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Mahhal, formally The Seven Kingdoms of the Mahhal Alliance (Mahhalian Dolla Byky Rewk Mahhal), is an archipelago nation located in far reaches of the southern hemisphere, as a southeasterly extension of the continent of Antarephia, to the southeast of the archipelago of Harda.
Mahhal is divided into 7 kingdoms, and under them a total of 50 prefectures (each kingdom has 7 prefectures, plus the so-called special capital prefecture of Rewk Mahhal, from which the country derives its name).
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 An early sketch (1956) by Weidjuret of the winter road between Memmegehha and Hwna. |
Weidjuret was a Mahhalian politician and author, born September 15, 1900, in Rewk Mahhal, and died September 13, 2000, in Hwna, Puh Kingdom. Like most Mahhalians, he only had one name, but ancestrally he belonged to a small land-holding clan named Memmegehha in the remote, downcoastal part of Hwna Municipality. Thus when he was required to, in foreign countries, he did as most Mahhalians and listed this clan name as his "last name." This is why many international editions of his writing and translations often incorrectly cite his name as Memmegehha.
Weidjuret was a noted politician, translator, author and artist, who is best known within Mahhal for having been the youngest Prime Minister in modern Mahhalian history, but is best known outside of Mahhal for his role in translating, interpreting and popularizing a vast swathe Mahhalian literature and culture for non-Mahhalians. This latter was possible because he was raised and educated abroad (in Wiwaxia and the Ardisphere, and thus was one of only a few Mahhalian intellectuals to be truly multi-lingual and "multi-cultural." Despite his foreign upbringing, however, he was also a committed nationalist and patriot, thus rather than deprecating his native culture, he worked hard to disseminate positive views of it in a time when for most of the world Mahhal was an unknown cypher.
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| Rewk Mahhal (Mahhalian, normally not translated, but its meaning is "the Alliance of the Snowy River"), is the capital of the nation of the Seven Kingdoms of the Mahhal Alliance. It is the third most populous proper city in the country (2014 est. population 527,000), but its metropolitan area is only seventh most populous (2014 est. population 1,043,000).
It is an old city, and until the early 19th century, as the capital, it was the country's largest city. Nevertheless, it is the only major city in the country with no salt-water port (although it is a major river and lake port for barge traffic in the interior of Wrid Island.
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