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Kemahanacommacah | Grand Confederacy of Kemahana

 * Government: Authoritarian military dictatorship
 * Supreme Leader: 
 * Wokoto Saashiil (1448/1457-)
 * Weroance (historical):
 * Moskatachaw (1384-1421; Pocahontid Dynasty)
 * Sikankanna (1421-1448; Pocahontid Dynasty)
 * Thosoye (1448-1457*; Pocahontid Dynasty)
 * 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 (includes all areas part of Kemahana circa 1448):
 * Population: 67,040
 * Tanacoma: 10,000
 * Pocahontocoma: 2,290
 * Utemaca: 610
 * Nisinima: 1,500
 * Kanatsasipi: 2,500
 * Iyi Sipi: 2,000
 * Dilyacoma: 4,000
 * Wakiigi: 400
 * Other settled towns and villages: 20,215
 * Nomadic population: 23,525
 * Religion: 35.3% Pocahontist (23,640 ppl), 64.7% other (mainly assorted Native American beliefs; 43,400 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.
 * Cult of the Fifth Wheel: A new and quickly-rising sect of Pocahontism greatly influenced by Anti-Pahanist and Wechugist thought, the Cult of the Fifth Wheel teaches that the gods are divided into good and evil forces, which have been fighting a war against each other for all eternity, using our world as their turf. The Cult of the Fifth Wheel teaches that the "peoples of the center of the world" (i.e the natives of the southern tier of the OTL continental US) are the chosen people of the righteous gods, and that the "peoples of the fringes of the world" (i.e peoples of the far north, south, east, and west) are servants of the gods of evil. Additionally, the Cult of the Fifth Wheel preaches that humanity lives in the penultimate age, known as the Fourth Wheel; an age of death, disease, and great suffering, and only by eradicating all the "peoples of the fringes" can they usher in the era of the Fifth Wheel, an era of peace, prosperity, and bliss.
 * Other religions: Many native traditions and faiths continue, especially amongst the Miskawen population.
 * Ethnicity: 30.7% Wisawen (20,615 ppl), 67.5% Miskawen (45,205 ppl), 1.8% Dinawen (1,220 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. The few Askakwen in Kemahana are facing increased discrimination due to the rising influence of the Cult of the Fifth Wheel, which teaches that the Askawen (as with other "fringe peoples") are evil-serving demons.
 * 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. They have also become a form f secret police under Wokoto's rule.
 * The Ginimowin currently have 300 personnel.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Lepai_6_29.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.
 * Loyalist Actions:
 * Central Campaign: After a protracted siege, we finally manage to capture Utemaca. Hearing of the rebel acquisition of Pocahontocoma, we send 1250 troops to relieve the city.
 * Dilyacoma or Bust: Most of the rest of our army marches straight to Dilyacoma, the capital of the illegitimate Askokwin Republic. Along the way, any villages unfortunate enough to stand in the way are plundered, their food taken for our troops to eat. They're probably traitors anyways, who cares?
 * Askokwin Actions:
 * March to Tota' Haal'a: After relieving the occupation of Wakiigi by the goddamned Lepai, Hisinami Atigishaa has embarked on a seemingly foolish campaign, sending 1000 soldiers on a march straight to Tota' Haal'a. Deeply saddened and angered by the destruction of his second home, Hisinami has become dead-set on burning the Lepai capital to a smouldering husk.
 * Central Campaign: Mixed news: Pocahontacoma has fallen to our forces, but Utemaca has been taken by Wokoto and his troops. We attempt to take our city back, while leaving a 200-man garrison to defend Pocahontocoma.
 * Plains Campaign: 500 troops are sent to the far east of Kemahana, attempting to take Iyi Sipi in order to secure a stronger strategic position over the Loyalists and allow Akechetan forces to pass without hassle.
 * The Mountains Speak Capitalism: 300 men are sent to take control of the Rocky Mountains, in order to provide an easily-defensable springboard straight into the Loyalist heartland.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Loyalist Diplomacy: N/A
 * Askokwin Diplomacy: N/A
 * Events:
 * It's Treason, Then: Over the past few years, Wokoto Saashiil ruled (loyalist) Kemahana under a proxy: the child Weroance Thosoye. However, Thosoye would grow up, becoming a striking and ambitious adolescent. He would grow to resent being a mere pawn of Wokoto, and always looked for a way out. On 14 April 1457, Thosoye, with the help of increasingly disaffected nobles and Askokwin spies, would attempt to murder Wokoto in his sleep. However, with the blade an inch from his throat, Wokoto would suddenly wake up, discovering this attempt on his life. Wokoto would decide to be lenient on the child-king and his cronies, merely exiling them instead of hanging them in the central square of Tanacoma. Thosoye and those other perpetrators Wokoto had exiled would eventually make their way across the Rockies, to the shores of the Great Salt Lake, where they would help a local Shoshone chief take over a large swath of territory, creating the Wasatsa Kingdom.
 * To Be A Kemahanan Is To Love Supreme Leader Wokoto: Wokoto would not bother to nominate a successor to the monarchy, preferring to do away with the title of Weroance altogether. Although not creating an official title for himself, Wokoto Saashiil would invariably refer himself as the Supreme Leader of Kemahana. He would use the assassination attempt to gain even more favor with the populace, presenting himself as the only sane choice in a world of backstabbing nobles, greedy merchants, and murderous kings (The nobles betrayed the people of Kemahana. The merchants stole Kemahana's great wealth. Even the Kings are not to be trusted. Only Supreme Leader Wokoto will help the people of Kemahana). Becoming the first populist dictator of the Americas, Wokoto would continue to keep his iron grip on the nation, now hunting down nobles and tax-evading merchants more than ever before, and "disappearing" anyone who even dared speak out against Wokoto's rule.
 * No Quarter For Traitors: Wokoto would not treat the rebel combatants kindly, so to speak. His main strategy for disposing of the pesky Askokwin rebels was to, in his own words, "kill everyone taller than my sword", like immediately after the capture of Utemaca, where his forces would slaughter around 80% of the population of the city. Any city, town, and village unfortunate enough to have originally sided with the rebels would be crushed under the Supreme Leader's iron boot.
 * I Had A Farm Once...: With the widespread strife across much of Kemahana, many people who were left destitute or had their livelihoods and farms destroyed by the war would begin flooding into the cities, especially in Tanacoma, which would become by far the largest settlement west of the Mississippi and north of the Rio Grande, at 10 thousand residents. These people would form massive slums just inside or outside the city walls, and would live in makeshift tents and tepees in abject poverty. It would be this population that would carry the teachings of the Cult of the Fifth Wheel...
 * Death to Mesoamerica: As Kemahana burned to the ground, a certain man was ready to exploit that for his own benefit. Slaanéesh Hónághaahnii and his Cult of the Fifth Wheel would begin to truly come into vogue between 1455 and 1465. Kemahanan society was unravelling over the wanton death and destruction over the Kemahanan Civil War, and many were questioning where Pocahontas and the gods were during the bloodbath of a war. Slaanéesh Hónághaahnii would provide answers and a scapegoat for a broken population. His message of killing the "Fringe Peoples" for eternal peace would resonate throughout the Kemahanan population, sparking irrational hate of the Askakwens (Mesoamericans) across the fractured Kemahanan nation.