Government: Autotechnocracy (Formerly)
Affiliation: Sorceress Adel (Formerly)
Demonym: Esthari
Population: 51,000,000
Geography: Beyond the Great Salt Flats is the near continent-spanning megacity of Esthar. The city is so vast that the surrounding desert and mesas are barely visible from within it’s gleaming superstructures.
Culture: The Esthari are, by the standards of the rest of the world, eccentric. It was said that conversations between Esthari were many, complex and hard for an outsider to follow.
Architecture: The megacity is full of buildings of transparisteel and polyplast, with alien structures that look both organic and machined at the same time. It was common for visitors to be overwhelmed and confused by the city, with little understanding of the form or function of most buildings, areas and items within. Something about its geometry can make outsiders feel nauseous. Because the city seems to stretch everywhere endlessly in all directions (including vertical), Esthar is sometimes called the City that Never Ends.
Industry: Very little is known about the state of affairs within Esthar, let alone its commercial industry. It does not import or export goods. The city is literally invisible to the eye when viewed conventionally. Even with the aid of electronic devices, the city is a haze of energy. Before the S-War, the nation produced technology that far surpassed that of the rest of the world. Some of the most famous things Esthar has ever created were at the hands of Dr. Johann Odine, and include the Junctioning System and the Odine Bracelet, which are both used worldwide by a variety of groups and nations.
History: After the Great Divide, it is believed that some core components of the Centran Empire possessed some kind of secret, possibly alien technology that resulted in Esthar’s scientific superiority over the rest of the world. The pursuit of knowledge and science at almost any cost landed the nation in proverbial hot water in regards to foreign affairs, and several times their nation fought for their right to research their goals without moral oversight from other nations. Recently, Esthar is most famous for it’s previous despotic leader: The Sorceress Adel, who tried to take over the world. After her fall, Esthar closed itself off from the rest of the world, and without the ability to fly due to a mysterious radio interference signal, no one has even seen Esthar in the past 17 years.
Military: The Grand Army of Esthar was one of the most feared fighting forces the world over for many, many years. Even before the S War, they were known for their surprise tactics, their superior weaponry and training and of course: superior tech. It was rumored that Esthari soldiers, clad in powered suits of armor, were not actually human. This was later proved to be at least somewhat true, as Esthar did deploy mechanized mobile weapons and experiment with cyborg soldiers during the Sorceress War.
Trivia:
- Esthar’s head of state is currently unknown, but was formerly Sorceress Adel. Prior to that it was Archon Saneia.
- The official language of Esthar is Esthe.
- All data on Esthar available to the rest of the world is based on data gathered before the Sorceress War.
- Even before the S-War, Esthar was wary and distrustful of outsiders.