Kaikyo

State Majesty Council

**Lower Legislature**

House of Peers

 **Kaikyo Terrestrial Guard (⚔50)**
 **Kaikyo Astronaval Guard (✒90)**
 **Trade Guard Detatchment** **(93)**

 Overview CharactersMilitary Org. Folklore
**Kaikyo**, otherwise known as the **State of Kaikyo**, is a military shogunate in the Arrival that is Northwest of Kylnrift, West of New Tvolai, Southwest of Veer, Southwest of Seniborcia, and Southwest of Krizovia. A historical regional power, Kaikyo traces its roots to Eovinjai Humans who led an expedition to the region over three thousand years ago, the reasoning for their expedition lost to time. Initially a democratic constitutional monarchy, chronic instability led to this experiment failing a scarce five centuries from its start, the military taking a leading role in government that has endured to this day.

Arch-conservative in its nature, the government of Kaikyo is founded on the tenents of **Kaikiri Statism**. An illiberal and authoritarian ideology, it merges traditional Eovinjai inspired means of governance (an Oyabun acting as practical monarch), with strict military guidance and strictly regulated state capitalism. This conservative outlook extends to the population, it holding a strong collectivist ethos that is adverse to change, and to outside meddling.

For most of its history it has been relatively uninterested in the affairs of other nations, such as the cold war between Kylnrift and New Tvolai, with its main relations ultimately being with Eovinjai.

However with the rise of international coalitions, and the winds of change that presented, Kaikyo would find itself reluctantly joining the ranks of the Arrival Mutual Security Entente. Not only this, but they would also find themselves forced to practically craft it themselves, becoming the location of their headquarters Ritsushima Station.

## Government

Kaikyo, *de jure*, is a semi-constitutional monarchy with a democratically elected multi-party parliament. *De-facto* however, the government is a totalitarian military oligarchy, the systems and structure of government simply a shell for decisions that are already made behind the closed doors of the armed forces.

Despite this, the government of Kaikyo has consistently prided itself on "government traditionalism" when compared to its many neighbors.

### Throne of the Oyabun

The position of **Oyabun** is the main executive power within the Kaikiri government on paper, being a hereditary position that is monarchical in nature. Having a wide degree of executive powers, they have the ability to dismiss the House of Peers, issue executive decrees that cannot be overridden, and even counter-act war making policies of the Kaikyo Guard. Additionally, the position is considered divine and blessed by the stars, the Oyabun being inviolable; their weight thusly in Kaikiri society is massively oversized.

However, despite this massive power, it has been precedent for several centuries that the Oyabun doesn't use it; while the Kaikyo Guard and through them the House of Peers will consult the Oyabun on matters and request their approval for cabinets, they're expected to always approve of their decision and rubber-stamp it.

This state of affairs has yet to be put to the test.

#### State Majesty Council

The **State Majesty Council** is the personal legislature of the Oyabun, consisting of ten landed members of nobility and familiy, who approve statuatory and executive motions by the Oyabun.

### House of Peers

The **House of Peers** is the lower legislative chamber of Kaikyo, nominally being elected by ranked-choice voting every four years by landed citizens. However, for the past two millennia ever since emergency powers were enacted by the Kaikyo Guard, elections have been sporadic and entirely dominated by only one party; the **Organization of Kaikiri Unity (OKU)**. Effectively, the OKU is entirely controlled by the military, and serves simply to rubber-stamp either decisions made by the military or pass laws in-line with the military's political views.

**Taxation:** *Maintain current high taxes*
**Spending:** *Strong Navy and Strong Army*
**Debt:** *Measured approach*
**Military:** *Maintain government control; nominally assist allies*
**Economy:** *Dirigisme State Capitalism*
**Trade:** *Protectionism*
**Foreign:** *Establish Kaikyo on the galactic stage/national-interest focused*
**Alliance:** *Arrival Mutual Security Entente (Nominal)*

## Stats

* STATS
* TRADE
* RESERVES

**Helvetion, 23 NE -** +𝔛600 trillion from trade and surplus income.
**Aresen, 23 NE -** +𝔛600 trillion from trade and surplus income.
**Murrius, 23 NE -** +𝔛600 trillion from trade and surplus income.
**Aulus, 23 NE -** +𝔛600 trillion from trade and surplus income.
**Aulus, 23 NE -** -𝔛2,000 trillion government investment programs.
**Aulus, 23 NE -** -𝔛200 trillion from purchasing New Tvolai shipyards (2) for a term of one month, and must recompense an equal amount of shipyards during the term of 24 NE.
**Aulus, 23 NE -** -𝔛100 trillion from purchasing Greater Kapricai shipyards (2) for a term of one month.

## Economy and Trade

*See: Kaikyo/Trade*

The economy of Kaikyo is dominated by a state capitalist and carefully managed system of regulators, trade protocols, and statutes. State-owned or partially state-owned companies hold dominion over the economy, with foreign influences stifled and forced to go through domestic intermediaries before making it to market. It is one of the most surveilled and tightly controlled markets in Aoshtai, combined with the state's seclusion in the Arrival, leading to it relatively isolated until recently.

It is an open secret that the economy in all reality, rather than being under the purview of the Ministry of Finance or House of Peers, is under the purview of the Kaikyo Guard, and its current needs.

## Demographics

Humans: 90%
Eovinjai: 8%
Brasaeat Dot Drodo: 2%
The population of Kaikyo historically has been Human, with a small minority of accompanying Eovinjai from the original expedition from the Eovinjai Sovereignty that founded the country. However, due to both proximity and cultural similarity, over two millennia a significant population of Eovinjai have settled; and more recently Drodo from Brasaeat Dot during their occupation by Khimyat.

As a matter of policy, the government of Kaikyo has pursued an approach of assimilation towards incoming aliens; due to this minorities in Kaikyo are typically culturally aligned to the greater overarching culture-- Though they also quite often maintain ties to their homelands.

## Major Worlds

The **Three Sisters of Kaikyo** (Mimakogen, Kyami, and Tashika) are the principle inhabited worlds in the country, all resting within the same solar system of Kaikyo Minato. Along with being the main centers for productivity and population, they play instrumental roles in the folklore and religion of the country, it being believed that the guardian spirits of all three once used to be a part of the same entity. Splitting up upon the formation of the solar system, they now represent different aspects of that same being, this being reflected in their characteristics.

### The Three Sisters of Kaikyo

*Spiritual balance*
*Political capital*
*Financial capital*
*Dark colored foliage*
*Order*
*Autocratic rule*
*Spiritual placidity*
*Cultural arts*
*Brilliant landscapes*
*Chilly and snowed in*
*Turqoise colored foliage*
*Freshwater Seas*
*Spiritual agitation*
*Religious warriors*
*Martial spirit*
*Hot climate*
*Desert environment*
*Rampant volcanism*

## Diplomacy

Kaikyo has a wide-spanning diplomatic program, going across the entire cluster and involving most if not all great powers both Aoshtai and Selten have, giving wide-reaching recognition to the country. Beyond internal considerations of national-interest, one of the primary objectives of Kaikiri diplomacy is the recognition of their culture as on-par, both by governments and by the common person. To this end, the state concerns of Kaikyo find great use, from the spread of Kaikiri automobiles to foreign markets to something as minor as the introduction of Kaikiri Tellie-Tellie to said markets.

Besides its commitments to national sovereignty, and vaguely aligned security views with the Arrival Mutual Security Entente, Kaikyo has historically strong ties to Eovinjai as well; the relationship between the two countries going back millennia.

### Alliances & Commitments

**AMSE**
   Kylnrift Parity
   Veer
   Holy Eden of New Tvolai
   Krizovia
   Seniborcia

**Other alliances**

### Trade & Support Relations

Not listed; TBA
None

### Rivals & Enemies

None

None

None
None

### Embassies & Diplomatic Missions

  Arboros
  Itterbeck
  Day's End
  Karstedt
WEST CONCOURSE
  Phero Ecumene
AXANAR
  Kingdom of Aratacia
  Realm of Stjarnavík
  Heavenly Kingdom of Brasaeat Dot
  Eelav
  Greater Kapricai
  Grand Princedom of Dorosani
ARRIVAL
  Seniborcia
  Holy Eden of New Tvolai
  Kylnrift Parity
  Clans of Torkac
  Krizovia
  Veer
ENCOUNTER
HYTAXIA
REACH
  Trillic Khaganate
  Vakha
  Marric Union
  Little Illaria of Northern Aoshtai
  Argen Syndicacy
THE DEMISE
SELTEN
  Illarian Empire
  New Adresaas Dominion
  Kuolbenic Despotate
  Serene Dominion of Lunsariat
  High Kingdom of Hosharia
CORIUSIAN
  Third Imperium of Coriusian
  Arboros
  Itterbeck
  Day's End
  Karstedt
WEST CONCOURSE
  Phero Ecumene
AXANAR
  Kingdom of Aratacia
  Realm of Stjarnavík
  Heavenly Kingdom of Brasaeat Dot
  Eelav
  Greater Kapricai
  Grand Princedom of Dorosani
ARRIVAL
  Seniborcia
  Holy Eden of New Tvolai
  Kylnrift Parity
  Clans of Torkac
  Krizovia
  Veer
ENCOUNTER
HYTAXIA
REACH
  Trillic Khaganate
  Vakha
  Marric Union
  Little Illaria of Northern Aoshtai
  Argen Syndicacy
THE DEMISE
SELTEN
  Illarian Empire
  New Adresaas Dominion
  Kuolbenic Despotate
  Serene Dominion of Lunsariat
  High Kingdom of Hosharia
CORIUSIAN
  Third Imperium of Coriusian