Sellia

Sellia, officially the Royal Federated States of Sellia, situated in Halus's west, is a member state and the Capital Province of the Halian Union and the homeland of the Thaste race. The word ‘Sellia’ can be interpreted as  ‘State of Origin’  or  ‘The Sun State’ in Thascian. Sellia contains the highest concentration of Halus’s Thaste population and most of its Fornizar.

Leadership
Sellia is an elective hereditary monarchy. Its head of state is simultaneously the Governor of Sellia and the King of Halus. This person is democratically elected, but with the pool of potential candidates being limited to those defined as carrying sancra sovri ("king's blood"), i.e. being a descendant of the first Emperor of Thascadia. This primarily includes the Damathion house, and most of the Union's history has seen a Damathion king; but other minor related houses still occasionally have claim and secure the position. Monarchs generally stay in power until they die or resign, but can also be voted out of power if significant enough dissent is shown the Biennial Governmental Review.

Administrative Divisions
Sellia is divided into ten districts, referred to in Thascian as ''periocti. ''These regions represent distinct political, ethnic, and geographical subgroups, and are roughly based of existing republics and kingdoms before the formation of the unified Kingdom of Sellia. Each district is ruled by a democratically elected governor known as a Consul, which rotate by a set term defined differently by each. These districts are featured in the table below.

Geography
Sellia consists of all of the land between the West Sea and the Azure Divide, bounded to the north by the Whitewood and the Rios Bora. It is mostly flat, fertile terrain, generally low-lying with the occasional hill formation giving shape and division to the land.

Economy
Sellia works on a mixed economy in which both privately and publicly owned companies compete in a relatively free market. All essential public services and utilities are government-owned, and in addition, government-owned companies in other markets (food, textiles etc) exist to indirectly manage the market through competition and provide extra revenue for the state. The profit margin from these companies enables Sellia to have well-funded public services while still keeping taxes manageable.