The nine states that make up the alliance known as the Circle of Nine.
For seven hundred years, Ceryx reckoned with its new established government, and slowly but surely, the population of newly-designated Ceryssians found their way into a tentative national identity, until the Severing
A relatively small equatorial nation whose lands are largely brutal deserts, Elasiril has survived nearly a thousand years as a united nation through a combination of religious fervor and autocratic government.
The Federation has historically been one of the most influential Nations of the Circle, but its new revolutionary administration is challenging the status quo.
Unique among the nations of the Circle of Nine is Kassaan, for Kassaan is the only sovereign state governed entirely by elves and orcs.
Perhaps the oldest civilizations in Aotra began in Lar Aslaki, a vast nation sprawling across the southern polar jungles.
Norsivar is an ancient state spread across broad swaths of the northern jungles of Aotra.
Aotra's largest nation is the equatorial state of Oristhane: a sprawling country that, despite its vast geographical area, has for centuries stood as one of the most unified nations of the Circle of Nine.
The sparsely-populated Sarland is another nation carved out of the desert. In large part, only two groups of people live in Sarland: the Sarlani humans and the Elasi dark elves.
Another nation long outdating the Circle of Nine, Solisvar is a martial state that lays claim to half of the Great Reservoir, the largest body of water in Aotra.