Mashriq

## The Mashriq

> "the immortal sun of Basil rises shines with a light, as the wrath of our holy empire echos with a divine smite"
> -Rahman the ruthless of the Mashriq
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the Mashriq union is an authoritarian state set in the land of the Mashriq, it rules the territories of the Levant, Iraq and Sinai as well as Ahwaz, the mashriq is made of multiple states called "Chapters", the Mashriq is thought to be the embodiment of the Abrahamic god in the Mashriqism faith, the Mashriq is a theocratic state, ruled by the "Grand Hakim"

### Status in Religion

the Mashriq is the embodiment of the Abrahamic god in Mashriqism, it is thought that the state is an embodiment of god upon earth, after purging earth, god decided to embody himself into a state, a nation, a country where he can enforce his will upon mortals, the enteral state blessed by him, the Mashriq

Scholars of the Mashriq suggest that the Mashriq was selected because the majority of the events in the Quran, the Bible and the Torah were set in the region, as well as the fact that many great sites of all of these religions were set in it, as well as many states from all of those religions ruling in it

### Governance and administration

the Mashriq is extremely authoritarian, the region is ruled with an iron fist, most of the current government system was developed under Rahman the ruthless, the government and Religion are mixed, as in Mashriqism, the ruler, whoever he is, upon death, will receive the status of an angel under the Abrahamic god, living in peace upon his heavens

Mashriqi Theocracy is heavily based upon Islamic theocracy with a blend of Jewish and Christian Theocracy, in the Mashriq, most of the governance is centralized inside of the great cities of New-Baghdad, or Damascus (or Al-Basiliyah as it is known currently), the center of government is based inside of the master chapter of new-Baghdad

there are 25 Chapters of the Mashriq, each ruled by its own Hakim, who also act like ministers for the High Hakim, their might is the second after the High Hakim himself, the Hakims and High hakim tend to go in a lot of conflicts in enforcing the laws of the region, which is why a lot of conflicts happen in between chapters

there is a set hierarchy in the mashriq, a chain of command that binds the army, at the top is the high hakim, then, his hakims, after them, are their ministers, below the ministers are Generals

### The Balance of power

the power balance of the Mashriq is a set of rules inserted by the Mashriqi god, that dictates many things to balance the power in the mashriq, so that no one can take it over or destroy it, these rules indicate the following :

1- that the master chapter is always the most powerful chapter, it needs to be able to take out most chapters without any trouble, however, the master chapter shouldn't be able to take out all chapters on its own, so that power doesn't become extremely centralized, as a result causing corruption

2-if you were born in a chapter, this is your home, this is where you will live your entire life, and die, unless ordered to do otherwise by someone with a high rank, this is done so that again, power doesn't centralize and cause certain parts of the Mashriq to underproduce

3- when someone of a rank dies, he is replaced by the most experienced person (i.e the one who served the longest) in the rank right below him, for example if a High Hakim dies, the longest serving Hakim replaces him, and if a Hakim dies, his longest serving minister replaces him, and so on

4- a minister, a hakim, or a high hakim is never allowed to be replaced so long that they are alive, the only exception is when the high hakim or at least 1/2 of the hakims decides to replace them