Kauzka used to be a quite peaceful nation.
The inhabitants (although some tribes from the age of conflict still remained) were united in a single nation.
The minimal technology that they had was mostly used for comfort and farming and the like, a military hadn't existed for over 65 years. Most of the inhabitants were equal the only exception was Riaukas (Ranxiagrir's grandfather) and the rest of the nobility. They were and still are, developing their economy into a more efficient model. Their culture was very simple and valued traits like love, compassion, courage, activeness and intelligence. A persons worth was never measured by their physical strength or power, but intelligence was a thing that all people aimed to have in their short lives. One was taught to appreciate the beauty of nature and almost all civilians followed the Trakhi religion, which was based around the idea of Mother Earth as the one and only deity.
After contact was established with the rest of the world however, new technology flooded the nation and their culture fell away as the land was tainted with smog for the first time. Everyone all wanted to get rich and didn't care about the land or what they did to it. Trees fell, animals were slaughtered without feeling and mines turned plains into a minefield of sinkholes. Then Ranxiagrir took control of the nobility and enforced laws on the people. Trakhi was remade into a theology which suited the nation better and Kauzkan gained guidance from it. Today technology is slowly being ingrained into their society and children are taught the old way of living. Ranxiagrir frowns on technology but is accepting it. He and most Kauzkans are wary of other nations, lest their culture and way of living be overhauled again.