Beyir Khelumvirate

The Beyir Khelumvirate was a kingdom of Bey, North Athas. It was ruled by Khelums, rulers appointed by right of lineage, from royal houses.
From the 1500s onward or so, its ruler was Khelum Selim XXIX. The Khelumvirate possessed a small, powerful navy suited for the straits (with shallow drafted junk boats), and gained much of their income from agriculture, trade to the south, and export of finery to The Xantic Isles and Datria or Pelia.
They were rich in oil, gunpowder, silk, and other stuff. The straits of Ratallas were perfect for the formation of sulfur and saltpeter, but this variety was less suited to small arms and more to large arms... think cannons and mortar.
They were constantly at war with the Vola Imperiya - they had been since the year 1231, in what was known as the Three Century War (and would probably continue to be named so). The war was over the bank of the Vola Bereg, a large stretch of land between the two empires that contained ground deposits of Serite.
They were strong allies with the Xantic Imperium, who funded their war and facilitated trade.
In summer 1514, The Lusken Empire tried to initiate trade with them to acquire large amounts of gunpowder. This was embargo'd by the Xants, however.
=== Weaponry ===
The Khelumvirate used many iconic weapons. Their first most iconic were their blades. Made of the fairly strong golden ironlike metal in their straits, this gave rise to the Egri-Üly, Egri-Gysgá and Egri-Ëlli, their curved moonlike swords. They were also inventors of gunpowdered artillery, seen in their Gala-Döwi, Minyomóttai and Tutmaçaki.
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