Khalimedi Empire
By far the biggest entity in the Eastern continent, the Khalimedi Empire occupies most of the northern and southern coasts of the early Anklife channel and expands slightly in the north and all the way to the desert in the south. It is the home of eastern humans and also houses tieflings, the few genasi that live outside the City of Elements, and the nowadays rare dragonborn, leftovers of the once magnificent Daardai Empire.
Because of political agreements with various nomadic tribes, Khalimedi streets are also more and more populated by leonins, centaurs, minotaurs, tabaxi and goliaths.
Rarely, lizardfolks, kobolds, loxodons and arakocra can be sigthed in these lands, but members of these races are often treated with curiosity and uncertainty, if not with open mistrust.
Structure
The Empress/Emperor
The most powerful person in the empire is without a doubt the Empress/Emperor (from now on, Empress). Their word can translate to law without the need of anyone's approval and they are officially the highest ranked member of the military. They are also invested by the Shaly'ah which could technically refuse to give their blessing but is practically incapable of doing so. The only part of the Khalimedi government that the Empress/Emperor cannot directly control is the Plethora, which is under the Shaly'ah rule.The Sand Council
Directly under the Empress stands the Sand Council, made of the Shaly'ah, the Empress herself and a Mahrai, another member of the Plethora. Historically, Queen Shawha, the founder of what was initially called "human kingdom of Khalimed", took the decision of separating from the Daardai Empire together with the Shaly'ah of the time and one of the seven Mahrai. The legend says that these three figures had their meeting around a campfire on a sandy beach near Khalimed, and from this myth comes the name "Sand Council". With the development of Khalimedi society and government, which did not include any official separation between religious and secular authority, the Mahrai became an influential part of the plethora, establishing as the second highest rank after the Shaly'ah. Because of this, even if the most important person in the Khalimedi Empire is the ruler, two out of three members of the Sand Circle are in fact part of the official church. When it comes to legislation and military control the Empress has the ultimate saying and her decision cannot be vetoed or blocked by anyone, not even from the Sand Council. However, the chosen Marha and the Shaly'ah can call for a meeting of the Sand Council at any time and the Empress has to attend them. Depending on the ruler, the influence of the Sand Council on the Empire and its population can be stronger or weaker, with by extension the Plethora having more or less control over Khalimed, but officially the two members of the Sand Council are just advisors to the Empress. XXXWorship
As it is for all the most civilized geopolitical entities of the known world, people in Khalimedi Empire follow the widespread pantheon originated from Daardeonkar and Daaraxioi. Interestingly, the human tribes foundation of what is now the Khalimedi Empire brought this pantheon in the eastern continent, which up until then only knew Daardeonkar and Daaraxioi, worshipped in the Daardai Empire by the dragonborn. However, this is not known by common people, as the information showing that the pantheon was not present in the Daardaian Empire are conserved in Khalimedi and Plethora archives and are not shown to anyone.
Founding Date
0 AK; 586 btT
Type
Geopolitical, Empire
Capital
Alternative Names
Khalimedi Kingdom; Khalimed
Demonym
Khalimedi
Leader
Head of State
Government System
Monarchy, Absolute
Official State Religion
Controlled Territories
Neighboring Nations
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