The Eight Drakarchies

The Drakarchies refer to the 8 largest nations in the world. Each is led by a family of dragons, and dragon worship is common.
The material plane is the plane in which the four elemental planes overlap, those of Water, Earth, Fire, and Air. These elements are revered as the forces of creation from which all things rise. The dominant species in the world is Genasi, a race of elemental-folk, having four ethnicities, one for each of the elements. Each of the Eight Drakarchies maintains a cultural connection to one of the four elements as well in the form of philosophical beliefs and ritual. The elements are just as, if not more-so, revered as the gods. (See Elements, Gods, and Dragons)

Summary of the Drakarchies

Nation	Dragon Family Color	Alignment	Element	Terrain	Majority Species	Description
The Holy Order of Harthenheim	Silver	LG	Air	Highlands and Plateaus	Air Genasi, Aarakocra, Dwarves, Loxodon	A feudal monarchy with a strong crusader culture dedicated to good and justice throughout the world. Maintains an army of knights, monks, and paladins. At war with the Warclan and Allied with the Guild and the Confederacy.
The Aureate Mercantile Guild	Bronze	LG	Water	Coastal	Water Genasi, Gnome, Humans, Triton	A corporation of guilds and maritime trade empire. Establishes trade routes with every other nation and protects the seas. Value craftsmanship and hard work.
The Gilidyr Druidic Conclave	Copper	CG	Earth	Forest	Earth Genasi, Elves, Halflings, Satyr	A druidarchy of nature worshipers and shamanistic villages.
The Great Emberscale Confederacy	Brass	CG	Fire	Jungle	Fire Genasi, Tabaxi, Humans, Centaur	A hegemony of freedom fighters, dedicated to preserving freedom and aiding the downtrodden. At war with the Empire and Allied with the Holy Order.
The Rovrorthi Unwavering Empire	Green	LE	Earth	Rainforest, Mountains	Earth Genasi, Dragonborn, Goliaths, Lizardfolk	An autocratic, if not dictatorial, expansionist empire. At war with the Confederacy and allied with the Necrocracy.
The Virulent Necrocracy	Blue	LE	Air	Desert	Air Genasi, Kobolds, Kenku, Humans	A magocratic nation where necromancers use militia of undead to rule over feudal settlements and oasi. Strong belief in power of magic and reverence of eldritch entities. Ruled by an undead dracolich and his living offspring.
The Impending Warclan of Chedit	Red	CE	Fire	Savanna	Fire Genasi, Orcs, Tieflings, Goblins	An alliance of marauder tribes and clans. Exist by raiding and pillaging free city-states and villages within the Holy Order and coastal towns on other continents.
The Archfleet of Bandaba	Black	CE	Water	Oceanic, Swamps	Half Races, Water Genasi, Tortles, Humans	A pirate fleet lead by dragon pirate lord Bandaba. Exist off the spoils of piracy and by extorting port towns in the territory they claim.

Gold and white dragons also exist within the world, but tend to live in isolation and rule no nations, although may lead smaller city-states.

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