Dzeia
The 3rd Dze Confederation Dzetśaqto | |
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 Flag
 Seal of Tsot'aan Xanaaq̇ut
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 Lands and surroundings of the Dze Confederacy, 1612 AR | |
| Status | Independent state |
| Capital | Xanaaq̇ut's moving horde |
| Official languages | Old Dze |
| Ethnic groups | Dze (97.9%) Humans (2.1%) |
| Religion | Tẋeẋuq |
| Demonym(s) | Dze |
| Government | Semi-nomadic tribal confederation |
• Tsot'aan | Xanaaq̇ut |
| Establishment | |
• Founding of the 1st Confederation | 7274 BR |
• Start of the Strifes | 5429 BR |
• Founding of the 2nd Confederation | 2764 BR |
• Founding of the 3rd Confederation | 1598 AR |
• Fall of the Human Kingdoms | 1602 AR |
| Area | |
• Land Area | 401,232 km2 (154,917 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 7.34% |
| Population | |
• 1611 estimate | ~5.000.000 |
• Density | 12.46/km2 (32.3/sq mi) |
The Dze (Old Dze: Dzetśaqto /d͡zet͡sʼaqtɔ/), officially known as The 3rd Dze Confederation, is a medium-sized nation located in north-central Pythia with no countries bordering it, however being relatively close to Axeut, Kursibar, Kwarana, Maramuda and Xexeuara. An unknown nation in uncharted lands, it was recently unified in its totality by Tsot'aan Xanaaq̇ut, the founder of the modern confederacy.
One of the least populous countries of Sparkalia, the Dze have undergone a very recent population growth, no longer burdened by the constant conflicts against human invaders, reaching an estimated 5 million inhabitants during this century. Nontheless, it seems to be one of the oldest continuous inhabited places on the planet, having remained mostly isolated from the events that befell the surrounding lands due to it's geography and unassuming location, not being of high strategic importance.
Etymology
The name in English is merely a translation of the Old Dze name, which translates to "The Dze Oath/Alliance", with the word Tśaq meaning either word; the word Dze meaning "Stargazer" and the endonym of these people in several languages and in the Old Liturgicals.
History
The lands of the Dze Confederation have archaeological evidence of intelligent life since at least 100.000 BR, belonging to the Leaf Lance Culture, a Dze Paleolithic Culture that inhabited the mountainous central and northern regions of the country which seems to have mostly been located in the eastern ranges of the Great Mountains until about 70.000 BR when they began to expand alongside the hills and rocky outcrops towards the coast and the west. Characterized by their elaborate leaf shaped shrines and star-moon worship, two aspects that still carry on to this day in Dze cultures, by 60.000 BR the original culture split during the LNDC into several chalcolithic cultures later culminating in the Flower Stirrup Culture, which kickstarted the Dze Bronze Age by 20.000 BR. However around 8.000 BR there is archaeological, and later written, evidence for the arrival of four distinct human groups, the Longplow, Broadaxe, Highstone and Red Arrow cultures; having triggered a near all out war with the first three cultures, the Dze began to coalesce into more organized societies after the Invasions, an event happening around 7.500 BR which triggered the formation of the First Confederation. The subsequent 8.000 year long conflicts culminated in the rise of the Third Confederation in the late 16th century AR and the fall of human invaders less than a decade later.