Marrakis is one of the great anchor-states of Anarkand, a country whose influence has rarely depended on spectacle, yet has quietly shaped eras through intervention, restraint, and long memory. Situated in mid-west Anarkand, Marrakis occupies fertile plains, mineral-rich highlands, and carefully managed industrial zones that sit in deliberate balance with preserved cultural regions. It is neither expansionist nor withdrawn. Marrakis acts when history demands it, and watches closely when it does not.


At the heart of Marrakis stands the Marakai people, who form the overwhelming majority of the population. Marakai culture is defined by adaptability, communal responsibility, and a deeply ingrained belief that survival of civilisation requires cooperation rather than domination. This worldview has guided Marrakis through catastrophe, moral reversal, and eventual leadership on the world stage.


In the early eras of Anarkand, Marrakis was a regional power rather than a continental one. The Marakai lived in structured city-states connected by trade roads and river systems, governed by councils that blended merit, scholarship, and spiritual stewardship. From the beginning, Marakai philosophy rejected the idea of divine rulership or inherited supremacy. Authority was something earned, temporary, and accountable.


This made Marrakis culturally distinct from neighbours who pursued imperial lines or rigid theocracies. It also made them effective diplomats. Long before the Temple of Anark formalised global governance, Marrakis had already established multilateral treaties, mutual-aid accords, and shared infrastructure projects across borders.


The Southern Strait War and the Turning Point

The defining moment in Marrakis history came during the Southern Strait War of the 10th Era, a conflict that initially placed Marrakis in direct opposition to the lesser Kaballan nations.


The war, fought alongside Murdu and Dumatra, escalated far beyond its original aims. Damage inflicted on the Red Hex above Kabal resulted in catastrophic atmospheric failure, mass death, and irreversible biological change among the Kaballan people. Over one hundred million lives were lost across the region, marking the darkest chapter in modern Anarkand history.


What followed is the act for which Marrakis is remembered more than any victory. Despite being sworn enemies of Kabal, the Marakai leadership performed one of the most dramatic reversals ever recorded. Marrakis mobilised engineers, medics, food convoys, and Hex specialists, crossing former battle lines to assist the very people they had been fighting. This decision was not popular domestically, nor politically safe, but it was rooted in Marakai belief that civilisation collapses the moment mercy becomes conditional.


This intervention laid the groundwork for:

The survival of the Kaballan people
The later formation of The Union of Kabal
The trust Marrakis still commands in international crisis mediation
Relationship with the Temple of Anark and Global Affairs


Marrakis has always maintained a close, pragmatic relationship with the Temple of Anark, though never one of subservience. Where some nations treat the Temple as an unquestionable authority, Marrakis views it as a necessary instrument, useful but fallible.

Marakai representatives were instrumental in shaping:

Red Hex restoration protocols

Refugee protections during continental conflicts

Early drafts of inter-era non-aggression principles

Marrakis often acts as the quiet architect behind global policy, allowing louder powers to take the spotlight while ensuring frameworks remain stable. The country is a founding and stabilising member of the 12e Alliance. Its inclusion was not driven by fear of enemies, but by recognition that Anarkand had entered an era where isolated strength was insufficient.

Within the Alliance, Marrakis plays three critical roles:

Strategic Mediator between ideologically opposed members

Logistical Backbone, supplying food, engineers, and reconstruction teams

Ethical Counterweight, often slowing aggressive proposals pushed by more militant states

Its discussions with Kumantarakis were pivotal in bringing that nation into the 12e Alliance, easing eastern paranoia and reframing cooperation as survival rather than submission.


The Marakai Beyond Marrakis

Marakai populations exist outside Marrakis due to exile, migration, and historic displacement. Significant Marakai communities can be found across Anarkand, from Jaccaria, where they form part of the rebuilding class to Kanesha and Iccus, where they have established diplomatic and scientific enclaves. This diaspora has made Marrakis culturally omnipresent. Even where the nation itself does not intervene, Marakai individuals often shape outcomes from within.


In the current era, Marrakis is stable, influential, and watchful. Its economy is strong, diversified, and deliberately unspectacular. Marrakis avoids financial domination, preferring shared dependency over control. its military is highly advanced, disciplined, and strictly defensive in doctrine. Deployment without multilateral approval is almost unthinkable.


The country is at the pinnacle of technology, with its high-end environmental engineering, Red Hex interfacing, and medical sciences considered world-leading. Marrakis own public Sentiment is one that is patriotic, but wary of repeating past mistakes. The Southern Strait War is taught extensively, without revisionism.


Marrakis maintains active diplomatic channels with, The Union of Kabal, Dumatra, Kanesh, Kumantarakis, and select Eastern powers, though always cautiously. It views rising authoritarian states and isolationist kingdoms with concern rather than hostility, believing that instability is more dangerous than ideology.


Marrakis today is not the loudest power on Anarkand, nor the most feared. Yet when disaster strikes, when Red Hexes fail, when wars spiral beyond intention, it is Marrakis ships, engineers, and negotiators that often arrive first. The Marakai do not claim moral superiority, only responsibility, and in a world shaped by gods, empires, and catastrophic mistakes, that quiet sense of duty has made Marrakis one of the most important nations Anarkand has ever known.