Generic empire
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(This document is a work of Professor Ian Boore of Cambridge University. Professor Boore is a credited professor of history and governmental studies. He is a renowned expert on the Generic Empire.)
The Generic Empire: A History
Early History
The nation today known as the Generic Empire has its roots far before the massive ‘war of conception’ that would spawn Generia’s modern incarnation. The Empire is descended from nomadic tribes that wandered the Ukrainian steppe and often settled on the Crimean peninsula. These tribes were said to have strong ties with the Ostrogoths who inhabited the same region, and were known to frequently interbreed, so much that in some areas there was no distinction made between Generian and Ostrogothic. In fact, Ermanaric, the Ostrogoth, unifier of the Goths, is now believed by many historians to have actually been Generian, descended from the powerful Generian king Theadoric, not to be confused with the later Ostrogothic king of the same name.
As the hordes of the Huns led by Attila crossed into Ukraine, the Generians, accompanied by some of their Ostrogothic brethren, crossed the Dnieper river into the territory of the Roman Empire. Many of the Ostrogoths remained and were subjugated by the Huns, thus severing most of Generia’s ties with the particular tribe until they regained their independence in 453. The Ostrogoths who accompanied the Generian tribes were assimilated into Generian culture, still very similar to their own.
Driven by necessity, the Generian tribes migrated deeper into Roman territory, eventually joining forces with the hordes of the Visigoths, motivated by similar situation. The tribes moved across Roman lands ravaging and pillaging as they went, eventually confronting the Roman Emperor Valens at Adrianople in 378. A shoddy peace developed then between the romans and the Generians, who were given the province of ‘Generia’ in which to make their home. The Generian tribes lived in peace with the Romans, going so far as to contribute their own men to serve the Roman army.
In the year 390, the Generians elected Theodacer their king. He was a man who dreamed of a unified Gene-Roman state, and so launched an invasion of the Balkan peninsula, seizing territories in the areas that now compose Generia proper (formerly the sovereign nations of Romania and Bulgaria). In doing this, Theodacer met resistance from Visigothic kings, who also had similar plans. In the battle of Alarople in 395, the Generians defeated the Visigoths, driving them from the territories.
The Visigoths eventually recuperated, and, led by Alaric, proceeded to turn on the western roman Empire, and sack the city of Rome in 410. The Generians followed the Visigoths into Italy, and also sacked the city in 412. However, instead of continuing westward, as the Visigoths had done, the Generians left the Italian peninsula to return to their provinces in the Balkans.
In 414, however, the Generians suffered persecution by Theodosius II, who sought to reclaim the Balkan territories. After a disastrous battle at Genople, the Generians ceded most of their territories to the Byzantines. The Generians once more became nomadic, migrating back to their traditional homelands in the Ukraine. As the Byzantine Empire began to lose its power, and the unified Empire of what are today the Hellenistic empire of Nikalaos the Great and the former Shogunate of Euroslavia emerged, the Generians decided to take their Balkan territories back. A massive invasion split the unified empire into the two aforementioned states, and left the Generians in control of their previous territory, in addition to their Ukrainian homelands.
At the turn of the 11th century, the Generians had firmly established their government and culture, a mixture of Roman and Slavo-Germanic traditions. The absolute monarchy, led by a hereditary Emperor, became the traditional form of government that would endure for many centuries.
The Generians, due to the freezing temperatures of the Alberian steppe, which occupies the north-western section of the northern Empire, fascinatingly enough developed a tradition similar to the Cossacks of the Ukrainian steppe. The Alberians, isolated from the centralized control of the Emperor in Sofia, adopted a very independent way of life, along with their own distinct culture. These nomads were known to frequently make raids against the Russians throughout the 15th-17th centuries, their horsemanship unsurpassed.
In the 15th century, the Generians fought a series of drawn out wars against the Russian Czars over the Ukraine, eventually losing it to the Russians. In 1830, the Generians fought a bloody war against the Ottoman Empire to keep their Bulgarian territories, which lasted until 1838. As the Crimean war broke out in 1853, the Generic Empire, eager for revenge, sided with the English, to trudge through four bloody years, eventually resulting in the capture of western Ukraine, which was again lost in 1873.
The Empire continued to prosper and develop, an Industrial revolution transforming the Generian major cities into havens for factories and production plants and consequently turning the Generian economy into the giant that it is today.
In 1892, the capital city was moved from Sofia to the newly constructed Generia City.
(This document is a work of Professor Ian Boore of Cambridge University. Professor Boore is a credited professor of history and governmental studies. He is a renowned expert on the Generic Empire.)
The Generic Empire: A History
Early History
The nation today known as the Generic Empire has its roots far before the massive ‘war of conception’ that would spawn Generia’s modern incarnation. The Empire is descended from nomadic tribes that wandered the Ukrainian steppe and often settled on the Crimean peninsula. These tribes were said to have strong ties with the Ostrogoths who inhabited the same region, and were known to frequently interbreed, so much that in some areas there was no distinction made between Generian and Ostrogothic. In fact, Ermanaric, the Ostrogoth, unifier of the Goths, is now believed by many historians to have actually been Generian, descended from the powerful Generian king Theadoric, not to be confused with the later Ostrogothic king of the same name.
As the hordes of the Huns led by Attila crossed into Ukraine, the Generians, accompanied by some of their Ostrogothic brethren, crossed the Dnieper river into the territory of the Roman Empire. Many of the Ostrogoths remained and were subjugated by the Huns, thus severing most of Generia’s ties with the particular tribe until they regained their independence in 453. The Ostrogoths who accompanied the Generian tribes were assimilated into Generian culture, still very similar to their own.
Driven by necessity, the Generian tribes migrated deeper into Roman territory, eventually joining forces with the hordes of the Visigoths, motivated by similar situation. The tribes moved across Roman lands ravaging and pillaging as they went, eventually confronting the Roman Emperor Valens at Adrianople in 378. A shoddy peace developed then between the romans and the Generians, who were given the province of ‘Generia’ in which to make their home. The Generian tribes lived in peace with the Romans, going so far as to contribute their own men to serve the Roman army.
In the year 390, the Generians elected Theodacer their king. He was a man who dreamed of a unified Gene-Roman state, and so launched an invasion of the Balkan peninsula, seizing territories in the areas that now compose Generia proper (formerly the sovereign nations of Romania and Bulgaria). In doing this, Theodacer met resistance from Visigothic kings, who also had similar plans. In the battle of Alarople in 395, the Generians defeated the Visigoths, driving them from the territories.
The Visigoths eventually recuperated, and, led by Alaric, proceeded to turn on the western roman Empire, and sack the city of Rome in 410. The Generians followed the Visigoths into Italy, and also sacked the city in 412. However, instead of continuing westward, as the Visigoths had done, the Generians left the Italian peninsula to return to their provinces in the Balkans.
In 414, however, the Generians suffered persecution by Theodosius II, who sought to reclaim the Balkan territories. After a disastrous battle at Genople, the Generians ceded most of their territories to the Byzantines. The Generians once more became nomadic, migrating back to their traditional homelands in the Ukraine. As the Byzantine Empire began to lose its power, and the unified Empire of what are today the Hellenistic empire of Nikalaos the Great and the former Shogunate of Euroslavia emerged, the Generians decided to take their Balkan territories back. A massive invasion split the unified empire into the two aforementioned states, and left the Generians in control of their previous territory, in addition to their Ukrainian homelands.
At the turn of the 11th century, the Generians had firmly established their government and culture, a mixture of Roman and Slavo-Germanic traditions. The absolute monarchy, led by a hereditary Emperor, became the traditional form of government that would endure for many centuries.
The Generians, due to the freezing temperatures of the Alberian steppe, which occupies the north-western section of the northern Empire, fascinatingly enough developed a tradition similar to the Cossacks of the Ukrainian steppe. The Alberians, isolated from the centralized control of the Emperor in Sofia, adopted a very independent way of life, along with their own distinct culture. These nomads were known to frequently make raids against the Russians throughout the 15th-17th centuries, their horsemanship unsurpassed.
In the 15th century, the Generians fought a series of drawn out wars against the Russian Czars over the Ukraine, eventually losing it to the Russians. In 1830, the Generians fought a bloody war against the Ottoman Empire to keep their Bulgarian territories, which lasted until 1838. As the Crimean war broke out in 1853, the Generic Empire, eager for revenge, sided with the English, to trudge through four bloody years, eventually resulting in the capture of western Ukraine, which was again lost in 1873.
The Empire continued to prosper and develop, an Industrial revolution transforming the Generian major cities into havens for factories and production plants and consequently turning the Generian economy into the giant that it is today.
In 1892, the capital city was moved from Sofia to the newly constructed Generia City.