Kingdom of Shíd

The Kingdom of Shíd is a tribal kingdom in the Orient, although it may be better described as a relatively loose confederation of tribes than a genuine kingdom, with each king having a variable amount of authority over the tribes. Despite the large amount of territory it seems to occupy on the map, the Kingdom holds control over a much smaller amount of inhabitable area: large swathes of impenetrably thick jungles make the majority of their "territory" unfit for habitation, restricting the Shíd to the coastal areas, as well as some of the highlands around their borders that lack the thick jungles.

History
The land of the Shíd was originally inhabited Qaemedi people, before the Great Shíd Migration around a millenium before present - after the land was conquered by the Shíd, what would later become the Kingdom of Shíd continued to be divided between warring tribes until they were unified by the charismatic chieftain Óbotó Babóza. Under the domination of the Óbotó clan, the Shíd people expanded and occupied the coastal areas of today's Kingdom of Shíd. However, the successors of Babóza became tyrannical and decadent, taking "person tax" from other tribes in form of sons to sacrifice and women to be used as sex slaves by the ruling class.

By 440, the tribes have had enough, and revolted under the leadership of Dindú Babóza, who deposed the Óbotó dynasty and established the Dindú dynasty. Under their rule, Shíd was decentralized and the title of the king became a largely ceremonial and religious title without any real power - clans could wage war against each other, but were compelled by law to unite against any external non-Shíd foe.

The rule of the Dindú dynasty persisted until 764, when the son of the king Dindú Nafín IV, Shik raped the daughter of Kéng Wewuz. Wewuz in revenge led a massive rebellion to avange the rape of his daughter, which led to him successfully destroying the Dindú army, deposing Dindú Nafín IV and installing himself as the new king. Under the rule of King Wewuz, Shíd started growing into more of an absolute monarchy, with tribes losing autonomy. Several tribes did not consider the Kéng family to be a legitimate ruling dynasty - in response to them, Wewuz began claiming to be a descendant of the first king of the Shíd. This claim was met with mixed response: his claim was considered dubious at best, utterly false at worst. Many of his detractors mocked him by attributing to him a made up quote, "We were kings and shit.", mocking his claim that his ancestors were Shíd kings rather than regular tribal chieftains.

Even though so far, the Kéng family has managed to hold onto the kingdom, the current king, Kéng Wewuz II is struggling to quell the ongoing Emu Rebellion, which may signal the premature end of the Kéng dynasty.