Karturam Empire

The Karturam Empire, also known as the Dwarven Empire, is a nation made up almost entirely of dwarves, with the exception being races like the Mul, Dragonborn, and the Goliath.

Structure of the Dwarven Empire
The Dwarven Empire is divided up into eight different clans, each of them take care of a different part of dwarven society. They each maintain their own army, and are lead by a single dwarf, the clan leader. The ruling body of the Empire is a fusion between a council and a monarchy. Each of the clan leaders sit on the council as a council member, with clan leader named as the king.All decisions go before the council, each clan leader gets one vote, while the ruling clan gets two. The current king is Hrathgot, the leader of the Ingentum clan. He is less xenophobic than previous leaders, and opened up the borders of the Karturam empire to outsiders in year 1200. The more conservative clan leaders were unhappy about this, but Hrothgar had enough support on the council to get it passed.

In year 858, while Odgar Vrangshun was King, the Karturam Empire attempted to expand their influence into the lowlands by creating mines in or around the Padashan Empire's territory. When King Trafire discovered this, he was infuriated and demanded that the dwarves cease their expansion. The council, led by Odgar, refused to do so. This led to the Karturam-Padashan War, which the dwarves lost. This defeat led to the Ingentum clan becoming King, which they have held ever since.

Cities
Farthurndor

Hammerfast

Tarnog

Countless other mining outposts