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Nation Name (long): The Desert Empire of Sayyed
Nation Name (short): Sayyed Empire
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Capitol: Al-Salarqa
Largest City: Al-Salarqa (4.5 million)
Demonym: Sayqidi
Language: Sayyiby, Haqmi, Xuhari, Staynish
Species: Humans, Elves, Half-Elves
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Government type: Constitutional Monarchy
Leader(s):
Empress Rabia Scheherezade Jalalyan al-Sayyed
Prime Minister Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Ahdal
Legislature: Sayqidi House of Order
Formation: 873 AD
Total GDP: 300 billion approx.
GDP per capita: 43,103 SHD
Currency: Sayqidi Dirham
Calling Code: +958
ISO 3166 code: ES, DES
Internet TLD: .es
Historical Summary: The civilization from which the empire came has existed since the days of early civilizations. The predecessor of the Sayyed Empire was the Kingdom of Ashur, known for most of its heavy influence on modern Sayqidi culture. A lot of the laws used in the Kingdom of Ashur are still in use in Sayyed to this day.
650 AD marked a remarkable year in the history of the Kingdom when the Sunarhi faith was founded. And by 750 AD, the religion has spread all through the territory of the empire.
In 873, King Manishtushu died without an heir so his cousin, Muhammed al-Sayyed, the head of the Sayyed clan, took the throne and implemented many changes to the system of the Ashurian Kingdom, and changing the name of the kingdom to Sayyed, after the clan.
The Sayqidi Golden age began in 955 and is marked as the most inspired age in Sayqidi history. The nation got incredibly wealthy by trade and turned its focus to mathematics, science, literature, and the arts. Many great works were born. In 960 AD, the poet Scheherezade of Khor Sha’aidat published the “Tales and Poems from Sayyed”, a collection of stories that were traditionally passed down orally. Her work has become the source material of all legends since then. In 970, Scheherezade was awarded by the royal family and worked with their support to found schools. Since then, the literacy levels in the kingdom increased drastically.
In 1015, Sayyed conquered what was East of them. Five years later, they found signs of a nomadic group of people in the area. A few months later, they found the first settlement of the Xuhari, the elven people of the area.
King Lateef worked with Xuhari leader Nyandak Lhamo and founded Quzou in 1045, which became the capital of the region of the same name. The Xuhari has since become the second largest ethnic group in Sayyed.
The south had finally been conquered by the Sayqidi in 1100, and they were able to call themselves an empire.
1250 marked an increased fascination with maritime and cross-continental trade, increasing the wealth of the empire. However, the Sayqidi Golden Age comes to a close in 1310, but many say that it has never really left.
1911 marks the year the monarchy becomes constitutional, yet the royal family still has a large influence over the parliament.
From 1963 onwards marks the Salarqa Renaissance, which was a time when the music, art, pop, and street culture of Salarqa strengthened with iconic artists emerging in this era.
In 2021, Emperor Hassan (1959, r. 1985-2021) abdicated due to poor health, and his daughter, Scheherezade al-Sayyed (b. 2001) inherited the throne of Sayyed, becoming the second youngest Sayqidi Empress and one of the few Sayqidi monarchs of direct Haqmi heritage. Her coronation was known to be one of the most expensive and most grand ones.
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