Chumon Ito

The flag of the Chumon Ito Stratocracy.

The Stratocracy of Chumon Ito was a Japanese-styled nation located in the continent of Plagos on Rathnir. For historical reasons, the names Plagatéa and Veldion were also used to describe the nation. The Stratocracy was made up of the city of Khorisal and a fort enclave called Nausicaa. The government of the Chumon Ito was a stratocracy, ran by the Shogun, with the full support of the military force of Chumon Ito, as the supreme authority of the state. Governors also existed, entrusted as the local leaders of settlements to help with the administration of the state.

## About

### History and formation

The history of the Chumon Ito dates back to the Collapse of the Second Plagatéan Empire caused by the Great Alamani Uprising. The northern territories of the Empire, the core powerbase of the all the Plagatéan Tagavors (rulers) fled the upcoming societal collapse to their southern allies, the Simulami Empire. These territories are now known as Goshuma District, Simulami. In that said district, the son of the founder of the First Empire of Plagatéa, Oda Akihiro, formed the Southern Plagatéan Restoration Army / S.P.R.A. / Chumon Ito with the goal of liberating the southern territories of the fallen Empire back to the rightful control of House Akihiro. The southern territories, that were not as connected to the Empire in such a deep level, ceded and gained independence and almost all of them were consumed from foreign invasions. The only former Plagatéan territory that escaped that fate was the Kingdom of Veldion, which managed to strike a deal with its neighbours in return for peace.
Soon enough, rumours of the formation of several Plagatéan restoration factions made the new Plagosi states nervous over the prospect of the return of the Plagatéan state. For this reason, the North-Eastern Rathnir Pact or N.E.R.P. was formed, with the Kingdom of Veldion was a member. It's the main priority was security in Plagos, a major part of which was preventing or halting the rise of another iteration of Plagatéa, and also to better coordinate Plagos.

As part of immigration reform in Veldion, Aditya Artis had encouraged new population regardless of origin. As a result, many former Plagatéan government officials sought refuge in Polskrige, one of the few remaining bastions of what was Plagatéa still wholly independent (after Simulami annexed the core provinces of Sakura, Seivija and Tempo). This led to a rise in Plagatéan sympathies throughout Veldion, with citizens beginning to look fonder and fonder back over the Second Empire and beyond. Several high-profile former Plagatéan officials joined the Veldski council to help reform, including briefly former Tagavors Alexander S. Numachi and Pepek Tchangsui. Pepek especially came to wield significant power and influence. During this time, Chumon Ito officials gradually began to infiltrate the Veldski government.

All this prompted alarm in N.E.R.P., who feared the potential for the return of Plagatéa, on top of the issue of an aggressive and rising Lunari Empire. To stem the Plagatean immigration and gain greater control over the situation, as well as seem larger in size to deter Lunaris, they sought to bring Veldion under NERP control by its annexation by Nova Regna, as well as ejecting a Veldion diplomat from the NERP council. Upon finding out about this, King Aditya was horrified, and sought to prevent it, seeking support from Kazan and later Lunaris all while several ministers, such as forming King Yesua Zerkalo (Mr Yes) attempted to reach a peaceful settlement with Nerp via diplomacy which ultimately failed.

The tensions soon escalated into war, with NERP declaring war upon Veldion when King Aditya officially refused to allow Veldion to be annexed by Nova Regna. Ieturu Kumagaya, the former Plagatéan Shogun, also arrived with a significant number of allied mercenaries. Veldski, Lunari, Kazan and mercenary forces were victorious over their NERP counterparts at the Battle of Nausicaa, but this was not the end of strife. Ieturu Kumagaya declared, in return for his support, that the Chumon Ito were now in control of the government as a stratocratic regime whilst a transition to a took place, with him ruling as Shogun.

### Collapse into Civil War

Whilst initially stable, the new Chumon Ito stratocracy was not fully consolidated in Veldion, and soon after the Veldski Civil War, between monarchists, republicans, Chumon Ito (Plagatéan restorationists) and the Blue Fleet from the remnants of the Second Empire in Eldham broke out. During this, the Chumon Ito and the Blue Fleet allied and were victorious, afterwards forming the Plagatéan Regency.