Yavania

Yavania, officially the Duchy of Yavania, is the second largest province within the Kingdom of Tarneos, within the Third Akratian Empire. It is located in the north-western Tarneos region of Sparwood's Akratian Peninsula. The Duchy of Yavania is the direct successor to the states of Yavanistan and Atridia, the territory of which have been incorporated into Duchy of Yavania.

The royal family of House Tarnaros has ruled over parts of the Tarneosi region for almost three years continuously since March of 2021. The state has gone through many evolution's over the years but is descended from the United Empire of Akratia, and venerates Akratian tradition. The modern nation of the Kingdom of Tarneos was founded on July 4th, 2023, by Ayedren Lechnios-Yavanov, the region's de-facto dictator since October of 2022. Currently, Tarneos is a region inside of Akratia. Yavania is a Duchy within this Kingdom, and became as such once Ayedren formed the Kingdom, and the ruling Duke is Ayedren Lechnios-Yavanov's son, Julius Lechnios-Yavanov, and is therefore also led by House Tarnaros.

Late-stage Old Yavaniism
Yavanarad (Later renamed to Yavania) had always been ruled by a league of old aristocrats from the various most prominent families both in the city and from the nearby town of Atridia. These individuals had long since outgrown their homeland of Yavanarad and Atridia, and spent the majority of their time in other parts of the peninsula, using their enormous wealth and power for self-enrichment, leaving Yavanarad and Atridia themselves to fall into a depression and severe drop in activity. The only remaining aristocrat active in the city of Yavanarad itself, was SimpleKnight, the founder. After completing a demolition of the original city, and constructing a layer of dirt above what remained of the lower city, SimpleKnight would turn to the leader of the leader of Tarneos, Ayedren, in order to nominate a new leader. Ayedren had a perfect man in mind for taking on the mantle of leadership within such a decentralised region such as Yavanarad. This new leader was his son, Julius Lechnios-Yavanov. With Nair under the control of Ayedren's daughter, Juliana, and Yavanarad now under that of his son, The entirety of Tarneos lay under the de-facto command of House Tarnaros. It would take until Tarneos' reestablishment as a region within the Pirate Dominion of Tortuga for these vestigial, self-serving, and very expensive, old guard members to be removed.

The Great Yavani Purge
The Old Yavani guard and aristocracy, lifting money from Yavanarad's central funds to spend on gambling and other selfish ventures and causing the Yavani central funds to be moved to Tarneos' capital of Aspeia, ending the last aspect of the "seperate but equal" former Tarneosi Commonwealth.

New Yavani Architecture
Tarneosi architecture is very distinct, each town has its own unique style based off its geographical location and the whims of its leader. Aspeia is primarily built out of deepslate which is found in abundance on the local coastal fault line. Atridia is built of wood from the Tarneosi forests and stone quarried from the nearby mountains. New Yavania is built out of sandstone found along the coastline of Tarneos lake and the river that snakes between New Yavania and Atridia. Nair is built in the style of Sake Den, the capital of Charm, as Duchess Juliana was educated there during her childhood. However, the Tarneosi also have many common structures within their cities, making their cities unique and easy to identify.