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The Failed Colony at Kitaneka[/center]

Country Name: Akataneka

Government type: Dynastic Empire

Ruler: Lord Regent Narune 'The Green Regent to the Sixth of the Fouth Pink Dynasty'

Location: Region 8, All Along the Peninsula above the '8' and up to the hills, and a single (failed) colony on the island in the middle, for good measure.

Capital City: Damakuneka

Language: Nochi

Species: Human

Army: 56,400 men; 6% of total population
The military of Akataneka operates mostly within the marshland, as such they've preferred to use polearms and longbows primarily to maximize their killing ability while standing knee-deep in swamp mud and secondarily to minimize their use of metal resources of which must be brought from the northern frontier.

History: Long ago in the great marshlands, there were once eight great kingdoms, each built for themselves great riches and each reaped bountiful harvest from the rich soil that the bayou provides. They were many and each identified each other as Akataneka, though they lived under different lords. Eventually, between the prosperous ages of expansion, the borders between the land of each lord became as murky as the swamp they'd call home. Rising tension and pressure to expand caused friction between the nations which erupted into the great fire of war. Brother fought brother, each clan fighting under their own colours, many skirmishes were had, and too few significant victories were made, the war was a great standoff with no nation making any process. Seeing the futility of the war, the heads of the clans met at the shrine now known as Damakuneka, that is 'place of the meeting' in Nochi, and laid down the tenets of the future Akataneka Empire, to unite the Akataneka under one banner. The problem, however, arose when the time to choose a new emperor began, and the council was disbanded and war began once again.

Eventually, winning through sheer numbers in a war of attrition, the Silver Clan rose from the ashes of war victorious. Putting to work the tenets agreed upon at Damakuneta and built it into a grand capital city. Thus began the first dynasty of the silver clan, over the years, dynasties rose and fell. Holding true to one of the tenets of the founding of the empire, at the end of each dynasty the next began in succession. Silver then red, then blue, then pink, then green, then gold, then violet, then orange. The cycle continued until today, nearing the end of the fourth pink dynasty.

Some seventy-odd lunar cycles ago, ships under the banner of the fourth green dynasty set sail from the port city of Bakuneka, a fleet of three ships with a total of no-less than 150 men, women, and children. They set off under envoy of the emperor to colonize an island to the south, they call it Kitaneka. Upon landing the men set to work, building up walls and temporary accommodations. Within fifty years the city grew, farmlands span out across the land, castles sprung up and marvelous buildings of stone. Then the colony went dark. No one knows how or why, but it seems to have been swallowed by marsh practically overnight.

Population: 940,000