Isich

The Isich Plain

The Isich plain is the region of land that connects the east to the west, and south to the north. This small kingdom controls the meeting point of some of the busiest land trade routes in the world, and unfortunately, all they have preventing their larger neighbors from invading them, is one medium-sized river, which has helped them develop a cutthroat sense of politics and a bootlicking sense of sucking up to the throne of Westingham, to whom they currently pay a modest amount of yearly tribute.

Government

They have a king, who rules his kingdom by appointing visiers to tend to other cities. This king is elected by the ruling merchant class from one of the seven royal dynasties, who work together to control trade. This makes Isich more of a merchant republic than a real monarchy. Most of the trade runs through their capital of Chisra, and that's also where most of the money is, and most of the people, however, they also have their own port city, Taskich, which allows them to avoid using the elven city of Aenyth to some degree.

Military

They have a strong navy, being a trade nation, and being on a major navigable river, and their land forces consist largely of cavalry, which is best due their being on a plain. Their army isn't the biggest in the world, so they rely on westingham for protection.

Provinces

Due to its small size, most of the country is centrally administered, except for the Strip, in the east, and the Annaband Isle, these are ruled by a grand visier, who have much more authority than a regular visier, who rules over a mere town. Therefore there are four such positions that are most prestigious, the affirmation positions of Grand Visier or the titles of Visier of Chisra, or Taskich, which are the two major cities of this country.

Status:
The are a tributary state of Westingham
Neighbouring Entities:
Westingham
Enyanin
khellador
Ruhnefort
Black Rock

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Type

Geopolitical, Kingdom

Demonym

Ishich

Tensions

There have been multiple attempts from Enyanin to take over the region, but the Isich can easily blockade the narrow seaways that lead to their part of the world, because while their individual ships aren't the biggest or strongest, they have a lot of them, and they can easily and cheaply make more, and with the protection of westingham, the elves couldn't hope to defeat them.

They themselves have at times attempted to conquer the Enyanian city of Aenyth, as this would be much better for their trade ambitions, but that city is well fortified, and home to a large garrison, and even in case of a blockade, it would have enough food for them to survive many years, and while the kings of Westingham would benefit from the region falling into more friendly hands, they don't want to upset the balance of power, and in the end, they would much rather rule the region themselves, so for now, the border remains stable, although well guarded.

In the east, there is the green strip, which was switched hands many times, between the warrior tribes of Khellador, and the merchants of Isich, although after the last few Khelladorian rebellions, their numbers have dwindled to a degree where they are no longer able to contest the area, and it is now firmly under Isich administration.