Varfin I

Varfin I (born 888:69) was the Galin from 903:69 to 952:90. She was deeply concerned with her mother's reputation as a bad ruler who had lost the Uulantee and brought about the end of the Age of Kadee, and endeavoured to prove her competency as sovereign throughout her reign. For many years she searched for a project that would secure her posthumous reputation. Eventually, she decided to launch a military campaign against the western provinces of the Balooun Empire and promised that Kadee would have land on the Krazak coast by the end of her reign.

Varfin moved the capital of the Lantoo from Jekuus to Leebaa, as it occupied a more central location in the overall Empire. Jekuus remained the capital of Kadee. Another reason for the move was to appease the Southern Kadeeans who had proved a menace to previous Galin. Up until this point, the territories to the east of Huuleeon (including Paag and Salanas) were considered the Eastern Lantoo, while the lands to the west were called the Western Lantoo, and Huuleeon itself was the Central Lantoo, because it was rural like the west but its native population were not enslaved and so their economy had not been completely dominated by the Kadeeans. By the time the capital was moved to Leebaa, the upper class of Huuleeon had made many attempts to improve their country’s economy, mostly by imitating northern politicians, and the term Eastern Lantoo soon came to include Huuleeon. When the Lantoo had expanded to include lands in Kaptikan, they became known as the Western Lantoo, while the term Central Lantoo referred to Muubrin and the landlocked provinces in between.

After many years of resistance, Varfinis was eventually convinced by her advisors to loosen control of the Kadeean economy and make it more like the Balooun economy. Although the Empire continued to officially own most of the economy, the managers of individual industries were given much more freedom to implement their ideas. Those whose ideas worked out were often promoted, while those whose ideas failed were terminated from their position and would typically never be able to get back to the same level again.

Contemporary Malisin: Ĵordaan I