Empire of Yulk

Flag of the Empire of Yulk

Location of Yulk in black

The **Empire of Yulk**, or just **Yulk**, was a nation located in the northwest regions of Prairie. The Empire of Yulk controlled the Bretherlands (Horse Island), a small exclave in southern Sabria, and Yulk proper, formerly bordering the **People's Repulbic of Bogus**, **Lushile**, and surrounding the **Hautbois** exclave in Goatland.

After the Third Yulkan War, the Empire of Yulk as a sovereign entity ceased to exist and was succeeded by the Province of Yulk, under the Divine Federation of Klishka (now known as the Eternal Federation). All of its territory was split up amongst the victors of the Third Yulkan War. Most diaspora after the war became citizens of Klishka, Bogus, and Etheria (formerly known as LEC).

Yulk was historically allies with Lushile and ruled over Bandr as its vassal state.

## Lore

### Raids

Before the Heavenly Kingdom officially sanctioned the colonization of Prairie, bands of independent explorers and conquerors sought to take land from this newly discovered world for themselves. Motivated by their poor living conditions in the Heavenly Kingdom, these explorers invaded, pillaged, and stole land in the north of Prairie for themselves.

### Foundation

The Empire of Yulk was founded on the north side of the Western Continent by Jedu711 under the order of the Heavenly King, he would unite the small bands of invaders along the north coast of the Western Continent and the Bretherlands. The colony was created to harbor refugees from the now unstable and overpopulated kingdom far north of the edge of the world, and develop a new land for citizens of the Heavenly Kingdom to cultivate and flee to for promise of a better life and opportunity.

### Religious Conflict

Soon after the foundation of Yulk, religious conflict arose between the Heavenly Kingdom and the Empire, Jedu proclaimed Fourthism, a foreign faith, as the official religion of the Empire. The Heavenly King was unable to enforce religious unity onto the colony due to its distance from the mainland, however attempts were still made, the Heavenly King began stripping titles and positions from Fourthist Yulkans and prohibited the appointment of Fourthist Yulkans to higher government positions.

Further escalation occured when Jedu passed acts that forced the conversion of refugees entering New Yulk City from the Heavenly Kingdom, all that refused to convert were sent back to the Heavenly Kingdom. This eventually culminated in the New Yulk City Harbor Massacre when a large group of refugees refused to convert or turn back and attempted to use force to enter the city, the local military force killed a number of the refugees.

The massacre greatly alienated the non-Fourthist Yulkans already living in the Empire. Especially the lords in the territories acquired on the Gold Coast, many of the nobles along the Gold Coast were Theoduskian, and were beginning to identify more with the Boguvians. These nobles made deals with Bogus and eventually seceded from Yulk completely to join under the protection of Bogus.

Following the massacre an agreement was made between Jedu and the Heavenly King that allowed for religious pluralism in Yulk and ended the mandatory conversion laws for refugees coming to Yulk.

*Editors note: im not sure if people other than players exist in the Prairie lore or comic, if not, then the groups of people mentioned could be smaller groups of hypothetical players, its not like they will appear in the actual history or game anyway. If this doesnt work I could make some minor lore changes*

## History

### Prairie 10 Beginning Era

The Empire of Yulk quickly allied itself with Lushile due to its size and proximity to Yulk. Initial disagreements occured over the strait between Yulk and Lushile, initially Yulk was to be granted large amounts of land on either side of the strait, however the agreement was revised to give Lushile control of all the land on the east side of the strait.

#### Rat Rebellion

Eventually infighting occured within Lushile causing some of its members to split off and create the Rat Rebellion, which relocated in the mountains south of Yulk, land that Jedu was keen on taking for himself. When Kibble\_Wibble, the leader of Lushile, declared war on the Rat Rebellion, Jedu soon followed, declaring war on the Rat Rebellion along with Lushile. Klishka declared war on all parties involved in attempt to dissuade the nations from war, though after negiotations with Klism, the declaration of war against Yulk was retracted.

On July 20, the Rat Rebellion was invaded and conquered by Yulk and Lushile without any resistance, in peace negotiations the land was split between Yulk and Lushile.

#### Bretherlands Conflict

After Mowgi made threats to bomb the Klishkan capital, in response, Klism and Flapjackpants (representing Bogus) declared war on Yulk with the goal of stripping Mowgi of his title as Lord of the Bretherlands and giving it to Bogus. After negotiations between the three nations, an agreement was finally made to trade a small peninsula of land on the Bretherlands to Bogus for a strip of land in Sabria to Yulk, and the declarations of war were retracted once again, along with the agreement of a non-aggression pact between the three nations.

#### Joining the UN and Anti-Terrorism Campaign

Following the annexation of the Rat Rebellion, one refugee of the rebellion, Saman8000, began operating in the nether, indiscriminantly suicide bombing anyone he came across. As a new member of the UN, Jedu declared a kill-on-sight order against Saman that all Yulk members were required to uphold, urging other UN members to also declare their own KOS orders.

After initial failures to stop Saman from terrorizing the nether, Jedu adopted a harder stance on Behsight, the state that was suspected of granting refuge to Saman.

#### Behsight Conflict

With tensions already high over the handling of Saman, the refugee crisis in the Heavenly Kingdom grew worse, and eventually even the Empire of Yulk wouldn't have enough land to hold immigrants. In response to this influx of refugees the emperor used the terrorist threat as a reason to declare war on Behsight for purely expantionist intent. This was considered a breach of the non-aggression pact with Bogus, as Behsight was a territory within the Republic, this resulted in a declaration of war against Yulk by Bogus and their allies, Klishka.

### Annexation and Dissolution

After suffering the loss of Jedu711, the Crown of Yulk fell into \_cubic42's possession handing over control of the empire to the Divine Federation of Klishka. Klishka promptly stripped the empire of its sovereignty, and subsequently absorbed it as a province and split its territories amongst the victors of the war.

## Geography and Administrative Divisons

### Feudal Divisions

The Empire of Yulk is divided into 9 feudal divisions, each led by counts, kings, dukes, or princes. Due to religious conflict and the removal of titles from many Fourthist nobles, many of these regions are owned directly by Jedu.

#### Kingdom of Yulk

The Kingdom of Yulk is the richest and most populous region of the Empire. It lies on the north side of the mountains where limited flat land can be found, most of the terrain is made up of clay and deepslate, the tall mountains make the path into the kingdom from the south very difficult to traverse. The kingdom also hosts the capital of the Empire, New Yulk City, that lies upon the flat cliffs overlooking the Northern Sea.

#### Greater Yulk Area

The Greater Yulk Area is the less populated outer regions of the Kingdom of Yulk, it is ruled separately from the kingdom itself though. Its geography is similar to that of the neighboring Kingdom of Yulk, with clay and deepslate mountains dominating the majority of the land it encompasses.

#### Duchy of Goatland

The Duchy of Goatland is completely mountainous wasteland, receiving its name from the abundance of goats that roam the cliffsides of the mountains within Goatland.

#### Principality of Haytch

The principality of Haytch, much like the rest of the feudal divisions, is mostly neglected by the Empire. The region is filled with cliffs and mountains similar to that of the surrounding Kingdoms and Duchies.

#### Rat Principality

The Rat Principality encompasses all land that was gained by the Empire during the Rat Rebellion war. It is mountainous much like the rest of the Empire.

#### County of Sabria

The County of Sabria is the land that was gained from the trade of land between Bogus and Yulk. It is made up of the signature Sabrian cliffs and much like the rest of Sabria, is mostly flat plains.

#### Kingdom of the Bretherlands

The Kingdom of the Bretherlands is located on the westernmost island with the same name (although disputed to be Horse Island). The terrain is similar to that of Sabria, with white cliffs surrounding the coast of the island, and flat plains making up the islands geography. It is the second most populated region of the Empire, with its economy relying on its horse-breeding industry.

#### County of Vasfolyo

The County of Vasfolyo is located on an island in the far north. It is mostly cold and barren with ice covering the surface of the sea surrounding the island, and large spikes of ice jutting out from the ground. The county also supports a large population of polar bears.

#### Bandr

Bandr is the most autonomous state within the Empire, with it being able to declare its own wars and experiencing relatively low intervention from the Empire in its internal affairs. Bandr is filled with swampland that makes the terrain difficult to traverse.

1. ↑ Focuses purely on events before the creation of the Prairie discord and Minecraft server
2. ↑ Focuses purely on events after the creation of the Prairie discord and Minecraft server