Anternia
| Anternian Empire | |
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| Imprasa Anterni | |
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| Anthem | N/A |
| Capital | Lucero |
| Major Cities | Madalena Lorenta Manora Piernalia |
| Related Countries | Durbinia Devnik Kloresa Azyeri |
| Demonym | Anternian |
| Politics | |
| Head of State | Empress Martina (At Peak) |
| Government | Senate, Lucero |
| Culture | |
| Languages | Anter |
| Ethnicities | (At Peak)
70% Anter; 17% Durbinian; 11% Devnik; ~2% Others |
| Religion | Anter Pantheon |
| Population | (At peak) 2,424,600 |
| Military | |
| Armed Forces | (At Peak)
Total 209508 |
| Naval Forces | ~200 Triremes
~50 Others |
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Anternia was one of the largest empires of Ancient East Alaxia, responsible for holding the Northern Coast with a large amount of stability in its vast systems of infrastructure and standardization in both culture and war. Its rise and endurance along the ancient years, showed Anternia as one of the greatest early nations of Alaxia, and due to this, the progenitors of it still live on to this day, in the form of Ahitereira, Koresa and Empherias.
The Anternian Republic, the predecessor for the Anternian Empire, was vastly influential for the constitutionalist movements of East Alaxia, with the Anternian Code. Due to this the legacy of the Anternian empire was undeniable for the formation of Alaxia. Be it in the widely used Fazarian Alphabet, which had its origins in Anternia, or the Military Organization that was rivaled by no one in the region.
History
Legendary Origins
The origin of Anternia, is said to come from the great founder of the first Anternian city, Lucero, the legendary Lucas, descendant of the great goddess of Love, Sabrina. Lucas is said to have fleed from the heavens, away from the goddess Sabrina, as he was interested in the lives of the mortals, he then blessed the people with their godly looks and red-ish eyes, characteristic of the Anternian bloodlings. Lucas came and saw the sad state of the mortals, unorganized and poor. He declared as his mission to create a new City, that would feed the mortals and their kind, this city would be named Lucero, in honor of the founder who bringed prosperity to everyone.
Then tragedy struck the lands of Lucero, when his sister Madalena, came from the heavens, but not to aid her brother, but rather to fulfill the mission of the god of Death and Infidelity, Treste, to kill Lucas and to bring the mortals back to their lowly place. Lucas and his mortal allies fought a battle that ruined the great city of Lucero, and transformed it back into mere tribes in the middle of nowhere, causing ruin to everyone.
Establishment of Lucero
The region's residents were in a constant change, as the rivers that existed there had vast fertility. As the people's from the eastern lands (Modern Ahitereira) came west, Lucero and its surrounding cities were known for being occupied by a group of people by the name of Anter, known for their white skin in comparison with the natives.
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.
Anternian Code and Army
As the nation continued to grew, a Central Assembly was created and began to rule the various lands occupied by the Lucerans. With that, a code was created by the assembly and established the first foundations of the republic. The main institutions of the central assembly were the Arms Assembly, ruled by the military; the Plebian Assembly, ruled by the people; the Senate and the Great Assembly, ruled by various selected people, usually of noble descent.
This finally led to a sort of organization in the nation, and the clear establishment of the Republic.
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
Anter Wars
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 Senate had ordered for the continuation of the various roads into their empires, this way facilitating the maintenance and development of the republic by providing efficient means for the overland movement of armies, produce, civilians and much more. Usually military stations would be also connected, facilitating transport of the troops in case of a extreme emergency. The roads were paved with stone and flanked with footpaths and conducted over rivers and ravines with bridges also being able to support themselves in marsh and swamp.
As soon as the war ended, the Central Assembly also began to take into account the possible attacks from the rival nation of Durbinia, which at the time had a larger and superior navy. Due to this, many policies were taken into account to make sure that Durbinia was kept in check, such as the renovation of the naval forces.
Pirates and the City of Pireta
Anternia was onto a stage of Naval force, and with the sudden increase in Pirate ships roaming and attacking our trade-lines, Anternia took action. Anternia took upon themselves the objective of protecting the sea's trade, and to make sure that our trading partners weren't affected. As such, the Great Pirate War had started, and many of the new naval forces began to burn and destroy the various pirate ships. In many cases the Anternian senate would even pay the pirates, through negotiation to make sure they wouldn't intervene in the trade of the region.
With the pirate crisis in the works, it was seen as necessary for the Anternian Republic to set up a colony in the south, by the name of Pireta. Such would be the land were many of the anti-pirate naval forces would settle, in order to properly exterminate them.
This new province wouldn't have the same laws as the mainland, still having some say in the Plebian council, the province would not have as many laws as the rest of the mainland, as the enforcement of such would be hard. Due to this they would be recognized as a free port, and wouldn't have as much trading regulations, falling more in line with the Durbinian way of governing. The previous pirates wouldn't be imprisoned but rather contracted as navy men, with their own salary.
Durbinia, was not happy with this new province. As the once fully Durbinian peninsula now had the Anternians occupying a city. Which led to the continuous souring of their relations, and the Embargo of the region. With the embargo, the Viceroys decided to try and survive the situation. This meant they would invest their last resorts in the agriculture of Pireta, and try and survive out of agriculture alone. Much later the mainland senate got knowledge of the blockade, deciding to ignore it.
The First Durbo-Anternian War
The barbaric Durbinians defeated our people, spreading their filth over this land.
With this the senate goes into chaos, as for the first time in a while, the republic failed in its mission, many factions begin appearing in the senate with the purpose of using their radical ideals to fix the nation, and in the middle of such chaos, a man appears, Ruiu César. Ruiu quickly came into the senate, with his authoritarian ideals, and a quick and concise speach, and with a vote, became the leader of Anternia, declaring the Anternian Empire.