Xhequa
United Omere Republics United Omere Republics | ||||||
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Motto | ||||||
None More Elevated Than Our Liege Deity | ||||||
Anthem | ||||||
Vigilance Of Creed | ||||||
Map of Xhequa, in Cymlun. Dark green denotes its actual territory, light green its vassal of Ditira | ||||||
Nation | ||||||
Capital: | Kiros | |||||
Largest City: | Kiros | |||||
Official languages: | Atraelish (Xhequan dialect) | |||||
Demonym: | Xhequal, Xhequan | |||||
Politics | ||||||
Government: | Federal maritime republic | |||||
- Chancellor: | Anton Chamaine | |||||
State religion: | Igniscism (Old, 811 - 1016) Igniscism (Classical, 1016 - present) | |||||
Formation: | 1018 | |||||
Geography & Demographics | ||||||
Population: | 9,400,000 | |||||
Ethnic groups: | 97% Xhequan, 2% Variyakoi, 1% Other | |||||
Time zone: | SMT +5 to +6 | |||||
Economy | ||||||
Currency: | Ishral(?) | |||||
GNP: | Ꭶ47,631 million (9th) | |||||
GNP per capita: | Ꭶ5067.12 (1st) | |||||
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The United Republic of Xhequa (Atraelish: United Republic of Xhequa, sometimes rendered as Jhequa, pronounced ?[ˈʒɛ.kwɑ]), formally known as the United Omere Republics, is a union of the Hallowed Nation of Whittram, the Republics of Parros, Rayna, and Sepercy, and the Free City of Cabussel. A regional power of the continent of Cymlun, it is the birthplace of the Igniscism faith, and has been vital historical trade node of the Amulndian Empire. Its long-standing merchant dominated culture and positioning along the Oemre channel has allowed Xhequa to develop a strong mercantile economy, with trade power over both its neighbours and the continent of Neira across the channel. Only the colonial expansionism of Atraeth has put the two in rivalry over dominance of the lucrative Oemre trade routes, known since antiquity as the "Gate of the East", with its strategic importance magnified by it being the only maritime route from northern Cylmun to the eastern coast of Cymlun and the islands of Urcinne not subjugated to the hazardous waters of the Antilan and Emltean Oceans, which are dominated year round by freezing temperatures, storms, and numerous icebergs.
Often finding themselves competing for power with the various trade guilds of the Republic, the Igniscist Orthodox Church is constantly trying to spread their faith through the Xhequan trade routes into Neira and beyond, as well as hold off and subjugate the pagans to the south. To satisfy the logistical and military needs of these motivations, Xhequa created and released the duchy of Ditira as a pseudo-crusader state vassal of which have been fighting a nearly constant holy war against the Kingdom of Icoratha and their heretical beliefs.
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Etymology[edit | edit source]
The origin of the nation's common name is disputed. Many post-Amulndian nations typically adopted names of Amulndian provinces their lands once resided in, including Mainath (taken from Maines) and Varland (taken from Vars), however the region now known as Xhequa was only referred to by its key city of Parros. Authoritative Xhequal sources commonly claim the name Xhequa (Or Jhequa) to be a corrupted form of "Chestre", the capital city of the Republic of Sepercy, however others disagree. Some, controversially, attest the name to a loanword taken from the Wunal word Heǩeka (ሄኼከ), which means "fragmented" or "brittle", in reference to the splintering of the Amulndian Empire into multiple city states following its collapse, which has - although rarely - been used historically as a Variyakoi term for the city states of northern Cymlun, with the historical influence of Variyako over the northern Cymluni coast cementing the term into the Xhequal language.