Table of Content
- Overview
- States (Allegiance)
- Grand Duchy of Alstein (Staufen Clan)
- Kingdom of Belka (Segbrecht Clan)
- Kingdom of Eden (Staufen Clan)
- State of Freond (Staufen Clan)
- Principality of Köln (Segbrecht Clan)
- Kingdom of Niflheim (Neutral)
- Neighbours (Allegiance)
- Commonwealth of Amythyst
- Kingdom of Amythyst (Isidora Faction)
- Halkenginian Confederation (Akilina Faction)
- Sultanate of Qadum (Topazcan Separatists)
- Republic of Vinchi
- Emirate of Venusiya
- Commonwealth of Amythyst
Overview:
Founded: 1710 A.D. (Considered Year 0 of the Imperial Calender).
Founder: Fredrick Köln Staufen of Alstein
Denonym: Wolfen
Capital: Wolfsburg
Total land area: 591,203 km2
Population (RP): 312 million
Government: Elective Monarchy, Federation
Head of State (Emperor/Empress):
- Heydrich Staufen (2nd Kaiser of Wolfenium)
- Erna Staufen-Scharlachrot (3rd Kaiserin of Wolfenium)
Summary
Year 66 of the Imperial Calender (1776 A.D.), barely over half a century since the end of the War for Independence, the newfound nation of Wolfenium was rapidly rising as a regional power. Under the leadership of Emperor Heydrich Staufen of Alstein, brother to the first emperor Fredrick, the empire's borders had expanded across the Alstein ridge, controlling the richest mineral deposits in the country. However, despite their victory over the Amythysians, south Astol was far from a united land. Not all the states supported Fredrick's command of the new empire and many of the former allies that once fought together against the might of Alisagrad now faced each other in mortal combat.
Led by the Crown Prince Aldrich Staufen, son and heir to Emperor Heydrich, Wolfenium had made significant gains against remnants of the Commonwealth colonies and the empire's former allies. The biggest prize he had claimed in his father's name was Kristallin, an Amythysian mining colony located in the southern-most part of Astol. Conquest of the region gave the Fatherland unprecedented access to the region's rich mineral deposits. However, with such success came envy and suspicion. Driven by fear and greed, the states that once fought under Fredrick's banner soon turned on their former saviour, forcing Aldrich and his men into war, after war, after war... Ultimately, even with all his military skill and brilliance, Aldrich was finally felled by the knights of Alstein's arch-rival, Belka. On 10 January, Year 64, Aldrich died without an heir or a throne, leaving behind his widow, Erna. Aggrieved, Heydrich soon followed his son, leaving a nation without a male heir. Forced to take on the crown, Erna, third Kaiserin of Wolfenium, must now oversee a nation rapidly fracturing into civil war... a war that would either realize or destroy the dreams of a better world...
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
-Baruch Spinoza (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830), Terran(1) Dutch philosopher