Empire of Hegyhát

The Empire of Hegyhát was a Proto-Imperial which spanned almost the entirety of the Imperial South. At its peak, the Empire encompassed the entirity of the Imperial South alongside the contemporary Imperial Megye of Szeged and Keszthely within the Imperial West. The Empire originated from the Imperial Megye of Hegyhát and subsequently expanded through the Hegyhát Wars. The Empire of Hegyhát was considered to be the most powerful Proto-Imperial states that existed within the era through its military and cultural dominance in the Imperial South through ideals originating from the Hegyhát people. Most notably, the Empire of Hegyhát practiced the social and political thought process of Hegyhát matriarchy, which toppled the southern male-centric tribal governments and displaced native tribal women with Hegyhát women, often violently. The Empire of Hegyhát was only tempered later in their total defeat in the Third Hegyhát War and their subsequent agreement towards their participation in the Third Unification Assembly.

The Empire of Hegyhát originally until the end of the Second Hegyhát War was in a perpetual state of war throughout its initial existence. In the years before the First Hegyhát War, the Empire was in a seemingly perpetual state of civil war until the rise of Ilona I of Hegyhát. Early Hegyhát society revolved around the idea of Hegyhát matriarchy, and Ilona I only rose to power after defeating and executing many powerful Hegyhát women. During the First Hegyhát War, Orsolya I ruled over the skirmishing nature of disorganized Kaposvár, Székely and Hajmáskér.