Mesi Empire

## Overview

The Mesi Empire is a recently created, land-based trade empire, formed by Ijbo Khuea, in the continent of Rovenell within the Mesa. The Empire was first begun in the city of Kajhivuho, the home of Ijbo and the capital of the empire. Ijbo Khuea is the current and only emperor of the Mesi Empire. The empire itself is very new, however the Mesi people are not new, and are spread out among the larger Mesa area. With the rise of the empire, Mesi tribes have begun joining as cities and nobles, and the empire has been consistently expanding/growing.

## Nation Information

### Founded

A few years ago (The Mesi people have existed in the Mesa for over 6000 years

The empire is controlled by the Khuea, or Emperor, who decides the empire's laws, can give Monarch funding to businesses started by Mesi citizens, can sell mining land to citizens, and can make laws by decree, along with other powers. The position of Khuea is not hereditary, and is elected by the Nobles of the individual cities. Each Mesi city has a noble house, usually formed by a Mesi tribe, that runs the going-ons in their respective cities, there are also Regional Nobles, who live within the capitals of a region, and represent the individual cities in a region on a regional level and also run the region going ons. Each region may be either a vassal or other state part of the larger empire. All nobles must swear loyalty to the Khuea, and may run their regions/cities as they see fit so long as they follow the will of the Khuea, they are free to interpret certain things as they wish and implement based on that.

## Governmental Details

The Mesi Empire is Monarcho-Capitalist, with the Monarch overseeing business and trade, giving funding to get a return on investment for the kingdom, which allows businesses to create infrastructure or the kingdom to do projects themselves. Each citizen has the right to housing and the ability to start a business as they wish, and to get Mesi funding, along with asking for the ability to set up a city and become a noble, however this is either allowed or denied by the Khuea.

The Khuea has a variety of powers. Firstly, the power to make laws by decree, the ability to give land to people to make cities and become nobles, the right to give Monarch funding to businesses and to take away funding, they have the right to take away the noble status of others, can delegate most government titles at their discretion, is the highest rank in the military, and can sell mining land to foreign countries.

## History

### The Great Decay

According to Gjjnh myth, the primary religion worshipped in the Mesi Empire, it is believed an event, known as the Great Decay, caused the desertification of the region most tribes are stationed in, and there is evidence to display that the region underwent a process of desertification quite a few thousand years ago at the central point of the desert. With this desertification, the Mesi tribes split up, and thus began the Formation of Kajhivuho

### Formation of Kajhivuho

Kajhivuho is the Mesa (landform, not biome) where the Kajhivuho tribe resides and the Kajhivuho city was later created, during/after the Great Decay, the various tribes of the Mesi people migrated to the Mesas (landform), where rain and agriculture could be achieved, and among these migrants were the earliest descendants of the Kajhivuho tribe, who eventually became the Kajhivuho tribe.

### Urbanization of Kajhivuho

With the ascent of Kajhivuho as the tribal leader of the Kajhivuho tribe, the tribe began a shift, breaking away from simple tribal buildings and agriculture, and the building of cities, headed by Tofu, and the building of larger farms, until it became a fuller, urbanized city.

### Formation of the Mesi Empire

The Mesi Empire was formed by Ijbo Khuea, first created as the Kajhivuho city-state. Ijbo designated himself the term Khuea, meaning King/Emperor. He was inspired from his father's lifelong wish, which was to find the other Mesi tribes, which he never got to do before he died. Ijbo took it a step further, however, deciding he would unite the Mesi tribes and build a national identity among the Mesi people.

### Cession of Al-Waha

The first tribe to join the Mesi Empire was the Al-Waha tribe, Ijbo Khuea had explored, discovering their settlement, and after discussions with the tribal leader, Inquisitor, got them to agree to uniting with the Kajhivuho tribe. This Tribe also introduced Ijbo to the nation of Verotia, who had discovered the Al-Waha tribe during expeditions into the desert. This began a close friendship between Verotia and between the leader of Verotia and Ijbo.

### Vassaldom

After lengthy discussion with the leader of Verotia, who had concerns over the creation of Myr and the threat that posed to the Mesi, Ijbo agreed to a vassaldom with Verotia, and became a vassal, though never officially reverting to another government/national title, this was a minor controversy among the Verotians and Mesi, however, the vassaldom was intended to be temporary and was peaceful.

### Aesilandri

When Aesilandri was formed, the Mesi became one of the nations within the empire by extension of being a Verotian Vassal.