Holy Baykon Empire

The flag of Baykon

The **Holy Baykon Empire** was an independent nation and later a Jarldom of the Kingdom of Atlechia in southern Onthukhan. It was the successor state to Neubaykonia. The Holy Baykon empire was primarily in Eldham however it also had a colony in Rathnir.

The empire bordered Ildernia (a vassal of Sylvania) and the Razuni Sultanate, aswell as the Kingdom of Atlechia in the west. The Baykon Empire had 3 provinces, Baykonia, Kuzina and Owydd (the rathnir colony). The empire saw constant expansion through island colonies either claimed or built near the nation securing its southern and northern coastline.

## Government

The Baykon Empire had a complex government that followed a constitution written by the player llamalord and overseen by the Emperor Biglrab.

The structure of the government consisted of the Emperor at the top, who's job was to oversee the entire nation and guide it. The emperor could appoint people to permanent positions in government, who's job it was to govern specific areas of the nation, these jobs were known as "lords". Some examples of that are, Lord of the coin who's responsibility was to manage money, Lord general whose position was to manage the military and the lord admin who managed elections and referendums. The Emperor could also appoint advisors who didn't have a specific government role but still could offer their opinions on matters.

There was also a democratic side to the empires government, the Council of the people who managed laws. The council of the people created, removed and changed laws by proposing new ideas and voting on it. The council of the people also consisted of the Lord speaker who managed and guided the council. The lord judge also had access to the council.

## Geography, provinces and culture

### Geography

There were many geographical locations and biomes in the empire. To name every single one, Desert, Mesa, Oak forest, dark oak forest, snowy tundra, rockies/mountains, spruce forest, savanna, and ocean (custom islands). Each biome held at least one town with unique culture and build style. The empire's most populated biomes were the desert and Rockies/mountainous biomes, which housed the capital Fordoinque an Nekhatados, as well as Kuzina.

The Empire also had several ocean colonies with their own unique climate. These island colonies were small and few in number. Baykonia had a total of 6 different islands on Eldham, most of which were manmade and 4 on Rathnir all of which were manmade.

### Provinces

The empire consisted of 3 provinces. Baykonia, which was the largest and main province in Eldham. Kuzina, also in eldham but not as large in size. And finally, Owydd which was very small, only a single town, and resided in Rathnir.

Throughout most of Neubaykonias history, before the empire, her population rested in the old capital New Salameberg, although sometimes this changed to other regions of the nation as towns grew, but eventually coming back to New Salameberg. This changed several months before the empire was formed when Fordoinque began expanding and it became the capital and largest town.

### Culture

The empire had many cultures, religions and species that called it home. The two main religions were the state religion Legarnios, and was the largest religion in the nation. Kebabism which was mainly practiced by those in the province of Kuzina and was also fairly large. Another honorable mention is Snoutiality, which was the state religion of Baykonia and Neubaykonia before the empire, however significantly reduced in activity over the years into near obscurity. Despite this Snoutuality held a large portion of the nations identity.

Baykonia's culture had a notable influence from sentient pigs which used to make up the backbone of Neubaykonia and Baykonia before the Empire. However just like Snoutuality the population had decreased into near extinction. Most of Baykonia's species were human however an important species of note is that of the Obraldians, whom Biglrab the emperor was a member of. Although Biglrab has formed the empire it still kept much of its symbolism such as the two boars and red themes on its flag and other things.