The Tessiturian Empire of Orissita is a former great empire of Ivalice as well a former ally of the Holy Dark Empire, situated with its sister nation on the Orissita continent. Their culture and strength was praised around the world as the greatest on the planet and was the dominate power on the planet with the Holy dark Empire. However their strength was garnered through their massive strides in technology and trade, as the Tessiturian Empire had no formal military and were a pacifist nation. Their protection came in the form of the Holy Dark empire who they had aligned themselves with near the beginning of time. The Tessiturian Empire is the first, last and only empire the Holy dark Empire has aligned itself with and protected them due to the influence of both of their churches and respe