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'''Alalehzamin and Utasia''', also known as the '''Emirate of Alalehzamin and Utasia''', is a [[Princely Precinct]] of the [[Elwynn|Elwynnese Union]]. It is situated in the [[Deep South]] of the [[Lands  of the Two Sacred Rivers]].
{{subdivision Elwynn |
image_flag = Alalehzamin_flag.png |
coat of arms = Arms Alalehzamin and Utasia.png |
motto = ''Xāk-e daštat behtar az zarast'' <small>("The soil of your valleys are better than gold")</small> |
subdivision = Emirate of Alalehzamin and Utasia |
status = [[Royal Precinct]]|
capital =  [[Ardashirshahr]] |
largecity = Ardashirshahr, [[Azeroth]], Islus |
title =  Arandur of Alalehzamin and Utasia  |
government = Feudal |
leader = [[Thorgils Tarjeisson]] |
language = [[Shirithian English|Common Tongue]], [[Babkhi]], [[Elw language|Elw]] |
religion = [[Zurvanism]], [[Froyalanish Ancient Ways]], [[Treesian Unorthodox Church|Treesian Unorthodoxy]] |
}}
'''Alalehzamin and Utasia''', also known as the '''Emirate of Alalehzamin and Utasia''', is a [[Royal Precinct]] of the [[Elwynn|Elwynnese Union]]. It is situated in the [[Deep South]] of the [[Lands  of the Two Sacred Rivers]].
 
==Administration==
The Emirate is currently ruled by Arandur (Steward) [[Thorgils Tarjeisson]]. The title of Emira has been retained by the former [[Royal Governor|governor]] [[Noor Bint Simrani-Kalirion]]. Subject to the laws of the [[Imperial Republic]] of [[Shireroth]] and the Elwynnese Union the precinct is administered in accordance with the [[Elwnameh]], the codified collection of historic decrees issued by Governors of Alalehzamin and its predecessor, the tripartite county of [[Lesser Zjandaria]].
[[File:Alalehzamin map.png|right|thumb|Map of Alalehzamin and Utasia © Gillis Björk]]
 
==Economy==
 
The economy of Alalehzamin and Utasia rests upon four key pillars:
 
*Its position astride the main maritime and road route between the Imperial capital [[Shirekeep]] and [[Eliria]], the seat of the [[White Orchid Throne]].
*The hydro-electrical stations linked to the [[West Elwynn Dam]] at [[Ardashirshahr]] and the [[East Elwynn Sluice]] above [[Islus]].
*The Production Townships developed at a Bailiwick level to focus on specialising in different forms of primary and secondary industrial activity.
*The Bailiwicks absorbed into Alalehzamin from the [[Imperial County]] in the wake of the [[Cabbage Crisis]] comprise the outer environs of the metropolitan area of [[Shirekeep]]. With the Imperial County confined to behind the [[Wall of Reynardine|Reynardine Walls]] a significant proportion of the industrial and commercial infrastructure of the city, as well as the so-called ''commuter belt'', home to the vast throng of day workers upon whom the beating heart of the Imperial Republic relied to sustain itself on a day to day basis.


==History==
==History==
'''Prehistoric Era'''
'''Prehistoric Era'''


The Emirate of Alalehzamin and Utasia was settled in pre-historical times by the Elw who comprised its indigenous population having migrated southwards from Araxion, which is believed by some to be the ancestral homeland of the Elw race.
The Emirate of Alalehzamin and Utasia was settled in pre-historical times by the [[Elw]] who comprised its indigenous population having migrated southwards from [[Araxion]], which is believed by some to be the ancestral homeland of the Elw race.


'''Antiquity'''
'''Antiquity'''
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'''Babkhan Settlement – Lesser Zjandaria'''
'''Babkhan Settlement – Lesser Zjandaria'''


After the succession of Hesam Jahandar to the ducal throne as a scion of the Kalir line the Babkhanisation of the remaining southern portion of Lesser Zjandaria continued apace with the arrival of more emigrants from the disordered Euran continent, fleeing the implausibly orientalist Blackfriars and the CIS, and the gradual development of a social model that became known as the 'Ethnographic Hierarchy':
The '''County of Lesser Zjandaria''' was one of the original counties of [[Elwynn]]. It was the largest county of the duchy, housing all major cities of Elwynn except for Eliria. Unique for Shirerithian counties, Lesser Zjandaria covered three diverse areas, all ruled directly from [[Vijayanagara]]. The county was created as a homeland for the [[Ardashirian]] people of Elwynn. Thanks to this arrangement, ethnic conflicts in Elwynn were [[Elfinshi War|rarer than they were before]].
 
 
'''Osmani:''' ''The first Baron Ardashir was of the Babkhan imperial house of Osman and thus all direct descendents of the Khan are known by the patronym Osmani. They are at the very apex of the hierarchy in Lesser Zjandaria and control most of the great estates and government posts. Except for their power and social standing they are in all other regards indistinguishable from the rest of the Ardashirian population.
''
 
'''Ardashirians:''' ''Descendents of the first great Babkhan migration from Eura to Elwynn. Their arrival under the leadership of the Baron Ardashir Khan heralded the commencement of the times of strife, a series of wars and ethnic conflicts that saw the fortunes of that community alternate in dramatic fashion between ascendancy and oppression. The Ardashirians remain to this day most notably associated with the overthrow of the Elfinshi state they inherited and for the burning of the vast forests of Elwynn which reduced many parts of Elwynn to a wilderness of frozen deserts.
 
The Ardashirian community was nonetheless humbled by the uncertain fortunes of war and practically devestated by the periodic plagues which swept through Elwynn during the dog days of the Imperial Republic. In order to survive the Ardashirians resorted to taking wives from the indiginous Elw population. Controversies arising from the 'dillution of the blood' have largely been resolved by the rise of cultural nationalism which in large measure, out of necessity, supplanted the notions of ethnic and biological supremacy which once clouded the reason of the community. That said many inheritance disputes, it is unfortunate to say, are still resolved by resorting to a skin colour chart and DNA testing to determine the percentage of Ardashirian vs Elw genetic heritage in respective claimants biological make up. It has become in itself a disreputable field of medicine and law that is only gradually fading from relevance.
''
''The Ardashirian and Elw communities would by now have drawn ever closer had it not been for the influx of Bâbki migrants in recent times which have had the unfortunate effect of reigniting old prejudices and reinforcing the old cultural and race divides.''
 
''The Ardashirian attitude towards the Bâbki is complicated on the one hand they regard the Bâbki as a means to reconnect with the homeland and 're-Babkhanise' their bloodlines, but on the other they disdain the Bâbki as being base, vulgar and inferior - particularly as they are lacking in geneologies comparable to that of the Ardashirian great families. This being a consequence of the great disorders of the dark age that beset Eura in the wake of the Grand Commonwealth coming into existance.''
 
''Although there is a certain antipathy between Old Babkhans and New it is other stating it a little to say that the mutual hostitlity is anything like that as was once experience between the Ardashirians and the Elfinshi.
''
'''Bâbki:''' ''Recent arrivals from the "Third Empire" on Babkhan Eura. Adherents of Zurvanism and radicalised by the protracted liberation struggle on Eura they are on the whole less tolerant of the multi-cultural society in Elwynn than the Ardashirians, and lessgrated, there being little or no inter-marriage between the Bâbki and the indiginous Elw, as well as a general failure or refusal to learn the common or standard tongue - which in their eyes still carries the connotations of being a Mondesian or slave language. The Bâbki resent their subordinate place in the racial and social hierachy considering themselves more pure than the Ardashirians who after so many centuries in Elwynn had, in their eyes, turned native. Some analyists fear that in the long term there is a danger that a civil war might errupt in Lesser Zjandaria if the ultra-orthodox Bâbki try to usurp the place of the established Ardashirian families which are considered to be more liberal and pluralistic in outlook, relatively speaking.''


Bâbki migration to Elwynn gathered rapid pace after the fall of the Grand Commonwealth and the restoration of the Mango-Camel Pact led to the requirement for Babkhans to obtain a "certificate of non-evilness" falling into abayance. Calls for visa restrictions have not as yet become widespread although it has been noted with interest that members of prominent Ardashirian families have become associated with this minority position.


'''Elws:''' The Elws are the indiginous inhabitants of Elwynn, predating the Imperial Republic itself. Formerly a fierce and noble warrior race they had over the centuries become a servile people tied to the lands - although their lot improved remarkably as a result of reforms brought in during the Andelarion period. Although to this day resentful of the Babkhan dominance in Lesser Zjandaria they are animated by an almost instinctive patriotic loyalty to Elwynn, rejecting all other names for the land, and this has ensured that they have the beginnings of a common ground with the Ardashirian population as well as the ruling Osmanid families - even if they continue to find the 'Bâbkis' insufferable.
After the succession of Hesam Jahandar to the [[White Orchid Throne|ducal throne]] as a scion of the Kalir line the Babkhanisation of the remaining southern portion of Lesser Zjandaria continued apace with the arrival of more emigrants from the disordered Euran continent, fleeing the implausibly orientalist Blackfriars and the CIS, and the gradual development of a social model that became known as the 'Ethnographic Hierarchy'




'''Elfinshi:''' ''Descendants of Menelmacari immigrants. Whether they sub-species of homoens or a seperate species altogether remains undetermined. Genetic compatability has however been verified with potential for fertile off-spring arising from that. Regardless of that potential interspecies matings are not known to have occurred since the Times of Strife. No known resident population in Lesser Zjandaria - although their suspected transit of the County boundaries does merit their inclusion in any hierarchy - a small isolated population suspected to have survived in the Phoenix Forest, in the neighbouring County of Illumination. Elfinshi blood vengeance cults operating out of the Yardistani Holy Lands are known to be active in covert operations to discover the remaining isolated pockets surviving in Elwynn as well as being implicated in repeated attempts to kill off the descendents of the Osmanid tribe in Elwynn.
''


'''Reorganisation – Alalehzamin'''
'''Reorganisation – Alalehzamin'''
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Latest revision as of 18:01, 9 December 2016

Emirate of Alalehzamin and Utasia
Alalehzamin flag.png

Arms Alalehzamin and Utasia.png

Motto: Xāk-e daštat behtar az zarast ("The soil of your valleys are better than gold")
Feudal Status: Royal Precinct
Capital: Ardashirshahr
Largest Cities: Ardashirshahr, Azeroth, Islus
Local Leadership Title: Arandur of Alalehzamin and Utasia
Local Government: Feudal
Current leader: Thorgils Tarjeisson
Local language: Common Tongue, Babkhi, Elw
Local Religion: Zurvanism, Froyalanish Ancient Ways, Treesian Unorthodoxy

Alalehzamin and Utasia, also known as the Emirate of Alalehzamin and Utasia, is a Royal Precinct of the Elwynnese Union. It is situated in the Deep South of the Lands of the Two Sacred Rivers.

Administration

The Emirate is currently ruled by Arandur (Steward) Thorgils Tarjeisson. The title of Emira has been retained by the former governor Noor Bint Simrani-Kalirion. Subject to the laws of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth and the Elwynnese Union the precinct is administered in accordance with the Elwnameh, the codified collection of historic decrees issued by Governors of Alalehzamin and its predecessor, the tripartite county of Lesser Zjandaria.

Map of Alalehzamin and Utasia © Gillis Björk

Economy

The economy of Alalehzamin and Utasia rests upon four key pillars:

  • Its position astride the main maritime and road route between the Imperial capital Shirekeep and Eliria, the seat of the White Orchid Throne.
  • The hydro-electrical stations linked to the West Elwynn Dam at Ardashirshahr and the East Elwynn Sluice above Islus.
  • The Production Townships developed at a Bailiwick level to focus on specialising in different forms of primary and secondary industrial activity.
  • The Bailiwicks absorbed into Alalehzamin from the Imperial County in the wake of the Cabbage Crisis comprise the outer environs of the metropolitan area of Shirekeep. With the Imperial County confined to behind the Reynardine Walls a significant proportion of the industrial and commercial infrastructure of the city, as well as the so-called commuter belt, home to the vast throng of day workers upon whom the beating heart of the Imperial Republic relied to sustain itself on a day to day basis.

History

Prehistoric Era

The Emirate of Alalehzamin and Utasia was settled in pre-historical times by the Elw who comprised its indigenous population having migrated southwards from Araxion, which is believed by some to be the ancestral homeland of the Elw race.

Antiquity

Shirerithian Rule

Babkhan Settlement – Lesser Zjandaria

The County of Lesser Zjandaria was one of the original counties of Elwynn. It was the largest county of the duchy, housing all major cities of Elwynn except for Eliria. Unique for Shirerithian counties, Lesser Zjandaria covered three diverse areas, all ruled directly from Vijayanagara. The county was created as a homeland for the Ardashirian people of Elwynn. Thanks to this arrangement, ethnic conflicts in Elwynn were rarer than they were before.


After the succession of Hesam Jahandar to the ducal throne as a scion of the Kalir line the Babkhanisation of the remaining southern portion of Lesser Zjandaria continued apace with the arrival of more emigrants from the disordered Euran continent, fleeing the implausibly orientalist Blackfriars and the CIS, and the gradual development of a social model that became known as the 'Ethnographic Hierarchy'


Reorganisation – Alalehzamin

Independence and Partition

Reunification and Expansion

Demographics

The Emirate of Alalehzamin and Utasia has a total population of 69,637,816 people.


People of Elwynn Population Size Percentage
Absentians 6,750 0.01%
Amokolians 847,978 1.22%
Babkhi 30,203,505 43.37%
Boreals 38,320 0.06%
Cimmerians 14,332 0.02%
Elfinshi 60,365 0.09%
Elw 35,695,442 51.26%
Farewellish 401,201 0.58%
Froyalanish 108,350 0.16%
Norse 811,924 1.17%
Tapferites 124,152 0.18%
Haraldian Wintergleamish 96,125 0.14%
Other Elwynnese or Shirerithian 716,120 1.03%
Resident aliens 513,252 0.74%
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