Brikania

# The Brikanian Empire

*"We will never surrender, no, never! We may die, but we will bring a world with us, a world in flames!" - Imperial Mandate Eric Schröder, Second Continental War*

## Description

The Brikanian Empire. Itself and its derivatives have instigated nearly every global conflict since its inception. Due in part to its predessecor, The Brillifian Empire, the empire has managed to maintain a veil of inequality for it's people, reminding them tenaciously of the territory that had been stolen and resources that had been denied. The Empire was built on this belief, a belief of a need for vengeance against those who intruded upon their holy territory. The Brikanian people were on the right side of history, and anyone that said otherwise would be silenced.

## History

With its roots in the collapsing Brillifian Empire, the sentiment had already begun to grow that a more powerful leader was desired, and following the First World War, blame for the defeat would be laid upon the Brillifian Empire. The "Drugo Crastavo" (Second Empire) had been formed, and its leadership had immediately set out to rebuild. Not just the nation, but also the Army.

#### Second World War

The Second World War was essentially the same conflict as the first, with an initial Brikanian invasion into Southern Belereskia and an additional incursion into the Kulachian Republic. The war lasted only 2 years, evetually seeing the withdrawal of all Imperial combat forces in Kulachia to assist in the final defence of the Capital, New Brickbridge. Ultimately, it was a bitter defeat for the Brikanian people, their leadership choosing to destroy the capital and all of the forces within in a nuclear detonation. 3 months later, the war ended.

#### Collapse of the Belereskian Republics

However, the war had done enough to the north to begin an anti-communist movement to begin to stir. The mysterious death of the Premier later in the year only boosted this sentiment among the Belereskian people. Eventually, the BSU dissolved, fracturing into a multitude of different states.

#### The United Federation

The terms of surrender were harsh, perhaps even more harsh than those that had instigated this global conflict. Brikania was to demilitarize, lose land, lose autonomy, and most of all they would be prohibited from practicing their so called "imperialism" for the foreseeable future. While most of the population was satisfied enough to just be out of the war, there were still those that chose to take up arms against their occupiers. One man in particular, Konig Luftrevier Elias. The Federation would eventually negotiate enough with its former occupier and gained the ability to absorb those satellites that had been created to keep watch over it.

#### Konig Luftrevier Elias

Born in Cheshire, following the First World War. Due to the heavy remilitarization of the Brikanian Empire, he was conscripted at age 16 into the 9th Armoured Division as a loader. In 1967 (967) he was captured and sent to a POW camp in Uzbeston. His captors were harsh, neglecting food, water, activity, or even sunlight to the prisoners. When he returned home to his country, it was suffering from disease, occupation, exploitation and mismanagement. He vowed that he would fix his nation, fix his empire.

Not much is known about Elias following his release in 1968. What is known is he travelled in between Southern Oreica for a time, making connections and agreements with certain groups in Makarska, Koprivicia, and the Potpetice (Heel) region. It would be in 1974 that he would finally thrust himself onto the world stage, gathering his groups of armed militia and marching into the Presidential Building in Bellinstadt. Following this, he declared one of his close friends, Otto von Muller, President of the Free United Federation (or Treći Crastavo/Third Empire).

#### Free United Federation

The Free United Federation came about not as the need for a newly militarized state, but one perpetrated by a smaller minority group of those that felt mistreated by the previous government. Although it was in direct violation of the terms set out following the Second World War, there was no immedeate retaliation from the powers of Kulachia and Greater Arendeska. The Empire rebuilt its armies, regained its strength. Terrirorial concessions by the Kulachian Socialist State had allowed for the Brikanian Empire to establish port facilities on the Red Sea, enabling a launching pad for an invasion of the newly establish Valead'n Republic.

#### The Third World War

The world had realized Konig's plan, and was determined to stop it in its tracks. Kulachian, Arendeskan, Valeadn, and even internal forces began to fight against the Treći Crastavo in an attempt to crush it once and for all. They succeeded, and Konig's administration fled New Brickbridge, leaving a surrender agreement in his wake.

#### The Determination of Elias

Konig had proven a slippery man to capture, evading detention by Interpol and Valeadn Intelligence services. The New United Federation had been installed as a satellite of the GAC, and due to the relativley quick conflict, a large portion of both Brikanian industry and the Army remained, although dispersed. Realizing this, Konig used his earlier agreements within his network to hide under the radar for a while, manipulating the government through a pharmaceutical giant called the Apollon Corporation. In 5 short years, Konig was back in office, monopolizing on his unlimited power and ending economic crisis that had plagued the country ever since its defeat in the Second World War. However, Konig was done with attempting to conquer the north, instead opting to first establish its dominance over one of Brillifia's few remaining states that was not already part of the Federation, Kulachia.

#### Fourth Continental War

The Fourth Continental War in 1993 was not just another pointless skirmish between Arendeska and Brikania, it also saw the first massed use of jet aircraft and new battle tactics. The New United Federation, despite being a much smaller nation than its opponent, the GAC, managed to not only reclaim territory lost during the Second World War, but also managed to acquire all of Kulachia and establish dominion of Uzbroskia. Konig had been proven a competent military and political leader, eventually becoming crowned by the Kingdom of Brickcliff.

#### The Sword of Tartana

It is said in Brickcliffian folklore that King Tartana had wielded a sword that held immense religious and spiritual energy, capable of cracking stone and casting magics against whoever opposed the God-King. Elias had located the first two pieces of the sword, buried in holy sites within the major cities of the old Tartanan Empire. This desire for completion of the sword is what drove Konig to war against the Republic of Valead, believing they were hiding the last piece of the sword from him. It has still not been found to this day.

#### Brikanian Consolidation, and the Coming Storm

Another tale from the past is of King Tartana's "War In Heaven", an enormous conflict that had once engulfed all of Oreica for decades. Konig, believing he was a Heavenly Mandated Soul, sought to continue the King's legacy, and finally unify Oreica under the rule of the God-King.

From 1995 to 2002, it was a time of relative peace. The New United Federation had been reformed into the Četvrti Crastavo and established its superiority over Southern Oreica, surpassing the might of even the Brillifian Empire before it. Konig Elias had been installed as the Imperial Mandate, and life in the nation had become gradually better. Of course, it was all ruined by the Valeadn Republic.

#### The Valeadn Republic

Aside from the Belereskian Union, the Valeadn Republic has been the major enemy of the Brikanian people for decades. Its endless warmongering and attempted invasions of the Red Coast have led to 3 invasions of the island, with varying levels of success. It was only after a joint invasion by Arendeska and Brikania that the island was finally relieved of it's benevolent dictator, Jager Minorov.

#### Assasination of Konig Elias and the Beginning of the War in Heaven

Konig Elias was on top of the world. He possesed control of the most powerful nation on earth, with impenetrable security forces and an unyielding population to support him. His assassination in 2003 shocked the world. The Arendeskans breathed a sigh of relief, believing that the War In Heaven had been avoided. They could not be more incorrect.

Lucifer Cromwell had taken control of office. He steered the mourning nation onto a path of total war, and the population was behind him. Rapid mobilization of Brikanian assets was the first step, positioning hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the Hammer-Down defensive line. The Suthenican nation of Vontegria was occupied by the Brikanian IIB, bringing them into the fold. It would only be a matter of time before Cromwell would launch the offensive, and start the deadliest war in recorded history.

## Statistics

#### The Greater Brikanian Empire

(Including Kommisariatstates)

Population: 757,344,000

Currency: Brikanian Imperial Credit

Location: Southern Oreica

Language(s): North Brikanian

Imperial Capital: Brickcliff City

State Capital: New Brickbridge

Imperial Mandate: Lucifer Cromwell

Major Cities: Grantry, Bellinstadt Greater Area, New Orlock, Overton, Strasbourg, New Brickbridge, Verdansk, Vukovar, Bricksburg, Solin, Slavonski, Brickcliff City, Berzhiny, Kastovia

GDP: 52 Trillion

GDP Per Capita: 67,000