The Yellow Empire is the primary antagonist in The Secret of the Swordfish trilogy (the first books in the Blake and Mortimer series of graphic novels). It is a totalitarian superpower ruled by Emperor Basam Damdu; its capital is Lhasa and while its original territory is never defined, it rules over the entire world before its downfall.
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