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A rather prosperous nation and the one of Sofia's superpowers, the Ko Empire has built its strength from it natural resources and access to fresh water. Founded in Standard Year 742 around the city of Ko, it quickly moved to secure the lands around the rivers. The Yaminko, Yako, and Shinko Rivers join at Ko to become the Yashakovo River. This river has been the main highway of trade in the Empire since its foundation. The Shinavin River is the nation's other major river and the only one not to connect to the Yashakovo River. The city of Navinto lays on the banks of the Shinavin River and has been the site of numerous battles with the Shebetwokeha State (or Sha for short). Originally the Ko Empire had access to the Shebetwokeha Lake until SY 1,024. Since then the Ko Empire has focused heavily on building up its military might. The results of this have been the cause of numerous disputes and skirmishes on the border with the Sha State. The worst dispute happened in SY 3,082, which came over the Empire's plans to build hydroelectric plants along the Yashakovo and Shinavin Rivers, which would have caused water shortages in the Sha State's Shinta and Yinya Districts. When the dispute could not be solved diplomatically, the Ko Empire decided to attack the Sha State and gain access to the Lake before the Sha State could retaliate. Due to bad weather, the only target bombed was the Sha city of Kone near the border, a small farming town that had no military presence in it. The anger caused by the air raid resulted in the Sha State declaring war and volunteers quickly filling the ranks of the Sha State Military. While originally having the advantage of surprise, the Ko Empire was quickly facing difficulty occupying Sha territory. Partisan activity disrupted supply lines allowing the Sha military time to counterattack and drive the Ko forces out of their land. The Ko Empire quickly found itself on the defensive as the Sha forces poured across the border. Eventually the war became stalemated and trenches ran across the land. While this wasn't to bad for Ko as it had prepared for this, when its northern neighbor Kif joined the fight on the side of the Sha State, it became a desperate fight. The Zytomo Republic to the south joined on the side of Ko a year later in SY 3,084, allowing Ko to focus on fighting Kif. The Great Zwaka of 3,089 greatly devastated the nation. Zwaka is the Sofian term for a massive cyclonic sandstorm. The Great Zwaka formed in the Shan Prefecture of the Ko Empire over the Razor Sand Fields, an area of extremely fine sand that when mixed with the strong winds of a zwaka can rip flesh off bone and destroy buildings. The Great Zwaka engulfed much of Ko and quickly moved across the land devastating everything underneath until it came to the Kino-Navinto Mountain Range near the border with Sha three days later. The Great Zwaka devastated much of the forces on both sides leading to a month-long ceasefire and the eventual peace treaty that same year. Sha and Kif occupied large areas of Ko until Yavin mediated the return of these land in SY 3,097. The Flag of Ko is a stylized K in the Nnon-Zon alphabet.
Capital-Ko
Population-100 million
Langauge-Nnon-Zon (Sofian variant, Ko dialect)
System of Gov.-Absolute Monarchy
-Lead by an Emperor.
Legislature-Imperial Council
-A 20 body unicameral legislature, 5 seats for each province. Members are appointed by the Provincial Councils, who are elected by the people of that province.
Currency-Kin
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