Kingdom of Santegia-Haria
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The Kingdom of Santegia-Haria, more colloquially referred to as 'Santegia' (Savinian: Santugia eta Haria Erreinua; Santegian: Reino de Santegia y Haria; Qalasheen: Mamlakat Haria wa'Shaytimakan; Flexio: Regnum Santum et Haria), is the personal union between the Kingdom of Santegia and the Sultanate of Haria. It is located on the Timberwoods river on the Isles of Atlas, bordering the Kingdom of Norland to the north. The fertile land around the Timberwoods river is characterised by vast swathes of farmland, used to provide for the populace of the nation.
The personal union between Santegia and Haria emerged once the Queen of Santegia, Soraya Kharadeen was named heir of the Sultanate of Haria with her father's abdication - as the eldest child of Sultan Fakhri Kharadeen. [1] As a result, it commenced a personal union between the two nations on the 13th of the Sun's Smile, 1639. [2] The current reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Santegia is Leoiarizaltzu de Savin, crowned on the 8th of the Grand Harvest, 1629. The current reigning monarch of the Sultanate of Haria is Soraya Kharadeen, crowned on the 20th of the Sun's Smile, 1639.
History
Prehistory
The Kingdom of Santegia and the Sultanate of Haria enjoyed intimate but neutral relations for forty years prior to the union, through the Duchy of Savinia. The ruling House de Savin of Santegia were a heartlandic people nurtured in Qalasheen and farfolk culture. This quasi-Qalasheen culture developed and refined itself to become the distinctive Savinian culture, which would later contribute itself to the amalgamation of cultures found in Santegia.
On Atlas
Following the great exodus from Axios to Atlas, the Santegian-Harian people settled themselves on the Timberwoods delta. Over decades, this settlement would transform into the capital, Presa de Madera.
Geography
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms for the united realms of Santegia and Haria consists of 28 quarterings, symbolising the personal union between the two states. Each quarter represents a heraldic achievement that has been obtained either through conquest or heritage. The territorial claim held by the royal family is featured as an inescutcheon, the superimposed arms of de Savin y Kharadeen upon the quartered arms of the Kingdom of Santegia and the Sultanate of Haria. The fleur-de-lis upon green represents the Principality of Evreux, a reminder of the Santegian Rebellion which resulted in its conquest and the prompt establishment of Santegia. The quartered variants of the Horenic dragon on purple and the Dreadlandic cross upon red represent the island of Asul, which was united in its entirety under the Kingdom of Santegia. The black crow and star upon yellow represents the Caliphate of Khalestine, the first Qalasheen state, while the crescent and crossing scimitars upon green represent the Sultanate of Sharaf.
The royal blazon is as follows:
- Quarterly, first and fourth quartered: first and fourth Vert semé-de-lis Or overall on a Sable bend three eagles Argent (for Evreux); second and third quartered: first and fourth Purpure dragon Or (for Cascadia), second and third Gules saltire Argent (for Asul); second and third quartered: first and fourth Or eight pointed star Sable above a crow Sable (for Khalestine), second and third Vert two crossed scimitars Argent above a crescent Argent (for Sharaf); overall a quartered escutcheon, first and fourth Tenné six bendlets sinister Or (for de Savin), second and third Tenné a star Argent above a crescent Argent (for Kharadeen). For a crest, a circlet Or, jewelled with five breeches of bear or oyster plant leaves, three shown, with Lorraine cross Or and gems Azure on points Or inserted.
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