Eshan Empire

The **Eshan Empire** (Eshan: **Эшик Крой**) is an absolute monarchy in Northeast Kornica. By 1900 it has a population of around 60 million. It's capital is Aspya, but it's largest city is Katalystok with 4-5 million residents. It's ruled by 33-year-old Imperator Mosyn Ramoyov, who was crowned in 1893. Mosyn is a member of the House of Ramoyov, one of two major imperial houses who've swapped the throne several times with the members of the House of Mäsiar.

## History

### 1878 Dynastic Crisis

Main Article: 1878 Eshan Dynastic Crisis

In the 1870s, Imperator Oraz Mäsiar began implementing Dun-friendly policies in the Dun border regions of the Eshan Empire after a period of insurrection from Dun people's living in Esha. Ramoyov aristocrats responded negatively to the embracing of the Dun kingdoms after the assassination of the head of their house, Nicholai Ramoyov, in 1866 at the hands of members of the Dun Committee. In 1874, Oraz signed the Treaty of Karvo with the Kingdom of Semter making them an official ally of the Eshan Empire. Grand Duke Solarev Korolenko opposed this action and gathered support in 1875 to accuse Oraz of treason. In response, Oraz arrested Korolenko for the same charge, replacing him with Junoan-born Dusan Siroky. A few years later in 1878, Siroky organized a planned assassination of Rosen Ramoyov, current head of the House of Ramoyov, however the assassination attempt failed. After Rosen recovered he demanded an official investigation and when denied it by Siroky, formed the League of Loyal Eshans as a paramilitary group to conduct the investigation themselves. Soon after, Oraz declared the LLE an illegal terrorist organization and ordered the arrest of the LLE's leadership and Rosen himself. Rosen avoided capture at the LLE's headquarters in Katalystok, causing a siege between Imperial forces and the LLE that lasted 3 days until a larger LLE force led by Rosen forced the Imperial force to surrender. After Rosen regrouped with the LLE in October of 1878, he led a march to Aspya that lasted 3 weeks, defeating the Eshan army at Kutya and captured Aspya. Imperator Oraz's 1st Imperial Guard division held the city center for nearly a month until Oraz was captured on December 3rd and executed by Rosen. The same day, Rosen declared himself Imperator of the Eshan Empire, sparking a civil war between Mäsiar supporters and Ramoyov supporters across the Eshan Empire.

By January of 1879, both sides had consolidated forces, with Mäsiar supporters holding most of the Juno and Cordonia governates while the Ramoyov supporters held the Eshan governate. Meanwhile the Dun kingdoms of Semter, Dosica, and Janvac were planning an intervention on the side of the Mäsiar supporters, launching a joint invasion of the Eshan governate on January 10th, citing the Treaty of Karvo as justification for supporting the Mäsiar government. The invasion initially went well until April when they began being pushed back by Ramoyov armies. Due to unrest in the Semter army, the Semter king was forced to withdraw from the war in May, sparking an invasion by Janvac to force them back into the war. The attempted Janvac invasion of Semter failed, tying down men and resources that could've been better spent on the front, making their defeat quicker. In June, Dosica would also withdraw from the war. With Janvac being the only Dun kingdom remaining in the conflict against the Ramoyov supporters, Dosica and Semter agreed to join the war on the Ramoyov side. By July, Janvac's capital would be occupied and by August, the Mäsiar loyalists were capitulated and surrendered.

### Rosen Ramoyov & Mäsiar Purge

Following Rosen's coup and war, Janvac became annexed into the Eshan Empire and the alliance with Semter was ended, despite their cooperation in the war. To ensure the Mäsiars never posed a threat to Ramoyov power, Rosen began exiling and executing members of the House of Mäsiar to completely annihilate their influence in Eshan politics. Rosen's policies extended further than high ranking Mäsiars, arresting and executing those in the government, military, and civilian populace suspected of having sympathies for the Mäsiars. After reinstating Korolenko as Grand Duke, Rosen's government created the Office for Investigation of Treason, a government body to investigate and legally punish supports of the Mäsiars, making Korolenko judge on most of their cases. This period became known as the Mäsiar Purge, resulting in between 17,000-30,000 people dying in the purge and a further 100,000 being arrested.

## Imperators

**Imperator Pavel Arseni Ramoyov** - Born 1757, crowned 1780, died 1825. Ruled for 45 years.

**Imperator Borut Sergeyev Mäsiar** - Born 1798, crowned 1825, abdicated 1832, died 1840. Ruled for 7 years.

**Imperator Artimys Antony Ramoyov** - Born 1800, crowned 1832, died 1840. Ruled for 8 years.

**Imperator Ciril Chladek Mäsiar** - Born 1805, crowned 1840, died 1861. Ruled for 21 years.

**Imperator Oraz Desimir Mäsiar** - Born April 21st, 1833, crowned 1861, died December 3rd, 1878. Ruled for 17 years.

**Imperator Rosen Jastrow Ramoyov** - Born January 3rd, 1835, crowned May 25th, 1879, abdicated 1893, died 1895. Ruled for 14 years.

**Imperator Mosyn Kraski Ramoyov** - Born 1867, crowned 1893, current Imperator. Ruled for 7 years (1900).

## Grand Dukes

Grand Duke Dalibor Voronov - Appointed 1840, abdicated 1862.

Grand Duke Solarev Korolenko - Appointed 1862, arrested 1875.

Grand Duke Dusan Siroky - Appointed 1875, exiled 1879.

Grand Duke Solarev Korolenko - Appointed 1879.

## Government

### Imperator

The Imperator serves as the head of the Eshan government and monarchy. Ideally, the throne is passed down the Imperator's heir upon the Imperator's death or abdication, however often the throne is seized by a rival dynastic house.

### Grand Duke

The Grand Duke is the head of the Eshan aristocracy, a group of the most powerful nobles in the empire, and serves as their representative in government.

### Imperial Voroshkoro

The Imperial Voroshkoro is a legislative body created by Mosyn Ramoyov upon his ascension to the throne in 1895 to prevent another Dynastic Crisis from occurring.