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 Kingdom of Imerina

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy (Kingdom)
 * King: Andriamasindohafandrana (B 1477 - Age 32, alive) (R 1494-Present)
 * Dynasty: Ammagari (Andrianerinerina branch)
 * Order of Succession: Rafandrampohy, the son of Andriamasindohafandrana (B 1495 - Age 14) | Andriantompokoindrindra, the son of Ndahimananjara (B 1467 - Age 42) | Andriamihaja, the son of Andriantompokoindrindra (B 1496 - Age 13)
 * Economy: The economy of Imerina is based mainly on agriculture and fishing, there's also some 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. That's kind of, it, our economy is practically the same as many other primitive african states and such, even if this foreign relationship puts us higher than others.
 * Allies: N/A
 * Capital: Ambanja
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ca 545 000 total
 * Ambanja: 10 000
 * Mahajanga: 6 000
 * Toamasina: 2 300
 * Morafenobe: 250
 * Rural regions: ca 527 000
 * Ethnicities: 93% Malagasy (divided into 67% Merina and 28% others such as Betsimisaraka, Sakalava, Tsimihety, Antankarana etc.), 5% Adnanite, 2% Komoro Natives (Swahili?),
 * Religion: 91% Haintenism (traditional Merina folklore), 9% 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: Skirmishes are regular in the newly colonized lands as the Antankarana tribes that have decided not to migrate fight back instead. Mostly these take place between the tribes and settlers who arrive to well, settle. However since the hostilities become known to the royal court, smaller groups of soldiers, mainly consisting of Fossa Warriors, Bowmen and Spearmen, are sent to be able to deal with such skirmishes, should they occur. 1507 forwards Cavalry is sent in to counter whatever tactics the skirmishers use through speed.
 * 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: ca 50%
 * 5 200 Spearmen (3 000)
 * 2 600 Bowmen (2 000)
 * 700 Crossbowmen (300)
 * 30 Light Cavalry (10)
 * 400 Fossa Warriors (200, rest have duties such as guarding)
 * Navy:
 * 8 transport ships
 * 11 Ahuric military ships
 * Diplomacy:
 * Ahuric Empire: General Ahuric x Imerina stuff (make that a fanfiction jk don't). Also Andriamasindohafandrana visits the Ahuric Empire, detailed further in the events.
 * 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.
 * Bara: A proposal to start trading in order to not be enemies anymore is sent.
 * Events:
 * Andriamasindohafandrana's Reign [3]: In the duration of this turn, Andriamasindohafandrana ends expansion into the Central Highlands due to the hostilities that have sparked there and also we've kinda already got all we need for now even if not all of the highlands are under our control. Diplomacy with affected tribes is held to attempt to quell their obvious dissatisfaction with us right now. In 1509 the king and his queen consort Rasoherimananitanyjaka makes an official royal state visit to the Ahuric Empire, much like their monarch had visited us just a few years ago. To show off, the king is brought there with grand and luxurious things with him as well to show the Adnanites what beauty the Merina possessed as well as a few gifts given to show gratitude to the Adnanites. During the visit the king saw architecture, culture and much more out in an environment that no Merina had ever been to before and he was starstruck with everything he saw. He also became further accustomed to the Zoroastrian faith. During the visit, Imerina was briefly managed by a regency council consisting of nobles and priests trusted by the royal couple. When the king and queen returned Andriamasindohafandrana, while still Haintenist, embraced the similarities between Haintenism and Zoroastrianism. He was now aware of the fact that there were people practically practicing a combination of the two and saw this as nothing really negative so he recognized Zoroastrianism as a secondary official faith of Imerina. Many merchants as well as the Adnanite minority were thrilled, while Haintenist priests and various nobles (most notably Andriantompokoindrindra) did not like this much. While they obviously still like the Ahuric Empire because of how much they've assisted in the development of the Merina Kingdom, they see this as going against the legendary status of Andrianerinerina and Hainteny and as threatening the religion itself as well as the culture of all of Madagascar.
 * 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. There are also other things going on such as exchanging traditions in cuisine. Following the recognition of Zoroastrianism, one merchant and philosopher named Tombovelo would together with friends and associates start the mass-translation of both Zoroastrian and Haintenist texts into both the newer and older Sorabe alphabet. This would start the construction of a Merina variant of Zoroastrianism.
 * 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.
 * Expansion - the Settling of the Central Highlands: As our population and borders grow, we reach the Central Highlands of Madagasikara, a less densely populated area. Less exploration is done since most of the lands found have been documented to a good enough degree. Expansion and settling is slowed down due to the small amount of hostilities in the region (see Wars and Conflicts and the following event) but is still continuing until early 1506 when most settling stops due to warfare as well as the declaration by the king that no more expansion of the Merina realm is required.
 * Status of the Antankarana [3]: The Central Highlands are inhabited mainly by the Antankarana ethnic group, another ethnic group that live near is the smaller Bezanozano, they get caught in the crossfire a bit (except some, who live withinin Betsimisarakas borders), which we are currently practically colonizing. The fact that we are taking much of their territory and have caused the forced migration of several amounts of Antankarana tribes AND the fact that we have kind of been hogging the resources together with the Ahurics (excessive harvest/lumbering/similar is a big fady in Antankarana culture) has caused skirmishes between tribes and settlers to break out. Tribes have scattered across the island, with some being given the oppurtunity to live in the north as Merina people settle in the Central Highlands. There's also the group of Antankarana who founded the city of Morafenobe (google for location ok bye).
 * Rafandrampohy and Rangita: As the two entered into their teens, they would see each other more often, doing lectures together, practicing archery together and etcetera. Both of them would start to realize that they had feelings for each other that were more than just "friends because our families are pretty close". Rafandrampohy would also after his father's return from Adnania read up on Zoroastrianism and become interested, an interest he would bring to Rangita as well, which made them become closer. By 1509 both kind of started understand that they were in love with each other but that was not the best timing. Rangita's father Andriantompokoindrindra would restrict the two meeting after he started to have a falling out with the king due to this whole Zoroastrianism thing. Rangita had always managed to have an amount of independence even when raised by a strict father in a family of military origin but that wasn't the case with his son Andriamihaja, who stands firmly at his father's side and has ended up in a worsening relationship with his sister over her relation with Rafandrampohy as well as squabbling over ideas regarding religion and diplomacy with the Ahuric Empire.
 * Adnanite Settlers: Various Adnanite and Merina people who are married or in a relationship are still doing... what consenting adults do when they love each other very much.