Shahdom of Badar

The Shahdom of Badar ("Badar I Abun Cha'ti" in standard Badari) is an observed, yet technically non-existant state on the south of the continent of Mesoti. This state is a curious example of an essentially non-existant state that still commands diplomatic weight and functional existance despite not officially being created or existing under any law.
The Shahdom, as noted does not exist under law. Instead, it is formed from various technically independant Shahdoms that vaguely follow the policy and whims of whichever Shahdom commands the most diplomatic weight at any one time. Currently this is Shah Abunt IV of the Shahdom of Makib.
== Politics ==
The Shahdom lacks any official government, due to the Shahdom having no legal precendance. The shahdom effectively operates as a confederation of autonomous (although if the current Grand Shah commands a high degree of power this autonomy may be degraded) shahdoms, each competing for power with one another, coming together for matters such as mutual defence from the outside world. 
It has often been described by Badari commentators that Badar exists effectively as its own world distinct from the rest of the continent. Badari politics are often ignored by, and completely ignore external foreign powers. The Badari use the term "Inad i hai ti essant" to refer to those countries outside of Badar itself, literally meaning "Places of across the sea". This reflects their view that other countries are effectively irrelevant, so distant as to be considered figuratively detached by an ocean from them.
Due to this, one must consider Badar not so much a country, yet a distinct continent that has it's perculiar own laws and customs that rarely come into conflict with the outside world on a large scale. While it is possible that a border shahdom may have qualms with a bordering country over territory or trade, these never become an issue concerning the whole of Badar. 
A useful analogy would be comparing Badar to China during one of the many periods of its fracturement. While not existing as a technical state, there was a sense of unity and the existance of "China". External affairs were largely irrelevant to the Chinese, who instead looked inwards, being ruled by petty warlords all competing to be crowned Emperor (Grand Shah).