Zaclaria

Zaclaria, officially the Crowned Protectorate of Zaclaria, is a sovereign country on the southeast region of Audonia. According to the most recent 2035 census, Zaclaria's population is 64 million, making it the 6th-most populous country in Audonia. The capital of Zaclaria is Bayen and its largest city is Arhavza.

While the current state of Zaclaria has only existed for about two centuries, its history stretches back over two millennia. The region of the Mahabis Governorate is the site of the ancient Diwaisa civilization, famed since antiquity for its pearl fisheries, which were considered the best in the world. As a whole, the area of Zaclaria has been home to successive civilisations since the 3rd millennium BC. Zaclaria was founded in 247 BC as a city-state and the Sultanate of Zaclaria was created in the 6th century. The Sultanate was conquered by Oduniyyad Caliphate in the 9th century until the Zaclarian Revolution in the 11th century, leading to the creation of the Emirate state which ruled for approximately 7 centuries and two dynasties. The Emirate collapsed in the late 18th century during the violent Ümmidre Revolution. In the early 19th century, Zaclaria was conquered and made into a province by the Imperium of Caphiria. This period lasted over a century until 1943 where Zaclaria, being led by the Al-Fassara Dynasty, was given its independence and became a Crowned Protectorate of Caphiria.

Zaclaria is a unitary parliamentary monarchy consisting of 15 Governorates. The current head of state, its Sultana, is Arabella IX. Zaclaria is a highly developed country with heavy investment in the banking and tourism sectors; it has a powerful military backed by Caphiria, is a member of The Anosphere and the League of Nations, and has the second-largest economy in Audonia behind Pukhtunkhwa.