Kezan
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| Feudal Status: | Imperial Dominion |
| Capital: | Fort Kezan |
| Largest Cities: | Idassa |
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| Local Leadership Title: | Count Palatine of Kezan |
| Local Government: | Dynastic Autocracy Technocratic State |
| Current leader: | Mira Octavius-Aryani |
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| Local language: | Antican English |
| Local Religion: | Holodomatic School, minor Antican sects, Christianity |
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Kezan, also known as the County Palatine of Kezan is an Imperial Dominion of Shireroth, consisting of two islands, Elutherios and Akis, as well as a number of islets, sandbars, and artificial structures going 24 nautical miles outward from the coastline of the two main islands.
Kezan is under the perpetual rule of House Octavius, in accordance with Imperial Decrees 637 and 658.
History of the Islands
Second through Fourth Eras
The islands of Eleutherios and Akis enter the historical record as unnamed islands on a map that charted the coastline between the United Baronies of Treesia and the Dutchy of Kildare.
During the Third Era, the islands came under a quick succession of various states: the Empire of Shenzhou, the Republic of Kappitolya, Alteria, and the Empire of Norona. During the Fourth Age, Norona became absorbed by the Holzer Empire before it endured a period of decline and were themselves absorbed by the Bovic Empire of Natopia.
After asserting their independence from Natopia, Holzborg collapsed and the islands fell back on self-rule.
Overseas Operations Base Kezan
During the Fifth Era, the Second Antican Republic took control of the islands and established an Overseas Operations Base in western Eleutherios, which they named OOB Kezan. This was during the greater Shiro-Elwynnese conflict, in which it would act as a forward position against Shireroth. Other than OOB Kezan and some citizens settling in the port town to the east, Antica left the islands to its indigenous inhabitants, a sparse network of farming and fishing villages.
In 4915 ASC, the Second Antican Republic abruptly collapsed as a result of the hijacking of Antica's autonomous weapons systems and nuclear arsenal. Much of Mainland Antica was irradiated and millions dispersed in the Antican Diaspora. Of the surviving post-Antican states, Aryasht integrated itself into Shireroth, while Albion and Kaikias-Overseas attempted to maintain order before themselves falling as well.
Founding of the County Palatine
In 5089 ASC, Kaiser Aiomide, of mixed Antican and Elwynnese parentage, refounded House Octavius as a noble house in Shireroth and organized the islands of Eleutherios and Akis into the County Palatine of Kezan to act as its seat.
During the formative period of the County Palatine, Kaikias-Overseas completed its collapse, adding to the Antican Diaspora. Many displaced Kaikian Anticans were resettled in Kezan under the promise that House Octavius would uphold traditional Antican rights.
