Parpaldian Empire (Summoning Indonesia)

*"Tell these Lourians that they have wasted the patience and resources of the Parpaldian Empire and we will now take matters into our hands."*
―Emperor Ludius[src]
The Parpaldian Empire is a country located in the southern edge of the Philades continent. Controlling much of the southern portion of Philades, Parpaldia is recognized as one of the world's Great Power with its domain spanning much of the 3rd Civilization Area and its surrounding regions.

With an immense population, vast territorial size, powerful military, and centralized government, the nation is one to be reckoned with despite being much weaker than the United Kingdom of Mu and the Holy Mirishial Empire. Additionally, with its ongoing industrial revolution and speedy modernization, the nation is trying to catch up with the 2 superpowers while leaving its neighbors behind.

## Military

The Parpaldian military is overall unrivaled in its region and as a result, it is essentially Philades' hegemonic power. Technologically, Parpaldia's military varies from being equivalent to Earth's nations in the early to late 19th century.

The Parpaldian Imperial Army is a 600 thousand strong force capable of waging any war with any of its neighbors. The army is also equipped with the most advanced technologies in the 3rd Civilization area, thus making it superior over all of its neighbors in equipment alone. Additionally, due to Parpaldia's huge population and resources, it can handle a war of attrition much better than its neighbors.

The Parpaldian Imperial Air Force is equipped with Wyvern Lords and Overlords, two of the strongest known variants of wyverns. Parpaldia's possession of both of these wyverns simultaneously is something that most of its neighbors don't have. As a result, the nation basically rules the skies of Philades if it were not for the appearance of the Indonesians.

The Parpaldian Imperial Navy is equipped with metal hulled ships, something that currently only exists in the 1st and 2nd Civilization area. Before the Coalition-Parpaldian war, Parpaldia's navy numbered at 534 warships of all sizes, which is number followed by the Altaran Navy. The nation also possesses various notable warships like the 150-gun ship of the lines and their state-of-the-art Wyvern Carriers, which is capable of launching Wyvern Overlords, albeit at a smaller number.

Due to its strong national power, it has little to no rivals that could stand toe-to-toe with it in all dimensions of warfare. Although the Altarans and Malorians, who could be considered Parpaldia's near-peer rivals, can stand up against it, the two nations do not have the same industrial prowess, population size, and wealth of resources that Parpaldia has. Additionally, with Parpaldia's quick modernization and industrialization, the nation has started to leave its neighbors behind. Unfortunately, while the modernization has brought advanced equipment to its military, the nation has failed to make sure that its military keeps up with it. As a result, the military is often plagued with incompetence.

## Politics

The Parpaldian Empire is an absolute monarchy led by a monarch known as an Emperor/Empress. The current ruler of the empire is Empress Remille Fou Keizer. The Parpaldian government highly centralized with its capital, Esthirant, being the seat of government and one of its economic centers.

Parpaldia's foreign policy is quite similar to that of the European empires during the Age of Imperialism, which means the nation colonized and exploited its colonies while directing the revenues back to its core territories for economic development. All of these efforts were aimed to make Parpaldia achieve superpower status by quickly industrializing and modernizing the nation.

## Economy

The Parpaldian Empire is Philades' biggest economic power due to its vast territories and enormous wealth of natural resources. With a huge workforce to boot, it can essentially outproduce any Philadesian country. However, all of this has come with the cost of the deaths of the people in its colonies. Most of the development went straight towards its core territories, while its colonies were only developed for the sake of benefitting the empire.

## Technology

Parpaldia is the most technologically advanced country of the Third Civilization Area and the Philades continent, owing to its ongoing modernization program. Interestingly, the country incorporates mechanical and magical technology unlike Mu or Mirishial. An example of this would be Parpaldia's military, which incorporates technologies such as magic cannons and mechanical steam engines at the same time.

Militarily, they seem to be in the Victorian era, specifically equivalent to the 1840s-1890s but they do possess weapons that seem to be quite outdated for that time period. This is perhaps due to their modernization program that proceeds faster than they could standardize their equipment. Many of their weapons also use magic (an example is their muskets, which use magic powder instead of gunpowder) but they also use mechanical weapons such as their machine gun.

Their warships still mostly consist of ship-of-the-lines, but they have begun transitioning to ironclads. Furthermore, they have also made large leaps by developing another class of ironclads comparable to some battleships in the 2nd Civilization Area. They also have a curious type of warships known as the Wyvern Carrier. This wyvern carrier allows the empire to send wyverns from the sea, striking targets far away from land. Their ship's main method of propulsion are through sails, a magic engine, or a steam engine.