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The Factbook of the Kel Twareg Confederation
« on: September 29, 2019, 01:06:43 AM »
The Kel Twareg Confederation


Motto:- God Aids the Willing

BACKGROUND

Kel Twareg (officially the Kel Twareg Confederation) is a nation in western Midaranye bordering the Empire of Tamora in the East. The various Twareg peoples have made their homes in the Tenere Desert that makes up most of the country for since their migration there in the 4-5th centuries, however the establishment of the modern dates back only to the early 19th century. Prior to that the Twaregs lived as a nomadic people, known for their goat herding, raiding, and trade caravans across the harsh sands. The Kel Twareg Confederation was founded by Mahamadou ag Geda, who united the Twareg clans and lead a war to conquer Kel Denneg, a Twareg confederation that had been conquered by the Tamoran Empire decades earlier.

Kel Twareg is a relatively sparsely populated nation, home to only 12,000,000 people. Twareg rulers have attempted to modernize the country throughout its existence but have been hampered by the comparative lack of population & capital, the isolation of its population centers, the harsh terrain of the nation, and the heavily traditional views of those living outside the rare urban areas. While the number has been decreasing in modern times, nearly a third of the Twareg population still leads a nomadic or seminomadic lifestyle. And furthermore traditional clan and family ties are still the basis for much of Twareg society, although this is breaking down in the urban population.

Government Type:- Absolute Monarchy
Population:- ~12,000,000
Capital City:- Tintasift (1,400,000)
Demonym:- Twareg


ECONOMY

Currency:- Twareg Dinar
GDP per Capita:- $5,000,000
Unemployment Rate:- 2.6%
Main Industries:- Mining & Agriculture


PEOPLE

The people of Kel Twareg are a people who are simultaneously both staunchly united and bitterly divided. Though small minority groups exist the majority of the population consists of those would identify as ethnic Twaregs, who are united by a common nomadic heritage, Christian religion, and related family of languages. But Twareg society is divided into a total of 39 clans spread across the nation who identify with one another to a greater degree than to other Twareg from outside of their clan.  Beyond this Twareg society is also traditionally stratified into endogamous castes that exist as followed: the free castes of the nobles (imakhagan), herdsmen (imghad), & artisans (inadan) as well as the slave and serf castes (bellah & izeggaghan, respectively). Slavery and serfdom has been illegal since the mid-80s, however in less developed regions the practices continue unabated. In the urban centres of the nation many of the more traditional practices have begun to break down; for example castes were traditionally endogamous (marriage was between members of the same caste) but this restriction has been lessened or even outright ignored more and more in modern times. However residential areas and even businesses in some cities are still segregated by Clan, not by law or statute but simply by tradition.

The faith of the Twareg people is an interesting one which its practitioners claim as Christian but which has been widely decried by other denominations as heretical at best and heathenry at worst. This is due in large part to it having radically separated from mainline Christianity in the first few centuries of the religions existence. It is known outside the nation as Revelationist Christianity (or simply Revelationism) but it is officially the Most Holy & Apostolic Church of Christ. Though there are numerous minor doctrinal differences the major deviations are as such: they believe that the Gods of the Old & New Testament were two separate entities, and that the Old Testament god was an evil entity and thus that the material world is inherently evil and in opposition to the spiritual; that the Serpent in the Garden of Eden was not a deceiver but an agent sent by the true God to guide Adam & Eve towards the wisdom and knowledge that could free them; and that while Christ was the Son of God he was not the last prophet and that further truths will be revealed by future prophets (this belief gave birth to their common name of Revelationists).

Ethnicity:- Twareg
Languages:- Twareg Languages (Tafaghist, Tamahaq, Tamasheq, Tamajeq, Tawellemmet)
Religions:- Revelationist Christianity
Average Life Expectancy:- 70


GOVERNMENT

Head of State:- Amenukal Issouf II ag Geda
Head of Government:- Amenukal Issouf II ag Geda
Name of Legislative Body:- None; ultimate power resides with the Amenukal
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