Imagi-Nations that are used in wargames are fictional countries that have been created to provide a setting for battles, campaigns, and wars.

The Imagi-Nations that will be featured in this blog all ‘exist’ during the latter part of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries, the period usually referred to a ‘La Belle Époque’.

This was a period characterised by general economic prosperity, colonial expansion, and technological and scientific innovation. Amongst the latter two were the development of the motor vehicle, the telephone, early aircraft, and medical advances in the fields of germ theory of disease, bacteriology, and X-ray photography.

The Sultanate of Harabia

The Sultanate of Harabia

A history of Harabia

The Sultanate of Harabia is all that remains of the former ancient Empire of Harabia. The countries now know as Sahel, Zubia, Khakistan, and Khyberistan were formerly part of the empire, but due to a series of prolonged civil wars, it gradually fractured into separate entities until all that remains is present day Harabia.

Harabia was itself conquered and became part of the Sofaman Empire during the fourteenth century, but it proved a very difficult province to rule effectively and eventually it gained its independence when the Sofaman Empire collapsed.

Like Sahel, the position of sultan is not hereditary and is usually occupied by the most powerful of the current military or religious leaders. In the past, several sons have succeeded their fathers as sultan, but this is relatively rare.

Inter-tribal and clan warfare occasionally breaks out over the right to use pastureland or the exclusive use of a desert oasis, but the sultan usually responds by sending some troops from his small, full-time professional army to end the fighting.

The economy of Harabia

The economy of the Sultanate is based on a mixture of semi-nomadic pastoralism, agriculture, fishing, trading, and mining and exporting precious metals and jewels. There are no large-scale industries in Harabia, but each town and the capital city – Galla – has a core of skilled craftsmen in wood and metal.

The army of Harabia

The army of Harabia has the following units:

  • Infantry
    • 1st Infantry Regiment
    • 2nd Infantry Regiment
    • 3rd Infantry Regiment
    • 4th Infantry Regiment
    • 5th Infantry Regiment
    • 6th Infantry Regiment
    • 7th Infantry Regiment
    • 8th Infantry Regiment
    • 9th Infantry Regiment
    • 10th Infantry Regiment
    • 11th Infantry Regiment
  • Cavalry
    • 1st Lancer Regiment
    • 2nd Lancer Regiment
    • 1st Camel Regiment
    • 2nd Camel Regiment
    • 3rd Camel Regiment
  • Artillery
    • 1st Fortress Artillery Battery
    • 1st Artillery Regiment
    • 2nd Artillery Regiment

Units shown in italics are militia or reserve units.

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