Metillic Empire

Flag of The Metillic Empire

**The Metillic Empire** was a state existing from around 1070 C.E. to 1950 C.E and encompassed large amounts of territory primarily located on the north-east of Ikuna but also included territorial expansions into Drua, Grand Zavira and down to Lake Illus, and had extensive colonies on the Tari Peninsula. At its height it had become one of the most powerful empires in history, being comparable to the Kori and Markazi Empires. The empire was a complicated federation of various monarchies that each ruled over their lands, but together made up the Ultimate Council, which would vote on choices made for the whole empire, the emperor himself would step in if the Ultimate Council had a tie or could not come to a conclusion. For most of the empires history the emperor was the King of Metillia, the most important city-state in the empire, other than being a tie-breaker the emperor had limited powers as a ruler and could only make direct decisions in rare circumstances. After the Great Holy War Period in the early 20th century the Metillic Empire was on a downward spiral of economic issues and widespread rebellions until the climactic Kreicen Neutral Revolt which combined with the empires already many issues cause a complete collapse. The empires main territory was annexed by Kreicia, their other colonial territories gained independence and the ruling families of Metillia were forced to flee to Carparia, the largest and most prominent of the Metillic colonies.

## History

In early 100 to 900 A.D. the Metilic people were scattered all over the coast in multiple kingdoms. In around 1140 most of the smaller kingdoms were annexed by the largest and most powerful and there ended up being 8 main kingdoms. After multiple naval attacks from Tir Zavira, Fostaria and some from Trakhaniye, 5 of the kingdoms situated on the northeastern peninsula decided to create a empire with the Treaty of Metilia in 1189 which stated that all kingdoms would form into a greater empire to protect the coast from any attacks and to become a coastal trading superpower. For a couple hundred years they stood by the treaty to every word, only keeping the empire on the coast and not expanding into Kreicen territory.

   In 1474 the Metilic national guard acquired muskets and in 1477, integrated them into their entire military. In 1540 the national king of Metilia, Calatinnia the 5th was assassinated by a flintlock shot to the back of the head during a national assembly and his 28 year old son, Herratius took charge. Herratius was involved with a movement known as the Metilic Peoples Cantanius Order, a socialist/extreme religious party dedicated to spreading the Metilic religion. In 1548, Herratius saw the weakness of Kreicia and moved in troops to annex the territory.

In 1950 The Metilic Empire was involved in the war very briefly as part of the Coaxis. When the Kreicen people decided they wanted to be neutral in the war and went to protect the Valley of Kreicia, the current king of The Metilic Empire, Serratiun the 2nd, declared that this was a civil war and instead of focusing on the war, he focused attention on the Kreicens. After a short 3 years the Kreicens took the capital of Metilia and the government and monarchy were forced to flee to Carparia, the largest of their colonies as Kreicia annexed all of the northeast Metilic Empire.