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The Crown Empire of Magnus Valerius

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"Kosmos le Poluchôrêtos"

Political Freedoms: Some
Civil Rights: Some
Economy: Frightening

Introduction

Background

Originally, Magnus Valerius was a collection of squabbling petty kingdoms vying for dominance in the region. The five most powerful of these kingdoms were Baden, Sylvana, Metaxas, Deliyannes, and Vedus. However, the appearance of a prophet in Vedus would establish a dominating kingdom.

The prophet was St. Valerian (162 B.C.E. - 91 B.C.E.), a poor missionary who strengthened Vedus by aiding in the raising of foodstuffs and funds. He also created a large following. Eventually St. Valerian became king, and conquered most of the southern kingdoms, along with the island kingdom of Metaxas. Vedus was renamed Valeria, and a new capital from the old one at Vedus was founded: Valerius Prime. Vedus would decay into a small backwater town, and remain so all the way up to the modern era.

St. Valerian died in 91 B.C. His successors consolidated the gains into a nation-state: Magnus Valerius, or Greater Valeria. King William The Great (921 AD - 1002 AD) defeated Baden in a brutal war and took parts of Sylvana. Eventually, the kings after William conquered the smaller kingdoms one by one until 1349, when George I proclaimed himself Emperor of all Valerians. Magnus Valerius was united. Today, a massive industrial boon caused by the country's hard-working populace and resource rich territories have made the Paradigm of the Reign of Alexander I a most prosperous one. Even though the technology of the country is quite backwards (as it is in the Victorian Era), the empire is establishing itself as a major player in realpolitik.

Geography and Agricultural/Mineral Resources

Climates: Mediterranean, Temperate, Steppe
Highest Peak: Mount Dale: 12,597 ft.
Lowest Point: Malatesta Crater: - 45 ft.
Natural Resources: iron, coal, oil, timber, iron, platinum, copper, tin, tungsten, magnesium, sodium
Land Distribution: 30% Arable Land, 65% Other, 5% Permanent Crops
Major Agricultural Products: Beef, rice, wheat, apples, citrus fruits, fish, grapes, almonds, cotton

People

The Crown Empire of Magnus Valeria

Total Population: 4,006,000,000 (2022 AD Est.)

Magnus Valerius: 1,300,000,000
Valerian Mines: 823,000,000
Fortress of Valeria: 830,000,000
Subjects under the MVEF: 603,000,000
New Valeria: 149,000,000
Austro-Hungarian Isles: 155,000,000
Kydonia: 146,000,000

Age Structure:

0-14 years: 39%
14-64 years: 58%
65 years and over: 3%

Life Expectancy:
Overall: 70
Male: 68
Female: 72

Nationalities (of Empire + colonies):

Valerian, Greek, Italian, Austrian, French, Visigoth, Hungarian, Cuban, Elven

Ethnic Groups (of Empire + colonies):

White - 85%, Hispanic - 11%, Elven - 4%

Religion:
Greek Orthodox (state religion) - 69%, Jewish - 14%, Catholic - 14%, Atheist/Secularist/Agnostic - 3%

Official Languages: Valerian, English, Italian, Greek
German and French spoken commonly in states of Baden and Nice, respectively. Elvish spoken in parts of Sylvana.

Literacy Rate:
Total population: 85%, Male: 86%, Female: 84%

Government

conventional long form: Crown Empire of Magnus Valerius
conventional short form: Magnus Valerius
abbreviation: MV

Government Type: Monarchy
A council help make and enforce decisions with the emperor.

Executive Designation: His Majesty’s Government
National Value: Order
Ruling Party: New Order Faction; Ideology: Reactionary
Party System: One-Party System
Current Political Issues: Interventionism, Jingoism, Revanchism

Capital: Valerius Prime (Pop: 45,236,451; 2022 Est.)

Administrative Divisions: 20 states; Valeria, Valakia, Sylvana, Baden, Trikoupes, Deliyannes, Alexandria, Basil, Deaun, Naltius, Tibor, Andasia, Nice, Metaxas, Tabriz, Varnas, Buchutesi, Aeolii, Isolydon, New Valeria... 162 Provinces, 2 Municipials; Valerius Prime, Vedui

Unification Date: December 6, 1349

Suffrage: 28 years of age; wealth-based vote (for both sexes)

Executive Branch:
Emperor: Emperor Alexander I
New Order Council: Archduke Bastilus D'Souivons, Field Marshal Giuseppe Venizeli, Admiral John Kitchener, Lord Barnardo Danmark


Legislative Branch: Legislative Power is vested in the Emperor and the New Order Council.

Judicial Branch:
Court Hall of Justice: Justicar Jozef von Schwaben

Economy

GDP per capita: $45,600
GDP: $59,280,000,000,000
National Budget: $28,454,400,000,000

GDP - compostiton by sector: agriculture: 23%; industry: 68%; services: 9%

Population Below Poverty Line: 7.25%

Unemployment Rate: 2.4%

Major Exports: automobiles, electronics, agricultural products and foodstuffs, consumer goods, industrial supplies and raw materials, steel, platinum, wines and liquor, textiles

Major Imports: weapons, marble, agricultural products and foodstuffs, consumer goods, wines and liquor, silk, beaver pelts

Currency: Valerian Crown

Currency Code: VC

Legal Ages

Voting: 28
Driving: 14
Alcohol: 16
Smoking: 16

Holidays

January 1: New Year's Day
January 3: Greek Christmas
February 14: Valentine's Day
February 22: Baden Day
March 25: King William Day
April 1: April Fools' Day
May 5: Sylvana Day
June 27: Presidents' Day
July 28: Armistice Day - National Holiday
August 18: Heros' Day
September 1: Labor Day
October 30: Halloween
Last Thursday of November: Thanksgiving
December 6: Unification Day - National Holiday
3rd Week of December: Channukah
December 25: Christmas Day

Other

National Animal: Sea Urchin
National Bird: Swallow
National Tree: Sycamore
National Fruit: Orange
National Flower: Cherry Blossom
National Hero: St. Valerian

Military

Military Branches:

1. The Valerian Army - Field Marshal Giuseppe Venizeli
2. Imperial Navy - Admiral John Kitchener
3. Imperial Air Force - Field Marshal Edouard D'Orleans

BUDGET

Military Budget: US $6,259,968,000,000
Percentage of GDP: 10.6%
Percentage of Budget: 22.0%

Soldier Pay Monthly/Yearly

Soldier - $708.33/$8500; $224,196,000,000
Officer - $2083.33/$25000; $2,650,000,000

Monthly Total: $ 18,903,833,333.33
Annual Total: $226,846,000,000.00

Maintanence/Repairs:US$541,235,520,000
Procurement/Surplus Funding: US$2,840,155,280,000

General Equipment

1. Repeating Rifle
2. Standard First Aid Kit
3. Imperial Military Uniform (grey and blue)
4. Standard Bolt-Action, Breech-Loaded rifle
5. Machine Gun
6. Trench Mortar
7. High-Explosive Grenade
8. Mustard Gas Canister
9. Gas Mask
10. Steel Helmet, adorned with feathers and double-headed eagle
11. Steel Bayonet
12. Sabre

Manpower/Personnel:

Total Manpower (Draft - 9.3%): 102,207,000
Total Manpower (Volunteers Only Estimate - 4.4%): 48,356,000
Standing Army (2.4%): 26,376,000
Minimal Army (Garrisons only - 0.4%): 4,396,000
Officers: 106,000

Air Force Crew: 30,000
Fokker Biplane Pilots/Crews: 30,000
Planes: 3,000

Navy Crews: 422,800 (including upkeep personnel)
Battleships: 76
Dreadnoughts: 122
Cruisers: 32
Heavy Cruisers: 10
Subs: 100
Corvettes: 212

Ship Staff/ Mobilized Vessels:

Dreadnoughts: 92
Total: 156,400 men; 1700/vessel

Cruisers: 32
Total: 32,000 men; 1000/vessel

Battleships: 59
Total: 85,550 men; 1450 men/vessel

Heavy Cruisers: 10
Total: 13,000 men, 1300 men/vessel

Corvettes: 125
Total: 31,250 men, 250/vessel

Submersible Crewmen (around 72/sub): 7,200
Total Active-Duty Personnel: 325,400
Personnel on Standy-By: 97,400

Army Size: 25,817,200

Infantry (75%): 19,362,900
Artillery (15%): 3,872,580
Cavalry (10%): 2,581,720

Armies: 13

- 1st Imperial Army: 4,000,000 men; 413 Divisions - General Karagiannis
- 2nd Imperial Army: 2,955,000 men, 296 Divisions - General Biretta
- 3rd Imperial Army: 3,000,000 men, 306 Divisions - General Gallieni
- Army of Baden-Sylvana-Nice: 1,750,000 men, 178 Divisions - General Hapsburg
- Army of Metaxas: 2,204,000 men, 222 Divisions - General Hamilcar
- Imperial Guard: 50,000 men, 5 Divisions - General Balbus
- 4th Imperial Army: 3,000,000 men, 307 Divisions - General Thompson
- 5th Imperial Army: 2,408,200 men, 210 Divisions - General Holstein
- 6th Imperial Army: 2,450,000 men, 249 Divisions - General Kastro
- 7th Imperial Army: 1,000,000 men, 101 Divisions - General Esthari
- 8th Imperial Army: 1,000,000 men, 114 Divisions - General François
- 9th Imperial Army: 1,000,000 men, 107 Divisions - General von Stoffel
- 10th Imperial Army: 1,000,000 men, 120 Divisions - General Deligiannis

Munitions

60,000 "Foxworth" tanks (Original Design; pic pending)
850,000 Mustard Gas shells
Ammunition Supply (4,000 bullets/soldier): 103,268,800,000
Normal Artillery Shells (600 shells/artillery crewman): 2,323,548,000
High Explosive Artillery Shells (182 shells/artillery crewman): 704,809,560

That's nice. Like your name and your flag. Well established nation you got there. :)

Thanks. :D

It was quite some work cranking out he figures for the entry. I've also got to make some maps, visuals of currency and certain cities (or close maps of city metropolitan areas), get the profiles and images for major figures and characters done, and complete the tank design for the Foxworths. Then, after that, I'll have to go webspace hunting.

A nation after my own heart! Welcome to the board!

EDIT: And stupendous job, as well! ;)

Good work.

Thank you, everyone. :)

I guess it was good setting up my nation for the world stage - and I guess it was good I discovered the forums after all these months.

Characters

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Emperor Alexander I
Emperor of All Valerians

Full Name: Alexander John Vassilakos
Age: 53
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 214 lbs.
Birthplace: Nizhniy Petrograd, Aigagros (a part of Valeria)
Blood Type: O
Psychological Analysis: Megalomaniac and paranoid
Family: Father, Mother and siblings: Deceased from disease. Wife: Theodora, killed in missile attack. Sons: Alexander; youngest son killed in missile attack. Daughters: Karen; two daughters killed in missile attack.

Biography:
Alexander is the first emperor of the bloodline, Vassilakos. After the previous emperor, Emperor Maejis I, died without an heir, Alexander Vassilakos, who was once the experienced ruler of the Principality of Aigagros before it was absorbed into the empire, was voted into power unanimously at age 42.

However, after a few years those whom elected him to power began to hate Alexander. The barons, who placed him on the throne, hated Alexander's libertarian ideas and ecological practices. One fateful day, the barons closed down the Palsgrave Council and declared independence from Alexander's regime in the city of Orissa. A pretender to the throne, Emperor Felix Moustaka, was crowned. The colonies of The Crown Empire seceeded and joined on the year-long civil war. However, Alexander's cunning and generalship defeated the barons. Alexander also got tangled in a mess with TROUSRS and GDODAD, but escaped unscathed with the use of diplomatic common sense.

Then, the reaction against the rebels resulted in the deaths of 10 Million people - the entire population of Orissa. Alexander became darker with the increasing diplomatic pressures on him, and now, he plans to revoke voting, limit freedoms, and find information about GDODAD... Truly Alexander has gone somewhat psychotic.

Alexander is a towering figure at 6'4", weighing 212 pounds and is physically strong as he was in his youth at age 50. His brown hair may be receding a bit, but he doesn't seem to notice. One of his favorite things in the NS world is vodka - lots of vodka. After vodka comes his family and the children of the nation - he is very compassionate to the young, new generation and wishes to keep the morality police off his lawn to protect lives from their needless interventionistic policies.

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Archduke Bastilus D'Souivons
Archduke of The Crown Empire and Director of Diplomacy

Full Name: Bastilus Charles D'Souivons
Age: 57
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 174 lbs.
Birthplace: Port St. Charles
Blood Type: B
Psychological Analysis: Blabbermouth and a womanizer
Family: Parents and 2 brothers deceased. Wife: Rhea. Sons: Bastilus, Patrick, Vincent.

Biography:
Bastilus was a reserved politician. Even though he is powerful, he often lacks resolve to put his opinion on everything and forcefully coming up with other ideas. This is due to his past, in part. When he was a shopkeep in his small hometown of Port St. Charles, his scandalous bumblings within a local brothel reached headlines in the province. Since then, he is the father of 3 legitimate boys with his wife, Rhea, and the father of countless other children from seedy encounters with the ladies of the night in various Red Light Districts.

Since he doesn't want to dig up more scandal with his... extended family, he tends not to want to make headlines.

Yet, after the Civil War, Bastilus was promoted to Archduke, and now has become much more firm on his stances and, in general, a much better politician and leader. He replaced the old Baronial Council with the New Order Council, which consisted of himself, Field Marshal Giuseppe Venizeli, and The Emperor.

The 57 year old archduke stands at a decent 5'8", the national average height. Bastilus is a little overweight at 174 pounds. His plantinum blonde hair is on the retreat, but an upturned moustace and beard takes attention away from his lacking hair line. He enjoys a cool gin and tonic with his stroganoff, and lives with his wife and sons in the Imperial Palace with Alexander and his family, and Gen. Venizelli and his family.

The Crown Colonies

Here are the statistics for the colonies of Magnus Valerius...

The Autonomous Protectorate of The Valerian Mines

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"Specializing in World-Class Prison Labor!"

Introduction

Background

In Spring 1411, Emperor George III sent an expedition of geologists, cartographers and explorers to discover what lied in the very mountainous region northeast of the empire. Led by excitable adventurer Ioanno Grindidorff, they soon made an evaluation of this region in the Summer of 1411. What these explorers found was a land rich in mineral resources and timber - and thus, in Winter 1411, they founded the first settlement of what is to be known as The Valerian Mines at Ioannople.

The settlement flourished, and the news of rich resources brought settlers flocking to the region in order to make money - many immigrants of Cuban descent came to eke out their fortunes. Eventually, rich landowners introduced slaves into the mix, bringing them from distant lands to suffer in the gold and iron mines. The country became a melting pot of the Valerians and the Cuban immigrants, with 1/2 of all marriages in the colony as interracial marriages. Large families were sired by all immigrants, nonetheless, filling the mountains and vallies of the rugged region with settlements.

The pretty calm history of the colony came to an end in 1974, when Generalissimo Wilhelm von Edindorff issued a coup against the government. Battles took place between the different factions, but Wilhelm came out on top. Even though he had issued a coup, he remained dearly loyal to the emperor. After Wilhelm's death six IC years ago, the new governor, Wilhelm II, was disloyal to the crown. He joined the side of the Orissans, but when the rebellion crumbled, he surrendered. Alexander granted him and his nation amnesty, allowing them back into the Crown Empire.

The Valerian Mines today is a massive melting pot between the Valerians and the Cuban migrants. The economy is flourishing - but slaves are still legal under law.

Geography and Agricultural/Mineral Resources

Climates: Mediterranean, Mountain, Boreal, Temperate, Steppe
Highest Peak: Daedalus Mons: 22,597 ft.
Lowest Point: Grindidoff Valley: 4045 ft.
Natural Resources: coal, timber, iron, copper, tin, sulphur, magnesium, gold, silver
Land Distribution: 6% Arable Land, 60% Mining and Forestry, 28% Other, 7% Permanent Crops
Major Agricultural Products: potatoes, lamb

People

Population: 571,000,000

Age Structure:

0-14 years: 29%
14-64 years: 70.8%
65 years and over: 0.2%

Life Expectancy:
Overall: 79
Male: 77
Female: 81

Nationalities:

Valerian, Greek, Italian, Austrian, French, Cuban

Ethnic Groups:

White - 38%, Hispanic - 29%, Black - 3%, Mixed White/Hispanic - 40%

Religion:
Greek Orthodox (state religion) - 75%, Jewish - 1%, Catholic - 21%, Atheist/Secularist/Agnostic - 3%

Official Languages: English, Italian, Greek, Spanish

Literacy Rate:
Total population: 75%, Male: 75%, Female: 75%

Government

conventional long form: The Autonomous Protectorate of The Valerian Mines
conventional short form: Valerian Mines
abbreviation: VM

Government Type: Presidential Dicatorship
The Dictator is aided by nepotism.
Executive Designation: Laws By Decree
National Value: Order
Ruling Party: Miner's Party; Ideology - Socialist
Party System: One-Party System
Current Political Issues: Lowering of Voting Age, Slavery Subsidization

Capital: Ioannople (Pop: approx. 15,762,110)

Administrative Divisions: 5 Prefectures: Ioannople, Transylvarn, Blackforest, Northern Peaks, Grindidoff

Founded: February 26, 1411

Suffrage: 28 years of age; universal suffrage

Executive Branch:
President: President Wilhelm II

Legislative Branch: Legislative Power is vested in the President

Judicial Branch:
Valerian Court Hall of Justice: Justicar Philip Castro

Economy

GDP per capita: $32,000
GDP: $18,272,000,000,000
National Budget: $3,837,120,000,000

GDP - compostiton by sector: agriculture: 6%; industry & mining: 83%; services: 11%

Population Below Poverty Line: 8.25%

Unemployment Rate: 5.4%

Major Exports: raw metals, precious metals, consumer goods, steel, jewelry, potatoes, precious gems, raw and finished diamonds,

Major Imports: agricultural products and foodstuffs, consumer goods, wines and liquor, machinery

Currency: Valerian Crown

Currency Code: VC

Legal Ages

Voting: 28
Driving: 18
Alcohol: 18
Smoking: 18

Holidays

January 1: New Year's Day
January 3: Greek Christmas
February 14: Valentine's Day
February 22: Baden Day
March 25: King William Day
April 1: April Fools' Day
May 5: Sylvana Day
June 27: Presidents' Day
July 28: Armistice Day - National Holiday
August 18: Heros' Day
September 1: Labor Day
October 30: Halloween
Last Thursday of November: Thanksgiving
December 6: Unification Day - National Holiday
3rd Week of December: Channukah
December 25: Christmas Day

Other

National Animal: Turtle
National Bird: Peregrin Falcon
National Tree: Cypress
National Fruit: Orange
National Flower: Violet
National Hero: Ioanno Grindidorff

The Mines is currently under Forced Disarmament.

well u really out did your self typing that well done chaps

Map of Magnus Valerius

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The Royal Families of Magnus Valerius

The Old Kingdom:

St. Valerian (162 BC - 91 BC)
"The Saint"

House Istria

Persephone I (91 BC - 71 BC)
"The Woman Warrior"

Aethelred I (71 BC - 55 BC)
"The Wise"

Theodoric I (55 BC - 32 BC)
"The Blonde"

Theodoric II (32 BC - 5 BC)
"The Knave"

Theodoric III (5 BC - 15 AD)
"The Brave"

Aethelred II (15 AD - 17 AD)
"The Drunkard"

King Aethelred II dies in battle in 17 AD without an heir. The Istrian line becomes extict and the House Romali ascends to power.

House Romali

Laughlin I (17 AD - 27 AD)
"The Old Romali"

Laughlin II (27 AD - 59 AD)
"Crouchback"

Theodoric IV (59 AD - 76 AD)
"Danish Coveter"

Theodoric V (76 AD - 101 AD)
"Metaxan Man"

Theodoric VI (101 AD - 147 AD)
"Royal Bastard"

Laughlin III (147 AD - 149 AD)
"The Legitimate"

Laughlin IV (149 AD - 177 AD)
"Spoiled Sport"

Theodoric VII (177 AD - 226 AD)
"Old Man Theodoric"

Theodoric VIII (226 AD - 250 AD)
"The Impotent"

Theodoric VIII dies without an heir, as he was infertile. The Romali line becomes extinct and the House von Plittersdorff ascends to power.

House von Plittersdorff

Wilhelm I (250 AD - 301 AD)
"The Beheader"

Wilhelm II (301 AD)
"The Beheaded"

Rudolf I, The Great (301 AD - 364 AD)
"Die Kaiser von Plittersdorff"

Rudolf II (364 AD - 372 AD)
"Das Deutsch"

Rudolf II was overthrown, since Austrians were a minority in Valeria. This ends the line of Old Kingdom von Plittersdorff kings and the House Garibaldi rises to power.

House Garibaldi

Cesare I (372 AD - 406 AD)
"The Short"

Theodoric IX (406 AD - 471 AD)
"Wine Connoisseur"

Aethelred III (471 AD - 500 AD)
"Blue Beard"

Cesare II (500 AD - 555 AD)
"Odd Deathdate"

Rudolf III (555 AD - 609 AD)
"Austro-Italian"

Theodoric X (609 AD - 683 AD)
"Pious"

Theodoric XI (683 AD - 714 AD)
"The Heretic King"

Theodoric XII, The Great (714 AD - 790 AD)
"The Last Theodoric"

Cesare III (790 AD - 802 AD)
"Strange Eyes"

Cesare IV (802 AD - 826 AD)
"The Unfit"

Cesare and his family were killed in a coup d'etat. The Garibaldi line becomes extinct and the House Kantakouzenos rises to power.

House Kantakouzenos

Phillip I (826 AD - 866 AD)
"Gourmand Extraordinaire"

Phillip II (866 AD - 892 AD)
"The Sagely King"

Phillip III, The Great (892 AD - 921 AD)
"Brilliant"

Phillip III marries his daughter to Lord William Cambridge of Adien. Phillip III then abdicates. The Kantakouzenos line has merged with the new house in a new age, the House Cambridge in The New Kingdom.

The New Kingdom:

House Cambridge

HM King William I, The Great (921 - 1002 AD)
The Longest Reign

HM King William II (1002 AD - 1034 AD)
Conquered Kingdom of Nice

HM King Archibald I (1034 AD - 1078 AD)
Conquered Elven Kingdom of Sylvana

HM King William III (1078 AD - 1122 AD)
Conquered Kingdom of Baden

HM King Richard I (1122 AD - 1170 AD)
"The Grand Crusader"

HM King Archibald II (1170 AD - 1212 AD)
"Taxman Archie"

HM King Richard II (1212 AD - 1243 AD)
"Bad Breath"

HM King Richard III (1243 AD - 1245 AD)
"The Nude"

After a scandal involving Richard III caught in a public act of fornication, the Palsgrave Council elects the von Plittersdorff family into power again in an interim government; the Council wishes not to start a feud with The Church.

House von Plittersdorff

HM King Konrad I (1245 AD - 1251 AD)
"The Council's Pawn"

After the church demands the rightful king to be in power, the Council removes Konrad I from the throne and replaces Richard III on it.

House Cambridge

HM King Richard III (1251 AD - 1277 AD)
"The Nude Redeemed"

HM King Archibald III (1277 AD - 1301 AD)
"The Mad"

HM King Henri I (1301 AD - 1340 AD)
"Frenchie"

HM King George I (1340 AD - 1349 AD)
"The Conqueror"

In 1349, the Kingdoms of Deliyannes and Trikoupes were conquered, unifying the entire nation of Valeria. King George I proclaims himself Emperor George I of The Crown Empire of Magnus Valerius.

The Crown Empire

HIM Emperor George I, The Great (1349 AD - 1377 AD)
Unified all of the Valerian kingdoms

HIM Emperor George II (1377 AD - 1404 AD)
"Broad Shoulders"

HIM Emperor George III (1404 AD - 1465 AD)
Explored The Valerian Mines

HIM Emperor Richard IV (1465 AD - 1489 AD)
"Sycophant of The Church"

HIM Emperor Archibald IV (1489 AD - 1510 AD)
"Champion for the Jews"

HIM Empress Victoria I (1510 AD - 1566 AD)
"Old Queen V"

HIM Emperor Archibald V (1566 AD)
"Branded Sorcerer"

Archibald V was burned at the stake in a period of crack-down initiated by the Valerian Greek Orthodox Church. He was later found innocent in 1869 AD. The Cambridge line becomes extinct and the von Plittersdorff family seizes power.

House von Plittersdorff

HIM Emperor Konrad II (1566 AD - 1603 AD)
"Die Kaiser Konrad"

HIM Emperor Rudolf IV (1603 AD - 1611 AD)
"Crown Prince of Baden"

House von Plittersdorff is once again thrown out of power. Rudolf IV is proclaimed Kaiser of Baden for a short period of tension between 1611 and 1613. The Empire is governed by the Barons until 1613, when House Kaldris assumes power.

House Kaldris

HIM Emperor Ivan I (1615 AD - 1672 AD)
"The Drinking Emperor"

HIM Emperor Ivan II (1672 AD - 1733 AD)
"Self-Proclaimed Artist"

HIM Empress Ivanna I (1733 AD - 1799 AD)
"Heir Producer"

HIM Emperor Phillip IV (1799 AD - 1846 AD)
"The Isolationist"

HIM Emperor Valens I, The Great (1846 AD - 1886 AD)
"Industrializing Emperor"

HIM Emperor Valens II (1886 AD - 1914 AD)
"Reserved"

HIM Emperor Franz I (1914 AD - 1940 AD)
"The Technology Ban Emperor"

HIM Emperor Meijis (Magus) I, The Great (1940 AD - 2002 AD)
"The Grand Progressive Emperor"

Emperor Meijis I dies, outliving his heirs; his sons died in fatal accidents. The Palsgrave Council elects Alexander Vassilakos of Aigagros to the throne. The Kaldris line ends and the House Vassilakos assumes leadership.

House Vassilakos

HIM Emperor Alexander I (2002 AD - )
"Vodka-Brained"


"The Grand Ancient Capital"

Valerius Prime

On 152 BC, St. Valerian founded a new city to be his capital of "Valeria" - Valerius Prime. Founded a little ways west of Vedus, the small town surrounded by fertile farmlands soon blossomed into a major city, and it was a magnificent trade center. It consumed nearby cities into its municipal vicinity, including the old capital at Vedus.

Today, smokestacks rise above the skyline in Valerius Prime. Trains bring in shipments of coal from the north near Baden and iron from the east near Boyaragrad. These two materials fuel the largest industry that is apparent in the city: the steel industry. Iron works across the city smelt the ore into useable iron, and then the steel foundries merge the iron with carbon and process it to form steel. Other than steel, a booming textile industry manufactures clothes worn all over the region of Kortania. Electronics and paper production have also risen in the city's industry. Valerius Prime is not only an industrial center, but a cultural one as well. All nationalities from Valeria may be found here: Jews, Austrians, French, Greeks, Italians, and Valerians (Greeks and Italians are also considered Valerians).

The city rests on the northern bank of the Vedus River. A grand stone bridge with roads and lamps for vehicles leads from the south bank and into the city on the north. The first sight for any traveler from the south would be Emperor George's Park, a large green of large trees that is larger than Central Park in New York. On the other end of the park rises the Imperial Palace. The four-story building may not be the tallest in the city, but it is certainly the most beautiful. Its white and grey marble walls glimmer in the sunlight. The copper green shingles are elegantly laid out, making a flowing pattern along the roof. Pillars hold out verandas at certain points, and the palace is surrounding by walls, gardens, and a private lake. In the heart of Valerius Prime lies City Hall, and the Court Hall of Justice.

National Anthems

(Ermm... I'll get them up later)