Dominion

A dominion ( Royal: peisar) is the highest-level administrative division in the Snow Empire. The dominion was first established by the Snow Empire in Geran Year 1422 with Chela (Middle Man's Creek), the Bread Bin (then called Dedo Zin), and Zeminar as its only members. The dominion of Efsisi was added in 1460 and expanded as the original Efisi was conquered, and the Royal Dominion was separated from the Bread Bin in 1528. The five dominions remained the same until the Snow Empire collapsed. The dominions have little unites all of them: Zeminar and Efsisi function like vassal states, the Bread Bin and the Islands are lose confederations of often unrelated peoples and nations, while the Royal Dominion acts as the seat of power for the entire empire. All except the Royal Dominion, however, are ruled by Lords. In the Struggle for Gera, 4 of the 5 major powers are direct successors of the the Snow Empire's dominions, though two of those dominions were themselves continuations of ancient empires.