Quain

The Quain Empire (クウェイン エンパイア *Kuwein Enpaia*) is one of the most powerful empires in the world. It has existed in its form for over 1000 years and is a founding member of the Heavens Association. It is located within the 2nd Zone.

## General Information

### Political System

Quain's political system is composed of a ruling body including the Emperor and his advisor, and a Secretary of State and ten Senators he presides over. Quain consists of 15 seperate kingdoms. All of them are ruled by there own royal families. These 15 ruling families are called royal families because they have a claim on the throne. (so in the 4000 year long history of Quain only 5 different families held the throne) There are also a lot of other minor noble families. Right now there are three big royal families. They all rule over one of the three big islands.

The three big royal families are:

1. The Lafayettes - The currently ruling lineage. They consider themself the oldest noble familie and direct descendend of the Patrizier and the gods.
2. The Karolinger/Welfen (einer der beiden konnte mich nicht entscheiden) - Controls a lot of the Mainland of the biggest island. They are the youngest royal familie that joined Quain. As such they have a very different culture and perspective.
3. (...)

### Military System

Every Kingdom in Quain has its own army and bannerman. Additionaly there is a royal army who serves whoever is considered the rightful king at the moment. (it isn`t always easy to say who is the rightful king) The royal army is highly trained and consists of elite soldiers.
Quain has a very long military tradition. Quain rose to power with the help of its miliary and a lot of it strength is still build on it`s army.

The royal army consists of 5 regiments. The first one is named after the current Emperor/Empress, the second to fived one after the princes/princesses.

Quain has a very strict military doctrine. A lot of modern war tactics like guerilla warfare are seen as cowardly.

Quain has a strong Cavalry and Infantry. Quain is traditionaly weak in the air. It lacks a good airship fleet.

## Geography

Quain main territory exists on the Kykladen (the biggest known Island-Archipel). When you consider only Landmass Quain is the biggest known Kingdom (Fjordheim is bigger if you add the air between islands). The territory is very divers. The Kykladen consist of ca. 16 000 smaller islands many of which are uninhabitat. The three main islands are (...) .

## History

### Founding & rise to World Power

Quain was founded 3000 years ago on the island of (...) from a family that would later be called Patrizier. The Patrizier became the govermenting family. After around a 100 years they succesfully conquered or bought the remaining parts of the island (...).
The next 200 years are considered as a golden age in Quains history. In this time Quain expanded. The legend says that at this time many of the old temples were build and the capital Remus was founded.

Note: A lot of Quains history is lost. Especially in the earyl era not much was written down and the hisory is mixed with legends. That`s why a lot of today`s history of Quain is the result of politics and inlfuience of noble families trying to legitimize there rule.

## Trivia

* The Quain Empire seems to be based on Ancient Rome.