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The Imperium of the Nile


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Basics


Demographics, Economics, and Geography

Total Population: 4.8 million (freed and enslaved population)
Total Area: 1,023,521 Square Kilometers
Population Density: 2.736 people/sq. km
Economic System: Currency Economy
Currency Unit: Vahai (Tin, Copper, Bronze, Electrum, Gold units)


Government Basics

Government Type: Imperial Oligarchy
Emperor: Martok
Imperial Chief Advisor: Gahiji Abdana
Military Governor: Adofo Khalak
Division of Power: Imperial, Executive
Imperial Capital: Nilea


Military Basics

Division of Military: Nile Army, Imperial Navy, Naval Infantry

History of the Nile Imperium

The history of the Imperium is a bit of a long story. 3000 years before the present day, the Nile River Valley blossomed as a place of culture for the ancient Egyptians ruled over the lands of Egypt and Nubia. The Old Kingdom showed as the place of greatest rule in this fertile land of paradise, before internal strife, external invasion, and finally, a religious clash would culminate in the founding of the strongest (and current) civilization to ever rule the Nile Valley.

Yet, the history of the area begins with those of the Old Kingdom. The ancient pharaoh, Sneferu, conquered lands all along the Red Sea into Nubia and throughout the Nile Valley, being the first to unite both the kingdoms of “Upper” (Southern) and “Lower” (Northern) Egypt. After Sneferu’s death, he was entombed in a massive pyramid in the city of Thebes-later, during the Imperial period of the modern day, to be a massive cultural megaplex. After Sneferu, his descendents Khufu, Khafra, and Menkaura continued his legacy in Egypt, bringing about cultural, religious, economic, and social calm and benefit. After Menkaura’s death and subsequent entombment in the fourth major pyramid of Thebes, Menkaura’s hand-picked successor, his nephew Thyra, took over as pharaoh.

This did not suit well with Menkaura’s son and assumed heir, Phiru. Phira quickly gathered up those who were loyal to him, challenging Thyra to single combat on the plains of the Nile River. Thyra, a coward, refused, and began marshaling the Egyptian military to defeat the rebel forces and kill Phiru. Menkaura’s son proved to be the more powerful; however, the initial fights did not go his way. In combat at the administrative city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast, Thyra’s 40,000-strong army, armed with scythed-wheel chariots, quickly overcame the infantry-based army of Phiru. Phiru’s army was completely routed, suffering heavy casualties and prisoners of war. When Phiru’s forces heard of the subsequent execution and enslavement of those of his forces, however, more flocked to his banner. Phiru’s forces won a number of smaller engagements therein, finally forcing Thrya’s hand near the religious capital of Giza.

At Giza’s desert flats, Phiru’s forces, now armed with cavalry in the form of camels-an innovative tactic of Phiru’s that proved to be a deciding factor. The camels proved to be able to handle and turn back the chariots of Thyra’s forces, and Thyra finally accepted Phiru’s challenge of single combat. Armed with a spear and with both armies completely surrounding an impromptu “fight ring”, Phiru was hit by a javelin from Thyra in the shoulder, but rushing towards his enemy, gored Thyra through the abdomen while avoiding a slash from his curved blade. Thyra died that day, and Thyra’s army honorably admitted defeat.

Phiru’s reign proved to be successful, but his son, Ura, proved to be completely inept and doomed the Egyptian days. The power of the Scythians, the people of Southern Turkey, at the time was growing large, and Egypt’s power, waxing and waning, was an easy target for the Scythian machine. Though Egypt’s army was far superior, the Scythians proved a more than adequate naval force, overcoming and wiping out the Egyptian navy of primarily bronze weapons with iron-capped ramming tips. A major battle in Aboukir Bay proved to be the end of the Egyptian navy as over 45,000 rowers, sailors, archers, and naval infantry drowned or were killed in combat. A Scythian invasion force of over half a million soldiers entered via naval invasion in Alexandria, setting fire to the city. Miraculously for the relics stored, little of the city burned due to a ferocious storm that struck that evening, scattering the Scythian navy and putting out the blaze. The Egyptian forces rallied to attack the Scythians, but the Scythian force proved too much. The mariners from the North moved into Giza, where Ura awaited, beheading the last pharaoh in public spectacle. The year was 1610.

The Scythians ruled for a long time, all the way to the year 932. In that year, the Scythians were suffering enough at home to the rebellions in the city of Troy on the Adriatic coast that nascent powers from Assyria proved to be the undoing of the Scythians. The Assyrians were a bloody people, lacking the honor that had been such an important virtue in the region. They killed any and all they came across, and had already slaughtered the Jews of the Palestinian region shortly before in massive numbers. Egyptian Scythia was easily next. Assyrian king Terrezar entered into the African lands just as the Trojans were mounting assaults on the mainland of Scythia, splitting the Scythians from the fertile Nile back to the homeland. As a result, Scythian forces were at an all-time low in the region, and the Assyrians, in numbers greater than 1.2 million, outnumbered the 130,000-strong contingent of Scythian defenders in Egypt almost 10:1. Naturally, the battles all went Terrezar’s way.

What came next was horrifying, in titanic proportions. The native Egyptians and Scythian rulers were both slaughtered in terrible spectacles across the Egyptian lands as the Assyrians pillaged the lands, establishing their territorial martial rule as had been in effect across their Mesopotamian lands. According to the Nilean historian Sherdok, “the channels of Giza ran crimson with the lives of millions” (Sherdok, A Treatise on Egypt). Terrezar was ruthless, merciless, and the next hundred years went the Assyrian’s way as well. In the year 810 B.C., a savior finally came to free the Egyptians, who had starved so long under the rule of others-that savior, however, would fall short.

The Nubians of the time were now becoming a powerful force to Assyrian Egypt’s south, and a strong Nubian leader, Turra, came to power in the year 812. In 810, he marshaled North towards Egypt, sending out runners all over undercover to the Egyptian people, promising freedom for only the economic aid to Nubia through light government “assistance.” The Egyptians rabidly sided with the Nubians, and a rebellion, combined with Nubian invasion, began. Unfortunately for the coalition, the Assyrians, who had gone through a period of unsuccessful and short-lived rulers recently, finally had hit the jackpot with Salzar the Unopposed. Salzar marched in a smaller army than the Nubians and Egyptians fielded-outnumbered more than 2:1-but his tactics were simply unmatched. He utilized civilian areas and struck from religious buildings, causing widespread destruction over cities as Turra’s armies were forced back. Salzar pushed the lines back to the Nubian border, and then kept pushing. Titanic battles in Nubia, bolstered through Assyrian reinforcement, destroyed the independence of Nubia a it too became a subjugate state of the Assyrians. The Assyrian Empire expanded to the Libyan shores near Carthage, providing that the immovable object of the Empire would someday be cast down.

That day came quicker than expected. In the year 564, a 22-year old revolutionary from Assyrian Egypt, Amazone, was coming up through the underground resistance movements of Assyrian Egypt. He didn’t believe, as many did, of waiting for outside help-the Assyrians were already being struck by Persian assault on their Eastern Empire. Rather, Amazone conducted his clandestine operations in secret, meeting with leaders of the Palestinian Jew, the Libyan, the Nubian, and the Sinain resistance movements. With a lack of localized strong Assyrian force, as so much military force was drawn to fight the Persian juggernaut, Amazone decided that it was high time to hit the Assyrians and to take back their lands. The dishonorable, tyrannical leaders of Assyria had come to an end in the region.

Amazone marshaled Egyptian underground movements as rebellion struck off across the entire region, destroying Assyrian barracks, stables, ranges, and contingents. The Libyans proved most successful: they forced out their Assyrian rulers, who tried to come to peace terms if the Libyans would provide information on the Egyptians. The Libyans refused, moving in to Egypt as the forces began consolidating. A massive battle in Thebes between the Assyrians and the Nubians, Egyptians, and Libyans destroyed an Assyrian army. Fire ships used suicidal tactics to break apart the Assyrian fleet, while small ships transported heavily-armed Nubians and Egyptians to capture vessels and turn them against the Assyrians in Aboukir Bay. Forced back to the Sinai, a combined force of the four Western powers smashed a stand by the Assyrians. The city of Jerusalem became the final stand of the Assyrian Empire, doomed in three years due to Persian inroads as it was, as the five resistance movements came down with the vengeance of years against the Assyrians. The armies of the Mesopotamians were crushed by the brilliance of Amazone’s tactics, and the Assyrians retreated from the Palestinian lands. The allies were victorious.

Amazone became the leader of a confederation of sorts that badly needed a powerful, central figure, and Amazone was just that man. He made a number of reforms from the capital of Nilea, forty kilometers south of the Nile Delta. Alexandria, Giza, Thebes, Jerusalem, Benghazi, Tel Aviv, and other cities all boomed, while Nilea became a bustling capital. Contact with the outside world was somewhat minimal, mostly only with the Southern Africans and the Arabs. As such, the new Imperium of the Nile became a society very dedicated to self-sufficiency and being able to trust its own abilities. Amazone became a strong leader of a centrist government, but religion itself was something that Amazone detested. He believed that it had failed his realms, and though Nilea allowed religions of all sorts, Amazone, the progressive, instituted no state religion or any Imperial funding to religious motives.

Amazone lived for a very long time given the time period, and his 20-year old son, Martok, took over in the year 510. Martok was a bit of an unknown quality-he had been educated and was generally smart, but little was known of him. He quickly put his ideals to the test after the Arabs of the area of Jordan attacked Jewish Palestine. Martok wasted no time in diplomacy, quickly flexing military muscles against the Arabs. The ground forces of the Nileans crushed the forces of the Arabs, though Martok here showed his true character. Given the chance to enslave or kill the Arab prisoners of war-as Nilea practiced (and still does practice) slavery-Martok instead decided with his greatest motivation-the sense of honor in all paths of life. He spared their lives, returning the defeated (the dishonored, in his eyes) to the Jordanian Arabs as a success of the Nile military.

Ten years later, it is 500 B.C., and Martok still rules at the age of 30. Various threats to his regime have come and gone, from an internal rebellion of a Sinain religious group to an attack by the African Songhai, and Martok has persevered each time. Aware of the past of the region for turnover and mistake, Martok follows honor and pride as he guides his path towards making the Imperium of the Nile the greatest power of the Mediterranean, expanding East, West, North, and South.

General Statistics

Trade: 2
Trade is a very small commodity in the Nile, as Martok (and his father Amazone) have stressed the importance of self-reliance in the Nilean progressive age. This does not infer that the Nileans are poor-far from it-but outside forms of gaining wealth have never caught on with the wary and historically hurt North African populace.


Government: 5
The “Chancellor”, Martok, technically heads the government of the Imperium of the Nile but the Imperium also has a number of “subsidiary monarchs” from the five constituent territories of the Imperium: Palestine, Sinai, Egypt, Nubia, and Libya. As such, it is something akin to an aristocracy ruling the Imperium, even though Martok wields the most power. It is a centralized government, but much power resides outside the capital of Nilea as well. In addition, the nation itself is still young, with many tests sure to come, relying more on setting precedent that abiding by it.


Production: 9
The ability of the Imperium to produce its own agricultural goods is a well-enjoyed benefit of the Nile. Resources amongst the five territories, from mineral and metal mining in Nubia and Libya to agricultural prospects along the Nile River to the production of finished products in Palestine and quarrying in the Sinai, provide the Imperium with nearly everything it needs. Lumber is in slightly short supply-possible, but lacking-in something that the Imperium will turn to trade from Northern Mediterranean civilizations for.


Military: 9
The military of the Imperium is second to none. With years and years of occupation and war to shape the military, the Imperial Army is an unparalleled blend of ability, discipline, and strategy. Intense training, conscription of orphans and abandoned children, and massive campaigns for voluntary enlistment (as well as alternative taxing in the form of parents sending male children on the road to a military life) create a large military quite skilled in the art of warfare and the use of weapons, tactics, and innovation.


Navy: 6
The navy of the Imperium is strong, but building. The lack of wooden resources in the region hurts the construction of a massive navy somewhat, and instead the naval forces of the Imperium have focused on more smaller, faster ships to get alongside and board enemy vessels. Much of the strategy of naval forces relies on creativity or capture to tip battles one way or the other. Additionally, with little interest in lands across the sea (so far), the navy is used primarily as a coastal deterrent, while the army fights most wars of conquest and defense.

Geography, Demographics, Economics,


Geography and Climate

Total Area: 1,023,521 Sq. Km
Heighst Point: Kronos Peak (2,629m)
Lowest Point: Dead Sea (-408m)
% Water: 1.46%
Terrain
Nile River/Surroundings: Irrigated Desert; lightly flushed with vegetation
Palestine, Nubia, and Outer Regions: Sandy Desert; Rocky
Climate
Nile River: Hot, Humid Summers; Mild, Dry Winters
Outside Surroundings: Hot, Dry Summers; Mild, Dry Winters
Natural Hazards
Nile River: Hostile Fauna; Flooding; Thunderstorms
Outside Surroundings: Drought; Fire; Dust Storms; Tornadoes


Demographics

Total Population: 4.72 million (free), 80 thousand (enslaved)
Population Density: 4.69 people/Sq. km
Language: Egyptian
Nationality: Nilean
Five Most Populous Cities
Nilea: 460,000
Alexandria: 272,000
Jerusalem: 81,000
Tel Aviv: 76,000
Giza: 51,000
Primary Racial Groups: (In size order) Southeastern European, Middle Eastern, True African, Persian, Iberian
Religious Denominations: (Size order) Quitu (domestic), Traditional Egyptian, Aken
Life Expectancy: 51 (Female), 49 (Male)
Fertility Rate: 3.98 children per woman


Economics

Economic Type: Currency Economy
Currency Unit: Vahai
Currency Factors: .25, 1, 5, 20, 50
Currency Indicators: Tin, Copper, Bronze, Electrum, Gold
Currency Symbol: V$
Median Income: V$ 909
Top 20%: V$ 2684
Bottom 20%: V$ 625
Labor Force: 3.28 million (including slave population)
Natural Resources: Metals (Iron, Copper, Tin, Gold, Electrum, Zinc, Aluminum, Manganese, Sulphur), Fish, Staple and Cash Crops (including Cotton, Wheat, Barley), Stone, Salt, Food Animals, Work Animals (including Camels)
Resources Lacking: Lumber, Refined and Luxury Foods

Government and Administration


Government Type: Imperial Oligarchy
Government Divisions: Imperial Powers, Executive Powers
Governmental Capital: Nilea
Emperor: Martok
Imperial Chief Advisor: Gahiji Abdana
Military Governor: Adofo Khalak
Administrative Regions: Palestine, Sinai, Nubia, Nile, Libya

Military


Divisions: Nile Army, Imperial Navy, Naval Infantry
Army Active Forces: 354,000
Navy Active Forces: 49,100
Naval Infantry: 52,600
Army Special Forces: Imperial Guard, Shock Warriors


Infantry

Equipment

Melee Weapons
-Scimitar
-Spiked Knife
-Sagaris (Battle Axe)
-Khopesh (Curved Sword)
-Infantry Spear (Long)
-Melee Spear (Short)
-Personal Shield

Ranged
-Javelin
-Composite Bow
-Hunga Munga (Throwing Blade)
-Nzappa Zap (Throwing Axe)
-Long Bow


Cavalry

Equipment

Melee
-Scimitar
-Lance

Ranged
-Composite Bow

Organic
-Camel
-Elephant
-Horse
-Rhinoceros


Seige Warfare

Equipment

Close-Range
-Battering Ram
-Enclosed Mover

Long-Range
-Catapult


Navy

Equipment
-Naval Catapult

Vessels
-Ram-equipped Trireme
-Ram-equipped Single Galley
-Ram-equipped Bireme
-Assault Ship

Diplomacy


Cities Avaliable for Embassies: Nilea, Jerusalem
Cities Avaliable for Consulates: Tel Aviv, Haifa, Alexandria, Giza, Thebes

Current Embassies in the Imperium:
Current Consulates in the Imperium:

Current Imperium-Maintained Embassies:
Current Imperium-Maintained Consulates:

Status Bar
Allied
Friendly
Calm
Neutral
Wary
Hostile
Enemy


Current Relations


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