Esmir
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Esmiran Federation | |
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 Flag of Esmir
 Emblem of the Legacy Party
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Motto: "Therebeing, Faith, Labor" | |
Anthem: Protect the Motherland, O' Patriarchs! | |
 Internationally recognized territory of the Esmiran Federation | |
| Capital | Zey |
| Largest city | Alo Yopa |
| Official languages | Esmiri |
| Ethnic groups (2020 Estimate) | 100% Human |
| Demonym(s) | Esmiran |
| Government | Federal Dahorianist one-party totalitarian dictatorship under a theocracy |
• Supreme Leader | Aboa Habshi |
• Presidial Chief | Tauga Utso |
• Director of Internal Affairs | Jituj Tkaya |
| Legislature | Supreme Council |
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| Population | |
• Estimate | 47,438,939 |
Esmir, officially the Esmiran Federation, is a country in Gondawa that spans across both sides of the Esmiri Strait. Throughout history, modern-day Esmir was occupied by a range of empires with a occasional periods of unification under imperial dynasties. In 1910, the Sara Dynasty united much of modern Esmir’s borders under its control by annexing two of its vassal states.
Since the 1990s, the Esmiran Federation’s unique insights regarding geopolitics have placed it in an interesting position. For the most part, it remains rigidly isolationist and militaristic while placing an emphasis on its Dahorianist anthropology, which remains the core of Esmiran political life. The country is exceedingly critical of the “seafaring empires” of the world, which it sees as individual projects of an antagonistic “thalassocratic object”. Esmir considers itself a “land empire”, to say that its territory being the subject of Esmiran reality reinforces its closed, associative quality, while the “seafaring empires” maintain the sea as the subject of the cosmopolitan reality, which reinforces the open and dissociative quality. The supreme leader of Esmir is Aboa Habshi.
Esmir is a regional power due to its geostrategic location and expansive military capabilities, as well as its leading role in the Orthodox Katharian faith. It is the leading member of the Rehmed Cooperation Association and a founding member of the International Human Organization.
Etymology
History
Prehistory
Old Estam
According to traditional Esmiri historiography, the Estam ("enlightened kingdom") was established sometime in the late fourth millennium BC, being the setting for what is now known as the Old Documents in Orthodox Katharianism or the Chalash in Neo-Estamism. While much of these documents remain classified and kept in the North Castle Library, there are a few documents that are released to the public. The seven public books of the Old Documents describe a prehistoric betrayal of God by man and an army of fallen angels equipping the Irapkas (priest-kings) with forbidden knowledge. The majority of this forbidden knowledge is said to lie in the classified books. The Irapkas struggled against one another until there were nine left, whose tribes united to form the Estam. In the later Old Estam Period, God was revealed to Irapka Sesom I of Zayem, who was given a series of commandments as well as the power to appoint a new "King Layem" who would be the new emperor of the land under the Estam. The identity of King Layem is not known.
The years at which the events took place in the Old Estam are not clear, leading many aspects of its existence to be contested by secular historians, who hold the events in the Old Documents to scrutiny. Meanwhile, religious scholars argue for its legitimacy. Certain non-Estamite spiritual movements in the region hold the Old Documents in high regard.
New Estam
Early Raku Dynasty
The Raku Dynasty is the first Esmiri dynasty which is widely agreed to have existed among religious and secular scholars alike. It was founded around 2500 BC. The earlier emperors are not known, however, the first recorded one was Emperor Tadumo who claimed direct lineage from King Layem as appointed by the Irapka Sesom I of Zayem on behalf of God from over a milennia earlier.
Kathar Documents
The final years of the Raku Dynasty around 1700BC again are not quite clear. Prophecy in the Old Documents foretold of a completion to God's law in the form of a prophet, which according to the Katharians was complete in the ascension of Emperor Kathar to the throne. According to the Kathar Documents, Kathar claimed to be the enlightened prophet of God, performing miracles and healing wounded homeless people. Despite being Emperor, he slept on the streets and tended to the sick, which was unheard of and entirely inappropriate for an emperor. The entirety of the Old Estam, with the exception of one Irapka Zemo II of Temra, motioned to have Kathar stoned. Kathar was instead crucified by a band of religious zealouts and Zemo II was then sentenced by his fellow Irapkas to be hung, until Kathar descended from heaven. Under pure shock, the Old Estam accepted Kathar as the prophet. Finally, God is said to have appeared to the Old Estam and hundreds of others, in front of whom he declared Kathar as Himself revealed in the flesh in a fully divine-human nature. A key to heaven was given to Zemo II who with the rest of the Irapkas founded the Orthodox Katharian Church on behalf of God.
What is most peculiar is that prior to Kathar, there was no "th" sound in Ancient Esmir. A new letter was created specifically for Kathar's name.
Secular perspective
Once again, beyond the events laid out in the Kathar Documents, what happened isn't quite clear. With Kathar having supposedly "ascended to heaven" according to the documents, secular historians interpret the implication of a final emperor as true. No one is sure precisely what happened from 1700 BC to 1500 BC aside from the continued spread of the Katharian faith. The Old Estamites seem to have disappeared in this time period. It is theorized that they fled Esmir and their ancestors founded Neo-Estamism in 1400 BC. Others theorize that they entirely converted to Katharianism or were persecuted.
Imperial Esmir
Hashema Dynasty
From around 1900 BC, the people of the Raku Dynasty began to refer to their civilization as Esmir ("blessed kingdom").