Kaizra

Kaizra, officially the Daranate of Kaizra (Kaizran: Dāranat i Kaizru) is a Daranist Council Republic located in the subcontinent of Zarilyia which is part of the greater continent of Halinn. 
Kaizra borders the Zarilyian Sea to the southwest, the Halinn/Kaxaril Sea to the southeast, and the Kaizran Sea to the northwest. It's its capital is Katenlenzi and its largest city is Kroskra. Kaizra shares borders with multiple countries such as Naan, Presage to its south, Melzia to its east, Antara and Pinkiskromtal to its north, and Jorthar to its northwest. Kaizra is the largest Solonari-majority nation in Abexilas and one of the only democracies on Halinn.
== Etymology ==
The word Kaizra comes from Kaizran "Kaizrā", which was inherited from Old Kaizran "Kais-Raa", meaning "Sons of Kaiz". Kaiz is the patriarch of all ethnic Kaizrans according to Yukhenist theology.
== History ==
=== Pre-history ===
Kaizra's Prehistory begins in the early Solsaran Age where Ancient Solorans lived as nomads in the harsh desert climate of Kaizra. There was no one solid Kaizran state in this period, but only nomadic clans attempting to survive in the region. 
In early soloran days they would melt copper ore in domed clay kilns into a malleable state, and shape it into early tools on a slab of stone functioning as an anvil. Soon after their discovery of tin, the solorans alloyed both molten metals into casts and created bronze equipment, used commonly for its resistance to the hot climate.
Solorans had many currencies, but a few typically used ones were dolphin teeth, with the ones with the most enamel rings being worth the most, eucalyptus sap along with acacia gum, both found from nearby savannahs, and seashells, mostly from nautilus, cowry, cone snails etc. They also had some more prized currencies, such as camels as livestock and their leather, the carapace from desert scorpions, and the shells and beaks of snapping turtles. 
A noticeable part of early soloran society was the use of color. Many festivals had used vibrant paints and fabrics in the streets and dyed clothing was a large part of the economy due to its high demand. Some examples of the most popular dyes and colors used were carmine, nadeshiko, cobalt, cyclamen, celeste, celadon, indigo, nyanza, verdigris, vermilion, lavender etc.
Most of these dyes were made from crushing petals, insects or minerals with a mortar and pestle, eg, making an azure pigment from crushing lapis lazuli. These dyes sold for much and were seen as a sign of wealth. Solorans mainly ate fruits from the desert plants such as prickly pears, kalako fruit and urū; along with fruits from exotic trees such as coconuts, bananas, pineapples, dragonfruit, durian, kiwi, aluua, tsuru, jejufruit, and meats from tortoise, snakes, meerkats, mojmurkes, geckos, komodo dragons, sunshemas, mirajoos, Silbirpiente, mirimangosta, polvochuza, aridordromo and luguemikas. They also consumed yogurts made from fruits and camel milk. They drank water from cacti, as their stomachs had adapted to its acidity, juices from various nutrient-rich fruits such as malkabe juice, coconut water and camel milk. Solorans would do bonfire rituals, where they would sacrifice one of their camels and let it lie in the bonfire. They would then get their fruits and roast them on sticks above the fire, letting the juices seep out onto the body of the sacrifice so it would have water and nutrience in the afterlife. Then they would eat their dry roast fruits. This was seen as a ritual for their deities, as camels were a treasured animal and sacrificing one of them was a great gift for the gods.
Eventually an early solaran kingdom was able to somewhat form in the Auzran region of Kaizra. The early Solorans were monarchist. The first king was 'elected' by the local villagers when they needed a ruler, and they decided on the most worthy person, Yulim Armeli Seletra, one individual who had put unparalleled effort into providing for the village. And so the descendants of Seletra became the next rulers.
The desert was vastly populated by orc tribes, tribunals and clans, although the Solorans were isolated from the more disorderly side of the desert. Despite this, the Solorans bordered a medium-sized tribe named Noz'Kapok, which, to start, partook in a border dispute with the Solorans, displaying them as 'vermin' in the mainly orc-inhabited lands. Noz'Kapok sent a raid party towards the Soloran village, yet the Solorans, physically weaker, strategized and coordinated themselves perfectly, defeating the waves of raiders multiple times. After many casualties, Noz'Kapok called off their troop's bombardment, and paid reparations to the Solorans by supplying them with resources and creating an informal alliance. The Solorans proved their honor when supporting Noz'Kapok in smaller conflicts against rebelling clans, and their alliance grew stronger through mutual respect. The primitive Solorans were introduced to gold and gemstones through trade deals with Noz'Kapok and other tribes. Their travelling and diplomatic talks towards other tribes gave them a fair reputation in their corner of the desert. Noz'Kapok made an announcement to their neighboring tribes, that they would be supporting the Soloran's Independence and help in defending their settlements. Many tribes acquainted with the solorans and they eventually formed an alliance named the Coalition of Sun. Soon after, a prominent tribe similar in size to Noz'Kapok became convinced, and so joined this coalition, their name was Hu'Kastrab. The larger orc tribes on the other corners of the desert heard about this coalition, and began to resent the Solorans. And so they cut off trade links with the tribes inside of the coalition and declared a tribe feud as they saw them as dishonorable. This split the desert into 2 different groups, Coalition of Sun, led by Noz' Kapok, the solorans and Hu' Kastrab, and the Aggregated Orc Alliance, led by the Largest orc groups. The Solorans were growing in population much faster than the orcs and so more and more soloran villages were founded. In the midst of this growth, the war in the desert was officially declared. Since orcs are a warrior race, they all participated in the great war, sending thousands of soldiers at a time. At the end of the war, about a third of the entire orc race was killed and the Solorans began to greatly outnumber the orcs as the orcs could not sustain growth because of the resource cost used in the war. This was the dark age for the orcs and the Solorans luckily took minor casualties because of their strategic superiority. The Solorans were thriving. Noz' Kapok, Hu' Kastrab and the remaining orc tribes were forced to leave the Coalition of Sun so they could end the war, and so the coalition collapsed, aswell as the orc alliance, since the orcs had no further reason to work together after the war had ended.
The Soloran population, although now safe, was greatly disappointed by the nullification of their allies' military, economic, research, migration and defensive pacts. A smaller religious circle called Selkhanaism, followed by nomads, began to rise in popularity, as it was said that the defeat in the war and the loss of their friends was a punishment from a divine being for becoming a 'greedy' agricultural society. The majority of Solorans adopted this religion and their society briefly became nomadic in nature, many moving in camel driven caravans, trading with others and straying from their communities. 
This was soon to change when the humans arrived to the land. The humans arrived to the desert lands of Kaizra after their old lands had been ravaged by their God to defeat heretic invaders. The leader of the human religion of Yukhenism then recived a prophecy of a holy land where even the sand shines gold and found it in the solaran nomadic deserts where they settled their holy city of Katānlēzi. The humans quickly became a large economic power in the region as their city was positioned directly on the main road for the largest trade route in the region. The human city's growth then began to snowball from this economic success from trade routes. Some solarans even abandoned their ancient nomadic traditions in favor of an easier urban lifestyle in the city. The nomadic solarans began to take notice of these intruders in their lands and many despised them as they still belived that an agricultural society was greedy and evil and that the gods despised it. So, the many solaran tribes banded together against the human city dwellers and attempted to drive them out in many raids' invasions and conquests however, they all failed. While the nomadic warriors inflicted heavy causalties on the city dwellers, the nomads were taking a similar number of causalties and the nomadic solarans did not have enough population or resources to sustain these frequent types of raids. So, the solaran tribes once again fractured, but because of their many defeats in war around 15% of the solaran nomadic population had died so many of the tribes were completely dissolved and forced to assimilate into the growing human city-state. The humans spread the religion of Yukhenism, which hastily dominated any other religion in the region, and destroyed the belief in solarans that agriculture and sedentary life was cursed. This allowed humans and solarans to finally come together in a society and as their races lived together, they began to share lineage, creating a new race, the solonari. The solonari are a mix of human and solaran and are what now inhabit Kaizra today.
=== Racial tension ===
The beginning of ethnic tension in Kaizra started with the native Kaizran race, the Solonari and a race of mushroom people, the Scrooms. The Scroomish culture was based on ideals of sillyness. The Kaizran government claims that Scroomish culture is based on the ideals of racial supremacy of the Scroom race, although this is false and is based on misconceptions of Scroomish culture and lore. There was mostly racial tolerance between the two races, but as the Scroom population began to grow in Kaizra a new group of Scroomish radicals calling for reform of the Kaizran government and later the independence of Pinkiskromtal began to gain traction. This group was called the Grand Reforms, or New Generation Scrooms by the Kaizran government. These newgen Scrooms were particularly angry at the fact that a Solonari city, Katānlēzi, was settled inside the semi-autonomous Scroom province. To add insult to injury for them, the city was the holy city and holy land of the Solonari religion of Yukhenism.
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