Jiyin-Haene Warring States

The Warring States Period of the Jiyin-Haene ethnic confederations consisted of a series of warring nation-states in the westernmost section of Kahaipe. Over a period of a thousand years, each of these states fought to maintain power over the large ethnic confederation, with Jiyins based towards the southern part of the confederation and the Haeneese residing towards the north. This period approximately began in the negative 1200th year and ended on the negative 156th year, with the Yiyun Dynasty, which consolidated most of the nation-states.

States
There were around 20 nations and states during the Warring States Period, listed below:
 * Xim (Shim)
 * Qá (Chá)
 * Qi (Chi)
 * Qin (Chin)
 * Qó (Chó)
 * Sūi
 * Xan (Shan)
 * Zéngxong (Tséngshong)
 * We
 * Wé
 * Zui
 * Mom
 * Kóxon (related to "Kojon")
 * Sang
 * Wun
 * Kūmon
 * Xeiqi-ji (Sheichi-ji)
 * Gekūm
 * Jixi (Jishi)

Extent and aftermath
The warlords residing within the warring states, whether from a Haeneese or Jiyin origin, considered everyone outside of the nation-state confederation to be barbarians, or qong xojong. Those to the north, or the nóqong (nóchong), were often tribes like the Run or Ulyshuans. Those to the east, or the zūxong (tsūshong), were the famous Ver'nandians and migrating Eraboreans. The eastern barbarians were typically respected the most as, during several invasions, caused the most damage towards the warring states. Outsider Kojon people were known as kóxong (kóshong), whom resided just west of the confederation. 

Finally, the southern barbarians, or jūjong, were ethnic groups south of the Konon peninsula. Much of the jūjong consisted of the ever-growing Donh', as they attempted many failed invasions towards the Qó and Sang nation-states.

As time progressed, some states were more powerful than others, particularly the Sūi, Zéngxong, and Kóxon nations. These three ruled over vast tracts of territories unmatched by the others, all for more than five centuries each. Each state was ruled by an authoritarian warlord, and military serve was mandatory for every single peasant, farmer, and even those of the middle-and-upper classes.

Often, men and resources ran short. Peasants, out of skills or luck, relied on illegal bartering or raiding as a means of survival. Farmers, slaughtered en-masse, started to rely on inadequate hunting and gathering. Disease and starvation plagued many of the states which, in a weaker state, allowed them to be conquered by either the Kojon or the Yiyun Dynasty. The latter two revived the areas in which the states resided, allowing for more prosperous living conditions and stable governance.