The Lusitanian Factbook (Under Construcion)

by **New Lusitaniagrad** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:06 pm

A Guide to the Lusitanian Soul.

By Dr. Geoff Arthurian, Chairman of the Imperial Anthropology Society

(A special thanks to: His Imperial Majesty's Armed Forces, The Federal of Ministry Culture, The Archbishop of Portmor, The Federal Ministry of the Interior, The Grand Marshal of the Special Service, The Association of Lusitanian Folklore, The Lusitanian Historical Collage, The Staff of the University of Portmor. )

The Empire of New Lusitaniagrad

Impireacht aus Nua Lusitaniagrad

Imperium Lusitanis

केल्टिक साम्राज्य

سلتيك الإمبراطورية

Umbuso Lusitano

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Ulric VII, Father of The Lusitanian People,

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Ulric VII, Father of The Lusitanian People, Sovereign of New Lusitaniagrad, President of the Federal Diet, Commander of His Majesty's Imperial Defense Forces, Lord of the Five Lusitanian Fatherland Commonwealths, King of the Free City of Portmor, Patriarch of the Imperial House Hightimber, Direct decendent of High-King Erik Hightimber Unifier of the Lusitanian Empire.

Her Imperial Majesty Empress Edith V, Mother of The Lusitanian People,

Her Imperial Majesty Empress Edith V, Mother of The Lusitanian People, High Duchess of the Five Lusitanian Commonwealths, Queen of the Imperial City of Portmor, Matriarch of the Imperial House Hightimber, Married to The Direct decendent of God-King Erik Hightimber Unifier of the Lusitanian Empire.

His Lordship, Imperial Chancellor Sir William Norsefire

His Lordship, Imperial Chancellor William Norsefire, Protector of the Realm, Head of the Office of the Interior, Lord-Constable of the Civil Guard, Supreme Magistrate of the Courts, Sheriff of the Seven Commonwealths, President of the Lusitanian Fascist Party and Catholic Corporatist Party, member of the Order of the Fatherland second class.

General Information

Imperial Capital: Portmor
Chancellery Capital: Lisbonburg
Population of the Impireacht: 5.2 Billion
Motto : Faith, Family, and Fatherland.
National Language: Emperor's Standard Lusitanian
Recognized Languages: West Highland Lusitanian, Seamouth Lusitanian, Luso-Farraigesalannian, Classic Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin, Hindi, Zulu, Arabic, and Luso-Afrikano.
National Animal: The Highland Wolf
Official State Religion: The Lusitanian Catholic Church
Type of Government: Federal Monarchy
Type of Economy: Free Market and Mercantilism
Total Military Manpower: 81,459,000
Current Defense Condition: Five- Peace and Stability
Tech Level: MT

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by **New Lusitaniagrad** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:06 pm

History. Under Construction.

Antiquity

By about 6000 BC, organized agriculture and large building construction had appeared around the area that is now Portmor. At this time, Lusitanians in the southwestern corner of the Interior Lowlands were herding cattle and also constructing large buildings. Mortar was in use by 5000 BC. Between 5500 and 3100 BC, during the Pre-Unification Era, small settlements flourished along the Northern Mountain chains, whose mines offered ample materials needed to make weapons, and building tools.

By 3600 BC, just before the first Unified Kingdom of Lusitaniagrad, the Fatherland was divided into two major powers, known as The Northern Confederacy, comprised of the mountain clans, Highland Clans, and the Northern woodland clans. The second was the Portmor dominated Southern Union comprised of the Kingdom of Portmor, the interior lowland clans, and the southern woodland clans. The dividing line was drawn roughly in the modern day area of the Duchy of Glasburg.

The historical records of New Lusitaniagrad begin with the Fatherland as a unified state, which scholars from the Imperial Association of Lusitanian Anthropology believe occurred sometime around 3300 BC. According to Lusitanian legend Erik of the Hightimber Clan and King of Portmor, is thought to have unified Old Lusitaniagrad into the United Empire of New Lusitaniagrad, in a "great war of much bloodshed." Evidence of the Unification war are found all across the Lusitanian Fatherland in archaeological dig sites, mostly in the center of the nation. We can therefore conclude that this was where a majority of the fighting took place.

It was in this era that formerly independent Clandoms became subject to imperial authority. Many resisted at first, as was expected and so Emperor Erik made compromises. The five Great Clans of Lusitaniagrad where each given control over a wide expanses of land in which they where allowed ruled with absolute power, so long as they collected taxes from the lesser ruling families and passed them up the line to the Emperor. In order to keep the Clan Lords even more happy, Emperor Erik also established the Imperial Congress. One should note that this later became the basis for the current system used in the Lusitanian Federation today.

While there are next to no official government records covering the period after Erik's death, but there are a number of texts kept by Imperial Druids that may shed some light on what happened during this period. Some of these texts reflect on an invasion by barbarians from the West (early Crontorians?). In order for the Lusitanians to repel these invaders the few official records show that a professional Imperial army was raised. To organize and feed the massive number of men needed, it was required for the King of this time (believed to be Ardvid II) to centralize the government and grant himself with extensive powers. This no doubt angered the Clan Kings.

However, for the time the Clan Kings where relativity quite in the face of the prosperity brought by the new central government. Stunning advances in architecture, art, and technology were made, fueled by the increased agricultural productivity made possible by a well-developed central administration. Under the direction of the Emperor, state officials collected taxes, coordinated irrigation projects to improve crop yield, drafted peasants and serf to work on construction projects, and established a justice system to maintain peace and order. With the surplus resources made available by a productive and stable economy, the state was able to sponsor construction of colossal monuments and to commission exceptional public works such as sewers and aqueducts.

However, a corrupt Imperial Congress, several centuries of unlimited feudal power had slowly eroded the power of the Emperor, who could no longer afford to support a large centralized administration. As the power of the Emperor diminished, regional Clan Lords began to challenge the supremacy of the Emperor.

Thankfully, around the 1500BC a new Emperor, Rudolf V with a helpful nudge from some powerful people, poisoned

his already weak and frail father. With the weak monarch out of the way, the next obstacle was the Imperial Congress. In the early hours of the morning Rudolf's Knights bashed their way into the Congressional House. Within the next few hours the Congressional House was covered in blood and Rudolf, backed by his new advisers was the sole autocratic leader of New Lusitaniagrad.

Now sole ruler, Rudolf began a full-scale reformation of military, and fiscal systems. The provinces that had been most troublesome and rebellious where placed under the direct control of Emperor Rudolf. The more peaceful provinces where allowed to stay under the control of their respective Clan Chiefs. In short, the Lusitanian State was brought back from the edge of oblivion.

Rudolf V was succeeded by his son Emperor Benedict II. Benedict and the Emperors following him established a period of unprecedented prosperity by securing their borders and strengthening ties with the Clan Lords. Military campaigns waged under Charles I and his grandson Charles II extended the influence of the Emperors to the largest empire Lusitanians had ever seen to that point. When Charles II died in 900 BC, New Lusitaniagrad extended from the Northern Mountains to the Southern Sea, and the outskirts of the woodlands to the east. Cementing loyalties with their subjects and opening access to critical imports such as stone and wood. Emperors began a large-scale building campaign, constructing roads, and increasing other infrastructure.

Around 100 BC, the stability of the Lusitanian Empire was threatened when Charles IV ascended the throne and instituted a series of radical and chaotic reforms. Changing his title to God-King, he proclaimed himself the decedent of the God of Death, suppressed the worship of other deities, and attacked the power of the priestly establishment. Charles IV turned a deaf ear to internal affairs and absorbed himself in his new religion. However, one day while overseeing the construction of the imperial mines in modern day Grand Duchy Clochburg he was buried alive in an "accident" and Charles' Privy council appointed his grandson William II as Emperor.

For the next 600 years the Lusitanian Empire prospered internally until Christianity arrived in New Lusitaniagrad.

The Christian Civil War

Christianity was thought to have arrived in Portmor around the year 750. While there was no official policy on religious persecution, Christians suffered from sporadic and localized persecutions over a period of two and a half centuries. Their refusal to participate in Druidic Cults was considered an act of heresy and was thus punishable by execution. The most widespread official persecution was carried out in the West Highlands. During the Great Persecution, the the Local Clan Lord ordered Christian buildings and the homes of Christians torn down, and their sacred books collected and burned. Christians themselves were denied the protection offered to other citizens by Imperial Law.

The advisers to the Emperor must have found something worthwhile in the new religion because Imperial Regiments where quickly dispatched protect the Christians, and the Emperor on the throne was only 14 years old and interested more in consorts than matters of state. Interestingly enough the advisers decided that it was better to keep the fierce druidism believing Emperor in bed, than to remove his consorts and get him in line. It has even been rumored that the Prime Adviser Leopold of Eastfordshire paid for all of the consorts to keep the boy Emperor out of the way.

The first Christian Emperor of New Lusitaniagrad was Emperor Paul I. He was crowned in 794 AD by The Holy Patriarch of the Lusitanian Catholic Church. For the Clan Kings of the Highlands and Northern mountains this was the final straw. At the end of the coronation they seceded from the Lusitanian Empire, and created the Holy Northwest Druidic Union. On later that year, the nine provinces adopted a provisional theocratic constitution for the Union and established their leader as High Priest Arthur. Despite pleading envoys from the Emperor hoping to reunify the Empire, Druidic forces surrounded, disarmed, and dismantled Imperial Regiments in their territories. As the Emperor continued to peruse diplomatic courses with no avail, Imperial Advisers encouraged the Christian lords in Avanca, Glasburg, and Farraigesalann to purchase weapons and raise militias.

In 795 Catholic and Druidic forces clashed in Farraigesalann in May as Clan King Baden I attempted to invade the regions surrounding the Imperial capital. Thanks to the militias raised by the local christian lords, Emperor Paul was given enough time to raise 3 Imperial Regiments (21,000 total when combined with the militias ), to match Baden's 23,000 strong Army of the Northern Wind. Early skirmishes were brutal as scouts from each side butchered one another at any opportunity.

The main of the two armies meet on May 18th on the nine hills of Farraigesalann. The Druidic ax men attacked Imperial dismounted Knights, commanded by Knight-Commander James McDonnell in the early hours of the morning on Oak (St.Peter's) Hill. (Note: This will was of vital religious importance to the druids, it was in the center of the other eight hills and a sacred stone had been erected to the Life God there. When the Christians took the hill they tore the stone down and renamed it St. Peter's Hill.) James was run back to Spruce (St.Paul's) Hill as the Druidic forces marched in more men to overwhelm the better trained and better equipped Imperial Knights. Later on after lunch, the Knights mounted their horses and charged up the hills. The Druidic highlanders who had been softened by hail of arrows were no match for the Imperial Knights. That night, Druid-Commander Edguard (last name unknown) was given orders to retake St.Peter's hill if possible. Edguard was too careful and decided not to take the hill. The Knights dismounted once more and with the aid of Imperial swordsmen set up a wooden palisade. Javelins where brought up and the Christians spent their night listening to the war monks chant in Latin. The druids at the bottom of the hill sacrificed several elk.

The next day more druid warriors arrived to take St. Peter's Hill. Several hundred men attempted to attack the two hills to the right, also controlled by the Christians, in order to divert Imperial forces from St.Peter's Hill. Imperial archers made quick work of the Druidic forces, and what was left of them was dispersed by light cavalry. However, the most bloody portion of the battle was when the druids tried to retake St.Peter's. The lightly armored Druidic swordsmen moved quickly up the hill, and where showered by javelins from the top of the hill. They moved slowly back down the hill. However, Baden was not deterred. He moved what was left of his forces after taking and holding the hills to the west to the center of the valley. This cut off St.Peter's hill, turning what was left of the Knights and Imperial infantrymen into an island among the sea of pagan warriors.

While the pagans tried ruthlessly to take St.Peter's Hill, the determined Christians and their palisades held the pagans off. The bloodbath continued all morning until later in the afternoon when Knight-Commander McDonnell brought a regiment of militiamen around the left flank of the mass of berserk pagans. Coupled with the firepower of the catapults and ballista, the pagans where quickly crushed, both literally under flaming boulders, and in spirit when the pagan obelisk was rolled down the hill in pieces.

McDonnell and Emperor Paul crossed the Mount Dia Range in 796 and chased the pagans back to the city state of Heraldsburg, which they then besieged. The siege lasted until the spring of 799, when Emperor Paul visited the rulers of the city. In return for their lives the people of the city promised to quarter the Emperor's troops, become a principality in the new Luso-Catholic Empire, and provide enough men for five new Imperial regiments. The Prince of the city, the newly converted Charles II, also offered Baden's head but the Clan King had escaped to the North.

There was still instability, however, in the Empire it's self. In 801, Chief Hrodgaud of Pónairí and Hildeprand of Greenford rebelled. Paul rushed back from his new recruitment camp in Glasburg and defeated Hrodgaud quickly in battle . Chief was slain and his lands converted into a Bishopric in the hands of the Church. The Chief of Greenford was executed by the local Church militiamen, his family was burned at the stake for heresy, and his lands where given over to the Church. Emperor Paul was engaged in almost constant battle throughout the rest of his reign, often at the head of his Holy Crusader squadrons, with a golden cross around his neck. After thirty years of war and fourteen battles he conquered the last of New Lusitaniagrad and proceeded to convert the conquered to Christianity.

In his first campaign, Paul forced the Pagans in the Eastern woodlands to submit and cut down more pagan obelisks near Crainnardaburg. He then crossed the Great River, where he defeated the pagans again. Finally, in Lisbonburg, he defeated a pagan force, and converted his captured prisoners to Christianity. With the resources of the city of Lisbonburg under his personal control, and the peasantry usually conscripted into armies quickly converting into the new Christian faith, the pagans that were left where forces to flee to their impenetrable citadels in the North. It was from Lisbonburg that Paul would launch his invasions. But first came the task of solidifying his holdings. New monasteries where built, the lands where reorganized into duchies under new Christian dukes, and several more Imperial Regiments where raised.

In the summer of 812, Paul was ready to launch his new campaign to conquer the Pagan North, and final reunite the Empire. The war began in earnest when Imperial General John of Lisbonburg's armies sacked the villages on the outskirts of the mountains in March followed by the pagan defeat at the Battle of the Four Stones and the abdication of pagan King Karl V in May. The invasion campaign had subdued most of the southeast mountains by September and, after destroying the scared grove at Escoural, the local clan lords submitted and where baptized.

The pagan's final stand was made in 815 at the stronghold of Mianachóir. The siege began in October and lasted all throughout the winter until the following March. Thousands of Imperial troops where lost to the freezing northern winters, and thousands of pagans where lost starvation inside the walls. Throughout the siege, attacks were made on the walls, but each one was repulsed. The Imperial troops, led by Knight-Commander Horace (last name unknown), had dismantled the log cabins used to house his regiment throughout the winter; Horace, using the wood, made some large latters (siege towers would have been unsuitable in the rocky mountain terrain) . These were sneaked up to the walls on the night of March 11. In the early morning as the pagan guard where changing posts, the Imperial troops came up over the walls and captured the gate house.

Many of the pagans sought shelter in the grand sacrificial temple in the center of the city. The Christian soldiers flooded quickly into the city with Emperor Paul at the head.

"... not a single heretic was spared, save for the children who where to be baptized next morning. The Church Knights razed nearly a third of the city to the ground...When we arrived at the temple in the center that highland rat Baden, and anti-Christ Arthur where brought out, tied together, and burned. Arthur died chanting to his false gods, and Baden crying for mercy..."

(My Campaign in the North. By Emperor Paul I)

The Emperor died ten years later in Lisbonburg, happy in the thought that his people where reunified under a the real faith. He was taken in a two mile long procession down to Portmor where he was buried in the tombs of the First Portmor Cathedral. He was later disinterred and buried in the Imperial Palace Chapel where he lays today.

High Middle Ages and Feudalism.

Emperor Richard I had not been the same charismatic christian ruler as his father had been. He had however been a better politician. Emperor Paul had left the Imperial Army in a fantastic state of readiness, with around 40,000 men-at-arms. However, putting the army on this state of readiness had nearly bankrupted the Impireacht. Not only where the Imperial coffers near empty, but the economy was in shambles, and many families had lost their men. In order to counter this, Emperor Richard imposed a new feudalistic economic system in place.

The new system was no longer based on old clan systems. Regions were now ruled over by Archdukes, former commanders of the Imperial Army who had helped united the Impireacht and could be trusted, unlike the former clan kings. Clan provinces where divided into Principalities and Duchies and awarded to prominent noble Christian families. However, a few of the Christian Kingdoms who had raised militias in the defense of the Impireacht had been allowed to keep their titles of king. The Kings offered Baronies to their militia commanders and family members. Lords now had the right to bind entire homeless families to serfdom to run the massive ducal estates.

Emperor Richard also set about creating a permanent Privy Council; each new Councilor would have a single job description and the manpower to carry it out. A Councilor of War was created to manage the military, and a Councilor of Commerce was established to regulate and collect taxes. Several decades of rule under Emperor Richard I had once again filled the imperial coffers, and filled the bellies of a new generation. With both needs meet Lusitanians now hungered for something more; an end to the thorn in their side. While Emperor Richard I had never declared open war on the Crontorian pagans, he had kept several Imperial Armies in the Western boarder of the Impireacht. The people where weary of war and they where in no mood to stomach more bloodshed.

However the newer generations, the ones who had been born after the Civil War, had their hearts filled with the new faith, and their minds filled with romantic legends of Emperor Paul I riding into battle against filthy heretics. In 876, with Emperor Richard I dead, the people now had a new Emperor to match their religious militarism. Emperor Ulric I had grown up also hearing romantic stories of his grandfather, and longed to be like him.

On February 2, 881 barley five years into his reign Emperor Ulric announced a crusade against the pagan Northern Tribes of Crontor. Although they had been left in shambles after their wars with the south, they had found time to cross the boarder to harass their Christian neighbors. Now Emperor Ulric intended to pay them back in full.

On February 3, 881 the Patriarch of the Lusitanian Catholic Church backed Ulric's crusade,

and established the Knight's Brotherhood of St.Paul, Archbishop Alexander Wyss was placed in charge of the order. By February 15 the news of a crusade had spread throughout the Impireacht and from all it's corners came young men who flooded into ducal militias and Imperial Regiments. On March 4, Imperial Regiments and St. Paul Knights crossed into the vast northern Crontorian pine forests. The Crontorians at first meet by surprise where smashed. As Imperial Regiments marched forward, Alexander established the Bishopric of Kokloer and brought in inquisition officers to help with the conversions of the pagans. As the Lusitanian grip tightened and gold from the burned down Crontorian temples where taken back to Portmor, the Crontorians and their local baptized lord (secretly still a pagan) rebelled against the Archbishop. The rebellion was poorly organized and put down within a matter of weeks. As punishment for the uprising, the Archbishop had 1,200 Crontorians (yet to be baptized) burned at the stake.

In summer of 881, the Alexander led a Imperial Army of 8,000 and established a castle at Hemmington in Carlstand. With the help of pagan slave labor, the castle was completed three years. The Bishopric of Carlstand was established; massed baptisms and seizure of pagan treasure ensued. In 886 the Crontorian Lords of Whineshew capitulated, and where baptized. These Crontorians where not treated as harshly as their brothers in Carlstand and Kokloer. When the Bishopric of Whineshew was established, Archbishop Alexander crowned a Crontorian as Bishop, James Taller. Taller was left mostly to his own devices, so long as the gold continued to flow into the Church coffers.

With the support of large barges, the Imperial Army landed a sizable force in Columbia on April 7, 889. The resistance was fierce here, and the Imperial Regiments suffered massive casualties. However, by July the Imperial Army had succeeded in subduing the entire province. The Imperial soldiers where given no restrictions, their task was not to convert the Crontorians here. Emperor Ulric had enough of that, he had also had enough of Crontorian gold being sent to the Church's coffers instead of his own. No quarter was shown and the Imperial Generals nearly turned the province upside down trying to squeeze every last bit of gold, silver, or other valuable material out of the Crontorians and into the barges headed for Portmor. A the military occupation was placed under the control of Knight-Commander Luther of Southford but, this did not mean that the Inquisition Office was not given free jurisdiction over the province and many a Crontorian pagan was burned at the stake. Spurred on by the success and the riches in Columbia Ulric commissioned several more Imperial Regiments to invade Tentri, Ikrodia, Augluware in 891. By winter of 894 the provinces had been wrangled under Lusitanian control.

The conquests paid for themselves quickly, and in 895 Emperor Ulric was tired of Archbishop Alexander keeping a tight hand over the money flow out of his Bishoprics. Ulric removed all governmental powers from the Alexander and his Bishops and united all of the provinces into the Imperial Colony of North Crontor. The colony was still divided into Bishoprics for administrative and religious proposes but all other functions i.e taxes where handled directly by Emperor Ulric in Portmor.

For the next 20 years until the colony functioned rather well economically for the Lusitanians. However, the gravy train ended in 1015 when the Crontorians began to get in gear. Well trained pagan militias came out into the open and caused unrest for the Lusitanians behind the front lines as the Cranicoan Empire retook Bishoprics one by one. The last Imperial soldier crossed back into the West Lusitanian Highlands in October of 1023.

Renaissance

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by **New Lusitaniagrad** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:07 pm

The Most Glorious Government of the Lusitanian Impireacht

Unity through Patriotism.

Government Overview

The Impireacht of New Lusitaniagrad is an absolute monarchy and federation of semi-autonomous territories called Commonwealths. The Commonwealths are ruled over by an local government, and divided into smaller provinces who report to the Commonwealth's administration. The government's only regulations are defined by the Federal Charter, which serves as the country's supreme legal document. Marxism and Liberalism are illegal, and considered to be dangerous and subversive to the needs of the Nation. All members of the Government are members of the Patriot's Coalition Party, which is made up of the Iron People's Party, the Conservative Federalist Party, and the Catholic Corporatist Party.

The Imperial Federal Government

The Federal Government is the national government body of the Impireacht. It it much more simple than it's feudalistic Commonwealth counterparts and has two Divisions; the Royal Authority, and The Federal Parliment. The Federal Government is charged with managing trade between the Commonwealths, declaring war, directing foreign affairs, and settling disputes between the Commonwealths.

The first division of the Federal Government is the Federal Parliament also know as the the Imperial Parliament and sometimes the Federal Diet which, is the legislative body of the Impireacht. The Federal Parliament is comprised of two Chambers and two sub houses. The first Chamber of the Federal Parliament is the Estates of the Realm, which represents the eleven recognized Estates(classes) of the Impireacht. In the Estates of the Realm, each Estate is given 10 Estate-Electors each with one equal vote.

The second chamber of the Federal Parliament is the Chamber of Representation which is divided into two sub-houses. The first house is the House of Lords which is staffed by men appointed by Archdukes, The Lusitanian Catholic Church, and the landed dukes. The second house is The House of Commons which is staffed by men elected by common free persons over the age of 20 who have served at least two years in the Federal Army. While the Federal Diet is mostly a representative assembly with most authority reserved for the Emperor, the Federal Parliament is allowed one major right. That is the election of an Imperial Chancellor, who heads the Office of the Interior (tasked with tax collection, the courts, and the National Police). His Imperial Majesty the Emperor is only allowed to remove the Chancellor or delve into the Interior Office with the expressed consent of the Federal Parliament.

The second division of the Federal Government is the Imperial Authority which is the executive division of the Federal Government. It is headed by the Emperor, who has sole autocratic authority over the all encompassing Lusitanian hegemony that is the Fascist Impireacht. The Emperor gains his position via blood and is the direct decedent of the first Emperor Erik Hightimber who unified the Impireacht. The Emperor also appoints members to the Federal Council which help run the various bureaucratic bodies needed for the survival of the Impireacht.

The Commonwealths

The Lusitanian Impireacht is a federal monarchy and union of several Commonwealths. The Commonwealths are free to organize their individual governments any way they like, so long as they conform to the requirements of the Emperor's Government. So long as the Commonwealth's taxes are paid to the Federal Government, it's political dissidents are taken care of quickly, and the Emperor's decrees and laws are followed then the Archduke is free to run the Commonwealth however he chooses.

According to an edict issued by Emperor Ulric V in an attempt to modernize and standardize the Impireacht; Archdukes must allow some sort of Representative Diet, or Parliament be it ceremonial club for that Commonwealth's nobility or a legitimate legislature. A few even go so far as to adopt the Royal Republican model and choose to allow an elected chief executive with some administrative power to run or to help run the Commonwealth. However, far more common are Archdukes who hold sole autocratic power over the Commonwealth Government or and who's Commonwealth Assemblies are made up of elected members of the landed nobility.

Colonial Archdukes are expected to defend their Commonwealth in the name of the Emperor, maintaining the necessary Commonwealth Civil Guard and coastal defenses. However due to the extensive nature of the Impireacht this often means that Colonial Archdukes must make decisions on the defense, and economic policy of their Commonwealth without quick aid from Lusitania Proper, meaning that for the Commonwealth to prosper, every Colonial Archduke must be adept at military matters as well as economic and civil policy.

Federal Ministries, Departments, and Offices

The Interior Office

Imperial Chancellor William Norsefire heads the Interior Office which is responsible for internal security and the protection of the public order, establishing and managing the Imperial Courts, and National Police. It is also responsible for civil protection against disasters and terrorism, for displaced persons, administrative questions, for collecting taxes, and organizing sports. It is host to the Council of Interior Lords which drafts all passport, identity card, firearms, and explosives legislation.

The War Deperment

Grand Marshall Maximilian Farnell is head of the War Department which is the government body responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the Imperial Defense Forces. The unlike other ministries which are managed by civilians, the DoW is staffed entirely by members of the military. The Ministry is headed by Grand Marshal of the Special Service, who also head the ministry's governing body, The Council of War which is staffed by the three heads of air force, the three heads of the navy, and the three heads of the army.

The Ministry of Diplomacy

Imperial Lord-Envoy Karl O'Gregor heads the Ministry of Diplomacy which is the government body that is in charge of establishing embassies in foreign countries, diplomatically dealing international incidents, and establishing the Impireacht's foreign policy.

Ministry of Information and Education

The Imperial Lord-Professor William Brightwood heads the Ministry of Information and Education which informs the Lusitanian public of government decisions, regulations, and decrees. It is also charged with establishing regulations for the Lusitanian media, press, other news sources. The ICEA also manages government run schools and universities as well as set regulations for private schools.

Ministry of Economics

Imperial Lord-Treasurer Walter McConnell heads the Ministry of Economics whose duties include the promotion of job creation and the improvement of living standards for all Lusitanians by creating an infrastructure that promotes economic growth, technological competitiveness, and sustainable development. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, issuing patents and trademarks, and helping to set industrial standards and regulations.

Ministry of Labour

Imperial Labor-General Harold Walson is head of the Ministry of Labor which is the government ministry charged with the distribution government aid to certain Lusitanians. This ministry gives unemployed, or disabled Lusitanians monetary and/or housing aid. In exchange for this aid those reviving the aid are required to work a minimum of 40 hours in the Ministry's social programs such as The Labor Front, which constructs infrastructure, and maintains national property. This Ministry also administrates and manages the economic productivity in the Corrective Labor Camps and Penal Colonies; the Labour-General sets the work norms for the inmates, allocates the necessary equipment.

The Department of Colonial Affairs

Imperial Colonial-Governor James de Camões heads the MoCA (Ministry of Colonial Affairs) which is is the government ministry charged with the management of the colonies in the Greater Lusitanian Empire. The MoCA offers benefits, and grants to Lusitanian settlers who wish to emigrate to the colonies, and is also in charge of colonial native reservations, and settling ex military men in government established colonial towns.

The Ministry of Science

Minister Nicholas Conway heads the Ministry of Science which is charged with the management and appropriation of Federal funds to various scientific research organizations for the betterment and improvement of the Lusitanian Impireacht's Military, Economy, Industry.

Official Federal Diet Committees

Imperial Diet Committee for Central Banking (Imperial Deputy Leopold Bluelander)
The committee charged with the managment and administration of HIM commercial banking assets and manages the Lusitanian National Reserve Bank, which issues currency and regulates interest rates.

Imperial Diet Committee for State Security(Imperial Deputy Luther MacArthur)
The committee charged with the management and coordination of the various security bodies of the Lusitanian Government. This includes the Army Intelligence Agency, The Naval Intelligence Agency, The International Areospace Investigation Agency, The Federal Constabulary, and His Imperial Majesty's Special Service.

Imperial Diet Committee for the Protection of the Environment( Imperial Deputy Rudolf Clemens )

The Party committee that coordinates the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor so that they make work together more efficiently to protect the natural resources and the beautiful landscape of the Lusitanian fatherland. The Committee also drafts regulations and laws regarding the environment of the Lusitanian Fatherland. The committee may also requisition officers of His Majesty's Federal Constabulary to conduct special investigations to insure that the committee's laws are being followed.

Imperial Diet Committee for Crontorian and Union Affairs (Imperial Deputy Dick Harper)
The committee charged with the management of laws concerning diplomatic relations with Crontor and to the Council of the Lusitanian-Crontorian Union. This committee also manages the laws concerning the special case of Crontorian immigrants and tourists.

Imperial Diet Committee for Inter-Religious Relations (Imperial Deputy Timothy Lewis)

The committee charged with the management of the peaceful relations between the various officially recognized religions in the Impireacht. It deals most with the tension between Catholics vs Protestants in the Fatherland Commonwealths, and Muslims vs Hindus in the Colonial Commonwealths.

Imperial Diet Committee for Marxist Affairs (Imperial Senator Peter White )

The committee charged with the management of all things related to Marxism (and Liberalism and Freemasonry). This committee is charged with drafting up all legislation dealing with internal Marxist subversion and legislation dealing with diplomatic relations with countries that are oppressed by Marxist ideology. It should be noted that this committee began the bill that eventually became the White Act which states; that neither the Federal Diet of the Impireacht nor any other body of the Lusitanian Government identifies any Marxist government as a legitimate government.

The Patriots Coalition: Formed from the Conservative Federalist Party, The Iron People's Party, the Catholic Corporatist Party the Patriots Coalition maintains a decisive majority in the Imperial Diet.

The Iron People's Party stresses the failures of communism, economic liberalism, and democracy; advocates traditional Lusitanian Catholicism; supports the purity of the Lusitanian people and culture and claims itself as the protector of the Impireacht from from Liberal-Masonic-Marxism. It further moves that the Lusitanian government should be streamlined and modernized; especially in the Commonwealths where it has moved to change most of the power from the hands of the local Lords to the hands of the police and standardized governments. It is the dominating party of the Patriot Coalition Party.

Holds (1/1) Imperial Chancellor

Holds (110/150) Senators and (200/370) Deputies in the Imperial Diet.

Holds (30/100) Lords and (25/200) Deputies in the West Fatherland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (30/100) Lords and (90/200) Deputies in the Interior Fatherland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (70/100) Lords and (120/200) Deputies in the South Fatherland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (10/100) Lords and (40/200) Deputies the North Fatherland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (20/100) Lords and (25/200) Deputies in the Southeast Fatherland Commonwealth Parliament.

Holds (80/100) Lords and (100/200) Deputies in the Colonial Indian Commonwealth

Holds (50/100) Lords and (130/200) Deputies in the Colonial African Commonwealth

The Catholic Corporatist party values rural society as superior to urban society, the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and stresses the superiority of a simpler rural life as opposed to the complexity of city life. The CCP supports a "return to the soil policy" by offering low interest loans to small farmers, protecting the environment, and promoting traditional family values. The CCP views it's self as the guardians of the lower class and the poor, and perpetuates a very socially conservative agenda.

Holds (0/1) Imperial Chancellor

Holds (60/150) Senators and (110/370) Deputies in the Imperial Diet.

Holds (60/100) Lords and (150/200) Deputies in the West Fatherland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (60/100) Lords and (100/200) Deputies in the Interior Lowland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (20/100) Lords and (10/200) Deputies in the South Fatherland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (70/100) Lords and (140/200) Deputies the Northern Mountain Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (10/100) Lords and (25/200) Deputies in the Southeast Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (5/100) Lords and (20/200) Deputies in the Colonial Indian Commonwealth

Holds (25/100) Lords and (10/200) Deputies in the Colonial African Commonwealth

The Conservative Federalist party moves for a government, united under a strong federal monarch, with the role of the Commonwealths minimized to administrative sub regions. Federalists emphasize the role of free markets and individual achievement as the primary factors behind economic prosperity. To this end, they favor laissez-faire economics, fiscal conservatism, and the promotion of personal responsibility over welfare programs. It is often said that the Federalist party is the mouthpiece of large companies and wealthy businessmen.

Holds (0/1) Imperial Chancellor

Holds (30/150) Senators and (90/370) Deputies in the Imperial Diet.

Holds (10/100) Lords and (25/200) Deputies in the West Highland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (10/100) Lords and (10/200) Deputies in the Interior Lowland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (10/100) Lords and (70/200) Deputies in the South Fatherland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (20/100) Lords and (20/200) Deputies the Northern Fatherland Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (80/100) Lords and (150/200) Deputies in the Southeast Commonwealth Parliament

Holds (15/100) Lords and (80/200) Deputies in the Colonial Indian Commonwealth

Holds (25/100) Lords and (60/200) Deputies in the Colonial African Commonwealth

The Lusitanian Constitution

The Federal Charter of the Lusitanian Impireacht

We,the leaders of the people of the Lusitanian Impireacht, united by a common destiny on our land, asserting our God given rights and liberties, civil peace and accord, preserving the historic unity of the the Lusitanian Empire recognized principles of self-determination of the peoples honoring the memory of our ancestors, who have passed on to us love of and respect for our homeland and faith in good and justice, reviving the sovereignty of the Empire and striving to secure the wellbeing and prosperity of New Lusitaniagrad and proceeding from a sense of responsibility for our Fatherland before the present and future generations, hereby approve the Federal Charter of the Lusitanian Impireacht.

I. Whereas the weapon has always been the mark of a free man; the right of a Lusitanian to bear arms shall not be infringed. No government entity shall in anyway regulate, restrict, or tax the manufacture, sales, purchase, or trade of firearms or ammunition.

II. No government entity shall in anyway infringe upon the right to Freedom of Expression, except for Marxists.

III. No government entity shall in anyway infringe upon the right of all Lusitanian Christians to practice their faith regardless of their sect or denomination.

IV. A man's home is infallible, and he has the right to defend his home from all trespassers regardless of rank or status. A man's home may only be entered if a warrant is issued by a magistrate of the Commonwealth or Federal Government.

V. All Lusitanians have the right to a speedy and a public trial by a jury of elected peers, except in times of National Emergency.

VI. His Majesty's Federal Government shall not have the right to impose direct income taxes without the approvement of the Imperial Diet.

VII. Government officials may in no way be bribed, or given gifts on pain of death.

VIII. Government officials, with the exception of the Sovereign of the Impireacht or Commonwealths, shall not be paid in excess of 100,000 Federal Crowns per year.

IX. No government either Federal or Commonwealth shall under no circumstances be allowed to issue currency without said currency being backed by gold, silver, or other precious resource.

X. Whereas Marxism, Liberalism, and Freemasonry are identified as subversive and dangerous to the survival of the Impireacht, all measures should be taken to neutralize, and destroy them.

XI. Monopolization in the economy of the Fatherland is forbidden.

XII. The practice of usury in the Impireacht is forbidden.

XIII. No Commonwealth Parliament, local Lord, or Federal Diet shall levy any income or property tax on a Lusitanian family with four or more children.

XIV. No Commonwealth Parliament, or Imperial Diet may spend more money than it takes in. Borrowing money to spend on non-essential services is forbidden.

XV. The Federal Diet shall reserve the right to elect an Imperial Chancellor to head the Office of the Interior.

XVI. The Imperial Chancellor must be a member of the Patriots Coalition.

by **New Lusitaniagrad** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:07 pm

Lusitanian Culture

The Faith

The Lusitanian Catholic Church in New Lusitaniagrad is the only legal faith in New Lusitaniagrad (and her dominions), under the spiritual leadership of the Grand Bishop and curia in Portmor. The traditional importance of Catholicism in the lives of Lusitanians is evident in the physical organization of almost every village in New Lusitaniagrad. The village churches are usually in prominent locations, either on the main square or on a hilltop overlooking the village. Many of the churches and chapels were built in the 16th century at the height of New Lusitaniagrad's colonial expansion, and were often decorated with wood and gold leaf from the conquests.

Much of the country's religious life has traditionally taken place outside the formal structure and official domain of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church. This is especially true in rural areas where the celebration of saints' days and religious festivals is popular. Rural Lusitanians have often sought to establish a close and personal relationship with their saints. Believing God to be a remote and inaccessible figure, they petition patron saints to act as intermediaries. To win their saint's goodwill, believers presented the saint with gifts, showed that they gave alms to the poor, and demonstrated upright behaviour, hoping that the saint might intercede on their behalf with God.

Formal religion, folk beliefs, and superstition are frequently jumbled together, and in the popular mind all were part of being Catholic. Particularly in the isolated villages of the Northern Mountain Chain Commonwealth, belief in witches, witchcraft, and evil spirits is widespread. Some persons believe in the concept that Satan sends out evil spirits to roam the earth to cause ruin for God's faithful. Again, women are the main practitioners. Almost every village has its own exorcist and witch hunter. Evil phantoms and werewolves are thought to inhabit the mountains and mountain roads, and it is believed that people must be protected from them.

According to the Book of Genesis, the Lord God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone". The Church teaches that man is now not only a sacred but also a social animal and that families are the first and most basic units of a society. It advocates a traditionalist view of marriage, and family life, religious leadership. A healthy family, according to official Church Doctrine, is therefore comprised of a providing father, a nurturing mother, and several well behaved children. The Church instills this doctrine, along with various others, through it's monopoly over State-run schools.

The Food and Drink

Lusitanian cuisine is characterized by rich, filling and full-flavored dishes. Traditional meals have ancient origins, such as bread and cheese, roasted and stewed meats, meat and game pies, boiled vegetables and broths, and freshwater and saltwater fish. Breakfast is traditionally just coffee and a bread roll with butter, jam, cheese or ham. Lunch, often lasting over an hour is served between noon and 2 o'clock or between 1 and 3 o'clock, and dinner is generally served late, around or after 8 o'clock. There are three main courses, lunch and dinner usually include soup. A common soup is caldo verde with potato, shredded cabbage, and chunks of chouriço sausage.

The most typical desserts are Arroz doce (rice pudding) and caramel custard, but they also often include a variety of cheeses. The most common varieties are made from sheep or goat's milk, and include the queijo da serra from the Northern Commonwealths. A popular pastry is the pastel de nata, a small custard tart sprinkled with cinnamon.

Feijoada, the national dish of New Lusitaniagrad, is a stew of beans with beef and pork, which is a typical Lusitanian dish based in ancient Feijoada recipes from the Lusitanian regions of the Northwest Lusitanian Fatherland. The basic ingredients of feijoada are beans and fresh pork or beef and it is generally prepared with red (kidney) beans, and includes other vegetables such as tomatoes, carrots, and cabbage. The stew is best prepared over low heat in a thick clay pot.

There are several types of whiskey common to New Lusitaniagrad, including those referred to as Single Malt, Single Grain, and Blended Whiskey. Most Lusitanian pot still whiskey is distilled three times, while Lusitanian Scotch Whiskey, is distilled twice. Peat is rarely used in the malting process, so Lusitanian Whiskey has a smoother finish as opposed to the smoky, earthy overtones common to some Scotches.

A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment which is a large part of Lusitanian Culture. There are between 60,000 and 75,000 public houses in the Lusitanian Proper. In many places the pub is the focal point of the community next to the church, and town hall. Pubs are social places based on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, and most public houses offer a range of beers, wines, spirits, alcopops and soft drinks. Many pubs maintain their own breweries, so beer is often better value than wines and spirits, while soft drinks can be almost as expensive. Beer served in a pub is mostly cask ale or keg beer. Traditionally the windows of town pubs are of smoked or frosted glass so that the clientele is obscured from the street. This also allows those who have been drinking all night or are hung over to keep drinking without being blinded by outside light.

Traditionally pubs in New Lusitaniagrad were drinking establishments and little emphasis was placed on the serving of food, other than "bar snacks", such as pork meat pies, and pickled eggs, along with salted crisps and peanuts which helped to increase beer sales. However innovations in the 1700's led to the creation of gastropubs which focus not only on high quality alcoholic drinks but also on high quality food such as steak and roasted whole boar cooked in massive wood burning ovens.

The Music

New Lusitaniagrad is internationally known for its traditional music, which has remained vibrant throughout the 20th century, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music, which as specifically been banned along with rap and jazz. Many outsiders associate Lusitanian folk music almost entirely with the West Highlander Bagpipe, which has indeed long played an important part of Lusitanian music. The earliest written bagpipe music in New Lusitaniagrad dates to the 8th century although the bagpipe was introduced in New Lusitaniagrad as early as the 2nd century B.C.

The oldest forms of music in New Lusitaniagrad is theorized to be singing and harp playing. Although much of the harp tradition was limited to a few professional bards who played for only those who could afford it. However the harp became more common in the 1800's when large companies began to produce them in large quantity. Later, the West Highlander Bagpipe appeared on the scene some where around two centuries before Christ.

Vocal music is also popular in the Lusitanian musical tradition. There are many ballads and laments, generally sung by a lone singer with backing, or played on traditional instruments such as harp, fiddle, accordion or bagpipes. There are many traditional folk songs, which are generally melodic, or rousing. These are often very specific to certain regions, and are performed today by a burgeoning variety of folk groups mostly in pubs. The more popular and professional folk groups play in music halls or in the homes of the upper class. Although if real Lusitanian folk music is to be experienced it should be done while sitting in the bar of a pub while everyone around stomps their feet and sings along.

Sport

Sport plays a central role in Lusitanian culture. New Lusitaniagrad has its own sporting competitions and governing bodies, such as the Lusitanian Caber Tossers Federation, Lusitanian Polo Association, the Lusitanian Rugby Union, The Royal Jousting Club, and the Lusitanian

Confederation of Hammer Throwers . While international sports such as Football and Basketball are known throughout New Lusitaniagrad, professional teams are almost non-existent, and the more traditional sports dominate the field.

The Southford Game Gathering, better known as the The Games, held in Southford, in the West Highland Commonwealth every Spring, is the largest games in New Lusitaniagrad, attracting around 7,000 competitors and somewhere in the region of 30,000 and 40,000 spectators from around the Federation. The Games are also the most watched sport event in New Lusitaniagrad with an annual 100 million people watching. The Games generally start at mid April and go on for five weeks depending on the weather. While the games are a central part of the Gathering, drinking, carnivals, feasts, and music also play important roles during the five weeks. Te main Sports played are; the Jousting, Polo, Caber Toss, Hammer Throw, Rugby, as well as several races.

The Gathering starts off with the Gathering of the Bands in which some twenty to thirty prominent bagpipe bands, such as HIM Royal Bagpipers, and the SS Honor Bagpipe Band, all playing the Lusitanian National Anthem. For many attenders this is the most memorable portion of the Games for bagpipes symbolize music at the Games and, indeed, in the Lusitanian Spirit itself. In addition to the massed bands, nearly all Gathering Games feature a wide range of piping and drumming competition, including solo piping and drumming, small group ensembles and, the pipe bands themselves when the central games are not being played.

The Kilt

The Lusitanian kilt displays uniqueness of design, construction, and convention which differentiate it from other garments fitting the general description. It is a tailored garment that is wrapped around the wearer's body at the natural waist starting from one side , around the front and back and across the front again to the opposite side. The fastenings consist of straps and buckles on both ends, the strap on the inside end usually passing through a slit in the waistband to be buckled on the outside; alternatively it may remain inside the waistband and be buckled inside.

The kilt covers the body from the waist down to the centre of the knees. The overlapping layers in front are called "aprons" and are flat; the single layer of fabric around the sides and back is pleated. A kilt pin is fastened to the front apron on the free corner. While it is not mandatory, most Lusitanian men would see as disrespect to their ancestors if they wore undergarments under their kilts.

While it does not need to be worn day to day, most men do as a sign of national pride. Day to day kilts are mass produced and can be bought rather cheaply for day to day use. However, formal kilts are tailored and only used during weddings or special occasions. The tailored kilts also feature the patterns of the wearer's Clan and status withing that Clan.

The Estates of the Impireacht

The glorious high cultured society of the Impireacht is one of the last bastions social stratification which allows people to interact with one another based on how high on the social structure they were born in. While it is possible for some members of certain estates to move up or down based on their careers and friendships most tend to follow in the footsteps of their parents and adopt their occupation and thus stay within their own Estate.

At the very top of the hierarchy is the First Estate which is comprised of the nobility. These fine people's ancestors were by grace of God and King born with the right to govern over the rest of the Lusitanian people. This Estate is divided into two classes. The Governing Nobles who are given the right to rule over the commonwealths, duchies and counties of the empire in one capacity or another, make up the first class. Members of this class are often Archdukes, Dukes, or Counts. The second class is comprised of the Landed Nobility which are often the vassals of the Governing Nobility. They are the administrators and overlords of the Governing nobility, and often collect the taxes, and serve as local police chiefs. Members of this class are often Barons who lord over large manors, or Knights. While it is possible to move from the Professional Military Estate into the lower rims of the nobility via knighthood, it is quite difficult and can take several generations.

The Second Estate is comprised of the the clergymen of the Impireacht. These are often considered the holy nobility because of rank and because some members of the clergy can go on to fill important government functions. This Estate is divided along the lines of the Holy Lusitanian Catholic Church. At the very top, there is the Upper Clergy which is comprised of the Patriarch, the Archbishops, Bishops, and Cardinals these men often live in large homes and may start families. The Second class is the Lower Clergy which is comprised of Parish Priests, Abbots, and Monks. These men interact with the common people far more often and live more modestly. With the exception of the parish priest who may take one, the members of the Lower Clergy may not take a wife.

by **New Lusitaniagrad** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:08 pm

Geography

The Lusitanian Fatherland

The Lusitanian Impireacht is divided into Five Commonwealths in the Fatherland and two Colonial Commonwealths, ruled over by an Archduke. Each Commonwealth is divided into Imperial Cities which are ruled directly by the Emperor, Imperial Provinces which are ruled over by the Emperor or the Federal Council, Kingdoms, Duchies, Principalities, and other provinces who report directly to the Commonwealth Archduke. The Fatherland is met by the Imperial Federation of Crontor to the East, with whom is shares a politcal Union and the Empire of Kylarnatia to the North.

The West Fatherland Commonwealth

Capital- Oxborough
Archduke- James V
Government- Absolute Monarchy
Demographics- 94% Lusitanian, 6% Luso-Crontorian
Religious Demographics: 98% Catholic, 2% Evangelical Protestant
Provinces- The Duchy of Mount Dia ruled by Duke Baden II, The Bishopric of Greenford ruled by Bishop Arthur II, The Kingdom of Southford ruled by King Brian VI, The Principality of Heraldsburg ruled by Prince Karl V, The Free Counties of Highborn ruled over by Governor Alexander Caudal.

The West Fatherland Commonwealth offers rugged coastline,mountains, and hundreds of highland hiking paths to explore. The Dia Mountain Ranges runs along the Commonwealth's eastern boarder, with the damp forested coastal areas to the south, and rugged highlands to the west. While most consider the West Highlands to be backwards and rugged; new railways, highways, communications centers, and factories commissioned by the Commonwealth Parliament have been quick to modernize the rural areas of this Commonwealth. The capital of the West Highland Commonwealth is Oxborough, which is located in the Bishopric of of Greenford.

The Interior Fatherland Commonwealth- Archduke Godfrey II

Capital- Edleigh
Archduke- Godfrey II
Government- Royal Republic
Prime Minister- Sir Micheal Rogers
Demographics- 100% Lusitanian
Religious Demographics- 100% Catholic
Provinces- The Parliamentary Free State of Talamh ruled over by Prime Minister Erik Duke, The Free Counties of Avanca ruled over by Governor Fredrick Copter, The Free Counties of Glasburg ruled over by Governor Elizabeth Price, The Bishopric of Pónairí ruled over by Archbishop Lucas V, The Imperial Province of Batalha ruled over by Imperial Deputy Jack Bronson (Tory), The Free Counties of Seamouth ruled over by Governor William II, The Free Counties of Dartmond ruled over by Duke Patrick X.

Since the very dawn of human settlement in the Impireacht, the area of the Interior Fatherland Commonwealth has always been the breadbasket of New Lusitaniagrad. With the most fertile non-irrigated soil in the Impireacht, the Interior Lowlands have a strong farming industry. The Lowland's 10293 farms and 2,337 Farming Estates, generating $500 billion in food, feed and fiber, are responsible for nearly three fifths of the Impireacht's total agricultural output and 2/3's of the Fatherland's output. This area has been heavily protected by the Tory controlled Congress, and those hoping to open factories or build large urban centers, while find themselves hard pressed to do so. The Commonwealth is also viewed as the center Lusitanian Republicanism which in the early 1900s turned the Commonwealth into a Royal Republic, severely weakening the power of the Archdukes.

The South Fatherland Commonwealth- Archduke Gustav III

Capital- Madison
Archduke- Gustav III
Government- Absolute Monarchy
Demographics- 97% Lusitanian and 9% Luso-Crontorians
Religious Demographics- 92% Catholic, 6% Evangelical Protestant, 2% Conservative Lutherans
Provinces- The Principality of Farraigesalann ruled over by Princess Lynet VI, The Kingdom of Darque ruled over by King Leof II,The Imperial City of Portmor and the Greater Portmor Area, ruled over by HIM Emperor Ulric VII, The Grand Duchy of Cambra ruled over by Grand Duchess Alexandra, The Grand Duchy of Southmore ruled over by Grand Duke Franklin X, and The Bishopric Elkland ruled over by Archbishop Innocent XXI.

The South Fatherland Commonwealth is the most populated and urban Commonwealth in the Impireacht. It is also the oldest area in the Impireacht, since the founding of the Kingdom of Portmor which then later unified the Lusitanian Fatherland. In antiquity, this is where the the first Lusitanian foundries where built, where the first councils of the Five Guilds meet, and where the first Emperors reigned. It is still where the seat of the Federal government meets in the Imperial City of Portmor, which dominates the South Fatherland Commonwealth. The Imperial City of Portmor is is a global center for business and finance and is the brain and heart of the Impireacht.

The Northern Fatherland Commonwealth

Capital- Frankwell
Archduke- Cedric V
Government- Absolute Monarchy
Demographics- 100% Lusitanian
Religious Demographics- 100% Catholic
Provinces- The Dukedom of Escoural ruled by Duke Dalston V, The Feudal Kingdom of Mianachóir ruled by King Edward I, The Duchy of Clochburg ruled by Duke William VI, The Feudal Kingdom of Monforteruled by King Edguard XII, The Bishopric of St.Pau ruled by Archbishop Leroy II.

The Southeast Fatherland Commonwealth

Capital- Haywood
Archduke- Olaf XII
Government- Royal Republic
Prime Minister - Sir Nigel Brown
Demographics- 97% Lusitanian, and 3% Luso-Crontorian
Religious Demographics- 97% Catholic, 3% Evangelical Protestant
Provinces- The Feudal Kingdom of Crainnardaburg ruled by Prime Minister Wolfgang Timberland,The Imperial City of Lisbonburg ruled by Imperial Chancellor Sir William Norsefire pro temp HIM Emperor Ulric VII, The Aristocratic Oligarchy of Oliveira ruled by Governor Norman Brunswick, The Duchy of Eastfordshire ruled by Duke Robert V.

Colonial Indian Commonwealth

Capital- Castle March
Archduke- Richard III
Government- Constitutional Monarchy
Prime Minister (Administrative)- Charles O'Loghlen
Demographics- 54% Natives, 44% Lusitanian, and 2% Luso-Crontorian
Religious Demographics- 40% Hindu, 55% Lusitanian Catholic, 5% Evangelical Protestant
Provinces- The Viceroyalty of Bahadur ruled by Lord-Viceroy Lester Kessle, The Viceroyalty of Ghanga ruled by Lord-Viceroy Howard Ó Breislin, The Colonial Republic of New Eden ruled over by Prime Minister Nicholas VII, The Dependent Raj of Manipur ruled by Dependent-Raja Maari II, The Imperial City of Goa ruled over by HIM Ulric VII, The Hindu Reservation of Kashmir- Brahmin Daha Sabha, The Colonial Republic of Punjab ruled over by Prime Minister Sir Max Lynch.

The Colonial African Commonwealth- Archduke Erich X

Capital- Ulricsburg
Archduke- Erich X
Government- Absolute Monarchy
Demographics- 70% Natives, 29% Lusitanians, 1% Luso-Crontorians
Religious Demographics- 50% Catholic, 20% Muslim, 10% Traditional Animist
Provinces - Feudal Kingdom of Hellenia by King George Belicoff, The Feudal Kingdom of Georgeland by King Samuel Parson, Lusitanian Trade Company Region of Ras-Sakka ruled over by Regional Director Lord Luke Acorner, The Native Reservation of Amhara ruled over by Tribal Cheif Sahle Amhara, The Colonial Republic of New Avanca ruled over by Prime Minister Scott Crandal II, The Colonial Republic of Terra ruled over by Prime Minister Erwin Smith, Imperial City of Hawk's Landing ruled over by HIM Ulric VII.

by **New Lusitaniagrad** » Wed May 04, 2011 2:51 pm

The Impireacht War Machine and Police Forces

Christ behind me, Comrades beside me.

His Majesty's Imperial Army

As a result of a proud military history stretching as far back as Wars of Unification and the formation of the Lusitanian State, the Lusitanian people carry with them a strong martial tradition, which is reflected in the strength and advancement of it's military fighting force. The Imperial Army existence has always been closely tied into New Lusitaniagrad's existence

so billions are spent each year to make sure that New Lusitaniagrad's forces are well prepared. The Impireacht has mandatory military service for all able-bodied male citizens, who are conscripted when they reach the age of 18 after High School, and are placed on active duty for 2 years and 10 years in reserves. People determined unfit for service, where fitness is defined being physically, mentally stable and politically reliable, are exempted from service but are conscripted into the National Labor Front for 3 active years. Those who have obtained medical degrees and who work in hospitals, or who are members of the Commonwealth Military Guards may opt out of the conscription. To Lusitanians, service in the military is considered a thing of prestige and honor, because of the country's proud martial roots.

The Army employs various individual weapons to provide individual firepower to Imperial Soldiers. The most common weapon used by the army is the M4 assult rifle and it's numerous variations. Other common weapons include, the Squad Automatic Weapon for suppresive fire, the Barrett M82 for highly prized marksmen, and the Benelli M4 combat shotgun for close-combat and door breaching.The Army uses two types of mortar for indirect fire support when heavier artillery may not be appropriate or available. The light 60mm M224 mortar, and the heavy 120mm M120 mortar which must be towed by a truck. When mortars are not sufficent, the Marine's principal heavy artillery is the, 155mm M777 howitzer.

The Imperial Army spends a sizable portion of its military budget to maintain a diverse inventory of vehicles, the most common being the Humvee, which is capable of serving as a cargo/troop carrier, weapons platform, and ambulance, among many other roles. The Leopard Mk 2 is the Army's primary Main Battle Tank, which entered service in 1983 and completly phazing out the Lepord Mk1 by 1987, with the Mk1s being sold to other countries as surplus military equippment. The other main mode of armor support is the Stryker IFV, while the FV432 is the main mode of frontline troop transport. Moblie heavy fire is provided by the self propeled M109 Palidin, and the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. For helicopter transport and support the favorites of the Imperial army are the UH-60 Blackhawk, Mil Mi-24, and the AH-64 Apache.

Lusitanian troops are organized into large Regiments which are quite diverse, and often contain their own vehicles, medical servicemen, and heavy weapons allowing them to operate without complicated supply lines. Regiments, on average, consist of 10,000 combat troops. Regiments are often combined into Legions (100,000 troops) to bolster combat effectiveness by combining specialized Regiments such as light infantry, armored units, and air mobile units.

His Imperial Majesty's Feudal Cavalry Corps

His Imperial Majesty's Feudal Cavalry Corps are the direct decedents of the Emperor's Ducal Cavalry, who's history stretch back to the tithe of mounted knights paid by Dukes and Archdukes to the first Lusitanian Emperors. These glorious sabre-wielding cavalrymen still keep their traditions alive today going into battle mounted on horseback garbed in traditional white vestments.

Cavalrymen of the Feudal Cavalry Corps do not wear Kevlar, seeing any armor, unless it is gold ceremonial chest piece bearing a cavalryman's house seal, especially bullet resistant vests as cowardly and that wearing them takes away half of the fun of a charge. For this, and the fact that all members of this elite unit are recruited only from most worthy of noble houses and clans, they often look down upon other members of the Imperial Defense Forces.

Due to their elitist nature, and their concern for their expensive horses; His Imperial Majesty's Feudal Cavalry Corps often refuse to go into battle against any foe that they consider to be inferior (which is most), leaving them ample time for scotch drinking, cigar smoking, and dueling at their luxurious barracks. However inferior an enemy, they will be quickly marshaled to war over anyone accusing them of being a waste of time or anyone who insults their personal or regiment's honor.

Any cavalryman from the Feudal Corps would not be caught dead with any standard issued weapon. While preferring their sabers, cavalrymen of the HIM's Feudal Cavalry Corps, are required to keep, and at times use, a personal side arm and carbine. Most get their sabers custom made before entering the Imperial Cavalry Academy in Lisbonburg, and their firearms purchased only from master Lusitanian gunsmiths. While any type of firearms are permitted, the most popular sidearms are massive .455 revolvers with enough stopping power to knock down any full sized horse, and the most popular carbines are bolt action rifles which fire .338 rounds.

Imperial AreoCorps

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the Lusitanian Armed Forces and one of the Lusitanian uniformed services. Initially part of the Imperial Army, the Imperial AreoCorps was formed as a separate branch of the military on March 12, 1942 under the one of His Imperial Majesty's Royal proclamations. It is the most recent branch of the Imperial Military to be formed, as well as the world's most technologically sophisticated air force.

The Department of the Air Force is a sub-section of the Ministry of Defense which is headed by Minister Archduke Wilhelm Prescott who is appointed by the Emperor with the advice and of His Imperial Majesty's Privy Council and has the authority to manage all of its affairs, subject to the authority, direction and control of the Emperor. The highest ranking military officer in the Department of the Air Force is the Supreme Air General of the Air Force who exercises supervision over all Air Force units, and serves as a member of the His Imperial Majesty's War Council.

Total Aircraft: 9,842

Non-fighter Aircraft: 6,340 (Including: B-2 Spirit, C-17 Globlemasters, UAV's, and A-10 Thunderbolts)

Fighter Aircraft :3,502 (Including: F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-22 Raptors, and F/A-18F's)

Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles: 500 (Including 6,000 Nuclear warheads)

Satellites: 43

Imperial Navy

The Navy of New Lusitaniagrad the oldest of the Lusitanian military, and the backbone of the Lusitanian War Machine. From the beginning of the 4th century until well into the 21th century it remains one of the most powerful navies in the world, playing a key part in establishing the Lusitanian Colonies.

The Lusitanian Navy is a blue water navy capable of striking anywhere around the goble, be stopping pirates, attacking enemy convoys, or transporting SS Commandos.

Directly decened from the old clan's raiding fleets, Lusitanians have had a long history at sea. Small rading parties using rivers to attack rival clans or go out to sea and plunder forgein lands. After the Unification the various clan fleets where placed into one cohesive naval fighting force. The Kings following after God-King Erick Hightimber upgraded and trained the fleet with new naval tactics, further improving it. Throughout the 4th and 19th centuries the Lusitanian Navy was quite possibly the largest in the world. Throught the years it was able to maintain an almost uninterrupted ascendancy over its rivals through superiority in financing, tactics, training, organisation, social cohesion, hygiene, dockyard facilities, logistical support and, warship design and construction.

In order to matain a strong presence across the ocean sea, the Lusitanian Navy operates a large fleet of ships.

Total Aircraft: 5,500 (Including: F/A-18F's, C-130 Hercules, V-22 Osprey, SH-60 Seahawks, and SuperCobras)

Aircraft Carriers: 35 (Nuclear Powered)

Lyran Longswords: 5

Amphibious Assault Ships: 14

Amphibious Transport Docks: 15

Dock Landing Ships : 12

Cruisers: 32

Destroyers: 68

Frigates: 52

Submarines : 102 (Including both Nuclear and non-Nuclear)

His Majesty's Federal Constabulary

His Imperial Majesty's Federal Constabulary more commonly known as the Civil Guard are a specialized branch of the Imperial Army who serve as law enforcers in New Lusitaniagrad. The members of this unit consist of highly trained military police officers that are entrusted with the important task of protecting the citizens of the Impireacht from any form of criminal activity, especially Marxist subversion . Recruitment into the Civil Guard involves the culling of the ranks of the Army's Military Police Corps. Such individuals receive special training in marksmanship as well as in riot suppression techniques and criminal investigations. In addition, they are trained in threat assessment as well as in small group tactics. In order to keep at the peak of physical health, the Civil Guard often engages in a strict exercise regimen. The Civil Guard operates on a Federal level, and unlike local sheriff's deputies who are paid by their local Lord, they they answer to and are paid by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and will persue criminals across Commonwealth lines.

To ensure domestic tranquillity and to see that the law is carried out and enforced members of the HIMFC also known as Police Constables operate several peices of personal equippment. For day to day use while on patrols, a constable's kit includes; a notebook, an M9 Beretta sidearm, an MP5 SMG or M4 assault rifle , an extendable batton, a can of mace, a bullet resistant kevlar vest, black shirt, black jacket, black pants, black cavalry boots, a taser, a flashlight , speed cuffs, a black combat helmet, and a police radio. Variations may include riot gear, or stab vests during riots, guarding federal prisons, or supervising federal workgangs.

The Special Service

The Special Service (often abbreviated as "SS") is the black-uniformed military and intellectual elite of Lusitanian Society . The SS is the principle special operations force used by the His Majesty's High Command, and acts independently but often along side regular troops.

In contrast to the Imperial Military and Government tradition, the nature of the SS is based on ideology where commitment, effectiveness and political reliability, not class or blood, would determine how far they succeeded in the organization. In the SS nobility does not automatically afford you a position as an officer.

The SS soldier trains on a regular basis over the course of his entire career. The initial formal training program for entry into Special Service is divided into four phases collectively known as the Special Service Apprenticeship Course. The length of the course changes depending on the applicant's primary job field within Special Service and their assigned foreign language capability but will usually last between 60 to 110 weeks. After successfully completing the Special Service Apprenticeship Course, Special Service soldiers are then eligible for many advanced skills courses.

After the SSAC Training, the SS soldier is then to choose a specialization, trained and assigned to one of the following branches of the Special Service:

[*] Special Service Armored Warfare Branch; which concerns itself with fielding the very best tank, APC, and IFV operators and commanders in the Lusitanian Military.

[*] Special Service Airborne Branch; which concerns itself with fielding the very best paratroopers and pilots in the Lusitanian Military. Although the SS-Airborne maintains it's own airplanes, it often works with the Imperial AreoCorps.

[*] Special Service Intelligence and Police Branch; which concerns itself with intelligence gathering, counter intelligence, counter terrorism, boarder control, and special police operations.

[*] Special Service Commando Branch; which concerns itself with fielding intelligent, highly trained, and highly motivated units deep in enemy controlled territory.

[*] Special Service Air Cavalry Branch; which concerns itself with operating lightning fast units of SS stormtroopers transported by helicopters and aided by close air support.

[*] Special Service Infantry Branch; which concerns itself with fielding the best infantry in the Lusitanian Military.

[*] Special Service Aquatic Operations Branch; which concerns itself with operating elite units of marines and maritime patrol units.

[*] Special Service Imperial Lifeguard Branch; which concerns it's self with assembling the very best, and most loyal members of the Special Service to protect the Emperor, and members of the Imperial Family.

While the SS is primarily a military organization it is also the intellectual, and political vanguard of the Lusitanian people. The members of these divisions of the SS are not required to be soldiers but must meet the same physical, ideological, and ancestral standards of the rest of the SS.

[*] Special Service Ancestral Research Division; researches the anthropological and racial history of the Lusitanian people so that the modern Lusitanian man may know the greatness of his ancestors. The SSARD is also the number one authority on the study of the ancient Lusitanian Druidic Mystics and often mounts expeditions deep into the mountain caves of the Northern Commonwealth to search for evidence relating to the Druidic Mystics.

[*] Special Service Scientific Research Division; researches new ways to improve or create new SS tactics, technology and weapons systems. In order to do so the SS often recruits from the smartest men in the best universities and offers to pay off all education loans and also offers excellent pay and housing opportunities.

[*] Special Service Political Division; monitors all current political parties, and legislation in Commonwealth Parliaments to ensure that said legislation and political parties promote correct politics that help improve the Impireacht and Lusitanian People. The SSPD also has the right to block improper legislation and bar government officials who promote it.

Commonwealth Military Guard

The Commonwealth Military Guards are military units that operate under the sole authority of a Commonwealth government; they are partially regulated by the Party Committee for Militias but they are not an actual part of the His Imperial Majesty's Military. Commonwealth Military Guards are authorized by Commonwealth and Federal law and are under the command of the Archduke of each Commonwealth. CMGs are distinct from the Provincial militias in

that they cannot become federal entities, and can only be put into use by that Commonwealth's Archduke with the backing of that Commonwealth's Parliament. However, with the consent of the Commonwealth's Government, the CMGs can become reserve forces of the Federal Military during times of war or national disaster.

Members of the CMGs are part time professionally trained soldiers, and at any one time 1/3 of a Commonwealth's Guardsmen are called up in active service either training or retraining. Members of the CMGs are required to give service to the Commonwealth Government four weeks a month in peace time for training, and two years in wartime.

CMGs operate basic units of combined arms formations that function independently from one another. These units are called Guardian Brigades, are comprised of groups of IVFs, APCs, motorized infantry, mobile anti-aircraft, and helicopter gunships. This allows Guardian Brigades to hit hard, and fast. It also allows CMGs to continue to operate relativity effectively even when cut off from larger units of the Lusitanian Military.

Commonwealth Police Services

Commonwealth Police Services are police bodies unique to each Lusitanian Commonwealth, having Commonwealth wide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations. Commonwealth police services were founded in the early 1900's during the major reforms and modernizations conducted during the rise of the Party, unifying all local sheriffs and provincial constables into one organized law enforcement agency in each Commonwealth.

Each force is headed by a Commonwealth Police Commissioner. His immediate subordinates are provincial Deputy Commissioners
who oversee day to day operations in that Commonwealth's Province. Each province is further divided into a county department headed by a Police Chief, who oversees the single police station per country, with the exception of large towns which may contain several chiefs and several police stations based on the population that needs to be policed.

Commonwealth patrol cars are mainly white, with yellow and blue fluorescent livery and each Commonwealth's coat of arms. The CPSs also use unmarked patrol cars in their duties and when need be armored humvees similar to those of the Federal Constabulary, which are mostly used by the Emergency Response Units. For armament most CPOs carry block 17s (.45) or SIg Sauers (.45) depending on the Commonwealth preference. Emergency Response Units are often armed with M4 assault rifles or MP5 SMGs and can usually contain most violent situations. If not, the Federal Constabulary can provide reinforcement.

The Commission

It would now be appropriate to discuss the legend and phenomenon of "The Commission."The term is frequently used to describe mysterious men working for an even more mysterious organization, allegedly designed to protect secrets or perform other strange activities. The Commission is supposed to have been founded by His Imperial Majesty Emperor Erik Hightimber the first ruler of the unified Lusitanian Empire. Little else is known about The Commission except for the fact that it is supposedly made up twelve members and one Chairman, and that it was created by Emperor Erik in order to safeguard the Monarchy and the Lusitanian people.

The numbers of agents employed by The Commission, is also unknown but, the classic image of a Commission Officer is a man of middle age, medium height and dressed completely in black. Common physical characteristics are: being of a very light complexion, almost as though they have never seen the light of day, and completely bald. They are said to speak in a dull monotone voice, and in archaic or obscure forms of Lusitanian.

According to the accounts of those reporting encountering them, Commission Officers always seem to have detailed information on the persons they

contact, as if the individual had been under surveillance for a long period of time. Encounters with Commission Officers tend to follow a pattern. After supposedly witnessing something they were not supposed, poking around where they were not supposed to, or conspiring against certain people, they are met by a trio of Commission Officers. Unlike visits from the Special Service or the local constables, visits from Commission Officers are not all uniformly conducted at three in the morning by blaring men in body armor armed with assault rifles. Visits from the Commission are much more subtle, and can happen at any time. Reports of being pulled into a black unmarked sedan walking home, or encountering the lonely stretch of highway blocked by two unmarked black SUVs and two trios of armed Commission Officers are the most common though.

The officers quickly flash badges, or firearms and ask the victims to accompany them. Those who have later been released after being found innocent of knowing anything, report to being shocked unconscious and awaking in a subterranean cell completely devoid of light. After spending an unknown time in the cell they are then interrogated. Those who are found to not know anything are shocked unconscious once more, and awake later in their homes. Those who are not innocent, one can only imagine that they never see the light of day again.

However one perceives the stories and reports, which can be described as shaky at best, it should be noted that His Imperial Majesty's Government denies all knowledge of any such Commission, and attributes the stories to the alcohol problem in New Lusitaniagrad. It should also be noted that the author of this article, and his benefactors at the Imperial Anthropology Society do not believe in any such organization. Information on these reports has been published because they are a vital part of Lusitanian Folklore.

by **New Lusitaniagrad** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:09 am

The Impireacht's Prison System

The Lusitanian Prison System is managed by the Ministry of the Interior. While county and commonwealth government are charged with arresting and trying the felons unless the felons cross commonwealth lines in which case it becomes a complete federal case, Federal official are in charge of punishing the criminals. Once the criminals have been tried and convicted by a jury or tribunal of magistrates if it is a federal case, then the convict is taken from the court house's holding cells and handed over to the Imperial Ministry of Interior.

Convicts are taken to the nearest Imperial Sentencing Center. For those who have been handed a death sentence this becomes the end of the line. There is not waiting for ten or twenty years as there is in most other nations. Those who have been marked for death are given it as quickly as possible. The despite the fact that many foreigners think that the Impireacht hands out the death penalty left and right this is a misconception. The death penalty is handed only to convicts who:

Rape
Murder
Being a Freemason
Treason
Subscribing to Marxist ideology
Piracy

While hanging is the most common method, shooting is also popular. On some occasion the public may demand that a particular convict be publicly hanged or shot. Hangings are often popular events, almost as popular as public whippings and it it customary for a Lusitanian to see at least one execution in their lifetimes. Sometimes however it may be that a convict has only committed a minor crime in which case a whipping and a fine is handed out to the convicts who:

Graffiti - 20 lashes and/or $800 fine
Possession of soft drugs - 30 lashes and/or $1000 fine
Petty theft - 10 lashes and/or $250
Indulging in prostitution - 15 lashes and/or $800 fine
Simple Assault - 10 lashes and/or $500 fine

Much more commonly however for more serious offences the convict is sentenced to hard labor in the Lusitanian penal colonies. Their time in the colonies are governed by a strict work regime, 12 hours of hard labor per day except on Sunday when religious services are conducted and convicts are allowed to receive letters. Each convict is made sure to be able to work and is thus given 2,000 calories of food per day usually in the form of potato stew. Convicts are also given two sets of jumpsuits and work boots per year as well as their own cot in wooden barracks.

Work in the penal colonies usually involves working in coal mines, gold mines, or stone quarries. Colonies must be as self sufficient as possible because of their remote locations in scorching deserts, arctic tundra, and isolated islands those prisoners who have demonstrated good behavior are allowed to work on the camp green houses to produce food for the colony.

by **New Lusitaniagrad** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:31 pm

The Snapshots of The Lusitanian Soul

West Highlanders

"You just try to get your hands on Patrick's booze, you Alcoholic Anonymous bastards."

Members of Parliament

Your sir, are a frilly little girl! And your argument is composed of Marxist drivel, and liberal poppycock!

Members of the Nobility

"Shh... were hunting Marxists."

Lusitanian Football Referees

"Red Card! Open Fire!"

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