The Kingdom of Tesseris, commonly referred to as Tesseris is a non-autonomous province of the Empire of Shahawkia. The word "Tesseris" comes from the Greek word for "four," as Tesseris is most famous for the containment of 4 central lakes. King Slayden I serves as the Provincial Governor and additionally serves in the Shahawkian National Assembly. With the ISO-3166 abbreviation TS, Tesseris is the fourth province of the Empire of Shahawkia. Geographically, Tesseris is the only double-landlocked Kingdom within Shahawkia (first by the other Kingdoms, secondarily by the State of Ohio).