History of Aerion
Aerion's history as a nation did not begin until the twenty tribes of Aerion were united under the Council of Tribes, and later national governments. Before this, Aerion was composed of loose nomadic tribes which wandered the lands of Aerion. Because of this, the history of Aerion as read here is organized into the period of regimes.
The Council of Tribes
-Aerion was composed of 20 nomadic tribes, containing many hundreds of clans, that wandered the plains of Aerion
-Each tribe had a representitive to the Council of Tribes, that met in the capital, Astevane. The leader of the Council was the First Elder Wasterin V'i
-9 of the 20 nomadic tribes split off from the Council of Tribes to support Emperor Leshloan, who wanted a "Corporate imperialist" government. 5 Tribes remain neutral and just sort of wander around. The Corporate Imperialists advocate corporaitons, and modern development in Aerion. They are supported by Menelmacar. The Council of Tribes is traditionalist, advocating staying to traditional cultural ways.
- Aerion goes into a civil war between the Traditionalist (The Council of Tribes) and the Corporate Imperialists
- Tribal Chieftan Uson executes First Elder Wasterin, previous head of the Traditionalist tribes, calling him an "ineffective, weak old man". Uson then declares himself the Kha Khan, and orders each tribal chieftan to take the war title Khan. He conscripts almost all of the people of the tribes into the war, except women and children.
-Great battles ensue, and finally a cease fire is declared.
The Republic
-Following the cease fire, Emperor Leshloan of the Corporate Imperialists and the Kha Khan of the Traditionalist meets in the northeastern capital of the corporate imperialists to decide on a government. They choose an "old republic" style of government (Following the Roman system), with themselves as co-Consuls of the republic. Each tribal leader of the 20 tribes and leaders from within the tribes will become part of the 300 member hereditary Senate for life.
-The capital city of Astevane is modernized, and takes on the architecture of Greece and Rome with some Renaissance elements. A grand Curia (Senate House) is built for the Senate, the Forum is established, etc.
-The Consuls decide to leave some of the nomadic life behind, and establish twenty provinces to correspond with twenty tribes, and a modernized capital city for each province to be the capital of the tribe.
-The Consuls instituted "State improvement programs" that seem fascist. These include requiring citizens to carry a "Citizen's Handbook" containing songs, parables, chats, and writings about the "glory of the State". Massive persecution begins of those labelled "subversive", and religious leaders are expelled. This leads to a massive nationalism among the people, and all the tribes of Aerion becoming a bit more coherently united into one nation.
-Consul Leshloan (previously Emperor of the Corporate Imperialist Tribes) declares himself Emperor (once again), takes 7,000 traiterous Senatorial Guard (Out of 10), The Second Consul (The previous Kha Khan, leader of the Traditionalist) disappears. 200 Senators are killed, around 100 are saved as they fleed south with the help fo 3,000 loyal Senatorial Guard. 8 Provincial Governors, and provinces (previously tribes) remain loyal to the Republic Government with Senate, 9 support the Emperor. The powerbase of Emperor Leshloan is once again in the North, with the Republic Government fleeing south.
