Well I figured I can always just edit it over there. I've never quite liked having a sheet in both the OOC and the character section because then it means two posts to update.

Ah, I think you're jumping to conclusions a bit quickly. The religion isn't Islam (rather dragon worship, as I was eventually going to make a section describing). I can see why you'd think otherwis with 'Caliphate' and 'Sultanate' but I just chose those words because they are less cliche than 'kingdom' or 'empire'.

As in for the culture, they are actually based mostly off the Mongols, a people that are indeed known more for violence than they are for much else (a bit unjustly perhaps, as they did promote trade and tolerance to some extent). I noticed the Russian influence in your nation and saw that the only real desert in the world was right there, so I figured we'd be neighbors. For a long time the Russians were constantly fighting off Kazan, Nogai, the Golden Horde, and so on, which led me to this idea.

So believe me when I say I'm not trying to dehumanize Arabs or demean their culture or their history. Now I'd like for my nation to be a somewhat bloody and archaic one (more suited for the medieval and Rennaisance times than the era this RP is in) but if you for whatever reason still object I'll change that.

Edit: But speaking of the Russians and their fighting steppe hordes, any interest in making some history between our nations? It doesn't necessarily have to be just wars.