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| − | '''Pantocratoria''' is the largest nation in the Pantocratorian Archipelago. It was founded by a group of refugees (the Knights of the [[Order of the Pantocrator]] and their families) fleeing the Ottoman Empire after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453. The [[List of Pantocratorian Emperors|Pantocratorian Imperial line]] (the House of [[Bourbon-Comnenus-Palaeologus]]) sees itself as an extension of the Roman Emperors of Constantinople (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire Byzantine Empire]). It also claims descent from the Bourbon kings of France through Emperor Louis I, who was, Pantocratorian scholars claim, the missing King Louis XVII of France | + | '''Pantocratoria''' is the largest nation in the Pantocratorian Archipelago. It was founded by a group of refugees (the Knights of the [[Order of the Pantocrator]] and their families) fleeing the Ottoman Empire after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453. The [[List of Pantocratorian Emperors|Pantocratorian Imperial line]] (the House of [[Bourbon-Comnenus-Palaeologus]]) sees itself as an extension of the Roman Emperors of Constantinople (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire Byzantine Empire]). It also claims descent from the Bourbon kings of France through [[Louis I Capet|Emperor Louis I]], who was, Pantocratorian scholars claim, the missing King Louis XVII of France, who disappeared during the [[Wikipedia:French Revolution|French Revolution]]. |
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
Pantocratorian society is culturally, economically, and linguistically diverse. In the rural countryside of mainland Pantocratoria, Greek-speaking Pantocratorians predominantly work in the agricultural sector. They are typically poorly educated, and earn less than their metropolitan compatriots. In Pantocratoria's cities live highly educated, comparatively affluent French-speaking Pantocratorians. In outlying islands, most notably the [[Exarchate of New Jerusalem]], live so-called "Pantocratorian Indians" (and people descended from inter-marrying between European Pantocratorians and Pantocratorian Aboriginals), who tend to speak Greek and depend on fishing and other marine industries for their income. | Pantocratorian society is culturally, economically, and linguistically diverse. In the rural countryside of mainland Pantocratoria, Greek-speaking Pantocratorians predominantly work in the agricultural sector. They are typically poorly educated, and earn less than their metropolitan compatriots. In Pantocratoria's cities live highly educated, comparatively affluent French-speaking Pantocratorians. In outlying islands, most notably the [[Exarchate of New Jerusalem]], live so-called "Pantocratorian Indians" (and people descended from inter-marrying between European Pantocratorians and Pantocratorian Aboriginals), who tend to speak Greek and depend on fishing and other marine industries for their income. | ||
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| Flag of Pantocratoria | |
| Motto: Pour Dieu et Son Empire | |
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| Region | Pantocratorian Archipelago |
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| Capital | New Rome |
| Official Language(s) | French, Greek |
| Leader | Emperor Andreus I Capet |
| Population | About 3 billion |
| Currency | ducat |
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Pantocratoria is the largest nation in the Pantocratorian Archipelago. It was founded by a group of refugees (the Knights of the Order of the Pantocrator and their families) fleeing the Ottoman Empire after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453. The Pantocratorian Imperial line (the House of Bourbon-Comnenus-Palaeologus) sees itself as an extension of the Roman Emperors of Constantinople (see Byzantine Empire). It also claims descent from the Bourbon kings of France through Emperor Louis I, who was, Pantocratorian scholars claim, the missing King Louis XVII of France, who disappeared during the French Revolution.
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Culture
Pantocratorian society is culturally, economically, and linguistically diverse. In the rural countryside of mainland Pantocratoria, Greek-speaking Pantocratorians predominantly work in the agricultural sector. They are typically poorly educated, and earn less than their metropolitan compatriots. In Pantocratoria's cities live highly educated, comparatively affluent French-speaking Pantocratorians. In outlying islands, most notably the Exarchate of New Jerusalem, live so-called "Pantocratorian Indians" (and people descended from inter-marrying between European Pantocratorians and Pantocratorian Aboriginals), who tend to speak Greek and depend on fishing and other marine industries for their income.
Pantocratorian cultural institutions, architecture, art, and music are generally a synthesis of earlier Byzantine influences and later French ones. Pantocratorian architecture is famous for its ability to immediately evoke affection or expressions of distaste from non-Pantocratorians, with its odd clash of styles forming a mis-matching whole, with components from the Byzantine, baroque, rococo, and occassionally gothic styles all shamelessly thrown together without a thought of visual cohesion. Pantocratorian artwork tends to the religious subject matter of the Byzantine, in the heroic pre-impressionist French style.
Religion
Pantocratoria is a Roman Catholic country. The vast majority of its population is devoutly Catholic (the exact percentage is not actually known since the Imperial Census doesn't ask - all citizens are assumed to be Catholic), and the institutions of the state are inseperably intertwined with the Church (the Church, through the Pantocratorian Congregation for the Protection of the Creed, is Pantocratoria's electoral body). Although technically legal, it is virtually impossible for anybody outside the Catholic clergy to obtain the proper permits to erect a religious building (in a nation of around three billion people, there isn't one official mosque outside of the embassies of Moslem countries).
Significant strains exist with the Pantocratorian Catholic community however, over the issue of the French rite. Before 1593, Pantocratoria used the Greek rite. Early Pantocratorian history was marked by conflicts between those who believed that the Pantocratorian Church should be in communion with Rome (and therefore be Roman Catholic) and those who believed that the Pantocratorian Church should be in communion with the Patriarch of Constantinople (and therefore be Greek Orthodox). The tensions were perpetuated by the use of the Greek rite employed by Greek Orthodox churches. Emperor Demetrius VII Comnenus decided to make a clean break and forced the whole Pantocratorian Church to change to the Latin rite. After the Second Vatican Council, Pantocratoria's bishops adopted the French rite to use throughout the entire empire. Given the nation's substantial Greek speaking minority, the cause of the Greek rite hasn't been forgotten in the four centuries since it was set aside - it was even a political issue, its re-establishment being part of the Constantinople Party's election platform in the second 2004 election for the Imperial Parliament.
Military
Pantocratoria's military is a massive but inefficient institution. The purchasing of posts is commonplace, as is promotion through nepotism. The position of commander in chief of the entire Imperial Navy (Lord First Admiral) is a hereditary one. The organisation is haphazard at best, and effectively prevents Pantocratoria from deploying anywhere close to its full strength in foreign wars.
Imperial High Command
The Imperial High Command consists of two dozen officers whose identity is secret and who are rotated in and out of the High Command every decade, and a handful of officers with hereditary, permanent posts (including Lord First Admiral Phocas of the Bosphorus). It is an offence for anybody to reveal the identity of a non-permanent member of the Imperial High Command, past or present, punishable by a maximum penalty of life imprisonment in solitary confinement. This shady group of commanders meets in a bunker deep underneath New Rome, the exact location of which is a closely guarded secret. This secrecy means that individual members of the Imperial High Command cannot be associated in the public imagination with Pantocratoria's military victories - leaving the Emperor and the Imperial Government as the only possible recipients of any reflected glory. The Imperial High Command's only interaction with the field is by the way of an advanced supercomputer named MATER, which provides the High Command with all the information on which it bases its decisions and issues all orders on behalf of the High Command.
Imperial Army Legions
The vast Pantocratorian Army is organised into legions of varying sizes and capabilities. Legions are formed along geographical lines, so that the men and women in a legion will all come from the same region. There is virtually no uniformity in terms of equipment or internal structure or capability. Some legions (for instance the Fifth Provincial Infantry Legion) are capable of independent operation, with a wide variety of capabilities and equipment. However, although all legions are theoretically capable of operating independently without support from any other formation, legions like the Fifth Provincial Infantry Legion are rare.
The Pantocratorian Imperial Navy is a relatively modern and well-organised one, if somewhat undersized for a nation the size of Pantocratoria. The pride of the Imperial Navy is the flotilla of Wraith frigates purchased from Excalbia a few years ago. Its operational flagship is HIMS Imperator Andreus, although the peacetime flagship is HIMS Constantinople, Lord First Admiral Phocas of the Bosphorus' ancestral floating home.
Imperial Air Service
The Pantocratorian Imperial Air Service is fairly modern and well-organised but lacks long-range strike capabilities. Like the Navy it is undersized. The primary fighter aircraft of the Imperial Air Service is the F/A-18 Superhornet, and the primary bomber aircraft is the Mirage 2000 (both 2000N and 2000D variants).
Facts
- Coat of Arms:
- National Motto: "Pour Dieu et Son Empire"
- Government Type: Monarchy, with a democratically elected parliament which governs with the monarch's permission
- Head of State: His Most Catholic and Imperial Majesty Emperor Andreus I Capet
- Head of Government: The Right Honourable the Imperial Chancellor Dr Thibault Drapeur
- Official/Predominant Religion: Roman Catholic
