The Navine Territories

The Navine Territories go by many names. The Navine Empire, Kingdom, and protectorate are all commonly used, as well as Sidea. The Navine ally themselves with the League out of mutual hostility to Latheria.

History
The Navine Territories originated shortly after the Calamity, in what is commonly believed to be Southern Latheria. This was the first cause of geopolitical tension between the two, as even though these areas were largely Navine in popultion, Latheria still lays claim to them.

The Navine crowned their first king after the formation of a series of regional councils in 97YD and proceeded to conquer the surrounding Navine inhabited areas outside their core territories. This conquest would finally end near the mid point between Latheria and the Navine Territories in modern times. The subsequent secession war and many follow up wars would result in so much destruction between the two empires that they would leave the dead zone ungoverned and un-administrated in a futile attempt to keep the peace and limit expenditures.

Politics
Navine politics, while somewhat authoritarian and revolving around a king, are extremely complicated. Regional leaders meet in a council to appoint a king, after the current one's death, and exactly what powers he has in relation to both the nations senate and its courts. From there the King generally attempts to leverage everything he can to gain more power whilst maintaining some semblance of law and order, or ends up being a puppet of the council which appoints him. The methods for deciding council members are generally decided by regions and tends to change. The results of this system tend to create civil conflicts of some scale somewhere within the domains on a semi-frequent basis. The vast bulk of these tend to be smaller in scale.

Towards outsiders, the Navine state tends to ally with the League on most issues. It does conduct trade with Estra and Heilegterra, which is highly frowned upon by their ally, Latheria. The Navine consider Latheria a strategic enemy, and their rivalry is the most well known among the galaxy.

Religious Affiliation
The Navine state enforces the Sidean church, given that Sidy's capture of Konig enforces their origin myth. Sidy's character traits weighs heavily upon the Navine and their characteristics. This state enforcement of religion is highly unusual for an ally of the League.

Military Disposition
The Navine recruit locally and levy drafts when needed. They tend to favor specialist equipment and troops as the crux of their strategies, with the rest of the armed forces serving as ablation to get valuable assets to where they need to be.

Demographics
The Navine Territories are made up of Navine in large part, with small minorities of many others. There are humans within the empire, and as they are so intermixed within the Navine population it is arguable if they comprise a separate ethnicity from others within the galaxy.

The official language of the territories is Heimisch, but it is often identified as a specific dialect known as Navine Heimater.

Culture
Navine culture at a superficial level resembles that of Heimater. They tend to favor gothic and timber frame styles in architecture, use a ton of pork in food, and enjoy orchestral arrangements.

However, the Navine tend to organize their families and society in drastically differently. For one, the Navine do not tend to emphasize living with extended family, usually a family unit consists of the parents, children and perhaps grandparents. It is not uncommon for children to move away, often times moving their parents with them. This moving often is a result of the courtship habits of the Navine themselves.

While a witch can be any crone, female or woman who practices esotericism, the Navine hold a special place in their culture for witches. Navine witches still possess the power to imbue magic power into objects, in a limited sense. The Navine witches retain the old knowledge on how to create magical potions, beyond mere advanced chemistry. However, the mastery of the Navine over chemistry ought not to be underestimated, they mass produce all manners of substances, from 200 proof ethanol to advanced antiseptics and medications. This makes the Navine a major exporter of all potions, a wide variety of highly potent toxins, and medications.

These practices make the Navine one of the only territories approving of esotericism within the league.