Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:52 pm
Nation App - Imperium Aeternum:
Formal Nation Name:The United Republics of Poland-Ruthenia
Informal Nation Name: Poland/Ruthenia (depends on whether the Northern or Southern region is being spoken of)
Shortened Nation Name: The Republic, Dividing Kingdom
Flag: http://i.imgur.com/mhl2eNP.png
Coat of Arms/Other Symbols: TBD
Government Type: Oligarchic Republic (the senate is elected and usually made up of middle class men while the executive positions are usually the upper class)
Head of State: Chancellor Iver III (Chancellor’s get five year terms and are elected by the senate)
Head of Government: Same as Head of State
Population: 21.5 Million
Capital: Minsk (settled capital due to the disagreements between the North and South)
Location: All land east of Germany
Influence: None overtly but is constantly being fought over by Russia, Germany, Byznatium, and even Rome. The merchant and upper classes often are bribed
or at least tantalized by these nations into securing that the Republic follows their path. This has created constant flip-flopping without much repercussion. Still, the Republic exists for the most part hanging in the balance of many nations.
Military Population: 87,500 soldiers [2,500 palace guards ; 16,000 in Warsaw ; 25,000 in Minsk ; 17,000 in Odessa ; 11,000 in Lviv ; 14,000 in Krakow]
History: The Republic just as it now is like how it was before. And that was at the mercy of its the foriegn powers surrounding it. Firstly, the Southern regions of the Republic, Ruthenia, had long been under control of oppressive traders and even at numerous points, Eastern hordes. Still, this was not even enough for the greedy elite. Taking the idea from the Tsarist Russians of the north and seeing their expansion using serfs as the fuel to their empire, the south did so as well. Kievan Rus adopted this as trade slowed due to the much more prosperous routes through Rome. This economic strife led to conquest of much of the North into cities like Minsk. It was here where the first mistake occurred. The over expansion of the already economically shattered nation provided the perfect opportunity for the Russian Bear to attack. And hoping to destabilize the nation, it sent radical reformists to the lands. These pan-Slavs promoted their ideas like in Russia and with greater success. Militas formed and with a Senate in the style of the Roman Republic formed in Lviv, the Most Serene Republic of Ruthenia was established. Sending valuable aid to the Russian forces and aiding in the capture of Kiev, the Republic assured its dominance as well as its future.
Within a few years, the Republic saw opportunity once again. The Germanic efforts to take the North and the subsequent expulsion of the Northern Slavs prompted renewed efforts of pan-Slavism. With numerous kingdoms in the North fearing revolution, they attempted compromise by offering vast swaths of land to the peasant population and a removal of surfdome from the law books. While sounding great, the Ruthenians were quick to spread word about how it would be impossible and that surfdome as it existed would not at all possible for a monarchy to remove it. Yet the people turned away and believed the kingdoms which increasingly became centralized around Warsaw. Still, this feeble attempted brought peace for mere decades but as soon as the kingdoms, or Kingdom of Poland as the region came to be known due to the unity between them, went back on these promises, revolution was spoken of once again. The Polish king rejected any compromise and seeking to stop the rebels before full-scale civil war broke out, sent the army. This proved fatal as Ruthenia responded by attacking the Kingdom and with rebellions seized cities and the lower classes outnumbering the nobility nearly 5 to 1, it was a decisive blow. The Republic of Poland was soon proclaimed and while it existed for mere months, it ensured the union to come.
Once the Union was officially formed, the nation expanded and saw a rise in standard of living and soon became a beacon for radical policies. The complete outlawing of surfdome and as one of the first nations to ban the slave trade, it’s principles of power to the people became enormous in an era where monarchy still was dominant. Voting for the Senate soon expanded to include all people (except for women unless they were widows). The most recent political change was the adoption of the first codified Constitution in the world securing the ‘Godly rights of people’. The tolerant yet delicate nation now hangs in the balance as times advance and industrialization continues.
RP Example: A long one? A nation one?
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Formal Nation Name:The United Republics of Poland-Ruthenia
Informal Nation Name: Poland/Ruthenia (depends on whether the Northern or Southern region is being spoken of)
Shortened Nation Name: The Republic, Dividing Kingdom
Flag: http://i.imgur.com/mhl2eNP.png
Coat of Arms/Other Symbols: TBD
Government Type: Oligarchic Republic (the senate is elected and usually made up of middle class men while the executive positions are usually the upper class)
Head of State: Chancellor Iver III (Chancellor’s get five year terms and are elected by the senate)
Head of Government: Same as Head of State
Population: 21.5 Million
Capital: Minsk (settled capital due to the disagreements between the North and South)
Location: All land east of Germany
Influence: None overtly but is constantly being fought over by Russia, Germany, Byznatium, and even Rome. The merchant and upper classes often are bribed
or at least tantalized by these nations into securing that the Republic follows their path. This has created constant flip-flopping without much repercussion. Still, the Republic exists for the most part hanging in the balance of many nations.
Military Population: 87,500 soldiers [2,500 palace guards ; 16,000 in Warsaw ; 25,000 in Minsk ; 17,000 in Odessa ; 11,000 in Lviv ; 14,000 in Krakow]
History: The Republic just as it now is like how it was before. And that was at the mercy of its the foriegn powers surrounding it. Firstly, the Southern regions of the Republic, Ruthenia, had long been under control of oppressive traders and even at numerous points, Eastern hordes. Still, this was not even enough for the greedy elite. Taking the idea from the Tsarist Russians of the north and seeing their expansion using serfs as the fuel to their empire, the south did so as well. Kievan Rus adopted this as trade slowed due to the much more prosperous routes through Rome. This economic strife led to conquest of much of the North into cities like Minsk. It was here where the first mistake occurred. The over expansion of the already economically shattered nation provided the perfect opportunity for the Russian Bear to attack. And hoping to destabilize the nation, it sent radical reformists to the lands. These pan-Slavs promoted their ideas like in Russia and with greater success. Militas formed and with a Senate in the style of the Roman Republic formed in Lviv, the Most Serene Republic of Ruthenia was established. Sending valuable aid to the Russian forces and aiding in the capture of Kiev, the Republic assured its dominance as well as its future.
Within a few years, the Republic saw opportunity once again. The Germanic efforts to take the North and the subsequent expulsion of the Northern Slavs prompted renewed efforts of pan-Slavism. With numerous kingdoms in the North fearing revolution, they attempted compromise by offering vast swaths of land to the peasant population and a removal of surfdome from the law books. While sounding great, the Ruthenians were quick to spread word about how it would be impossible and that surfdome as it existed would not at all possible for a monarchy to remove it. Yet the people turned away and believed the kingdoms which increasingly became centralized around Warsaw. Still, this feeble attempted brought peace for mere decades but as soon as the kingdoms, or Kingdom of Poland as the region came to be known due to the unity between them, went back on these promises, revolution was spoken of once again. The Polish king rejected any compromise and seeking to stop the rebels before full-scale civil war broke out, sent the army. This proved fatal as Ruthenia responded by attacking the Kingdom and with rebellions seized cities and the lower classes outnumbering the nobility nearly 5 to 1, it was a decisive blow. The Republic of Poland was soon proclaimed and while it existed for mere months, it ensured the union to come.
Once the Union was officially formed, the nation expanded and saw a rise in standard of living and soon became a beacon for radical policies. The complete outlawing of surfdome and as one of the first nations to ban the slave trade, it’s principles of power to the people became enormous in an era where monarchy still was dominant. Voting for the Senate soon expanded to include all people (except for women unless they were widows). The most recent political change was the adoption of the first codified Constitution in the world securing the ‘Godly rights of people’. The tolerant yet delicate nation now hangs in the balance as times advance and industrialization continues.
RP Example: A long one? A nation one?
Imperium - DO NOT REMOVE