Kembesa

Kingdom of Kembesa Ye'kembesiya Meseyoumeti
Flag Royal Seal of the House of the Gidonochi of Kembesa Royal Seal of the House of the Gidonochi
Capital	Azwa
Official languages	Kembesan
Recognised regional languages	Gharbaic Swahili M'bweni
Government	Federal constitutional monarchy
• King	Selemoni XIV
• Grand Ras	Biniam Wolo
• Speaker	Abreham Aklilu
• Upper house	House of the Rasochi
• Lower house	House of the Commons
Establishment
• Kingdom of Yebwi	299 BCE
• Christianization	358 CE
• Kingdom of Kembesa	433 CE
• Constitutional reform	1948 CE
Area
• Total	508,224 km2 (196,226 sq mi)
• Water (%)	6.5
Population
• 2018 census	26,299,273
• Density	51.75/km2 (134.0/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$491 billion (2018)
• Per capita	$18,672
Currency	Werik (W) (KBW)

Kembesa, officially the Kingdom of Kembesa, is a country in Eastern Scipia. It is bordered to the north by Fahran, to the west by Charnea, to the south by M'biruna, and shares a maritime border to east with Bemiritra in the Ozeros Sea. The capital city of Azwa is located in the country's north. Kembesans are the dominant ethnic group in the country, but there are major Gharib and Swahili enclaves within its borders.

Kembesan national identity is rooted in both linguistic and religious differences from its neighbours. The Kingdom of Kembesa became a Christian state in the 4th century CE. Over the next millennium and a half it remained independent from the Adzarin conquests and even the expansion of Mutulese Ochran. In the present, the Kembesan Orthodox Church is the state religion and is not in communion with Fabria. While a prosperous nation for much of its history, Kembesa declined in the 19th century. Under King Isaias III, the country liberalized in 1948, forming a constitutional monarchy.

The Kembesan economy is dominated by agriculture and mining sectors, exporting and importing goods north and south through Fahran and M'biruna respectively, as well as across the Ozeros. The country saw major a demographic expansion after the 1940's. Much of the country's power infrastructure was developed in that era and at present there is insufficient electrical production in many cities and villages.

History

Antiquity

Nomadic groups have inhabited the region of modern Kembesa for tens of millennia, though the oldest evidence of human settlement dates back to the fifth millennium BCE. The region fell under the influence of ancient Fahrani polities in the third millennium BCE. Speakers of ancient She'dje, the predecessor of modern Kembesan, formed the independent Kingdom of Ke'sem in the mid-10th century BCE. Ke'sem expanded over the next two centuries but collapsed around 750 BCE.

For the next half-millennium warring states, each led by a Ras (duke), vied for power in the region. The Rasochi were unified in 299 BCE by the House of Aizan which founded the Kingdom of Yebwi based in the ancient city of Me'lewa.

Geography and climate

Kembesa is a country of hills and rivers. Tropical forests and highlands cover most of its area. The X River, which flows through Fahran and Alanahr into the Periclean Sea, flows from Lake Gozzam, itself fed by several hundred rivulets in the Degama Region.

Government and politics

Administrative subdivions

The Kingdom of Kembesa is divided into three kililochi, or regions which represent cultural, linguistic, and geographic polities. The three regions are Degama in the west, Ye'wenizi in the east, and Me'bala in the south. Each region admits 50 representatives to the House of the Commons. The area of the Kingdom also encompasses 62 ye'ras meretochi, or duchies, the borders of which do not readily correspond to those of the regions. Municipalities and incorporated communities must be established through tripartite assent between the Royal House, the House of the Rasochi, and the House of the Commons. As a result, only 5 new municipalities have been incorporated since the induction of the new constitution in 1948.