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Grand Empire of Aciria Grand Empire d'Acirie | |
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Motto: La force par l'unité Strength through unity | |
| Capital and largest city | Trosseurs |
| Official languages | French |
| Religion | Catholicism |
| Demonym(s) | Acirien |
| Government | Absolute Monarchy |
• Emperor of Aciria | Quentin Dupois |
| Legislature | Grand Assembly |
| Imperial Senate | |
| People's Senate | |
| Establishment | |
• Age of the Three Sisters | 300 BC - 220 BC |
• Age of the Schism | 220 BC - 50 AD |
• Age of Disorder | 50 AD - 1273 |
• Age of Stability | 1273 - 1615 |
• Age of Instability | 1615 - 1783 |
• Age of the Empire | 1783 - Present |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 76,875,000 |
• Census | 76,883,723 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $2.908 trillion |
• Per capita | $55.875 |
| Currency | Fleur (FLR) |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .ai |
Aciria, officially the Grand Empire of Aciria, is an Absolute Monarchy on Sarpedon. Aciria is composed of 8 Administrative regions, 3 Special administrative regions, and multiple Imperial Dominions. Boasting a population of 76,883,723, a steady population growth is guaranteed by the controversial law that mandates every able-bodied woman to give birth to at least two children. The capital, the largest city and the home of the Imperial Court is Trosseurs, named after the Three Sisters cult of antiquity.
The history of Aciria is a series of tragic disorders with the local populations desperately clinging to any type of power that guarantees them stability in the region. Starting in the Age of the Schism, the heartlands of modern day Aciria were plagued by local conflicts over faith and warring warlords, finally culminating in the declaration of independence in 1615, followed by nearly 200 years of political instability, and near constant state of civil war between different factions vying for power. This era finally ended in 1783 when the Marshal of Aciria Jean Dupois murdered the ruling king and throned himself the Grand Emperor, ushering in an era of unprecedented peace in the region. The descendants of Dupois have ruled Aciria with an iron fist since then, a price the population is willing to pay due to fears of the region falling into instability once again otherwise.
History
Due to limited literacy in the region, much of the early history of Aciria was lost to time, mostly written based on oral tradition and comparing it to archeological dig sites.
Age of the Three Sisters
300 BC to 220 BC is known as Age of the Three Sisters in Aciria. Oral traditions and limited writing from the region told of a local ruler who desperately tried to gain a son to take his throne after he passes, but managed to only bring three daughters to this world; Safo, Canyae, and Nayo. After his passing, the three sisters together took the throne and ruled not as only political leaders, but due to their unparalleled charisma, locals began to see them as envoys of the Gods. The sisters played along, using this as a chance to further expand their power in their petty kingdom. The era is remembered for both its peace, prosperity, and the founding of their capital, Trosseurs (originally Trois Sœurs, lit. Three Sisters) and is a part of the reason why the Three Sisters have been held in high regard in Aciria, even long after their conversion to Catholicism.
Age of the Schism
Once the last sister passed away at the age of 87 in 230 BC, their appointed King Edes ruled for a decade with relative peace. With the Three Sisters still in close memory, people heeded their word as Edes as the next envoy of the Gods as the truth. In 220 BC, a noble named Iodes who served under Edes spoke to his fellow nobles about the irresponsible spending of money on himself instead of the people like his predecessors had, calling him a false envoy. Many nobles agreed with him, and despite Iodes' pleas, many nobles and commoners began calling him the true envoy, calling Edes an impostor. This started the first schism which only deepened as time went on, further, smaller cults claiming their leader to be the true envoy sprouting up. Despite the fact Edes managed to avoid civil war, the schisms caused small-scale conflict in the region between nobles and commoners alike, and the King's power was diminished greatly.
Age of Disorder
The period of political instability started by the First Schism in 220 BC eventually lead to the collapse of the local governments, returning the area to glorified tribal societies warring and raiding against each other. This era is particularly known for its lack of written records, causing historians to suspect a further drop, or perhaps a total loss of literacy in the area. The multitude of archeological digsites in the country have proven that multiple genocides took part in areas of the country, proven by multiple, small mass graves discovered in the heartlands.
Age of Stability
After initial opposition to attempts at converting the local population to Catholicism, the locals quickly accepted the religion once they realized the stability and peace the church brought with it. Finally in 1273, majority of the region had converted to Catholicism. Despite converting to Catholicism, many still practiced their old religion following the Three Sisters in private, seeing the church as simply yet another way the sisters returned peace to the region after centuries of false envoys. It was during this period when more widespread literacy spread back to the region, allowing historians to write down oral traditions and allow the Acirians to start building a national identity over the centuries of tribal allegiance they had experienced.
Age of Instability
Once the schism raging over the continent eventually reached Aciria, the local governor, Silvain Delacroix drafted up a Declaration of Independence for the Free Republic of Aciria with the assistance of local nobles and clergy by offering them a strenghtened position in the soon to be established People's Senate. The Free Republic of Aciria quickly gained popularity with the commoners due to how promising having a say in the local governance seemed, along with the promise of ending instability in the region brought by the schism. Delacroix became the First Speaker to lead the People's Senate and be a figurehead for the new state, while the clergy, commoners and nobles elected their own representatives. The first three years of rule with Delacroix as head of state went relatively smoothly: relative stability was brought back to the region with the newly formed Grand Army of the Republic, and issues were dealt with in the People's Senate. In 1615, however, Delacroix was granted emergency powers to allow swift decisions on how to stabilize the revolting southwestern region of Chantier; local commoners had revolted against the local nobles due to poor working conditions. The commoners in the senate disagreed with this decision, however, reminding the senate of King Edes and what his rule caused to the region. The nobles disagreed, and after hours of debating, the commoners walked out of the senate; encouraging the commoners to revolt against the "Nouveau Roi, lit. New King". The senate quickly fell apart after this, with the nobles seizing power under First Speaker Laurent. Eventually Laurent's policies angered the clergy, which then caused them to overthrow the nobles, putting a council of clergymen in charge. Such coups happened over and over again, followed by usually revolts of varying sizes.
Age of The Empire
For over 150 years, the region had been in near constant civil war, and leadership changed almost as quickly as the seasons. Due to the instability, many left their homes for nearby lands as refugees to find peace and stability, which obviously wasn't going to happen in their home country. The population dropped due to emigration and deaths from disease, malnourishment, crime and conflict, economic growth was nonexistent and little to no noteworthy works of culture were created in this era, other than the beloved Le Dirigeant, a book satirizing the selfish ruling class who put their own personal gain over the wellness of the nation. In 1783 after returning from a successful campaign on the island of Montvert, First Speaker Dumont granted Commander Dupois the title Marshal of Aciria, and Dupois enjoyed both the admiration of the people, and the loyalty of the military. In the early morning of July 7th, 1783, three months after returning to Trosseurs, he rode to the estate of Dumont with three of his Captains. The guards at the estate knew what was going to happen; they stepped aside and not only let them enter, but joined them. Dupois and his entourage arrested the First Speaker for treason against Aciria and her people, parading him through Trosseurs to the market square, where his crimes were read before the people, and executed on the spot, with no trial. Dupois then rode to the People's Senate, presenting them with the head of the former First Speaker, and declaring himself the First Emperor of Aciria; out of both fear and respect, the senate had no objections for it, and so the Empire of Aciria was born.
Dupois quickly established a more efficient administrative system known as La Chaine, and reduced corruption remarkably with the establishment of Police Administrative Impériale in 1790, which also functioned as an intelligence service, allowing him to arrest and kill any opposition before it became any real risk to his power. For a brief moment Dupois also instituted conscription for any able-bodied man in 1795 to bolster the army's numbers and deter any foreign invasions, but in 1805 conscription was removed due to how insubordinate the army had become. Similarly to the senate, out of both respect and fear, the general populace also allowed Dupois' oppressive regime to stay in power, along with the fact this had been the first time in nearly two centuries a single person had kept power for more than a decade. Dupois knew Aciriens feared instability and return to disorder more than anything, using the stability he brought as a propaganda tool.