Najer Trunk Road

The Najer Trunk Road, also known as the Great Najer Road, is a major route for trade and travel in northern Nieden, which serves as part of the Sterling road network linking Helmia, Plagos, and Nieden together.

History
The general path of the Trunk road has its origins in ancient trade routes used by Najer nomads as they traversed the deserts. The southern borders of the deserts were often frequented due to their proximity to shelter, water, and grazing land provided by the mountains that surrounded it. It was using these routes that the Bacri Pom would enjoy a stranglehold on trade, in combination with their leadership of the League of the Open Sky, effectively controlling east-west trade and travel in Najer for many years.

It was not until the decline of the Bacri, as well as their prominent allies the Mahait, that the roads would fall into disuse. Growing social and political tension bandits increasingly infested the roads, preventing much travel. Much of Najer society was in turmoil until the advent of Najera'jad and the rise of Pom Basha. This allowed for the resurgence of Najer, along with a timely link to the nascent Noxnorrian state that was also rising, leading to the formation of the Silver Coalition

The Trunk road was initially began as a part of an effort between Silver Coalition nations to link various nations together. Silver workers endeavored to plan and pave safe and sturdy roads that would last generations. Work began on the Najer portion of the project in the far west, near Najera'jad. The project was collectively referred to as the "Great Northern Roads" (November 13th).

Several years earlier, the Silver Coalition and the Empire of Escharia had signed the "Treaty of the East" after settling disputes over eastern Coalition land. They agreed to jointly administrate passage through the nearby oceans and the Najer-Plagos isthmus through the use of canals. However, once the Great Northern Roads project began, the Silver Coalition signed another treaty with Bardonia, the "Treaty of the West." As construction on the Silver roads progressed, the three nations (the Sterling Crownlands, Escharia, and Bardonia) agreed to join together in a massively powerful alliance to enforce world peace, the Trillium Alliance.

The longest uninterrupted stretch of the Great Northern Roads was the section that stretched all the way from the Khanji subcontinent all the way to the far eastern reaches of Najer, which had once been the trade nexus of the ancient Mahait High Seyohdom, where it ended at the Escharian border to connect all the way to their capital of Lileanen. As such, it was given its unique moniker of the "Great Najer Road." It would become highly used as the Trillium Alliance worked together to coordinate diplomacy, wars, and other vital communication.

After the Trillium War and the later collapse of the Silver Coalition and Escharia, the new Najer state, the Emirate of Najer, began to administrate the road and look after its upkeep. It became popularly known as the Trunk Road, due to it forming a strong backbone with many branches reaching off of it towards various towns. Eventually, a Ministry of Infrastructure was created to oversee the road and its many branches, forming the beginning of a dedicated road network in Najer.

The road would go on to be the primary route of travel between Najer towns, especially from east to west, as it was relatively straight, flat, and wide, in comparison to the more narrow and winding routes common in northern Najer. Pom Basha contributed significantly to the road over the years, honoring their heritage as former leaders of empires past.