Kyokai

**Note: Kyokai is a nation from Season 1 of Hacksaw**

Kyokai was a nation located near the centre of the Sigeklif map, with which containing only one known town. On the contrary to many other nations, Kyokai based its existence on peace and diplomacy, preferring to settle disputes with paper and ink instead of wars.

## Kyokai

Flag of Kyokai. The flag represents the warmth and calm of the land, but how we must bond together to fight darkness, to strive to improve and escape it.

## History

### Early History of Kyokai

In more recent times, not much was known about Kyokai's history, especially its early history. The only remaining document from Kyokai's earlier history that was currently found was a declaration for the town of Sumimura, which was kept within one of the buildings of the town. The document itself is dated "BC LXVII", which being so long ago had made it a very important tool in the effort being made to rediscover Kyokai's full history. Apart from what is listed in the document, and by word-of-mouth from Sumimura locals, barely anything was really known about Kyokai's early days.

#### The Declaration of Sumimura

This document declared Sumimura officially as a town of Kyokai under ruling by the highest-positioned family at the time. Inside, the landowner of the surrounding area had used a signature, although in modern days illegible, to complete the document and make Sumimura a town, thereby making himself the lord of his area.

As part of the effort to uncover Kyokai's lost history, this document was influential, as it was the last surviving document from the time that anyone currently knows of. Interestingly, Sumimura had not originally been a town of 'Kyokai', instead as a part of a nation called Sakaime, as the landowner had to "adhere and contribute to the constitution put in place by the family in charge of Sakaime". From the second page of the declaration, historians have inferred that lords at the time of Sakaime's existence could make their own changes to the entire nation's laws.

The third and final page of the declaration had proved to be most useful: another nation's name is stated - Chushin - and historians had theorized this nation to have been much larger than Sakaime based on the wording used on the page. The last section suggested a form of assistance given by these nations, but no one knew how these would have worked, what they would have really involved, or in what way they were carried out. To uncover more history, more early documents or other things of the sort are vital since right now nothing else can be gathered from what is available, but there has been no search for more.

#### Relations with Adminlandia

In talks with the elder of Sumimura, a word-of-mouth story was told about the very first people of their once great nation. Before the first settler of Sigeklif had created Adminlandia, an ancient group of people had made this central land into a temple, to worship the god that they followed which has since been lost to time. Later, by "command of their higher power", they created and ran Chushin. One follower, who was also a skilled blacksmith, created a sword which, through a focussed ceremony, was fused with the Spirit of Protection. By the elder's knowledge, long since the ancients had developed Chushin and let their old temple ruin as an offering to the Earth, the first settler had destroyed the site to make way for Adminlandia. Nothing else was told by the elder, out of fear of disturbing the peace that they had managed to cultivate over generations of existence.

### Modern History of Kyokai

Even though no papers exist for the modern history of the nation, the words of its late leader suffice to describe its more recent times. At an unknown time, a player by the name of Cinnam\_n had stumbled across the town of Sumimura. After reading the town's declaration, and realizing that it would make for a good place to stay even if for a little while, Cinnam\_n became the new leader of the town by self-declaration. At the time, Kyokai was no longer a nation, and hearing its old name and the grief of local townspeople about its disappearance, Cinnam\_n decided to recreate Kyokai and establish its place in the new world. For its lifespan, Kyokai contains only one town, but in an interview with the leader it had been said that there were plans to not only expand but rebuild some of its lost relics.

> "As the leader of this nation, I feel its only my duty to bring Kyokai back to its former glory" - The late leader, Cinnam\_n
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#### International Relations

Kyokai in recent times was a very peaceful land, yet besides its neutral nature on the international field, the nation of Florentia made the decision to attack the nation and, in a short and certain war, it was taken. Many different nations with a positive view of Kyokai for its peace offered help, such as funding and equipment, but what was given wasn't enough in the end. The late leader had stated that they wanted to carry the peace of Kyokai onward as a new world nation and bring calm into the chaos of Sigeklif and its many conflicting nations, but this message clearly did not meet all.