Junta of Asulven

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The **Junta of Asulven** is a historically small nation centered around the northwesternmost part of Itheel, with Leopold City as its capital.

The vast number of former nations in this region have given it the reputation of being unstable and indecisive. The region has played an important role on the global stage numerous times; one nation from the region was once regarded as a global Hedgemon." In most of the conflicts in which they have fought, nations from this region have been viewed as the aggressors.

## Etymology

The **Junta of Asulven** is named after the very large array of frozen waterfalls to the north, called "The Sulv Falls." The term came into use for the whole of the region when the divided warlords that ruled after the collapse of the **Iglorian Republic** decided to name their union after something that all of the people could relate to. The literal translation of the name means "land of the Sulv."

## Current Leadership

### The Military Junta of Asulven

The beginning of the Junta was the end of a long period of war in the region, where many warlords who claimed to be the leaders of the true successor state to the Iglorian Republic fought over land, resources, and control. Eventually, a few of the most powerful leaders in the region came together and decided to band together and become the current leadership that we know today. The rise of this alliance led to the bloodshed that created the current Asulvenian government.

The government is made up of three bodies. the Grand Council, the Feudal Senate, and the Public Ministries.

##### The Grand Council

The Grand Council is made up of five people who are descendants of the original founders of the Junta. They are the ones in charge of writing, enforcing, and changing laws. They are also in charge of declaring war and the military chain of command. The members of the Grand Council are as follows

Alevion Premeedina - Head of the Council

Liral Orra

Norsim Iropil

Keelog Otto

Vendravo Mirrol

##### The Feudal Senate

The Feudal Senate runs the many different districts within Asulven; they are the descendants of all of the former warlords who had been conquered by the Lords of the Ice. They manage things like schooling and economic policy in their respective regions. The Grand Council can veto any of the Feudal Senate's proposals and laws.

##### The Public Ministries

The Public Ministries just manage funds throughout the nation; the people who hold these offices are elected officials, and they help keep the economy from collapsing.

## History

### The First Iglorian Republic

The **First Iglorian Republic** was founded in the year 564 B.H.E. following the defeat of the Necromantic Armies at the **Battle of Pride Valley**. The original founders are unknown, but **General Orion** was among the first to serve in the Iglorian Senate. The government of the first republic was made up of the chancellor and the senate; the chancellor was the head of state, proposing laws while the senate voted on them. Both bodies of government were elected by the citizens.

#### Participation in The Second Necromantic War

The First Iglorian Republic was founded during wartime, and the first leaders of the republic were war heroes and warlords who helped fight off Necron and his forces. The short-lived victory of Pride Valley was bittersweet, and swiftly afterward, the forces of Necron had charged in again and captured the entire region, forming the **Ik'lowian Province**.

### The Ik'lowian Province

The **Ik'lowian Province** of the **Second Necromantic Empire** was a semi-autonomous region within Necron's **Pheonix Empire** that lasted from 570 B.H.E. to 564 B.H.E. The leader of the province was **High Necromancer Acererak**, who had total control over the region and reported directly to Necron himself. The only laws that were ever put into place were mass conscription and curfews.

#### Participation in The Second Necromantic War

The Ik'lowian Province fought in the war on the side of Necron and supplied many resources to the forces that the people of the area opposed. At the **Second Battle of Pride Valley**, the armies of the province had been decimated and the lands liberated; for the rest of the war, the lands had been under the direct occupation of the **Global Alliance**. In the final moments, the government declared to the citizens that there would be no laws, they then killed all police forces in the region, all in a successful attempt to destabilize the region.

### The Second Iglorian Republic

The **Second Iglorian Republic** was a constitutional republic founded in 560 B.H.E. and ended in the year 217 B.H.E. The republic was founded after the Global Alliance granted it independence. The republic controlled a lot more land than the first republic, as the Global Alliance wanted to stabilize the region after the Ik'lowian Province threw the region into anarchy. The government of the Second Republic was composed of a president and a senate. The president had the power to propose laws, and the Senate voted on them. The Senate had the power to manage the economy, law enforcement, education, and going to war.

A man named **Allentor Oit'rug** became increasingly powerful during the year 200 B.H.E. He had many followers in the Senate, and the president supported his endeavors. He eventually seized enough power by 210 B.H.E. to effectively make his own laws come into effect and be enforced. In the following years, he gained public support and was elected president; during his 5-year term, he was able to disband the Senate and began to disband the election process. By 217 B.H.E., he had completely reformed the republic into the First Iglorian Empire.

### First Iglorian Empire

The **First Iglorian Empire** was the first global hegemony based in the Sulv Region; it lasted from 217 B.H.E. to 92 B.H.E. The First Iglorian Empire was an absolute monarchy consisting of the Emperor and his Imperial Advisors; the Emperor was the law. The people under this government enjoyed many government programs that the emperor put in place to benefit the Iglorians and the economy of the **Sulv Region**.

Sometime during 139 B.H.E., the Iglorians and the remains of the **Eternal Sea Hag Empire** forged an alliance. This alliance failed only a few short years after its formation, and the Sea Hag Queen was slain, leaving the lands of her empire in the hands of the Iglorians. After the land of the Sea Hags had been taken control of, an event known as the **Spikehome Conference** took place, and thousands of **Spikebornes** returned to their native lands as the Sea Hags no longer controlled them; they had originally left after the Sea Hags kicked them out. The Emperor of Igloria at the time took heavy interest in the Spikebornes and gave them a semi-autonomous region. After the collapse of the Empire, this region would go on to proclaim independence.

After the reign of a few weak emperors, the Iglorians decided that it was time to make their empire a global player again, and along with outside nations wanting to take advantage of the situation, everybody seemed to want a war. This war would come to be known as the **War of Iglorian Aggression**. This war would last about a decade, until Leopold City was taken and the Iglorians surrendered to the **Coalition of Itheeli Defense**, and the Empire would be no more.

### The Third Iglorian Republic

The **Third Iglorian Republic** was a Federated Republic that existed between 94 B.H.E. and 70 B.H.E. The republic lasted only long enough to have had five presidents, each of whom were elected officials who chose their own cabinets and administrations. The government of the republic was fairly unstable, as the administrations had more power than the presidents and made decisions about war, laws, and economic policies. Along with the capital being Leopold City, which the nation was constantly defending against the hordes of troops that the surrounding warlord states would throw at it, the government could not sustain the constant war of the region for a long enough time to stabilize.

The Republic succumbed to the warriors constantly bombarding their borders late in the year 70 B.H.E. This happened due to a failed coup attempt on the same day that the city of **Vellkamp** started a rebellion. The government fell within a few hours of chaos.