Keikyo

Keikyo (: 桂疆 Keikyō), officially the Republic of Keikyo (桂疆共和國 Keikyō Kyōwakoku) and natively Bekkinna Ongko (: ቤኲና ኦዐኮ), is a in Central Miju, bordering Sekikyo to the northwest, Kulubemba to the east, and the Singye Sea to the northeast. It covers an area of 252,354 km2 (97,434 sq mi), much of which is with scattered, and has a population of 4,036,355. Grema, the largest city, is home to roughly half the country's population.

The modern-day territory was first verifiably settled by in the late 11th century CE, but their origin is unclear. They may be one of the many either Dembiyan, Bewan or Ehregese ethnic groups. The Bekkinnese clan system is said to have matured around this period with defining the, but  was increasingly adopted. In the 13th century, the advent of Sabbatarianist missionaries from the Dembiyan Empire transformed Bekkinnese life. to Sabbatarianism was facilitated by the  and it emboldened  en masse. By the end of the century, five major towns had been formed as a direct result of Dembiyan influence and commerce, each headed by a religious figure suggestive of a clan leader. For the next two centuries, the territory was nominally part of the Dembiyan Empire, but Bekkinnese towns were practically autonomous and subject to few and negligible conflicts, whereas its citizens enjoyed diplomatic privileges. Over the same period, townships began regulating slavery and according to new religious law (), which suggested that slaveholders should try to convert their slaves to Sabbatarianism with the prospect of. It is unclear how many slaves were freed this way, but the land is said to have attracted freedom-seeking slaves from neighboring states. It is estimated that slaves made up only 11% of the 12 million Bekkinnese in 1604, when the first Imperial Fusenese expedition to Keikyo had landed.

From their newly-founded of Onjuku, Fusenese colonists thrived from the slave trade (which reached Namju at its height but mostly serviced other Mijuan tribes), as well as the domestic  industry. Due to its harsh climate and tough indigenous warriors, little to no headway was made into expanding the colony inward, in spite of Fusen assuming nominal control of all Keikyo. Instead, Fusenese advisors were sent to Bekkinnese towns to influence policy and sway the public to accept colonialism. Humiliated by the Bonghwang Wars (1640–80), Fusen drastically changed attitude toward Onjuku and its environs. In 1687, a professional Fusenese army (numbering 5,000 men at most) marched beyond the city's boundaries, triggering the so-called King Misayel's War. The aftermath saw the land of modern-day Keikyo and Sekikyo annexed into a unitary administration known simply as "Sabakukyō" (沙漠疆; "the Desert Territories"). While Sekikyo's gold deposits later came to benefit Fusen's in the 17th century, the annexation of the Desert Territories as a whole was one of many campaigns to restore Fusen's public image as an extant and widespread colonial empire, leading up to the Great Hayago era (19th–20th century). Generally speaking, the Desert Territories were not profitable in the long term and did not attract much colonial settlement, whereas constant clashes with the indigenous population and their enlisted counterparts gave the Sabakukyō colony an unpleasant reputation.

The Desert Territories played a role as a Contingent hub in the Mijuan theater of the Great Eulhae War. With the defeat of the Contingents, the Territories were divided into two sovereign states—Keikyo and Sekikyo—with arbitrary borders that gave little regard to. Remarkably, a border dispute known as the Eghajira War (1953–2017) was resolved between the two nations without bloodshed, and is commonly cited as an example of cordial diplomacy. The internal politics of Keikyo however, due to their intertwinement with Sabbatarianism, are very polarized and occasionally violent between the and  sects.