Republic of Kiria

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Republic of Kiria
Fanning The Flames
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Ideology	Religious Socialism
Leader	Rising Sun
Ruling party	Path of the Rising Fire (Varies)
Population	Varies
Ponypower	Varies
Race	Kirin
Stability	Varies
War support	75% (Base)
Factories	Varies
Capital	Chrysanthemum
Continent	Eastern Zebrica
Demonym	Kirian
Tag	KIC
Color	#00A86B

The Republic of Kiria is a nation that may appear at some point over the course of a playthrough. It doesn't have any cores or claims at the start of the game.

For the Republic of Kiria to form, the  Realm of Kiria must have done one of the following:

1. Complete the 'In the Vermilion Court' focus and deny Rising Sun entry to the Plenum.
2. Do not complete the 'In the Vermilion Court' focus.

After meeting either requirement, the Realm of Kiria must then let stability fall below 10%, causing the Cacophony to break out; the Republic of Kiria will spawn and can be tag-switched to.

Lore

Under a fiery sunset, the waters of the Great Mellifluve ran crimson.

In Chrysanthemum, the Western Sentinel of the Realm, kirin hooves shed kirin blood, though both sides bled equally. That morning, hundreds if not thousands of poor kirin had taken up arms against the loyalist garrison from Vermilion, intent on driving them out of the city and claiming it in the name of The Rising Fire, but the garrison had resisted. The kirin from Vermilion were armed with rifles, while the peasants carried pitchforks, scythes, spades, and whatever other tools they could get their hooves on, but the garrison was forty against four thousand. Though countless peasants died in storming the garrison's barracks, once the defenders ran out of ammunition, they were slaughtered to the very last. It was then that the anger of The Rising Fire reached a feverish pitch and boiled over.

Rising Sun watched from the banks of the Great Mellifluve as countless priests, mystics, and other affluent kirin were dragged from their homes and down to the water's edge. She had known many of these kirin in a past life, debated theology with them, had asked them for alms for the poor only to be snubbed by their indifference or pride. Now, they begged for their lives as they were taken down to the banks of the Great Mellifluve, where they were dealt with one by one, and their bodies tossed into its waters. Once it was over her followers and faithful gathered around to hear Rising Sun speak.

"There is no turning back now," Rising Sun warned them, her eyes dancing over farm tools all stained red with blood. "We have embarked on the great liberation of Kiria from the wasteful hedonists within The Way of Fire. Their failures have brought the realm to the brink of ruin, and we all have had to pay the price. Yet even as we suffered, they stood above us, interpreting our suffering as Concord's Will! Is Concord not a benevolent goddess? Does she not love her foals, the foals she entrusted with the last spark of the Primordial Fire? Why would she deign for us to suffer if she loves us so?"

"The truth is simple: this is not her will," Rising Sun continued, and the light glittering off the crimson waters of the Great Mellifluve outlined her in a red glow. "We have been lied to, my faithful kirin, by corrupt leaders who desire to profit off of our suffering! Even now, they invite foreigners into the country to better craft the machines of our oppression. They hold our beloved Matriarch Superior hostage within Vermilion's walls, twisting the Avatar of Concord to their covetous greed!"

The crowd let out a harsh roar of anger and disapproval, and Rising Sun matched their anger with a showmare's sneer of her own. "But we, The Rising Fire, will not have it! We shall be the true salvation of Kiria! Only we can save what is left of our home and our religion from those who would destroy it! Only we can march to Vermilion and free the Matriarch Superior from those who would use her as a puppet to their own ends!"

"And only we have the strength to do what must be done: to fight with every last drop of blood in our beating hearts, until Kiria is pure once more!

Decisions

Main articles: Kirian decisions, Kirian decisions 2, Kirian decisions 3, Kirian decisions 4

Events

Main articles: Kirian events, Kirian events 2, Kirian events 3, Kirian events 4, Kirian events 5, Kirian events 6, Kirian events 7

National Focus

Republic of Kiria Focus Tree

Main article: Kirian national focus tree‎ 2

Technology

The Republic of Kiria inherits its techs from the Realm of Kiria.

Politics

National Spirits

War of the Double Succession

• Army Experience Gain: +15%
• Division training time: −15%
• Monthly Population: −25%
• Recruitable Population Factor: +10%
• Stability: −10%
• Division Defense on core territory: +5%
• Factory Repair Speed: −5%
• Daily Command Power Gain Multiplier: +10%
• Commander Abilities Cost: −20%
• Land Doctrine Cost: −20%
• Supply Combat Penalties on Core Territory: −15%

For the first time in centuries, kirin blood is being shed by kirin hooves all throughout the Realm. The Way of Fire was not strong enough to withstand the assault of modernisation on our way of life, and what once bound the kirin people together has shattered into pieces. Whether or not the Realm of Kiria and the kirin faith in Concord and its Matriarch can survive this civil war, even were Vermilion to prevail, remains to be seen.

The Rising Fire Militant

• Party Popularity Stability Modifier: +5%
• Surrender Limit: +2.5%
• Research Speed: −10%
• Daily Command Power Gain Multiplier: +5%
• Daily Communism Support: +0.05
• ( Realm of Kiria) Attack bonus against country: +5%
• ( Realm of Kiria) Defense bonus against country: +5%

The Rising Fire, spurred to action by the failings of the Grand Gallop Onward, have organized into a militaristic faith. Rising Fire communes now act as command centers, launching fervent believers into the countryside to conduct raids against their enemies before melting away into the local population again. This has greatly boosted our war effort, even if we must put the advancements and new ideas of tomorrow on hold for now.

Leaders

Starting leaders
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Rising Sun See alternate portraits: "Usurper"		Religious Socialism Communism Rising FirePath of the Rising Fire / All-Communion Path of the Rising Fire Party name depends on if the 'Paramountcy Without' focus was completed	Starting trait: Spiritual Communalist Surrender Limit: +10% War Support: +5% Other obtainable traits: Matriarch-Protector Division Recovery Rate: +5% Division Defense on core territory: +5% Justify war goal time on us: +20% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +50% War Support: +5% Great Helmsmare Political Power Gain: +10% Puppet cost: −10% Justify war goal time: −25% Guarantee Cost: −25% Master Ideology Drift: +0.1 Matriarch Usurper Improve relations opinion: −10% Subversive activities cost: −10% Ideology drift defense: +5% Stability: −5% Matriarch Tutelar Political Power Gain: +10% Division Recovery Rate: +5% Division Defense on core territory: +5% Justify war goal time on us: +25% Guarantee Cost: −25% Stability: +5%	Born: 13 July 969 in Chrysanthemum Biography:: Not much is known about the mare who calls herself Rising Sun, and what is known paints only a vague picture at best. By her own admission, Rising Sun was born in Chrysanthemum and studied to become a priestess in the Way of Fire, as such a lifestyle was the only way to escape the utter stagnation of The Silence while it still held Kiria in its stranglehold. But even as a priestess of The Way of Fire, the mare was often regarded by her peers as too smart for her own good and twice as cunning as the most mischievous fox. She would regularly debate her senior priests about the merits and drawbacks of strictly adhering to the Matriarch Superior's decrees when all they brought about was suffering and ruin for the people of Kiria, and was regularly chastised for it. For the mare who was too smart by half for the lifestyle she had chosen, Rising Sun had reached a frustrating theological dead end to the problems surrounding Kiria. Realizing that she would never advance as a priestess in The Way of Fire, Rising Sun sailed down the Mellifluve where she ultimately ended up in Verdant at the age of 20. Once there, she quickly realized that Verdant was prospering where Chrysanthemum languished. The Silence was still in full swing over the city, but the many island communities of Verdant had formed their own cooperative communes that worked together to the benefit of all without breaking any of the Matriarch's decrees. Additionally, there was no rigid religious structure that dominate the everyday lives of the kirin in the city, only an individual communion between the average kirin and Concord, with spiritual leaders to aid their followers along toward their own revelations. Rising Sun quickly immersed herself in these beliefs, and in no time at all, had risen to the top of this new sect of The Way of Fire. Naming her sect the Rising Fire, Rising Sun would return to Chrysanthemum to spread her new teachings to the kirin of the west, and made many visits to towns and workshops around Kiria before ultimately ending up in Vermilion as the Grand Gallop Onward progressed to bring her teachings to a new level of national awareness. Now, Rising Sun finds herself on top of the Realm's food chain, in a position of almost unlimited authority and power. The Rising Fire has risen with her as well, and her beliefs are ready to be shared across the Realm. The Rising Fire is grappling with The Way of Fire, and Rising Sun will be the one to bring about a new era of theology and change to Kiria, one it never could have imagined before. Portrait by: Twotail813	Default leader. To get the alternate portrait, do the following: Spoilers below, we recommend these are best experienced in game before reading Meet the requirements to get the Authoritarian path focuses. After completing the 'Heir to the Revolution' focus, take all 'Secrets of the Matriarchs Superior' decisions; the portrait is obtained after a series of events. Spoiler end.
Post-Start Leaders [may contain spoilers]
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Dayspring Rose		Religious Socialism Communism Rising FireAll-Communion Path of the Rising Fire	Tempered Flame Political Power Gain: +5% Party Popularity Stability Modifier: +5% Acceptance of Communist Diplomacy: +50 Caryatid of Democracy Improve relations opinion: +10% Trade deal opinion factor: +10% Improve relations maintain cost: −10% Acceptance of Harmonist Diplomacy: +50	None	Meet the requirements to get the Democratic path focuses; after unlocking the Democratic path, complete the 'The Fire of Democracy' focus.
Rising Sun See alternate portraits: "Usurper"		Authoritarian Theocracy Supremacy Rising FireAll-Communion Path of the Rising Fire	Great Helmsmare Political Power Gain: +10% Puppet cost: −10% Justify war goal time: −25% Guarantee Cost: −25% Master Ideology Drift: +0.1 Supreme Matriarch of All Kirin Division Recovery Rate: +5% Division Attack: +5% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +50% Annex cost: −20% Stability: +5% Surrender Limit: +10% War Support: +5% Political Advisor Cost: −20% Matriarch Usurper Improve relations opinion: −10% Subversive activities cost: −10% Ideology drift defense: +5% Stability: −5%	None	Meet the requirements to get the Authoritarian path focuses; after unlocking the Authoritarian path, complete the 'Supremacy of the Matriarchate' focus. To get the alternate portrait take all 'Secrets of the Matriarchs Superior' decisions; the portrait is obtained after a series of events.
Unique Leaders of Non-playable Breakaway tags [may contain spoilers]
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Flame Lily		Anarchism Non-Aligned Black ContumacyThe Black Contumacy	Nirik Warlord AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +100% Weekly Stability: −5% Surrender Limit: +100% Weekly War Support: +10% Cannot Assign Ministers & Laws: Yes	None	Meet the requirements for the Contumacy to spawn; Flame Lily serves as the leader of all Contumacy tags.
National Plenum		Democratic Socialism Communism Rising FirePath of the Rising Fire / All-Communion Path of the Rising Fire Party name depends on if the Republic of Kiria completed the 'Paramountcy Without' focus		None	Revolutionary Fragrance takes the 'Tail Wagging the Dog' focus; this leader will lead the Vermilion Governate tag.
Dayspring Rose		Agrarian Socialism Communism Rising FirePath of the Rising Fire / All-Communion Path of the Rising Fire Party name depends on if the Republic of Kiria completed the 'Paramountcy Without' focus		None	Same as above. This leader will only lead the Peasant Union tag if the global flag KIC_dayspring_rose_dead is not set; if it is, a generic leader will take her place.
Kindling Flash		Syndicalism Communism CTAKCommunist Toilers' Alliance of Kiria		None	Same as above; leader of the Central Kiria Revolutionary Headquarters tag.
Citronella Blaze		Anti-Revisionism Communism Rising FirePath of the Rising Fire / All-Communion Path of the Rising Fire Party name depends on if the Republic of Kiria completed the 'Paramountcy Without' focus		None	Same as above; leader of the Lower Providence Route Army tag.
Ember Wane		Republicanism Non-Aligned Serene TendencyCircle of Serene Tendency		None	Same as above; leader of the Maritime League tag.
Red Nectarine		Military Government Non-Aligned Serene TendencyCircle of Serene Tendency		None	Same as above; leader of the Sycee Governate tag.
Samphire Brine		Theocracy Non-Aligned Serene TendencyCircle of Serene Tendency		None	Same as above; leader of the Rhapsody Procurate tag.

Parties

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
Rising Fire Path of the Rising Fire			Religious Socialism Communism	Rising Sun	Varies%
Rising Fire - Torchbearers Torchbearers of the Rising Fire			Harmony Harmony	Generic Leader	Varies%
Cascading Sparks Cascading Sparks of the Rising Fire			Supremacy Supremacy	Generic Leader	Varies%
Rising Fire - Temperate Flame Path of the Rising Fire - Temperate Flame			Non-Aligned Non-Aligned	Generic Leader	Varies%

Staff and Designers

Political Advisors
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Dayspring Rose	Tempered Flame	Dayspring Rose is not the country leader Not: Dayspring Rose is on a mission	Political Power Gain: +5% Party Popularity Stability Modifier: +5% Acceptance of Communist Diplomacy: +50 See description: Born: 21 May 990 in Chrysanthemum Biography: Dayspring Rose certainly never had an easy life, as short as it has been. Abandoned as a foal at a young age, Dayspring Rose was taken in by a Rising Fire temple in Chrysanthemum, which provided for her and other orphans in the city whose parents had either abandoned them or been taken from them during the stagnancy of The Silence. The mystics of the temple taught her how to read and write and fostered in her a devoted fervor to Concord and the beliefs the Rising Fire practiced, proclaimed heretical by Vermilion. But it was Rising Sun who played the largest role in shaping Dayspring's foalhood, taking the young filly under her wing and encouraging her studies of both book and blade. Dayspring grew deeply attached to Rising, eventually seeing her as a surrogate mother of sorts, and forged a permanent loyalty to the older mare and her exciting gravitas. Portrait by: Scroup	150
Kindling Flash	Peasant-Preacher	Kindling Flash is not the country leader	Non-Core Ponypower: +5% Division Recovery Rate: +5% Recruitable Population Factor: +5% Compliance Growth Speed: +5% Daily Communism Support: +0.05 See description: Born: 2 February 963 in Verdant Biography: A grassroots preacher from Verdant, Kindling Flash has always been one of the loudest and most persistent voices speaking out against the oppression of the Realm by the Way of Fire and the need to bring liberation to Kiria through the adoption of the tenets of the Rising Fire. For many years, Kindling sailed from island to island in the delta of the Great Mellifluve to preach the tenets of the Rising Fire, and on one of those journeys, he happened to engage with Rising Sun, who had traveled to Verdant on her own spiritual journey. The two debated religion and philosophy for many hours, and it was ultimately through Kindling that the charismatic and fiery priestess adopted the Rising Fire as her faith. In the years before the end of the Silence and throughout the Grand Gallop Onward, the two would work in unison to spread the teachings of the Rising Fire to the masses. Portrait by: Twotail813	150

Tank Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Corundum	Mobile Tank Designer	Corundum is unlocked (?)	Armor Research Speed: +10% Armor technology: Max Speed: +5% Reliability: +10% Armored Car: Max Speed: +5% Reliability: +10%	150
Emery Dew	Medium Tank Designer	Emery Dew is unlocked (?)	Armor Research Speed: +10% Armor technology: Soft attack: +5% Reliability: +5% Armored Car: Soft attack: +5% Reliability: +5%	150

Ship Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
DM Maritime Systems	Coastal Defense Fleet Designer	Unlocked DM Maritime Systems (?)	Naval Research Speed: +10% Carrier: Production Cost: −25% Max Range: −50% Capital Ships: Production Cost: −25% Max Range: −50% Armor: −20% Heavy Attack: −20% Screens: Production Cost: −25% Max Range: −50% Submarine: Production Cost: −25% Max Range: −50% See description: Boatmaking has been many a coastal settlement's driving force, though overshadowed by the merchants' mountains of wealth being carried on the boats themselves. This intensified during the NAKP's short-lived reign of undisputed authority, when fisherkirin and boatmakers were shoved into the backbreaking conditions of eleventh-century dockyards vomiting out ships the average kirin would never commandeer. But with the Children's of Concord ascension, the common kirin of the coast set themselves free. Endowed with modern shipbuilding knowledge and shared ownership over former NAKP dockyards, they created the Maritime Systems of the Divine Mechanisms, micro-societies that gather in individual dockyards to improve upon NAKP designs with input from everyone, even the aged fisherkirin by the docks.	150
Cherith Kattumaram	Radical Shipwright	Unlocked Cherith Kattumaram (?)	Naval Research Speed: +10% Screens: Surface Visibility: −10% Max Speed: +10% Max Range: +10%	150

Aircraft Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
DM Aviation Technologies	CAS Designer	Unlocked DM Aviation Technologies (?)	Air Research Speed: +10% Close Air Support Airframe: Ground Attack: +10% Reliability: +10% Carrier CAS Airframe: Ground Attack: +10% Reliability: +10% See description: While it is unknown if one day we will see a single creature make an airplane on their own, DM Aviation Technologies believes that it is inevitable, showcasing the creature's supreme command over a mass of crafts and fields. Communes on the village level have been set up to deal with blueprints and airplane design, engine production, munitions creation, as well as the construction of hangars and landing strips. Given the massive undertaking that building an airplane is, these communes nurture close relations with each other, particularly with how they consolidate airplane production within the hangar as much as possible. A consequence of the Divine Mechanisms' beliefs and structure is that airplane-craftskirin are also expected to pilot the planes themselves. Understandably, not all communes follow this rigidly, given a fear of heights, among others.	150
Foehn Torrent	Aerospace Engineer	Unlocked Foehn Torrent (?)	Air Research Speed: +10% Small Airframe: Range: +5% Reliability: +5% Close Air Support Airframe: Range: +5% Reliability: +5% Heavy Fighter Airframe: Range: +5% Reliability: +5% Medium Airframe: Range: +5% Reliability: +5%	150

Materiel Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Aureolin Monastery	Support Equipment Designer	Unlocked Aureolin Monastery: Has won the Kirin Civil War Cinereous Strath (1079): Controlled by  Republic of Kiria	Kirin Vanguards Research Speed: +10% Kirin Valiants Research Speed: +10% Support Equipment: Production Cost: −15% See description: If certain accounts are true, the Aureolin Monastery, which is currently situated deep in Kiria's western reaches, was received, not built, by its founder Aureolin pre-written history. She had pondered deeply upon Concord's paradox that is the kirin and her nirik state, but upon reaching the height of revelation, she had burst into flames without descending into feral wrath. For this blessing upon kirinity, Concord gave her a towering temple—the world's first monastery—as both a gift and a responsibility to all future generations. Thus the legendary lineage of nirik warrior-monk Valiants—and to a painstaking extent, the more recent Vanguards—was born, continuing to this day as among the first places aspiring kirin monks travel to in search of inner truths as well as physical mastery through martial arts. Under the Children of Concord, the monastery has served as a major hub of propagating Trinitarianism, believing that the Valiant is not a balance between two kirin-nirik entities but is itself a third entity.	150
Pepper Pot	Small Arms Inventor	Unlocked Pepper Pot (?)	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +10% Artillery Research Speed: +5% See description: Though for the sake of simplification sometimes referred to as a single organisation, Divine Mechanisms are better described as province-wide vocational communes that have co-opted modern technology into their calling, which is unlike the Griffonian stereotype of old-fashioned guilds single-hoofedly steering the course of an entire occupation. While the organisation of a provincial Divine Mechanism varies from village to village, a more common structure is based on the internationally familiar model of apprenticeship, though emphasis is put on how an apprentice is set to become a master of their hometown's version of the craft, not the general craft itself, creating room for vocational exchange as masters visit each other and share insights and quite literal tools of the trade. Of note is Kiria's industrialisation playing a key role in Divine Mechanisms. While Griffonian and even several Equestrian guilds diminished in the wake of their own industrial revolutions, the Divine Mechanisms and their own "guilds" have instead flourished by welcoming scientific advances into their craft, with a common saying being roughly translated as "A metal blade, I have made; a metal blade and its own family, my son has made." Craftskirin are expected to learn how to maintain their own home-sized factories, while new vocations as well as types of Mechanisms have risen to encompass the fields of research, construction, and early electronics.	150

Industrial Concerns
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Divine Mechanisms	Industrial Concern	None	Industrial Research Speed: +5% Kirin Racial Technology Research: +10%	150

Theorists
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Rising Sun Technical University	Research Centre	Unlocked Rising Sun Technical University (?)	Electronics Research Speed: +5% Industrial Research Speed: +5% Air Doctrine Cost: -5% Land Doctrine Cost: -5% Naval Doctrine Cost: -5%	100

Chiefs of Army
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Tephra Blaze	Army Offense (Expert)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.30 Division Attack: +10% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +15% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20 See description: Portrait by: Leo the Unicorn	100

Chiefs of Navy
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
River Song	Amphibious Assault (Expert)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.30 Amphibious Invasion Speed: +10% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20 See description: Portrait by: Leo the Unicorn	100

Chiefs of Airforce
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Dawn Rise	Air Combat Training (Specialist)	None	Ace generation chance: +5% Air Experience Gain: +0.20 Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10 See description: Portrait by: Leo the Unicorn	50

Military High Command
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Linseed Gilding	Infantry (Expert)	None	Infantry Division Attack: +10% Infantry Division Defense: +15% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20 See description: Portrait by: Leo the Unicorn	100  20
Golden Lumen	Concealment (Specialist)	None	Enemy Air Support: −5% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10 See description: Portrait by: Leo the Unicorn	50
Ember Glow	Entrenchment (Genius)	Ember Glow is not the country leader	Entrenchment speed: +24% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +30 See description: Portrait by: Egil	200

Military Leaders

Field Marshal
Field Marshal	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
Field Marshal Tephra Blaze	Peasant Sympathiser Holds sympathies for the peasants and working class. Offensive Doctrine More Offensive-minded than most. Org Loss when Moving: −30% Attack: +1	None	Level 2 Attack: 3 Defense: 1 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Kirin

Generals
General	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
General Coral River	Bannerkirin Commander This leader is a commander of a Kirin Banner. The Vermilion Dynasty's Banner System codifies a warrior caste centered around familial clans, all of which can trace their lineage back to ancestors who had served in the army of the first Kirin Matriarch, Incandescent Dawn. This leader would have trained from a young age in martial arts and leadership, so as to carry on their Banner's proud legacy of military service to the Kirin Realm. All Kirin Banners are headed by a Patriarch- or Matriarch-Commander who are the most distinguished member of their clan — usually capable warriors and leaders in their prime. This leader may or may not be the topmost commander of their Banner, but regardless, they are a respected and experienced commander with much seniority. Leader Experience Gain: +5% Experienced soldier losses: −5% Reinforce Rate: +5% Planning Speed: +5% Chance to get wounded in combat: −20% Peasant Sympathiser Holds sympathies for the peasants and working class. Ranger Rangers lead the way, especially when it involves fighting in Forests. Forest: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	None	Level 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 3 Planning: 2 Logistics: 2	Kirin
General Ember Glow	Brilliant Strategist A natural born strategist that is able to adapt to the dynamics of the battlefield. Attack: +1 Planning: +1 Organizer Able to plan and organize the movement of large armies. Planning Speed: +10% Hill Fighter Excels at fighting in Hilly terrain. Hills: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	None	Level 2 Attack: 4 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Kirin
General Kindling Flash	Guerrilla Leader Non-Combat Out of Supply Penalties: −10% Supply Consumption: −10% Land Night Attack: +10% Encirclement penalty: −10% Supply Grace: +240 General Max Army Size: −20 Forest: Movement: +10% Attack: +10% Defense: +10% Hills: Movement: +10% Attack: +10% Defense: +10% Marsh: Movement: +10% Attack: +10% Defense: +10% File:Trait irregulars officer.png Irregulars Officer Skilled at leading irregular units in combat. Non-Combat Out of Supply Penalties: −10% Irregular Infantry Attack: +5% Irregular Infantry Speed: +5%	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Kirin
General Rain Pyre	Bannerkirin Commander This leader is a commander of a Kirin Banner. The Vermilion Dynasty's Banner System codifies a warrior caste centered around familial clans, all of which can trace their lineage back to ancestors who had served in the army of the first Kirin Matriarch, Incandescent Dawn. This leader would have trained from a young age in martial arts and leadership, so as to carry on their Banner's proud legacy of military service to the Kirin Realm. All Kirin Banners are headed by a Patriarch- or Matriarch-Commander who are the most distinguished member of their clan — usually capable warriors and leaders in their prime. This leader may or may not be the topmost commander of their Banner, but regardless, they are a respected and experienced commander with much seniority. Leader Experience Gain: +5% Experienced soldier losses: −5% Reinforce Rate: +5% Planning Speed: +5% Chance to get wounded in combat: −20% Engineer Adept in the arts of crossing rivers and constructing field fortifications. River: Attack: +5% Fort: Attack: +10% Scavenger More likely to scavenge and repair captured equipment for use by their own troops. Equipment Capture Ratio Gain: +3% Peasant Sympathiser Holds sympathies for the peasants and working class.	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Kirin
General River Song	Peasant Sympathiser Holds sympathies for the peasants and working class. Invader An expert in performing naval invasions. The perfect guy for preparing an invasion of a hostile beach and carrying it out. Amphibious Invasion Speed: +30% Invasion Preparation Time: −30%	None	Level 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Kirin
General Linseed Gilding	Peasant Sympathiser Holds sympathies for the peasants and working class. Infantry Leader Skilled at leading infantry in combat. Infantry Division Defense: +13%	None	Level 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Kirin
General Golden Lumen	Peasant Sympathiser Holds sympathies for the peasants and working class. Commando Skilled in Amphibious operations, Air Assaults, and Cold weather conditions - the Commando is a man of many talents. Non-Combat Out of Supply Penalties: −25% Camouflage Expert The proper use of camouflage can significantly reduce the threat of enemy air strikes. Damage Reduction Against CAS: +50% Air Superiority Bonus in Combat: −50%	None	Level 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Kirin
General Citronella Blaze	Peasant Sympathiser Holds sympathies for the peasants and working class. Trickster Doing the unexpected in combat can give you a large advantage. Reconnaissance: +25% Swamp Fox While somewhat soggy, the Swamp Fox knows his way around Swamps and Marshes. Marsh: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	None	Level 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 2 Logistics: 2	Kirin
General Fiery Azalea	Mountaineer An excellent climber and skilled at Mountain warfare. Mountain: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10% Peasant Sympathiser Holds sympathies for the peasants and working class.	None	Level 1 Attack: 2 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 2	Kirin

Cosmetics

Cosmetics
Flag	Country Name	Ideologies	Notes
	Fraternal Republic of Kiria		Rising Sun's followers rose up in the west
	Great Realm of the Kirin		Rising Sun has won the civil war, taken enough evil choices in the Hundred Days Campaigns and declared herself Supreme Matriarch
	Soldiers of the Rising Fire		Rising Sun's followers were defeated and fled to  Taungpau
	Revolutionary Fragrance		Second civil war rebellion against evil Rising Sun
	Fragrance Collective		Revolutionary Fragrance has chosen to put power in the common kirin
	Fragrance Commonwealth		Revolutionary Fragrance has chosen to put power in the Assembly or the Mayor's government
	Kirian People's Commune		Revolutionary Fragrance has conquered Northern Kiria and seceded from the Realm
	United Communes of Kiria		Revolutionary Fragrance has overthrown Rising Sun and does not form the Kirian Second Republic

Non-playable cosmetics
Flag	Country Name	Ideologies	Notes
	Southern Nirik Contumacy		Nirik rebellions against the Republic
	Northern Nirik Contumacy
	Western Nirik Contumacy
	Divine and Blessed Procurate of Rhapsody		Kirian Second Republic formed after Revolutionary Fragrance overthrows Rising Sun, with from 14 to 18 member states depending on whether  Blossom,  Madrepore,  the rest of Zaikiria and/or  Taungpau are part of the Republic or not
	Governate of Sycee
	Sailors', Soldiers' and Workers' Commune of Radiance
	Vermilion Governate
	League of South-Eastern Provinces
	Proletarian Red Banner
	Lower Providence Route Army
	Sword Brethren of Concord
	Central Kiria Revolutionary Headquarters
	Scarlet River Storm
	Heavenly Mandate of Verdant
	Chrysanthemum Governate
	Union of Kirian Peasantry
	Supervisorate of Blossom
	Madrepore Council Republic
	Federal Kirin's Republic of Zaikiria
	Monastic Commune of Taungpau

Custom vassal cosmetics
Flag	Base Countries	Country Name	Ideologies	Notes
	Taungpau	Commune of Taungpau
	Feathisian South Zebrides	Federation of the Zebrides
	Lan Kir Militarchy  Sen Kinh  Khamrin	Union of Zaikiria
	Kingdom of Zongo	Commune of Zongo

Economy

Laws and Development

Laws and Development
Conscription Law	Trade Law	Economy Law
Limited Conscription Recruitable Population: 2.50%	Closed Economy Resources to Market: 0% Trade deal opinion factor: -75.00% Lend-lease tension limit: +40.00% Base construction line speed boost: -10.00% Can not access International Market	Partial Mobilization Consumer Goods Factories: 25.0% Military to Civilian Factory conversion cost: -10.00% Civilian to Military Factory conversion cost: -10.00% Fuel Gain per Oil: -10.00% Military Factory construction speed: +10.00%
Scientific Development	Society Development	Illiteracy
Poor Science Base Daily Political Power Gain: +0.30 Research Speed: -80.00% Air Doctrine Cost: +80% Land Doctrine Cost: +80% Naval Doctrine Cost: +80% Special Project Speed: -45%	Agrarian Society Resource Gain Efficiency: -50.00% Monthly Population: -25.0% Supply Consumption: -60.00% Construction Speed: -30.00% Production Efficiency Cap: -20.00% Research Speed: -50.00% Factory Output: -30.00% Dockyard Output: -50.00% Factory Bomb Vulnerability: -50.00% Fuel Capacity: -20.00% Can not access International Market	Broad Illiteracy Construction Speed: -15.00% Research Speed: -45.00%
Poverty	Race
Negligible Poverty No penalties	Kirin Race Uses Kirin Racial Tree

Industry and Resources

If the Republic of Kiria spawns, assuming nothing was done by preceding countries since the start of the game, it has the following resources:

Factories*

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
1	0	1 (-1)	0	0

Numbers in red indicate the number of civilian factories required to produce consumer goods, based on economy laws and the total number of military and civilian factories, rounded up.

Resources

Oil	Aluminum	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium	Crystal
0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Numbers in red indicate how many resources are reserved for export due to trade laws.

Strategies and guides

Post-Civil War

Following the Civil War, the Republic of Kiria will begin the process of rebuilding; the results will be determined by the hidden variables KIC_authoritarian_var and KIC_democratic_var.

Each of the variables are determined through the following factors:

Spoilers below, we recommend these are best experienced in game before reading

Events/Conditions that increase KIC_authoritarian_var
Prereq	Event/Condition
Complete 'Disciplined and Loyal' focus	Select 'Concord gave me her toughest battles and I prevailed. I speak with her resolve.' in 'The Tempered Sword' event.
Complete 'Valorize Our Heroes' focus	Select 'There's nothing to worry about, Kindling. Rising Sun knows her limits.' in the 'What Makes a Hero?' event.
Complete 'Rehabilitation in Labour' focus	Select 'The Bureau must focus on securing the safety and security of the Realm with cheap labor.' in the 'To Labor and Languish' event.
Complete 'Anti-Illiteracy Campaign' focus	Select 'These new ideas will merely confuse the peasants. Focus on learning Concord's word.' in the 'Reading with Concord' event.
Complete 'Her Righteous Steeds' focus	Select 'The Steeds' rage will soon burn itself out. Let us leave them be.' in the 'Reining in the Steeds' event.
Complete 'Establish the Rising Sun Technical University' focus	Select 'The Collective Management Committee will step up and protect the religious focus of the RSTU.' in the 'Course Corrections' event.
A period of time after KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR >1	Select 'The overmare is right, we have to protect the Republic's independence, no matter the cost.' in the 'Cracks in the Rocks' event.
A period of time after KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR >2	Select 'I understand their plight, but the plight of the Realm is more important.' in the 'Fissures in the Earth' event.
Complete 'Science Serves the Faith' focus	Select 'We have to keep a close eye on these kirin. If you give an inch they'll take a mile.' in the 'Corralling the Collegium' event.
Complete 'Revolutionary Tribunals' focus	Select 'If the prosecution wants to interfere in Her divine judgment, I'll have them punished for it.' in the 'Subjective Justice' event.
Complete 'Rein in the Preacher-Provocateurs' focus	Select 'We should explain the First Priestess' beliefs to them until they agree with us.' in the 'Punishing Provocation?' event.
Complete 'The Anti-Separatism Drive' focus	Automatically gained in the 'Corrective Training' event.
Take the 'Public Works Corvée' decision for the first time	Automatically gained in the 'Heart Turned Bitter' event.
Trigger the 'Heart Turned Bitter' event and have KIC_public_works_corvee_taken_var >2 to trigger the 'Grieving Father' event	Select 'Just because we don't understand what Concord demands of us doesn't mean it was a pointless death.' in the 'But How Much Dust and Ash?' event.
Complete 'The Revolution Has Not Yet Succeeded' focus	Select 'Their expertise is too valuable to the Rising Fire to be wasted on labor in a poor village.' in the 'A Plea Deal with the Revolution' event.
Complete 'Paramountcy Without' focus	Select 'I already walk with Concord's light. You will be buried without it.' in the 'Smothering the Fire' event.
Complete the 'Campaign Against Foreign Infiltration' focus	Automatically gained in the 'Shedding Antlers of Lies' event.
Defeat the Contumacy Rebellion if it spawns	Automatically gained in the 'The Last Flame, Snuffed Out' event.
Complete the 'Roses to Ash' focus	Automatically gained in the 'What Followed After The Fire' event.
Complete the 'None Shall Stray' focus	Gained when completing the focus.
Complete the 'Paramountcy Without' focus	Gained when completing the focus.
Complete the 'Use Our Enemies' focus	Gained when completing the focus.

Events/Conditions that increase KIC_democratic_var
Prereq	Event/Condition
Complete 'Disciplined and Loyal' focus	Select 'You make an excellent observation, Dayspring. Perhaps it would be good to think as you do.' in 'The Tempered Sword' event.
Complete 'Valorize Our Heroes' focus	Select 'Perhaps we should encourage her to allow her depiction to be a little more realistic.' in the 'What Makes a Hero?' event.
Complete 'Rehabilitation in Labour' focus	Select 'The Bureau will be focused first and foremost on helping rebuild the Realm.' in the 'To Labor and Languish' event.
Complete 'Anti-Illiteracy Campaign' focus	Select 'The kirin must learn how to think critically about what they read and write.' in the 'Reading with Concord' event.
Complete 'Her Righteous Steeds' focus	Select 'The actions of the Steeds are an affront to the Republic and Concord. They must be reined in.' in the 'Reining in the Steeds' event.
Complete 'Establish the Rising Sun Technical University' focus	Select 'Establish the Rising Sun Technical University' focus, select 'The faculty shall have the freedom to manage the university's affairs as they see fit.' in the 'Course Corrections' event.
A period of time after KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR >1	Select 'Without heavy equipment, you must slow down for the sake of the workers.' in the 'Cracks in the Rocks' event.
A period of time after KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR >2	Select 'I will not stand by as an accomplice to murder. I will negotiate with the workers and stop the banners.' in the 'Fissures in the Earth' event.
Complete 'Science Serves the Faith' focus	Select 'Foehn Torrent, like many others, have proven their loyalty to the Realm.' in the 'Corralling the Collegium' event.
Complete 'Revolutionary Tribunals' focus	Select 'The prosecution may be foalish, but I suppose they're only doing their job.' in the 'Subjective Justice' event.
Complete 'Rein in the Preacher-Provocateurs' focus	Select 'The First Priestess has her beliefs, and the preachers their own. Isn't that how it works?' in the 'Punishing Provocation?' event.
Trigger the 'Heart Turned Bitter' event and have KIC_public_works_corvee_taken_var >2 to trigger the 'Grieving Father' event	Select 'Perhaps the corvees are killing the peasants for nothing. Sacrifices should be necessary, not commonplace.' in the 'But How Much Dust and Ash?' event.
Complete 'The Revolution Has Not Yet Succeeded' focus	Select 'The peasants are right; the hedonists must serve their punishment here in Coriander.' in the 'A Plea Deal with the Revolution' event.

As can be seen, the maximum value of KIC_democratic_var is 13, while the maximum value of KIC_authoritarian_var is 22; in addition, completing the necessary focuses for all of the Hundred Day Campaigns will give 4 points for KIC_authoritarian_var at minimum.

The values of KIC_democratic_var compared to KIC_authoritarian_var at the end of the Eighth Hundred Days campaign will affect the outcome as follows:

Prereq	Event/Condition
Eighth Hundred Day Campaign completed (KIC_democratic_var > KIC_authoritarian_var)	The Democratic Epilogue focuses are unlocked after a series of events.
Eighth Hundred Day Campaign completed (KIC_democratic_var = or < KIC_authoritarian_var)	The Authoritarian tree is unlocked after a series of events.

Having KIC_authoritarian_var at certain values at certain times will result in the following:

Prereq	Event/Condition
KIC_authoritarian_var > 8 (Any time)	Trigger 'To Devour the Revolution' after several days Trigger 'No Easy Answers' after several days
KIC_authoritarian_var > 8 (When 'The Incendiaries, Institutionalised', 'Seize Northern Industry' 'Campaign Against Foreign Infiltration', 'Unity Within', or 'Paramountcy Without' focuses are completed )	Fragrance rises up in rebellion.
KIC_authoritarian_var > 10 (Any time)	The Contumacy rises up in rebellion.

Spoiler end.

In addition, every time a month passes post-civil war there is a chance that a famine may or may not break out, with a factor of 1 and 9 respectively. The chances of both can be affected through several factors:

Spoilers below, we recommend these are best experienced in game before reading

Events/Conditions that increase chance of famine
Event/Condition	Factor
Stability <30%	1.1
Stability <20%	1.2
Stability <10%	1.3
KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR >1	1.1
KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR >2	1.2
KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR >3	1.3
KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR >4	1.4
KIC_public_works_corvee_taken_var >0	1.25
KIC_public_works_corvee_taken_var >1	1.5
KIC_public_works_corvee_taken_var >2	1.75
KIR.KIR_90_percent_of_kiria_1007_population > KIC.max_manpower_k	3
KIR.KIR_80_percent_of_kiria_1007_population > KIC.max_manpower_k	3

Events/Conditions that decrease chance of famine
Event/Condition	Factor
Stability >50%	1.1
Stability >60%	1.2
Stability >70%	1.3
Stability >80%	1.4
Stability >90%	1.5
Has researched technology 'Scientific Astrology'	1.25

Events/Conditions that increase KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR KIC_public_works_corvee_taken_var variables
Event/Condition	Results
Complete 'A Mechanised Recovery' focus (Tech Req unmet)	KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR +1
Complete 'Develop the Land' focus (Tech Req unmet)	KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR +1
Complete 'Riches of the Earth' focus (Tech Req unmet)	KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR +1
Complete 'Establish the Rising Sun Technical University' focus (Tech Req unmet)	KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR +1
Complete 'Brisk, Bountiful, Better' focus (Tech Req unmet)	KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR +1
Public Works Corvée decision taken	KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR/KIC_public_works_corvee_taken_var +1 each time
Public Works Corvée decision taken	KIC_marepower_consumed_VAR/KIC_public_works_corvee_taken_var +1 each time
Increase Corvée Quotas decision taken	KIC_public_works_corvee_taken_var +1

Spoiler end.

Threats and opportunities