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| - The Empire of Gao-Soto (Classical Kunikata: 御國, mikuni or mikoku) was a feudal monarchy located in the north-western coast of Dovani, comprising the modern territory of Greater Hulstria proper and its Eastern Territories. The empire was comprised of lands from numerous clans, all of them pledging loyalty and taxation towards the Emperor of Gao-Soto, or Mikado (Gao-Indralan: 帝, Kunikata: mikado or tei, Standard Indralan: dì), in exchange of continued rule over the land, as well as a chance of forging marriage with the imperial family to expand their influence.
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| - The Empire of Gao-Soto (Classical Kunikata: 御國, mikuni or mikoku) was a feudal monarchy located in the north-western coast of Dovani, comprising the modern territory of Greater Hulstria proper and its Eastern Territories. The empire was comprised of lands from numerous clans, all of them pledging loyalty and taxation towards the Emperor of Gao-Soto, or Mikado (Gao-Indralan: 帝, Kunikata: mikado or tei, Standard Indralan: dì), in exchange of continued rule over the land, as well as a chance of forging marriage with the imperial family to expand their influence. The exact origin of the Gao-Soto is unknown, although most historians now agree that it was founded by an alliance between Dovani nomads (soto, literally "outsider" or "foreign") from the east and settled Gao-Showan people (gao, literally "high") from the north. As the empire expanded its rule from Gao-Showan settlements to the eastern plains of the nomads, the nomads were believed to adopt Gao-Showan culture as well, and was assimilated during the apex of the empire. In its later years, the empire suffered from political turbulence and instability caused by revolts from colonies, as well as feuds between the ruling clans within the empire, who seek to expand their influence in the expense of the other clans and the empire in general. The arrival of the Luthori army in 1560, following the discovery of Dovani by Christopher Dove, finally annexed the empire and established the land of Gao-Soto, as well as north-eastern Sekowo, Vanuku and Kazulia as its colony. The Empire of Gao-Soto is recognised as the first ever Gao-Showan states known, and thus the restoration and reverence of it has been a rallying point for Gao-Showan nationalists since its fall.
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