Kahtoyn
Kahtoyn (called Bhourdan in Hartraan), also called the Confederation of Kahtoyn, is a political entity in the region of Otekahré. It is unique in the world that it is not a nation in the true sense, since it has no formal governmental structures, no kings or governors, no military or police, no codified laws, prisons or justice system. Instead it is made up of thousands of self-governing polities who follow a common ideology of good behaviour, common standards, and (mostly) friendly community rivalry.
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Otekahré [oh-tek-AH-ray] (also called Anarthis in Harthera), is the southeastern region of Anásthias, lying south of Harthera and east of the Dun Jaen mountains. The region has no central governments, but the cities and polities are joined in a loose cultural and economic league, called HartheraHartheraOrorr in eastern Anásthiasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnásthias
Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Harthera.
It is a mutualist confederation of self-governing or adhocratic polities, towns and cities who follow common customs and cultural norms. There is no coercive central authority, but there are Coordinating Committees who agree common standards for roads, weights and measures, regulation of the calendar and other matters of common policy. Representatives meet annually in the ceremonial city of Anadoul. Most of Kahtoyn respects the institution of the Dying King, a ceremonial figurehead who lives in the festival city of Anadoul. Though trade is vibrant, there is no single currency, with polities acting on a complex gift economy.
History
The communities of Kahtoyn are the direct descendants of refugees who left the drowned land of Miyarris.
Lacking any central authority or armed forces, their aggressive Hartheran neighbours have attempted to invade Kahtoyn five times both by land and sea, each expedition resulting either in failure, or the expeditionary force never being heard from again. Hartherans now merely view their southern neighbour with disdain, calling it a corrupting region of poisonous ideas and hateful geography, “more a puzzle than a nation”.
Geography
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The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr by the Broken Lands, a dry region of fractured rock cliffs and a blind valleys which make land passage difficult. To the west are the Crescent or Pouzduk Hills which separate Kahtoyn from the western plains.
Kahtoyn traditionally only extended as far south as the city of Oyeez, but in the past century settlements on the Hook of Anarr have chosen to join the confederation.
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