Rathanan
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| Motto: We march forth in God's holy name | |
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| Region | Baron |
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| Capital | St. Alexander City |
| Official Language(s) | Latin and English |
| Leader | Holy Emperor Lucius F. Calidan |
| Population | > 300 million |
| Currency | Sesterce |
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Rathanan is a roleplaying nation that was just recently started and it slowly making its way in the NS world.
Government
The Government of Rathanan is very powerful and controling dictatorship. Rathanan does not, however, have the problem that other totalitarian nations face with incredibly bad or insane rulers. The reason for this is that all Holy Emperors, while easily dynastic in nature, are analyzed and anointed by the Church of Rathanan. While Rathanan is by no means DIRECTLY controled by the church, it has enough power as to be a counter ballance to the Holy Emperor.
History
The landmass that would become the Holy Empire of Rathanan began as part of the Holy Roman Empire. Rathanan itself was a very important part to the Holy Roman Empire and was even called at times "a miniature Rome." The problems between Rathanan and the Holy Roman Empire began with the beginning of the selling of indulgences and other forms of corruption in the church. While the people of Rathanan grew weary of this, they remained quiet as they feared retribution from Rome. However, when Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation in 1517, the people became more vocal. The bishiop in charge of Rathanan, Alexander Dennali, who growing weary of Rome's corruption as well, turned the growing anti Roman sentiment into full scale revolution. After a bloody 7 year revolution, the people of Rathanan finally drove the Holy Roman Empire out of their nation and declared their independance. The people were quick to make Alexander Dennali their leader. Dennali quickly did away with the Roman Catholic Church and quickly established the Church of Rathanan, which was basically Lutheranism with some revisions. Dennali also set a standard for how the Holy Emperor of Rathanan would be appointed (see government). Despite all the good things going for the newly founded nation, Dennali and the people of Rathanan still faced one major threat - invasion. Holy Emperor Alexander Dennali quickly put in place a compulsory military service mandate for all males ages 14-25 (this would be edited often time when on). With as a growing military power, Holy Emperor Dennali wished to expand his now very small nation by attacking the neighboring territories controled by other nations. The Holy Imperial Army (as it came to be called) was brutally efficiant and took many territories with ease. Dennali had many other plans for his newly errected nation, but before he could implement them, he died at the age of 60. The people of Rathanan named their capitol city after him and the church gave him the title of "saint". St. Alexander Dennali was burried right outside the Capitol of Rathanan where his corpse still remains to this day.
After the death of St. Alexander Dennali, the founder of the Holy Empire of Rathanan, the church of Rathanan anointed his cousin, Androphine Dennali. While Holy Emperor Adrophine is no where near as credited as his cousin, he did make important strides in expanding the Rathani economy, erecting the Holy Imperial Navy, and constructing cities in their newly taken land. Holy Emperor Androphine Dennali had a peaceful and stable 30 year rule over his nation before he died of a heart attack at the age of 73. Due to his powerful and effective leadership, the church of Rathanan named him a saint as well as a new city erected by the beautiful Lake Christum was named after him.
After the death of St. Androphine, a series of short lived Holy Emperors ruled the nation, making few signifigant changes and dealing in very few wars. It wasn't until roughly 1890 that a new very noteable Emperor rose to power. Holy Emperor Cypher Benidict succeeded his father, Flavius Benidict, as Holy Emperor after his father's untimely death. Holy Emperor Cypher was responsible for increasing the size of the Empire by at least 60 miles on each side, giving it the boarders it has now.... (To be continued)
