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Kemahanacommacah | Grand Confederacy of Kemahana

 * Government: Pseudo-feudal monarchy
 * Weroance:
 * Moskatachaw (1384-1421; Pocahontid Dynasty)
 * Sikankanna (1421-1448; Pocahontid Dynasty)
 * Thosoye (1448-; Pocahontid Dynasty)
 * Regent: Wokoto Saashiil
 * Economy: Our economy is divided between a subsistence farming and a nomadic hunter-gatherer economy, mainly based on ethnic divisions. However, the introduction of horses (brought during the Exile) has revolutionized the process of hunting game, and cattle ranching and pastoralism has also begun to take shape, especially in rural peripheral regions. We are also beginning to see the very beginnings of urbanization, although much of the population is still nomadic or lives in villages with less than 200 people.
 * Capital: Tanacoma
 * Summer Capital: Dilyacoma
 * Demographics:
 * Total population: 74,560
 * Loyalist-controlled areas: 41,040
 * Tanacoma: 8,400
 * Pocahontocoma: 4,300
 * Iyi Sipi: 2,100
 * Kanatsasipi: 1,825
 * Nisinima: 1,295
 * Other settled towns and villages: 13,110
 * Nomadic population: 10,775
 * Askokwin-controlled areas: 33,520
 * Utemaca: 3,515
 * Dilyacoma: 2,600
 * Wakiigi: 1,120
 * Other settled towns and villages: 12,510
 * Nomadic population: 13,775
 * Religion: 39.2% Pocahontist (29,230 ppl), 59.8% other (mainly assorted Native American beliefs; 45,330 ppl)
 * Pocahontism: Born during the devastation of the Accursed Plagues (most likely smallpox, typhus and other Old World diseases) in the early and mid-1200s AD, which killed up 70-80% of the population of the Powhatan Confederacy, Pocahontism is an offshoot branch of the Hellenic pagan religion (with ample amounts of influence from Christianity and Native American traditions). The main difference between Pocahontism and the Greek pantheon is the equation of Pocahontas, a Powhatan chief-turned-deity, with Zeus, Athena, and Aphrodite.
 * Orthodox Pocahontism: This sect of Pocahontism purports to be the sect which preserves the original theology of early Pocahontism the most. Orthodox Pocahontists believe that Pocahontas is the godhead and ruler of all the gods (a mix of ancestral spirits and Hellenic gods). Orthodox Pocahontists hold that Pocahontas and her spirit has, upon death, forever left the realm of the living, and only by praying through a weroance (chief) or a shaman shall Pocahontas hear your prayer. Orthodox Pocahontists teach that the Accursed Plague is punishment for a sinful society, and to avoid disease, one must live a virtuous and pious life. Orthodox Pocahontists are by far the most numerous and established of the Pocahontists, and Orthodox priests control almost all of the Pocahontist temples and shrines in Kemahana.
 * Incarnationism: Incarnationism holds that the Spirit of Pocahontas lives on in each and every human, living thing, and inanimate object (in effect a form of pantheism). Incarnationism diverges from the other Pocahontist sects in that it denies the existence of other gods and ancestral spirits as distinct entities, merely suggesting that they, too, are concentrations of the Spirit of Pocahontas. They are a small but growing minority amongst Pocahontists, and are mostly prevalent in the ranks of scholastic types.
 * Trialism: Entrenched within Kemahanan military families, Trialism teaches that the Accursed Plague (which they call the Plague of Judgement) is a tool to "judge" whether a man is pure of heart and of sin or not. They have become known for subjecting their children to a rite of passage where they are locked in a room with the corpse of a person (usually a family member) who died of the Accursed Plague, with enough food and water for a week. In Trialism, the eternal Spirit of Pocahontas is present in the Plague of Judgement. Other gods and ancestral spirits are acknowledged here, although only Pocahontas has the authority to forgive all a man's past and future sins via the Accursed Plague.
 * Other religions: Many native traditions and faiths continue, especially amongst the Miskawen population.
 * Ethnicity: 33.2% Wisawen (24,790 ppl), 64.4% Miskawen (48,010 ppl), 2.4% Dinawen (1,760 ppl)
 * Wisawen: The Wisawen (lit. yellow men) are the descendants of the Powhatan Exiles led by Usquehannatoco. A mix of several different ethnic groups from across the OTL US East, South and Midwest, as well as minuscule amounts of white European admixture, the Wisawen are the noble ruling class of the Kemahanacommacah. They are almost uniformly settled agricultural peoples, and form a majority in most of the western areas directly adjacent to the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
 * Dinawen: The Navajo, known as the Dinawen in the Kemahanan tongue, are the only other agricultural peoples the Kemahanans have regular contact with. As a result, they are considered separate to the primarily nomadic Miskawen tribes. The term "Dinawen" would eventually outgrow the Navajo ethnic group, becoming a blanket term for all established agricultural peoples of the American Southwest (incl. the Pueblo and Anasazi). Currently, the Dinawen make a small minority in Kemahana, mainly consisting of aspiring merchants, almost 100% of which are Navajo.
 * Askakwen: The term "Askakwen" refers to all indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica (including ethnic groups like the Nahua, the Mayans, the Purepecha, the Huastecs and the Chichimecs). There are a minuscule handful of Askakwen in Kemahana (probably not more than three dozen), mostly being Huastec or Nahua traders from the city of Tamtoc.
 * Miskawen: "Miskawen" (lit. red men) is a blanket term for all the ethnic groups indigenous to Kemahana. These include the Ute, Shoshone, Apache, Comanche, Cheyenne and Arapaho, amongst other groups. Many of these peoples remain nomadic, although there has been increasing pressure for them to adopt settled agricultural or pastoral practices.
 * Languages: Although most people continue to speak their ancestral mother tongue at home, and Literary Powhatan continues to be used as the official language of administration, a creole language, known simply as Kemahanan is used in non-formal conversation. Kemahanan is based heavily on Powhatan, Cherokee, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, and Arapaho.
 * Military: The Kemahanan military is mainly a levy-based system, although minuscule standing armies are used as garrisons in frontier areas to protect against raids. As the Miskawen become more integrated into Kemahanan society, our military has also begun recruiting them as quality horsemen. Most of our weapons are stone weapons due to the lack of iron and bronze in the region, with our only bronze and iron weapons being extremely prized heirlooms dating back all the way to before the Exile. However, we are beginning to get some bronze and even iron weapons made, due to access to plentiful mines in Lepai-controlled territory.
 * Kemahanan Military:
 * Loyalist-aligned:
 * Infantry: 1000 (800 reserves)
 * Archers: 750 (700 reserves)
 * Cavalry: 1300 (600 reserves)
 * Askokwin-aligned:
 * Infantry: 900 (500 reserves)
 * Archers: 600 (800 reserves)
 * Cavalry: 1500 (400 reserves)
 * Kemahanan Ginimowin: The Ginimowin are specially trained troops tasked with internal security in Kemahana (a proto-police force). They deal with internal conflicts, civil disputes, and sporadic raids, as opposed to full-blown military ventures.
 * The Ginimowin currently have 250 personnel.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * 1592861633896.pnganan Civil War: The Kemahanan Civil War was an internal conflict in Kemahana sparked by tensions between the nobility and the merchant classes of Kemahana, as well as a personal vendetta between the two main leaders of each side; Wokoto Saashiil and Hisinami Atigishaa. Fighting began in July of 1448, after Hisinami Atigishaa and his merchant guild attempted to break off the southern portions of Kemahana into a separate state (known as the Askokwin Republic) in order to protect the rights of the merchant guilds under Wokoto's Regency.
 * 20200622_234401.pngist Actions:
 * Retaking Utemaca: The main army, consisting of 700 of our infantry, 500 archers, and 300 horsemen (total of 1500 troops), is sent to retake Utemaca, securing central Kemahana for us.
 * Operation Hunger Pangs: A force of 100 infantry, 100 archers, and 800 cavalry is sent to take the tracts of rural farmland between Utemaca and Dilyacoma, attempting to cut off supply chains from Dilyacoma and Wakiigi to the Askokwin troops at Utemaca, as well as deny the rebels of their food supply.
 * Askokwin Actions:
 * Defense of Utemaca: We split our forces in half: 400 infantry, 300 archers, and 750 horsemen will be sent to Utemaca to guard the vulnerable city from loyalist invasion.
 * Siege of Pocahontocoma: We split our forces in half: 400 infantry, 300 archers, and 750 horsemen will be sent to Pocahontocoma to try and take the town.
 * We Need More Strategic Depth: A small task force of around 100 troops is sent to seize control of unimportant rural and prairie areas in what used to be central Kemahana, in order to give us more strategic depth and more room to work with when dealing with a loyalist invasion.
 * Scorched Earth Policy: To increase the defensiveness of our cities, we shall order all land within 50 miles of Dilyacoma and Wakiigi to have its fields scorched, its water poisoned, and its environment rendered as hostile as possible to Wokoto's advancing armies.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Loyalist Diplomacy:
 * Lepai: In honor of our alliance together, please join us in our struggle to get rid of the uppity Askokwin nobles. They are Aztec-loving scum and deserve to be executed.
 * Comanche and Apache tribes: Please raid the Askokwins, they have a lot of gold and we'd kind of like you to do that. (Seriously, a lot. Trust me)
 * Askokwin Diplomacy:
 * Aztec Empire: *sigh* I am once again asking for your support. See, these guys to the north, we kind of hate them, and you should hate them too because they want to cut off our trade with you. Yeah, no more bronze and iron weapons if they win. Please help.
 * Akecheta: I see you like to raid Kemahana. Well, we're not Kemahana, and we'd actually pay you a bunch just to raid Kemahana for us. *shoves a bucket of gold, silver and various precious minerals in Akecheta's face*
 * Zuni Clans: Ok so you hate Lepai, and we hate Kemahana, and Kemahana has an alliance with Lepai. You see what I'm saying? I'm saying we should rebel together. Also we can pool our turquoise supplies together and form a monopoly on the thing. Sounds cool, innit?
 * Events:
 * Lord of the Ginisipi: For years, Hisinami Atigishaa had secured an iron fist over the southern domains of Kemahana. However, in theory, those lands were still crown lands, not delegated to any noble. This would change in April of 1446, however, as Weroance Sikawkanna would grant Hisinami control over all lands immediately adjacent to the Ginisipi (Rio Grande) River, styling him "Lord of the Ginisipi". Hisinami would, over the course of the next couple of years, attempt to make good on this statement, using his 500-strong private militia, armed with superior bronze and iron weapons, to subjugate the nearby Apache tribes along the eastern bank of the Ginisipi.
 * The Weroance is Dead, Long Live The Weroance: After suffering a stroke, the beloved Weroance Sikawkanna has died in 1448. He was 55. Although he had no biological children, his 7 year-old adopted son Thosoye will become the new Weroance of Kemahana. However, due to his youth, the nobility has designated the famed General Wokoto Saashiil as his regent.
 * DIRECT RULE FROM TANACOMA: Under Wokoto's regency, the central government and nobles aligned with Wokoto would expand their power, at the expense of the more uppity nobles and the merchant guilds. Trade would become more restricted, taxes would be raised, and many of the more rebellious nobles (derogatorily dubbed as askokwin; snakes) would be stripped of their titles, imprisoned and their lands appropriated by the state or divvied up among more loyal lords. During this time, Wokoto would also almost completely usurp Thosoye's powers as the Weroance, with the child Weroance becoming but a figurehead for his rule.
 * A Clash of Interests: In his desert fiefdom, Hisinami Atigishaa was getting filthy rich off of trade with the Aztecs and providing an alternate source of tin that isn't Lepai. However, the good times would begin to come under jeopardy with Wokoto's  silent coup regency and his vicious persecution of the merchant class and disloyal nobility. After several brushes with the Ginimowin, now completely sold out to Wokoto and routinely crushing the more uppity nobles left and right, Hisinami would decide to convene those nobles and merchants who chafed under Wokoto's rule in the First Council, which would eventually declare southern Kemahana independent from the rest of Kemahana as the Askokwin Republic (adopting Wokoto's insulting name for those who disagreed with his rule with pride) on July 17, 1448.
 * Stamping Out The Snake: After the secession of the south, Wokoto would mobilize his troops and put the country onto war footing. The guilds were expelled from cities still under Kemahanan control, as Wokoto feared their prescence would become a fifth column. He also sent out pleas for help to the Lepai, and travelled to Comanche land to implore their tribal chiefs to raid the Askokwin Republic, promising abundant loot and citing kinship ties (Wokoto himself was half-Comanche).
 * Don't Tread On Me: After declaring independence, the Askokwin Republic would have two pressing issues on its mind: imminent war with Kemahana, and setting up a new nation. For the war, Hisinami Atigiishaa's private militia would transform into the Askokwin army, and the Askokwin Republic would appeal to powers traditionally opposing Kemahana for help in the civil war, sending an envoy over to his Aztec benefactors for help, as well as attempting to strike a deal with Akecheta's horse lords, and coming into contact with the uppity Zuni clans in Lepai. In terms of government, the First Council would ostensibly rule the state together, but in practice, it became a sounding board full of yes-men serving Hisinami. The capital would ostensibly be at Dilyacoma, although Hisinami's palace in Wakiigi would remain a more influential center of power than even the old Summer Palace-turned-First Council meetingroom.