Kitantis

Enlightened Kingdom of Kitantis Kitantis
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Honor the Fallen, No Sins Forgotten"
Capital and largest city	Amourouge
Official languages	Kitantite
Recognised national languages	Kitantite
Ethnic groups	Kitan (100%)
Demonym(s)	Kitantite (citizen); Kitan (species)
Government	Totalitarian Monarchial State
• Empress	Roral II of Kitantis
Legislature	[[]]
Population
• 1612 AR estimate	~10,000,000
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Per capita	Unclear
Currency	Pure minerals (N/A)
Date format	yy/mm/dd/hh

History

Colonial Era

After the initial event (commonly known in Kyldigard as the "Third Great Catastrophe") and the proceeding Kitan Wars that followed, the Kyldigardian government enacted the Kitantis Act of 1396 in an attempt to repatriate the vast majority of Kitan to the newly-established island colonies in the Great Ocean off the Bone coast. However, after only a few short months, it became apparent that the Kitan needed more living space than the islands provided, as many colonists had taken to the seas in order to escape overcrowded conditions. Due to their much larger size and stronger biology, the Kitan were able to go multiple weeks without needing to surface for air, although with the aid of magic, it was discovered that the Kitan could not only speak whilst underwater but also go without having to naturally breathe nearly indefinitely, instead magically formulating clean oxygen within their own bodies. Upon discovering these developments, Kyldigardian authorities began to order a series of debatably inhumane scientific and magical experiments on populations of Kitan living in the region, in an attempt to discover more about them, or, according to modern Kitantite state media, to biologically alter them in order to make them easier to control. (This claim remains dubious and unconfirmed.)

During the colonial period of Kitantite society, the people of Kitantis rapidly and autonomously developed a flourishing civilization in the ocean depths. After several close encounters, the still-developing Kitan society formulated an independent religion in the form of Sadhrism, revolving around the worship and reverence of Sadhrmayr, the Great Serpent of the Eastern Seas. Kitantite culture and language also diverged, with societal norms adapting to the different cultural values of the colonists as well as the necessities of living in the ocean. The old Garderruth language also morphed into the sister language of Kitantite, although enough distinctions would later develop over the course of history to divide them entirely into mutually unintelligable tongues. The religious, linguistic, and cultural diversions seen as distasteful by Kyldigardian governors and harshly repressed for many years.