Kou Empire

The Kou Empire (煌帝国, Kō Teikoku) is a large nation that is militaristic. It is considered one of the most powerful nations in the current era because of the number of Dungeon Capturers and the armies the empire controls. The empire is also described as very aggressive, using any reason to attack another nation.

History
Although it was just a small country in the Far East, it grew to the central plains after borrowing power from Judal, who was brought by the organization Al Sarmen shortly after the founding of the country. They send Dungeon Capturers to the countries in its outskirts to invade them. Recently, they even have dungeon monsters in their army.

Imperial Family
The Ren family (currently composed by the Empress, four princes and eight princesses) is who runs the Kou Empire. The First Emperor had four children with his wife, Gyokuen Ren. When the First Emperor died, his brother Koutoku Ren(who has ten children with different women), became the Second Emperor. Gyokuen then married the Second Emperor, soon after.

Dungeon Capturers
Six members of the Imperial Family are Dungeon Capturers and King Candidates. Five of them were invited by Judal to capture the dungeons that he summoned.

Trivia

 * The Kou Empire is a country with influences of China during the Imperial era.
 * The names of the children of the First Emperor begin with Haku (白), and the names of the children of the Second Emperor begin with Kou (紅).
 * There are six princesses currently unnamed. According Gyokuen they are married, probably with leaders of other countries.