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Originally composed only of the [[Kzinti (SFU)|Kzinti]] Homeworlds and a number of nearby habitable systems, the Hegemony expanded to control several planets with native sentient races, but didn't allow those subject races to leave their planets, which had no spacefaring capability of their own and traded only with the Kzinti and the occasional offworld smugglers. Eventually, the Kzinti signed a treaty with the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|Federation]] in [[Y166 (SFU)|Y166]], despite many years of conflicts, to counter the [[Klingon Empire (SFU)|Klingon Empire]]'s aggressive expansion into their territories.<ref name="SFBDE"/>

The Kzinti government was a monarchy; the ruling hereditary sovereign was known as the [[Kzinti Patriarch (SFU)|Patriarch]]. There were four principal divisions of Kzinti territory, each ruled by a hereditary noble: the Duke (Klingon border), the Marquis (Federation border), the Count ([[Lyran Kingdom (SFU)|Lyran]] border), and the Baron (who controlled a region of newly explored territory with no hostile borders). These titles were approximate [[Earth (SFU)|Earth]] translations, and the four nobles ranked among themselves in the order given (Duke highest, Baron lowest). There was also at times a Crown Prince, who was the heir apparent (designated successor) to the Patriarch. These five nobles formed a council known as the Pentarchy, which advised the Patriarch.<ref name="SFB2012Basic"/>

The Kzinti found themselves embroiled in a [[Kzinti-Lyran Wars (SFU)#First War|war]] with the [[Lyrans (SFU)|Lyrans]], a distantly related species, from [[Y48 (SFU)|Y48]]-[[Y56 (SFU)|Y56]]. The Lyrans were fighting against the Klingons, and stumbled upon Kzinti space while attempting to circumvent Klingon forces.<ref name="SFBModuleY1"/>

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Bordering both the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets, the Kzinti and Klingons were at war with one another almost as soon as they met,<ref name="SFBPE"/> with the Kzinti believing that the Klingons who had encroached on their territory were allied with the Lyrans.<ref name="SFBModuleY1"/> The [[Klingon-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#First War|First Klingon-Kzinti War]] spanned [[Y50 (SFU)|Y50]]-[[Y82 (SFU)|Y82]].<ref name="SFBDE"/> The Kzinti began to implement [[warp drive (SFU)#Tactical Warp|tactical warp drive]] in [[Y78 (SFU)|Y78]], in response to the Klingons doing the same.<ref name="SFBModuleY1"/> 

The first known contact between the Kzinti and the [[Carnivons (SFU)|Carnivons]] occurred in [[Y55 (SFU)|Y55]]. A year later, as the Kzinti-Lyran War ended, the canine-like Carnivons began to attack both of the felinoid species, taking advantage of their war-weary forces in the region.<ref name="SFBModuleY1"/>

The [[Federation-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#First War|First Federation-Kzinti War]] erupted in [[Y88 (SFU)|Y88]], following the Kzinti's first encounter with the [[United Federation of Planets (SFU)|United Federation of Planets]], and the conflict lasted until [[Y92 (SFU)|Y92]]. Tensions rose again a decade later when the Federation declared a formal, nearly-spherical border extending 4750 [[parsecs]] (15,485 [[light years]]) from that nation's Primary Member Zone, which impacted parts of Kzinti and Klingon territories.<ref name="SFBModuleY1"/> 

The Kzinti, having lost their first conflict against the Klingons, soon entered into a [[Klingon-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#Second War|Second War]] from [[Y103 (SFU)|Y103]]-[[Y106 (SFU)|Y106]], regaining the planets lost in the previous conflict.<ref name="SFBDE"/> After driving the Carnivons out of both of their territories (and possibly to extinction), a Lyran exploration ship was discovered scouting for potential colony sites in former Carnivon territory claimed by the Kzinti, sparking the [[Kzinti-Lyran Wars (SFU)#Second War|Second Kzinti-Lyran War]], which was waged from [[Y109 (SFU)|Y109]]-[[Y114 (SFU)|Y114]]. Soon thereafter, the Kzinti fought a brief civil war as [[The Usurper (SFU)|the Usurper]] attempted to overthrow the [[Kzinti Patriarch (SFU)|Patriarch]] in [[Y116 (SFU)|Y116]], but was driven to flee to the [[WYN Cluster (SFU)|WYN Cluster]] instead.<ref name="SFBModuleY1"/>

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A [[Klingon-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#Third War|Third Klingon-Kzinti War]] raged from [[Y123 (SFU)|Y123]]-[[Y131 (SFU)|Y131]], to inconclusive results.<ref name="SFBDE"/> Meanwhile, from [[Y125 (SFU)|Y125]]-[[Y131 (SFU)|Y131]], the [[Kzinti-Lyran Wars (SFU)#Third War|Third Kzinti-Lyran War]] occurred after the Lyrans attacked, hoping to take advantage of Kzinti patrols thinned out due to the war with the Klingons.<ref name="SFBModuleY1"/> The [[Klingon-Kzinti Wars (SFU)#Fourth War|Fourth Klingon-Kzinti War]] was fought from [[Y158 (SFU)|Y158]]-[[Y162 (SFU)|Y162]], which again ended inconclusively.<ref name="SFBDE"/>

During Fourth Klingon-Kzinti War, the Patriarch managed to achieve true control over his domain. In the wake of the war, the Kzintis began a program to improve their ships based on their combat experiences.<ref name="SFB2012Basic"/> The Kzinti signed a treaty with the Federation in [[Y166 (SFU)|Y166]], despite many years of conflicts, to counter the Klingons' aggressive expansion into their territories.<ref name="SFBDE"/> A border war with the Lyrans in [[Y168 (SFU)|Y168]] expanded into the [[General War (SFU)|General War]].<ref name="SFB2012Basic"/>

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