Kozameto

Kozameto (Omemi: 芳港 Kozamēto [kozameːto]), historically known as Cosamêto in Portuguese sources, is a city in Omemi, on the island of Tonesshama. Initially a fortress-port leased to the Portuguese as a trading hub, it was eventually fully-administered by the Portuguese, while nominally under the control of the Omemi government. In 1866, the Omemi government ceded sovereignty over the port over to Portugal in a bid to secure international allies against the enroaching Japanese Empire, but this was not successful, as the rest of Omemi fell under the control of the Japanese Empire in 1872, leaving Kozameto surrounded.

In World War 2, Kozameto became neutral territory for people fleeing persecution from the Japanese Empire, boosting the cities population from 120,000 to 730,000 by the spring of 1941. The city thus suffered from extreme shortages, relying on smuggling and black market trade with mainland Japanese yakuza to feed the population.