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The Empire of Kotaka

Motto: For the purity of the homeland
Region	Sudeki
Capital	Salt Lake City, Utah
Official Language(s)	Japanese, English, Kotaku
Government	Constitutional Monarchy
- Head Of State	Princess Konoko Kawasaki
- Prime Minister	Letitia Koizumi
- Foreign Ministry (Diplomacy, War, Intel)	Selene Rutherford
- Interior Ministry	Charles Winston
- Economy Ministry	William Johnston
Population	7 million, grwoing
Currency	Jade Circle
Internet TLD	.ktk
Calling code	+919
ISO Code	KOTA
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The nation of Kotaka (Japanese for Falcon) is a tiny nation once in Taijitu and now residing in Sudeki. It is based off Japanese otaku culture and it is growwing rapidly. It is dedicated to renaturing the land.

Histroy

The Republic of Kotaka was founded in the irradiated wastelands of the Middle West left by the Nuclear Holocaust during Alternative World War 2. It is one of the small and independant Communties of the group of communities commonly referred to as the Independant Midwest, buffer states between Aurono and German North America, better known as Hatomia, in the eastern USA. Originally, it was founded by settlers of both american and japanese descent who arrived from Aurono, but also other communities in the area, to return the wastelands to nature. The nation lies in what is Utah today, and its capital is Salt Lake City. The unique geographic situation of the city helped the people to survive the nuclear outfall pretty unharmed: The Wasatch Mountains on one side, blocking most winds carrying radioactive outfall, and the Salt Lake on the other, cleaning the air (though it has become more of an acid lake since). However, there was another faction in the endless wasteland: The Crysalis People. After the nuclear holocaust, american scientist Doctor Kerr and japanese scientist Doctor Hasegawa had fled from Aurono, which was still an Imperial Japanese Military Protectorate at the time, to the deserts, were they did research to find a way to protect humans from the deadly radiation. What they found was the Crysalis – a cluster of cells from an hyper-evolved clone of a person, that could be implanted and "when the host body experiences stress or harm, it grows to replace or reinforce the damaged systems". Few people were augmented that way, but those that were soon became the strongest creatures in the wastes, being able to wander for days without having to rest, drink foul water and breath irradiated air. But upon the final stage of their evolution, when the Crysalis had replaced all of their bodies systems, their final form would be an expression of their true nature. Many mutated into awful monsters. Historically, Kotaka was founded by Princess Nausicaae. At first, the nation was still competing with the Crysalis symbiotes to survive the toxic jungle. But peace was soon made and the Crysalis-bearers were incorporated into the population of Kotaka.

Under the rule of Nausicaae, Kotaka was able to refertilize many of the abandoned areas. She lived for a very long time and died at the age of almost 120. The monarchy continued, and the rule of PRincess Nausicaae was followed by the rule of Princess Sheeta. Then followed the reing of Empress Mika.

Culture

Kotaka is based hevily on japanese culture. It is a colorful country that is tolerant towards foreign culture. Just like Japan, Kotaka is in love with all kinds of technilogical achievements. From a very young age onwards, the children of Kotaka learn to fly with personal gliders, called "Mehve".

Before thhe government of Kotaka became a consitutional monarchy, it became a tradition of the various royalties of the nation to build public bathing houses all over the cuntry to buy the approval of the people. Therefore, visiting such a public bathing house remained a popular free time activity to Kotakians after the change of government, and both young and old enjoy a visit in these facilities, which is especially relaxing in the cold winter time, when you can take a hot bath outside, surrounded by heaps of snow.

There are three diferent speicies living in Kotaka: Humans, Aquatic Elves and Winged Elves. Huamns live in most of the nation except for the rough mountin areas in the west of the nation, were only few human settlers decided to nuilt their towns. Aquatic Elves, which are also called Merfolk, are elves that live under the blue seas surrounding Kotaka. They can breath water just as easy as any seaborn speicies and live in freindship with Kotakan humans. They can have skin colors ranging from normal human colors to blue and green and their hair is often dark green. They have gills and can surivive outside the water for a very limited time only without aid, because they cannot breathe air. Winged Elves, or Faeri, or Birdfolk, are a third species. They live in the mountainous regions, that are hard to travel. Winged Elves are a species of winged humanoids, that can fly and thus travel with ease to any location in Kotaka. The Birdfolk gave Kotaku its name, because when the first human settlers set foot on the nation, they saw in the sky several Winged Elves, and, seeing them against the sunlight, mistook them for very large falcons. Since another hundred years passed before the Winged Elves revaeled themselvs to the humans, the nation was called Kotaka, which means Falcon. Today, the species are not so seperated anymore, and members of any species can be found anywere in Kotaka.

A Faery girl

The preferred method of transportation in Kotaka are airships. Major airship routes connect the various mountain cities which are difficult to reach on land, as well as the settlements on the plains, and also connect the nation to Aurono in the west, where they use Aurono's only airship haven in the capital city of Aurona. The largest airship companies are Ohka Airlines, Kotaka Wings and Sakura AirLift, but they are not too large, since Kotaka is a small nation. However, rumours have been heared that airship routes are to be established to places as far as Xanadou, considering the recent alliance of the two regions Sudeki and Xanadou. In fact, airships and the feeling attached to the theme are loved so much that the everyday clothing people in Kotaka wear is heavily influenced by the appearance of aircrew uniforms and pilot clothing.

Clothing in Kotaka

Besides the airships, there is also a large railway system, large parts of which are underground, connecting the various cities, especially in the mountains,were this train tunnels are also used by Kotaka's sprawling mine industry that has perforated most parts of the mountain range in its search for scarce raw materials.

Geography & Nature

Mont Amalyia

Earthqakes and storms are a big threat to the Kotakan cities in the mountains. While hefty storms force the population to retreat into underground shelters inside the mountain ranges, earthquakes put a risk to the massive mountain compounds themselves.

A girl enjoying the snow at the base of Kotaka's mountain ranges. When it is cold enough for snow to form itself in the mountains, the temperature is often still very mild in the lower regions, so she can go outside with a thin summer dress.

Mont Beaumonde