Conivia

A land of many strange wonders. Conivia is home to the famous 6-legged horses and the strange inventions called manamechs. Its a country where ancient traditions and new innoviations meet. Situated on the northern Immerras it connects the twin continents of Occidacia and Oridacia with its single immense bridge Gefyra. It is ruled by its emperor who traces their line all the way back to Basil of the strait, one of the nine lost kings.

First age of Heroes
Conivia's history stretches back to the nine lost kings of Humanity with Basil of the strait 4000 years ago. During this time they were a major player in the Blood War. After the war and their king was lost, his son, Alexios II took the throne. He proved more than a capable leader and emperor. He establsihed true prosperity in Conivia. While Basil was on campaign fighting for the survival of Humankind, his son was the one that actually took charge of the country. Alexios made Conivia a true imperial power, stretching its powers across the Immerras.

Golden age
In the following age Conivia went through a great period of success and prosperity. The age was dubbed 'the age of good emperors' since all the emperors ruled with justly and treated everyone with kindness. Yet after its golden age the country slowly started to deteriorate. The country would be disgraced multiple times, most of the time by its own inhabitants and nobles.

Dark ages
The dark ages lasted very long for Conivia. After several centuries of deterioration it finally fell apart. Over two millennia Conivia was home to countless pretender states and small princes trying to control the strait. At the end of this time the strait got conquered by the holy Romrikan empire. This marked the height of the Dark ages of Conivia as the oppressors saw to completely disregard any sense of respect and decency to the populace.

Third age of Heroes
The third age of heroes was in a way initiated by Conivia. Aelia, the ever-fair, started the Conivian rebellion against the holy Romrikan empire. Aelia was one of the main players in the this age of heroes and was a good friends with Virilius the bold, and Ludwig the reformer. In the peace-treaty Conivia got a large portion of their original lands back.

Great Daemon invasion
During the great Daemon invasion, Conivia was one of the countries in the alliance that defended against the Daemons. Conivia joined the war later as their lands never saw any proper battles in the first half. During the war the Manamechs were invented by Nikolaos Flammal. This invention turned out to be one of the biggest breakthroughs in Omnic history.

Government and politics
Conivia is led by their emperor, it is an absolute monarchy where the emperor gives regional power to a strategos who governs the area, the theme, for them. These strategoi were originally commanders in the rebellion armies under Aelia. She gave them all a piece of land to govern. In the early years they were mostly inherited by the person next in line to be the general of that particular army. Over time these positions stayed more and more within the family of the strategos.

Imperial bureaucracy
Conivia has an elaborate administrative and bureacratic government which keep the large country running. The country has gotten quite famed for the complexity of the system. There are laws and mandates for almost anything and an enormous mass of government officials who enact these policies. While it works like a well-oiled machine there are certain downsides to it. Many emperors have frustatingly needed to wait for years for their changes to be put through.

Foreign politics
The country is surrounded by rivals and enemies. To the west they have there rival empires of Eduvia and Siniath Calenor, to the north they have the threat of the Kylmaric tribes, to the south they have the monster that is the Tuzullian warlords and to the east they have their enemy of Dharan. They stand pretty much isolated in the diplomatic world. Their only proper trading partner is Brudewer, who is everyone's trade partner. Because of this the country always needs to stand at the ready to defend themselves.

Society
Conivia is known for having a very literate population. Together with the great Manamech revolution the country has gone through it is unlike any other on Omnia. Manamechs have become the norm most of the cities and contribute to the already high literacy rate of the populace.

Demographics
The country's main inhabitants are Humans. There are very small minorities of Gnomes, Dragonborn and High Elven living in the land but these are often so rare and secluded that the average villager never gets to see one. Basilas however enjoys a wide range of different races who call it home or visit it. The city has become a wonder to behold and the people looking for a better life in such a rich city come from far and wide.

Religion
The state religion of Conivia is the pantheon of the nine lost kings of Humanity. Their patron king is Basil of the strait. The emperor is also the head of religion and can allegedly trace their line back to the great king. While they do allow for the worship of the other kings, they feel the most pride and unity under their founder king. Recently because of the Manamechs more and more people have stopped believing in higher powers. Favouring the believe that they can create their own destiny. This is much to the concern of the strategoi and the emperor, as they want the citizens to behave.

Culture
The culture of Conivia is one where your words can mean just as much as your actions. For the nobility it is especially important that one's words should reflect one's actions and vice versa, 'a knight's sharpest sword are his words'. Because of the high literacy books and letters are common. Peasants usually receive their tax quotas by letter. Postal services have therefore become very prominent and the spread of information is incredibly fast compared to other countries. Because of the Manamechs many of the difficult lives of the citizens have become easier.

Structure
Most of the nobility forms the officer corps of the military. Each strategos retains their own armies who are called upon in the time of need. Because of every strategos needing to swear allegiance to the emperor personally when one of the two is coronated they will have to abide. Since one's word is so important in Conivia breaking your promise is therefore considered a great shame and something to be denounced over. The nobility mainly goes to war in the form of being the cavalry. They ride their giant six legged horses known as Brayfuries, or Karixalloi in Conivian. Other than the nobility who forms the commanding staff and the cavalry, the regular infantrymen are made up of trained professionals mostly. This is different for every theme as some see it not necessary to maintain a standing army and rely on conscripts. The emperor does not really care how or why, as long as they receive their quota of soldiers in the time of war it is all good. These quotas have been carefully calculated by the administrative body of the country.