Imperial Arkanian Empire

The Imperial Arkanian Empire, commonly referred to as the Arkanian Empire or Arkania and sometimes abbreviated as the IAE, is the successor state to the Second Arkanian Republic. The Imperial Arkanian Empire is an interstellar empire based in the Arkania System, which spans eight planets. The planet which was habitable at the time of the nation's founding was Arkania Prime, which serves as the nation's capital world and has been capitals for the past two Arkanian governments. Arkania also occupies the Philippines and the Netherlands, where many public infrastructure projects are currently being developed, and numerous ex-Hyberian planets, which are currently the site of Arkanian colonies and mining operations. The Imperial Arkanian Empire is also a member of the Trigalactic Alliance.
== History ==
=== First Colonies on Arkania Prime (2023) ===
Arkania Prime and the Arkania System were discovered in the year 2023 by General Rem and the crew of his Annihilator-class Destroyer while exploring regions of the Sagittarius Arm. The system was originally named the Orion System and Arkania Prime was originally Orion Prime. Settlements and colonies were then developed, the largest of which would end up becoming Chandrila, the capital city, and peace was made with the native Pegasus Primian population of Orion Prime, which was gradually assimilated into the main population.
=== The First Nation of Arkania (2023-2031) ===
==== Orion Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ====
A nation was founded on Orion Prime, the communist Orion Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (OUSSR) shortly after the first settlements. However, pressure from allies, most notably the Blacklands, resulted in the OUSSR reforming into the Democratic Republic of Orion (DRO). The DRO was the nation formed by the PMC the Armed Forces of the Orion Union (AFOU) and the AFOU would become the military force of the DRO.
==== Democratic Republic of Orion ====
The Democratic Republic of Orion was a relatively stable nation which experienced large population growth on 
Orion Prime. By 2025 many large cities had sprung up, but the largest of these was still the capital, Chandrila. The DRO controlled no other planets habitable to humans, but it did conduct exploration voyages to completely map out the system. 
In mid-2025, Orionese starships were sent out to the largest gas giant planet in the Orion System, which would later be named Luzon. Construction would begin on a large shipyard, later becoming Arkania Shipyards. By 2026, Orion Prime surpassed 2.5 billion inhabitants, most of which were of Pegasus Primian descent with humans and Native Arkanians being minority groups. In 2028, The new capital complex of the DRO was completed, which would also be used by later governments. 
In 2030, the Orionese military experienced modernization and parades were held throughout Arkania Prime showcasing the new vehicles. 
=== Reformation and Military Expansion (2031-2032) ===
The government undertook immense reforms in 2031 and became the Free Republic of Arkania (FRA). Orion Prime was then renamed Arkania Prime, and the system renamed the Arkania System. Under the FRA, Arkania was again prospering and expanded its space fleet. At its height, the Arkanian Starfleet operated 35 of its largest ship class, the Resurgence-class Battlecruisers. None of these ships were ever recorded to have been lost in battle.
=== Under Foreign Rule (2032-2035) ===
==== Under the Imperial Merculan Empire (2032-2034) ====
In late 2032, the Free Republic of Arkania would ally and subsequently become a Merculan District of the Imperial Merculan Empire due to galactic tensions rising with the extra-galactic Hyberian Empire rapidly expanding into the Milky Way. This decision was popular with most Arkanians due to Arkania still being able to govern itself under the protection of a much more powerful nation. 
===== Secession from Mercular =====
In 2034, however, Mercular suffered an economic collapse, with many of its large military assets becoming too expensive to operate. One of these, docked in Arkania Shipyards, was the Merculan Pinnacle-class Star Dreadnought Vindicator. The ship was siezed, and Arkania withdrew from Mercular.
==== Under the Greater Terran Republic (2034-2035) ====
After its withdrawal from the Imperial Merculan Empire in 2034, Arkania became one of the founding members of the Terran Republic, which formed from most nations of the Neo-Terran Alliance. Under Terran, Arkania 
produced and designed most of their starships, including the Siegfried-klasse Mobile Anchorage. 
In 2035, the Interstellar Alliance Against Hyberia was formed, led by Mercular, Jovia and Terran. The new Terran fleets mostly consisted of older Arkanian starships supporting the newer Arkanian and Edulian IV-produced ships helped the defeat of Hyberia during what would be called the Second Hyberian War.The Hyberian Empire was completely destroyed by the IAAH forces but a new but weak enemy attempted to attack Terran. A Terran task force attacking Hyberian starships was attacked by ships of the Techwizard Empire, but was quickly destroyed by the Terran fleet. The resulting war was known as the Terran-Techwizard War, which resulted in an easy Terran victory and the destruction of the Techwizard Empire. These victories greatly increased public opinion of the government and led to another population boom, increasing from 6.4 billion to 8.1 billion. 
===== Terran War =====
In late 2035, the Terran Republic's Earth territories were invaded on all sides by the Interstellar 
Alliance Against Terran (IAAT) during the Terran War and defeated the republic. Arkanian starships and Terran dropships rescued the remaining Terran soldiers and brought them to Arkania Prime. Terran was forced to dissolve after the war and Arkania was once again independent.
=== Arkanian Independence (2035-present) ===
==== Second Arkanian Republic ====
In 2035, the Second Arkanian Republic was formed, the first independent Arkanian nation in three years. It 
retained the previous Arkanian capital of Arkania Prime, however a few Hyberian planets were acquired from the Treaty of Moscow. The new government would first focus on updating the military and infrastructure. In early 2036, the SAR allied with Mercular but kept its independence. It would also ally with the Democratic Libertarian Republic of the Philippines, though that nation dissolved in the same year and left its territories to the SAR. The Arkanian Colony of the Philippines was then founded. In 2037, alliances with the DSRB, Germany and Japan were formed. Schematics for starships and ground vehicles were sold to Bolivia, Mercular and Venezuela.
The population of Arkania Prime steadily increased to about 9 billion, and Arkanian Colonies of Carulia, Inua and Luminae were founded on the three habitable ex-Hyberian planets the SAR occupied. In 2036, the SAR launched Project Rejuvenate, which promised to drastically increase the efforts to improve public infrastructure across all territories. 
Later that year, Arkania was reformed into the Imperial Arkanian Empire, the current Arkanian state.
=== Imperial Arkania (2036-present) ===
The Imperial Arkanian Empire was founded in 2038 as a monarchy from the Second Arkanian Republic. Founded as a monarchy, the empire still, however, retains its legislature. The Arkanian Armed Forces were also reformed into the Imperial Arkanian Armed Forces. The empire also retained the allies of the Second Arkanian Republic
The Imperial Arkanian Empire continued to develop the public infrastructure developments started by the previous government under Project Rejuvenation. Project Revitalize, a Navy project to modernize the Excalibur-class Dreadnoughts was also continued by the new government.
==== Arkanian Expansion ====
The Imperial Arkanian Empire sent fleets of warships into surrounding systems to expand their territory, 
however they were told not to expand too far in the fear of running into rogue parasite aliens which have ravaged the Merculan Outer Rim since 2024, which may be Silents.
Soldiers and Marines landed on the surface of the planets captured, exploring the planets and searching for any signs of sentient life. The Arkanian Imperial Air Force dispatched F-38A Fighters to map out the planets' landscape from the air.
==== Acquisition of the Netherlands ====
After the AT-USSAS War, the Netherlands would dissolve, and its western territory and assets were ceded to Arkania, while the eastern side and its assets were ceded to Germany. This increased Arkania's Earth territory and marked the first time Arkania controlled any territory in Europe. Soon after, Germany would cede their Netherlands territory to the IAE, which again expanded its Earth territories.
==== Joining the Trigalactic Alliance ====
The Imperial Merculan Empire, Arkania and the newly-founded Second Hyberian Order would found the
Trigalactic Alliance, a galactic alliance spanning multiple space nations. Arkania gave sections of the large Arkania Shipyards to Hyberia to help bolster their starfleet.
== Conflicts ==
=== Astral Talons-USSAS War (2037) ===
The Astral Talons-USSAS War erupted when the Confederation of South American States (CSAS) joined the war fought by the Astral Talons and the United Sovereign Sino-American States (USSAS). Due to an alliance with the Astral Talons and the CSAS and proximity to the USSAS Chinese territory, the IAE joined the conflict. Task Force 15 was quickly deployed to Javaria to aid in its liberation, while Task Force 56 was dispatched to Earth to fight the USSAS fleet stationed there.
==== Javarian Front ====
Task Force 15 warped into the Javaria system and in coordination with AT RODT, AT ACEP and Neo-Valerian
forces, the fleets formed a blockade against Javaria. Soon after, USSAS starships, lead by a confirmed number of 110 Freedom-class ships, warped into Javarian space and began attacking the allied blockade. Smaller Merculan task forces soon arrived, but Mercular soon withdrew from the conflict. Jovian Task Force 142 would arrive as well, but they stayed back, outside the killzone established by coalition and USSAS forces.
American and Chinese ships attacked the coalition fleet, leading to many casualties on both sides. After the initial USSAS attack, Arkanian forces pummeled a portion of the USSAS fleet, destroying many of the Freedom-class ships and capturing a few. Excalibur-class Dreadnought AIN Excalibur (SBB-01) would sustain some damage along with many other ships. Multiple Retribution-class Battleships were reported destroyed or heavily damaged as well. However, the pushes into the USSAS fleets would prove successful, with the enemy being defeated and some Freedom-class ships being captured for testing and evaluation.
==== Earth Front ====
Arkanian Task Force 56 would warp in near Earth, and entered Earth's orbit a few days before Arkania officially entered the war. Task Force 56's first action against the USSAS was to orbitally bombard the border wall separating the United States and Mexico, destroying any enemy forces who were stationed nearby and served as the declaration of war against the USSAS. The destruction of the wall would aid the CSAS invasion of the US, which would come a little later in the war.
Soon after the bombardment, US anti-starship weaponry fired at Task Force 56 with EMP rounds and later, anti-
starship warheads. Many of the EMP rounds were shot down by Arkanian point-defense weaponry, but the EMP rounds which made it through disabled many smaller ships and a few larger ones, which were later destroyed or damaged by the anti-starship warheads. After the attack, Arkanian commanding officers noted which altitude the EMP rounds were most effective, and instructed the fleet's ships and all allied vessels to maneuver to a greater height where the EMP rounds would not effect them. Merculan Task Force 140 entered the solar system and resided near Earth, but soon withdrew without firing a shot. 
After the EMP barrage, Arkanian starships attacked the USSAS fleet stationed above Earth, while Lunar Empire forces entered Earth's atmosphere to assist the invasion of the US. Task Force 56 sent multiple groups of starships headed by Retribution-class Battleships attacked the enemy while the dreadnoughts and escorting battleships held their positions and provided support fire. The assault proved to be effective, with Arkanian starfighters outmaneuvering the American ships, which lacked fighters. Starfighters and fighter-bombers began attacking the American vessels and crippled many as the capital ships destroyed others. 
==== The end of the AT-USSAS War ====
The AT-USSAS War would end when the USSAS signed the Treaty of Houston. The Arkanian ships over Earth, which
had captured some American starships, withdrew, and returned to Arkanian territory. The starships over Javaria returned as well, bringing the ships they had captured. The war would prove to be a success for 
Arkania, and served as the first major victories for the nation. Its starfleet proved to be a formidable force, as they withstood an EMP barrage followed by a barrage of non-nuclear anti-ship weapons. The Freedom-class starships captured, six from Earth and fifteen over Javaria, would be either refitted into command vessels or stripped for evaluation and testing. Five of these vessels would be handed to Deniksol High Command and the rest would reside at Arkania Shipyards. The damaged Arkanian ships would also dock at Arkania Shipyards for repairs while the destroyed ships were replaced with new vessels which were awaiting to be transferred to fleets.
=== American-Coalition War (2037-present) ===
Tensions between the nations which fought in the AT-USSAS War would rise again soon after that war. The American-Coalition War would erupt when US aircraft violated CSAS airspace. Most nations from the AT-USSAS War would be involved, along with some other nations. Arkania sent both Task Force 56 and Task Force 15 to Earth, forming the largest Arkanian armada ever assembled. This fleet would primarily be stationed near the moon to avoid ground-based anti-starship weaponry.
In the Philippine Sea, the AIN requested that the Philippine Navy would mobilize its fleets, made up mostly of newly-designed maritime ships. 
==== Earth Space Front ====
The first action Arkania would take against the USA was to once again destroy the border wall to make way for 
CSAS invasions. Small flotillas of frigates, destroyers and other ships were sent into low-Earth orbit and fired their guns at the wall. Due to the previous Arkanian attack during the AT-USSAS War, the wall was already severely damaged. After this attack, multiple large sections of the wall were completely destroyed.
After a long cease-fire, Arkania would begin to attack the United States Space Forces. Groups of corvettes, frigates and destroyers supported by Viper starfighters would rush enemy starships while the larger ships provided artillery fire from long range. The attacking Arkanian ships were under fire due to American drones, which destroyed some Vipers and damaged some of the ships. The Vipers and ships managed to fend off the swarms of drones and continued to attack the enemy fleet. Many enemy ships were able to be destroyed, with more being disabled as their command bridges were targeted. After this, the Arkanians returned to their fleets to avoid anti-starship weaponry.
== Military ==
Main Article: Imperial Arkanian Armed Forces
The Imperial Arkanian Armed Forces is the military force of the Imperial Arkanian Empire. The military has four branches: the Arkanian Imperial Navy, Arkanian Imperial Army, Arkanian Imperial Air Force, and the Arkanian Imperial Marine Corps. The largest and most powerful of these branches is the Navy, which boasts a large, respected starfleet with some of the most powerful ships currently in service. 
Due to the fact that the Navy was already built up by the previous government, attention has been given to the 
less-developed branches, the Air Force and Marine Corps. New aircraft were developed, such as the F-38 Air Superiority Fighter and the advanced F-40 Stealth Fighter. The Marine Corps received new ground vehicles such as the B1-C1 Light Tank/Tank Destroyer. 
Arkanian military service is voluntary, though during wartime more citizens are called to fight against enemies to expand the military's assets. 
== Foreign Relations ==
The Imperial Arkanian Empire, through the Imperial Arkanian Bureau of Foreign Relations, has established trade and alliances with many space and Earth nations. The allied nations to Arkania include:
* Imperial Merculan Empire
* Second Hyberian Order
* ACEP
* Germania
* Confederation of South American States
* Greece
* Austronesian-Japonic Union
* Deniksol High Command
* Federal Republic of the Central Pacific
* Vlarian Federation
* Neo-Valerian Confederation
* ROTD
The Imperial Arkanian Empire has friendly relations, though not official alliances, with the following nations.
* New Jovian Republic
* Republic of Valmeria
* Orion Space Defense
* Greater Emerdon
* Parmort Federation
* Trinity
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