Sapphire Coast

The Union Emirates of the Sapphire Coast are a federation of cities and territories located along the eponymous Sapphire Coast in western Murandoa. It borders the Lucine Gulf to the west, Arqesh to the north, and the Qerric Empire to the south. Its population is largely made up of the Siridani half-elves native to the region. Its capital is the city of Lailuem. The Sapphire Coast is a protectorate of the Qerric Empire, nominally independent but reliant on the Empire for military support in exchange for a portion of its tax income. This state of affairs is the outcome of the Siridani Wars of the 880s M.A., in which a league of Agesi-converted Emirates was toppled by the Qerric Empire at the behest of the pagan states of the Coast. In exchange for this military aid, the states of the Coast were reorganized into the Union Emirates, and accepted protectorate status under the Empire. While most of the Siridani population remains Agesi by faith, the denomination they practice is unaffiliated with the Church of Ages, allowing the Sapphire Coast to exist in a cultural and political midpoint between the Qerric Empire and the Bridge of Worlds.