Johanian Empire

Flag of the Johanian Empire.

National Anthem:
 Long live the empire!

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Land controlled by the Johanian Empire shown in dark green; land claimed but uncontrolled shown in light green.

### Historical era

* Purchase of the Yautja Clan territory
* Expansion
* Vaushist uprising

### Ethnic groups early 2020 census

Nirosians, Myohanians, White Johanians, Asian Johanians, Arabs

### Succeeded by

  Second Johanian Republic

The **Johanian Empire** was a historical empire that extended from the Caucasus to the Indian Sub-continent, from 2017, following the purchase of the Yautja Clan base and the subsequent announcement by Gallus II, where he proclaimed himself emperor and that the republic had been transformed. It was the longest lasting country in history, it fell during the Vaushist Uprising, where socialists and imperial leftists forced the emperor to reform the country into the second Johanian Republic. It is generally considered that the empire was established in order to compete economically with the neighboring proto-states, whom later became Orochi and Arvidland.

## History

### Shitcraft I

During Shitcraft I, the Johanian Empire was initially subject to several controversies. Such as the allegations of an underground road system used for espionage. Emperor Gallus II denied these allegations made by the Orochians and the Arvidlandians and stated that the supposed road system was merely "a mine they had stumbled across". This mine was later made into an underground railway which connected the empire's capital, New Solitude, with its eastern parts, such as Yautja Clan. There were reportedly several Orochian and Arvidlandian spies operating within the empire, some of whom were arrested. Although this never transpired into conflict, the empire's foreign relations improved as its neighbors began to trade further.

The empire experienced a lot of economic growth and made several technological advancements together with the Orochian and Arvidlandian proto-states. The Johanian explorers were one of the first to reach The End dimension for instance, and played a role in slaying the Ender Dragon. The Johanian Empire also funded a large railway network in Shitcraft I, which was built and coordinated by Gnome Lord, the empire supplied him with seemingly unlimited amounts of railway, which were allegedly produced via a dupe exploit. These claims were, however, never confirmed.

### Shitcraft II

During Shitcraft II, the emperor stopped appearing to the public, but rather sent out government officials such as Gallus IV and Gallus III to maintain the empire. The former being in charge of the central and prosperous regions, and the latter maintaining the poorer and rural ones. The Johanian Empire became the economic centre of the world during this period due to its vast resources and trading with its neighbors. Said resources were allegeldy obtained from the Dupe Cartel, although these claims are disputed. Nonetheless, most historians agree that the empire did have connections to the cartel. This prompted a lot of immigration to the empire, Greeks, Arvidlandians, Raukirlandians and some Orochians settled in the Johano-spawn region. The spawn region was nominally a part of the Johanian Empire, although in practice, it had territorial enclaves since the Greek, Arvidlandian and Orochian settlements became *de facto* embassies of their respective home countries.

### Shitcraft III - IV

During Shitcraft III, the empire's economy suffered somewhat due to the server-wide lag issues during this era. Additionally, the Johanian people grew more and more dissatisfied with the emperor. After the death of Gallus IV, the empire had no other good frontmen, which made the emperor the scapegoat once again.

## Geography

The Johanian Empire was notorious for claiming large chunks of land as being a part of the empire, despite not being able to maintain or enforce imperial laws on these territories. This was largely due to the fact that the army was under-funded, despite economic successes in Shitcraft II, the army and uncontrolled territories were never prioritized. This left several regions being under no influence from the empire, and was thus *de facto* independent and sovereign. Historians, therefore distinguish between the legal subdivions of the empire, and the ones whom existed in practice. Since the former generally still had a significant influence on Johanian foreign affairs.

### *De facto* subdivisions

The capital laid in the *Traditional Region of the Johanian Republic* or TR-JR (red) which was the territory that belonged to the first Johanian Republic, before the empire was proclaimed in connection to the purchase of the *Yautja Clan Territory* (olive green). To the south of the TR-JR laid the *Myohano Kingdom*, where the eastern Myohanians lived. This region had a degree of autonomony and was ruled by the monarch, Myohani.
Since the empire claimed the entire *Spawn Region* (yellow), a desert base was built there, which became the only Spawn land which was under Johanian control under Shitcraft I. South of the spawn region was the enclave of what was claimed as the *Greater Spawn Region* (dark teal). The empire administered a large farm in this region.

East of the TR-JR laid the *Imperial Forest Region* which was home to villages of hunters and farmers. The empire only controlled 5% of their claims to this region. Lastly, the *Marijuana Special Economic Zone* was situated slightly south of Yautja Clan on the Arabian peninsula. This region was home to the famous Shitcraft Weed Shop, which was, according to the old system, located on the coordinates 420 69 420.

### *De jure* subdivisions

According to the Imperial Constitution and the Johanian-produced maps during this era, the *Autonomous Region of Moria* (brown) was a part of the empire. It bordered the Myohano Kingdom north-west and the Yautja Clan to its east. The empire never properly controlled this region, as it was administered by the Kingdom of Moria, an Orochian proto-state that frequently traded with the Johanians. This border dispute never amounted to any conflicts or tensions between the two states.

Otherwise, the empire's claims asserted that each region, aside from the TR-JR was much larger than it actually was. This was partly due to the fact that the rural areas of these regions where left to their own. Several of these rural citizens had not even heard of the Johanian Empire during its existence. This essentially meant that the regions' rural areas were sovereign or *terra nullius*, which resulted in the peculiar factual map of the empire, with several exclaves and enclaves.

## Foreign relations

The Johanian Empire hugely relied on its foreign relations in its later economically prosperous years.

## People

### Gallus Chickenman II

**Gallus Chickenman II** was a Thustian-born political leader who established the first Johanian Republic and the Johanian Empire. Born in League of Leggings, Thustian Republic a descendant of Gallus I, also known as thechickenman, Gallus II went into the wilderness with some settlers in order to establish the first republic on the place which was later named *New Solitude*. It derived its name from the capital of the Thustian Republic. The emperor was subject to some controversies during his reign, such as the allegations of espionage and the rampant corruption in the country. He was forced to abdicate by the Vaushist Uprising, and he was last seen in St. John, during the proclamation of the second Johanian Republic. Thereafter, Gallus II was forced into exiled and he has not been heard from since. This has naturally sparked rumors of his death, although these remain unconfirmed.

### Gallus Chickenman IV

**Gallus Chickenman IV** also known as **Crimson Gallus** was a Johanian warrior and feudal lord in the Johanian Empire. Born in New Solitude, Johanian Empire and a descendant of Gallus II, he quickly gained power within the empire. During Shitcraft II, Gallus IV was allegedly working together with the Dupe Cartel, which brought seemingly endless precious resources to the empire and the Spawn Region.

Crimson Gallus' favorite hobbies were boxing and fencing. He also gained a reputation as a respectable warrior in the empire. This prompted Sir Walece, then knight of the Kingdom of Moria, to challenge Gallus to a deathmatch in the Spawn Region. The deathmatch was long and brutal, resulting in the destruction of approximately 1/5 of the arena. After roughly 20 minutes, Gallus IV was killed. The autopsy later revealed that the cause of death was a combination of hundreds of sword wounds and fall damage. Sir Walece had used a special cobweb technique during the battle, which could easily trap his opponent. Several combat experts later concluded that this technique nearly guaranteed Walece's victory.