Talk:Konig des Menschen Chapter VI (Map Game)/@comment-24521219-20200815151219

 Kingdom of Imerina

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy (Kingdom)
 * Monarch: Queen Rangitamanjakatrimovavy (B 1493 - Age 36, alive) (R 1517-Present)
 * Consort: King Rafandrampohy (B 1495 - Age 34, alive) (Ruler 1513-1517, Consort 1517-1527), King Ratsifandrihamanana (B 1494 - Age 35, alive) (C 1527-Present)
 * Ruling Dynasty: Hova (Ndahimananjara branch of Ammagari)
 * Order of Succession: Rafohy (B 1528 - Age 1, alive), Manelobe (B 1529 - Age 7 months, alive), Andrianakotrina (B 1519 - Age 10, alive)
 * 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. Obviously post-civil war, rebuilding is required.
 * Allies: N/A
 * Capital: Ambanja (de jure), Mahajanga (de facto)
 * Demographics (including rebelling areas):
 * Population: ca 533 000 total
 * Ambanja: 2 000
 * Mahajanga: 8 700
 * Toamasina: 4 000
 * Morafenobe: 1 400 (can you add this city already plz)
 * Analamanga: 400
 * Rural regions: ca 517 000
 * Ethnicities: 87% Malagasy (divided into 60% Merina and 27% others such as Betsimisaraka, Sakalava, Tsimihety, Sihanaka, Antankarana etc.), 7% Komoro Natives (Swahili?), 6% Adnanite
 * Religion: 76% Haintenism (traditional Merina folklore), 24% Tombovelan Zoroastrianism (mix of Haintenism and "traditional" Zoroastrianism)
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * Merina Civil War: After the outrage expressed by Andriamihaja, armies were raised and patrols close-by to the capital were started. On the 7th of October 1517, a patrol would notice a marching rebel army, led by Andriamihaja himself. Hostilities broke out and thus, the Merina Civil War began between Queen Rangita's royal court and Andriamihaja, accompanied by his supporters (called the Traditionalists). This half-decade would see the end of the war.
 * 1525: This year, this year would be the one. The one for what? For the Royalists, it would be the end and for the Traditionalits, it would be the year they turned the war around back to their favor. Unfortunately for them, the former was the true future. A semi-continuous push was ordered towards both Ambanja and Toamasina, the latter being the big goal to get to at this point. The Traditionalists tried their hardest but couldn't do shit basically and suddenly, the Ahurics arrived on the Masoala peninsula. Not long after this the Royalists would recapture Ambanja and begin liberating the north together with the Ahuric support. Toamasina was the only thing left and after a short siege, it was captured and the civil war was finally over.
 * 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: None
 * 1 500 Spearmen
 * 700 Bowmen
 * 1 200 Crossbowmen
 * 130 Light Cavalry
 * 100 Fossa Warriors (currently relegated to non-military positions)
 * Navy:
 * 9 Ahuric military ships
 * 3 Mer'ana class ships
 * 7 transport ships
 * Diplomacy:
 * Betsimisaraka: Relations are deeply wounded by the fact that they supported the rebels.
 * Order of Avesta: A ceasefire was declared between us two long ago, but we wish for a full peace treaty to truly end the hostilities between the Avestans and the Malagasy.
 * Ahuric Empire: They are sincerely thanked for the assistance toward the end of the civil war.
 * Events:
 * Aftermath: After the capture of Toamasina, the last few remnant Traditionalist forces were neutralized. Andriamihaja attempted to escape to Betsimisaraka but failed. Now there was a difficult situation, not only had Imerina been shaken by a civil war but now, Rangita had to decide what to do with her remaining family, father and brother. Of course, they were family but they participated in events that almost tore Imerina apart and for the sake of the stability of Imerina, they could not be pardoned. Andriamihaja wished only for an honorable death, which was granted to both him and his father Andriantompokoindrindra. In 1527 they were both executed in quick and painless fashion at the ages of 31 and 60 respectively. Rangita fell into quite a bit of a depressive period from this and would finally divorce Rafandrampohy. She now needed to focus on getting Imerina back to track and the Order of Succession was an important first step. She would have meetings with the general Ratsifandrihamanana who was stationed in Analamanga in the Central Highlands for a long time in the war. Rangita not only loved the area and the settlement, even in a state of infancy with only ca 400 people living there, but she also took a fancy to Ratsifandrihamanana. When Rafandrampohy later left the "political scene" to pursue a different path (after the change in succession law, allowing female heirs), Rangita took a final goodbye to Rafa over their relationship and she wouldd marry Ratsifandrihamanana (or just Ratsi for short). Not long after that, they would have two children: Rafohy (F) and Manelobe (M). Andriamihaja had a child and wife, both who were spared after the end of the civil war and despite negativity surrounding Andriamihaja, his child Andrianakotrina (M) was allowed into the Order of Succession. Rangita would name the dynasty the Hova dynasty, to differentiate from the line spawned from Andrianerinerina, the legendary founder of Imerina. Betsimisaraka would also be revealed to have supported the rebels, angering the Royal Court very much and worsening relations between our two states. The capital is still technically at Ambanja in terms of documents, which is slowly being rebuilt after the fire and war damages, but everything is basically decided from Mahajanga, making it our de facto capital.
 * Tombovelo - Efatra: Tombovelo would return to Imerina not long before the civil war ended. He would meet Rafandrampohy with loving arms and the Royal Court are very grateful for his pilgrimage to the Ahuric Empire. He becomes an honored member of Merina society. After the civil war, Rafandrampohy grew tired of royal work and decided to pursue a different path, considering he was no longer together with Rangita and his bigger interest and investment in Zoroastrianism that started from him reading about it a lot during the civil war and the information he has received from Tombovelo following his return. The start of writing, translation and adaptation and a ton of other things during this period has essentially started the Merina branch of Zoroastrianism, called Tombovelan Zoroastrianism. That's right named after the philosopher himself, Aristotle. Tombovelo and his colleagues, now joined by Rafandrampohy, are hard at work. With the blessing of Tombovelo and all the Ahuric influences from before and the pro-Zoroastrians winning the civil war, the faith becomes bigger and bigger by each day.
 * 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 Komoros 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.
 * Adapting New Technology: We've seen what this technology truly is capable of after the civil war. The Bow to Crossbow transition continues and a further focus on cavalry starts. The Fossa Warriors are once again limited to a small privileged group and they are relegated to serve as royal guards and such with no current "field" duty. Tombovelo and Rafandrampohy start the innovation and spearhead the usage of more "modern" technology that we have gained access to within the last few years, such as navy stuff.