The Rise of the Konjan Khanate
Nation Name: Konjan Khanate
Ruler Name: Konjan Khan
Government: Clan-based Confederacy
Religion: Takhinism*
Economy: 2
Armies: 1
Navies: 0
Air Force: N/A
Education: Dumb
Culture: 0
Mood: Peaceful
For as long as one could remember, the Konjan people had a set way of life. Each man belonged to his family, and his family to one of the five clans. Together they pursued the traditional nomadic life style, pursuing whatever they would need to sustain their living conditions. And farther up in this pursuit of surviving , each clan belonged to their greater people, who were called Konjan. The Konjan clans would all send elders to meet with the other clans elders every year. Together, they decided which general path they would puruse, what codes to place on their lifestyle, what punishments to pass onto the foolhardy, and when the next meeting would be. And then, a strange thing happened...
While it wasn't uncommon for 2 offspring of elders to marry each other, for 2 generations of offspring to do so was unheard of. Such was the case that faithful year in around 4000 B.C.E. Through marriage, 2 pairs of elder offspring married, and had 3 children, all of which were women. Further North, another pair married only a little later. They in turn had but one son. Immediatly, the first of the pairs saw what was necessary. A marriage was proposed between the elder's grandchildren, and the clansmen were once again happy. Untill... the son of the second pair died of an accident while hunting. Much panic arose, as the young couple hadn't had a hair. But merely a few months later, a great celebration was held between the four clans, for the woman had bore a child. His name... was Konjan, and he would go on to become the first ruler of the Khojan Khanate.
As a youth, he was naturally gifted with amazing riding and hunting skills, two of the most important characteristics of a Konjan clansman. He refined himself in the ways of the bow and spear, and even became somewhat of a wise-man in his mother's clan. Every day people would come to Konjan with their problems. Quarrels over herding animals, bartering, advice, and other such problems that Konjan listened to with great care. He soon gained such a reputation as a fair and balanced judge, that men from all the clans would journey for days to find the solutions to their problems. It was there that he first started to see the benefits of centralized goverment. And when a daughter grew age, the daughter of the one clan to which he had no relation to, he saw his opportunity and married her. Finally, when the old elders had died and his moter passed on, Konjan took a brave chance.
He commanded his people to stop endlessly roaming the steppes. He told them that a better life would follow if they would settle down in one place. And the people listened. A small patch of territory, in East Asia, would from then on forever be known as the land of Konjan and the Konjanese.
*1 - Takhi is the Mongolian word for horse, and it also means spiritual. Since the Konjan (completely made up otherwise), are one of the early Mongolian tribes, it would make sense to me that they would worship a sort of horse god. Hence, Takhinism.
OOC: Start me in Eastern Mongolia
