Kingdom of Midaria

The Kingdom of Midaria, commonly referred to as the Eastern Kingdom or the Outer Kingdom by the Iadrians, was the easternmost Anderian nation and the buffer state protecting the Western Nations from the Ibbathisian realms. The Kingdom held power over a vaste swathe of the central Near East, and was centralized around the fertile regions of Akrida and Cythine while incorporating parts of the Metidos and Stehevar deserts. Over the centuries of its existence, Midaria gained and lost territory in the Acherna Mountains, Cyel Steppe, and Medathan City-States. For most of Midaria's history, the Kingdom's foremost rival was the diminished Empire of Ibbathis, notably hampering the ancient Empire's ability to retain control over its former Third and Fourth Age dominions. In Midaria's later years, it faced major external threats from the Myrmen peoples of Cyel - sparking the Myrmen Wars - the Ohsatha tribes, and the various Acthen states. The Kingdom was finally defeated and annexed by the Epherian Empire in 6A 691, during the Epherian Imperial Holy Wars of Conquest. The Midarian population was one of the most diverse of the Anderian nations, but the Kingdom strictly adhered to the traditionalist, Orthodox Cult of Edos.

Sixth Age
The Kingdom of Midaria entered the Sixth Age in a period of cold war with the Empire of Ibbathis. Holding control over the Metidos and Akrida from its capital in Artylos, Midaria remained a significant adversary of its waning southern neighbor. Nonetheless, Midaria watched the emergence of Jareche Asterion's newly unified Iadria warily. The Outer Kingdom’s concerns seemed validated with the ascension of Asterion’s successor King Castor I, whose deification of his vanished predecessor as Jareche Edos and whispered goals of reuniting Anderia led to the Great Schism of 6A 55.