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Kozakura is a feudal military dictatorship with an honorary emperor who holds little actual power (the representative of the gods, from which they grant authority to the warlord). Real power is in the hands of the warlord, the supreme military leader, who rules over a group of shikozu. Each shikozu, in turn, controls a fiefdom, and they have ultimate control over the laws of their fiefs and over the people living there. The warlord has the power to give or remove land and the power to establish or expel shikozu from power but rarely becomes involved in such matters unless to protect the power of the warlord's family. In turn, the shikozu are sworn to provide soldiers for the warlord's army.
The warlord of Kozakura is always chosen from the Hidetomi clan.
The laws in the nation of Kozakura are far more rigid than those found in neighboring Aratur, and the social institutions are more complex. Ethically and religiously, the two nations are very similar in outlook.
Kozakura maintains rigid borders and strictly controls travel into and out of the country.