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 Kingdom of Imerina | Empire of Matagaskar

 * Government: Imperial Feudal Monarchy
 * Monarch: Queen Rafohy (B 1528 D 1572 - Age 44) (R 1552 - 1572), King/Emperor Andriamanelo (B 1546 - Age 23, alive) (R 1572 - Present)
 * Consort: Queen/Empress Ramaitsoanala (B 1546 - Age 23, alive)
 * King Dowager (and head of the Fossa Warriors): King Razakatsitakatrandriana (B 1527 - Age 47, alive) (C 1547 - Present)
 * Ruling Dynasty: Hova (Ndahimananjara branch of Ammagari)
 * Order of Succession: Prince Ralambo (B 1566 - Age 8, alive), Prince Andrianjaka (B 1571 - Age 3, alive), Princess Rasolobe (B 1556 - Age 18, alive), Prince Manelobe (B 1529 - Age 45, alive), (his children), Princess Ravoamasina (B 1535 - Age 39, alive), (her children), Prince Andrianakotrina [son of Andriamihaja] (B 1519 - Age 55, alive), Prince Andriatanjany (B 1541 - Age 33, alive)...
 * Economy: The economy of Imerina is based mainly on agriculture and fishing, there's also trade going on with the Swahili and various peoples on our home island including the other Malagasy states of Betsimisaraka (even though relations are strained at this point), Mahafaly and Bara. The Merina economy stands as one of the strongest and most developed in all of Sub-Saharan Africa, mostly due to the effect of foreign contact. Imerina has started to influence other states through trade and the like.
 * Allies: N/A
 * Capital: Mahajanga
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ca 602 000 total
 * Mahajanga: 9 700
 * Toamasina: 4 150
 * Analamanga: 2 400
 * Ambanja: 2 250
 * Morafenobe: 1 900
 * Manakara
 * Toliara
 * Rural regions: ca 582 000
 * Ethnicities: 88% Malagasy (divided into 48% Merina and 42% others such as Betsimisaraka, Sakalava, Tsimihety, Sihanaka, Antankarana etc.), 6% Komoro Natives (Swahili), 5% Adnanite
 * Religion: 79% Tombovelan Zoroastrianism, 21% Haintenism (traditional Merina folklore)
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * Conquest of Betsimisaraka: This should be quite simple, for obvious reasons. Our main matters in terms of tactics is protecting Analamanga due to its close proximity to the border and to put pressure on Manakara. Since they will try to defend it vehemently, we can overwhelm them by invading other regions. By sending a sizeable force of around 1 000 units to put pressure on their capital, we can distract them and send the other units at our disposal through the north and south to overwhelm them. With a sufficient force we can besiege Manakara and take it which will spell victory for us. If things go good for us it shouldn't take a maximum of maybe two years for our victory and conquest.
 * Military: Due to Imerina being a rural realm, a large amount of units can be raised for warfare, but usually about 1% of the population is the most trained and prepared soldiers that can be drafted. Parentheses means the deployed units in cases where not all units are deployed for war.
 * Deployed units: All
 * Total: 5 550
 * 1 800 Spearmen
 * 500 Swordsmen
 * 400 Bowmen
 * 1 850 Crossbowmen
 * 800 Light Cavalry
 * 200 Fossa Warriors
 * Navy:
 * 10 Adananita class ships
 * 7 Mer'ana class ships
 * 8 transport ships
 * Diplomacy:
 * Betsimisaraka: Sorry, but we must cease your existence. (War declared in 1573)
 * Mahafaly: The unification of this island is near, join us peacefully and thrive. You know what happened to Bara...
 * Mutapa: We offer you some of our knowledge and technology, in return give us some money and also recognize the Zoroastrian minority in your lands.
 * Mtende, Pemba, Bangalla, Nipele and Mutapa: Regular Zoroastrian missionaries (NOT the Order of Sihanaka) are sent to their coastlines.
 * Events:
 * After a Queen, Another (and Andriamanelo) (five, finale): Treading closer to unification, preparations for war started, however something did get in the way. Even in her 40s Rafohy became pregnant with another child, but something went wrong, very wrong. The king's wife ended up severely ill after a terrible miscarriage. Rafohy would pass away from the illness in 1572, her life cut just short. Andriamanelo thus ascends as king. Just before she died Rafohy told her son to "finish what has been started". Her son was obviously quite distraught over the death of his mother and almost immediately after ascending and being done with all the ceremonies and all that he began his plans on the remaining states on the island.
 * Order of Sihanaka: The order continues to have presence on the island, mostly in Imerina because we are the largest state, but the order does start to operate its conversions and other religious work within Mahafaly and Betsimisaraka (up until war time)
 * Ultimatum to Mahafaly: An ultimatum like the one sent to Bara is sent to Mahafaly. Although we do not threaten invasion, we hint at the previous war against Bara to influence their decision.
 * Other Stuff to Mutapa: Contact between Matagasykara and the Swahili coast and other parts of the East African coast has gone on for several decades and with growing power, Imerina has reached out more and more, with a kickstart of religious influence starting through direct missionary work. Mutapa is a state that we've taken up quite a bit of contact with, we've introduced our alphabet to them and Zoroastrian missionaries have started to bring our religion to them, mainly the merchants first due to trade links. Other things we possess are brought, like more modern technologies for agriculture, some crops and animals found in Matagasykara as well as more Zoroastrian texts and stuff regarding writing and reading.
 * Increasing Population: From living standards increasing (by medieval standards) as well as expansion, our population has increased by quite the margin. This will also increase should Mahafaly be annexed and Betsimisaraka be conquered. The city of Moroni is founded as well, on the island of Ngazija (Grande Comore, it's the same location as otl Moroni, capital of the Comoros).
 * Post-war Expeditions: Following the end of the war (presumably in 1575), expeditions eastwards into the sea are done, in order to get a better view of the region in general.