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This antediluvian nation has enjoyed a long history of trade with the following nations:<br>
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[[St_Oz]]<br>
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[[Jutensa]] <br>
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[[Austrasia]]<br>
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[[Dunedain]]<br>
 
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They had great antagonism with the following:<br>
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[[Minos]]<br>
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[[Haradrim]]<br>
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[[Sindar]]<br>
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==People's Shining Army==
 
==People's Shining Army==
 
'''Divisions of Da' Kavo:'''<br>
 
'''Divisions of Da' Kavo:'''<br>

Revision as of 14:44, 29 September 2014

The Shining Empire of Khem
Kingdom of Truth and the Way, The Peoples Glorious Land of Khem
Bakh Al Khem,
Imja Hatap Al Khem,
Da'Kavo Al Khem,
Anu Akhma Al Khem,
Khem Al Hermetica,
Khem Al Gaia,
Khem Al Ta
Flag of Khem Coat of Arms of Khem
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
Location of Khem
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
Sultanates of Khem Unite 3,000 BCE


Collapse of the Sindar Empire 2500 BCE
Government
Capital Carcosa
Official language Khem
Type Thalassocratic Ethnocratic Technocratic Theocratic Plantation State
Legislature The Glorious Library
Agathos Daimon Atri Kos
Alkahest Manas Vol'elen


Islands 137
Economy
Currency Ta (≗) (T)
GDP ≗ 3.27 trillion
• Per capita ≗ 36,179
• Growth 9%/year
Sectors

38% Agriculture
32% Industry
18% Services

Unemployment 12%
Gini .85
Development
Life expectancy 102 years
Improved water access 100%
Literacy 98%
Enrollment 73%
• Primary 73%
• Secondary 65%
• Tertiary 20%
Standards
Measures Metric
Date format month-day-year
Traffic Right-hand
Codes
ISO code AK
Internet TLD .kh
Calling code +42

Overview

Flag of Al'Khem

Khem, sometimes known as The Khem or Al'Khem, is an archipelago nation organized upon a strict caste system, the result of generations of selective breeding. Civil unrest is high among the working poor and whispers of rebellion circle the slums. The wealthy Librarians, the caste at the top of Khem society, control nearly everything and live extravagantly, though they appear to many observers to be losing their grip on reality. Da'Kavo, a slave soldier caste, patrol the streets at night, leaving a trail of "disappeared" people in their wake. The craftsman, a builder caste, design and live comfortable, simple lives for themselves.

Tension is mounting on these fertile islands, as sacred religious orders drift off into heresy, a sect known only as the "Shadow Library" fights among itself, and even the Da'Kavo splinter in schism. Al'Khem is an archipelago nation with a tropical rainforest climate on the central islands and a wet mediterranean climate on the outlying islands. It is a multicultural nation, consisting mainly of ethnic Khems, Ozians, Jutensans, Lycanthropes, Harad, and Austrasians. Despite widespread poverty in the lower castes, an abundance of food ensures no Khem goes hungry.

Geography

Climate Mediterranean Wet(outlying islands)/Tropical Rainforest (The rest)
Elevation Extremes

Lowest Point: Lake Haali -.005 m
Highest Point: Mount Kallisti 3023 m

People

Population:
Nationality:
Noun: Khem
Adjective: Khemish
Ethnic Groups
Khem 67% (30% servile, 32% craftsmen, 18% librarian, 20% soldier)
Lycanthrope 12%
Ozian 8%
Harad 5%
Austrasian 4%
Jutensan 3%
Other 1%
Growth Rate: 0.021%


Khem Racial Profile:
eye color: blue = servile, green = craftsmen, indigo = librarian, gray = soldier

The Khem people are of a dark complexion with strong graceful bone structures, many geneticists believe that the long history of ruler mandated eugenics programs are the root cause of their uniformity comparative to most genetic stock. Most are not a tall people but due to a culture which strongly encourages physical readiness, they are rarely out of shape.


Servile
The Servile have the darkest complexion and tend to have rough feet and hands from their barefooted labor of generations. They generally dreadlock their rough black hair as a symbol of their peace with their ideal of god. The most passive and hardy Servile are encouraged to breed and given to the life of procreation and Library ordered drug use.

Craftsmen
The Craftsmen keep their straight black hair cut short and angular with certain careful geometries implying one craft or another. Their build tends to be slight by general comparison to the other Khemish races. The most industrious are given most leeway for breeding and possessions.

Da'Kavo
The Da'Kavo have a tough life from the moment they can walk, due to previous breeding success by the Library many Da'Kavo are born with alopecia and are free from any body hair. They stand 6'4" on average over a foot taller than other Khems 5'2". Da'Kavo are to a woman the epitome of fitness, they have never been presented any other choice in how to be. These children of separation are given breeding rights by rank and combat effectiveness.

Librarian
The Librarians are pale compared to the rest of the lands people. Their indigo eyes are complemented by long black hair often worked into intricate braids. As the true power in Al Khem their line has the highest rate of insanity among all those of Khem. Their own internal hierarchy decides breeding rights though some suggest an external genetic infusion may be necessary to stabilize their line.

Religion:


The People follow the Path of Truth, a monotheistic religion and strict philosophical system wherein ones born Caste determines the Path to greatest honor within the divine tapestry of cosmic unfoldment. Though not all of the People hold this faith in their hearts they certainly make a good show of it as heresy is often punished. The Path of Truth is maintained by the People's Glorious Library. The most dramatic of their beliefs is that all of humanity shares a single soul marking the struggles of all greater than the profits of any individual. The most revered being in the path of truth is the Hermetica whom thrice born brought the Tablets of Truth and spread knowledge to the sapient races. The Hermetica is also given credit for teaching the people of Khem architecture, engineering, agriculture, writing and so on. Even today he is seen as the spirit of knowledge within us and given praise when creation is wrought. Next in line of worship is Gaia who through the Ozians, Khemists learned they were all a part of. Gaia (as the planet and all on it) is viewed reverently by those on the Path of Truth as many try to breathe as one with her, especially among the Servile. Gaia worship is of course closely linked to the worship of Ta (the sun), Bringer of Dawn, Flame of Truth, Heart of the Path. Ta is seen as the source of all life by those of Khemist faith.


Laws of Truth

The Law of Stillness:
Take time to be silent, to just BE. Meditate for 30 minutes twice a day. Practice non-judgment.
The Law of Karma:
Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind.
The Law of Least Resistance:
Accept people, situations, and events as they occur. Take responsibility for your situation and for all events seen as problems. Relinquish the need to defend your point of view. The universe finds the path let it control you, take time and breath. Then just flow in the situation and the outcome will turn out for the best.
The Law of Detachment:
Allow yourself and others the freedom to be who they are. Do not force solutions—allow solutions to be emergent. You will get better results if you pay attention to the signs left by the One.
The Law of Dharma:
Seek your higher Self. Discover your unique talents. Ask yourself how you are best suited to serve humanity. Using your unique talents and serving others brings unlimited bliss and abundance.
The Law of Tapestry:
You are a shining drop on the spiders net, shine in your glorious place and know the web gives your beauty form. Do not work against your place in life as it is yours to make come to life. Resist not the wisdom of Gaia and Ta, resist not those taken with the spirit of the Hermetica, resist not Seperation for you are part of the whole and the whole of you.
Funerary Rites


Dakhma,(Inglish: “tower of silence”), Khemish funerary tower erected on a hill for the disposal of the dead according to the Khemist rites. Such towers are about 25 feet (8 m) high, built of brick or stone, and contain gratings on which the corpses are exposed. After vultures have picked the bones clean, they fall into a pit below, thereby fulfilling the injunction that a corpse must not suffer contact with either fire or earth.





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Resources

Common:

Oil (and allot of it, offshore wells)
Grain (rice, cocoa, coffee, beans)
Water
Narcotic (tobacco, opium, cannabis, DMT, LSD, coca)
Medicine (refined from natural sources)
Tea
Lumber
Sugar
Clay
Copper
Iron

Fruit:

Apricot
Blackberry
Blueberry
Cantaloupe
Cherry
Date
Grape
Lemon
Lime
Orange
Peach
Pear
Plum
Pomegranate

Vegetables:

Tomato
Asparagus
Onion
Okra
Mushroom
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Spinach
Collard Greens

Animal:

Snail (meat)
Frog (poison, hallucinogen, meat)

Seafood:

Khemish Turtle (armor, industrial materials, meat, eggs, leather, labor(like elephants))
Seaweed (vegetable)
Crocodile (meat, eggs, leather)
Fish (More fish of various sorts than you could shake a stick at)
Crab
Octopus
Shark
Shellfish
Whale

Rare:

Titanium
Oil (offshore lots of it)
Copper
Indium
Platinum
Silver
Rhodium
Jade
Gold (one of Taijitus Largest reserves)
Gems (Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Garnet, Melanite, Moonstone, Pearl, Sapphire, etc.)

Government

Agathos Daimon Atri Kos

Country Name:

Conventional Long Form: The Kingdom of Truth and the Way, The Peoples Glorious Land of Khem
Conventional Short Form: Khem
Abbreviation: S.E.K.
Government Type
Thalassocratic Ethnocratic Technocratic Theocratic Plantation State

National Holidays:

Freedom Day: February 14
Victory Festival: June 16 - June 26
Solstices and Equinoxes
Full Moons

Languages:


Official Language: Khem


Recognized Languages: Ozian, Inglish, Austrasian, Jutensan, (other languages of the Cefnor Basin)
The Most commonly spoken secondary language is Inglish. Followed closely by Ozian.

Economy:


Economy Overview:
Market Socialism with Syndicalist Corporations
Significant Trade Relationships


Well known for its gold, gems, hemp, coffee, food, shipping, copper, solar and wind power, garments and other products Khem is a vibrant trading nation.
Also notable for the food forests which sustain the People, hunger is a thing of the past for the people of Khem.


Major Industries:
Agriculture
Luxury Travel
Hydro
Hemp
Food
Pharmaceuticals
Shipping
Engineering
Construction
Textiles

Ecology:

Flora:
Giant purple heart trees
Giant birch trees
Giant cherry blossom trees
Giant Fig Trees
Bamboo
Cocoa Tree
Coffee Plants
Khemish Coca Plant
Sugarcane
Tea Plants
2,000+ other species of trees
10,000+ species of flower
1,000+ species of fruit bearing trees
500 species of seaweed
etc...


Fauna:
Khemish Lake Turtle
Khem Coy
Khemish Catfish
600-800 species of mammals, including: the jaguar, puma, ocelot, sloth,
jaguarundi, armadillos, anteaters, tapirs, capybaras, dozens of species of
monkeys, bats, and pink dolphins.
1,500 species of birds, including: Amazon parrot, toucan, egrets, crakes,
eagles, owls, oropendulas, peacocks, blue macaw, trogons, hummingbirds,
blue heron, spix's guan, and many others.
3,000+ species of fish, including: piranha, piracucu, silver dollar fish,
catfish, dogfish, salmon, smelt.
1,200+ species of reptiles, including: caiman, a myriad of snakes, race
runners, yellow spotted side-necked turtle, basiliscus lizard, boa, yellow
footed tortoise, iguana
250,000+ species of insects, including 1,300+ species of butterflies, ants,
beetles, mantis, wasps, spiders, etc.
New species are discovered every day.

Notable Terrain

Headwaters of lake Haali
Heaadwaters of Lake Haali

Mount Kallisti
An artistic rendering of the mist bedecked Mount Kallisti

River Gentu
Coy farmers on the River Gentu

Foreign Relations

This antediluvian nation has enjoyed a long history of trade with the following nations:
St_Oz
Jutensa
Austrasia
Dunedain

They had great antagonism with the following:
Minos
Haradrim
Sindar

People's Shining Army

Divisions of Da' Kavo:
32% Apa'Datu Da'Kavo (Water Cutting Arm) Navy, Transportation, Sailors, HAZMAT (aquatic)
11% Mulaprakruti Da'Kavo (Root of Nature Cutting Arm) Jungle Forces, Survivalists, Khem Martial Arts
20% Teja'Datu Da'Kavo (Fire Cutting Arm) Army, Field Engineers, Defensive Ballistics
14% Vayu'Datu Da'Kavo (Air Cutting Arm) Air-force, Space Corps, Robotic Engineers, Dirigible Crews
12% Pru'Thavi'Datu Da'Kavo (Earth Cutting Arm) Police, Khem Swordsmen, HAZMAT, Emergency Response
6% Akasa'Datu Da'Kavo (Void Cutting Arm) Spec Ops, Dangerous Mofos
3% Tamas'Datu Da'Kavo (Entropy Cutting Arm) Black Ops, Whispered of with no reported sightings or evidence of existing
2% Vinnana'Datu Da'Kavo (Mind Cutting Arm) Secret Police, PsiOps, Drug Distribution, Experimentation, Think CIA without morals
?% Mundaskawanen (Guardians) Body Guards, Protective Personnel, Khem Martial Artists


Arms:
MAT-49
MAC-50
FR-F1
StarModel14

Khemish Combat Armor By Year:
1905-1975
1975-2009
2009-2015
2020-????

People's Glorious Library


Scientific Body:
Library Bureaucracy:
Khemist Priesthood:


Carcossa The Shining City

Carcossa 1980s
On a quiet summers day.





Carcossa The Shining City
Carcossa during construction of the first incarnation of the Great Library. Much of the original masonry still lies within the city.





The People's Glorious Library Foreign Emissary Compound‎