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Mutsutori is a nation in northeastern Alshar entirely composed of the majority of the Mutsutori Archipelago on the edge of the Ocean of Cathay. It covers eleven major islands and approximately eighteen smaller habitable islands (as well as numerous pseudo-islands) divided into seven States (Shū/州), and borders Danehong by sea.

=History=

=Geography=

Flooding and Volcanism
=Demographics=

Health, Wealth, and Education
=Politics=

Executive
The roles of head of state and head of government are consolidated in the position of the Lord of Lords, who acts as Speaker for the Assembly and chief executive. The Ryōshu's power is checked by the Assembly of Lords, the Assembly of Justices, and the Assembly of Control, and the budget is primarily decided by the Assembly.

Assembly
The Assembly of Lords is a unicameral legislature of 147 representatives elected by local direct first past the post elections; administrative regions are organized partly along island lines, partly along clan lines, and partly along municipal lines. This results in a very unbalanced spread of political power that is concentrated in seven of the eleven major islands of the nation. Terms are six years with no limit to the number of terms, and every two years, roughly a third of the legislature is put up for elections.

Political Factions
Political allegiance in Mutsutori is better reflected by faction than party, as there are 86 registered parties, the most relevant of which operate in three broad wings: the conservative, minarchist Homeland faction, the urbanite and centrist Five Islands faction, and the rural and clan-based All Isles faction. Each of these contains a fluctuating web of parties, with the Five Islands being the dominant faction and the Homeland faction being the predominant opposition.