Empress Livia

Pax Kanitori II

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* Started the Livian Dynasty of Emperors and Empresses that would start at her and continue as more members of her family were elected to lead - Vitellius is the newest and last member of this dynasty
* Was regarded as very attractive by many Kanitorian citizens and loved to model for painters, sculptors and eventually photographers - sometimes in scantily clad/sultry outfits but was never a flirtatious or overtly sexual person. Just loved to feel pretty.
* Mostly well-loved by many Kanitorians, who were incredibly loyal to her since she treated them well. Given she ruled for 116 years and elections happened every 10 years - this implied that she won over 11 elections after her first one that had her crowned.
* Has a very sweet, empathetic personality that was eager to please, deeply loved her people like her children and very easily made new friends while always fighting for what was right - only saved firmness as a last resort and typically reserved this for extremist sects or sects that were suspected of promoting the Empire's old, colonialist ideals
* Most influential ruler in modern Kanitorian history - a lot of her reforms throughout her reign are what from modern-day Kanitorian society.
* Longest ruling monarch in Kanitorian history
* Followed Maximillian after the civil war, whose rule wasn't bad - but very mediocre overall
* REALLY overshadowed Maximillian and made much more reforms after the Civil War
* Foreign policy heavily focused on rekindling ties between Kanitore and it's former rivals/colonies - Solustra, Deloria and Kaulseg (Maxilimillian already fixed ties with Tameu prior to her rule)
* Spearheaded and promoted a *massive* cultural revolution in the Empire that would focus on "Eidresizing"/"Easternizing" Kanitore to make it more like the other powers at the time (Deloria, Rickland and Kaulseg) while still ensuring that only the more important aspects of Kanitorian culture thrived while getting rid of more dated traditions - essentially mixing the native culture of Kanitore with the cultures of Eidresian nations that were on the forefront of the world stage. Her goal was to use this to help aid in the Empire's survival by thrusting it into the modern age.
	+ One example is combining Greco-Roman Amphitheaters and Bars with Rickie Vaudeville to form the modern-day Kánitorian Cabaret
* Promoted influx of Rickies into Barkshire, allowing it to become home for many Rickies seeking to mine old volcanic formations for money. This is what made the language of Common spread in use throughout Berkshire.
* Promoted cultural awareness of trends and arts from Eidresian nations - this resulted in lots of blending between Eidresian (and some Tameui) music styles and instruments and native Kanitorian instruments and music styles that she actively promoted:
	+ Genres that are considered more "traditional" in modern-Kanitore including Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz, Salsa and Bolero as a whole being the result of combining Rickie Jazz + Traditional Tameui music + Native Kanitorian Music
	+ Kanitorian traditional slow dance promoted as Tango, which is a combination of Delorian Waltz + Native Kanitorian music
	+ Northeastern traditional Kánitorian genres like Flamenco and Fado coming from a mix of native music within this region + traditional Tameui music from the sheer amount of Tameui immigrants in this area
	+ Also caused many changes in Kantiorian fashion trends, resulting in Kánitorian legionaries in the Imperial Army and Navy donning more napoleonic-style clothing - a result of again, blending Eidresian military fashion with Kanitorian military regalia
* Enacted massive Senatorial reforms - Senate of Alphas and Betas no longer had to be older men and women with political experience, but instead could be any average citizen that won campaigns. She did this to promote the Kanitorian government to be more "for the people, by the people", as who better to make governmental decisions than the common folk themselves?
	+ This is the reason why the current Kanitorian Senate is no longer made up of just politicians and is filled with citizens from all walks of life like bankers, doctors, college students, young adults just winging it, war generals, department store managers and more average citizens that are basically given a position of power
* Cracked down on more conservative movements promoting and calling back to the olden days of the Empire prior to the Civil War - including the Arcanine Tribe, whom she often sent legionaries after. However, this caused her to make many enemies with these factions throughout the Empire during her rule and many assassination attempts were made.
* Repeatedly tried to reach out to the Ferallands throughout her reign to rekindle ties with them and make reparations for the Empire's actions during their age of imperialism - none of which were successful for one reason or another.
* Last attempt to do this was in 1910, when she and a convoy of her grand prefects were ambushed by a smaller Ferallander force that resulted in her being mortally wounded. Attempts were made to save her, but she perished just days after sustaining her injuries.
* Ferallander force was soon revealed to be members of the conservative, Arcanine tribe disguised as Ferallanders in an attempt to frame them so again, action can be taken AGAINST them instead of to try to help them like Livia was doing. All part of their agenda along with killing their largest political rival that actively targeted them, Livia herself
* Many Kánitorians in the modern day, especially Barkshirians, hold Livia in high regard - with her likeness still being seen in artwork across the Empire and sometimes engraved into personal weapons of many a Kánitorian.