Zeoqratian Empire

"#1 Empire" - Zeoqra

## Overview

The Zeoqratian Empire was the third Nation to be formed on the SMP being founded on the first day of the SMP on November 21st 2020 (1 BQ).  Nicknamed the Warrior Kingdom by Nate. The Empire is an expansionist and militaristic society seeking to spread its culture and martial industrial might all across the continent. With its borders constantly shifting and notably being the root cause of all the major continental conflicts to have taken place on the SMP.

The Empire while it was still around was originally considered the Three Great Powers of Boveria and debatably the greatest power around the start of the SMP.  But some events slowly bogged the Empire down, with the empire technically ending and merging with the Thunderland Empire, in the Z-Thunder Union in 4 BQ, becoming one of the many important Provinces in the much wider Thunderland Imperial Federation.

## History

Editor's Note: Not Finished still have to go through 10,000+ Screenshots and other Records.

**1 BQ - Empire’s Founding**

The Zeo-Landian Peace Treaty is signed

**2 BQ - Constant Warfare**

The Thunder Accord is Signed

The One-Minute War

* Breaking of the Thunder Accord

The First bOverian War

* Sacking of Thunder Town
* Sacking of Spawn Town

**3 BQ - Interwar Period**

K-Western Rebellion

Silver Moves in

**4 BQ -**

Abdication of Emperor Zeoqra

**Ascension of the Thunder Emperor onto the Zeoqratian Throne.**

NateThunder would ascend to the Zeoqratian Throne without much issue at the beginning, with him treating his two realms, at first as two separate entities, deciding to not immediately merge the two Imperial Territories, his first act was to assure the Zeoqratian People that as their Emperor, he would respect their culture and processes.

The Second bOverian War

The Z-Thunder Union

## Location and Territory

The Empire is landlocked located West of Boveria.

Situated at the foot of the Amethyst Mountains, the Empire directly leads up to Mountains through the many passes that the Empire utilizes in the Empire’s defenses against potential invaders, Emperor Zeoqra would further strengthen the Empire’s Defenses by beginning Construction of Fort Zeo, that would better position the Zeoqratians in the empire’s protection from threats from all sides, with the Fort never having been taken by force in its history.

The Empire borders three nations at the Start and during its existence during the SMP, are the Thunderland Empire, the Oveqlandian Empire and the Goba Empire.

The Empire is divided into 2 Regional Provinces, the Amethyst Highlands and the bOverian Lowlands which are directly governed and controlled by the Zeoqratian Emperor.

**The Zeoqratian Empire's Town’s, Cities and Settlements:**

Capital - Fort Zeo

* The Zeoqratian Estate
	+ The Personal Estate of the Zeoqratian Emperor.
* Silver's Residence
	+ A Resident of Fort Zeo
* Copper Statue
	+ A Statue was created by the Copper Cult and represents the Server as its Avatar.

**The Zeoqratian Empire's Land territories includes:**

* **The Amethyst Highlands**
	+ The Highlands is a part of the wider Amethyst Mountain range that extends across much of Western bOveria, it makes up the majority of the Empire’s Land and Territory. However it's mostly uninhabited.

* **The bOverian Lowlands**
	+ The Lowlands is where the Empire is mostly centred with its strategic position and fertile land making the area the lifeline of the Empire, if the area is lost the rest of the empire would easily fall.

## Government

The Empire’s Governmental system runs on an absolute monarchy. With the Monarch having absolute power in all affairs of the state and Foreign Policy. The Empire is governed by the Emperor and a group of Prominent General Officers who rose up the ranks in the Military to their Positions. The Officers carry out the will of the Emperor and to a degree offer advice and council to the Emperor. If the Emperor is away on business the Officers would govern in the Emperor's name however any decisions they make can be revoked by the Emperor without question.

Following the Z-Thunder Union and the integration of the Zeoqratian Empire into the Thunderland Imperial Federation, Nate would disband the Zeoqratian Government, and appoint one of the leading General Officers as the Commander of the Fort and granted them complete freedom and jurisdiction over the new Zeoqratian Province following their Swear of Allegiance to him and to the federation.

## Religion

The Empire does not specifically have a religion, but has a prominent Cult (The Copper Cult) that is a religion in all but name. The Cult itself consists of worshipping the Copper Statue that is the avatar of the ‘Server’ by offering blood sacrifices as well as ores and minerals.
But by the Time of Nate’s ascension to the Zeoqratian Throne, the Cult seemingly had died off, with the Copper Statue being all that remains of the Religion, Nate would have the statue moved to the centre of the fort, to be left there as a reminder of the fort's ‘bloody’ history.

## Culture

The Empire's Society is very oriented towards expansionism and ambitious domination, with a heavy focus on powe, strength and family with military conscription being mandatory and refusal is considered a crime against the state and would be punished accordingly, The Zeoqratians described as a fierce Warriors in the battlefields garnering them a fierce reputation, they’re often times regarded as unwelcoming and war-like, such as when the chance of war or conflict ever reach their ears, they would most likely initiate the conflict.

The Zeoqratian surprisingly in regards to relationships they have a lax outlook on it, they don’t really care much about the gender they care more about the power dynamic and who's the dominant one in the relationship with them being respected in contrast with the dismissive one in the relationship being looked down on and ‘less respected’.

The Zeoqratians view Emperor Zeoqra as the ideal representation of a Zeoqratian, a fierce warrior, a family man and a very ambitious drive for ‘World Domination’ being highly respected among his people.

## Foreign Relations & Policy

The Empire’s Foreign Policy is oftentimes one of war and conflict, with expansion and conquest being the main driving forces in their policies.

**Thunderland Empire**

The Relationship they had with the Thunderland Empire was more than complicated with its ups and downs, to start they were first allies through The Thunder Accord, a Five Point Agreement for Peace between the two Empires that was signed by both rulers. But less than a few days after the agreement Zeoqra would break the agreement and ‘betrayed’ Nate during the aftermath of the One-Minute War, pushing him off the Tower of Bill, killing him in the process.

Which caused unnecessary bitter animosity to be created making the Zeoqratian Empire lose one of the few allies they had left and was the reason as to why Nate made a pact with the Oveqlandian Rulers in the off chance the Zeoqratian Empire would invade either nation.

This was further exacerbated with the Zeoqra's unprovoked Sacking, looting and burning of Thunder Town, Nate chose not to fight back and attempted to talk and reason with him, even at that point, being betrayed twice, he chose to still believe in him, but he repeatedly killed and Zeoqra continued to destroy Thunder Town.

However the Sacking of Thunder Town and the events that transpired during the First bOverian war was rolled back by the bOveq turning back the clock reversing all the damage caused by Zeoqra in his unprovoked rampage. This however did not reverse the Psychological Impact caused by the Conflict with Nate being betrayed twice and he honestly quite rightly so no longer could trust him and was tired of his machinations. Although Zeoqra did attempt to make amends, it was far beyond repair by that point and their nation's relationship would never be the same, with the relations between the two empires being cordial at best and oftentimes was merely just a formality.

When the Year 4 BQ came, Emperor Zeoqra, following his fall into the void, he decided to up and leave abdicating the throne and handing it over to Nate. Which in a way is ironic, but in any case Nate would unite the Two Empires under one crown, although he had yet to even forgive Zeoqra of his past actions, he made a distinction between ‘animosity’ between Zeoqra and the Empire's People itself. Viewing the Empire’s and the land that makes up the territory done no wrong, and in the end he would learn at best to get along with Zeoqra even though he can be difficult most of the time.

**United Village Nations**

The Relationship they had with the United Village Nations was one of bitter violence this however wasn’t the case at the start with the Zeoqratian Empire being able to sway the Nation over to their side with riches however when they killed a Citizen of the United Village Nations, this kickstarted a series of events that led to the constant violence between the two nations with both respective Rulers going blow to blow with most of all the wars up to the dissolution of the Zeoqratian Empire, having them both being at opposite sides of the conflict.

**Oveqlandian Empire**

The Relationship they had with the Oveqlandian Empire is one of accepted co-existence, although they often had tense moments, and the Empire often condemned the Zeoqratians for their actions. They would never actually go into a conflict against one another. Noticeably staying relatively out of the main conflicts in Boveria, only rarely participating in Continental Politics.

**Goba Empire**

Nothing Substantial to talk about with their relationship other than the Zeoqratian Empire considered invading them but was stopped by the Oveqlandians who settled with them on a Peace Treaty.

**Kingdom of Lexxonia**

Nothing Substantial to talk about with their relationship other than the Zeoqratian Empire had on occasion interacted with the Kingdom of Lexxonia’s King Lexxous.

## Lore

**The Copper Statue**

Built by Emperor Zeoqra, the statue serves as the Avatar of the Server, it was originally placed at the lower right of the Fort, it would be moved to the center of the Fort by the Thunder Emperor’s Instructions. It is said that the Statue had once been possessed by the Server through a Lightning Bolt but has since remained dormant within the statue, and since then when a Thunderstorm ever occurs, and the Statue is struck by lightning, the dormant spirit of the server within the Server would reawaken...however this is just a traveler's tale.