Kaminaki Empire

### Colonies

Charkao, Charkcity, Markborough, Nerdnation, Cycia, Medici, 500+ Oceanic Islands, Settlements in Asia and Oceania

### Year Collapsed

1881

The Kaminaki Empire was an international empire in Zedici. Their core was Paruzuma in Charkao. The Empire was founded by the Kaminaki Family, Fuyuki Kaminaki in Particular. The Kaminaki Empire lasted 213 years, completely ending in 1881, 103 years after the beginning of the Ko-Kaminaki War. The Empire began in 1668 when they kicked the Chan Dynasty out of power via manipulation, Royal marriage fraud and assassinations that were done by their Private Hit-Squad known as the Shadows of Kaminaki. One of the first major changes Fuyuki Kaminaki made was the instatement of internal slavery in 1669. Prior to the Kaminaki Empire, Charkao's architecture and culture was very Chinese due to their Chinese origins but the Kaminakis were of Japanese descent and completely changed Charkao's style and customs.

The first country/kingdom they conquered was in 1675, when the Empire broke the 1503 Treaty of Vilakai that was signed to make peace between Spengali and Charkao. The Kingdom of Charkcity was already a Charkaonese Puppet and it's conquering was met with very little resistance until 2 months later, when Spengalian Soldiers began invading Charkao from the western front. The Invasion was met with extreme force by the newly armoured Kaminaki Warriors and the Spengalians were pushed , back into the Markborough region. A counter-invasion then took place and within 3 weeks, the entire region was taken. Fuyuki wanted to completely take Spengali but the Kingdomia Region was heavily guarded by a giant wall that defended over a constant 35,000 Musketeers. The Buenapark region of the Oroji Empire could have been easy to take but the Kaminakis did not want to be an enemy of an empire as successful as that. Fuyuki Kaminaki then sent out his best warrior, Tone Satoru, to overthrow the Won Empire and the Zhen Dynasty's Governments. It was a success and the two Dynasties were taken by the Kaminaki Empire, ending the Dynastic Wars. The Empire then decided to invade the Large Island of Medici, a Spengalian Kingdom that wasn't ruled by Spengali itself. The Island had very little defense or soldiers and the Island was completely conquered in a fortnight. The Empire engaged in other Wars, such as the Kaminaki-Spanish War and the War of the Three Titans. Fuyuki Kaminaki was certainly the most successful of the Kaminaki Monarchs, growing the empire to a size none of the other 6 Emperors could do.

After Fuyuki died in 1730 and his grandson Bai Kaminaki came to power due to Fuyuki's son dying in a shipwreck. Bai focused on making settlements in other countries for improved trading. He created settlements in Japan, China, Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Guam, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. (Note: Although these settlements are considered part of the Kaminaki Empire, they were only used for trade and quickly released after the Empire's end).

No more developments were made until Bai Kaminaki's death in 1790 and Cheng Kaminaki's takeover of Emperor. Cheng preferred Fuyuki Kaminaki's way of getting land by war and he took the Minted region of Windert. He also took over 500 Oceanic islands. Cheng Kaminaki also had to fight the Charkaonese Democratic Republic when the Ko-Kaminaki War began. He was assassinated via a point-blank range with a flintlock in 1822 by Charkaonese Democratic Soldiers. Cheng's eldest son Eiji then took over, greatly damaging the empire. Eiji Kaminaki had no interest in being Emperor and had no idea how to rule a land as grand as the Kaminaki Empire. Eiji lost Charkcity, Markborough, Medici, Windert and over 200 islands. Most of the Intercontinental trade settlements were destroyed. When his luck couldn't get any worse, the CDR grew bigger than the Kaminaki Empire. Eiji then died of Eylun Flu in 1838.

The rest of the Kaminaki Monarchs didn't provide much to the empire and only delayed the inevitable extinction of it. The last Monarch was Empress Kondi Kaminaki who surrendered against the CDR, Sweatingrad and the Minted Island during the Invasion of Paruzuma.

## Army

The Kaminaki Empire's Combat approach was unique but highly effective. Due to the Kaminakis shared distaste for firearms, the Kaminaki warriors did not follow the Age of Infantry Warfare that thrived during the period, and they were instead trained like Samurai, equipped with similar armor to them. This was unexpected to any foreign enemies and they were almost always beaten due to their lack of melee training and armor. Of course, many Charkaonese warriors were killed, but that didn't matter to the Kaminakis. As long as there was thousands of more warriors ready to fight, they would win. One of the only times this tactic did not work was during the War of the Three Titans when the Joshinstreetians were equipped with long pikes and musketeers behind them, impaling any Warriors that got too close and shooting any warriors that tried to stay away.