Mišicama

From Almeopedia

Mišicama [mi ʃi ˈka ma] refers to several related things:

• The Zëi Mišicama, the ocean to the north of Eretald, occupying the area between Ereláe and Lebiscuri. To the northwest is the Estë Zëi, to the northeast the Zëi Escrín, and to the southeast the Qarau Sea.
• The Řilë Estë Mišicama or Great Mišicama Range, the mountains parallel to the ocean, separating Ismahi and Azgami from the Kara desert.
• A medieval nation of northern Sarnáe, described below.

Etymology: Meť. Mičiaγama 'around the lands', Kebreni Śahama, Ver. Mišicama, Bar. Mitigan

The republic of Mišicama

The entire region east of the Ctelm Mountains found itself independent of Caďinorian rule in the 2400s, when the Bešbalicu took Žésifo. The valley of the Shkónoro, threatened by barbarians, united as the kingdom of Sarnáe; but the coastal region, farther from the barbarians and tied more closely to Eretald by ocean trade, felt no need for kings, and became a loose republic, with its capital at Govanro.

They were conquered by Aitän of the Gelyet, along with Sarnáe, in 2536-38, and suffered their brutal and destructive rule, but regained its independence by the end of the century as the Gelyet declined.

The new threat was Dhekhnam, which swallowed up the eastern nation of Visecra in 2550. The republic learned to keep a low profile, even tolerating Dhekhnami espionage directed at its neighbors, and proselytization of Gelalhát. After the final Dhekhnami conquest of Sarnáe, however, its continued existence offered no further benefits to the ktuvoks, and they conquered the country in 3160-72. Their longterm friendliness to Dhekhnam only slightly mitigated their subjugation-- the Visecrans seem to be the ktuvoks' favored Central people. Nonetheless, Govanro remains a prosperous port and important Dhekhnami stronghold.