Vritannis

## **Overview**

Vritannis is the Holy state of Haedalus, being lead by the Archemperor (The haedalite god). It's heavily theocratic, and will not refrain from insulting heretics and their states, while caring for fellow Haedalite states and their citizens.

## Government

Vritannis is lead by The Archemperor, our god and the one who holds absolute power over his domein. Under him are the advisors and Haedalite church, who guide and support his holiness with the rule over the Haedalites. Nobles, who attained their position via dedication to both faith and country, are allowed to hold power in the provinces of Vritannis, which can be gained by conquest or elections.

### **Types of state in relation to Vitrannis:**

**Territory**: A division in the empire similar to states, where a governor handles day-to-day live and may create laws (as long as they abide to the laws of Vitrannis and the Haedalus church). There are three types of territories:

* I - Democratic territories: These are territories where elections will be held for a governor after every term
* II - Noble territories: These territories are controlled by one of the noble Houses, every four terms there are elections to verify the successor, which will take over the territory after the current Governor cannot.
* III - Clerical Territories: These territories are under direct control of the Haedalus church, and normally made when a clergy wins the election. Same electoral process as the Noble territories

**Vassal State**: External affairs are handled by Vitrannis, but internal affairs are managed by their own government. Marked as a different shade of Vitrannis. No religious freedom, and states can pick and choose which laws they have of Vitrannis.

**Client State**: This state depends on Vitrannis on some way shape or form for its sovereignty. Vitrannis may have an army station in its borders to protect it. They may have religious freedom but the Church of Haedalus is the official religion.

**Ally State**: A state with a mutual pact with Vitrannis. Exempt from inport tariffs. Must be Haedalite.

**Civilized State:** A state the church approves of in respect to culture, architecture, ect. Only states of Haedalus may hold this, with a few exceptions.

**Developing State:** A state that may be or may not be Haedalite that is on neutral terms with Vitrannis.

**Rival State:** A state that matches or overcomes Vitrannis in power.

**Enemy State**: A state that actively threatens Vitrannis sovereignty.

**Uncivilized state**: A state the church has deemed "morally barbaric." This means their culture, way of life, architecure, ect, is barbaric and should cease to exist.

## Geography

Vritannis lies in the North-west, and contains beautiful forests and green plains. Nearly all the large settlement are close to a body of water, may that be the coast, a river or a simple lake. The southern territories transition from grasslands into the vast desert

## History

#### **Before Cinder (OOC)**

The group which founded Vritannis can be traced down all the way to the Band of the Falcon, a mercenary band led by TheOtakuKaiser on the minecraft server Stoneworks. These mercs got permission from what was called Niedea at the time to settle a small plot of land next to a mountain (which was being terraformed into a vulcano by the squatter named Magicut). This settlement called Falconia grew to be around the 40 citizens and was kicked out of Niedea due to separatist sentiments growing among the populace. These Falconian migrants made their way to Eldham where they founded the Wandenreich, which would eventually become a leading nation in their continent. Their influence doubled after merging with Ashtrokan, which was the birth of the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich Empire. This flourishing empire slowly slipped away from it's original concept, and thus many of the early members were in conflict with the new generations. This ultimately led to the execution of TheOtakuKaiser, which fueled another migration for the early members. They tried many servers, such as civcraft, but didn't find anything good before they found Dagon. This server had a lot of potential, so they stayed there and created Vritannis and the Haedalus faith. Which they brought over to Cinder after realizing that Dagon might not be the best option for their crusading needs.

#### **The Dawn of God's Empire ( 0-100 PR)**

The rift may have given his holiness a vessel, but it didn't end so well for the world. The region of Maerley, once home to a prosperous empire, fell into a severe dark age due to the rift. Disease and death corrupted it's way into society and starvation became the norm. The haedalites there prayed to god, as he was the only one who could rid these lands of Instability. They eventually discover the Archemperor, and pleaded for him to take the reigns. They went from town to town, slowly consolidating the lands. Their knowledge of magic and high morale made short work of everyone who didn't peacefully convert, and thus the holy empire of Vritannis eventually united the region.