Khemet

Khemet is a world of enclaves. Situated in a series of vast caverns, canyons, and rivers deep beneath the worlds surface, this underground landscape plays host to a myriad ideologies in response to the worlds wide array of peoples, creatures, and magics.   Khemet might be a world far from the reach of the sun, but ecologically it is most certainly alive. All around it a complex ecosystem is fueled by a stable influx of heat and chemical nutrients from volcanic activity endemic to the country, leading to a vast array of wildlife built on breaking down and competing for these nutrient resources. "Dyb Stjerner", a phenomena endemic to the landscape, has lead to the many creatures and organisms, down to the very waters of Khemet, glowing a deep blue. Warm, chemically-rich "active" water flows continuously throughout the underground, providing the well needed nutrients to sustain life in this hostile environment. Life therefor follows the rivers, leading to rainforest-esque layers of diversity and sub-ecosystems based on depth, or more importantly, location relative to a source of active water. The prevalence of volcanic activity in the country also points to an equivalent prevalence of earthquakes and surges in volcanic activity. Equally, with ecosystems and entire societies dependent on volcanics, one can only imagine the absolute catastrophe of a region "going dim."   With such factors to go up against, it's surprising anyone would even consider settling this overtly hostile region, and yet the Khemet nation stands resilient. Khemet society, while technologically precolonial, is incredibly complex and is organized into a national, almost imperial, polity known as an "Ahnsijnate". Developed into a strict 7 tier hereditary caste system, as well as a highly structured, centrally administered command economy, the Ahnsijnate has successfully established itself as the sole political entity of the underground. It's managed to do so by directly controlling the waterways of the underground, allowing it to manage huge state farms, and monopolize the movement of people, information, and goods throughout it's empire. The countries wealth is focused into storehouses located in key locations allowing the Ahnsijnate to monopolize not just the flow of goods, but who they're distributed to in order to maintain it's.   Through this control of resources, the Ahnsijnate has positioned itself to directly or indirectly managing most affairs within it's borders, as well as sustain a sizeable military for it's defense. The point here however is that Khemet is not defending itself against a rival polity; without any forceable enemies to face against, the Ahnsijnate has instead decided to wage war against nature.   Throughout the entire country, no phenomena is more evenly despised then Magic. While antimagical sentiments exist throughout the world beyond Khemet, the Ahnsijnate has taken these sentiments to an extreme, focusing on a policy of dispersal and eradication for anyone even born with the ability. In short, for some people within the Ahnsijnate, it is a crime to exist.