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The '''Holy Levantine Empire''' (Latin: ''Sacrum Levanum Imperium'', Lebhan: ''Ìmpireador Naomh Levánach''), also called the '''Levantine Empire''' until 1228, was a multi-ethnic confederation | The '''Holy Levantine Empire''' (Latin: ''Sacrum Levanum Imperium'', Lebhan: ''Ìmpireador Naomh Levánach''), also called the '''Levantine Empire''' until 1228, was a multi-ethnic confederation in [[Levantia]] that developed during the Early Middle Ages and at times included as many as 200 polities. Over the course of its history, the Empire had come to be constituted by the Kingdom of [[Ultmar]], Kingdom of [[Dericania]], and [[Imperial Kingdom of Urcea|Kingdom of Urcea]]. | ||
Formed at the beginning of the Medieval Era as the Kingdom of [[Gallawa]] set itself over most of western continental Levantia, the Holy Levantine Empire remained a geopolitical fixture, being an important diplomatic institution in Levantia, in Christendom, and globally. During the High Middle Ages, the Empire was the dominant political and economic power in Levantia and exercised wide-reaching influence over the whole [[Occidental]] world. Due to various legal reforms, including failures to centralize in the early modern era, the Empire became less of a state but more so a supranational confederation of mostly sovereign entities by the time of [[The Anarchy]]. Re-stabilized after the [[Great Confessional War]], the Empire enjoyed a period of stability and peace until the [[Caroline Wars]] put [[Urcea]] on an antagonistic footing with the Empire, a period called the [[Recess of the Julii]]. This, combined with the question of the [[Two Derics]] and the [[First Fratricide]] followed by a general period of chaos in the 19th century lead to crippling instability within the Empire by the dawn of the 20th century. | Formed at the beginning of the Medieval Era as the Kingdom of [[Gallawa]] set itself over most of western continental Levantia, the Holy Levantine Empire remained a geopolitical fixture, being an important diplomatic institution in Levantia, in Christendom, and globally. During the High Middle Ages, the Empire was the dominant political and economic power in Levantia and exercised wide-reaching influence over the whole [[Occidental]] world. Due to various legal reforms, including failures to centralize in the early modern era, the Empire became less of a state but more so a supranational confederation of mostly sovereign entities by the time of [[The Anarchy]]. Re-stabilized after the [[Great Confessional War]], the Empire enjoyed a period of stability and peace until the [[Caroline Wars]] put [[Urcea]] on an antagonistic footing with the Empire, a period called the [[Recess of the Julii]]. This, combined with the question of the [[Two Derics]] and the [[First Fratricide]] followed by a general period of chaos in the 19th century lead to crippling instability within the Empire by the dawn of the 20th century. | ||
While the direct cause of its collapse is a matter of considerable scholarly debate, the direct result was a conflict over its continued existence that became known as the Great War, one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. During the Great War, the [[Emperor of the Levantines]] - the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] - "relinquished the responsibilities and administration of Imperial Governance", formally (but not legally) bringing the Empire to an end. The Apostolic King of Urcea maintains, to the present day, the title of Emperor of the Levantines as part of the peace settlement following the war. As such, it could be said that the Empire is still extant ''de jure'' in the person of the Emperor | While the direct cause of its collapse is a matter of considerable scholarly debate, the direct result was a conflict over its continued existence that became known as the [[Second Great War]], one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. During the Second Great War, the [[Emperor of the Levantines]] - the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] - "relinquished the responsibilities and administration of Imperial Governance", formally (but not legally) bringing the Empire to an end. The Apostolic King of Urcea maintains, to the present day, the title of Emperor of the Levantines as part of the peace settlement following the war. As such, it could be said that the Empire is still extant ''de jure'' in the person of the Emperor - a concept known as the [[Empire-in-fact]] - but the distinct Diet-based institutions of the territorial Empire were definitively abolished following the war and is generally not considered to still exist in any meaningful sense. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||