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Wanka Empire

 * Government: Despotic Monarchy
 * Monarch:
 * Kukuri (r. 1391 - 1418) (b. 1355 - d. 1418)
 * Nayaraq (r. 1418 - 1434) (b. 1386 - 1434)
 * Interim (1434 - 1438)
 * Sapa Wanka (The One Ruler of Wanka):
 * Pachacuti (r. 1438 - present) (b. 1409)
 * Heir: Pachacuti (II) (b. 1439)
 * Pretenders: N/A
 * Current Dynasty: Pachacutian
 * Capital: Wankapampa
 * Economy: As the Wanka Empire is born under the hands of the new leader, Pachacuti sought to centralise trade and transfer all the riches of the mountains into one place that the then-ruler of Wanka, Nayaraq had thought about, believing that gold and silver that came from the mines needs to be hidden from the eyes of enemies. A centralised planned economy is underway. Agriculture is still very much primitive but uses terrace farming to get around the mountainous terrain that prevents regular farming. The bartering system is still working pretty well and the Andean kingdoms are essentially 'cashless' in some contexts. There are llama and alpaca farms operating for food, wool and transportation. Guinea pigs are also considered a delicacy for some reason, but yes, it is a thing. Traders are important in communicating with other far-flung settlements, which also helps for gold and silver to be transferred in some way later in the 15th century into a place that only the Sapa Wanka can access, along with approved eyes.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 520,000
 * Wankapampa: 11,700
 * Lima: 6,800
 * Ica: 1,300
 * Nazca: 7,800
 * Qusqu: 15,000
 * Abancay: 2,000
 * Orcopampa: 1,800
 * Culture: 100% Quechua/Chirip (...unless you want to subdivide the groups further down)
 * Religion: 100% Inca pantheon
 * Military:
 * 170 elite warriors
 * 1430 spearmen
 * 800 slingers
 * 800 archers (bow & arrow ranged infantry essentially)
 * 2000 axemen/clubmen
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Omaguacua, Chara and Colla: (see The Bountiful Conquests of Pachacuti)
 * Diplomacy: N/A
 * Events:
 * The Bountiful Conquests of Pachacuti (Part 3): Pachacuti's conquests in the name of Wanka have continued into the 1450s. After subjugating Cuzco, new fresh recruits and men from Cuzco and the heart of his empire were joined to unite the mountains in the name of Inti, as Pachacuti claimed. The capital is at risk of capitulating, given the location, so 140 of the 170 elite warriors and 1500 men were sent back to the homeland of the Wanka people to defend from the northern people. Pachacuti's loyal general during the conquest of Cuzco was ordered to stay put until Pachacuti returns from his conquests of the southern kingdoms. This time, he targeted the three southern kingdoms, Omaguacua, Chara and Colla. With the morale of the Wanka Empire not wavering, these kingdoms will soon collapse fairly rapidly. Omaguacua was easy to capitulate given larger number of men that Pachacuti had mustered after the conquest of Cuzco, but the battle is still on to reach the southernmost kingdoms, including the Kunza, Pacajes and Charca, maybe even the southernmost kingdom will soon fall.
 * Gold and Taxes: As the empire grows, Pachacuti's settlement that he is constructing (basically Machu Picchu is me failing to do Paititi while also piggybacking on a real-life place) is going to be the centre of trade and gold. He wanted gold and silver to flow into the settlement. So on 1453, Pachacuti sent out messengers to begin a mining tax, where the workers have to give 60% of their work towards the city, which will be painted with gold and silver, a city that bows before the gods of the Quechua peoples. Even though the bartering economy is and will be a thing up until Europeans arriving in the New World, Pachacuti will have a throne filled with riches, sealed away from the world.
 * Script Stealing (Part 1): Development of the Incan script (surprisingly in OTL, the Incans never developed a written script or something that resembles one, like pictographs) began mysteriously around 1450 approximately. Some say it is coincidentally similar to the Jahulhets script in the east (technically they wouldn't have known it or just be a mythical tale at the time), but it is thought that Pachacuti wanted his legacy to be remembered not by bones, shrines and buildings that he ordered to commission, but to be remembered for generations outside of words and buildings he built. It is not popular but it is gaining traction somehow in Cuzco and Wankapampa among the few priests and elders there.
 * The Spot for a New Settlement (Part 2; repeat): The gold settlement that Pachacuti wanted, is in the Kingdom of Cuzco. He found a suitable spot of an ongoing settlement being built, which had been delayed from the war against Cuzco. He ordered that this settlement to resume its building. That settlement would be Machu Picchu. It will take for over 20 years before the whole thing comes into realisation. (so far, this is 25% complete)