Country: Karhide (anybody know what that's from?) Ruler: The Peoples Servant, Lord of Heg, Senior Merchant of the East, Karhide ras dem Fall Populace: 4 Mil Goverment: Monarchy. Many of the nobles and relatives of the ruler of Karhide are Merchants, which means that through many secret alliances and the weight of gold Karhide has avoided civil war but has often divided the country, resulting in a dynasty lasting no longer than 90 years. A further strength and weakness of this empire is that Karhide has a poor army and there relys on intelligence and money to destroy their enemy's. Brief: Settled by nomads of the eastern steppes roughly four thousand years ago Karhide has risen from a small kingdom only encompassing a portion of territory in The east to becoming a merchant empire controlling all of the eastern coast (and much of the centre of Selibas until it's neighbour ------ and ------ claimed much of the centre for themselves, luckily with the help of ---- Karhide was able to make up for it loss.