Fox Dynasty

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* Libirachi Empire

The **Libirachi Empire**, officially the **Fox Dynasty**, is a sovereign imperial state located across Eurasia and is the largest nation both in the world and in human history, stretching from the Japanese islands in the east to the Balkans in the west. Under the leadership of the ruling Fox family, the Fox Dynasty has expanded massively into south east Asia and cracked down on the already limited rights possessed by citizens. At 17820.234 km in length, the Libirachi Empire's boarder with the Bovido Imperium, Persia and the Russian Federation is the world's longest.

As an imperial monarchy with a *de-jure* democratically elected president, the Fox Dynasty is regarded as an authoritarian dictatorship, with a vast array of organisations under the banner of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR) devoted to ensuring the regime's ongoing existence. Despite it's adherence to the New-Think political ideology, the Libirachi regime increasingly draws its power from psychological and physical control over the population, with civilians regularly subjected to propaganda in the form of posters, televised speeches and heavily altered depictions of history in order to instil devotion to the state; though not unique in this feature, COMPNOR's use of propaganda is regarded as one of the most effective in history.

Ruled by a unitary government from the capital city of Beijing, the Fox Dynasty is able to exert it's influence over much of Afro-Eurasia through an extensive network of political, economic and military relations, ensuring that the Libirachi government is able to manipulate global events and establish puppet regimes around the world to further it's goals. Only three states have ever come close to ending the Fox Dynasty's hegemony, that being Bovido Has during the Has Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Nations during the Libirachi Civil War and the Bovido Imperium during the Conquest of Africa; though still remaining powerful, the United States of America is largely regarded as a spent political force by many politicians and pundits within the Libirachi regime, and American control over affairs in the Sino sphere has fallen significantly since the Coronation of Fox II in 2024.

Formed in 2019 after the death of President Nathan Jackson and the ascendency of Laura Fox to the monarchy, the Fox dynasty became the official title of the new regime within the empire, although the Libirachi flag and seal of the Emperor remained the same as before the uprising in 2019. Taking the surname of the Empress Fox, the dynasty established itself as a successor force to the Imperial Republic, keeping the role of President as not to completely upheave the whole governmental system.

With the outbreak of the Has Wars in 2020, the new regime was presented with its first major challenge to the foundation of the nation. Fighting off the Bovido Hassian armies, Empress Laura Fox was assassinated just months before the conflict came to a close, with her daughter becoming Regent through the ensuing Civil War before a coronation in 2024 after the defeat of the Confederacy of Independent Nations.

#### Growth

     Having won the 2010 election, Nathan Jackson ousted incumbent President Jacob Zuma and ordered the arrest of his predecessor on his first day in office, whilst purging the ranks of the government's upper echelons of members of Zuma's Revolutionary Socialists in favour of loyalist Revolutionaries in a radical shake-up. Producing economically liberalising measures in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the Libirachi Empire began to prosper under Jackson's rule, whilst crack-downs on dissident groups ensured the stability of the new government. As a program of releasing the nation from the socialist measures placed by Zuma got underway, the Jackson began to initiate a more sustainable environmental plan under the new Minister for the Environment, Laura Fox, which allowed the nation to convert from fracking and fossil fuels in exchange of next-generation nuclear power plants and natural fuels, such as wind, water and air. As the political sphere saw significant shake-ups, the military also saw radical change over the first five years of Jackson's rule, allowing him to control the nation through force, whilst in Beijing, the constitution was radically altered to remove constitutional term limits imposed by the Kanna Government and the Imperial Cabinet grew in power to delegate responsibilities of state away from the presidency. Whilst allowing smaller businesses to establish themselves, the Jackson administration nationalised the largest corporations, allowing the government great sway across the world, with Libirachi companies like Huawai responsible for maintaining essential parts of overseas internet and broadband systems. Using chemicals such as the MC14 drug, which diminishes brain functions and makes victims suggestible, the new government began experimenting with new technologies to keep the population subservient, with mixed results, before resorting to re-writing the Patriotism Laws inherited from Xi Kanna's regime. While cultivating the return of the Quokka into the national parks dotted across the nation, the Jackson regime promoted Environmental minister Laura Fox to the ministry of education and propaganda, where she began to grow a support base amongst members of Imperial High Command in the later years of Jackson's presidency.

Elected into office in April 2010, President Nathan Jackson ended the 40 year dictatorship of Jacob Zuma with his inauguration and immediately set about introducing the Mandate to the People Act of 2010 in the Libirachi National Congress, which passed by decree before the congress was re-opened following elections in August. As only the second democratically elected leader of the Libirachi Empire, Nathan Jackson's victory in the 2010 Libirachi Presidential Election proved that democracy could work within the nation, with the true aim of the Jackson administration being the eventual democratisation of the nation as specified in the unpublished *Route To Freedom* roadmap of 2019, which was ultimately due to be published after the completion of the *Patriot Act of 2019*, although as history knows this was never the case thanks to the Libirachi Civil War of 2019. Following the Xi Kanna and Jacob Zuma regimes, the government power pretty much stayed the same until the Jackson administration began to attempt to cause systematic change of the nation in the 2010s, attempting to rein in the power of the Libirachi Imperial Army and effectively bring democracy to the nation, with Jackson’s Revolutionary party storming the 2010 National Congress elections. Despite this urge to do good, the Jackson administration was continuously foiled by members of the LIA who eventually rose up in a coup in 2019, placing former education secretary Dame Laura Fox as the new President in what was largely viewed at the time to be a puppet regime.

As part of the Jackson Doctrine favoured by the Foreign Office, the Libirachi Empire began an invasion of Iran in 2019 which resulted in small-scale nuclear warfare and the ensuring fallout which wreaked havoc in the province of Ranjor within the Western China, Lower Stan Provinces and Iran oversector, leading to the disfranchisement of Grand Marshal Edward Mandelson and Marshal Ashton Morre and the execution of the former. Having escaped from Imperial custody, Morre escaped to the mountains of Western China where he began accumulating a conglomeration of dissidents and rebels. Whilst having to deal with the loss of some of his most loyal officers, Jackson attempted to push a new Patriotism Act based on Xi Kanna's original, but with the rights of military personnel severely downplayed and the role of High Command delegated to the President's inner circle, all the while reducing the importance of commissioned military officers in favour of a new army of shocktroopers loyal only to the President. Reacting with outrage to these proposals, IHC joined with the Minister of Education to hold a coup against Jackson's rule, uniting the various disfranchised sections of the military with their distaste of the President. With a quick swoop on September 24th 2019, all major cities in the Empire fell under marshal law whilst the Libirachi Imperial Army marched on Tienanmen Square and the Presidential Palace in the Forbidden City, engaging in skirmishes against the Presidential Guard as they attempted to break into the Presidents residency. By 6pm on September 25th, the Army had cut through to the forbidden city, where the Imperial Government was based. Much to the horror of the Army, they were greeted with a 200 strong deployment of Imperial Guards, and a 300 strong contingent of Presidential Guards - the President's personal security force. The ensuring battle lasted a solid hour, by which time it was beginning to go dark in Beijing. With the Guard dead, a black Cadillac pulled up outside the Libirachi Government Building, and a black clad figure emerged, flanked a contingent of loyal soldiers as she entered the building. Laura Fox had arrived, and was determined that this miniature civil war wouldn't fail. Marching though the building, the LIA met even more resistance from a further deployment of Presidential Guards, in a firefight that shredded the Presidential Congress room (used for important speeches and announcements - and the former home of the People's Congress, a relic from the 1850s abolished in 1933).

While the Guard was distracted in the Congress room, Fox and her escort made their way through the building, killing those in the way and shooting the occasional light to scare workers. They arrived at the Presidential Office, informally known as the round room, where President Jackson, oblivious to the situation, was working on new legislation to abolish the rebellious military. The escort smashed through the doors, and fired wildly into the room, eliminating the Presidential Guard. Fox marched in, and shot Jackson where he sat - twice in the chest, and once in the head - killing him instantly. All that remained of Jackson's support base surrendered the next day, officially supporting the new regime. Propaganda was issued to the people to re-assure them that the military might they had seen was just a exercise drill, albeit a large one, and that the government was as stable as ever. Only those in the Forbidden City knew of Jackson's death, and it was the new government's intention to keep it that way. The leaders of the coup (Surpeme Commander Kanan Garel, Education Minister Laura Fox, Deputy Minister of Defence Xi Jimping, Damian Hurst, Grand General Cassio Tagge and military adviser Bowen Shi) began to plan how the new government would be declared, and the LIA generals were keen to have a singular plan of action for the Declaration of the New Order.

As only the second democratically elected leader of the Libirachi Empire, Nathan Jackson's victory in the 2010 Libirachi Presidential Election proved that democracy could work within the nation, with the true aim of the Jackson administration being the eventual democratisation of the nation as specified in the *Mandate to the People Act of 2010* and the unpublished *Route To Freedom* roadmap of 2019, which was ultimately due to be published after the completion of the Patriot Act of 2019, although as history knows this was never the case thanks to the Libirachi Civil War of 2019. Following the Xi Kanna and Jacob Zuma regimes, the government power pretty much stayed the same until the Jackson administration began to attempt to cause systematic change of the nation in the 2010s, attempting to rein in the power of the Libirachi Imperial Army and effectively bring democracy to the nation, with Jackson’s Revolutionary party storming the 2010 National Congress elections. Despite this urge to do good, the Jackson administration was continuously foiled by members of the LIA who eventually rose up in a coup in 2019, placing former education secretary Dame Laura Fox as the new President in what was largely viewed at the time to be a puppet regime. Proving her nay-sayers wrong, President Fox managed to pull the army under her thumb and began to set about consolidating power, before passing the *Assent Bill (2019)* which granted the President's choice of regent the right to take the throne of the Libirachi Empire. Selecting herself, Fox was crowned as Empress Laura Fox on November 11th, 2019 and appointed fellow coup leader Xi Jimping as a replacement President, bringing the 167 years of the Imperial Republic to an end. Remembered as a staunch democrat fighting against all sides and often members of his own government for progress, Nathan Jackson is remembered as a martyr in the cause of Libirachi Democratisation internationally and by historians, whilst state propaganda paints a different picture of Jackson as a corrupt official who's poor handling of the nation left the armed forces no choice but to depose him and replace his regime with that of Laura Fox. Regarded as one of only a handful of the nation's leaders to properly attempt to bring about the introduction of free elections, even members of Jackson's own cabinet such as Alastar Brigman and Ashley Young actively worked against his campaign for freedom and ultimately continued to serve in the new order after its formation in 2019.

### A New Order

    With the death of President Nathan Jackson in September 2019, the nation briefly stayed under Marshal Law until September 27th when Laura Fox was declared the new President of the Libirachi Empire. Under Fox's presidency, the controversial Patriotism Bill was revoked and a meeting of the Libirachi National Congress granted the *Assent Bill (2019)* which granted the President's choice of regent the right to take the throne of the Libirachi Empire. Selecting herself, Fox was crowned as Empress Laura Fox on November 11th 2019 and appointed fellow coup leader Xi Jimping as a replacement President. Having legally secured power as the **first regent** since the abolishment of the monarchy in 1852, Fox set about solidifying her power base, purging both the state bureaucracy and military of Jackson supporters and reshuffling the corridors of power to firmly place her as head of state. Pursuing an aggressive foreign policy, the new regime frequently came to odds with the neighbouring economic and military superpower of Bovido Has, as well as the foundling Persian Republic in the middle east, over international policies and regime changes, actively supporting the Zander administration in the United States of America whilst attempting to topple the Cameron government in the United Kingdom.

     Under the Presidency of Xi Jimping, the Libirachi Empire returned to the economic liberalisation which became standardised during the reign of President Jackson, while continuing to clamp down on individual freedoms with the guidance of Empress Laura Fox. Taking over the governmental responsibilities granted to the Empress, Xi built his first cabinet from the remnants of Nathan Jackson's last, uniting various officials under his banner and using a poetic sense of justice to imprison the very officials who blocked his rise through the political ranks. As only the second President from the Libirachi Han community, Xi Jimping set about re-defining the overlooked Equality Act of 1952 which would further the rights of selected ethnic minorities (or in this case, majority) in the constitution. As the Libirachi Empire settle into its new political order, a familiar face from the Jackson era, Ashton Morre - the disillusioned marshal of Ranjor, returned at the head of a terrorist organisation calling itself the Hǔnluàn, roughly translating as the Storm of Blood in Arubesh, and began a series of terror attacks against key assets of the Libirachi Empire over the winter of 2019 - 20 before they were tracked down to the mountain ranges of western china and destroyed their headquarters in a blitzkrieg of fire, leaving Morre presumed dead. Unknown to the Fox regime, Morre survived the incident and rebuilt his organisation in the Persian Republic with the assistance of Penny Fox, daughter of the Empress, in exchange for assassinating Bovido Hassian Archbishop Hazael Buller as part of her plan to achieve control over the Libirachi Empire from her mother. With the death of the Archbishop on March 29th 2020, the two Asian superpowers came to loggerheads, both being unaware of the true culprit of the assassination, and declared war on each other on April 1. As the conflict began to escalate, the Hǔnluàn seized control of the Persian Republic and retreated from the conflict, whilst the nation of Obadiah Has joined the foray. Within months of the conflict, the Bovido Hassian army attempted a daring attack on the Libirachi capital of Beijing, the first such attack from a foreign nation and only the 6th such battle since the city became the capital, in which they successfully managed to capture President Xi Jimping, although he was later rescued by the 7th Naval Legion Fleet under the command of Grand Admiral Rithnuro Thrawn. Enraged by the brazen assault on their capital, the Libirachi Empire launched its 2nd Libirachi Occupation Army and the 7th Fleet to take the Bovido Hassian capital of Makassar, defeating the Lord's Grand Army and executing the Bovido Hassian Emperor on May 15th 2021. However, after a missile strike on Imperial High Command in January 2021, the Libirachi Empire resolved to invade the Persian Republic to topple the regime of Ashton Morre, who turned to Penny Fox to receive additional assistance, although the request was rebuffed and ties between the two were broken. Having toppled and left Morre for dead, the Libirachi Empire turned its full attention to the invasion of the Tokyo Bovido led by Bovido Hassian Archbishop Syli Dean. Over the rest of 2021, the Libirachi Empire pressed home the assault on Tokyo, before crushing the regime and turning its focus to Obadiah Has and the Bovido Line, which were the last main remnants of Bovido Has in east Asia. In the months that followed, the Empire aggressively destroyed lines of demoralised soldiers, as the christian holdouts crumbled in the wake of the superior Imperial Army.

### Dissent and Civil War

 Main article: Libirachi Civil War
With the Has Wars coming to a close, a plot was formed in Persia under the leadership of the new President, Almac Docu, a former Libirachi politician in exile for rebelling against the government; under a cloak of darkness, a set of assassins infiltrated Beijing and poisoned Empress Laura Fox in the evening of May 27th 2022, leaving the nation without a head of state. Taking over *de-facto* power, President Xi Jimping connived a meeting of the Shadow Council, consisting of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Cassio Tagge, Grand General Guo Tijjan, Grand Moff Chen Bingde, Minister of War Damien Salamander, Minister of Defence Alastar Brigman and Director General of COMPNOR Penny Fox which unanimously selected the *late* Empress' daughter as the new regent of the Libirachi Empire, although she refused to waste time and resources on a coronation until after conflict stopped, instead taking over as Head of State from President Xi and the powers associated, despite not holding an official title with the authority to take the post. Meanwhile, as news of the Empress' death trickled out through the military command structure, several regions rebelled against the regime, such as the splinter nation of New Libirachi and *self-proclaimed* Grand Moff Alex Pandion's Imperial Fraction which seized control in the Lower Stan Provinces and Iran after failing to seize control in his oversector of Eastern China and the Acquired Provinces of Bovido Has. Whilst the Libirachi Empire continued its fight against the Bovido Line, the separatist groups united with Persia and several eastern European nations to become the Confederacy of Independent Nations, with Docu as its President. Facing a real threat of invasion, the Empire formed an alliance with the Russian Federation and Canogally to form the Union of Aligned Nations with Fox as its Chairman. Taking the throne as a regent following the death of her mother, Penny Fox took leadership over the Libirachi Empire and the Imperial Army as the paramount leader of the nation as the Confederacy of Independent Nations under the leadership of Almac Docu continued to keep dividing the only recently re-proclaimed Libirachi Empire, before the regent formed her own Union of Aligned Nations in rebuttal to the CIN’s warmongering.

### Reign of the Empress Fox

Following the conclusion of the Libirachi Civil War in November 2024, regent Penny Fox was coronated as empress and began to embark on a spree of reforms to the Libirachi political system, beginning with the introduction of a new constitution and a new method of elections for the office of president. Similarly, the nobility system was massively expanded upon and the Imperial Privy Council was established to manage the imperial court in the Forbidden City, which began to form the centre of real political power within the regime. In August 2026, a group of conservative politicians and army leaders attempted to depose the Empress Fox in a coup d'état after they discovered that the empress had a secret queer relationship with health secretary Freya Sherman, but the coup was put down after 3 days and it's leaders were purged from the political elite of the nation, whilst the Same-Sex Relations Act of 2026 legalised gay and lesbian marriages in a landmark constitutional change. In 2027 the global economy collapsed in a banking crisis, giving the Fox regime the opportunity to expand it's economic diplomacy through the newly established Sino-Scandinavian Development Fund; at the same time, the economic catastrophe was used by agents of the Fox Dynasty to destabilise enemy states and install more loyal regimes in nations, such as Vladimir Putin in the Russian Federation or Vanessa de Rouge in Canto Haven. By 2030, a power struggle between President Damien Salamander and Empress Penny Fox had resulted in the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order becoming an increasingly politically powerful entity in the support of the empress, going as far as to topple the Salamander regime in a constitutional coup in 2033. In place of Salamander, COMPNOR leader Karyn Voor was elected president and as head of the Revolutionary party; with a new president in power, Penny Fox begin a culling of the Libirachi Imperial Army, officially being placed as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces following over 800 years of army separation from the central state authority in 2033, as well as the creation of the Central Military Commission in 2034 which integrated the presidency and COMPNOR into the leadership of the armed forces, whilst placing Fox as the chair of the commission and thus the leader of all armed forces within the nation.

Within months of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order's coup in July 2033, the neighbouring Bovido Imperium launched an invasion of the Islamic Emirate of Egypt and triggered a series of mutual defence pacts between north African nations and the Eurasian Union of States; as such, the Fox Dynasty and it's allied states found themselves at war with the Bovido Imperium, which was able to swarm across northern Africa, conquering the United Arab Republic and subjecting the North African Federation to a state of occupation. Faced with military impotence, Penny Fox ordered a purge of the armed forces in May 2034 and established the Shanghai Pact mutual defence pact in January 2035. With the armed forces tamed, the Fox Dynasty launched a mass campaign against the Imperium and was able to bring about the dissolution of the North African Federation, whilst launching an invasion of the Bovido capital; following a Bovido attack on the United States of America in January 2037, the western-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation joined the war in alliance with the Shanghai Pact.