Zawam

Zawam, officially the Zawami Republic, is a country in Saharal. Located in the southern region of the continent, it shares a border with Mulatiya as well as a short border with the Nusafi Confederation. Historically the region has been under heavy influence from surrounding powers, particularly the Nusafi sultanates and the Mulatiyan Empire.

In the context of the Nusafi Wars, Zawami nationalist uprisings emerged against the rule of the Mulatiyan Empire in the region and contributed to the Mulatiyan Collapse. General Yusuf originally intended to annex the territory of Zawam into the Nusafi Confederation with an arrangement similar to that of the newly created state of Onakia but the onset of the Second Great War made armed conflict with Mulatiya undesirable. In the place of the Empire, the independent state of Zawam was formed under the influence of the Confederation alongside a new republic in Mulatiya and some territorial exchange with the Confederation (mutually agreed).

Domestically and internationally, Zawam is a point of tension in the relation to the Nusafi homeland. Although most Zawami people do not consider themselves Nusafi, many Nusafi nationalists include the region in the broader region often known as the Nusafi world.