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 Kingdom of Imerina

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy (Kingdom)
 * King: Andriamasindohafandrana (B 1477, D 1513 - Age 36) (R 1494-1513), Rafandrampohy (B 1495 - Age 19, alive) (R 1513-Present)
 * Dynasty: Ammagari (Andrianerinerina branch)
 * Order of Succession:  Andriantompokoindrindra, the son of Ndahimananjara (B 1467 - Age 47) (imprisoned) | Andriamihaja, the son of Andriantompokoindrindra (B 1496 - Age 18)
 * Economy: The economy of Imerina is based mainly on agriculture and fishing, there's also trade going on with the Swahili and various peoples on our home island including the other Malagasy states of Betsimisaraka, Mahafaly and possibly Bara. Contact has been established with the Ahuric Adnanite people and we have a major trade relationship, extending into influence and what could be seen as a de facto alliance with eachother. The Merina economy stands as one of the strongest and most developed in all of Sub-Saharan Africa, no longer seen as primitive.
 * Allies: N/A
 * Capital: Ambanja
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ca 545 000 total
 * Ambanja: 9 000
 * Mahajanga: 6 000
 * Toamasina: 4 000
 * Morafenobe: 400
 * Rural regions: ca 527 000
 * Ethnicities: 89% Malagasy (divided into 61% Merina and 28% others such as Betsimisaraka, Sakalava, Tsimihety, Sihanaka, Antankarana etc.), 6% Komoro Natives (Swahili?), 5% Adnanite
 * Religion: 88% Haintenism (traditional Merina folklore), 12% Zoroastrianism (there are also people who practice Haintenism with Zoroastrian influences and vice versa)
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * Skirmishes in the Central Highlands: We attempt to achieve peace with the people, but still men are sent to fight back attackers and keep the area safe for the Merina settlers.
 * Crackdown on the Fossa Warriors: See event.
 * Military: Due to Imerina being a rural realm, a large amount of units can be raised for warfare, but usually about 1% of the population is the most trained and prepared soldiers that can be drafted. Parentheses means the deployed units in cases where not all units are deployed for war.
 * Deployed units: All except Fossa Warriors
 * 5 200 Spearmen
 * 2 400 Bowmen
 * 900 Crossbowmen
 * 50 Light Cavalry
 * 100 Fossa Warriors (none are in military service)
 * Navy:
 * 11 Ahuric military ships
 * 1 Mer'ana class ship
 * 8 transport ships
 * Diplomacy:
 * Antankarana People: We offer any tribes that flee north into our lands to settle up in the north, since the migration of Merina people to settle in the Central Highlands has caused those areas to be less populated. A peace offer is sent to the various tribes from Rafandrampohy, apologizing for the breaking of their fady and the disturbance caused by Merina expansion. To compensate, the tribes are given fair shares of resources and livestock and are like said, offered to settle in various areas in Imerina where their work will come to great use for every person within our borders. Since Morafenobe has been noticed as a big community for Antankarana people in Imerina, many are given the offer to live there and build the settlement up.
 * Bara: Marvelous!
 * Betsimisaraka: See event "Tombovelo".
 * Events:
 * Andriamasindohafandrana's Reign [Final]: For years the king had noticed that the Fossa Warriors were becoming ever more powerful through forming their own alliances and groups. Having such a high status as the king's royal guard and the elite force of all Imerina allows them to have power and say in various royal and ruling matters. Many of them hold tradition close and are in close touch with several nobles and Haintenist priests. With the recent increase in Zoroastrianism as well as royal support for such, Andriamasindohafandrana feared that they would band together against him and overthrow him. So he spent the years 1509-1512 discussing this in secret with his most trusted friends and nobles. During the time he secretly put restrictions on the Fossa Warriors to weaken them, but he knew that they would realize it eventually. In 1513 he went to his most trusted diplomats and then spoke to a friend he'd lost, Andriantompokoindrindra, to try and make peace. He explained his side of the new direction he was taking Imerina in and pleaded that they would co-operate again. He also asked him to be the one announcing the new restrictions and such put on the Fossa Warrior caste, believing he could explain it without aggravating them. Andriantompokoindrindra reluctantly agreed, he heard truth in what the king said, but one part of him believed this to be a trap and he himself was also scared of the power of the Fossa Warriors and their power, since even his son started to become much more of a military man than himself and he wondered if this was what his father Ndahimananjara really wanted. Nevertheless he held up the promise, but his fear got the better of him and the announcement he made seemed more like a warning to the Fossa Warriors that put blame on the king and his court for these decisions. After this Andriantompokoindrindra was prepared for the Fossa Warriors and all-around non-Zoroastrians to take over and hopefully he could be spared and still hold a significant amount of power in the state. One fateful day, the 14th of May 1513, Andriamasindohafandrana went out to Maromokotro to pay his respects to the various people whose shrines were placed there. Unfortunately, several Fossa Warriors had banded together following the new laws to take power into their own hands. The guards by the mausoleum followed the king inside, preparing their crossbows. As the four of them sneaked up on him from behind, the king managed to hear something coming and quickly turned around. With no time to react, he was shot in the chest with three bolts. Collapsing, he let out a few final words: "I have been killed! By Zanahary, I knew this day would come!" before dying. Other guards nearby the temple heard this and rushed over. These Fossa Warriors were not part of the conspiracy. After a brief skirmish, the conspirators were outnumbered and surrendered. As soon as the news of the king's murder came to the court, Rafandrampohy was coronated as the new king and a trial was set up against the conspirators. Queen consort (and now queen mother) Rasoherimananitanyjaka, the new king Rafandrampohy and several advisors and nobles questioned the killers extensively to find out about a larger conspiracy against the king, consisting of many more Fossa Warriors as well as priests and nobles against the Zoroastrianification and Adnanification of Imerina as well as the involvement of Andriantompokoindrindra. Immediately an extensive search of the nobles, the "clergy" and the standing military was done. Hundreds were jailed, most notably most of the Fossa Warriors, many of whom had their titles stripped and were arrested, sometimes those arrests broke out into violent fights. This brought their number down to a measly 100 soldiers, the ones seen as most trustworthy and as having had no involvement in the conspiracy at all. Some nobles and priests managed to escape the clutches of this inquisition, going into exile outside of Imerina's borders. Andriantompokoindrindra was tracked down and also thrown in prison. He pleaded with the inquisition that while he did indirectly provoke the Fossa Warriors, he had no intention of getting rid of the king. However, Rafandrampohy was so furious over his father's murder that he didn't even give the inquisition a vote and instead just threw him in the slammer. His family was kept out of it, since he had his relationship with Rangita and didn't see any suspicions in the rest of the family aside from Andriamihaja, but Rafandrampohy saw him as just an angry little wannabe Fossa Warrior and not a threat, even if he was now first in line as heir, Rafandrampohy of course had intentions of producing children of his own, not just because of love for Rangita but also because ever since Andrianamboniravina's death there has been a problem in terms of heirs and a lack of children in line to the throne.
 * Long Live King Rafandrampohy: Despite the death of Andriamasindohafandrana and the imprisoning of Andriantompokindrindra, Rafandrampohy was now king and he could once again be with his loved one Rangita every day. Only a few months after ascending, a marriage between the two is held. The two seemed closer than any ruling royal couple before them and throughout the first years of Rafandrampohy's reign they both are very much involved in trying to piece Imerina back together again following the chaos that has plagued the realm the last few decades.
 * Influences of the Ahuric Empire: With increasing diplomacy and interaction, the Adananita have set influence over us. More merchants start to adopt Zoroastrianism and/or parts of it into their rituals and traditions. More Zoroastrian texts are translated into Malagasy and the Sorabe alphabet, which is being more modified in these texts to accomodate various parts of the Adnanite language that we don't have, continuing the Adnanification of the Sorabe alphabet as well as leading to merchants learning the Adnanite language. The officially established class (or caste) of Merina merchants also trade in the Comoros with not only the natives there but also the Swahili on the East African coast, which sets up the start of spreading Zoroastrianism, the adnanified Sorabe and the Adnanite language to those lands.
 * Tombovelo - Iray: Tombovelo became acquainted with Andriamasindohafandrana and he was instructed to continue the translation of Ahuric texts as well as furthering the use of the "New Sorabe" due to him seeing it as more useful than the current one. As he became more paranoid, Tombovelo was told to do these things regarding Zoroastrianism and translation and all that in secret to avoid persecution. He would work on this, all the while traveling throughout Madagasikara for studying and such. A short while before his death, the king believed he or others close to him were being targeted for assassination and as such told Tombovelo to go into exile. Tombovelo (along with all those colleagues he has) took this moment to travel to Adnania and study there to see what the land was like and also to study Zoroastrianism from the best.
 * Adapting New Technology: We've held on to foreign tech for quite a while and now we start adapting it and studying it more. Crossbows especially for the purpose of warfare in the future. Crossbows become a good weapon that starts to increase and seems more effective than bows. Still, the majority of our ranged units are bowmen since bows and arrows are simpler to make and you don't need to reload when using them. The phasing out of bows will take a long time. Seeing the success of cavalry in various battles, new tactics are developed for the cavalry units and more of these units are recruited. The breeding of horses, while having occurred for a few years have really started taking off after this.
 * Status of the Antankarana [4]: The Central Highlands were inhabited mainly by the Antankarana ethnic group, another ethnic group that live near is the smaller Bezanozano. Since Merina colonization the Antankarana have scattered and now live in diaspora rather than in one central homeland. As Merina people settle in their former home (although there are still some Antankarana people living there), the Antankarana in Imerina mostly live in Morafenobe and the northernmost lands. The violence that started during the expansion and colonization is still going on a bit but there are many attempts to end it.