Comanche Empire

The **Comanche Empire** is a nation that is located east of the Democratic Republic of Hollywood, south of the Imperial State of Montana, north of the Empire of Mexico and west of the Empire of Texas. The Comanche Empire is the homeland of the Comanche people and the homeland of various Latin Americans, Iranians, Asians, Native Americans and African Americans who fled California during the Scientology Takeover.

## History

### Early History

The Proto-Comanche movement to the Plains was part of the larger phenomenon known as the “Shoshonean Expansion” in which that language family spread across the Great Basin and across the mountains into Wyoming. The Kotsoteka (‘Bison Eaters’) were probably among the first. Other groups followed. Contact with the Shoshones of Wyoming was maintained until the 1830s when it was broken by the advancing Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

After the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, various Plains peoples acquired horses, but it was probably some time before they were very numerous. As late as 1725, Comanches were described as using large dogs rather than horses to carry their bison hide "campaign tents".

The horse became a key element in the emergence of a distinctive Comanche culture. It was of such strategic importance that some scholars suggested that the Comanche broke away from the Shoshone and moved south to search for additional sources of horses among the settlers of New Spain to the south (rather than search for new herds of buffalo.) The Comanche have the longest documented existence as horse-mounted Plains peoples; they had horses when the Cheyennes still lived in earth lodges.

The Comanche supplied horses and mules to all comers. As early as 1795, Comanche were selling horses to Anglo-American traders  and by the mid-19th century, Comanche-supplied horses were flowing into St. Louis via other Indian middlemen (Seminole, Osage, Shawnee).

Their original migration took them to the southern Great Plains, into a sweep of territory extending from the Arkansas River to central Texas. The earliest references to them in the Spanish records date from 1706, when reports reached Santa Fe that Utes and Comanches were about to attack. In the Comanche advance, the Apaches were driven off the Plains. By the end of the 18th century the struggle between Comanches and Apaches had assumed legendary proportions: in 1784, in recounting the history of the southern Plains, Texas governor Domingo Cabello y Robles recorded that some 60 years earlier (i.e., ca. 1724) the Apaches had been routed from the southern Plains in a nine-day battle at La Gran Sierra del Fierro ‘The Great Mountain of Iron’, somewhere northwest of Texas. There is, however, no other record, documentary or legendary, of such a fight.

They were formidable opponents who developed strategies for using traditional weapons for fighting on horseback. Warfare was a major part of Comanche life. Comanche raids into Mexico traditionally took place during the full moon, when the Comanche could see to ride at night. This led to the term "Comanche Moon", during which the Comanche raided for horses, captives, and weapons. The majority of Comanche raids into Mexico were in the state of Chihuahua and neighboring northern states.

### Wars

The Comanche fought a number of conflicts against Spanish and later Mexican and American armies. These were both expeditionary, as with the raids into Mexico, and defensive. The Comanche were noted as fierce warriors who fought vigorously for their homeland of Comancheria. However, the massive population of the settlers from the east and the diseases they brought led to pressure and decline of Comanche power and the cessation of their major presence in the southern Great Plains.

### Relationship with Settlers

The Comanche maintained an ambiguous relationship with Europeans and later settlers attempting to colonize their territory. The Comanche were valued as trading partners since 1786 via the Comancheros of New Mexico, but were feared for their raids against settlers in Texas. Similarly, they were, at one time or another, at war with virtually every other Native American group living on the South Plains, leaving opportunities for political maneuvering by European colonial powers and the United States. At one point, Sam Houston, president of the newly created Republic of Texas, almost succeeded in reaching a peace treaty with the Comanche in the 1844 Treaty of Tehuacana Creek. His efforts were thwarted in 1845 when the Texas legislature refused to create an official boundary between Texas and the Comancheria.

While the Comanche managed to maintain their independence and increase their territory, by the mid-19th century, they faced annihilation because of a wave of epidemics due to Eurasian diseases to which they had no immunity, such as smallpox and measles. Outbreaks of smallpox (1817, 1848) and cholera (1849) took a major toll on the Comanche, whose population dropped from an estimated 20,000 in mid-century to just a few thousand by the 1870s.

The US began efforts in the late 1860s to move the Comanche into reservations, with the Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867), which offered churches, schools, and annuities in return for a vast tract of land totaling over 60,000 square miles (160,000 km2). The government promised to stop the buffalo hunters, who were decimating the great herds of the Plains, provided that the Comanche, along with the Apaches, Kiowas, Cheyenne, and Arapahos, move to a reservation totaling less than 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2) of land. However, the government did not prevent the slaughtering of the herds. The Comanche under Quenatosavit White Eagle (later called Isa-tai "Coyote's Vagina") retaliated by attacking a group of hunters in the Texas Panhandle in the Second Battle of Adobe Walls (1874). The attack was a disaster for the Comanche, and the US army was called in during the Red River War to drive the remaining Comanche in the area into the reservation, culminating in the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon. Within just 10 years, the buffalo were on the verge of extinction, effectively ending the Comanche way of life as hunters. In May 1875, the last free band of Comanches, led by the Quahada warrior Quanah Parker, surrendered and moved to the Fort Sill reservation in Oklahoma. The last independent Kiowa and Kiowa Apache had also surrendered.

The 1890 Census showed 1,598 Comanche at the Fort Sill reservation, which they shared with 1,140 Kiowa and 326 Kiowa Apache.

#### Cherokee Commission

The Agreement with the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache signed with the Cherokee Commission October 6–21, 1892, further reduced their reservation to 480,000 acres (1,900 km2) at a cost of $1.25 per acre ($308.88/km2), with an allotment of 160 acres (0.65 km2) per person per tribe to be held in trust. New allotments were made in 1906 to all children born after the agreement, and the remaining land was opened to white settlement. With this new arrangement, the era of the Comanche reservation came to an abrupt end.

#### Meusebach–Comanche treaty

The Peneteka band agreed to a peace treaty with the German Immigration Company under John O. Meusebach. This treaty was not affiliated with any level of government. Meusebach brokered the treaty to settle the lands on the Fisher-Miller Land Grant, from which were formed the 10 counties of Concho, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Schleicher, San Saba, Sutton, and Tom Green.

In contrast to many treaties of its day, this treaty was very brief and simple, with all parties agreeing to a mutual cooperation and a sharing of the land. The treaty was agreed to at a meeting in San Saba County, and signed by all parties on May 9, 1847 in Fredericksburg, Texas. The treaty was very specifically between the Peneteka band and the German Immigration Company. No other band or tribe was involved. The German Immigration Company was dissolved by Meusebach himself shortly after it had served its purpose. By 1875, the Comanches had been relocated to reservations.

Five years later, artist Friedrich Richard Petri and his family moved to the settlement of Pedernales, near Fredericksburg. Petri's sketches and watercolors gave witness to the friendly relationships between the Germans and various local Native American tribes.

#### Fort Martin Scott treaty

In 1850, another treaty was signed in San Saba, between the United States government and a number of local tribes, among which were the Comanches. This treaty was named for the nearest military fort, which was Fort Martin Scott. The treaty was never officially ratified by any level of government and was binding only on the part of the Native Americans.

#### Captive Herman Lehmann

One of the most famous captives in Texas was a German boy named Herman Lehmann. He had been kidnapped by the Apaches, only to escape and be rescued by the Comanches. Lehmann became the adoptive son of Quanah Parker. On August 26, 1901, Quanah Parker provided a legal affidavit verifying Lehmann's life as his adopted son 1877–1878. On May 29, 1908, the United States Congress authorized the United States Secretary of the Interior to allot Lehmann, as an adopted member of the Comanche nation, 160 acres of Oklahoma land, near Grandfield.

### Before the establishment of the Empire

Entering the Western economy was a challenge for the Comanche in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many tribal members were defrauded of whatever remained of their land and possessions. Appointed paramount chief by the United States government, Chief Quanah Parker campaigned vigorously for better deals for his people, meeting with Washington politicians frequently; and helped manage land for the tribe.

Parker became wealthy as a cattleman. He also campaigned for the Comanches' permission to practice the Native American Church religious rites, such as the usage of peyote, which was condemned by European Americans. During World War II, many Comanche left the traditional tribal lands in Oklahoma to seek jobs and more opportunities in the cities of California and the Southwest. About half of the Comanche population still lives in Oklahoma, centered on the town of Lawton.

### Establishment of the Empire

The United States had fractured after the nuking of Washington D.C and due to this many nations had risen from the ashes of the now destroyed America. California where many Comanche went to after departing from the tribal lands had been taken over by the Church of Scientology and this resulted in many Comanche people fleeing the state with the families they started in California to Tribal Lands to escape the Scientologist Theocracy who is forcefully converting people to Scientology.

Comanche Indians from the states annexed by the Ku Klux Klan had also fled to tribal lands with their loved ones in order to avoid racial persecution from the Ku Klux Klan regime. Sadly the Tribal lands had become a center of war between California and Texas as they tried to annex the lands themselves. The Comanche were fighting hard to survive the madness of the war between California and Texas until they were able to get aid from Mexico who annexed them as a puppet state in order to protect them as a people from California and Texas.

The Comanche Nation decided to become a monarchy ruled by the descendants of their last Chieftain Quanah Parker as their monarchs since Quanah and his father's family ruled as their hereditary chieftains. Buster Parker who was a war veteran and the oldest male descendant of Quanah Parker through his father was chosen to be monarch and he accepted the proposal to become the monarch of the Comanche nation.

### Expansionism

Mexico and the Comanche with the aid of Mexico's other allies waged war against Texas and California to help them expand into the American continent and to gain the resource rich lands in North America that are vulnerable for takeover by Texas or California. This resulted in many wars in west coast America that devastated the region as there were raids on the homes by the enemy nations and kidnappings. The Comanche waged war against Texas and California with the help of Mexico, Miami and Montana to save the people kidnapped by their enemies. The Comanche then waged war with the Lakota Republic as they both wanted Kansas. The Lakota people surrendered and gave Kansas to the Comanche Empire in order for them to focus waging war against the Dakota Republic and stop their Industrial Minister from allowing oil companies in Dakota to create a pipeline from being built within their spiritual burial grounds.

### Era of Peace

After waging so many wars to defend its sovereignty, the Comanche Empire was finally at peace and it was also stable too. Many Comanche architects, businessmen, soldiers and politicians had decided to establish the layout of the Empire and establish ministries dedicated to running the Empire in order to allow the Emperor to run affairs within his family, be the master of the traditions of the Comanche people, be the representative of the Native American Church and appoint ministers to positions. Buster had ruled for many years until his death in 2011 in which his son Ronald had become the new Emperor. Sadly the international isolation of Hollywood and Texas is a bad thing as they are desperate for resources as it could possibly result in more wars that could devastate the Comanche nation again.

## Government

### Executive Branch

The Comanche Empire is a Semi-Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor who has authority over all of society, but the Emperor appoints ministers to be his enforcers over society and to relay his orders to the ministries who run all the day to day operations that help the Empire's society function. The Emperor is also the head of the Native American Church which is a sect of Christianity that has elements of the Native American tribal religions mixed with Christianity itself. The Emperor is also the enforcer of the traditions of the Comanche people as uses his power over the education facilities in a way that tells the history and traditions of the Comanche people in a way for the young to continue such traditions.

### Legislative Branch

The Emperor cannot make decisions and give orders without the approval of the leaders and representatives of the five bands of the tribe known as the Northern Comanche, Middle Comanche, Southern Comanche, Eastern Comanche, and later Western Comanche.

* The **"Northern Comanche"** label encompassed the Yaparʉhka (Yamparika) between the Arkansas River and Canadian River and the prominent and powerful Kʉhtsʉtʉhka (Kotsoteka) who roamed the high plains of Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles between Red and Canadian River, the famous Palo Duro Canyon offered them and their horse herds of protection from strong winter storms as well as from enemies, because the two bands dominated and ranged in the northern Comancheria.
* The **"Middle Comanche"** label encompassed the aggressive Nokoni Nʉʉ (Nokoni) ("wanderers", "those who turn back") between the headwaters of the Red River and the Colorado River in the south and the Western Cross Timbers in the east, their preferred range were on the Brazos River headwaters and its tributaries, the Pease River offered protection from storms and enemies. With them shared two smaller bands the same tribal areas: the Tahnahwah (Tenawa, Tenahwit) ("Those Living Downstream") and Tanimʉʉ (Tanima, Dahaʉi, Tevawish) ("Liver Eaters"). All three bands together were known as "Middle Comanche" because they lived "in the middle" of the Comancheria.
* The **"Southern Comanche"** label encompassed the Penatʉka Nʉʉ (Penateka) ("Honey Eaters"), the southernmost, largest, and best known band among whites as they lived near the first Spanish and Texan settlements; their tribal areas extended from the upper reaches of the rivers in central Texas and Colorado River southward, including much of the Edwards Plateau, and eastward to the Western Cross Timbers; because they dominated the southern Comancheria they were called "Southern Comanche".
* The **"Western Comanche"** label encompassed the Kwaarʉ Nʉʉ (Kwahadi, Quohada) ('Antelope Eaters'), which is the last to develop as an independent band in the 19th century. They lived on the hot, low-shadow desert plateaus of Llano Estacado in eastern New Mexico and found shelter in Tule Canyon and Palo Duro Canyon in northwestern Texas. They were the only band that never signed a contract with the Texans or Americans, and they were the last to give up the resistance. Because of their relative isolation from the other bands on the westernmost edge of the Comancheria, they were called the "Western Comanche".

## Military

The Military of the Comanche Empire consists of hordes of Comanche warriors who were drilled with American Army drills by Comanche ethnic soldiers and officers of the U.S Army. The Comanche Army is armed with equipment given to it by Mexico, Montana, the members of NATO and Brazil in order to have ways to defend themselves from armies that use such equipment. This however had won the Comanche people many victories as Texas and Hollywood are isolated to the point that they are stuck with outdated equipment.

## Economy

The Comanche Empire's economy mainly consists of agriculture and oil drilling due to the fact that their land mainly consists of plains and an oil rich desert. The nation is able to export agricultural goods such as corn, wheat, barley, vegetables, Apples and pumpkins with barrels of oil to its allies in Central America, Mexico, Brazil and Florida. The nation gets imports from those nations such as oranges. The tribe operates its own housing authority and issues tribal vehicle tags. They have their own Department of Higher Education, primarily awarding scholarships and financial aid for members' college education degrees. They own 10 tribal smoke shops and four casinos.

## Demographics

### Ethnicity

The Empire's majority ethnic group is the Comanche people, otherwise there are minority ethnic groups such as Mexicans, Caucasian Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latin American people, Native American people who are not ethnically Comanche such as the Lakota and the Numic Native American people.

### Religion

The official religion of the Comanche Empire is a sect of Christianity known as the Native American Church. The Native American Church, also known as Peyotism and Peyote Religion, is a Native American religion that teaches a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and Christianity, with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote.

### Language

The language spoken by the Comanche people, *Comanche*, is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan language group. It is closely related to the language of the Shoshone, from which the Comanche diverged around 1700. The two languages remain closely related, but a few low-level sound changes inhibit mutual intelligibility. The earliest records of Comanche from 1786 clearly show a dialect of Shoshone, but by the beginning of the 20th century, these sound changes had modified the way Comanche sounded in subtle, but profound, ways. Although efforts are now being made to ensure survival of the language, most of its speakers are elderly, and less than 1% of the Comanches can speak it. This was due to many Comanche children in the 19th century being placed in boarding schools with children from different tribes. The children were taught English and discouraged from speaking their native language. Anecdotally, enforcement of speaking English was severe.

## Culture

The society of the Empire is known to be a rural and agricultural society as many of the people tend to be conservative farm families who spend their days farming and going to church on Sundays. There are many traditions in the nation such as the Comanche Homecoming Annual Dance which is a event in communities that celebrates the reunification of the Comanche people and the independence of the Comanche Empire and they also use it as a time to honor the lives of the Comanche soldiers who died and sacrificed their lives and livelihoods to defend the nation from the enemies of the nation. Football is one of the traditions that the Comanche inherited from rural Americans who live within their Empire as Football games are very popular.