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 Kingdom of Imerina

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy (Kingdom)
 * King: Andriamasindohafandrana (B 1477 - Age 27, alive) (R 1494-Present)
 * Dynasty: Ammagari (Andrianerinerina branch)
 * Order of Succession: Rafandrampohy, the son of Andriamasindohafandrana (B 1495 - Age 9) | Andriantompokoindrindra, the son of Ndahimananjara (B 1467 - Age 37) | Andriamihaja, the son of Andriantompokoindrindra (B 1496 - Age 8)
 * 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 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 540 000 total
 * Ambanja: 10 000
 * Mahajanga: 6 000
 * Toamasina: 2 300
 * Morafenobe: 100
 * Rural regions: ca 522 000
 * Ethnicities: 94% Malagasy (divided into 67% Merina and 28% others such as Betsimisaraka, Sakalava, Tsimihety, Antankarana etc.), 3% Adnanite, 2% Komoro Natives (Swahili?),
 * Religion: 94% Haintenism (traditional Merina folklore), 6% 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.
 * Hostilities With the Bara Polity (Final): Are 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: ca 50%
 * 5 200 Spearmen (3 000)
 * 2 800 Bowmen (2 000)
 * 700 Crossbowmen (300)
 * 20 Light Cavalry (0)
 * 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) but also their king pays a grand visit, see the first event.
 * 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: After peace has been established, an attempt to mend the relations with the Bara people begin, which will most likely work now that old man Rakotomanjato is dead (took him fucking long enough).
 * Events:
 * Andriamasindohafandrana's Reign [2]: Andriamasindohafandrana faces an interesting time right now. He has succeeded in winning the "war" against Bara. The other two main things he has on the list to do is relations with the Ahuric Empire and adapting the technology we have been introduced to. The Ahuric King Hameed wishes to have an official royal visit to Imerina, which Andriamasindohafandrana (who is a big fan of Ahuric culture and such) is all for. It is an honor for every person in the realm to have the most powerful and prosperous of our greatest friends to come to our kingdom. Our two monarchs interacted a lot and showed respect to eachother and eachother's tracts of land and culture. The Merina were wowed by the grand "show" that the Adnanites put on while visiting, making relations even better, while we also showed off the best we have for the Ahuric King. Our king got his first real look at the Zoroastrian religion, which has now been noticed as existing in Imerina. While he noticed the similarities it has to Haintenism and such and he is interested, he's still staunchly Haintenist. Andriamasindohafandrana does also speak with the Ahurics over his interest in visiting them, not just to "make the two even" but also because of his great interest in visiting the foreign world. As a final point from the interaction the royal court took note of the growth of the merchants of Imerina and classified it as an official class within society.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Status of the Antankarana [2]: 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. Otherwise there are tribes scattering in every direction. One group find their way to a few villages where they are accepted by the chieftains to live there. These villages start to fuse together and become Morafenobe (located in the same area as otl). Others go into unclaimed territory where there is potential for them to build their own polities. The warfare part of this event is covered in Wars and Conflicts.
 * Ndahimananjara and His Family [2]: A legend, a symbol, a powerful man. Those are words to describe Ndahimananjara. And yet even the most influential and powerful of men cannot be more than mortal. 1503 marks the year when the ca 60-year old warrior passes away. The kingdom is in mourning as THE Fossa Warrior is buried. Andriamasindohafandrana orders his shrine to be built in Maromokotro. Along with this he not only has the shrines be moved to a more secure area and order the most strict guarding of it but he also establishes the "collection" of shrines as a place for any influential enough figure, so not just monarchs are eligible to be immortalized there. The main people of the Ndahimananjara branch of the Ammagari dynasty are Andriantompokoindrindra and his children the 8 year old son Andriamihaja and 11 year old daughter Rangitamanjakatrimovavy, or Rangita for short (it's also her nickname).
 * Rafandrampohy and Rangita: The two have since first meeting become great friends, even if they are very young. Rangita, being much more mature than a usual 11 year old, teaches Rafandrampohy and is almost like his caretaker sometimes. While right now the adults just see them as children being children, the bond the two are establishing will become critical to the future and more than just childhood friendship.
 * Adnanite Settlers: As said, there are relationships (and the first few marriages) between Malagasy (mostly Merina) people and Adnanites which of course has led to copulation, which will lead to births of a mixed ethnicity in the future. More Adnanites have also migrated here (again, mostly merchants) since the king had an official visit.