Eccentric Dr Folkers

Eccentric Dr Folkers

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Motto: Watch out! There's a zombie behind you!
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Region	GothicUnderground
Capital	Übertopia
Official Language(s)	Dutch, English, Dark Tongue
Leader	Eccentric Dr Folkers, slayer of millions, master of wizardry, great and mighty tyrant, overlord of the Dominion.
Population	250
Currency	Body part
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History

Founded: 11 december 2004

While the land now known as the Dominion of Eccentric Dr Folkers, or The Dominion, has only recently become a nation, the land has been inhabited for many milennia before. Before it became a nation, it consisted of a set of warring provinces. After Eccentric Dr Folkers beat the other provinces, the newly formed nation could finally develop itself and become a worthy member of GothicUnderground. The most important dates in the history of the nation are:

2000 BC

The first settlers, known as the Eiverath, arrive. They build their village, named Eiverath, near the river Eiverath.

1800 BC

Eiverath Empire covers most of The Dominion

1750 BC

A rebelling tribe, the Kalyjt, conquer a great part of the Empire, together with their allies, the Uivath. The Empire is split in three pieces.

1696 BC

The three empires fall into pieces due to the death of its kings. A new era of war begins.<

888 BC

King Issolth of Tineth builds a new empire by means of cunning battle tactics, a new kind of bow, and brilliant diplomacy. Pax Tinetha begins.

239 AD

Emperor Schaepolorth of Tineth redistributes power, giving rise to tens of kingdoms.

256 AD

After the death of Schaepolorth, the kingdoms start warring.

520 AD

The Ogeth dynasty of vampires begins, giving the kingdoms some peace.

587 AD

The Ogeth decide to outlaw religion and impale all priests. This gives rise to a lot of civil unrest.

602 AD

Great Rebellion. The rebellion is stopped, but gives rise to some huge social reforms. Religion is allowed again and some very basic civil rights are ;introduced.

800-925 AD

Dominion frequently attacked by Vikings. The Ogeth strike back by burning Viking villages.

1203 AD

Last Ogeth staked by bishop of Aroth, who is quartered for this. War rages through The Dominion once again.

1344 AD

Dotoneth of Aroth manages to achieve peace by diplomacy alone.

1368 AD

Dotoneth of Aroth dies. War starts again.

1498 AD

Excited by the discovery of the new continent, the kings of The Dominion try to build colonies. The complete failure of this is due to lack of cooperation.

1560 AD

Black Death decimates population of The Dominion.

1589 AD

First wizards university established in Übertopia.

1610 AD

Second wave of colonization. Failed again.

1699 AD

An Übertopian shoemaker starts a small factory, the first one in The Dominion.

1750 AD

Steam power revolutionizes industry. Unfortunately, the industrialization process never takes off, due to the lack of a good railroad network. The still warring kingdoms fear their enemies may use it.

1812 AD

Industrialization in neighboring countries impoverises The Dominion. The wars become less frequent.

1834 AD

Great famine.

1843 AD

Second great famine.

1887 AD

The 132 kingdoms unite in 20 unions, for the sole purpose of starting a rail network.

1895 AD

Industrialization takes off.

1914 AD

In the first world war, The Dominion is torn apart between the two camps.

1918 AD: War over. Economy ruined.

1935 AD

Economy starts to get better.

1940 AD

Again, The Dominion is torn between the two camps.

1945 AD

Economy ruined again. The Dominion is effectively set back into the Middle Ages.

1947 AD

Unions collapse and fall into small provinces, ruled by dictatorial 'presidents'.

1968 AD

The Province of Chroerilth offers the ground of the nation of Andrilth to the USSR for nuclear weapons testing. Thousands die, tens of thousands get cancer.

1975 AD

Peace, but only because all parties run out of bullets.

1981 AD

New bullets bought. War starts again. Some provinces even use tanks, but there is only enough wealth in the Dominion for three tanks. This kind of warfare stops when the tanks run out of gas and there is no money to buy new.

1 december 2004

Eccentric Dr Folkers completes his steambot.

2 december 2004

First province surrenders to Eccentric Dr Folkers.

5 december 2004

Seven more provinces surrender.

7 december 2004

Übertopia conquered.

8 december 2004

Using the steambot and an army of wizards and zombies, Eccentric Dr Folkers conquers three-quarters of The Dominion.

10 december 2004

Last province surrenders. Leader killed when he tried to escape.

11 december 2004

The Dominion is now officially united. The power of the old presidents and noble families is broken. The new-born nation gets a new flag, motto and national anthem. Now that peace is present, The Dominion finally starts it's long way to modern times.

Economy

The government has long been unwilling to simulate corporations too much, reluctant to give away too much power. However, the present Economy minister, Grumpy Professor von Schmidt, has recently introduced a system in which corporations are free to do what they want, but are all owned by the government. That way, the power stays centralized and the efficiency of government is not compromised.

The greatest industry in the Dominion is that of arms manufacture. The firearms, magic swords and tanks of the State-owned Folkers Weaponry Corporation are famous throughout the world. Rumours that FWC has sold nuclear bombs to World Domination LLC are unfounded. The fifty-two nukes that have been found in the HQ of this organization did not bear the logo of FWC, neither is it true that The Dominion's attack on these terrorists was because they didn't pay their bills.

The second greatest industry is the State-owned Folkers Gambling Corporation. The casinos of FGC are not legislated by the government, but are subject to the much more efficient way of self-legislation by competition. This works so well that FGC is now the only exploitant of casinos in The Dominion.

An important backbone to the economy is uranium mining. Our high-quality uranium is used by governments in the whole world. The Folkers Research Institute for Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology regularly tests the uranium for fissibility on islands near the coasts of other nations, as a gesture of goodwill and friendlyness to all people.

Population

Although Humans are the dominant lifeform, The Dominion is home for a lot of sapient species. Humans, dwarves, elves and werewolfs, among others, walk the streets of Übertopia in near perfect harmony. Meanwhile, the vampire and demon community takes some deserved sleep, in order to resume their work at night. Most mountain villages consist of Orcs, Trolls and Goblins. There are also some lesser-known races, including:

• Ents. Once nearly extinct, this still endangered species is slowly coming back.
• Mutants. Thanks to the governments ahead-of-time approach of biotechnology, all kinds of mutants are making their way into the community. Most of these Mutants look fairly normal, except for a couple of extra limbs. Others are Human-animal hybrids, an exciting and promising new way of Mad Science.
• Dark Gods. Sometimes a Dark God is brought into the world, only to have it's rituals disturbed by nonbelievers. In that case, the Dark God has only a fraction of it's powers. Dark Gods are appreciated citizens of The Dominion, and often find jobs as policemen or soldiers.
• Dragons. Dragons are very rare in the rest of the world, but abundant in The Dominion. The Dominion is the only known nation that has given Dragons Human rights.

Government

Eccentric Dr Folkers is the absolute ruler of the nation. He can veto any proposal, change the constitution, and send the parliament home. Directly below Eccentric Dr Folkers is a number of ministers, who are leaders of their respective ministries. The current ministries are;

• Economy. Current Economy minister: Grumpy Professor von Schmidt
• Warfare and foreign business. Current minister: Captain Destructo
• National business and security. Current minister: HAL 4000(beta)
• Mad Science. Current minister: Thoth, Egyptian Ibis God of Knowledge
• Health, welfare and education. Current minister: None
• Finance. Current minister: Smaug the MLCXXVIIth
• Culture. Current minister: Dr. Blast

All ministers are chosen or fired by Eccentric Dr Folkers.