Arcesia Factbook

[Arcesia (Ancient)]

Factbook of the Empire of Arcesia

Contents

Geography
-Area
-Comparative Area
-Length of Coastline
-Terrain & Climate
-Natural Resources

Government & Politics
-Country Name
-Government
-WA Classification
-Administrative Divisions
-Capital Cities
-Date of Founding
-Constitution
-Legal System
-Political Parties
-International Organization Participation

Economy
-Economic Structure
-Currency
-Exchange Rates
-GDP & GDP Per Capita
-Poverty Rate
-Unemployment Rate
-Tax Rate (flat tax)
-Government Budget
-Major Industries
-Energy

History
-

Military
-Branches
-Manpower
-Available Manpower

People & Population
-Total Population
-Life Expectancy at Birth
-Nationalities
-Ethnic Groups
-Religions
-Languages
-Literacy

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Geography



Area
total: 40,528 sq km
land: 40,278 sq km
water: 250 sq km

Comparative Area
Approximately the size of Belgium

Length of Coastline
66.5 km

Terrain & Climate
Terrain- flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains in the southeast
Climate- temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy

Natural Resources
construction materials, silica sand, carbonates, timber, coal, metallic ores, fishing

[Arcesia (Ancient)]

Government and Politics

Government

Arcesia is a limited monarchy. The Emperor is the source of all authority, and wields a large amount of personal power. He is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, head of state and government, appoints the members of the government and military, and is actively involved in the legislative process. The Imperial Senate exercises some restraint on the Emperor, their permission is required for every law passed, excepting a few circumstances. The Supreme Court is independent of the two other branches and executes justice in the name of the Emperor.

Flag


The Imperial Senate


The Imperial Palace


Country Name
Offical Name- The Empire of Arcesia
Common Name- Arcesia

Government
Limited Imperial Monarchy


His Imperial Majesty, Maximillian XVIII, Emperor of Arcesia


Grand Vizier of the Imperial Senate Oriana Pellaeon

Cabinet:
Ministry of State- Count Oliver Ressi
Ministry of Treasury- Duke James Tagger
Ministry of Defense- Countess Melinda Vallen
Ministry of the Interior- Viscount Errol Nemo
Ministry of Education- Duchess Amelia Orlando
Attorney General- Sir Henry Griffin

Legislature
Imperial Senate


Highest Court
Supreme Court

WA Classification
Capitalist Paradise

Administrative Divisions

State (Capital)
Amantas (Egynus)
Esca (Castinthis)
Eulevona (Tyrygia)
Hibetion (Segasium)
Indevas (Dalartona)
Lucinthor (Austroreos)
Lyrennur (Itus)
Miranthius (Dalinias)
Pelennand (Amopum)
Pontardias (Orvell)
Ursardus (Ursar)

Imperial City
Ibernis

Capital City
Ibernis

Date of Founding
100 A.D.

Constitution
The Imperial Constitution

Imperial Household Law

Chapter I. Succession to the Imperial Throne

Article 1. The Imperial Throne of Arcesia shall be succeeded to by male descendants in the male line of Imperial Ancestors.

Article 2. The Imperial Throne shall be passed to the members of the Imperial Family according to the following order:

1. The eldest son of the Emperor
2. The eldest son of the Emperor's eldest son
3. Other descendants of the eldest son of the Emperor
4. The second son of the Emperor and his descendants
5. Other descendants of the Emperor
6. Brothers of the Emperor and their descendants
7. Uncles of the Emperor and their descendants

In case there is no members of the Imperial Family as under the numbers of the preceding paragraph, the Throne shall be passed to the member of the Imperial family next nearest in lineage. In cases of the two preceding paragraphs, precedence shall be given to the senior line, and in the same degree, to the senior member.

Article 3. When the Imperial heir is suffering from an incurable disease of mind or body, or when any other weighty cause exists, the order of succession may be changed by decision of the Imperial Household Council and in accordance with the order stipulated in the preceding article.

Article 4. Upon the demise of the Emperor, the Imperial heir shall ascend to the throne.

Chapter II. The Imperial Family

Article 5. The Empress, the Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the Crown Prince and his consort, the Kotaison and his consort, the shinnô and their consorts, the naishinnô, the ô and their consorts, and the nyoô shall be members of the Imperial Family.

Article 6. The legitimate children of an Emperor and the legitimate grandchildren of an Emperor in the male line, other than the Crown Prince, shall be called Prince if male and Princess if female.

Article 7. The son of the Emperor who is the Imperial Heir is called Crown Prince and in case there is no Crown Prince, the grandson of the Emperor who is Imperial Heir shall be called Crown Prince.

Article 8. The Emperor and the members of the Imperial Family may not adopt children.

Article 10. The institution of the Empress and the marriage of any male member of the Imperial Family must be approved by the Emperor.

Article 11. A Princess of fifteen years of age or more shall leave the status of the Imperial Family member according to her or his own desire and by decision of the Imperial Household Council.

Article 12.
Beside the case as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, a Prince (excepting the Crown Prince), shall in the case of special and unavoidable circumstances, leave the status of Imperial Family member by decision of the Imperial Household Council.

Article 13. The consorts of a Prince who leaves the status of Imperial Family member, and his direct descendants and their consorts, excepting those females who are married to other members of the Imperial Family and their direct descendants, shall lose simultaneously the status of the Imperial Family member. However, as regards his direct descendants and their consorts, it may be so decided by the Imperial Household Council that they do not lose the status of Imperial Family member.

Article 14. A female, not of the Imperial Family, who is married to a Prince may, upon the loss of her husband, leave the status of the Imperial Family member according to her own desire.

When a female, mentioned in the preceding paragraph, has lost her husband, she shall, in the case of special and unavoidable circumstances, leave the status of Imperial Family member by decision of the Imperial Household Council.

In case a female, mentioned in the first paragraph, is divorced she shall lose the status of Imperial Family member.

The provision of the first paragraph and the preceding paragraph shall apply to females married to other members of the Imperial Family mentioned in the preceding Article.

Article 15. Any person outside the Imperial Family and his or her descendants shall not become a member thereof except in the cases where a female becomes Empress or marries a member of the Imperial Family.

Chapter III. Regency

Article 16. In case the Emperor is a minor a Regency shall be instituted. In case the Emperor is affected with a serious disease, mentally or physically, or there is a serious hindrance and he is unable to perform his acts in matters of state, a Regency shall be instituted by decision of the Imperial Household Council.

Article 17. The Regency shall be assumed by a member of the Imperial Family of age according to the following order:

1. The Crown Prince
2. A Prince
3. The Empress
4. The Empress Dowager
5. The Grand Empress Dowager
6. A Princess

In the case of No. 2 in the preceding paragraph the order of succession to the Throne shall apply, an in the case of No. 6 in the same paragraph, the order of succession to the Throne shall apply mutatus mutandis.

Article 18. In case the Regent, or a person falling in the order of assumption of Regency, is affected with a serious disease, mentally or physically, or there is a serious hindrance, the Imperial Household Council may decide to change the Regent or the order of assumption of Regency, according to the order stipulated in the preceding Article.

Article 19. When, on account of the minority of the nearest member of the Imperial Family, or for some other cause, another member has to assume the Regency, the latter shall not, upon the arrival at the majority of the above-mentioned nearest related member, or upon the disappearance of the aforesaid cause, resign his or her post in favor of any person other than of the Crown Prince.

Article 20. In case the obstacles mentioned in Article 16, paragraph 2 have been removed, the regency shall be abolished by decision of the Imperial Household Council.

Article 21. The Regent, while in office, shall not be subject to legal action. However, the right to take the action is not impaired hereby.

Chapter IV. Majority, Titles, Ceremonies, and Records

Article 22. The Emperor, the Crown Prince, and Princes shall attain their majority at eighteen full years of age.

Article 23. The style of address for the Emperor, the Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and of the Empress shall be "His," "Her" or "Your Imperial Majesty."

The style of address for other members of the Imperial Family, other than those mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall be "His," "Her," or "Your Imperial Highness" or "Highnesses."

Article 24. When the throne is succeeded to, the ceremony of Accession shall be held.

Article 25. When the Emperor dies, the Rites of Imperial Funeral shall be held.

Article 26. The matters relating to the family status of the Emperor and the members of the Imperial Family shall be registered in the Record of Imperial Lineage.

Article 27. Matters relating to the graves of Imperial Family members shall be entered into the Imperial Funeral Register.

Chapter V. The Imperial Household Council

Article 28. The Imperial Household Council shall consist of all adult members of the Imperial Family.

Article 29. The Emperor shall preside over meetings of the Imperial Household Council, and shall appoint a member of the Council to serve in the event he must be absent.

Article 30. The Imperial Household Council must be convoked, if demanded by four members or more.

Article 31. The Imperial Household Council, unless attended by more than half of its whole number of members or more, may not open deliberations and make decisions.

Article 32. The deliberations of the Imperial Household Council shall be decided by a majority vote to the members present.

In case of a tie in the case of the latter clause of the preceding paragraph, the Emperor shall make the decision.

Article 33. A member may not participate in the deliberation of any matter in which he has a special interest.

Article 34. The Imperial Household Council shall exercise only those powers that are provided for by this and other laws.

The Constitution of the Empire of Arcesia

Having, by virtue of the glories of Our Ancestors, ascended the throne of a lineal succession unbroken for ages eternal; desiring to promote the welfare of, and to give development to the moral and intellectual faculties of Our beloved subjects, the very same that have been favored with the benevolent care and affectionate vigilance of Our Ancestors; and hoping to maintain the prosperity of the State, in concert with Our people and with their support, We hereby promulgate, a fundamental law of the State, to exhibit the principles, by which We are guided in Our conduct, and to point out to what Our descendants and Our subjects and their descendants are forever to conform.

The right of sovereignty of the State, We have inherited from Our Ancestors, and We shall bequeath them to Our descendants. Neither We nor they shall in future fail to wield them, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution hereby granted.

We now declare to respect and protect the security of the rights and of the property of Our people, and to secure to them the complete enjoyment of the same, within the extent of the provisions of the present Constitution and of the law.

When in the future it may become necessary to amend any of the provisions of the present Constitution, We or Our successors shall assume the initiative right, and submit a project for the same to the Imperial Senate. The Imperial Senate shall pass its vote upon it, according to the conditions imposed by the present Constitution, and in no otherwise shall Our descendants or Our subjects be permitted to attempt any alteration thereof.

Our Ministers of State, on Our behalf, shall be held responsible for the carrying out of the present Constitution, and Our present and future subjects shall forever assume the duty of allegiance to the present Constitution.

[Imperial Signature]

Chapter I. The Emperor.

* Article 1. The Empire of Arcesia shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal.
* Article 2. The Imperial Throne shall be succeeded to by Imperial male descendants, according to the provisions of the Imperial House Law.
* Article 3. The Emperor is sacred and inviolable.
* Article 4. The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in Himself the rights of sovereignty, and exercises them, according to the provisions of the present Constitution.
* Article 5. The Emperor exercises the legislative power with the consent of the Imperial Senate.
* Article 6. The Emperor gives sanction to laws, and orders them to be promulgated and executed.
* Article 7. The Emperor convokes the Imperial Senate, opens, closes and prorogues it, and dissolves it.
* Article 8. The Emperor, in consequence of an urgent necessity to maintain public safety or to avert public calamities, issues, when the Imperial Senate is not sitting, Imperial Ordinances in the place of law.
(2) Such Imperial Ordinances are to be laid before the Imperial Senate at its next session, and when the Senate does not approve the said Ordinances, the Government shall declare them to be invalid for the future.
* Article 9. The Emperor issues or causes to be issued, the Ordinances necessary for the carrying out of the laws, or for the maintenance of the public peace and order, and for the promotion of the welfare of the subjects. But no Ordinance shall in any way alter any of the existing laws.
* Article 10. The Emperor determines the organization of the different branches of the administration, and salaries of all civil and military officers, and appoints and dismisses the same.
* Article 11. The Emperor has the supreme command of the Armed Forces.
* Article 12. The Emperor determines the organization and peace standing of the Armed Forces.
* Article 13. The Emperor declares war, makes peace, and concludes treaties.
* Article 14. The Emperor may proclaim a state of emergency.
(2) The conditions and effects of the state of emergency shall be determined by law.
* Article 15. The Emperor confers titles of nobility, rank, orders and other marks of honor.
* Article 16. The Emperor orders amnesty, pardon, commutation of punishments and rehabilitation.
* Article 17. A Regency shall be instituted in conformity with the provisions of the Imperial House Law.
(2) The Regent shall exercise the powers appertaining to the Emperor in His name.

Chapter II. Rights and Duties of Subjects

* Article 18. The conditions necessary for being an Arcesian subject shall be determined by law.
* Article 19. Arcesian subjects may, according to qualifications determined in laws or ordinances, be appointed to civil or military offices equally, and many fill any other public offices.
* Article 20. Arcesian subjects are amenable to service in the Army or Navy, according to the provisions of law.
* Article 21. Arcesian subjects are amenable to the duty of paying taxes, according to the provisions of law.
* Article 22. Arcesian subjects shall have the liberty of abode and of changing the same within the limits of the law.
* Article 23. No Arcesian subject shall be arrested, detained, tried or punished, unless according to law.
* Article 24. No Arcesian subject shall be deprived of his right of being tried by the judges determined by law.
* Article 25. Except in the cases provided for in the law, the house of no Arcesian subject shall be entered or searched without his consent.
* Article 26. Except in the cases mentioned in the law, the secrecy of the letters of every Arcesian subject shall remain inviolate.
* Article 27. The right of property of every Arcesian subject shall remain inviolate.
(2) Measures necessary to be taken for the public benefit shall be any provided for by law.
* Article 28. Arcesian subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief.
* Article 29. Arcesian subjects shall, within the limits of law, enjoy the liberty of speech, writing, publication, public meetings and associations.
* Article 30. Arcesian subjects may present petitions, by observing the proper forms of respect, and by complying with the rules specially provided for the same.
* Article 31. The provisions contained in the present Chapter shall not affect the exercise of the powers appertaining to the Emperor, in times of war or in cases of a national emergency.
* Article 32. Each and every one of the provisions contained in the preceding Articles of the present Chapter, that are not in conflict with the laws or the rules and discipline of the Army and Navy, shall apply to the officers and men of the Army and of the Navy.

Chapter III. The Imperial Senate

* Article 33. The Imperial Senate shall be unicameral
* Article 34. One third of the members of the Imperial Senate shall be composed of the members of the Imperial Family, of the orders of nobility, and of those persons, who have been appointed thereto by the Emperor.
* Article 35. Two thirds of the members of the Imperial Senate be elected by the people, according to the provisions of the Law of Election.
* Article 36. Every law requires the consent of the Imperial Senate.
* Article 37. Both Houses shall vote upon projects of law submitted to it by the Emperor, and may respectively initiate projects of law.
* Article 38. Both Houses can make representations to the Government, as to laws or upon any other subject. When, however, such representations are not accepted, they cannot be made a second time during the same session.
* Article 39. The Imperial Senate shall be convoked every year.
* Article 40. A session of the Imperial Senate shall last during six months. In case of necessity, the duration of a session may be prolonged by the Imperial Order.
* Article 41. When urgent necessity arises, an extraordinary session may be convoked, in addition to the ordinary one.
(2) The duration of an extraordinary session shall be determined by Imperial Order.

* Article 42. When the Imperial Senate has been ordered to dissolve, Members shall be caused by Imperial Order to be newly elected or appointed, and the new Senate shall be convoked within five months from the day of dissolution.
* Article 43. No debate can be opened and no vote can be taken in the Imperial Senate, unless not less than one half of the whole number of the Members thereof is present.
* Article 44. Votes shall be taken in the Imperial Senate by absolute majority. In the case of a tie vote, the Grand Vizier shall have the casting vote.
* Article 45. The deliberations of the Imperial Senate shall be held in public. The deliberations may, however, upon demand of the Government or by resolution of the Senate, be held in secret sitting.
* Article 46. The Imperial Senate may present addresses to the Emperor.
* Article 47. The Imperial Senate may receive petitions presented by subjects.
* Article 48. The Senate may, besides what is provided for in the present Constitution and in the Law of the Houses, rules necessary for the management of its internal affairs.
* Article 49. No Member of the Imperial Senate shall be held responsible outside the Senate, for any opinion uttered or for any vote given in the Senate. When, however, a Member himself has given publicity to his opinions by public speech, by documents in print or in writing, or by any other similar means, he shall, in the matter, be amenable to the general law.
* Article 50. The Members of the Senate shall, during the session, be free from arrest, unless with the consent of the Senate, except in cases of flagrant delicts, or of offences connected with a state of internal commotion or with a foreign trouble.
* Article 51. The Ministers of State and the Delegates of the Emperor may, at any time, take seats and speak in either House.

Chapter IV. The Ministers of State and the Privy Council

* Article 52. The respective Ministers of State shall give their advice to the Emperor, and be responsible for it.
* Article 53. The Privy Councilors shall, deliberate upon important matters of State, when they have been consulted by the Emperor.
* Article 54. The Privy Councilors shall be appointed by the Emperor, and their number shall not exceed twenty.

Chapter V. The Judicature

* Article 55. The Judicature shall be exercised by the Courts of Law according to law, in the name of the Emperor.
* Article 56. The judges shall be appointed from among those, who possess proper qualifications according to law.
(2) No judge shall be deprived of his position, unless by way of criminal sentence or disciplinary punishment.
(3) Rules for disciplinary punishment shall be determined by law.
* Article 57. Trials and judgments of a Court shall be conducted publicly. When, however, there exists any fear that, such publicity may be prejudicial to peace and order, or to the maintenance of public morality, the public trial may be suspended by provisions of law or by the decision of the Court of Law.
* Article 58. No suit at law, which relates to rights alleged to have been infringed by the illegal measures of the executive authorities, and which shall come within the competency of the Court of Administrative Litigation specially established by law, shall be taken cognizance of by a Court of Law.

Chapter VI. Finance

* Article 59. The imposition of a new tax or the modification of the rates (of an existing one) shall be determined by law.
(2) However, all such administrative fees or other revenue having the nature of compensation shall not fall within the category of the above clause.
(3) The raising of national loans and the contracting of other liabilities to the charge of the National Treasury, except those that are provided in the Budget, shall require the consent of the Imperial Senate.
* Article 60. The taxes levied at present shall, in so far as are not remodelled by new law, be collected according to the old system.
* Article 61. The expenditure and revenue of the State require the consent of the Imperial Senate by means of an annual Budget.
(2) Any and all expenditures overpassing the appropriations set forth in the Titles and Paragraphs of the Budget, or that are not provided for in the Budget, shall subsequently require the approbation of the Imperial Senate.
* Article 62. The Budget shall be laid before the Imperial Senate.
* Article 63. The expenditures of the Imperial House shall be defrayed every year out of the National Treasury, according to the present fixed amount for the same, and shall not require the consent thereto of the Imperial Senate, except in case an increase thereof is found necessary.
* Article 64. Those already fixed expenditures based by the Constitution upon the powers appertaining to the Emperor, and such expenditures as may have arisen by the effect of law, or that appertain to the legal obligations of the Government, shall be neither rejected nor reduced by the Imperial Senate, without the concurrence of the Government.
* Article 65. In order to meet special requirements, the Government may ask the consent of the Imperial Senate to a certain amount as a Continuing Expenditure Fund, for a previously fixed number of years.
* Article 66. In order to supply deficiencies, which are unavoidable, in the Budget, and to meet requirements unprovided for in the same, a Reserve Fund shall be provided in the Budget.
* Article 67. When the Imperial Senate cannot be convoked, owing to the external or internal condition of the country, in case of urgent need for the maintenance of public safety, the Government may take all necessary financial measures, by means of an Imperial Ordinance.
(2) In the case mentioned in the preceding clause, the matter shall be submitted to the Imperial Senate at its next session, and its approbation shall be obtained thereto.
* Article 68. When the Imperial Senate has not voted on the Budget, or when the Budget has not been brought into actual existence, the Government shall carry out the Budget of the preceding year.
* Article 69. The final account of the expenditures and revenues of the State shall be verified and confirmed by the Board of Audit, and it shall be submitted by the Government to the Imperial Senate, together with the report of verification of the said Board.
(2) The organization and competency of the Board of Audit shall be determined by law separately.

Chapter VII. Supplementary Rules

* Article 70. When it has become necessary in future to amend the provisions of the present Constitution, a project to that effect shall be submitted to the Imperial Senate by Imperial Order.
(2) In the above case, the Senate cannot open the debate, unless not less than two thirds of the whole number of Members are present, and no amendment can be passed, unless a majority of not less than two thirds of the Members present is obtained.
* Article 71. No modification of the Imperial House Law shall be required to be submitted to the deliberation of the Imperial Senate.
(2) No provision of the present Constitution can be modified by the Imperial House Law.
* Article 72. No modification can be introduced into the Constitution, or into the Imperial House Law, during the time of a Regency.
* Article 73. Existing legal enactments, such as laws, regulations, Ordinances, or by whatever names they may be called, shall, so far as they do not conflict with the present Constitution, continue in force.

Legal System
Adversarial System

International Organization Participation
The World Polaris Initiative
K.A.D.O.

Embassies

Embassies of Arcesia
Commonwealth of Yohannes- Ambassador Aaron Collon
Grand Duchy of Noordeinde- Ambassador Allison Norman

Embassies in Arcesia
Commonwealth of Yohannes- Ambassador Kristian Johannes Abrahamsson
Free City of Zaras- Ambassador Jean-François Dauran
Empire of Tletl- Ambassador Rene Estrada
Grand Duchy of Kington Langley- Ambassador Thomas Bremen
United Kingdom of Schunland- Ambassador Jon Friedman Picard

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Economy

Economic Structure
The Arcesian economy is a free market economy. The private sector is estimated to constitute 96.4% of the economy, with federal government activity accounting for 2.3% and state government activity (including federal transfers) the remaining 1.3%. While its economy has reached a postindustrial level of development and its service sector constitutes 67.8% of GDP, Arcesia remains an industrial power.

Currency
Acresian Guilder (ƒ)

Exchange Rates
1.8827 Arcesian Guilders = $1

GDP & GDP Per Capita
GDP- (USD) $56,991,311,161.07
(AG) ƒ107,297,541,522.94
GDP Per Capita- (USD) $11,398.26
(AG) ƒ21459.50

Central Bank

The Bank of Acresia is the central bank and is responsible for issuing the nation's currency, the guilder.

Unemployment Rate
7.60%

Tax Rate (flat tax)
10%

Government Budget
(USD) $5,699,131,116
(AG) ƒ10,729,754,152

Major Industries
Engineering and mechanical products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation equipment, scientific instruments, agricultural products, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum

Energy
Renewable sources—geothermal and hydropower—provide effectively all of Arcesia's electricity and around 80% of the nation's total energy, with most of the remainder from imported oil used in transportation and in the fishing fleet. Arcesia expects to be energy-independent by 2050. Arcesia has filling stations dispensing hydrogen fuel for cars powered by fuel cells. It is also one of a few countries currently capable of producing hydrogen in adequate quantities at a reasonable cost, because of Arcesia's plentiful renewable sources of energy.

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History

The "Steel Crown" of the Ibernian Empire


The first significant power base in Arcesia was the ancient Ibernian Empire. Historians disagree over the exact date of the founding of the Empire, but most put it around 100 A.D. when the city-state Kingdom of Ibernis conquered the neighboring city-state of (capital of Pontardias). The king of Ibernis established himself as Emperor Maximillian I, and founded the Oresme Dynasty. The Empire continued to grow by fire and sword, trade, and diplomacy until it covered nearly all of modern Arcesia. The Empire was exceedingly well run, a system of roads, codified laws, and an effective imperial bureaucracy were all in place early on. At the very heart of the Empire lay the glittering capital of Ibernis. As both the center of the Empire and the largest port city, Ibernis was rich beyond measure. As such, it’s defense was paramount. Around the entire city stand three concentric walls. This first wall contains the Gate of Emperors, which is the main entrance to the city.

Ibernis


The Empire was going strong even as it reached the 16th century. Likely the Empire would exist even today, if not for the unexpected event that brought it down. In 1547 the last true Emperor, Maximillian XI, had just succeeded to the throne. Unfortunately his twin, Constantine, was extremely jealous and attempted to overthrow him. Constantine gathered his supporters among the Imperial House Guards and started a palace coup. However something went horribly wrong, historians are unsure exactly what, and the Imperial Palace caught fire. Nearly every member of the Imperial family was still present from the recent coronation of Maximillian. It took mere hours for the palace to be consumed in the inferno. Both Maximillian and Constantine, and all the Imperial family members present, were killed.

The Burning of the Imperial Palace


The power vacuum created an immense panic throughout the Empire. Dozens upon dozens of distant relatives to the crown now had equal claim to the throne. Ultimately the Empire broke up into many smaller realms, under the control of formerly Imperial nobles. Ibernis and the surrounding area became the “Empire”. The closest relative to the crown, a sixth cousin, in the city claimed the title of Emperor. The city remained independent for another two hundred years until the Republic of Pontardias finally conquered it in 1773. Ibernis would later be made the capital of the Confederacy, and then the Federation, in remembrance of it’s former status.

Rebuilt Imperial Palace


Following the capture of Ibernis, the states of Arcesia settled into their current forms. Several, including Pontardias, Lyrennur, and Amantas, were republics. Pontardias was by far the richest and most influential of these republics, being situated on the coast it had greater access to trade. Pontardias and her allies formed one of the two great alliances. The other alliance, lead by the state of Hibetion, was an alliance of monarchic states. These two great alliances often warred with each other, they were mostly equal in size and only managed to seriously harm one another when they managed to get one or more of the neutral states to join them.

These major alliances survived into the modern age. However, they had not had a war since 1893 and had become close trade partners. By 1910 the Pontardian Alliance had formed into a supranational union, similar to the European Union. In 1920 the Pontardian and Hibertian alliances agreed to ally themselves. They became increasingly politically united and the idea of an Arcesian nationality began to emerge. In 1950 an alliance wide common currency was put in place. Finally in 1970 the Arcesian Union was formed. In this supranational union most of the power remained with the states, however a common military and economy was established, as well as common diplomacy and environmental policy.

The Confederacy of Arcesia was founded in 1990. The eleven states (Amantas, Esca, Eulevona, Hibetion, Indevas, Lucinthor, Lyrennur, Miranthius, Pelennand, Pontardias, Ursardus) agreed to further unify from a supranational union into one nation. The provisional National Constitutional Assembly, elected by the people, was established and a interim government was elected by the NCA. The NCA drafted and approved the Constitution of the Confederacy and it was ratified quickly by all eleven state legislatures.

Following a referendum in 2010 and the switch in power from the Liberty Party government that had been in power since 1992, to a Liberal Democrat/Center coalition, a new constitution was ratified. This created a federation, more tightly binding the states. Unlike the former Confederacy government, the monarchical states were granted a concession. The head of state of the Federation was styled the Lord Protector, showing Arcesia's monarchical influences.

In 2011, a coup de'tat led by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor was successful in toppling the republican government. A swift and mostly bloodless revolution resulted in the current government.

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Military

Branches
Army
Navy
Airforce

Manpower
100,000

Expenditure
10.3% of GDP

Imperial Guard


The Imperial Guard are the personal guards of HIM the Emperor. They guard the Imperial Palace, and the Emperor whenever he travels.

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People & Population

Total Population
27,007,020

Life Expectancy at Birth
male- 78.3 yrs
female- 83.5 yrs

Nationalities
Arcesian- 91%
Other- 9%

Religions
None- 48%
Christianity- 13%
Islam- 12.7%
Hinduism- 10%
Buddhism- 6.3%
Judaism- 6%
Other- 4%

Languages
Official- English/French
Spoken- English 97%
French 42%

Literacy
99.9%

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Sub-National Governments

Federal City of Ibernis

Government: Direct Imperial Rule
Head of State & Government: HIM the Emperor

Hibetion

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Esca

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Lyrennur

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Amantas

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Indevas

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Pontardias

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Eulevona

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Miranthius

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Pelennand

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Lucinthor

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

Ursardus

Government: Limited Monarchy
Head of State & Govt: Grand Prince

[Arcesia (Ancient)]