The Sovereign Union was a coalition of twenty independent kingdoms, principalties, and city-states that had bound themselves together for mutual defense and shared prosperity.
Each member retained its own ruler, laws, and system of governance, preserving full sovereignty within its borders.
Matters that affected the Union as a whole, such as war, trade agreements, and foreign diplomacy, were decided collectively by the Sovereign Council, where every member state was represented.
The Union was built on the principles of freedom, sovereignty, and cooperation, favoring unity through consensus rather than domination by any single power.
While that was the case, the primary reason the Union was formed was to stand against the Haynam Empire in the north. As the Empire expanded its borders through conquest and coercion, the smaller kingdoms, principalities, and city-states recognized that none of them could resist it alone.
