Saturania

The **United Sepaut of Saturania** is the single nation in planet Kemet, composed by the major Saturanian Continent, the Syene archipelago and Arrow's Tip.

## Names

In the first periods of the Classical Egyptian Ages, the Egyptians had no name for their country. Much later the name Kemet, "black land", was given to the continent, describing the fertile soil of the Iteru after the annual flooding. On the contrary, the islands of the now Syene had a name, Kush. During the New Empire, the latest unification of the two lands, both Eastern and Western, the nation was referred to as the "Empire of the Iteru" after the Iteru river, which flows through every single Sepat in the continent. Nevertheless, Egyptians did not have a demonym for themselves.

During the Late Period, 2887 ASC, when the Hellenistic, led by Alexander the Great, arrived at Memphis from the Everstorm, they though the continent was called "Aigyptos", a corruption of Hut-Ka-Ptah, the name of the Temple of Ptah. As a new and large group of outlanders settled on the continent, they would refer as what would become "Egyptians" to the natives of the new land. That demonym is still used as of today. The name of both the Aegyptus and Egyps Dynasties also derive from "Aegyptus". At the start of the Middle Ages, when the empire unified under a single ruler, the Pharaoh, a descendant of the House of Amun, named his line of descendants as "Aegyptus", signifying their ancestral lineage to Auron and Ket, the first human beings, i.e. the first Egyptians.

Finally, during the Roman Age, as the Romans sat foot on the continent and conquered the empire, they named the land in honor of one of their gods, as they traditionally did with every single new land they discovered and conquered. They chose Saturn, god of time, because to them, the land of the Egyptians was "timeless"; their civilization was not as advanced as theirs, almost like they lived in the ancient past, but they had many elements that seemed superior or even futuristic. From then on, the continent would be called Saturania. After the unification at the beginning of the Middle Ages, "Saturania" became the name of the continent and the nation, which would later officially evolve into the United Sepaut of Saturania.

## Languages

The languages spoken in Saturania are Egyptian and Syenish. The Egyptian language is divided into three branches: Medu Iabet, dialect spoken all over Eastern Saturania, Medu Mehet, spoken in the north-west (Sepaut of Horus, Ptah, Serket, Nephthys, Bastet, Thoth, and Tefnut), and Medu Resy, spoken in the south (Sepaut of Sobek, Nut, Shu, and Geb). Medu Iabet is the one that has more influence by Latin, Achaemenid and Hellenistic, while Medu Resy is most similar to Old Egyptian, spoken in ancient times. Medu Mehet is in the middle of both, with a greater Latin influence, but regarded as “High Egyptian”. Eastern Saturanians and Medu Mehet speakers can understand themselves almost perfectly, although none of them can understand neither Medu Resy nor Syenish. Syenish has a similar structure to Egyptian, but that is where the similitudes end. Syenish was only influenced by Hittite and Achaemenid.

## Territories

### Waset

Although geographically and culturally the Sepat of Waset is considered part of Eastern Saturania, after the Treaty of Khemenu, signed at the end of the Great Secession, it is a neutral territory. The largest Sepat was founded as the Pharaoh's territories, as its name Waset, meaning "city of the scepter", declares. Though it also has a government for itself and has its own laws, Khalem, the capital of Saturania, operates for the entire country. In turn, Alexandria acts as the Sepat capital.

### Eastern Saturania

Financial hub: Taremu

Political hub: Iunu

### Western Saturania

Financial hub: Faiyum

Political hub: Memphis