Zoria

Zoria (ᚶᚬᛡᚠᛂᛁ Zorfei), officially the Kingdom of Zoria (ᚧᚮᛝᛂᚾᛏᚢᛘ ᚶᚬᛡᚠᛂᛁ Kyngentum Zorfei), is a constituent kingdom of the Zusian Empire. Zoria is the nation's most populous kingdom, with over 64 million inhabitants, and also the most densely populated aside from the imperial cities. Covering an area of 197,087 square kilometres, it is the fourth-largest Zusian realm by land area. It borders Nerotysia to the south, Tarmory to the southwest, and Doesia to the west. Zoria contains the nation's largest city and de-facto financial capital, Farbai, as well as many other important cities, notably Skalagard, Ïsendor, and Kyrmont.

The lands today called Zoria were originally the northernmost frontiers of the Vordic Empire, inhabited mainly by tribal peoples and a few small coastal cities. The region first achieved prominence in the Medieval age, when a powerful duchy grew out of the rich Epholian riverlands, which are today the heart of the Schaska Megalopolis. The ducal House of Kartha conquered many surrounding territories and proclaimed the Kingdom of Zoria in 1513. The new state established a major colonial empire and soon became the richest of the Zusian nations, surpassing its historical rival Nerotysia. In the 19th century, Sibannakus the Great, a Zorian general, took control of the kingdom and later reunited Zusea under his rule, establishing the modern House of Scharbach. Zoria has thus been a component of the Zusian Empire since its founding in 1818.