Nations of Man

The Confederacy of Caphizia is a secular collection of provinces that constantly vie for supremacy but are united in culture and national policy. Each nation has its own government and may claim any title or governmental agency with which they comprise themselves so long as it does not condemn the collective as a whole. Caphizia is often at war with its neighbors or itself, and this history has deeply affected its national outlook.

They practice a rite known as Devotion. A Devotion is a painful, unique aberration of the flesh. Devotions serve as patriotic symbols, and submission to the Agoniste philosophy of the Caphizian Confederacy.

The Major Provinces are:

Caphis is the mainland of Caphizia, where the majority of the aristocracy can be found. They delight in foreign goods, and yet are intensely xenophobic. Most of the residents detest anything akin to servitude to another, and markets will grow and fail quickly, there is a massive divide between the wealthy and the poor, and regulation is laughably low.

The Carotid and the Imperial Palace can be found here.

Kharkas is the coastal, northeastern province of Caphizia known for its pride and its fury. Kharkasians are known for violent mood swings, freakish devotions, and their zero tolerance for disrespect. By and large, Kharkas controls the most powerful military in the provinces, if not the entire world. While Karkasians are not any more religious than any other Caphizians, the trademark undying fealty to Caphizia is evident in their Devotions, which are considered bizarre even by Caphizian standards. Centuries or millennia of performing Devotions at such a young age have resulted in a preternatural resistance to infection in ethnic Karkasians, which is most evident in generals who wage war against them. Due to the assumptions that most deaths in war are the result of infection, there is a longstanding belief that Karkasians are immortal.

Khakas is situated along the Shattered Coast. The Mouth of the Carotid can be found here.

Waywar: "The Diseased Lands." The homeland for many Navighasti. Widespread famine and the ruins of the many civilizations that have attempted to call this place home. Taint runs rampant among the animals of this regions, who tend to me more feral and develop strange aberrant features. The Nepherous is found here.

The Unconquered Land, also known as the Trueland to the Dharren are a loose assortment of Shegaran tribes. They are fervent upholders of the Shegara and beloved of the gods.

- Oatharim, a border state known for its wandering people who have an innate control over fire.

The Nevercath

The Calceri?

The Shao Zaharen Empire

The Hand of Reckoning