The New Sun Lands

1: Neä-KeäSonda, sometimes just the Sun Lands. Pellan theocracy 1075-1112 ruled by the priesthood of Inanna. The New Sun Lands was an attempt to reinstate the original Sun Lands (Keä-Sonda), that was replaced by the Pellan Empire 294. Even in the Pellan Empire, the priesthood of Inanna had great power, but the emperor had the final say in all matters. The army was commanded by the emperor, but visit to the temple of Inanna was an integral part of military life. So the coup in 1074-75 succeeded surprisingly easy, after Emperor Oktavio had neglected matters outside his court for several years. The Pellan priests of Inanna see Her in a somewhat different light than their eastern colleagues, and one of the coup's objectives was to do missionary work in the east. See the  New Sun Lands Crusade. The Pellan army and navy had been promised that campaigns of conquest would be funded, but the army had rather envisioned a campaign against Borsoch, whose border raids had been ignored by Oktavio. Oktavio died in exile 1083, and his son Alexius raised an small army and invaded the New Sun Lands in 1098 attempting to restore the empire. Having no hope of reconquering Pellas by the force of numbers alone, Alexius hoped that the people would rally to the imperial standard. His plan partly worked, for though he was never able to gain enough support to challenge the theocracy, his personal courage and military ability restored the dignity of the Imperial family that Oktavio had squandered. Slowly the confidence of the priesthood eroded despite of their vast military superiority. In 1111 armies from Grone, Rovia and the Pandese Empire invaded the New Sun Lands, testing the strength of the Sun Lands troop morale, and finally breaking it. Alexius died in 1111, perhaps making it easier for the New Sun Lands army to surrender later that year. In 1112 the son of Alexius, Valentinian, was inaugurated as king of Azantir, the new state allowing the priesthood much influence. The priests of Ech Alba have yet to surrender. The New Sun Lands had a network of spies and worshipers of Inanna outside Pellas, who were called Illumnati (the enlightened) and are still thought to be active. In addition, the so-called Dark Faction, a resistance group, operates within Pellas. 
2: The theocracy of Ech Alba.