The Shishuk Territories

== Basic Info ==
The Shishuk Territories (shi-SH-uk) is an egyptian-sumerian themed nation located in the west of Abexilas in the central desert of Iristoya (jazh-ratep in Kemezh). 'Shishuk' is an ancient word referring to the native people of the jazh-ratep which makes up majority of the nation's ethnicity. However, the word also links to the polytheistic religion unique to the Shishuks. The nation's history is currently early in the age of Amun-Nap (Sunrise; a metaphor in Kemezh for New Beginnings).
=== Government ===
A Theocratic monarchy lead by Neswet (King) Atut Ramun and the national council of religious order, the wfatu-usep. The nation is guided and governed by the principles of the polytheistic religion which has created an absolutist nation with low tolerance towards other faiths though the absolute religious identity has forged a nation of committed citizens devoted to the one true ideology, in the eyes of the faithful.
=== Religion ===
As mentioned, the state religion also happens to be its governing ideology. The faith consists of many gods and spirits with each deity corresponding to different aspects of society and the common culture of the people. The strong belief reflects on the language of the natives, Kemezh, which has no direct word for 'religion' due to the concept of the existence of other faiths is foreign to the Shishuks which traces back to its isolationist nomadic era of the ethnic group. Although, the nation has long passed its lone-period the concept of other beliefs is still alien among the population.
=== Geography ===
The jazh-ratep desert is rich and fertile unlike most deserts due to having a river run along the border of the mainland with a lake in the middle and then continuing down west towards to sea. This has made farming 'in the water' with agricultural rafts a common practice, an indigenous tradition which has been passed down to this current era of the Amun-Nap. It also has a gigantic sand dune surrounding most of the towns and cities within the territory forcing the housing architecture to be built on and in the hillsides. 
Category:Abexilas