Annexation of the State of Yi

The annexation of the State of Yi was one of the final enents of the Imperialization of the Earth Kingdom, that took place in the area controlled by the city state of Yi. It ended with the annexation of the constituent state.

History
After the assasination of Earth Queen Hou-Ting, the State of Yi, along with other seceeded areas of the crumbling Earth Kingdom became under siege by various bandit groups.

After three years of conquering other parts of the Earth Kingdom, Kuvira's army set its sight for one of their final objcations, the State of Yi. Kuvira arrived in Yi with her army, prompting the governor to ask what she was doing there. At her request, he went aboard her train to have a private conversation. Despite the imminent risk of collapse, the governor refused to sign Kuvira's offer, in which she would receive access to all of Yi's resources, namely its rich ore supply, in return for complete protection. He ordered her to leave his state and angrily left the train after being intimidated by the army commander.

But his actions were in vain, as all of the supplies had ran out, and the Air Nation representatives, Kai and Opal were unsucessful in bringing new supplies into the encircled city, as both the skies and land around it were contolled by various bandit groups. With his people at the brink of starvation the governor was forced to hand power into Kuvira's hands and pledge loyalty to her. As the threaty was signed, Kuvira brought tons of supplies and several Mecha tanks into the provincial capital, with the objection of keeping the city and the rest of the province safe.

After the succesfull annexation of Yi, only the city state of Zaofu remained fully independent, but was conquered only weeks later, during the Battle and Fall of Zaofu.