Valash Raj

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Valash Raj

(Nation)

Land

Valashmai Jungle, Tian Xia

Capital

Rakirat

Ruler

Valash Raja Kasa Vara

Government

Feudal monarchy

Languages

Aklo, Amurrun, Chthonian, Diabolic, Draconic, Iruxi, Tien, Tripkee, Valash

Religions

Cyth-V'sug, kaiju worship, Lamashtu, Mugura and Nrithu, Nalinivati, Phi Deva, Srikalis, Sritaming, and Sribaril

Images of Valash Raj

Source: Tian Xia World Guide, pg(s). 224–232

Valash Raj is a nation of lizardfolk, catfolk, and tripkees located in the eastern Valashmai Jungle of Tian Xia.

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Geography

Valash Raj is located south of Xa Hoi across the Gray Gulf, west of Minata, and east of the Chenlun Mountains of the Valashmai Jungle. It shares no land borders with any other formal nation of Tian Xia. The nature of its many hostile lands can be more easily understood by viewing the nation as "islands" of relative safety separated by traversible hazards, such as kaiju migration routes, dangerous ruins, and large herds of dinosaurs.

The nation's southern reaches surround the Sudisan Peaks, which buffer the nation's most populous regions from seasonal typhoons. The mountains are themselves dominated by predators and ancient elemental creatures.

Government

The ruler of Valash Raj is titled the Valash Raja, who rules from the capital city of Rakarit in the nation's northwest. As of 7224 IC the Valash Raj is Kasa Vara, a lizardfolk with ambitions of legitimizing Valash Raj as a centralized power.

The nation's local monarchs, rajas, and sultans pay ad-hoc tributes in loyalty and taxes to the Raj, who in return protect these vassals from kaiju and other threats. The government provides no other services, leaving all other responsibilities to its local leaders.

The Raja consults advisors from vassal kingdoms and delegates some aspects of rule to them, though the powers afforded to each vary on their capability and the nature of their service—some are functional bureaucrats while others are merely appointees of favor with little to no influence or power.

Military

A kaiju caller.

The nation's defenses are led by the Royal Kaiju Callers, who are collectively some of Golarion's most skilled people at drawing and appeasing kaiju through songs and rituals. These callers travel the Raj in pursuit of the materials required to complete their critical tasks.

Secondary to the Callers is the nation's army, which is divided into the royal army, provincial forces managed by local rulers, and a permanent and elite force of professional soldiers who directly serve the Raja. These forces are primarily tasked with tracking kaijus and monitoring their behaviors, securing the perimeters of cities from bandits and creatures, and squashing rebellions.

People

See also: Category:Valash Raj/Inhabitants

Valash Raj is primarily home to lizardfolk, but catfolk, giants, oni, tripkees, and varanas also inhabit it.

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Notable settlements

See also: Category:Valash Raj/Settlements

The capital of Rakarit is a city of minarets and sprawling residences built from the repurposed and re-engineered spaceship ruins of the precursor Valashmai Empire and protected from weather and kaiju alike by powerful and expensive magic. It is the nation's academic center and home to its most productive colleges, from which adventurous arcanists and inventors graduate to explore the nation's ruins or remain to influence and advise its nobility.

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