Asantes

"The slumbering bear of the north."

Asantes (AS), the "bear nation", is the buffer state between Kleidonia and the Aquilan Empire.

With an unending support and military supplies from Kleidonia, Asantes was able to halt the Aquilan advance during the War of Nations. Bolstered by this foreign aid, political ideas like Kleidonian Proleanism spread among the Asanti. A revolution successfully ousted the Asantes Monarchy, and ending the war via treaty.

Today, Asantes remains predominantly isolationist, trading with its only ally, Kleidonia. Trade of manpower and grain for military supplies and ore ensures that Asantes is continuously ready for any Aquilan attack.

The authoritarian regime, ruled by High Marshall Zelaza, keeps this lifeline of trade alive under any cost. When citizens refused to go and work in Kleidonian work camps after stories leaked of their inhumane practices, the state rounded up any citizen it considered a criminal of the nation and exiled to Kleidonian work camps.

This resulted in a large community of bandits and raiders who keep their distance from the bear that clawed its own belly. Clandestine airship trips to ferry refugees out of Asantes are not unheard of, nor are the stories told when one is captured.

Asanti are a hardened people, highly militaristic, and ready to fight at a moment’s notice. Large docking pylons stand tall in cities, allowing Asantes ship a place to rest. Drinking vodka to hold against the northern chills, Asantes accepts no visitors, save those from Kleidonia.

History

 * 86DM - King Viejmin the Bold crowned king of Asantes.
 * 594AV - Northern Pact Treaty. Asantes sues for peace with the Aquilan Empire in the war of nations after a disastrous bombing of Meaderim in the Wanletz Offensive.
 * 709AV - High Marshall Zezala comes to power following the mysterious death of her predecessor High Marshall Sirkoyan.

Meaderim
The economical and political capital of the nation, Meaderim is the set along the banks of river Saltfool.

Elsewhere

 * River Bite -
 * Descarin Lake -
 * River Saltfool -
 * River Sorrow -
 * Mount Inger -

Factions

 * Cien -
 * Glavny Council -

Notables

 * High Marshall Zezala - Her nom politique meaning iron, this Iron Lady has maintained peace in the nation for the last 15 years.

The Prolean Republic
Run by an authoritarian regime that exacts strict rules of communalism and equality, Asantes is politically isolated from much of the world. The High Marshall and the Glavny Council are said to control the citizens, Proletariats or Proles, through deception and the secret police, the Cien.

This secretive body follows orders only from the High Marshall herself, and has been instrumental in the purges that sent countless of proles and councillors to Kleidonia.

Military
The Asantes military, like the Cien, is solely run by the High Marshall.

Classifieds

 * Northrend Expedition -