Khem

Peoples Confederation of Holy Isles of al'Khem Քհէմ Դափգէֆ Ոփկաէա Khem Ta'cef O'Gaea
Flag Coat of Arms
'Motto: 'Aթեirժեներ ժաNՕսմո գաiմի Apeiros kn'osmo gaea Beginning ending cosmic age we are one material bound to self.
'Anthem: 'Սրանք բայց Ta Lī Ma Glorious Ta
Geography
Area	845,375.52km2
Water (%)	75%
Highest point	Mount Kallisti 3023M
Longest river	River Gentu
Demographics
Population	102,521,000
• Density	121.272733329/km2
• Growth	0.2%/year
Median age	21.5 years years
Demonym	Khem
History
Founding of Pan-Cefnor Trade Company	1605 CE
Children of Ta Revolt	1850 CE
Government
Capital	Carcossa
Official language	Khem
Type	Democratic Confederation of City States, Previously Theocratic Principalities
Legislature	The Hall of Amenti
En'ku	Mk'aelar Bara'war
Alkahest	Manas Vol'elen
Islands	137
Economy
Currency	Ta (≗) (T)
GDP	≗ 3.27 trillion
• Per capita	≗ 36,179
• Growth	9%/year
Sectors	34% Agriculture 45% Industry 21% Services
Unemployment	2%
Gini	.65
Development
Life expectancy	102 years
Improved water access	100%
Literacy	98%
Enrollment	73%
• Primary	73%
• Secondary	65%
• Tertiary	20%
Standards
Measures	Eluvataran-Myrorian Standard (Metric)
Date format	month-day-year
Traffic	Right-hand
Codes
ISO code	AK
Internet TLD	.kh
Calling code	+42

Overview

"When I call them Librarians, let me not be understood as meaning no more than the term denotes with you. With us, our Librarians were administrators of all business, art, and science; Directors of trade, commerce, generalship, architecture, engineering, education, statesmanship, legislature, morality, theology; doing nothing themselves, they were the cause of everything worth doing, that was done by others." -excerpt of a study on Khemish culture by doctoral student Jain Wei while studying at the Imperial College at Fellowmoor-
Khem, sometimes known as The Khem or Al'Khem, is an archipelago nation home to one of Taijitu's oldest civilizations. The Khemish civilization dates back 19,000 BCE as the first evidence of Khemish agrarian villages show themselves emerging from the nomadic al'Ta, there was also a division of burial practices in this time with the al'Khem beginning to use mounds as opposed to the al'Ta tree burial. These agrarian villages eventually became the principalities of Khem, whose caste systems defined the Khemish people for thousands of years. The cities of the al'Khem eventually became engineering marvels of the ancient world, perfectly blending land and water through canals, chinampas, hugelkultur and dams. The wealthy Librarians, the caste at the top of Khem society, controlled nearly everything and lived extravagantly, though eventually losing their grip on reality and soon after ruler-ship. Da'Kavo, a slave soldier caste, patrolled the streets acting as violent enforcers of Library edict in addition to their position in fighting foreign enemies. The builder caste, designed and lived comfortable, simple lives for themselves. While the "Servile" caste ostensibly had it the worst and were the forefront of historic revolutions, riots and civil rights movements. Lastly are the al'Ta who are a scattered tribal people still dwelling in the Hyades rain-forest and along various waterways in al'Khem, they practice an ancient animistic version of the Libraries Path of Truth. It is a multicultural nation, consisting mainly of ethnic Khems, Ozians, Moacians, Jutensans, Iadakans, Fre'zhi, Kar'zhi, Bustians, Lycanthropes, Dunedain, Edain, Minosian, Benn, Finn, Belaedinosi, and Funkadelians. Despite widespread poverty among the working class, an abundance of food ensures no Khem goes hungry.

Geography

Al'Khem is an archipelago nation with a tropical rain-forest climate on the central islands and a wet mediterranean climate on the outlying islands.

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Climate	Mediterranean Wet(outlying islands)	Tropical Rainforest (The rest)
Elevation Extremes	Lowest Point: Lake Haali -.005 m	Highest Point: Mount Kallisti 3023 m
Seasons	Fog Time October - March	Wet Season March - August	Dry Season August - October

Government

Country Name:	Conventional Long Form: Peoples Confederation of al'Khem Conventional Short Form: Khem Abbreviation: P.R.K. Government Type Thalassocratic Republic
National Holidays:	Freedom Day: February 14 Victory Festival: June 16 - June 26 Solstices and Equinoxes Full Moons

Languages:

Official Languages: Khem, Eruvite, Ozian

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Recognized Languages: Cefish, Jutensan, (other languages of the Cefnor Basin)
The Most commonly spoken secondary language is Ozian.
Followed closely by Eruvite. Many fisherman and gardeners know Jutensan.
Cefish is known in the service industries such as hotels and bars.

Foreign Relations

This antediluvian nation has enjoyed a long history of trade with the following nations:
Ozia
Jutensa
Eluvatar
The Allied States

Natural Features

Gentu Lightning

Beaches of Lake Haali

Headwaters of lake Ti'kili


An artistic rendering of the mist bedecked Mount Kallisti


Coy farmers on the River Gentu