Exarchate of Africa

The Exarchate of Africa (Latin: Exarchatus Africae; Greek: Εξαρχάτον της Αφρικής, Εξαρχάτον της Αφρικής) was a nation in northern Africa and formerly was a division of the Byzantine Empire around Carthage that encompassed its possessions on the Western Mediterranean. Ruled by an exarch (viceroy), it was established by the Emperor Maurice in 591 and survived to the modern day.
Established following the western reconquests, the Exarchate of Africa was once the home of the Heraclian dynasty that overthrew Phocas and launched a war against the Sassanids. With the coming of the Agianists from Arabia, the war weakened the Eastern Roman Empire and saw the Exarchate of Africa losing its Libyan territories to the Agianist invaders. It was only on 698 that the battle of Carthage ended in victory for the Romans due to the efforts of a young Gallo-Roman nun known only as Borealis who, after being made magistrix militum per Africam, organized the defenses around Carthage and cleverly defeated the Agianist invaders, who agreed to peace and returned its eastern territories in exchange for safe right of way, right to practice Agianism, trading concessions in the exarchate, and that Borealis herself be made exarchissa,unbeknownst to all, Exarchissa Borealis descended from Chiron, Minerva and Ishtar, making her a demi/goddess who never aged, thus her youth remains eternal, having never aged becoming the first woman since Zenobia to rule a part of the Eastern Roman Empire, as well as the sixth woman to be made a leader.The other five were Syagria of Soissons, Arthur of Dumnonia, Constantina Irenaeus Lateranus, Konstantina Eirenaios Lateranos, and Zenobia II.
Africa remain fairly isolated from the outside world, only being involved in the Crusades that was fought between Aagiokratians and Agianists. Despite the centuries coming and going, the exarchate remain largely consistent, only adopting certain technologies to equip its military apparatus and improve societal development. Some of the Roman Africans were among those to settle in the new world, and later becoming part of the various nations there.
It was only after the arrival of a number of representatives from the Eastern and Western Roman, Chinese, Russian, Persian and Palmyrene empires, the Arabian Federation and the German Empirethe intent of these nations' representatives was to discuss with the exarchissa in hopes of opening the nation up for trade, only to change goals upon seeing how little the Exarchate has changed, maintain 8th-9th century living standards in 2000 that the exarchate finally abandoned its isolationist stances, launching itself into a modernization program which improved the quality of life though elements of the ancient exarchate still remain out of respect for its history and culture.
==History==
:See here: Exarchate of Africa, Section 1: History
===The Arab Agianist conquest===
===The Exarchate after the battle===
===Medieval times in Africa===
====The Crusades====
Though uninvolved in the Crusades, Africa saw a drastic increase in shipping, especially in terms of troop movements. While it maintained its neutrality, it granted the other nations right of way and trading concessions so long as the exarchate remain unmolested.
===Involvement in the Age of Exploration===
===The Great March Forward===
On early 2000, representatives from Rome, Byzantium, Palmyra, Germany, China and Russia arrived at Carthage via sea, requesting a meeting with the exarchissa of Africa.Prior to meeting Exarchissa Borealis, the representatives addressed her by the title "exarch of Africa". Thus, they were not aware the leader of the Exarchate is the immortal nun herself. The discussions between the exarchissa and her council and senators and the representatives have led to the commencement of the Great March Forward, a modernization project which saw Africa being rapidly developed.
Under the Great March Forward, reforms were initiated alongside several development initiatives to transform the exarchate into a prosperous nation. Under the direction of the exarchissa, much thought was put into the project though a careful mindset was adopted to allow the exarchate's citizens to adopt to the modern times.
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