Esutaria

The Commonwealth of Esutaria [Eitsutaria Mobonsa 永蓮植邦 連邦] is a compact city-state known for its blend of Yaszumatti tradition and modern building regulations. It operates as a monarchy, led by the dual leadership of Empress [Daikotzu 大神蓮] Rin Misana and Empress Saishiyo Erinoa, who guide the country through shared responsibilities, each bringing a distinct vision to the Commonwealth’s rule. Along with their rule is the High Council [Umanaisiu 天会議] who are a meritocratic council of the most loyal and dedicated of the citizenry to aid in their decisions.
=== Map of Esutaria ===
=== History ===
Esutaria’s origins trace back to Eldham, when the people were united under Raiyuna. Over the years, an ideology formed related to the local practices of the Kiruko province and city of Kinnomachi. This was amplified when a young Saishiyo Erinoa, before her transformation to immortality, came to rule as mayor in Kinnomachi and the small town of Asutoria. When the War of the Comet occurred, forcing Eldham-wide evacuations of cities, she used her leverage to evacuate both the populations of Kiruko and Kinnomachi, using an artisan-crafted airship. 
On transit to Abexilas, as the fleet of ships was in transit, a comet fragment knocked the ship carrying Saishiyo off-course, causing it to crash-land into the locally referred to Tengaki Mountain Range, sliding down the eastern side, halting just before crashing into Lake Deicho. As the people climbed out of the wreckage, they used the vibrant soil and flora to build up their new city, around the coast close to the ship for security. The great mountain range behind them held a geographic treasure, where the mountains blocked the winter winds and provided mist to the region to keep the soil fertile year round. The talles mountain was summited by Saishiyo herself as she explored the region to establish the borders of their settlement. There, in the years that followed, the people united under Saishiyo Erinoa and a former mayor, Rin Misana, as co-Empresses of the newly founded Commonwealth of Esutaria.
After the Commonwealth was founded, the people met by the locals with rather harsh reception, especially considering that the Karokwa Shegan area of the city was built on top of an ancient castle, made unrecognizable via the building strategies the nation uses. To ease tensions with the local large nation, Soijiro[1], the Commonwealth signed a pact of alleigance with them against any foes. Considering the then leader of Soijiro had made many enemies, that quickly complicated the early communications for Esutaria.
After several years passed with little to no progress, Soijiro[2] suddenly had fallen into a near civil war after their council ousted their ruler. Relations between the new state of Hwaryeong and Esutaria became muddy within all the commotion, which angered the Eriszetsu spirits worshiped by Eitsutarii. The spirits appeared upon Empress Erinoa during a mining trip and they punished the region by casting her out into the far reaches of Abexilas, to only be able to return when the time was right for Esutaria to prosper.
Many moons passed before Saishiyo could return, and in that time relations between Esutaria and the nations around grew distant, as the city-state focused on maintaining itself instead of overburdening their own logistics. By the time Saishiyo returned, Hwaryeong was reformed once more into the state of Geyondo. This new state was annexed on the day the Empress returned, coming back with a newfound strength gained from fighting the spirits and returning alive. On this day she vowed to recreate Esutaria in a better form than possibly imagined. (We have entered the present).
=== Culture/Festivals ===
The Festival of the Silver Moon [Pawari Karu Gira 祭月銀] was held roughly two years after Empress Erinoa returned, where the blossoming city celebrated the Moon that shown above the citizens as they crawled out of the wreckage. The city was decorated with banners, and Empress Erinoa herself along with some council members and foreign visitors and delegates took the pilgrimage to the top of Mt. Esthern, the tallest mountain in all of Abexilas.
File:EsutariaBanner.png|Esutaria's In-Game Banner
File:EsutariaSilverMoon1.png|Silver Moon Festival Flag
File:EsutariaSilverMoon2.png|Silver Moon Flag (Alternate)
The Harvest/Blood Moon Festival [Pawari Karukai] was held in the third year of her Empresses return to honor the first large harvest Esutaria was able to gather, coinciding with the foretold blood moon that would signal Esutaria's days of harvest. The city was decorated with red and grey banners symbolizing the moon as people gathered to feast upon the previous day's harvest and competed for the last large fishing competition before the schools of fish migrated to the western lake for the winter. As the drinks came out of the newly renovated brewery, people quickly learned more about several of the patrons, especially that they arrived from Lyhnchai to the south. As the feast ended, the Empress and many of the patrons walked down the newly completed road connecting Esutaria to Renesphey as they visited their neighbors city, establishing a new tradition of visiting others on future Pawari Karukais.