Second Spanish Empire

Flag of the Second Spanish Empire

Map of the Empire (Occupied territory in red)

The Second Spanish Empire is a maritime empire in 2652. The empire, which has its capital in Madrid, spans across 4 continents; Europe, Asia, Eurokon, and North America. The most important territories are: Spanish-Portugal, the Spanish-Low Countries, the Spanish-Phillipines, the Spanish-Caribbean, and Spanish-Eurokon. The empire's current emperor is **Jerome Napoleon XII,** a distant descendent of Napoleon I's brother, Joseph Bonaparte.

## History

The Second Spanish Empire began in 2237, when a new King came to power in the Kingdom of Spain. Back then, the King was still mostly ceremonial, but this King, Felipe X, was an avid politician as well, and was an outspoken socialist. Using him as leverage, socialists in Spain started a socialist revolution in Spain, giving the King near total control, with the remainder of it going to the Prime Minister of Spain.

### John Napoleon

In 2259, the previous Prime Minister died, and King Felipe X nominated John Napoleon, a descendent in a long line of seniority proceeding from Joseph Bonaparte, to be the new Prime Minister. John Napoleon had been a trusted figure in King Felipe X's court for a while, but unbenounced to the king, Napoleon had been planning to overthrow the government the entire time. Using his geneology as leverage, the Spanish people once again revolted, giving John Napoleon the title of King.

### Rise of the Empire

Now that he had followed in the footsteps of Napoleon's brother, he now wanted to follow in the footsteps of one of his great-granduncles - Napoleon himself. John Napoleon declared himself Emperor of the new Second Spanish Empire, and immediately began to reconquer territory. In 2262, He launched a massive air raid into Portugal, and managed to take it whilst also holding off France in the north. Now at war with NATO, the Spanish Emperor decided to try to reconquer territory elsewhere, but he died before making anymore progress. The year was 2264. The title of Emperor then went to his son, Jerome Napoleon III, aged only 29. After putting down some minor resistence in Toledo, south of Madrid, Jerome managed to consolidate power and was now following in his father's footsteps. in 2265, Spain captured the Phillipines. In 2274, Hispaniola. In 2282, The Bahamas. 2289, Cuba. Jerome then retired from conquering for the rest of his reign. The conquests would continue when his son, Jerome Napoleon IV, came to power in Spain in 2321. 2323 - 2325 saw a massive invasion of South America, ending with a Spanish victory. They managed to conquer Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Uruguay, and Argentina.

#### Occupation of Western Eurokon

In 2336, Spain conquered Western Eurokon, and established the territory of Spanish-Eurokon. The people of the region always embraced with tradition. They still used wooden ships, traditional canons, they wore old clothing, and still used execution methods such as public hangings, firing squads, and the guillotine. When the Spanish showed up and conquered them using Iron Clads and heavy duty equipment, the people of the region felt alienated. In 2345, a rebellion broke out. Originally, the Spanish continued using their regular equipment, but it became very apparent that they wouldn't win until they had seemingly wiped out every inhabitent of the area down to the last man. As such, they had to lure them over to their side.

##### The Second War of the Spanish Succession (2345 - )

In order to try and win over some of their citizens to their side, the Spanish began embracing traditions; using wooden ships with canons, and putting down pirates and rebels by the masses through public hangings. For over 3 centuries, Spain would fight a brutal conflict, constantly putting down new pirate and rebel groups that kept popping up. Most of the combat was naval combat, so the Spanish, who were used to using modern warships, were inexperienced in using wooden boats. Eventually, they managed to adapt to the situation, but not before the damage had already been done. They had been plundered, robbed, and broken. The death count is immeasurable, yet the war continues to this day.