Kartavia

Kartavia, officially known as the Kingdom of Kartavia ( Kartavi Království), is a   located in Western Yoju. It borders Zibythides to the east along the river Drachau, and the Bay of Minghai to the south. Kartavia is constituted of 14 provinces and one semi-autonomous metropolitan zone, classified as a. The capital of Kartavia is Usava which is home to 1.5 million people and the meeting place of most major political and cultural institutions within the nation.

The region of modern day Kartavia was inhabited by the proto-Leonian culture, occasionally referred to as the Lower Kartavi people, around the late. Migration from the north and the east saw the arrival of the Hyburtii people, believed to have originated east of the Beda people of modern day Zibythides. The modern day Kartavi people migrated from far eastern Yoju, following prolonged conflict with Nuki people which pushed them into western Yoju. The Kartavii branched off from other migratory and settled on the coast east of Beda during the. The Kartavi would be instrumental in the downfall of the Hyburtian League, establishing their own confederation of tribal polities in the region. Following a general victory against the Hyburtii and subsequent wars of conquest the Kartavii people of the Drachau region would unite around Jaromir I who would be recognized as King of the Kartavi in 20 AD. The Kartavian Empire would expand north, conquering various migratory people and establishing a system of tribal tributaries to crown in USava. King Svatopluk I would be the first Kartavian king to be in the rising Miranian Faith among the central Prasekian people.

The crown of Kartavia would further bolsters its legitimacy through its alleged connection to the ancient Leonian Empire in the region, from which the later state would derive many of its ideas of and imperial authority, and the newly established organization of the Miranian Church. The Miranian Threnodry, the central directorate organization of the church, would move to Usava in 1041. The Kartavian Empire would remain as a regional power in Western Yoju, becoming a center of commerce and political power in southern Yoju.