Kalentoi Empire

The Holy Kalentoi Empire is the greatest single power in Ruvera, whose provinces, allies, and client states span much of that continent and parts of Near Ruleska as well. The Empire is nearly synonymous with the Kalentoi Church, and even where it does not hold political sway it considers all lands that follow the Kalentic faith to be within its spiritual dominion. It holds itself to be the successor to the Ruveran Empire of classical times, and though it has lost some of its ancestral lands to its rival the Sirdabi Caliphate, as well as to a number of increasingly independent kingdoms and republics, it is still a large and powerful force to be reckoned with.

Regions

The Kalentoi Empire is divided into smaller political units for purposes of governance, each of which is considered a province ultimately under the direction of a single governor. In practice, however, much political authority has devolved into the hands of petty princes or, in the case of Cadenza, an arch-duke with connections to imperial Kalentoi bloodlines.

• Elukos, the home province of Calentium, which spans Ruvera and Ruleska and includes the imperial capital itself.
• Kyparos, the maritime realm of the Copper Isles, where fishing and commerce furnish the lifeblood of a sea-loving populace.
• Iskandria, a wild landscape of mountain peaks and deep valleys, home to numerous self-sufficient peoples whose chief bond is their faith.
• Ravennika, also known as the Ravenni Principates, consisting of numerous petty princedoms and independent communes that exist in a ferment of conflict and competition
• Ruleskos, the easternmost province of the empire, a land of rugged hills and fertile plains that grows much of the empire's food.
• Cadenza, a semi-autonomous archduchy with a strong martial and equestrian tradition, whose cities still retain a multicultural character after the end of centuries of Azadi rule.