Natum'wean Confederacy

The Natum'we (United Spirits/Souls) Confederacy is a Wean State based on a series of islands in the Blue Pearl Sea. 
==History==
===Early History ===
Very early history about the Proto-Weans was very simple. Marriages were monogamous, life was egalitarian and the population was around 5,000 people. 
===The Age of Kings===
The Confederacy was founded possibly milemnia ago from 5 constituent tribes based across 2 islands. The confederacy was originally based on a form of Oligarchic Democracy, with Elders chosen by the people who elected a Grand Chief (Weuti). 
This was before agrgiculture and led to some issues with over population. This led to a brutal and legendary genocide. This began the legendary "Era of Kings". From the chaos of the War a Hunzi called Ashwadi became "Weuti for Life". His dynasty then founded a race of Kings that only lasted a 100 years. 
The dynasty came to the end during the first Natum'wean-Tubum'wean wars. Where the last King fled to a Hunziland outpost and the confederacy was restored. However territory was lost which led to the second Natum'wean-Tubum'wean War. 
The Confederacy Age
After the end of the Kings era, the confederacy settled into an era of stability and rebuilding. Whilst various factions of merchants, politcians, and peasants competing for power. The power of balance was stable, but also could be disrupted easily. Reforms giving more power to the City of Jezki through a peoples committee, upset the power of balance by bringing accountability to corrupt politicians. This led to the death of the ruling Weuti Raki, who had his throat slit open in the hall of the Weuti by Merazki, Umpi and Nawani who were merchant visitors. This caused a civil war where two Ka'Weutis Shepi and Sheri were appointed. The civil war between the populists and the merchants led to a brutal crackdown of the peasants by the army. The head of the army Pezti was appointed "Shkati", or "Spear Commander", and so began the Tyranny of Pezti. 
===The Tyranny of Pezti===
Pezti ruled for less than three years. His rule was marked by the entire annihilation of prominent families he thought that crossed him. His rule was opposed by two prominent politicians. Jaydi ja'Raki (son of the last legitimate Weuti) who had seized the mainland colony of Oppizki Nu and Jazed ja'Qafiri who had sought shelter in the Tubum'wean Confederacy. Jaydi had conspired with merchants to kill Pezti. Pezti was subtly poisonned but went mad during the sickness and killed his physician out of paranoia. Immediately after his death, Jazed and Jaydi invaded as "liberators" to little to no resistance. 
Two men although not fast friends sat as Ka'Weutis for three years for political stability. Then after a hard fought political campaign Jaydi was elected as total Weuti. 
===The Reign of Jaydi ja'Raki===
The rule of Jaydi was a period of internal stability but external expansion, towards the traditional Tubum'wean enemies. The Tubum'wean war saw a doubling of the Confederacy's territory and land. Jaydi governed for nearly 27 years, which is the longest reign of any weuti since the time of the kings.
===Instability===
The Confederacy hit a large period of instability, generated by its anti-tyranny reforms and by subversion of Hoshi. 
Haythi's Weutiship
Haythi managed to be Weuti for nearly four years. During this time, his weutiship had several successes in the north, and the violence became less and less pronounced. Nevertheless, during the second year of his weutiship, he was rocked by a scandal when it was revealed that his secretary Japhi had stolen food aid meant for the poors and sold it on markets in the neighbouring state of Qaz'we.
Haythi sent an expedition to the south, which returned later. He also commissioned the archive and made a secret pact with Muni II. He managed to remove the provision against minority religions.
Then he died on his 72nd birthday. He ate a delicious oyster dinner, and then fell dead surrounded by his three daughters.
The thirteen Weutis
The following six years saw several Weutis rise and fall, due to the increased tensions between the various factions, coupled with "oyster-trading" and political machinations, especially as Hoshi courted many elders and made them change side, even though he failed to gain a majority.
Most of these weutis were independents.
Gadi, 11 months
Gadi ja'Washi was a close political affiliate of Haythi, and had served on diplomatic missions in Hunzitiland for the mercantile clan of ja'Aweri. He was a strict man who wore a graying beard. The first six months of his weutiship worked well, but then it started to deteriorate. Firstly, there was revealed that he was involved in the slave trade in Hunzitiland. Then it came to a lavish dinner which he arranged during his daughter's wedding with Makili ja'Aweri, and the last scandal was when it was revealed that he was trying to sneak in a reinterpretation of the slave-holding laws which would have greatly benefitted the Aweri clan, and that he also had helped to with-held information about Aweri wealth.
The Hoshi faction called for a vote of no confidence, and it narrowly passed. Gadi was overthrown after 11 months and 13 days.
interregnum, 2 months
During this period, over six meetings were held between the factions, each and every of these meetings vetting well-known diplomats and politicians. None was found sufficient, not because of lack of qualifications, but because of their associations. Eventually, the Elder council moved to elect...
Jezi ja'Jeza, 5 months
Jezi ja'Jeza was a metti in Fatu Nu when he was contacted regarding the weutiship. He had no affiliations whatsoever, and his main area of expertise was agricultural engineering. First when approached about the weutiship, he laughed loud as he thought it was a joke. Then he immediately accepted.
Then the fun began.
Jezi had no political experience whatsoever, and no political base. His first speech was relatively good, but his second speech revealed that something was wrong - especially as he talked about the main challenge of the islands and to fightthe main enemy, namely the fruit-stealing monkeys. 
Jezi's son, Hazwi ja'Jezi, on the other side, in Fatu Nu, began to take things in the local market without paying, and also made an attempt to undress a granddaughter of a village elder, claiming that he could take "anything he liked when he was son of a weuti". This created a backlash and Hazwi was beaten up by the five brothers of the girl.
Jezi then arranged a great party in the weuti residence to celebrate his weutiship. He also prepared to build an annex to the weuti residence where he would grow sorghum. It was not until later it was revealed that Jezi had given away state property amounting to 0,020 gold to friends and to pay for the construction of the annex, as well as for the party (where three ostriches ran around inside the residency).
Jezi was told that it was best that he would resign willingly, as the state could possibly turn into anarchy was a second weuti to be overthrown in a short time. He refused publically, and held a speech before the citizens of Jezki (which he called Jeelu Nu), where he called for their support. They laughed him out, but he said that he would refuse to be present at the session, thus making his removal illegal.
The Elder council then sent Hoshi and Zami to the weuti residence. Ten minutes later, Jezi was going out alone, without his insignia or staff, carrying his personal belongings inside a woven basket.
Zami, six months
Hoshi and Zami formed an uneasy alliance, where Zami's daughter was married to Hoshi's nephew. With the help of Hoshi, Zami could be elected into the weutiship, on the condition that most of his appointments were to be from the Jazedist faction. Zami immediately made an oversight of the state budget, and sold off all extravagances, including Jezi's ostriches.
Zami's second weutiship did however end catastrophically. The main reason was that the budgetary agreement was refused by the Jazedist faction, which blocked the entrance to the Hot Springs shrine. Zami did also lose his remaining support after closing a popular market place following the mysterious deaths of 68 people in a food poisoning.
Zami resigned, and his aide Tulki, who was one of Hoshi's men, took over the helm.
Tulki, eight months
Tulki was shown to be a surprisingly effective weuti, albeit almost tyrannical. The market closure had been his idea, and he also had nine traders arrested and interrogated, accused of "mass poisoning". He ordered the Narazki to go from house to house and interrogate people, and also arrest those with "an evil look on their eyes". Over 700 people were arrested, and Tulki ordered them all - including Japhari Ja'We - banished from Jezki. 
Otherwise, Tulki became very popular, as he used confiscated property from three wealthy merchants who had been banished, and used the money to form a specific patrol guarding the city during the night, preventing fires and crime. He also set up a fund which would divert a share of the gold to widows and orphans from poor households which would be possible to use. However, he achieved these results by threatening family members of elders, and taking control over the army using a corruption scandal to sack several senior officers.
The more educated and literate members of society started to fear that Tulki would become a tyrant. At the end however, he died. He was found a morning in his bed, his face twitched in a horrific grin. His chef, Ëweru Ju'Nefi, was immediately re-hired by Hoshi. Some rumours tell that Hoshi was jealous of Tulki, and fearful to lose his leadership over the party, so he had his former protegé poisoned.
Nobody wanted to investigate the rumours, as the entire Elder Council was grateful to Tulki being gone.
Qathi ja'Raami, three months
The next weuti was a narazka named Qathi ja'Raami who was in Oppizki Nu to write a report on the mining operations there. He was spending equally much time to draw birds, which were his main focus of interest. He especially loved to study the feather, and had confessed that he dreamt of "building wings" so he might "help man fly". 
Qathi accepted the nomination and appeared in Jezki. He insisted on first reporting before the Oppizki Nu commission in regards to gold mining, as that had been his task beforehand. 
He served well as a weuti for three months, and then resigned and asked to be moved back to his previous position. The elder council refused that, but then he refused to leave the home of his mother, where he had taken refuge. A mob was assembled, asking for the weuti to come back, but he refused. On the third day, his resignation was accepted.
Rafi ja'Nísi, nine months
Rafi ja'Nísi had served under Jaydi. He was an unassuming man who lived frugally. He was literate, and had been one of the people originally developing the Lenne script. He began by hailing his predecessor as a great weuti. He became a popular weuti with the Elder Council, as he was ending his every audience with "The Weuti does as bidden by the Council". 
Then a disaster strikes the Natum'wean fleet in Cabum'we, as the fleet is attacked by burning arrows from one of the warring factions, attacking on light-moving rafts. 700 men are lost and 300 are captured and sold into slavery. In Jezki, massive demonstrations are held, demanding revenge. Even the Traditionalists are swept with the fervour, and the only ones advocating against an increased engagement are the Joined Hands.
Rafi ja'Nísi holds a final speech, accepting personal responsibility for the defeat and resigns, even banishing himself from Jezki.
Ayzadi ja'Gaythi, six months
Ayzadi ja'Gaythi is Zami's foremost opponent and political enemy. It is said that Zami has cursed Ayzadi. That is why the surprise is total when Zami proposes Ayzadi to become new weuti and to lead the rebuilding of the fleet. Ayzadi accepts and moves on to recommission the fleet. He then moves on to lead the fleet personally in a campaign throughout Cabum'we, attacking especially the looters who have started to attack civilian traffic.
Ayzadi is terribly popular, and is seen as a weuti who will lead the Natum'we for the following thirteen years. Demonstrations are held to his honour. Then it is revealed that his fleet engagement campaign has led to the sack of two villages, where he ordered the killings of 300 civilians.
This leads to a prosecution. Ayzadi is taking eight ships to return to Jezki, to forcefully end the prosecution. He is however met by captain Azwa, who leads an outnumbered Tuzki force outside of Jezki. Ayzadi is defeated and flees to Gabby Nu where he tries to impersonate a deaf woman. One of Azwa's men recognise a tattoo on his ankle and has him arrested. Ayzadi is however (according to Azwa) resisting the arrest and his accidentally falling on his own flint dagger, disembowelling himself.
Ayzadi's head is brought to Jezki, carried in the mouth and nose by a courier. Azwa is prosecuted for the murder of a weuti, but is freed by the court.
Gabbu ja'Felwe, 4 months
Gabbu ja'Felwe is a 75 year old former diplomat, who served under Jaydi but was a follower of Jazed. His left side is shaking uncontrollably and he can hardly speak. During his youth, he was well-known as a fashionable dandy who was involved in a homosexual affair with a transvestite. That was a long time ago.
It is a surprise he survives for the 4 months he is weuti. But he "manages" to prevent a civil war.
Zami, three months
The third Zami weutiship. Zami manages to reduce the fleet engagement in Cabum'we somewhat, and is pardoning the officers. Then he is resigning when Hoshi refuses to even admit his proposed cabinet.
Ashki ja'Phati, eleven days
Ashki ja'Phati is a merchant who manages to win support from the traditionalists. They do however withdraw their support after only eleven days, after he opened a prosecution against Hoshi, allegedly for corruption. His resignation speech consists of four words: "Guess I deserve it!"
Zami, one month
The fourth Zami weutiship. This time his appointments are accepted, but then he resigns following a failure to abolish Tulki's costly gold reform. Notaries have noted he did not even move into the weuti palace this time.
Japhari Ja'we returns to a cheering crowd during this weutiship.
Hoshi Ja'Joni, thirteen months
This time, the lethargy is so obvious that Hoshi manages to gain the support of the merchants and the Sarmadians to be elected. He immediately manages to strike an alliance with several merchant houses, and then moves to reduce Tulki's reform, instead proposing to oversee the food distribution system. He manages to strike a budget, and promises to end the Cabum'we mission.
His weutiship is fairly successful, though his numerous political opponents see themselves under higher and higher pressure. He is replacing over 22 people, and is planning for a renovation of the square. His policies in the north and towards the Joined hands are unpopular, as he is firmly on the side of the land-owners. He is also sending thirteen Tuzki to the home where Japhari lives as a guest. They strip Japhari of his clothes and then lead him in a leather collar throughout the streets, kicking and beating him with whips before throwing him out in the waste area.
Japhari stands up and says to the men: "You shall all be deprived of your souls and walk the deather lands as zitis when you have died!"
At the end, Hoshi resigns well into advance of his second budget, realising it will fail and put a stain on his political career. He uses the death of his wife to claim he wants one year of mourning. During the funeral, he gives away gold and silver to the poors of Jezki, but they have not yet forgiven his treatment of Japhari.
Pa'wa
Pa'wa sat for the remainder of the term. He was Hoshi's proposal, even though Hoshi moved around to attack him verbally for every policy which he did not agree with or which wasn't popular amongst the people. Pa'wa made policies which banned men who lacked a certain fortune to become weutis, in order to prevent "more Jezis in the future". The fortune was put at twelve pieces of gold or twelve patches of land. Hoshi loudly condemned Pa'wa's elitist policies, but his followers laid down their votes when the votation began, helping Pa'wa's policies to gather steam.
===The Tyranny of Hoshi ===
Hoshi's second term started normal enough he negotiated peace in Cambum'we and allowed Natum'we involvement in their neighbour be reduced to sponsorship of Pirate Lords. A new political movement began called the Klazk, which united Jaydists, Merchants and Joined Hands (a anti slavery movement) into a loose federation. 
This was not taken lightly by Hoshi who launched a coup under the guise of a great fire in Jezki apparently started by the Joined Hands movement, a movement led by a peaceful preacher called Japhari Ja'we. This led to emergency powers being granted to Hoshi, everything was centralised to Hoshi and everyone was forced to swear allegience to him. The joined hands were outlawed, and anyone talking against Hoshi was now an enemy of the state. This is resisted by the Elder council until Raki Ja'Hoshi, marches in dressed as a soldier declaring that the military and the people shall meet out revenge instead of the senile and corrupt council. 
Many members of the Klazk were imprisoned or intimidated and political opposition was silenced in the confedereacy. Low level members of the Klazk fled to the Natum'wean colony of Oppizki Nu which became the seat of resistance of anti-Hoshi thinkers who were removed from their lands. 
This resistance occasionaly became hot, in the case of Gahat Ja'bilak a Natum'wean Bureaucrat and Admiral. He attempted to launch a couter coup by capturing Raki Ja'Hoshi and trying him and his father. This  attempt failed when Raki was warned of the attempt and escaped. Gahat had to flee, but he and his men managed to rescue one of the leaders of the Klazk Zami from captivity. They then prompted to flee into hiding in Cabum'wean territory. Some contact was made between the two Klazk cells, with Zami and Gahat sailing to Oppizki Nu which set the stage for the War of Liberation. 
===The War of Liberation===
See the Liberation war of the Klazk. 
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==Interaction with the Hunzi==
Natum'we has had a varied relationship with the Hunzi people. They have been influenced by the Hunzi and vice versa more than any other Wean state. 
==Culture and Society==
Natum'wean culture is different to more traditional Wean cultures around the Blue Pearl Sea. 
==Religion==
Due to the nebulous nature of Natum'we there is no state religion for the confederacy. The majority of Natum'weans still practice a version of decentralised Shamanism. However new religions and philisophical teachings have taken hold in Natum'wean Society. 
Neyettism
Founded just before the time of Kings, Neyetti created a religion where symbols were beacons of power. Energys could be controlled by symbols as well as energy being produced from different acts and beings. 
===The United Ways===
During the age of the First Confederacy the United Ways aimed to bridge the gap between Neyettism and Shamanism, however this failed and a new religion was formed. This religion is based more on enegies, transcendence of the spirit, and the ability for spirits to grow in stature. 
===Sarmanism===
A teaching that began in the former Tubum'wean territories. Sarman was a Elder in the Tubum'wean confederacy who proposed rules for how someone should conduct their life. Sarmanism is the only religion to have a fully organised priest class. Who provide teaching to the children of wealthy families in how to conduct themselves.
===The Teacher and the Learner===
The new teaching originating in the new time of the Klazk. It is based off two main assumptions. 
1) The universe is one and is sentient, although it has two facets, the teacher/father, and the learner/student/son. Gods, prophets, older spirits, are all faces of the father. Humans, animals, plants, and Ziti, are all faces of the learner.
2) Like other Natum'wean religions, energy is magic, and energy is life, but energy is also the four elements. Also the elements are split into young and old Fire Wind are young, they are tempetusous and ignorant, earth and water are the older teachersalso the universe is forever striving to learn and progress, but the father must control the child so the child does not run before he can walkits based off the basics of natum'wean religion, but its very contemporary.
===The Cult of the Octopus===
A shadowy organisation, they are rumoured to have eight women warlocks running their small cult. Sexual deviency, poisons, and child sacrafice are all rumoured to occur. What is known is that in times of unrest the cult uses poisons and subterfuge to attack guards and politicans. 
==List of heads of state==
Note*, all events before the monarchy are considered to be mythical.
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