The Matriarchy of Gyuhács-Myouyama

The Myouin Matriarchy of the Gyuhács and Myouyama Islands, for brevity The Matriarchy of Gyuhács-Myouyama is an island nation spanning two chains of rocky islands in the Badgerman's Sea, as well as a peninsula on the western shore of Auskeras, conquered from the nation of the same name in a minor clash years ago.

The now peaceful islanders, known by humans as the Badgermen, but by the indigenous themselves as the Myouin (The Shining People), worship a spiritualistic pantheon and generally keep to themselves, preferring to do trade by letting merchants come to them. They patrol their seas, practice the innate shadow magic they possess and otherwise assume an identity of attracting as little attention as they can internationally, betting that the remote location of their Empire and the relatively small value their mountainous islands possess will make sure that they will be left alone.

The First Empire
Before the People settled their first trading posts on the shores of the Gyuhács Islands around the year -5200, little of note happened on either of the two chains of islands. The indigenous people lived in small tribes, with no written language, no architecture and no culture apart from their extensive oral tradition and spiritual religion.

The Empire of the People first encountered a region full of a disjointed motley of different tribes, interacting when meeting but otherwise content with keeping to themselves. The People thus had no difficulties at all in claiming ownership of the islands an building mines, quarries and orchards to harvest the marble, copper and fruits which makes up the archipelago's main natural ressources. They used the tribespeople of the isles as laborers to that end, despite having troubles handling the tribes' internal bickering and the short lifespan of the Badgermen making a reliable workforce something to dream of only.

Apart from these issues, the Myouin were generally content under the rule of the People, adopting their alphabet to form their own written language and, after some initial suspicion, accepting the central rule of the Empire due to the fact that it didn't change their actual, tribal, semi-nomadic lifestyle that much after all.

The Age of Words
The Age of Words is what the Myouin have called the years between the fall of the Empire just before -4000 and about -3700, when most of the tribes had begun adapting into the vacuum left by the People and had started building proper towns of their own, setting down words and forming budding administrative units. This period also saw stronger, larger tribes (or in some cases smaller tribes who were quicker to adopt the useful remnants left behind by the fallen Empire) begin to assimilate neighbours into the first likings of something other than a tribe.

There were, in this period, very little interaction between the Islands and the outside world, and the quarries and mines left by the People in the Gyuhács-Myouyama area were left idle, and many of them, like the buildings built by the occupying nation, began to dilapidate and fall into ruin.

The Long Unification
Starting at about -3500, the long unification was a period lasting until the year -2188, when the Myouin were united under one leader. The period was defined by skirmishes between tribes, and later full-scale minor wars between the minor states that grew out of the chaotic political situation. The Myouin now had their own, developing culture, with architecture based partly on the remains of the People's old buildings, the People's alphabet and in general a good deal of things associated with higher culture that they had adopted partly from the People. Clothing design, language and legends were still very much their own, as was their customs and mannerisms, yet they were still paying homage to those who brought them the light of civilization.

Seeing as there was no united nation in the area, it was sometimes difficult to figure out the political situation of the isles for human traders and observers. Most minor states welcomed humans, if nothing else because they brought trade and money, which in turn bought power in the local struggles, but only a few of the island states actively sought ties with other nations, the greater majority focusing their attention on their neighbours, avoiding too close relations with foreign powers to keep themselves from suddenly being a subject nation.

The Matriarchy
The Matriarchy of Gyuhács-Myouyama was officially founded in -2188, when the Grand Princess of the nation that had grown out of the Kunispánsz and Motoyo Tribes defeated the last rival in a sea battle to unify the Myouin under her rule, forming the Matriarchy and its centralised government to be able to expand the wealth of the nation.

Geography
The Matriarchy consists of two chains of islands, the Gyuhács Islands in the North, and the Myouyama Islands in the South. As well as that, they are in control of the Myouyama Peninsula, allowing for a land border with Auskeras.

The population mostly live on the larger of the islands, and all larger settlements lie on the coast where trade or ferrying make good business.

The capital of Kúniszvár, the origin of the reigning Kunispánsz-clan, is only the sixth largest city in the country and is home to the royal palace and most of government, an adamant demand of the reigning Princesses in spite of the upsides to moving to another part of the islands.

Population
The population of the Matriarchy is 97 % Myuoin, with humans forming the last 3 percent. All of the humans live on the Myouyama peninsula, left behind after the Matriarchy invaded and took the peninsula from Auskeras.

Largest Cities

 * 1) Csasasvár, Island of Bóncsz
 * 2) Toyosjara, Island of You
 * 3) Vevraszvár, Island of Szeszereg
 * 4) Ikdanhar, Myouyama Peninsula
 * 5) Csaszkicszvár, Island of Bóncsz
 * 6) Kúniszvár, Island of Vlakasz-Kunispánsz (Capital)

Customs and Culture
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Religion
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Military
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