Editing Cathay (section)

== Relations ==
Cathay has always been a very insular and isolationist nation, as such they never really interact too heavily with foreign powers aside from trade unless they feel like they need to. That said caravans and ambassadors have been sent out to other nations of the world, and they have plenty of enemies at their borders, which gives us some clues as to how they view the rest of the world.

*'''Western Human Nations''': According to older lore (which may or may not be decanonised now), Cathay was first discovered by Tilean adventurer Marco Polare (sounds familiar, right?), who managed to establish trade between Cathay and [[Tilea]]. Like pretty much everyone else in the world, they trade with [[Marienburg]]... and that's pretty much it. The Nagash novel dispute the above statement by making [[Nehekhara#Devil.27s_Backbone|Lahmia]], a port city in the Nehekhara east to be their first trade partner in the ancient past (though granted, Lahmia and Nehekara in general had a [[Tomb Kings|teeny]] [[Vampire Counts|tiny]] pair of problems that precluded diplomatic stability). Overall, they think VERY little of the Western human nations, to the point where the Cathayan Ambassador to Altdorf only learned enough Reikspiel to mention how backwards they were.
**'''Empire''': Western Empire is easily the country with which Cathay interacts most, up to the point of having an official ambassador. Still, the distance between two countries essentially means that they are pretty much on their own most of the time.
**'''Bretonnia''': Not counting old Leofric Carrard novels (in which Bretonnian knight simply roamed the world searching for adventures), there is nothing to say about their relations.
**'''Kislev''': Same as Bretonnia, if you don't count [[Total War: WARHAMMER|Total War: WARHAMMER III]].
**'''Ancient Nehekharan''': According to Nagash novel, the Lahmians were the only Nehekharan Cathay has been interacted for the most part. From their trades, the Lahmian gained a lot of goodies from them like silks, spices, candles, incense, tea and firearms (that last one requires the entire city of Lahmia as payment if there were no gold left). Because of this, Lahmian were the foremost [[weeaboo]] nation ever existed in warhammer at that times. Although both gained a lot from the trade, it does not prevent them from scheming against each other, which results in Neferata having enough of their shit, convinced one of their officer into vampirism, resulting the spread of vampirism in great Cathay. The Dragon Emperor (or whoever was in charged at the time) was pissed off of course, and cancelled the trade with Lahmian, only to re-sign the agreement after the said Emperor (once again, might not be the real one if the newest lore were to believe) was killed and replaced by his inheritor. However, we all knew how Lahmia got it ass handed to Alcadizzar and his armies, so no contacts were made after that. Though it was not mentioned if Alcadizzar ever tried to rebuilt Lahmia in order to trade with Cathay, but it doesn't matter since the entirely of Nehekhara were later nuked and its inhabitant replaced with [[Tomb Kings|ancient walking corpses]] by [[Nagash|that shitty manchild lich]]. Those with living fresh of course are smart to leave the walking dead alone, and Cathayans were no exception. Although it would be hilarious if they at least tried to trade something with them for a joke, and [[Khalida]] would be their most likely just because her city Lybaras positioned near the same east coast as Lahmia.
**'''[[Araby]]''': [[Araby]] was one of the targets for [[Yin-Yin|Yin-Yin's]] plan of Cathayan expansion, and, as you know, it ended badly.
**'''[[Kingdoms of Ind]]''': Ind are seen as some sort of threat for Cathay (probably because of the tiger beastmen living there), alongside [[Khuresh]].
*'''Eastern Human Nations''': [[Nippon]] is described as a rival naval nation, which isn't elaborated for now. Most likely there was some head butting from time to time and periods of peace.
*'''Chaos''': Like any other Ordered civilization, Cathay hates [[Chaos]], to the point of building Great Bastion to protect their lands from Daemons and marauders (mostly Hungs and Kurgans). However, unlike most of the world, [[Tzeentch|Blue Weeaboo Bird]] is strongest here, corrupting aristocracy of some cities and creating weird cults. Likely due to the scheming and backstabbing nature of Cathayan politics and Tzeentch's hatred of Cathay's dynasty. Oh, and also you can find [[Beastmen]] there.
*'''Dwarfs''': Both Cathay and Karaz Ankor are too remote and too isolated to have any meaningful collaboration between each other. Honestly Dwarfs may have a bit of respect for Cathay for their ancestor worship and use of similar weapons and tactics
**'''Chaos Dwarfs''': Same as their non-Chaotic kin up to the [[End Times]], when they assisted Chaos in invading Cathay.
*'''Elves''': 
**'''High Elves''': Cathay and Asur established trade with each other early, about 1700 years before End Times, but since then not much has changed in relations between these nations. High Elves are also the main minority living in the Eastern ports of the empire. Safe to assume they both like to mention how inferior the other is during get togethers.
**'''Dark Elves''': Druchii (especially Fellheart family) are know to raid the shit out of everything, and Cathay is not an exception, with several cities being destroyed by Black Arcs. They are also easily the main naval danger for Cathayan fleet.
**'''Wood Elves''': Not much info on the Elves themselves, but evidently a group of ancient spirits from [[Athel Loren]] did use the World Roots to colonize a forest known as the Jungles of [[Tzeentch|Chi'an]]. They apparently have an antagonistic relationship with the local Monkey People, and are otherwise only notable [[Drycha|because they're all malevolent like a certain other genocidal tree]]. 
*'''Vampires''': Cathay has its own version of Vampires which were long a subject of canonicity debates - [[Jade-Blooded]]. And while they were confirmed to exist recently, their lore is so outdated that we can't say for sure how Dragon family feels about them (probably hostile since who in the right mind would be edgy enough to accept dead people that eats the living?). 
**Again, if Nagash's novel were to believe, Cathay is big on the no vampire policy due to Neferata's action that caused vampirism to first spread in Cathay. And as for the Jade-Blooded, they might be founded by the descendants of the first Cathayan Vampire whom Neferata had corrupt: '''Prince Xian Ha Feng'''. The Jade-Blooded may be the same as "The Jiangshi Rebels", featured in Total War Warhammer 3.
***In Neferata and W'soran's novel, it was revealed that at least three of the major vampire: Neferata, Abhorash and Lord Ankhat (aka [[Vlad von Carstein]]). Neferata went there to start a new life after she was cast out of her city. She tried to make herself a new home by infiltrate and seize it's power in politics, but realized she was a noob compare to the Cathayan at court scheme and was chased away (again, the moon Empress might had a hand in this). Abhorash went there to learn its local martial arts, but no mentioned of him causing trouble (then again, he has self restrain and is not a complete arsehole like the rest of the rest of the vampires), not to mentioned his novels was canned so we don't gets to hear about his badass adventures. Ankhat like Neferata also wanted to make himself big in Cathay and thus he studied W'soran's magic scrolls and disguised as a wizard prince to help the Cathayan against the shitty Chaos invaders at the Great Bastions. Again, because of how competent the security in Cathay was, Ankhat was chased out and assume the life of [[pirate|piracy]].
*'''Skaven''': Aside from Ogres, this is the race that interacts (or interacted) with Cathay the most. [[Clan Eshin]] learned ninja technics here (or in Nippon), and Under-Empire has a major presence in Cathay, up to being co-rulers of it alongside Monkey King when Big D disappeared. They also have a sizeable presence in the Warpstone Desert for reasons that should be self evident.
*'''Lizardmen''': Yin-Yin tried to invade [[Southlands]] during her expansion attempts, but failed. While they aren't outright hostile to each other, they aren't fond of one another either. The Dragons largely blame the Old Ones for why the world went to shit, and the Lizards don't considered the Dragon Emperor's shenanigans as part of the Great Plan. They will fight alongside one another if Chaos is pulling shit, though.
*'''Ogre Kingdoms''': Ogres are very linked to Cathay - most of their backstory relies on Big D pulling a comet out of space to prevent them from eating his subjects. Ogres work as mercenaries there (especially in [[Zhao Ming|Zhao Ming's]] army), but generally they aren't interested in Celestial Empire due to their westward migration. 
*'''Greenskins''': They mostly don't live in [[Eastern Lands]], and the only time they interacted beyond the occasional WAAAGH is when [[Grimgor Ironhide|Grimgor's]] horde destroyed Cathay in the End Times. The main exception being the Hobgoblin Khanate lead by Hobgobla Khan to the north of Cathay, who occasionally assault the Great Bastion, much like Chaos, and The Dimmed Sunz Tribe, a tribe of Savage Orcs found in the center of Cathay (Yes, their name is a pun on the Chinese food "Dim Sum"). Needless to say, they view the Orcs and Goblins like pretty much everyone else does, kill on sight.