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Aztec Empire

The Aztec Empire is easily the largest state on Ishtar, with a population of over 250 million subject peoples. It is composed of a number of provinces, semi-autonomous principalities, and "capital states" from which non-Aztecs are barred. It has been engaged in long wars with the Mayan states, and has twice gone to war with the Urakkadia. For all of this it is hobbled by its poor navy, and constant political instability. Currently it has a corrupt government and an aging dynasty.

There is growing in the Aztec Empire a movement which is highly mystical, and which preaches the end of human sacrifice, as well as the introduction of new ways. The old order has been engaged in ruthlessly repressing it, and building up a larger army of the best and fiercest archers in the world.

The Aztec Empire is also plagued by ceaseless raids and a long running conflict against a mountain empire of Inca descendents. They also, quietly, pay heavy tribute to the Viking republics, who control the sea.