The Turkoman chieftain Osman Ghazi once controlled a small tract of land, east of Hellas. In 1299, alliances with the men of Bharat led Osman and his nation to great victories against Imperial Zhonghua. With these new spoils, the support of the rich Bharati people, and a vision of a unified East, Osman founded the Sublime Ottoman State, which would go on to become one of the largest empires in recorded history.