CN History

Government type: Monarchy
Ruler: The King of Cochin, His Highness Rama Varma
Region: South India
Population: 78 Million
Major resources: Coal, Spices, Sandal, Thorium
Major exports: Oil, IT, Arms, Ammunition, Shipping
GDP: $51,021,037.76 (current surplus)
Official language: Malayalam, English, Hindi


About: The Kingdom of Cochin has been ruled by the Cochin Royal family or Perumpadappu Swaroopam for close to 700 years. The seat of Kingdom is at Tripunithura and the administrative capital is at Cochin. The Kingdom of Cochin expanded from its original boundaries which were the districts of Ernakulam, Trichur, Kottayam, Idukki, Malappuram, Alleppey and Palghat to include the entire states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

History: The Perumpadappu Swaroopam came to Cochin after the Great Flood of 1200 when the port of Muziris was closed and Cochin harbor was formed. It was shaped into greatness by King Sakthan Thampuran. The earlier rivalry with the Zamorin kingdom to north and Travancore Kingdom to south was finallyreconciled during the reign of the previous ruler His Highness Sasidharan Thampuran, who through his military, economic and diplomatic prowess united the three Kingdoms to create the Greater Kingdom of Cochin. After his abdication for Vanavasa, his son and present monarch, His Highness Rama Varma devoted the first 10 years of his reign to an accelerated development and modernisation of the Royal Cochin Defense Forces.


In September 1995 the erstwhile State of Madras and Wodeyar Kingdom launched a joint attack against the Kingdom of Cochin. Despite early reverses at Kazarkode, Walayar and Trivandrum sectors, the RCDF forces surged repulsed the invaders and surged towards the two enemy capitals. The enemy's nefarious designs were given a death blow when the attack submarines of RCDF sunk the Madras Air Craft Carrier Vaiko off the coast of Trivandrum. The RCDF Navy Fleet 2 went on to destroy the Madras offense fleet anchored off Chennai and the Task Force Bravo finished off the Wodeyar fleet at Karwar.

Finally by December 3, 1995 the Kingdom of Cochin formally annexed the states of Madras and Karnataka and integrated them into the Kingdom of Cochin.

The Kingdom of Cochin entered 21st century as a modern well defended Kingdom and as a veritable power in the world stage.

Military:

Royal Cochin Defense Forces is organized into 3 sections : Army, Navy and Air Force.
All defense organisations have HQs at Cochin.
There are Army Regional Commands at Bangalore, Chennai and Calicut.
The Air Force Regional Commands are at Nedumbassery, Coimbatore and Bidar.
The principal Naval bases are Cochin, Trivandrum, Karwar, Mangalore, Chennai, Tuticorin, Paravur, Ponnani and Kodungallur.

Army: There are 6 Armored Cavalry Regiments, 12 Mechanised regiments, 6 Shock Armour Regiments, 8 Shock Artillery Regiments, 2 Paratrooper Regiments, 2 regiments of Mountaineers and a regiment of Special Forces.

Air Force:
5 wings of 50 Mig35s, 5 wings of 60 Su30, 8 wings of 60 Mig 29, 8 wings of 50 An32, 5 squadrons of 16 IL76, 2 squadrons of IL78, 1 Squadron of IL76AEW, 10 wings of 40 ALH, 4 wings of 50 Mi35, 2 wings of 48 Tigershark, 1 Squadron of 17 Mi26 and an executive Fleet of 50 GVIIs.

Navy:
3 Aircraft Carriers (70), 3 Aircraft Carriers (40), 5 Helicopter Carriers (40), 20 Cruisers, 35 Destroyers, 50 Frigates, 256 Missile Boats, 4 Missile Submarines, 20 Attack Submarines, 106 Midget Submarines, 40 Coastasl Patrol Vessels, 20 Hovercrafts, 10 LSTs, 3 Floating Tenders, 25 Fleet Oilers.

Mig29K- 250; Sea Harriers- 150; P3C Orion-100, MH53-300, Ka30 - 400.