Mezzian Federation

The Mezzian Federation came to be the rulers of all Nodogorst.

The Mez were a mercantile and integrationist society. They did not so much conquer their neighbours as absorb them.

Mezzian expansion strategy: First come the merchants and trade is established, then come the diplomats who work to create good relations. The Mez would then engage in political marriages with important members of a culture before bringing about a royal marriage. By this time the culture would effectively become part of the Mezzian Federation. The Mez had no interest in changing the culture of their 'conquests,' instead absorbing many aspects of the culture into their own.

The Mezzian culture was a hodgepodge of traditions derived from the various groups that composed the Federation.

While the Mezzian expansion was slow it was inexorable and the Mez came to rule all Nodogorst over the course of around 1400 years.

Fairly early in the Mezzian expansion, the scholars of Mez developed a system of fixed portals, the Mezzian portal network. The Portals were massive rings of stone and metal of around 30 meters diameter. Designed to be large enough to allow military units and elephant barges to pass through with ease. The Portal Network allowed effectively instantaneous travel throughout the Federation and was a huge boon to both trade and defence. Control of the Portal Network was the main consolidating factor in Mezzian power.

Many of the cultures of Nodogorst accepted Mezzian rule in order to access the Portal Network.