Beelzenia

**Beelzenia**, traditionally called the **Beelzenian Empire**, **The Country Born of the Moon**, or the **Red Country** and later the **Kingdom of Beelzenia**, was a state in the Bolganio continent's Evillious region. Growing into the largest imperial power after the Magic Kingdom Levianta's destruction, it slowly lost momentum and broke apart over the centuries, becoming overshadowed by the growing Kingdom of Lucifenia.

## History

### Early History

Following the destruction of the Magic Kingdom Levianta, an ancestor of the Beelzenian Imperial Family led the Red Shoe Army to rapidly expand the new Beelzenian Empire across the Evillious region through military expansionism; Beelzenia became known as the "The Country Born of the Moon". During their campaigns, the Empire invaded the fractured Tasan Empire and eventually conquered both Re Tasan and Ra Tasan. The imperial family then appointed the Gastolle dukes to reign over the new Retasan province.

During the period, Emperor Justea established a peacekeeping organization to maintain security within the massive Empire. During the reign of Emperor Jupitaire, Beelzenia's territorial expansion ceased and more focus was given on stabilizing its internal affairs, such as dealing with revolts by barbarians from the nations of Akuna. In EC 131, riots broke out in the Retasan province before being quelled.

### Venomania Event

Later on, Prince Martius Beelzenia was married to Princess Yufina Marlon to strengthen ties between the empire and the Kingdom of Marlon. In EC 136, the Empire grew concerned when a growing number of men vanished within the Asmodean region. The dilemma became an international incident after both King Martius and Prince Maylo had also disappeared and the Empire hired Gallerian Clockworker to assist in the investigation. After the perpetrator, Marchioness Gumina Glassred, was killed by Lukana Octo later that year, the Empire began a manhunt to arrest the Countess for murdering one of the Five Dukes.

### Asmodean Civil War

In EC 138, Lukana staged a coup on the Marlon government and, with the support of the nobles, successfully overthrew Queen Yufina. Later, the imperial family got into a quarrel with the head of the Donald Family dukes; as a result, the Asmodean province began to campaign for and later win its independence in EC 212, separating from Beelzenia and forming its own nation. During the civil conflict, Duke Gastolle was killed. Over the years, Beelzenia had continuous battles with Asmodean at its borders.

### Marlon Disappearance

Following the death of Duke Gastolle, Marquis Tetippea Conchita was appointed a Duke and given reign over Gastolle's former territory, renamed the Conchita province by Duke Tasute Conchita. Following the winter of EC 305, a harsh famine swept through the Empire. Due to his poor administration over his territory, Duke Muzuri Conchita was stripped of his authority the following year and the Conchita province was governed by the imperial family.

At some point, Marlon entered a war with its neighboring Kingdom of Lioness and Beelzenia supported its ally. In the years following EC 323, sightings of monsters across Marlon began to appear; around the same time, the Empire lost contact with Duke Banica and Empress Juno deployed a unit of the Imperial army towards her mansion around EC 325. However, Banica and her servants were nowhere to be found.

In June of that year, rumors spread throughout the Empire that Banica had been kidnapped. In response, Empress Juno hired Gallerian Clockworker to help investigate the situation. In July, the Marlon Palace was raided and found mysteriously empty. Suspecting Carlos Marlon had fled with Banica, the Empire ended Gallerian's investigation.

### Decline

After order was restored to the province, Beelzenia entered a prolonged war with Asmodean. Lasting for decades, Beelzenia became exhausted from its military campaigns and agreed to a ceasefire, bringing an end to the conflict by EC 399. Afterwards, the d'Autriche duke of the Lucifenia province campaigned for independence throughout his territory. In EC 399, Beelzenia's Lucifenia declared independence from the empire, creating the Kingdom of Lucifenia. As time progressed, Beelzenia continued to decline.

In the early EC 470s, the Kingdom of Lucifenia invaded the weakened Beelzenia. As the war dragged on, the empire lost much of its territory. In EC 490, the Gula Disease exploded in its southern territories and suffered another invasion from Lucifenia. With the plague killing Queen Anne Lucifen d'Autriche in EC 491, the Kingdom eventually made peace with the Empire and ended the fighting. As a result of the epidemic, many graveyards were constructed to bury the infected dead.

In EC 501, the Empire accepted the Lucifenian Resistance into their borders after their defeat at Retasan Fortress. Following the Kingdom of Marlon's order to release the fugitives into their custody, the empire refused and incorporated the soldiers into the Beelzenian Imperial army. Four years later, Beelzenia was invaded by Marlon from their annexed Lucifenian territory. Soon after, the army retaliated and captured Retasan from the Marlon forces. Over a month later, Marlon and Beelzenia made peace and the hostilities ended.

### Reorganization

After some negotiation with the Freezis Foundation, the Evillious nations all agreed to the establishment of the World Police organization in EC 573. Following the discovery of Maistia in EC 592, Beelzenia established trade with the foreign continent. During the EC 610s, the imperial government destabilized and the empire collapsed in EC 620. In EC 820, Beelzenia reorganized itself as the Kingdom of Beelzenia and began rapidly industrializing.

### World War

After the formation of the Union State of Evillious in EC 878, Beelzenia's relationship with Asmodean improved over the centuries due to being non-members of the USE. Later on, a zombie epidemic broke out across Evillious, affecting Beelzenia. In January of EC 982, Beelzenia sought an alliance with Elphegort to check on Lucifenia, ostensibly wanting to join forces against the zombie epidemic.

In response, Lucifenia called for the USE to invade Beelzenia, causing it to request help from Asmodean. The USE later consented to Beelzenia's alliance with Elphegort. After the outbreak of the Evillious War later that year, Beelzenia declared war on Lucifenia, Marlon and Levianta. Later on in EC 993, Beelzenia entered an alliance with Jakoku and Elphegort, becoming engulfed in the latter's war with the USE.

### World's End

In EC 999, Beelzenia was completely decimated by Punishment. Following the end of the Third Period and its subsequent merging with the Hellish Yard, Banica Conchita created an illusion of her mansion in Gasto as her residence.

## Government and Politics

### Power Structure

Developing into a massive imperial power, the Beelzenian Empire developed into an autocracy, ruled by the emperor who held absolute power. Below the emperor were his heirs, the princes and princesses who were assigned jurisdiction over the empire's affairs and were tasked with helping to manage the enormous nation.

Below them were the Five Dukes, powerful lords who managed the militaries and economies of their individual province. Below the dukes were the marquises and then the earls, aristocrats charged with ruling the emperor's and duke's territories in his or her stead.

Beneath each earl were the barons, who controlled small areas of territory and acted as the aides to the higher ranks of nobility, some serving the Beelzenian Imperial Family. Each position within the government was subject to a hereditary line-of-succession with the firstborn male usually inheriting the position and title; in cases where no legitimate heir existed, the closest female heir was selected instead. Following the empire's collapse, Beelzenia eventually established itself as a united Kingdom.

### Military

The Beelzenian Imperial Army was divided between each province, commanded by the province's duke. Because of this, the dukes had an enormous amount of freedom within their territory and were able to enforce the empire's laws and improve its military as they saw fit. However, the system's level of freedom gave the military more loyalty to the province's leader rather than the emperor, with some nobles able to act on their own and even rebel against the empire without a military court martial or insurrection.

The military's strength and dominance in Evillious slowly dwindled over time, downsizing until the military could barely protect the nation's shrunken borders, forced to incorporate foreigners into their ranks. The imperial uniform consisted of red, layered armor over a tunic. Beelzenian soldiers were typically trained to wield swords or spears in combat.

### Economy

The Beelzenian Empire adopted the feudal system, with peasants of an earl's territory required to farm the fields for the nation's agriculture. In exchange, it is assumed the peasants were given a moderate fee or permitted to live on the land they worked and take a small portion of the harvest. The city of Rucolebeni grew into a wine orchard after the creation of Blood Grave, with the famous wine being developed and sold as a high-quality drink throughout all of Evillious from the city. Tomatoes were also grown all over the empire.

Because it covered a large geographic area, the Empire had a variety of livestock bred and traded across regions, including pigs and horses. The Empire did not have a large fishing industry, partially because the Crescent Moon Sea was impossible to fish, theorized to be infertile. Following the discovery of Maistia, Beelzenia began importing crops from the continent, including the coffee bean, and developed a popular brand of coffee to sell internationally. While part of the Beelzenian Empire, Asmodean had been a cornerstone of trade for the Empire with its neighbors.

## Society and Culture

Beelzenian society was largely divided and segregated between its social classes and even its regions. Because of its massive size, areas within its borders were left to the devices of the dukes, leading to a strong social identity between provinces rather than the empire as a whole. Over time, these social divides lead to the empire's fragmentation, with Asmodean and later Lucifenia breaking off and establishing their own nations.

Beelzenians were characteristically identified by having red or brown hair and similarly colored eyes. However, because the empire encompassed such a large area, it was composed of many different races and ethnicities and was largely tolerant of them, showing no apparent signs of discrimination. After the Lucifenian Expansion War, relations between the Empire and the Kingdom of Lucifenia soured and the nations were constantly in tenuous harmony. Although regarded as the "Red Country", Beelzenia's moniker wasn't due to its population's indigenous race.

Tales of Banica's rumored kidnapping and mysterious disappearance made her an item of folklore and legend herself, reimagined as a victim in Sanan Noi's novel.

As a whole, Beelzenian nobles favored the western clothing designs already present in Evillious, though its eastern territory of Asmodean was more aligned with fashion from the East. After allying itself with Marlon in the 2nd century EC, several aspects of Marlon culture began to enter Beelzenian society including Marlon fashion, which became stylish during the era.

Behemoth was the main religion practiced in Beelzenia, with graveyards constructed due to its practices across the region, and churches existing as far as its Lucifenia region. However, because of its association with demon worship, the Levia sect was not tolerated within the nation. Each of the Five Dukes could bestow a title of nobility based upon their family name to a commoner, recognizing them for their actions or place within the province.

## Geography and Climate

Beelzenia was a southern region of Evillious, located directly below Lucifenia and Asmodean. At its height, the empire controlled two-thirds of the Evillious region, encompassing a diverse field of landscapes from Asmodean's deserts and mountains to Lucifenia's fields and grasslands. Its geography made it a suitable habitat for a variety of animals such as the demilamb, shadow moon, tasan and baemu pigs.

After losing much of its territories over the years, the ailing empire was comprised of only the areas immediately around the Imperial City, keeping outposts along its borders with Lucifenia to protect what remained and stretching to its limits southward at its ocean. From its eastern sea, the moon could be seen just above its horizon, earning it its alias as "the country born of the moon". Beelzenia has a warmer climate when compared to Marlon.

## Locations

### Imperial City

The second capital city of Beelzenia, near its eastern sea. In the wake of Beelzenia's wars with Asmodean and Lucifenia, the capital was moved from Rucolebeni to the Imperial City. Its most prominent location was the Beelzenian Imperial Palace.

### Rucolebeni

*Main Article: Rucolebeni*

[The original capital of the Beelzenian Empire. Located east of Re Tasan, the city was part of the Beelzenias region. When traveling to the Marlon port town of Jamet, the boat ride from Rucolebeni would take a week. In the wake of Beelzenia's wars with Asmodean and Lucifenia, the capital was moved from Rucolebeni to the Imperial City. It had a thriving wine economy, with vast grapevine fields across its rural land and numerous liquor stores on the city streets. The path from its north-east gate led directly to the Imperial City. It was the first city invaded by Marlon in EC 505.

### Langley Unit Garrison

The Langley Unit Garrison was the command post for the Langley Unit. It was located in an abandoned village north-west of Rucolebeni and west of Retasan, near the border with the Kingdom of Lucifenia. The former village chief's home was used as the garrison's headquarters and the sorcerer Lemy's home was located nearby.

### Beelzenias

Beelzenias was the central region in the Beelzenian Empire. It originally spanned from Rucolebeni to the Babul Desert, later incorporating the southern Conchita province as part of its territory following Duke Banica's disappearance. The region was governed by the Beelzenian Imperial Family directly. Its most prominent location was the capital city of Rucolebeni. Following the Kingdom of Lucifenia's conquest in the late fifth century EC, much of Beelzenias' territory was lost.

### Grabia

Grabia was the south-eastern province of the Beelzenian Empire. It was located east of the Imperial City and Conchita province along the bank of the Crescent Moon Sea. The province was governed by the Dukes of the Oruhari Family since the empire's foundation. Its most prominent location was the city of Grabia and the Oruhari Mansion; the territory was famous for its tomato-eating competition.

### Crescent Moon Sea

The Crescent Moon Sea was an ocean within the Grabia province along Beelzenia's southern and eastern shores. It was encaspulated by land on three sides. The sea was inadequate for fishing with an unnaturally vivid and clear blue water, speculated to lack the fertility to support an underwater ecosystem. Its blue hue was famed for making the white-walls of Grabia's coastal homes all the more prominent. Despite being the same body of water as Marlon's Hark Sea, it had notable differences with the latter, such as its color.

### Retasan Province

The Retasan Province was the southern province of the Beelzenian Empire during its height. It was located south of the Beelzenias region and west of the Grabia province. The province was governed by the Dukes of the Gastolle Family. Its most prominent locations were Gasto and Re Tasan. Following the death of the last Gastolle Duke, the province was divided into the Tasan and Re Tasan provinces.

### Conchita Province

The Conchita Province was the southern province of the Beelzenian Empire. It was located south of the Beelzenias region, west of the Grabia province, and east of the Tasan province. The territory was comprised of the eastern part of the original Retasan province, dubbed the "Re Tasan" province prior to being renamed by Duke Tasute Conchita. The province was governed by the Dukes of the Conchita Family. Its most important locations were Gasto and Re Tasan. After the disappearance of Duke Banica, the territory was incorporated into the Beelzenias region.

### Gasto

*Main Article: Gasto*

A city in the Beelzenian Empire at the foot of a mountain. It was located south of Rucolebeni and west of the town of Grabia. The city was originally part of the Retasan province prior to being made part of the Conchita province after the death of the last Duke of the Gastolle Family and later became part of the Beelzenias region in the wake of Duke Banica Conchita's disappearance. The city was later abandoned and fell into ruin. Its most prominent location was the Conchita Mansion.

### Re Tasan

*Main Article: Retasan*

A star-shaped fortress city in the Beelzenian Empire. It was located west of Rucolebeni and east of the Lavolle Mountains. The city was originally part of the Retasan province prior to being made part of the Conchita province after the death of the last Duke of the Gastolle Family and later became part of the Beelzenias region in the wake of Duke Banica Conchita's disappearance. In the wake of Beelzenia's wars with Asmodean and Lucifenia, Re Tasan became one of Beelzenia's major cities. It was later lost to the Kingdom of Lucifenia toward the end of the fifth century EC, renamed "Retasan", and later recaptured from Marlon in EC 505.

### Tasan Province

The Tasan Province was the south-western province of the Beelzenian Empire. It was located west of the Conchita province. The territory was comprised of the western part of the original Retasan province. The province was rich with Tasan pigs and rumored to be the location of the fabled Baemu.

### Demilamb Province

The western province of the Beelzenian Empire during its height. It was located south of Lucifenia. The province was governed by the Dukes of the Demilamb Family. Its most prominent location was the town of Demilamb. The territory was presumably lost to the Kingdom of Lucifenia toward the end of the fifth century EC and renamed Temilamb.

### Lucifenia

*Main Article: Lucifenia*

The north-western province of the Beelzenian Empire during its height. It was located west of Asmodean and north of the Demilamb province. The province was governed by the Dukes of the d'Autriche Family. The territory was lost in EC 399 with the foundation of the Kingdom of Lucifenia.

### Asmodean

*Main Article: Asmodean*

The north-eastern province of the Beelzenian Empire during its height. It was located east of Lucifenia and stretched down to the Babul desert. The province was originally governed by the Dukes of the Venomania family and later the Donald family following the death of Sateriasis Venomania. The territory was a center of trade and important military standpoint in the Empire. Its most prominent location was Lasaland. The province was lost with Asmodean's independence in EC 212.

## Known Residents

* Ilotte Venomania
* Tae Conchita
* Luke Eve
* Gumina Glassred
* Yufina Marlon
* Maylo Beelzenia
* Carol Shields
* [[Cherubim Venomania]
* Leo Turner
* Rajih Assad
* Karchess Crim
* Irina Clockworker
* Martius Marlon
* Lukana Octo
* Juno Beelzenia
* Ron Grapple
* Muzuri Conchita
* Megour Conchita
* Xenos Jaakko
* Banica Conchita
* Arte
* Pollo
* Carlos Marlon
* Gallerian Chirclatia
* Mariam Avadonia
* Lemy
* York Le Corbusier
* Minage
* Chartette Langley
* Ney Avadonia
* Yukina Freezis
* Riliane Mouchet
* Mayrana Blossom
* Michelle Octo

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* Its history and culture also shares influences with the real world country of Spain.
* Its name is based on Beelzebub, the patron demon of Gluttony.

### Curiosities

* Beelzenia's characteristic presence of cemeteries along with its connection to Gluttony and Banica Conchita reference the Master of the Graveyard.

## Appearances

* Chrono Story (appears in PV)
* The Lunacy of Lady Glassred
* Evil Food Eater Marlon (first appearance)
* Drug of Gold
* Neolion of the Inverted Gravestone (indirect mention only)
* A Hero's Armor is Always Silver
* Handbeat Clocktower (appears in PV)
* The Muzzle of Michelle (mentioned in PV)
* Heartbeat Clocktower (appears in PV)
* Ending Boy Hänsel
* Genesis Girl Gretel
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (alternate timeline; illusion)
* The Son of Evil: Clôture of Evil (mentioned only)
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White (mentioned only)
* The Son of Evil: Praeludium of Yellow
* The Son of Evil: Praefacio of Red (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Lady Glassred
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Michelle
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard (illusion)
* Entr'acte of Evil: The Son of Evil Worldguide
* Epic of Evil: The Son of Evil Fanbook
* The Son of Evil Schedule Book 2013
* Waltz of Evil: The Deadly Sins of Evil Guidebook
* The Daughter of Fog (mentioned only)
* Heavenly Yard (story)
* Outlaw & Lychgate (illusion)
* E.A.T Prologue (story) (indirect mention only)
* Original Sin Story: To (indirect mention only)
* Evil Food Eater Marlon: Setsubun (non-canon appearance)
* The Lunacy of Lady Glassred: Valentine's Day (non-canon appearance)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline; illusion)
* His Reason
* The Lunacy of Lady Glassred (manga)
* Welcome to Marlon Dining Room (non-canon appearance)
* Deadly Sins of Evil (manga) (non-canon appearance)
* The Son of Evil (manga)
* Quartets of Evil (non-canon appearance)
* Evils Theater
* Evils Forest
* Evil Food Eater Marlon (revised)
* Evils Kingdom
* Four Melodies of Evil ~The Son of Evil Novel Music Collection~ (mentioned only)
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album) (mentioned only)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)
* Lucifenia Trinity
* Clockwork Lullaby (album) (alternate timeline; illusion)
* Evils Extra