Stretching along the far-eastern coastline of Anarkand, Kvatch is a nation that confounds and fascinates outsiders. It is vast, ocean-facing, and alive with species found nowhere else on the planet. Bioluminescent reef-beasts rise from its shallows, avian leviathans nest in its sea-cliffs, and amphibious forest-creatures roam the tidal jungles that blur the line between land and water.


Kvatch is respected across Anarkand not for conquest or intimidation, but for something rarer: order without chaos, prosperity without currency, and a society that functions like a living system rather than a state.


Kvatch abandoned traditional currency generations ago after what their historians call The Spiral Collapse. During this period, wealth concentration, black markets, and inter-guild corruption nearly dismantled the nation from within. The solution was radical and absolute.

The state seized full control of all economic flow. Currency did not vanish, it simply became internalised. Citizens no longer earn money; they earn credit standing, tracked through the Civic Ledger, a system tied to contribution, behaviour, and societal impact.


In return, every Kvatch citizen is guaranteed:

Education from early childhood through advanced study

Universal medical care

Housing and climate protection

Clothing, nutrition, and personal technology

Nothing is owned outright. Everything is allocated, reviewed, and renewed.

Good deeds, innovation, public service, and excellence raise one’s standing. Neglect, antisocial behaviour, or harm to others lowers it. Severe violations lead to credit suspension, a punishment feared more than imprisonment, as it strips an individual of access to the systems that make Kvatch life possible.

This balance of generosity and severity has reshaped the nation. Crime has dropped to near-unprecedented lows, while productivity and population growth have surged throughout the last era.


Punishment in Kvatch is rarely violent, but it is uncompromising. Public trials are transparent, recorded, and studied. Rehabilitation is offered, but only once. Repeat offenders are exiled to monitored offshore zones or stripped of citizenship entirely.

Despite this rigidity, the people of Kvatch are not fearful. They are engaged, proud participants in a system they believe rewards effort and honesty.

The Cities of Kvatch
Mora

Mora, the oldest of Kvatch’s great cities, sits directly against the eastern ocean. Its skyline is low but vast, shaped by wind-sculpted towers and sweeping seawalls. Mora is the intellectual heart of the nation.

Here lie the greatest universities, ecological research centres, and xenobiological institutes on Anarkand. Mora’s scholars catalogue the planet’s strangest lifeforms, many discovered along Kvatch’s shores. Entire districts are dedicated to studying creatures that migrate between sea and land.

Mora is calm, deliberate, and contemplative. Its citizens tend to hold the highest average credit standing, earned through research, teaching, and long-term civic contribution.


Fasure

Fasure is Kvatch’s industrial giant. Built atop geothermal fault lines and reinforced coastal shelves, it hums constantly with energy. Manufacturing, heavy engineering, and large-scale fabrication dominate the skyline.

Unlike Mora’s serenity, Fasure is loud, disciplined, and relentless. The city operates on rotational labour cycles that maximise efficiency without exhausting its population. Automation is extensive, but human oversight remains mandatory, reinforcing Kvatch’s belief that people must remain integral to production.

Fasure is where citizens prove themselves. High performance here accelerates credit advancement faster than anywhere else in the nation.


Helios ( The Capital )


Helios is Kvatch’s most visually striking city, rising inland on elevated terrain overlooking the coast. Bathed in constant light due to reflective architecture and atmospheric manipulation.


Helios is ceremonial, precise, and intensely symbolic. Every structure is designed to communicate transparency, balance, and accountability. Public spaces are vast, open, and monitored, reinforcing the idea that nothing in Kvatch governance is hidden.


Citizens rarely live in Helios permanently. Residency is rotational, reserved for officials, auditors, and delegates from across Anarkand.


People and Culture

Kvatch citizens are known for being measured, articulate, and intensely civic-minded. Children are raised to see contribution as identity. Art, music, and philosophy flourish, often centred around themes of balance, duty, and shared success.


Religion exists, but quietly. Most belief systems in Kvatch revolve around collective continuity rather than gods or empires.


Visitors often describe Kvatch as unsettling at first - too clean, too orderly - but many leave deeply impressed. Some never leave at all, applying for citizenship and willingly submitting to the Credit Ledger.


Kvatch and the World

Kvatch maintains careful alliances, most notably with Kuja, though the two nations could not be more different in temperament. Where Kuja rules through secrecy and fear, Kvatch governs through structure and accountability. The partnership is pragmatic, not affectionate.

Across Anarkand, Kvatch is regarded as a model of possibility and a warning in equal measure: proof that a society can function without chaos, and a reminder of what is surrendered to achieve it. The nation itself does not seek dominance. It does not need to. Its greatest export is an idea, and ideas, once proven, spread on their own.