low elevation, and a humid subtropical climate. Ahitereira, while a singular Kingdom, is divided into 15 provinces, of which display an amount of autonomy, responding to Federal and Regional administration when required.

Geography
Ahitereira is a relatively small country, near the northern centre of Eastern Alaxia. By land area, Ahitereira composes 2,069,217.45 km2, which makes it the 22nd largest country in the world by surface area alone. Its surface morphology is primarily dominated by low-lying grasslands, bound on the south by the River Victorian and the Triard Plateau, to the east by the Grensalbourg Volcanic Field, the River Ruralic, and to the west by the rivers Manar and Mapé. Ahitereira is also nestled in-between the Eastern Alaxian Sea to the south and the Su-Devnik Sea to the north. The hydrology of Ahitereira is dominated in part by Lake Lagoa which is a member of the larger Lagoa Canal network. The country has a diverse collection of rivers, most prominently the River Kenton which is the largest single river in Ahitereira.

Climate
Ahitereira is dominated by a mild, humid subtropical climate throughout its lowlands and a subtropical highland climate in much of its highland regions. Summers here are hot and wet, while winters are mild, frostless and dry.

Anternian Empire and Kloresan migrations (1st–5th Century XY)
Around 80 XY, Anternians from Manora founded the colony of Vitoria, on the Vitorian peninsula on the Kloresan gulf. This makes it Ahitereira's oldest city. The Kloresan Empire would emerge during this period, becoming vast in size, ranging from Vereda to modern Koresa. Kloresa throughout its whole existence engaged in a proccess of "civilizing their neighbours", believing they were superior to other cultures, and that by conquering them they were merely doing them a favour. This belief had been brought from Anternia, which practiced the same. Many cities would be founded through the 1st and 2nd century, including Kerença, which would become the capital of the Empire by the 3rd Century. The native Sisinic and Veredan people would end up mixing with the Kloresans, learning Anternian speech and adopting their religion.

In 225 XY, the Anternian legions would move towards Mishalik as to found a new colony, they would be met with the coalition of Theamtro, Kellvik and Mishalik, which had started to fear the growth of the Anternian empire, and had been preparing for such an attack. Durbinia would eventually join the coalition as to protect their trading ports in the Anternian coast, and as to possibly even obtain further influence in the region, although this would prove costly to Durbinia, as they had just left a war against the Kloresan empire, and as such were severely weakened. Anternia would end up settling for peace with Theamtro and Kellvik, annexing the whole of Mishalik and the Durbinian ports.

In 343 XY, the Anternian Empire, as a result of the previous war Anternian emperor Julio would create three provinaces, Mishalik, Bartenik and Mishak (Present-day Manar, Lagoacita and Inysta respectively). The Anternians would name the region occupied by these three provinces Ahi Ternia ("Foreign Land").

The Empire would prove instrumental for the socioeconomic development of the region, building many of its roads and pathways and implementing Anternian as a language of governance throughout the whole region. The Delvik population would also mix with the Anternians, which would adopt the Anternian language and religion which ended up merging with the local faith into a syncretism. Many new cities would be founded during this era of governance, such as Lagoacita and Inysta, they would be built in the Anternian style, with temples and forums being prevalent.

In 456 XY, the Anternian empire would collapse, and alongside the various northern Kentronik and Azarian migrations, would lead to a massive cultural shift in the region. Many of the provinces' would have their governors transition into a monarchical system by declaring themselves the monarchs, including Kentronik.

Fractured Kingdoms (5th–16th Century XY)
The King of Kentronik, King Frezar, was seen badly by his peers, due to the vast amount of guidelines he had imposed to the before non-regulated tax collection of the nobles. These guidelines had laid out a vast ground work for the collection itself, and had increased the amount of book work in order to verify that the nobles weren't abusing the system. Another controversial change imposed at the time, was the lesser taxes imposed upon the old, the crippled and children, which before were all considered equal.

In 714 XY, As the kingdom grew, King Frezar, would offer his hand in marriage to the Queen of Mishak, another Anternian State with Devnik Influence, a marriage which did unite the realms of Mishak and Kentronik. The purpose of the union, was according to Frezar:"There is now a need for a stronger, more unified East, which will curtail the efforts of Atomagna, in its efforts to unite the wretched lands of a former empire."This was seen badly by the monarchy of Atomagna, which soon took the Kentronik as an enemy. This was aggravated when the Kentronik not only celebrated the marriage but also the further defense of the East in a Union.

The union was established, implementing a new system of royal coastal protection, growing a larger and stronger fleet, constructing various harbors and ports, and establishing piracy protection services as a way to cut the growing piracy crisis of the 700s. This expansion would be the foundations for the vast network of the Kentronik Merchant Guilds, as they would also receive protections from "excessive taxation" and regulations. These merchant guilds would enable the various kentronik merchants to access international markets as well, bolstering the value of Kentronik goods in the Eastern Sea.

In 1547 XY

Westward Expansion
Soon after the union was officialized, Frezar had ordered various meetings with his advisors and various prominent nobles, to concoct a plan to expand westward, this led to the conscription of 100k soldiers, with the gathering of various trebuchets, cavalry and vast amounts of grain, all for the purpose of annexing the lands of Grenard. This campaign was a resounding success.

With the annexation, various projects and investments came into the province, with infrastructure once again being a main focus, as roads and buildings were all reconstructed, providing a revitalization to the territory as the Kentronik merchants and trader guilds taking over the vast amount of territory. To help with the revitalization of the province, a controversial tax rebate was also provided to the citizens, which despite the short-term losses, ended up providing a better assimilation into the empire later on. The previous nobles were also forced to either swear felty to the Kentronik monarch or to be stripped of all of their property.

Later on, in a play of noble appeasement, the king would order another expansion, in which again he would conscript 100k soldiers, along with trebuchets and cavalry. This annexation would prove successful once again, but unlike the Grenardian one, the Nobles were soon stripped of their acquired lands, due to their lack of loyalty to the king.

Conquest of East Atomagna
As tensions increased between the two nations, Atomagna and Kentronik would go into war. With the Kentronik ordering a force of 180k to march towards the border. This was against all odds an absolute victory by the Kentronik. As the newly acquired lands were quickly put on the same process of assimilation put in the province of Grenard. The desecration of Atomagnese monuments was also common, as many were often sold for little to no money.

In a surprising turn of events, the Kentronik took the title that Atomagna was once trying to gather, and officially embraced the Anternian Empire title. As in noble schools the idea of what was it to be Anternian continue to be spread all over the nation, and the once Victory Celebrations, became the Anternian Celebrations.

Implementation of Custom Offices
With the increase of the vast networks of merchant guilds all over the nation, the crown employed various custom officials, in order to regulate and manage the ports. This would be the first appearance of food and beverage regulation practised by any state in East Alaxia, setting a precedent for years to come.

New Anternian / Atomagnian Empire
Soon after the end of the war, Frezar would declare Kentronik as the New Anternian Empire, leading to vast parades lead by the King to spread the new "National Movement", while in reality it would be known has a vast purge and regulatory enforcement to ensure that the various nobles, specially the recently conquered, would respect the power of the King. This such occasion lead to various protests by the Nobles in which they requested their old rights back, but they mostly failed. In a confusing turn of events, Frezar would take the name of Atomagna for the Kingdom rather than Anternia, many historians argue whether or not this was an error of translation or not, as Atomagna and Anternia were often used in interchangeable manner.

These events lead to a resurgence in literature for the Kentronik scholars, as they adopted more Atomagnian cultural pieces, such as the book Road To Loss which became synonymous with the time period.

The Official Declaration of the New Anternian Empire
The first diplomat letter confirming the declaration of the Anternian Empire was only first seen 5 years later after the National Movement had started. Frezar would declare himself the as the true Anternian Emperor, and as the story of Road to Loss became bigger and bigger, ideas of nationalism and glory came to Kentronik.

Bokanism
As Bokanism grew more and more in the recently conquered lands of Atomagna, the Emperor would eventually convert to it and would also declare the nation Bokanist. This would lead to a vast purge of non-bokanist nobles, and them being replaced with complacent ones. As the majority of the population was already Bokanist due to Fazarian influence, the Emperor's conversion into it, was seen favourably by most besides the conservative Kentronik elite.

The Emperor would also use the recent conversion to Bokanism to further centralise, and impose further taxes. This would lead to the appointing of various governors and the creation of new titles in order to ensure loyalty in the already existing nobles, with the use of bribery included.

Demographics
Ahitereira is a highly urbanized country, with rural flight being a common issue in the country.