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Lucero grew from some pastoral settlements in the river of Madalena, being surrounded by other rivers that helped the navigation in the region. With this Lucero grew as the capital and center of a Anternic Republic. The Anter language was said to be derived from the southern empire of Durbinia as the most civilized nation at the time, but still had various differences such as the script and many of the pronounciations.

Despite this connection with the nation of Durbinia, they were still seen as rivals by the Anter's who claimed words of glory and arrogance in comparison to the southern neighbors, and as Lucero quickly became a cultural center of the region, and started to rival the Durbinian Cities, in both technology and trade, the rivarly was now recognized by both sides.

With the consolidation also came various problems, as the neighboring city-states of Lorenta and Manora began to deny the establishment of the Anternian Republic. This led to the creation of the Anternian army as a way to not only defend but also conquer these city-states. The Anternian army was divided in divisions, which were divided by class and wealth, with few exceptions existing, this army was based on annual levy. Usually the infantry ranks were filled by the lower classes, while the others such as cavalry were left out to the nobles and higher classes, because they could afford to maintain their higher equipment expenses. The commanding position in the army, was given to the Armers, which controlled and strictly regulated the army in order to make the republic survive. At the moment Anternia only had 4 divisions, each being numbered from 1 to 4. The first division is composed by the elite of the elite, only the most prestigious men in the army and the republic could achieve this, while in the fourth division most would be plebians. Any man from 16-45, could be selected to join the army and assigned to this division

As sudden as rivarly was sparked between the Anter Nations, as sudden the invasion of Manora and Lorenta was, in a bloody war, it made evident the various problems, internal or external that the republic had, and with it suffering high losses, despite the annexation of the city-states. As expansion had continued, the Republic continued to suffer of such problems, and so many solutions were devised and applied, such as the vast and complicated system of Roads.

The negative relations had until now were simply a result of overconfidence by the senate, and Ruiu knew this perfectly well, resorting to not act confident but rather act like they're equal to every state, calling it a "necessary lie". Many of the members were disgusted at this, and saw it as "Cooperating with Barbarians". Ruiu in a way to consolidate power, also began to consolidate the Anter Pantheon, by assimilating other culture's gods under the same pantheon, claiming them as all being in the same divine existance.

As a way to appease the various nobles after the defeat with durbinia, Ruiu prepared various divisions and declared that the end of Cidoasia was near. Soon after, a declaration of war was at their doorstep.

A war was declared agaisnt Cidoasia, and the Emperor showed himself as a competent leader once again, not only in his leadership of the nation but also in the conquering of others. His military might was soon understood and respected by most of the Senate. Even so the Emperor declared:

Despite all of the talks, Fernando didn't much for Anternia, but rather sat quietly and invested in various road projects, despite this, he's still seen as formidable with the defense from the Azderyian Raids, a vast amount of raids made by the desert northeners who threathened to finish the Anternian way of life, and the conquering of the Northern Port, a series of Durbinian land in the Anternian coast.

Stability doesn't last forever however. So when the eastern Azdernyians and western Devniks attacked, the problems began again, when Fernando couldn't prepare an actual army to fight them off, and the war was lost. Fernando instead of fixing the problems of the nation, acted greedily and conquered the northern nation, this caused a economic crisis in the nation, and rapidily the Senate went against the emperor. This caused the Senate to create it's own Faction which sided for "Liberty and Freedom", and the Emperor, created it's own faction siding for "Centralization and Authority".

This Civil War ended in 8 months, as the Emperor faction completely decimated the Senate faction, as they had most of the population centers, and therefore the armies in their hand.

The various military moves and strategic interventions of Júlio proved successful again and again, and with this managed to win the war, achieving peace with the Kingdom of Kelvik, and a treaty that would turn them to the Anternian side, successfully conquering the Kingdom of Mishalik and the Durbinian Ports in the North, banishing the Durbinian influence to the southern peninsula. The once enemies of Anternia, the Azdernyans fought together with Júlio, and helped extremely in the effort of the Delvik War.

Martina, was her name, and known as the famous senator that defied the ideals of the Plebian Council and converted them to one single cause, to declare war on the Delvik Coalition. She was a legendary figure among the Anternian people.