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==History==
Evidence of habitation by sapients in Viquelle goes back hundreds of thousands of years. Some theories believe that Viquelle was along the first migration routes modern humans took out of Arcturia. Prehistoric elves and symphs migrating south from Yasteria reached Viquelle at approximately the same time. Society in the Viquelle River basin was predominately hunter-gatherer for all of prehistory into early history; the first settled, permanent farming villages in the country—primarily in the north and east—date to approximately 1000-1200 CE. In approximately 1540, a large city was established at what is today Sulabuorai that contained several large ritual temple complexes and stone walls quarried from rock in the far northwest of the country. At the time of Alkari arrival in 1740, an estimated 75,000—100,000 people lived in the city, which according to contemporary Alkari records, the natives named "
The Alkari referred to the city of Zullabora as the "capital" of the Viquellan people, though at the time no unified Viquellan state existed.
===Alkari colonization===
In 1744, the Alkari government convinced King Giogioré of Zullabora to sign the Treaty of Zullabora, written by Alkari officials to arrange for Zullabor to come under Alkari control through a tributary relationship in which the King of Zullabor would "owe fealty to the Alkari monarch" and require that he pay annual tribute in "gold, gemstones, or other treasures." In return, Alksearia would agree to defend Zullabor and aid them against their enemies. The Treaty of Zullabor formed the constitutional basis for Alkari-Viquellan relations, but in recent years scholars have started to scrutinize its lawfulness; some argue that it was not made clear by Alkari officials to King Giogioré of what, exactly, he was signing, and that the King of Zullabor was under the impression he was only paying the Alkari as mercenaries and not signing over sovereignty of his city-state. Nevertheless, Giogioré died only three weeks after the treaty was signed, of circumstances that were considered suspicious even at the time—it was and still is widely believed, though not confirmed, that the Alkari had him poisoned. Zullabor would instead be governed by an Alkari Viceroy with the title of "Prince-King of Zullabora."
With Alkari military assistance—leveraging their significantly more advanced military technology, not least of all firearms—Zullabora easily defeated the eastern coalition of Produonu within months of having signed the treaty, and a war of less than four months in 1745 conquered the ancient Kingdom of Esidu in the north. While there were a number of smaller petty-states or tribes in the far northwest of the country, and would always be significant resistance from the tribes of the rainforest interior, Zullaboran (and thus Alkari) domination over the Viquelle River basin was solidified by 1747. However, it was difficult to maintain control in the country for the sole reason that, with hardly any roads anywhere in the country, it was difficult and slow to get from one place to another. The first major Alkari project was to expand the city of Zullabora and make it a "proper, modern burgh," and then to build a network of roads between the major cities. For this, they undertook a massive campaign of forced labor from prisoners—both Alkari and Viquellan convicts—to build both projects.
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