Chaknazal

Ruler: High Priest Ahpasaj Government: theocracy
Culture: Lizardfolk
Population: 16,790,777
History:

• year 395 - The Lizardish hero Ahkab-colop founds Chaknazal as a bulwark against invading barbarian tribes.
• year 399 - Ahkab-colop leads a secret campaign against corrupt officials, bringing every one of them down.
• year 473 - A renowned festival called the Colloquium of generosity annually brings the world's greatest philosophers from to the capital.
• year 767 - Ixxux is portrayed as an idiot in the popular song called The Vindictive Lizardling.
• year 796 - Ixxux-butz wins a fortune at the gambling hall.
• year 817 - Ahjol becomes renowned in Chaknazal for engineering the largest fireworks display ever seen.
• year 957 - High Priest Ahuo nearly bankrupts Chaknazal to fund a great voyage around the world to prove that it is a sphere. The fleet sails off and is never seen again.
• year 961 - Ixcab-chicin becomes the subject of a famous play.
• year 975 - A crackdown against dissidents has every citizen afraid to utter a critical word lest they are rounded up and executed by the High Priestess's spies.
• year 1000 - Ixcab-chicin pledges an oath to kill a rival, but eventually marries him instead.
• year 1071 - Ixkak rises to fame as the finest troubadour in the land.
• year 1072 - Ixkak accidentally causes a great temple to collapse.
• year 1088 - Ixmiyatz becomes famous for a daring and unconventional military maneuver that saves the lives of many Lizardish soldiers.
• year 1089 - Ixmiyatz becomes the target of a relentless assassin.
• year 1106 - Ixcab-coh is born with a prophetic birthmark marking her for greatness.
• year 1113 - High Priest Ahchacal commissions a holy book that connects his lineage to that of the gods, and commands thousands of scribes to copy it and distribute it all over Chaknazal.
• year 1120 - Ixcab-coh discovers the lost-lost masterpiece of a great painter, thought to be lost forever.
• year 1166 - Ixxiu's fortunes change when she finds a great treasure, long thought lost.
• year 1168 - Ixxiu-zacal exposes a secret agent who works for an enemy nation.

Type

Geopolitical, Country

Demonym

Chaks