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| We've got a noble heritage, Kal, darkeyes and lighteyes alike. That’s why the best warriors have always been from Alethkar.
| [[Laral]]{{book ref|sa1|16}}
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== Geography ==
[[FILE:{{image|Alethkar Color.jpg|thumb|side=right|width=300px|<center><small>by [[Isaac Stewart]]</small></center> Map of Alethkar. Alethi territories (barring the [[Shattered Plains]]) are marked in purple.]]}}
 
=== Borders and Territories ===
 
== Culture ==
[[File:{{image|Jasnah Framed Portrait by Grant Hansen.png|thumb|side=right|width=200px|<center><small>by {{a|Grant Hansen}}</small></center> [[Jasnah Kholin]], the current Queen of Alethkar]]}}
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| Dalinar had been around Alethi politicians so much that he found honesty an obscure thing, like a language he no longer spoke.
| [[Dalinar]]{{book ref|sa3|34}}
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=== People ===
Alethkar is generally a feudal nation. The Alethi monarch is served by ten [[highprince]]s, which have their own lower-dahn subjects, down to the citylords, who rule over individual settlements.{{book ref|sa1|16}} [[Shardbearer]]s stand slightly aside from this system, although many of them are either highprinces themselves, or in direct service to one highprince or another.
 
[[File:{{image|Stormblessed Bonus by ThomasW.jpg|thumb|side=right|width=200px|<center><small>by {{a|ThomasW}}</small></center> A [[darkeyes]] facing a [[Shardbearer]] ]]}}
 
=== Militarism ===
=== Religion ===
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| The Alethi preferred to let the ardents deal with the Almighty, like he was some annoying parlor guest who could be safely distracted by servants offering a particularly tasty tea.
| [[Shallan]]{{book ref|sa3|15}}
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== Politics ==
=== Princedoms ===
[[File:{{image|Alethkar Color.jpg|thumb|side=left|width=250px|Alethi Princedoms]]}}
Though it is ruled by a single king, Alethkar is divided into ten princedoms, each ruled by a [[lighteyes|lighteyed]] [[highprince]]. Each princedom is named after the family controlling it, and each has its own military, independent of one another - a remnant of the times prior to the reunification. While the highprinces do work together, the king has limited control over them, maintained less through tradition, and more through sheer military power and access to amenities like [[Soulcaster]]s.{{book ref|sa1|15}} In addition, the ruling [[House Kholin]] controls the largest territory, as apart from their own princedom, they also hold an underpopulated stretch of land called the [[Eastern Crownlands]].{{map ref|Alethkar}}
 
Recently, in an effort to truly unify the kingdom, [[Dalinar Kholin]] has been appointed as the [[Highprince of War]] by the king. This title was used in Alethkar before being fragmented into ten princedoms when each highprince was given the ultimate authority over one aspect of the governing of the kingdom. On paper, this gives Kholin authority over all war-related activities.{{book ref|sa1|69}}
 
According to officalofficial records, Alethkar possesses more [[Shardblade]]s than any other nation on Roshar, with only [[Jah Keved]] coming anywhere close.{{book ref|sa1|23}}.
 
== Notable Alethi ==