The United Satrapy of Iran is a federal democratic republic occupying the Iranian plateau and its surrounding lowlands. It is the largest and most populous member state of the Middle Eastern Union, and its establishment in the late 2020s was the political precondition for the MEU’s existence.
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Thread The first Tale The onions have to be thin. That’s the thing nobody tells you. Not diced, not chopped, not whatever you think “sliced” means. Thin. Long and thin. Like you’re trying to make them disappear into the sauce and leave nothing behind but flavor.I’m explaining this to her, who is holding half an
The Dire Straits Universe is a geopolitical and narrative framework built around the world’s nine strategic maritime straits: the narrow waterways where trade concentrates, empires collide, and geography dictates the course of civilization. The framework spans from antiquity to the present day, organized into five chronological eras separated by a transitional moment known as the Bridge.
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A political and economic union of eight nations around the Perso-Arabian Gulf. Founded by the Treaty of Muscat in 2041, the MEU governs shared infrastructure, free movement, and environmental policy across the Gulf basin.
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Here Goes Nothing Part III of the Origin TrilogyMarch 1st, 2026 One year ago today, I got off a plane in Hamburg, sat down at my desk, and wrote a rambling entry about a museum in Oman, a body of water nobody can agree on the name of, and a man who turned a country
This Empty Page Part II of the Origin TrilogyMarch 3rd, 2025 I made a page on my website today. It has a screenshot of Google Maps showing the Gulf region. It has two accordion toggles: one titled “March 1st, 2025: Sultan Qaboos Inspired Me” and one titled “March 3rd, 2025: This Empty Page.” Both contain
Sultan Qaboos Inspired Me Part I of the Origin TrilogyMarch 1st, 2025 So I just landed in Hamburg. It is freezing. My ears are still ringing from the plane. And my head is on fire. Let me back up. I just came back from a family vacation in Oman. We do road trips; it has
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