Kingdom of Auchinmore

The Kingdom of Auchinmore is a former subject state of the Empire of Kordowyn to the Empire's due East, and now a constituent state of the Imperial Commonwealth. Auchinmore is bordered by the Empire to their west, the Republic of Cordolva to their east, and the Duchy of Creneash to their north. The current ruler of Auchinmore is Queen Charlotte, who is also the Empress of Kordowyn, ruling the two in personal union. 
Similarly to the Crensheans, Auchinmore adopted an eastern style of feudalism that developed separately from western feudalism. The Auchins held good relations with the Kordynians and the Crensheans, however they were staunch rivals of the Kingdom of Cordolva, fighting countless wars against them in their modern history.
In 118 KOR, however, Auchinmore cut off diplomatic relations with the Duchy of Creneash, claiming that they had evidence the Crensheans were handing over Auchin secrets to their rivals in Cordolva. In late 118, the Auchins invaded Creneash, however by spring of 119 they had been defeated by the Kordynians, who entered the war on the Crenshean side. After the death of King Alisander II of Kordowyn in 129 KOR, Auchinmore invaded Creneash once again, hoping that Kordowyn would be destabilized by the death of their King and wouldn't be able to respond fast enough before Creneash had fallen. However, the Crensheans had trained a decent standing army under Kordynian guidance and were able to defend long enough for the Kordynian army to arrive. By fall of 129, the Auchins had been completely forced out of Crenshean land, and in the Spring of 130, the Kordynians captured Kirkmara. In the fall, they began to lay siege to Loch Rankeld, and captured it in late spring of 131. King Hugh was captured attempting to flee the city, and was forced to sign an embarrassing peace treaty, which among other things forced his nation to disarm for 100 years, pay significant reparations to both Kordowyn and Creneash, and to become subject to Kordowyn. 
King Hugh was deposed in late 131, and the O'Cain dynasty was placed on the throne under King Duncan V. Since the Second Crenshean War, Auchinmore has reestablished positive relations with both Kordowyn and Creneash and has remained relatively peaceful in the last few hundred years.
In 267, Loch Rankeld suffered a flu outbreak which took the life of the nine year old King James V, which upon his sudden death, the throne passed to his distant cousin, Empress Charlotte of Kordowyn. In late 267, the Union of Dunlieth was signed and Acts of Union were passed through both the Kordynian and Auchinmorean Parliaments, creating the Imperial Commonwealth.
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