Chase Empire

"*Who will join our war and win independence over the Chase Empire? They claim all our land . . .*"
―lukevillani rallying against the Empire, 25 September 2013
The **Chase Empire** (Highland Gaelic: *Rìoghachd Nèill*), poetically called **Chasedom** (Highland Gaelic: *Niallachd*), is the combined domain of NovumChase. It is a *de facto* absolute monarchy with an advisory council that meets at the Allhouse near Chaseville.

The Imperial capital is located at Lorence, where the Imperial Chancellery is the seat of the executive government. The Empire's historical capital, Redo, is its largest city and commercial hub; its financial authority, however, is housed at the Great Imperial Bank in Lorence. The Imperial Church is its religious arm and holds the throne at the Sanctum of the Empire in Baranoc. ChaseCorp functions as the Empire's leader in construction and real estate.

The Chase Empire spans the Broadlands, Riverlands and Highlands, owing to its central positioning. Its Highland culture, however, is distinct from the rest of the Empire—its chief language is Scottish Gaelic, called Highland Gaelic, and its style shifts markedly. Devland, a southeastern portion of the Empire, is a reflection of Cornwall.

The Empire is dominated by Chasist thought and opposes what it feels are corruptions of the server, including Dirtdortenism, yassification and other philosophical reactions to Chasism and standardization.

## History

The founding of the Chase Empire is traditionally dated to the union of Redo and Chaseville in November 2012. At that point, however, the area was known as the **United Republic of Chaselvania**, or **URC**, and had earlier been called **Bedrockia**, both successors to the loosely defined Chaselvanian Minecraft District of the old world. The first use of the **Chase Empire** nomenclature can be found in Chase City circa 2013, and in chat logs late in that year.

Emphasis on the Chase Empire as a distinct and united political entity came with the construction of the Imperial Chancellery in 2016 and a proclamation declaring the official institution of the Empire on 5 January 2016. Soon afterward, the standard of the Chase Empire—a white cross on a red background as a stylization of the Chase family coat of arms—was decided and entered widespread use. It was not decided, however, until at least 2017—the January world of early 2017 featured a black-and-yellow banner in representing the Empire.

In 2023, the Imperial reaction to Dirtdortenism culminated in the creation of the Alliance for the Empire, a Chasist organization that is the nation's sole legal political party and effective governing clique. The following her, Chasist Idyllicism began to predominate as an architectural style.

## Government and politics

Above all else, the Chase Empire is an autocracy under Chase. What laws and actions within the domain of the Empire are ultimately derived from his word alone. Chase's official regnal title is as follows:

> *Emperor Chase N. V. I, Lord of the Broadlands, Protector of the Highlands, Bishop of Lorence, Heir of Dezenthrebar, Steward of Normality, Teetolater Supreme, Adversary of Blasphemers, Master of Sormithra, Ruler of the Nations, and Sovereign of the Worlds.*
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In June 2023, Trissha alternatively gave Chase's regnal name as *Chadnelius Chadington Bradcifer Tomaliam Thakali the Eighteenth*.

Imperial institutions in Lorence are staffed by individuals in support of the Empire, all of whom are represented in the Allhouse as advisors to the Emperor. Imperial ministries include the War Ministry in Stonereach and Infrastructure Ministry in Baranoc.

## Culture

### Language

Though several place-names—including Redo and Baranoc—are *ex nihilo* creations, Anglo-Saxon elements of English permeate the Broadlands as the centermost regions of the Chase Empire. Along the Empire's fringes, however, a variety of Celtic influences prevail. Highland Gaelic permeates the north of the Empire, while in its distant southeast, Whitshaw (with its native name *Koswynn*) evidences Devnish influence.

Peppish, regarded as a mongrel language of the backward realm of PEV, is strictly prohibited within the Empire's borders.

## Municipalities

### Broadlands

* Artic City **†**
* Baranoc
* Chase City
* New Rome **†**
* Old Chase City **†**
* Pinewood
* Quartzdale
* Quartzen
* Stonereach
* Union City **†**

### Highlands

* Beul na Mara
* Creag Àrd
* Dùn Nèill

### Riverlands

* Chaseville
* Lorence
* Redo