Kaas Empire

The **Kaas Empire**, commonly known as just the **Empire** is one of the 2 main nations in Fekktland.

It was founded by a group of Kaas exiles who retreated from their homeland of Kobbr following Emperor Karagan Arantar's disastrous campaign against the United Federation. Led by the new Kaas Emperor Nolidar Dramath, the refugees wandered north in search of a new home until they settled in the region today known as Dromund. Few years later, a State Council would be set up to govern the new Kaas realm, and the reborn nation would seclude itself to build a mighty war machine.

After over 120 years, covertly taking over and making outposts on Darva and Tarqis, and secretly launching a disinformation programme in the United Federation, the Kaas Empire would strike in what would begin the Greatest War. After 4 long and tiring years, the Empire managed to secure a victory through the Sacking of Magnus, and forced the Federation to sign The Great Treaty.

With the war at an end, the Empire stronger than ever. As a result of the Empire's co-existence with the Federation, a cold war emerged in the immediate aftermath of the Greatest War, during which the Empire engaged in secret proxy battles and small conflicts with the Federation and its allies.

## Government

The Kaas Empire is run as a meritocratic authoritarian government. At the head of the Empire sits the Kaas Emperor. The State Council serves as a maintenance board and ensured the smooth running of the Empire. The State Council serves as a combined executive, legislative, and judicial branch of the government. Each of the 14 councillors were responsible for individual areas of the Empire called Ministries. A few ministries also had specific agencies that reported to it, separate from them. These organizations included the Imperial News Agency and the Imperial Medical Corps.
The 14 ministries were:

* **Ministry of Knowledge and Education**,
* **Ministry of Biotic Science and Health**,
* **Ministry of Military Defence**,
* **Ministry of Military Offence**,
* **Ministry of Expansion and Diplomacy**,
* **Ministry of Intelligence**,
* **Ministry of Law and Justice**,
* **Ministry of Culture and Legacy**,
* **Ministry of Production and Logistics**,
* **Ministry of Finances**,
* **Ministry of Technology**,
* **Ministry of Infrastructure**,
* **Ministry of Internal Affairs**,
* **Ministry of Trade**.

## List of Rulers

### Kings

* 181-481 - Inqurdr
* 481-483 - Enertur
* 483-730 - Datka
* 730-1066 - Hakagram
* 1066-1071 - Simon Elend
* 1071-1073 - Igor Elend
* 1073-1322 - Charles Elend
* 1322-1418 - Emil Elend
* 1418-1498 - Arthur Elend
* 1498-1502 - Tarkil Dramath
* 1502-1653 - Taron Ragnar

### Emperors

* 1655-1664 - Karagan Arantar
* 1665-1725 - Nolidar Dramath
* 1725-1736 - Robert Lorentz
* 1736-1772 - Modest Amaro
* 1772-present - Wolm Tenebrous

## Society and culture

The average Imperial citizens are convinced that the cause of the Empire is a righteous one. Kaas citizens see the Federation as nothing more than an inefficient, chaotic, bloated, corrupt mish-mash of different cities and regions each supporting its own agenda ahead of that of the entire nation. They also held great contempt for the Federation leaders, of which many were placed in power through wealth, family connections, and corruption, rather than earning their position like the Imperials. Despite initial Federation beliefs that most Imperials would welcome them as liberators from the yoke of the Kaas Imperial system, most Imperials were happy to serve the Empire, and bore resounding hatred for the Federation and all they stood for. Imperial society was based on the ideology of the strong ruling and the weak serving.

The vast majority of Imperials feel that the Empire was the only force that could impose peace, stability and order in Fekktland, and that it was their duty to see that it did by any means necessary. Also, many Imperials view the war with the Federation as a war for survival rather than conquest. All Imperial citizens are educated about the end of the Great Landwide War and the carnage from the Federation that resulted in the indiscriminate massacre and near extinction of the entire Kaas civilization. The people of the Empire did not forget the horrors inflicted on them by the Federation. They fear that the Federation would succeed in destroying all traces of the Kaas Empire.

## Military

The Imperial Military is the backbone of Imperial society and the Empire itself, as Imperial culture and society has been highly militarized since the Empire's early years in Dromund. Olaf Valkyr's training regimen, which sees use by the Empire for decades after Valkyr's death, leads to the drafting of every able-bodied and able-minded adult into military service, and they remain in service until retirement or disability. Advancement and promotion are expected of most military personnel, and the ever-constant ambition is the driving force for the military.

### Army

The Imperial Army is the ground forces of the Kaas Empire, and the soldiers of the Empire typically wear black and red coloured armour and carry sub-machine and machine guns into combat. Ground forces begin live-fire exercises in the forests of Dromund within weeks of their enlistment into the military, and even the non-combatants in the military are trained in the use of basic weapons, survival skills, and first aid.

Imperial heavy troopers are issued full-body black armour, with coloured markings signifying their unit or special assignments. Their leg armour was specially designed to preserve mobility and to protect from shrapnel, and their belt houses extra ammunition and grenades for easy access. Imperial soldiers typically wear about 45 kilogrammes of armour, and most soldiers carry rifles, sidearms, grenades, stunsticks, and five days of rations. The typical service period for an Imperial soldier is twenty-five years.

### Navy

The Imperial Navy is the naval branch of the Imperial Military. The primary vessel of the Navy is the *Harrower-class* dreadnought, supported by the smaller *Terminus-class* destroyer.

### Air Forces

The Imperial Air Force is the air force branch of the Imperial Military. The backbone of the Air Force is the *MK6 Supremacy* fighter, supported by the *B28 Extinction* bomber and the *S95 Fury* air superiority fighter.

## Territory

After the Greatest War, the territories of the Kaas Empire includes whole islands of Kaas Prime, Kiost, Madras, Noqar, Kobrr, Artus Islands, Rattak, Crilla, Ilaborg, and Darva, the Kaamos District of Alpherides, and the Famorra region of Federation Central. The Empire also has various outposts on Kolth, in Alpherides, on Totranna, Clust, Eash, Quoss, and Milu.