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 Kingdom of Imerina

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy (Kingdom)
 * King: Andrianamponga (B 1427, D 1455) (R 1447 - 1455), Andrianamboniravina (B 1429, alive) (R 1456-Present)
 * Regency: Priest/Noble Regency Council (R 1455-1456)
 * Dynasty: Ammagari
 * 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 two states of Betsimisaraka and Mahafaly. Contact has been established with the Ahuric Adnanite people and we have gradual trade between us. The economy is rather obviously affected by the fucking raiders on our fucking shores, fuck them. That's kind of, it, our economy is practically the same as many other primitive african states and such.
 * Allies: Possibly Betsimisaraka and various Malagasy tribes (temporarily and non-official)
 * Capital: Ambanja
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ca 515 000 total
 * Ambanja: 8 100
 * Mahajanga: 3 000
 * Rural regions: ca 504 000
 * Ethnicities: 99,5% Malagasy (divided into 75% Merina and 25% others such as Betsimisaraka, Sakalava, Tsimihety etc.), 0,5% Komoro Natives (Swahili?)
 * Religion: 100% Haintenism (traditional Merina folklore)
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * Under Attack: Since circa 1454, Adananita people (under the Order of Avesta which we are unaware of, but they look like the Ahurics so connotations immediately come to mind) have been raiding and attacking the coastline of Madagasikara, to kill, to rape, to steal. They arrive in their large vessels that fire large boulders upon our people. We of course, immediately react to this. Shall they bring war, we will fight them back. Their superior technology gives them the first victories but the Merina do learn. Currently as many ready young men as possible shall be trained to fight and those that already exist are readied to fight back raids at any point and to be wary of the weapons that they wield. A garrison is also placed on both Mahori and Njoany to protect them since they're important places for trade and the agreement we have with the native Njoanans makes it our duty to protect them from danger.
 * Fossa Warriors: Andrianamboniravina requires the best he can get to protect the Merina people from the scum invaders. Thus, he orders the creation of an elite force of the strongest and most disciplined soldiers that Imerina has access to. These warriors wield the most efficient spears, shields and Seme knives and are trained in discipline, stealth, spreading fear into their opponents and charging. In their leather armor with fur decoration, war paint and sometimes tattoos, they are the most prepared.
 * Military: Ca 1% of our population is our regularly available manpower that we can deploy for warfare, thus being ca 5 000 man. As a result of raising young men to be warriors and new policy from the king, higher amounts of soldiers are raised.
 * Deployed units: All
 * 4 500 Spearmen
 * 2 000 Bowmen
 * 500 Merina Fossa Warriors
 * Determinant amount of volunteers/assisting units from outside our borders
 * Navy:
 * 6 transport ships
 * 2 Ahuric military ships
 * Diplomacy:
 * Order of Avesta or whatever the fuck their name is:  Cease your faggotry. Stop your attacks or you will face the true might of Zanahary's children.
 * Betsimisaraka and various Malagasy tribes nearby: This holy land is attacked and raided by heretics, you know that they will not stop with just us but will attack you as well. Therefore we request your assistance (and in the case of some of the unorganized tribes, be annexed so that their assistance can be properly organized).
 * Ahuric Empire: We negotiate with them. They explain that the attacks aren't them, which convinces us somewhat. They also offer us one of their high-tech epic military ships and the negotiation leads to us being given two of them. Advisors are also given to us for diplomacy, teaching us how these high-tech things work and for just general advice and all that.
 * Events:
 * Death of Andrianamponga: Relations between Andrianamponga and Andrianamboniravina began to sour a few years ago. The death of their mother, a sense of rivalry due to Namboniravina's status as heir while Namponga was childless and also the arrival of the strange Adananita people sparked division between them. Still, Namboniravina was loyal to his brother. When the Adananita arrived the two had opposing views. Andrianamponga was suspicious and not trusting while Andrianamboniravina was all for interacting with the strangers, intrigued by their clothing, weapons, technology, language, everything. Andrianamboniravina convinced his brother to allow interaction and things were well for the first few years. But when raids started plaguing the lands the two were very much at eachother's throats as Andrianamponga believed that the death and destruction was his brother's fault for convincing him to interact with these strange people. In 1455 the two went out on a hunting trip, a traditional thing many of the nobles and people in general were doing and also recommended by Andrianamponga's advisors to settle the conflict between the two. However, only one of the brothers returned. Andrianamboniravina returned in shock as his brother's life ended while they were out hunting. Not many good records exist, but it is believed that he said it was some form of hunting accident, while others believe it could have been an attack by the Order of Avesta and some of the king's closest believed it might have been an assassination from the hands of the king's brother himself. This shocked the lands and led to confusion. A regency council composed of Haintenist priests and members of the royal family reigned for a year until it was decided that Andrianamboniravina would be crowned king in 1456.
 * Unite to Fight: Andrianamponga takes the first initiative to uniting the lands of Imerina, but also other parts of Madagasikara to defend from these rotten invaders however after his death, the council and later Andrianamboniravina go further to properly defend the Merina people and their Malagasy brethren. As described previously, efforts go into training soldiers and bringing our best to combat. Interaction with Mahafaly regarding the attacks also takes place.
 * The Start of the Spread of the Sorabe (continuous event): Through trade and such with both the other Malagasy peoples and the Swahili people start the spread of not only proper writing but also use of the Sorabe alphabet and script.
 * Warrior Culture: Basically the same as past turns, but also factoring in the creation of Fossa Warriors and increased efforts for the creation of strong and loyal soldiers for the defense of the Merina Kingdom.
 * Tsilavohery and  Rakotomanjato (2): Similar to the two royal brothers, the friendship between the two philosophers were damaged, although after Andrianamponga mysteriously passed away. Tsilavohery firmly believed that it was an unfortunate accident, but Rakotomanjato did not trust Andrianamboniravina, believing him to have used the hunting trip as an oppurtunity to kill his brother and take his place. The two gradually drifted apart and started gathering crowds of supporters on differing sides (out of the peasants who actually had time to care instead of tending to their own villages and trying not to get murdered by raiders). After the coronation of Andrianamboniravina, Rakotomanjato was very much angry and after two years of tension (1458 is the year) he declares Andrianamboniravina to not be the rightful heir and to be a usurper of the throne. This gets him fired and excommunicated by Haintenist priests which makes him and those who follow him, quite mad. He travels to Betsimisaraka and stays there for the following duration of this turn.
 * Relationship with the Ahuric Empire: The initial good relations have been severely damaged since the attacks in 1454. Even with a king supportive of foreign relations, Merina sentiments towards the Adananita (both the Order and Ahurubo) are quite negative. Still, Andrianamboniravina doesn't want to cut ties and does negotiate with them (further detailed and explained in Diplomacy).