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{{Formable
| required_xp = 0
| continent = {{Asia}}
| capital = Dushanbe
| start_nation = {{Flag|Name=Tajikistan}}
| required = {{Flag|Name=Tajikistan}}<br>{{Flag|Name=Uzbekistan}}<br>{{Flag|Name=Kyrgyzstan}}<br>{{Flag|Name=Turkmenistan}}<br>{{Flag|Name=Afghanistan}}<br>{{Flag|Name=Pakistan}}
| exclusive_formables = {{Flag|Name=Kushan Empire}}
| suggested_by = gnatbytes1
| demonym = Hephthalite Empire
}}
{{Description|Country forming description=About 2 millenia ago, we were a powerful empire that dominated Central Asia and we collapsed into several small states in our lost memory, now we reunite our empire to dominate Central Asia once again!}}

The '''Hephthalite Empire''' is a [[formable]] located in Central/South {{Asia}}. It borders {{Flag|Name=Kazakhstan}}, {{Flag|Name=China}}, {{Flag|Name=India}} and {{Flag|Name=Iran}}. It is also an [[Exclusive Formables|Exclusive formable]] with the {{Flag|Name=Kushan Empire}}.

==Required [[Nation|Nations]]==
The [[Nation|nations]] required to form the Hephthalite Empire are: {{Flag|Name=Tajikistan}}, {{Flag|Name=Uzbekistan}}, {{Flag|Name=Kyrgyzstan}}, {{Flag|Name=Turkmenistan}}, {{Flag|Name=Afghanistan}} and {{Flag|Name=Pakistan}}. They have notably rough terrain which can make forming this formable relatively tedious.

==Background==
The '''Hephthalites,''' sometimes called the '''White Huns''', were a people who lived in Central Asia and South Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries. Militarily important during 450 to 560, they were based in Bactria and expanded east to the Tarim Basin, west to Sogdia and south through [[Afghanistan]] to [[Pakistan]] and parts of northern [[India]]. They were a tribal confederation and included both nomadic and settled urban communities. They were part of the four major states known collectively as ''Xyon'' (Xionites) or ''Huna'', being preceded by the Kidarites, and succeeded by the Alkhon and lastly the Nezak. All of these peoples have often been linked to the Huns who invaded Eastern Europe during the same period, and/or have been referred to as "Huns", but there is no consensus among scholars about such a connection.

The stronghold of the Hephthalites was Tokharistan on the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush, in what is present-day northeastern [[Afghanistan]]. By 479, the Hephthalites had conquered Sogdia and driven the Kidarites westwards, and by 493 they had captured parts of present-day Dzungaria and the Tarim Basin in what is now Northwest [[China]]. They expanded into [[Pakistan]] as well.<sup>[8]</sup>

The sources for Hephthalite history are poor and historians' opinions differ. There is no king-list and historians are not sure how they arose or what language they spoke. The ''Sveta Huna'' who invaded Pakistan are probably the Hephthalites, but the exact relation is not clear. They seem to have called themselves ''Ebodalo'' (ηβοδαλο, hence ''Hephthal''), often abbreviated ''Eb'' (ηβ), a name they wrote in the Bactrian script on some of their coins. The origin of the name "Hephthalites" is unknown, possibly from either a Khotanese word ''*Hitala'' meaning "Strong" or from postulated Middle Persian ''*haft āl'' "the Seven".

==[[Money|Economy]] and [[Manpower]]==
With a population of {{#invoke:Calculator|calculate|func=population|formable=Hephthalite_Empire}}, the Hephthalite Empire is given a [[manpower]] cap of {{#invoke:Calculator|calculate|func=manpower|formable=Hephthalite_Empire}}. This source of [[manpower]] is semi-reliable, but due to the nation's neighbors it can be considered somewhat low. It's income is {{#invoke:Calculator|calculate|func=income|formable=Hephthalite_Empire}}, which makes it's economy superior compared to nations like {{Flag|Name=Iran}}.

==Geography ==

===[[Terrain]]===
The '''Hephthalite Empire''' is flat in western [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Turkmenistan]], with some {{hilly}} terrain in South Western [[Pakistan]]. There are also {{semi-mountainous}} areas in the rest of [[Afghanistan]], Northern [[Pakistan]], South Eastern [[Tajikistan]] and Western [[Uzbekistan]]. The {{mountainous}} areas are located in Central, Northern and Eastern [[Afghanistan]], most of [[Tajikistan]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]].

===[[Biomes|Biome]]===
Most of the formable is {{Arid}} with the exception of the [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] panhandle, [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]] and North Eastern [[Pakistan]], which lack a biome.

==[[Cities]]==
The Hephthalite Empire has 138 [[cities]]. Its capital is Dushanbe, the capital of its starting country, {{Flag|Name=Tajikistan}}. Its largest city, however, is Karachi.

==Resources==
The Hephthalite Empire produces:
*1 unit of [[Aluminum]]
*3 units of [[Chromium]]
* 3 units of [[Copper]]
* 19 units of [[Gold]]
*5 units of [[Iron]]
*45 units of [[Oil]]
*2 Units of [[Phosphate]]
*4 units of [[Tungsten]]

==Threats==
*{{Flag|Name=India}} could take {{Flag|Name=Pakistan}} and {{Flag|Name=Afghanistan}} for the {{Flag|Name=Maurya Empire}}.
*{{Flag|Name=Pakistan}} or {{Flag|Name=Afghanistan}} expanding into Central Asia.
*{{Flag|Name=Iran}} trying to form {{Flag|Name=Persian Empire}} or {{Flag|Name=Khwarazmian Dynasty}}.
*{{Flag|Name=Russia}} has to conquer Central Asia to form the {{Flag|Name=Soviet Union}} or the {{Flag|Name=Russian Empire}}.
*{{Flag|Name=China}} or {{Flag|Name=Manchuria}} invading Kyrgyzstan to form the {{Flag|Name=Qing Dynasty}}
*Other Central Asian nations trying to form {{Flag|Name=Turkestan}} or any other formable they might have.
*Any Islamic nation trying to form the {{Flag|Name=Islamic Caliphate}} needs {{Flag|Name=Afghanistan}} and {{Flag|Name=Pakistan}} to form.

==Trivia==
*The '''Hephthalite Empire''' and {{Flag|Name=Kushan Empire}} used to not be exclusive, letting you form one after another.

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