Kingdom of Bladeus (Riddlemoore)

The Kingdom of Bladeus is a small independent desert country in the world of Riddlemoore, it's located on the southern coasts of the Old Continent.

History
The land was inhabited for millenia before the forming of the kingdom, in past times it wasn't a desert but a lush floodplain surrounded by savannah and scrublands with great quantities of flora and fauna. The first human settlements appeared on the land during the age of reeds in which the land was reshaped by the presence of gods and avatars more notably a rocky coast was cast as means of defense from marauding pelagic creatures.

With time the great empire of Basinia was born sprawling all of the floodplain and channeling underground aquifers with canals and other effects.

This empire built and excerted control on the nearby mountain's magic crystal and quartz deposits making it a hub of trade and advanced technology. After 1000 years of existance disaster struck the land; the aquifers dried out and the ancient rocky coast didn't allow rainfall to reach the interior of the country windstorms and sand rose covering the whole sky for decades burying the old empire below the dunes and the now called Bladeus Desert.

The once million inhabitants empire now was reduced to small warbands of scavengers roaming the land hunting whatever animals remained, their existances isolated from the rest of the world because of the constant sandstorms. With time the winds would uncover an old empire trading facility in which one group settled in this would be the ancestor of the current kingdom of Bladeus.

The King R-Jun Bladeus gathered the tribes which began recovering artifacts uncovered by the winds from time to time in the heartland of the kingdom stockpiles of these powerful materials and machines began appearing and brought notoriety to the land which began trading with intrepid foreign merchants who traveled the dangerous Bladeus lands in search of ancient knowledge and powers.

In time the kingdom would prosper but the discoveries being their only means of subsistance stunted their growth making it no more than a glorified archeological excavation; often depraving them of the development being held in another parts of the world.

Cog Wars
Bladeus was a major travel point and dock for all sides during the cogwars often harboring lone airships or sea ships because of their limited supply capabilities. The country was spared of ocupation yet again because of it's dry and semi barbaric nature.

Resource Wars
During the Resource Wars between the 3Union and Kingdom of Guinivere alliance and the Collectivist Union. Bladeus remained the same often playing both sides trading ancient crystals for machines and vehicles, often motorcycles such as the Tijaxican Tololo from the Motores Nacionales Company and the Guiniveran Pegasus from the Cooper Brothers Carriage and Motor Co.

Some Bladeuseans would join either coallition's forces as scouts, mercenaries or raiders during their battles for the point of Tiehr.

Government
Bladeus is a kingdom in which the monarch is the victor of a motorcycle race to the death through all of the Bladeus Desert. This race was inspired by the old scavenger runs the people would use to make to reach the uncovered ancient ruins.

The King or Queen get a share of any foreign sales which they use to improve or at least mantain the kingdom's little infraestructure.

Infraestructure
Bladeus counts with only an international airport named after King Quijete, Quijete National Airport also houses the only interceptor wing of the Royal Air Militia as well as private charter services to the bigger airport of the kingdom of Tiehr. It also counts with a small seaport from which most of the foreign imports arrive, this port is small in size often just being able to house a couple of containerships at the time.

The country has no road or railroad system as any attempt to build it will be eaten by the sands.

Armed Forces
Bladeus lacks any regular armed forces depending more on citizen militias; considered by foreigners no more than glorified warbands, these militias are appointed by the current monarch to protect the land and citizens from raiders and other dangers like natural disasters.