What should the empire be called? Rikkai no kuni? *is shot*

I tried to start writing that Romance of the Three Kingdom AU TeniPuri fic, just to flex my writing muscles, and to my dismay discovered that the story wanted to come out in Bahasa Indonesia instead of English. I don't think this is a good sign. Now the question is: can Eve write a TeniPuri AU without even attempting to be humorous and crack-ish? Finished reading A Breath of Snow and Ashes ,...