Kingdom of Hemesh

This article is about the sovereign state. For other uses, see Hemesh (disambiguation).

Kingdom of Hemesh
Flag Emblem
The Kingdom of Hemesh (dark green) within the Ekuosian Union (light green) and Ekuosia (dark grey)
Capital and largest city		Gemet
Official languages		Standard Hemeshi
Recognised regional languages		Ksham
Demonym		Hemeshi West Hemeshi
Government		Federal constitutional monarchy
Area
-	Total	242,983 km2 93,816 sq mi
Population
-	2015 census	28,147,100
-	Density	115.8/km2 299.9/sq mi
Time zone		Western Hemeshi Time (SCT-1)
Drives on the		left
Internet TLD		.hm

Hemesh (Hemeshi: Hemes, IPA: /ˈhemeʂ/), sometimes known as West Hemesh or Adzoi Hemesh and officially the United Kingdom of Hemesh, is a country located in the Hemesh peninsula in Ekuosia. It is bordered to the north by Fyevan and to the east by Sroyos, and to the south and west by the Armizziya sea; it is separated by Orzun by the Gulf of Amun. It is the second largest state on the Hemesh peninsula by size and the largest by population.

Human presence on the Hemesh peninsula dates back to the Paleolithic. Indigenous agrarian people largely inhabited the peninsula until they were gradually displaced by Argeyazic pastoralists who migrated south during the mid 1st millenium BCE. City-states and minor kingdoms began to appear around 300BCE, though the peninsula remained disunited until its unification in 620 CE. Iovism arrived during the first century CE, which would became the dominant religion until widespread Pashaification in the 14th century, when Hemesh came under the rule of the Second Terminian Empire.

The modern-day United Kingdom of Hemesh dates back to 1849, when several small kingdoms on the south coast became protectorates of the Letzian Empire. In 1888 Letzia annexed all of western Hemesh from Olboros Terminia. Briefly governed as a separate colony, responsibility for the conquered territory was given to the united protectorates in 1899. After the onset of civil war in Letzia, Prince Sahad Adoz of Gemet took steps to unite the protectorates and formed the Kingdom of Hemesh in 1929, though the country remained under Letzian suzerainty.