Grand Anbati Malicate

The Grand Anbati Malicate, commonly shortened to just Anbatia, is a which encompasses most of the continent of Raphidania. Composed of 38 individual Malicates, the Grand Malicate has a total population of approximately 752 million people spread over an area of 42.330 million square kilometres. Anbatia is the largest nation in the world by counts of both population and land area. The Grand Malicate is bordered by the Panthalian Ocean to the north, east, and west, and the only land-based national boundaries exist with the Datlovian Federation to the southeast and the individual sovereign states of Intiria to the west.

The Grand Malicate is an,  with a form of  that permits a great deal of domestic sovereignty to the individual malicates which make up the greater nation. Based upon the principal of the Divine Succession, the Grand Maliq is the imperial who wields absolute power over the nation due to their sacred lineage related to Mikhan the Blessed, who heralded the Mendalic religion and brought about the beginning of the Grand Malicate in 4E 337. The Grand Maliq holds supreme authority over the constituent bodies of the Grand Malicate as a whole, though many features of governance are left to the individual malicates themselves. The most important role of the Grand Maliq is their control over ecumenical matters of social, diplomatic, religious, and military policy. Otherwise, the functionality and roles of the government differ from region to region under a general arch of monarchical practices; some malicates maintain liberal, with, and some malicates have. All malicates are subject to the legally binding individual policies of the Grand Maliq, and all theoretical powers from functionalities and policies not explicitly edified by the Grand Maliq are then reserved for the individual maliqs and their governments. Hence, supreme power in the Grand Malicate technically rests with the Grand Maliq, a position inherited by the head of the Alani dynasty since the creation of the nation.