Drazia Dynasty

This nation is almost completely subterranean, with numerous city states of Dwarven cities known as Kingdoms rarely do they interact with each other, unless there are people trying to settle in territory they consider part of the Darzia Dynasty. Officially the kingdoms are ruled by the ruler of the Kingdom of Gold but this power is very limited and if the other kingdom doesn't approve of the ruling it will be ignored, or reacted to with economic or even military disapproval.

There is a lot of trade between the Kingdoms, with covered well guarded caravans that travel along a network of very straight over ground roads which link each kingdom. The only exception to this is the Kingdom of Copper and the Kingdom of Stone which have an underground link between the cities something that is unspoken admired by the other Kingdoms.

Of the Dynasty free people most are Dwarves but the second most common species is Gnomes then a smattering of humans who are pretty much only accepted if they act quite Dwarven. The other aspect of the Dynasties population are slaves of many different races which are used in various ways in different Kingdoms, there are different laws on what is allowed and disallowed concerning slaves. There are also varying quantities of slaves in the kingdoms the highest quantity being in the Kingdom of Iron who are on the South coast and thus buy many slaves from Carthorka shipped into their dock.

History
Their used to be a Gnomish Nation which ran from the Ra-Vek sea up to the Thebilum Empire this nation was known as Muin-Ru they lived on the surface while below the surface lived a number of Dwarven cities. Muin-Ru grew rich off of trading materials from one Kingdom to another and using Dwarven cities to manufacture parts of their designs which could then be assembled themselves. Non of the Dwarven kingdoms knew how to make all of the parts for the Gnomish designs along the whole to then be sold back to the Dwarves that had made it at a massive mark up. In 5868 King Morgrym was crowned as ruler of the Kingdom of Gold as a young dwarf he was hot headed and didn't appreciate the way the Dwarves were being treated, he was able to the young and the poor of his kingdom to rally behind him but those with the power and wealth to really help needed convincing. At first Morgrym just wanted to force Muin-Ru's hand to allow for better trade deals maybe to secure land above ground to form trade routes uncontrolled by Muin-Ru, but to gain the power he would need for this he had to convince the other kingdoms to join with him. Many of the other Kingdoms were also annoyed at the arrangement but again those with a modicum of power were worried to lose it if things changed, so he had to appeal to the masses. To do this Morgrym started a campaign, he travelled from kingdom to kingdom, and left devote follows at each of them, the message he spread and they continued was, "we Dwarves have suffered long enough below the heel of the Gnomes they must pay for their crimes over the last 5 millennia" with the masses behind him the nobles of the kingdoms had to get in line or face riots within their cities. The naturally isolated Kingdom helped to hide these plans from Muin-Ru but their superior technology made them indifferent to the cities below them. It started with slowing the production of parts, and a ramp up in the production of armaments, mysterious accidents happens leading to shipments going missing. This lead to the short war of Independence and unification, and after just 3 short years Muin-Ru had been destroyed its people either fled to Duthgar and Janmier or taken prisoner as a new slave labour force.

The Dynasty keeps mostly to itself bar to trade there have been disputes over tax on trades and trade embargoes over the years but the only times that the Dynasties military gets involved is when some one tries to claim territory in their land.

The Kingdoms
The Kingdom of Gold, is officially this is the head of the Dynasty

The Kingdom of Silver

The Kingdom of Copper

The Kingdom of Iron the only kingdom with a Sea dock in the city.

The Kingdom of Stone

The Kingdom of Mithril

The Kingdom of Steel, is the youngest Kingdom having only been established in 5874 SU.