Kingdom of Kesh
The Kingdom of Kesh is a big kingdom situated beyond the Desert of Dusk, at the first length of the river Septh, and stretching as far as the coast of the Emerald Sea. Kesh is a heavily stratified nation, with people born in a caste having no hope of ever ascending. Their culture, while drawing heavily from their more ancient neighbor, the Sun Kingdom, is also very unique: Keshians nobles speak a different language than the low-born, which is even written with a different alphabet. The rulers of the cities and the high priests are the highest caste, just above the soldiers. The traders, craftsman and other free-men who rely on their own work to survive come beneath them, and finally on the bottom of Keshian society, are the slaves.
Structure
Kesh is ruled by a traditional, centralized monarchy, that rules over the whole kingdom. Each city in Kesh is in turn ruled by a local family, who oversees the city day to day affair and collect taxes for the monarch. Law in Kesh, however, is arbitrated by magistrates appointed by the King, except in cases of blasphemy or heresy, in which case the judging and execution of sentence is carried by the priesthood.
History
The Kingdom of Kesh formed after a number of small skirmishes between the petty clans and tribes that inhabited the region, mostly fighting for the few patches of farmable land at the shores of the Septh. Eventually, the Fortress-City of Kadesh prevailed over most of its neighbors and manage to slowly bring them into the fold by offering land to the ruling clan of each tribe, as well as protection from the non-annexed tribes. The stability brought to the region allowed the tribes to grow and former proper cities, and the Kadesh elite soon took to arbitrate over disputes between them, often with peaceful resolutions and allowed trade to keep flowing. Recently, in the last century, cities founded across the desert, at the margins of the Emerald Sea, have been attempting to seize trade with distant kingdoms that had so far been exclusively trading with the Pharsian Empire.
Type
Geopolitical, Kingdom
Alternative Names
Kesh
Demonym
Keshian
Controlled Territories
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