Sultanate

The Othalian Sultanate, referred to mononymously as the Sultanate, was a single hereditary kingdom that ruled over the vast majority of Elemnakos for a millennium.

Over five hundred years of existence, the Sultanate evolved from a nearly tribal state held together by Caladan Othalian's cult of personality to an increasingly bureaucratic and stratified society, commanded by a dynastic cult centered upon the Othalian royal line.

Upon the assassination of Queen Vitori Othalian in 312 of the Second Age of Rule with no successor or family, the Sultanate splintered into dozens of regional kingdoms, ranging from Rhaetia rebuilding the Sultanate in miniature to squabbling bandit kings in Ischia and Astoria.

The Sultanate is generally agreed to have stopped its expansion at the Astorian Mountains, short of breaking into the Acragas Plains beyond.

Etymology
The Othalian Sultanate takes its name from its founder, Caladan Othalian. Upon his accession as an absolute monarch in the Sirrenese style, the state became referred to as simply 'the Sultanate' as there were no other states of a comparable size in Elemnakos.

Geography, climate, and environment
The Sultanate's lands expanded from the flatlands bordering the Gulf of Songs to cover much of northern and central Elemnakos, a land primarily tropical forest and savanna. Most of the major cities of the Sultanate were founded along the banks of large rivers, as wooden roads are difficult to maintain in the humid conditions and stone was not always available.