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The '''Aría Káámarakatu''' (Estates of the Celestial Masters), or '''Loa Empire''' as its commonly called in non-Loa sources, was a [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] tribute state and proxy colony that existed from 1701-1875 CE in [[Vallos]] and the nearby islands. It had decent autonomy for a colonial state, able to wage wars and conduct minor trade and diplomacy so long as it managed to deliver adequate tribute to Kiravia in the form of sugar and exotic spices such as cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and mace. For much of its history, it maintained little diplomatic relations with non-Coscivian nations except to wage war or smuggle goods, such as [[Burgundie]] just before and during the [[Bourgondii-Loa Wars]]. Despite this relative self-imposed isolation, it managed to expand dramatically to encompass the entirety of Southern Vallos and the nearby [[Kindreds Seas|Kindreds Islands]] and hold onto most of these territories from the peak of its size in 1770 until its collapse in 1875, with certain exceptions such as the loss of its holdings in [[Puertego]] and other Kindreds region. | The '''Aría Káámarakatu''' (Estates of the Celestial Masters), or '''Loa Empire''' as its commonly called in non-Loa sources, was a [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] tribute state and proxy colony that existed from 1701-1875 CE in [[Vallos]] and the nearby islands. It had decent autonomy for a colonial state, able to wage wars and conduct minor trade and diplomacy so long as it managed to deliver adequate tribute to Kiravia in the form of sugar and exotic spices such as cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and mace. For much of its history, it maintained little diplomatic relations with non-Coscivian nations except to wage war or smuggle goods, such as [[Burgundie]] just before and during the [[Bourgondii-Loa Wars]]. Despite this relative self-imposed isolation, it managed to expand dramatically to encompass the entirety of Southern Vallos and the nearby [[Kindreds Seas|Kindreds Islands]] and hold onto most of these territories from the peak of its size in 1770 until its collapse in 1875, with certain exceptions such as the loss of its holdings in [[Puertego]] and other Kindreds region. | ||
In 1699, | In 1699, Káámarakatu Raiatia'atiauelao of the Loa Kingdom founded the Empire after the conquest of the Masa Highlands, thus beginning the Imperial Period of Loa history. The reigns of the first three Empresses was characterized by the consolidation of southern Vallos and the surrounding islands, as well as the consolidation of Kirian territories and power in the area. However, the latter two Empresses focused largely on internal development and nation building. The penultimate Empress, Káámarakatu Kantirao, led the most significant periods of change. Her predecessor did much to establish widespread literacy, native manufacturing and a general transition from being a functional slave state. Kantirao expanded industrial infrastructure to match that of Occidental contemporaries and modernized both the military and general society to some level of normalcy after two centuries of plantation labor. However, she also enacted the process of nationalization known as [[Loafication]], leading to the assimilation of the Polynesians into the Loa culture and the deaths of around 35 million people. This period led to significant social instability, and the assassination of Kantirao and her heir. She was succeeded by her 15 year old daughter who was deposed by the Grand Minister, thus inciting the [[Takatta Loa Civil War]]. | ||
The Loa Empire was marked especially by the destruction of the mainland Polynesian cultures and kingdoms, as the Loa systemically annihilated existing power structures in an attempt to establish absolute control. The complex caste systems that existed at the time were abolished with the Loa forcing every caste into the plantation system to facilitate the development of the Loa sugar industry. Only common customs, such as burial customs, folk religion and cuisine survived while the Loa selectively chose specific aspects of their conquered kingdoms to adopt, such as the [[Polynesian Script]], the architecture, the dress and the religious philosophy that became the [[Kapuhenasa]]. Further, the later periods of the Empire from 1785 to 1825 was associated with a Polynesian renaissance as old customs were revived and reestablished, although these customs were eventually subsumed into the Loa identity alongside the Polynesians. Most especially, the later years of the Loa Empire signified the coming strife that would characterize not only the next quarter century but also the future states that succeeded it, especially [[Takatta Loa]]. | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||