Former Venerya (Imperial Venerya)

*Императорская Венеря*

The former flag of Imperial Venerya (12 APF-305 APF)

## General Information

**Imperial Venerya** (Rus: Императорская Венеря) was a nation situated in the Vener Peninsula. It was centered around the Venergrad Gulf in which the capital city, Venergrad was located at. The nation was a developing power with intermediate economy and military. Its military was generally outdated compared to the leading nations. The nation took a neutral stance in most disputes and avoided taking sides, although this had changed when it started to lean towards Russia. It had a moderate population which was able to be used for workforce, although most of them (only around 16% had a college degree in 303 APF) were uneducated general laborers. Although it was located in the Southernlands and its population was of Chinese descent, the nation also had European roots from the past Russian colonization. It gained its independence in 12 APF, in the outset of Kem Troubles in Russia. Since then, the nation was ruled by the Vectris Royal Family until the outbreak of civil war in 303 APF.

The nation was disbanded after the 303 Rebellion. It is now split into 3 nations including itself, Republic of Accassia (Formerly called Free Territory of Accassia), and Greater Northern Venerya.

### Etymology

The name Venerya comes from the English word "Venerable" (accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character). The Vener Peninsula was first discovered by English-speaking Albion settlers, but they decided to not populate the peninsula in favor of the current geographical position of Albion. Shortly after that (February 5, 12 APF) the Russian settlers came in and decided to use the name that was given by Albion with a slight alteration to localize the name. In the end the colony was called Russian Venerya with Venergrad as its capital.

## Government

### Head of State and the Parliament

The government system applied in Imperial Venerya was an Absolute Monarchy with the help of the Veneryan Royal Parliamentary House. The head of state and government is the Monarch of Venerya. The monarch appointed the members of the parliaments. The parliament may give the monarch some inputs but the monarch is free to decide whether he/she may follow it or not. The parliament was made up of 77 members and used a voting system to pass a vote to the monarch.

### Ministers

Under the parliament, the government also had ministers who made policies to be submitted to the parliament. These ministers included:

* Agriculture minister
* Commerce minister
* Communications minister
* Culture minister
* Defense minister
* Electricity minister
* Home minister
* Deputy prime minister
* Education minister
* Energy minister
* Environment minister
* Finance minister
* Foreign minister
* Housing minister
* Health minister
* Industry minister
* Interior minister
* Justice minister
* Labor minister
* Mental health minister
* Prime minister
* Public works minister
* Science minister
* Sports minister
* Tourism minister
* Transport minister

### Provincial-level

Venerya was split into several provinces which were led by regional governments. Governors are the head of these regional governments. They're under the monarch and parliament's absolute authority and their function is to distribute and execute the monarch's powers.

### Prefectural (District)-level

Under these provinces there were prefectures (districts) that were led by mayors. These mayors submitted to the regional government.

## History

### Early Venerya (212 APF-274 APF)

The nation was once a humble colony under control of Russia. This was until the Kem Troubles began which resulted in Russia splitting into different factions. Through a series of diplomatic actions Venerya managed to let itself out of Russia's clutches in May 21, 212 APF. After its independence it quickly reorganized itself and "de-colonized" itself by introducing several changes to its government and social system. One of the massive changes being the change of the official language from Russian to English. This was done to remove Russian elements in Venerya, and most of the citizens had already known the language due to the close proximity to Albion, a nation that speaks English. During its early days the nation was underdeveloped in infrastructure and economy. It had one of the lowest GDPs of all the nations in the New World despite having a large landmass. The early rulers of Venerya wouldn't let this go on and introduced a series of sweeping economic reforms that had led the country to grow massively. The nation kept a relatively peaceful and neutral stance in the face of international disputes. Venerya wasn't isolated, but it kept imports and exports at a minimum and only with its closest neighbors such as Albion and Neo-Rhodesia. This period of peace and tranquility was maintained until 250 APF, when Russia regained its interest in the nation after watching its growth closely. This resulted in the NKVD manipulating Venerya's government with the goal of regaining control. The government suddenly started making relatively reckless and ambitious decisions to start expanding its military and rekindling its relations with Russia.

### Imperial Venerya (274 APF-303 APF)

It ultimately began in 274 APF, Venerya and Russia started to rekindle their relations with Venerya adopting Russian standard cartridge and gears. At this period, most nations had been paying attention to Venerya as it had a potential to become a profitable trade hub in the southern lands. Another nation interested in Venerya was Vesurgio, but with Russian influence it was guaranteed that Russia would uphold ultimate rule in the area. This was made worse that Kjerag, a Russian ally, was supplying Venerya with a steady flow of knowledge for the Veneryan industries to produce higher quality products especially in the military sector. This was proven when Venerya started to create cutting edge aviation technology such as the VF-1 interceptors.

This era's end was marked by the scandal of the former monarch Ilya Vectris in 286 APF. A few years after the scandal, she resigned from the throne in 302 APF with no clear heir. The only possibility in maintaining the bloodline was a young illegitimate prince under the name of Rain Vectris. He took the throne and tried his best to keep the nation under control. However, with foreign powers pulling the strings, this proved to be too hard for him.

### Civil War (303 APF)

Venerya's advances as a nation had caught Vesurgio's attention; this might be their last chance before Venerya becomes a regional power and impossible to take control of. Having a powerful Russian puppet in that region wouldn't be a good thing for Vesurgio. Fortunately for them, there was an active rebel extremist group in Venerya that was willing to fight on their behalf. They started to fund these rebels and put them into action. On the other side, Russia realizes the same thing and tried to sway Venerya under their control. Vesurgio's plan was to overthrow the monarchy as the Russian communist ideology didn't align to theirs. Opposed to this, Russian plan was to fully re-integrate Venerya into Russian rule and control Venerya as their own. While the 2 nations bashed horns, Qing China was getting wary of Venerya's newly gained land right at their border. That land was profitable and they couldn't imagine having Russia or Vesurgio right at their doorsteps. As Russia and Vesurgio were busy trying to outplay each other, Qing China also began to spread its influence to the bordering Veneryan prefecture of Northland, which later led to the formation of Greater Northern Venerya.

Russia and Vesurgio decided that the best course of action would be to split Venerya into several regions to not let one side get advantage over the other. Russia funded the loyalists and Vesurgio funded the rebels to go to war. In 303 APF, a massive civil war broke out in Venerya. The nation was split into 3 regions which were the western loyalist side, eastern rebel side, and northern Chinese sphere of influence. Most of the fighting happened between the east and the west. After a period of time, the war was getting too bloody and destructive so the sides decided to have a stalemate and split the land into 3 regions. The 3 regions were:

- Imperial Venerya (Svobod Zemlya) (Russian Sphere of Influence): Svobod Zemlya was a Russian-aligned territory that followed Russian ideology and doctrines. They took the western territory where most of the old loyalist cities were situated at. Venergrad, the capital city, was located in this territory. Most of Venerya's developed cities were situated in here, however, a sizable portion of the industrial areas were also in Vesurgio's territory.

- Free Territory of Accassia (Vesurgian Sphere of Influence): Free Territory of Accassia was a Vesurgio-aligned territory consisting of rebel cities that were supported by the Vesurgio peacekeeping forces and was under its sphere of influence. This territory was rich of industrial cities but there aren't any developed cities in the scopes of the western territory's cities.

- Greater Northern Venerya (Chinese Sphere of Influence): Greater Northern Venerya was technically the only remaining piece of "Venerya" as there was no actual military takeover conducted by Qing China. Rather, the citizens there assimilated with Chinese culture and chose to align to Qing China. Greater Northern Venerya was an independent nation inside Qing China's sphere of influence.

## Notable Figures

### Monarchs

Monarchs were the kings and queens of Venerya. Throughout Veneryan history, this position was passed down along the Vectris bloodline.

#### Ilya Vectris

First monarch of Venerya, ruling for 90 years from 212-302 APF. She has an abnormal aging rate which made her impervious to aging, thus making her able to pull off such a feat.

#### Rain Vectris

Second monarch of Venerya, he was considered by some as an illegitimate heir. He was also considered by some as a puppet of Russia.