Zacnabal

Ruler: High Priest Ahsuhuy Government: theocracy
Culture: Lizardfolk
Population: 9,893,567
History:

• year 13 - Zacnabal is founded by lizardfolk priests whose names are lost to time.
• year 23 - Several members of the Ministry are found guilty of attempting to assassinate High Priestess Ixchab and are executed as traitors.
• year 147 - Young Ahxul-muyal's parents are convicted of performing evil magic and burned at the stake.
• year 149 - High Priest Ahke commissions a holy book that connects his lineage to that of the deities. He uses this fabrication to command thousands of scribes to copy it and distribute it all over Zacnabal, extolling his virtues and giving him incredible power.
• year 157 - Ahxul-muyal exposes a secret agent who works for an enemy nation, the High Priest Ahke.
• year 163 - Ahxul-muyal destroy's Ahke's last temple.
• year 390 - Ahkab-colop is named the youngest Lizardling ever to command an army.
• year 391 - Ahkab-colop survives a magical assassination attempt.
• year 395 - The Zacnabal Lizardish hero Ahkab-colop founds Chaknazal as a bulwark against invading barbarian tribes.
• year 583 - High Priestess Ixahin liquidates her family's wealth and gives an equal portion to every citizen of Zacnabal.
• year 585 - Local magistrate Ahnucuch mistakenly slays his brother, thinking him to be an intruder. Ahnucuch is publicly executed.
• year 727 - A mysterious cult's religious war against the High Priestess of Zacnabal is brought to an end when its leader is publicly executed. It is revealed to be a plot by Zacanabal dissidents.
• year 1060 - Ixnah becomes known for writing a magnificent epic linking the High Priest's lineage to the gods.
• year 1062 - Ixnah crafts a statue of High Priest Ahtah so life-like that he's burned at the stake for witchcraft by the priests.
• year 1135 - Ixtu-chel becomes the lover of High Priest Ahkuk.
• year 1138 - Ixtu-chel leads the construction of a wondrous temple.
• year 1144 - Ixtu-chel is drawn and quartered by the priests for love crimes. The High Priest does not attend the execution.
• year 1149 - Ixyat-uo becomes famous for a daring and unconventional military maneuver that saves the nation.
• year 1151 - Ixyat-uo devises an ingenious stratagem to defend the capital of Zacnabal from an invading army.
• year 1155 - Ixyat-uo leads a secret campaign against corrupt officials, bringing every one of them down.
• year 1189 - Ixyat-uo dies of old age. The nation mourns for one year. Ahsuhuy, his son, is installed as High Priest.

Type

Geopolitical, Country

Demonym

Zacnas