Hey, I'm jumping in!

This is Oghura, the desert nation I've done the most development on in an otherwise nameless constructed world from the 2006-2008 timeframe.

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Yowch!

The fun thing is, I have a lot to work with, including a conlang and script that I plan to feature more heavily. This nation is populated by a lizardlike people of nomadic desert dwellers, ruled by the three Judges of Oghura Karat. To the south lie several nations of men, and to the north lie the original homelands of the Oghurans. To the east is the Kalatchali empire, a jungle populated by an avian race. In ages past, all this desert was once part of the jungle empire, until a climatic shift created a rain shadow of the Red Mountains - bringing the desert south. Naturally, the Kalatchali harbor an ancestral hatred of the Oghurans.

There's magic in this world, but it almost always works only by enchanting, or infusing, objects - and therefore appears somewhat technological. The Oghurans will, for example, infuse a water jug to carry far more than its apparent weight of water, enabling treks across the desert. They also carry rifles - infused to accelerate a projectile - and their Wardens make use of infused airships.

For the do-over, I'm planning to look at Marc Moureau's Southern Wild Lands for a lot of linework and texture inspiration.