Yamatai

Yamatai was a unitary sovereign state located on the larger islands on Japan (in real life)'s land. They were well known for their enchanted book industry, which had resulted in Yamatai's economy to be one of the most wealthy in Multi's Earth World at the time. A nation with a venerable population count at 15 citizens, it boasted a hefty set of development and a national road system constructed extraordinarily rapidly. It found its roots in the Nevan Republic, from northern Russia, and most of its citizens hail from that area, having migrated after the Muscovite revolt left Neva in ruins.
==Economy ==
The Yamatan economy was one of the most powerful in the world at the time, boasting a fairly wealthy citizenry (The average amount of diamond blocks per citizen resided at 25), as well as the worlds largest industrial base and company, NotaFanta. The country was also home to smaller companies to export the fruits of Yamatan industry to the world. Additionally, the legacy of the enormous Nevan industrial base lived on, with most of the factory machinery that was used brought over from Neva during the Great Migration. The industrial base enabled the nation to take care of itself in abundance, as well as supply the world with products from the Yamatan homeland at cheap prices. The economy itself was mostly export-based through NotaFanta, exporting refined goods in the form of enchanted books, arms contracts, and drinks made in Los Angeles.
==Government==
The Yamatan government was organized along a stratified Imperial structure whilst also being very decentralized, deriving its structure from that of the Slavic Empire and its governing ethic from that of Neva. The leader of the country, took the title of Czar (Only ever NotaFouton I of Nevingrad), ruled as absolute ruler over the lands of Yamatai. However, within the structure was the King's Council, a body made up of local rulers from the nations lands to advise the Czar on national matters. The members of the King's Council were handpicked by the Czar to govern their individual realms, and on the ground retain executive power (unless an inter-provincial matter comes up, at which point it would be settled by the Czar and the council.) The council members had no executive power outside their realms unless given by the Czar to handle additional administrative duties.
Additionally, the councils structure (as indicated by the open seats) enabled for an easy administrative expansion in the event of new Crownlands being added, as occurred during the peaceful annexation of Hokkaido and Bees.
==History==
Yamatai was formed from the collapse of Neva, a formerly independent region of the Slavic empire, which had most of its cities completely destroyed in the Slavic-Egyptian War, and then destroyed again in the Muscovite War of Independence. Unable to recover from this, the Nevan population migrated east, settling on the Japanese mainland, something known to the inhabitants as the 'Great Migration'.
Upon moving to Japan, Neva was officially rebranded as Nagara, with the initial claim being the extent of the capital. However, after a herculean development process by which several settlements and a national road system were constructed at breakneck speed (aided in no small part by the construction materials ferried by shulker-box from Neva, cutting down on gathering time) enabling Nagara to extend its claim to the main Japanese island of Honshu.
About midway through the project, on December 23, Czar NotaFouton announced with a rather aggressive statement his nation's re-emergence onto the world stage with a unification ultimatum to Ainu, threatening war if unification did not occur, initiating the Ainu Crisis. For three hours the two nations stood on the precipice of war as Nota and the leader of Ainu, SkinOfChild, negotiated. Fortunately peace prevailed, and Ainu was incorporated into Nagara as the province of Ainu-Hokkaido, bringing into being the modern Yamatan political system of the King's Council.
Following the integration of Hokkaido, the population count then enabled the remaining two islands of Shikoku and Kyushu to be claimed, and the development of the nation continued apace, with major settlements growing very quickly.
Late January saw the annexation of Sakhalin and a piece of the Amur Basin to be used as a resource extraction point to preserve the home islands from scarring.
February 5th saw the staged war between Yamatai and California, which resulted in the annexation of California by Yamatai and pushed the world to the very edge of a devastating war, as Roman leaders believed rumors of a coalition led by Yamatai against them. The tense situation was successfully handled and tensions were lowered from there when Yamatai doubly ensured that they would maintain neutrality in all things, and distanced themselves from anyone who would possibly be in a coalition against Rome. In response to this, Rome signed a nonaggression pact with Yamatai, ending the crisis.
However, not long after the NAP was signed, the Collapse of Rome occurred, in which Yamatai was one of few nations to not volunteer for any of the warring sides in order to maintain its strict policy of neutrality.
Yamatai was one of the more powerful nations on the server, especially after the Collapse of Rome, though they pursued a peaceful foreign policy.
Yamatai collapsed following the Islands War, in which it fought Sarkhan. Sources still debate what the exact impetous for this war was. After the war, both sides claimed that it was due to economic competition between the nations, but many still believe that tensions between IrishChild and Nota following the Muscovite War of Independence caused or majorly contributed to the Islands War.
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