Hema Pae 'Aina (Principia Moderni IV Map Game)

The Chiefdom of Hema Pae 'Aina is a Hawaiian chiefdom or province within the Kingdom of Hawaii, founded in 1712. The chiefdom encompasses a large, but heavily spread out and less populated area, corresponding to all territorial possessions of the Kingdom south of the primary Hawaiian Islands, including the Lalani Pae 'aina (Line Islands), Lui-anakoni Pae 'aina (Cook Islands), and numerous other islands.

The first ruler of the Chiefdom was Kamanawa, the Hawaiian king Kamehameha's first cousin. Under Kamanawa's leadership the chiefdom would see heavy expansion and trade, making contact with several other Polynesian and otherwise foreign nations, including the kingdoms of the Society Islands, the Tu'i Tonga Empire, the Angu-Zia Union, and numerous other nations. The Chiefdom would also serve as the center of Hawaiian influence in southern Polynesia, which under its leadership formed the Polynesian Confederacy in 1753, as a coalition of kingdoms founded by and supported by Hawaiian military intervention and aid.

The Chiefdom's capital and one of its largest cities is Moena (Kiritimati Island). Other major cities include Kohola (Tūpai), Hawaii's gateway to the Society Island states of Tahiti, Bora Bora, and Huahine, and Tongareva (Penrhyn) and Pukapuka in the Lui-anakoni Pae 'aina (Cook Islands).