Yes, make this syrian ethnoreligious group(region in where they live:
, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alawites), that didnt grasp any kind of power for most of their history, somehow dominant or majority in a state centered in this region of the world:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pampas
. There is like, one sea and an osean to leap from one place to the other? Good luck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pampas