Izumo

**Izumo** (出雲, ***Izumo***?), also called the **Imperial Province of Izumo** (帝国州の出雲, *Teikokushū Izumo*?), unofficially called the **Kingdom of Izumo** (出雲王国, *Izumo Ōkoku*?) is a country located in the Northern Peninsula and is among one of the Nine Kingdoms. While not considered the strongest countries in the north, it's considered the largest country by land ratio compared to the rest of the Nine Kingdoms. It's also considered one of the more culturally unique countries thanks to their Queen-God having brought over Japanese culture into the world. The country itself is lead by what one calls a **Shōgun** (将軍, ***Shōgun***?) with an council called the Daijō-kan that consists of feudal lords called the Daimyo assist in ruling the lands. While not exactly the same of ancient Japan in terms of the roles (e.g the Shōgun was a military dictator appointed by the Emperor of Japan), Izumo nevertheless holds a diverse cultural life style and beliefs from real-world Japan.

Another to note of Izumo is the population ratio between male and female, where unlike the rest of the world the country is a female-driven society where the women are mostly in position of power due to the Queen-Gods power. Unlike the rest of the Queen-Gods, Amaterasu had more then one partner to which using a unknown super-tier magic spell only allowed females to gain any portion of her power, this evolving into a women-dominated society due to this. The six noble clans of Izumo (Senju, Minamoto, Taira, Fujiwara, Fujiwara and Shimadzu Clans) all descend from Amaterasu and thus only members of these clans inherit some power from her.

## History

### Pre-Izumo

Pre-Izumo history speaks about the period before the official formation of Izumo by Týr and the goddess Amaterasu. Prior however it called **Unshū** (雲州, ***Unshū***?) by the clans that existed during this age, more often called the **Age of Unshū**. In the year Y500 of the Northern Calendar, it was said an being emerged from Southern Mountains who began to bring together the widepsread and poverty individuals of Unshū. This being was said to been an powerful kitsune fox god named Inari, though the exact characteristics of Inari has been lost.

Through Inari however did Unshū began to rise from its lawless status and became an more civilized, cultural location as the formation of the Daimyōs and eventually family clans that would dot the region. At this time Inari has been said to produced two children who each would form two ancient but powerful clans; the Zenko clan and the Yako clan who both were to be the two most dominate and powerful of the clans. However as time went forward and the supposed death of Inari, an calamity occurred in particular with the Yako clansmen. According to Yako, it would be said they would take over Inari's position as the "Fox God" or better yet, the "God of Unshū". However the Zenko disapproves and disagrees, believing that Inari never wished for an continuation of godhood and only want the land to be free of chaos and disorder. In one bickering of disagreements leading into an violent clash, which then result in beginning the Sengoku Period where all for clans would engage in battle as resources were taken and held to the ones who got it first.