Former protectorates of the Mankia Khanate, these three states made a break for independence in the political chaos following the catastrophe at Utria. Much of the infrastructure built for war by the Horde now serves to fuel a voracious rivalry between them, fed by a glut of culture, treasure, and cheap labour in the form of refugees from Utria and whatever they managed to drag back from those doomed Isles. These nations are governed by a military caste of lords and shoguns.