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| − | subject_name=[http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=Valinon The United Star Empire of Valinon] |
| + | flag=http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/valinon.jpg | |
| − | flag=http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/valinon.jpg=[[Raumreich Oversector]] | | + | region=[[Raumreich Oversector]] | |
| − | motto="May the Sun never set on the Empire" | | + | motto=”May the Sun never set on the Empire.” | |
| − | map= | | + | map=[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/redarmyagent/Great_2.jpg] | |
| − | language=Imperial German, Imperial English, Imperial Russian, Dominionite Japanese, Dominionite Korean, and Elven dialects | | + | language=Imperial German, Imperial English, Old Russian, Dominionite Japanese, Dominionite Korean, and various Elven dialects | |
| − | capital=New Koln | | + | capital=New Koln, Proxima Centauri I, Alpha Centauri | |
| − | population=3.6 billion | | + | population=15 billion | |
| − | currency=Imperial Mark | | + | currency=Reichsmark | |
| − | leader=Her Imperial Majesty Empress Friedelinde Alderman I | + | leader=Empress Friedelinde Alderman I |
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| − | ==Brief==
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| − | The United Star Empire of Valinon is the premiere power of the Raumreich Oversector, with vast interests across the galaxy from Mars to the Orion Sector. The Star Empire draws its power from several factors. First the power of its navy, the ''Kriegsmarine'', second the historical precedent of House Alderman to remain resolute against the odds (the phrase stubborn to a fault comes to mind), and third the depth of the Valinor network of alliances and diplomatic relationships. Although the Valinor are somewhat isolationist and undoubtly insular in many respects, the Star Empire often can be seen taking a roll in international affairs across the galaxy.
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| − | ==Beginning of the Age of the Third Empire of Valinon== | + | ==Introduction== |
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| − | The reign of Her Majesty Empress Friedelinde Alderman I would mark the beginning of a new age, that of the Third Empire of the Valinor. The Second Empire had endured for 970 years, born out of the fires of the Collective Wars and forged by the powerful will of Penrod the Great and his descendants. The time of the Second Empire spans the bulk of Valinor history to date, and it slowly evolved as the Star Empire expanded to tame the entirety of the Alpha Centauri system. The governmental structure and organization of the Second Empire was geared to ensure the safety and stability of Alpha Centauri, along with the considerable capability to forge lasting external alliances to expand Valinor promenience outside Alpha Centauri. | + | The United Star Empire of Valinon is the premiere power in the Raumreich Oversector consisting of six star systems and a host of smaller dependencies. It has vast interests—commercial, political, and military—stretching from the Sol system to the Raumreich, from the Orion Sector to Xanthalian space. The Star Empire is also a considerable international power, participating in several key alliances and economic organizations based in the Raumreich and in Sol. With a formidable military and a largely unrestricted economy Valinon will remain a noted force in international politics for the foreseeable future. |
| − | But the reign of Emperor Gustav Alderman II, who styled himself as the greatest of the Aldermans, irreparably changed Valinon and tore asunder the fabriv of the Second Empire. Adapted to governing a single star system, the government of the Second Empire found itself ill-equipped to administer the vastly expanded domain Gustav II had carved out for himself. As the autocratic reign of the Lion Emperor of Valinon continued, the Imperial Diet struggled to find a way to administer the engorged Star Empire and maintain the occupational authorities of Gregor, Acler, and Klein while facing an era of internal reformation.
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| − | Eventually the tensions inside the Star Empire reached a breaking point. The Agraria Conspirary launched the Forty-three Day Coup that would prove to be the death blow to the age of the Second Empire. Emperor Gustav Alderman II lay dead in Agraria before the Coup was even twenty-four hours old. His sister, the crazed Princess Josephine, soon followed her brother when her escaping shuttle was destroyed over Mars by Menelmacari military forces.
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| − | Moving rapidly, the Conspiracy, led by the charismatic Duke Adrian Sterling and the skilled political hand of Lady Diedre Rolt, installed the illegitmate daughter of Rowald Alderman I on the Throne of the Twin Suns as Her Majesty, Empress Friedelinde Alderman I. With her coronation only a mere eight days after the assassination of Gustav II, the age of the Second Empire was drawn to a final close.
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| − | ==The Third Empire==
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| − | Empress Friedelinde has proven to be the great reform minded of the Alderman dynasty since the reign of Emperor Gustav Alderman I. In the twenty years since her coronation as the youngest Alderman to assume the throne, Friedelinde has completely altered large portions of the Imperial Government and battled the vast Centrist faction that is the legacy of Gustav II's autocratic regime. The creation of the semi-autonomous Dominions as the main political division of the Star Empire, the replacing of the Congress of the Commons with the Congress of the Dominions, the liberializtion of Valinor culture and economics, and a return to a more free Valinon have been the mark of Friedelinde's reign to date. It is rapdily becoming specualted that the Third Empire will be the true Valinor golden age.
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| − | ===Government===
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| − | The Star Empire remains a parliamentary empire to a large extent, although Empress Friedelinde's reign has seen a strong repulican tendency take effect. The powers of the government are still divided between two key pillars: House Alderman and the Imperial Diet. Although the Imperial Diet of Friedelinde's reign is not the one known during the Second Empire.
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The United Star Empire of Valinon is the premiere power in the Raumreich Oversector consisting of six star systems and a host of smaller dependencies. It has vast interests—commercial, political, and military—stretching from the Sol system to the Raumreich, from the Orion Sector to Xanthalian space. The Star Empire is also a considerable international power, participating in several key alliances and economic organizations based in the Raumreich and in Sol. With a formidable military and a largely unrestricted economy Valinon will remain a noted force in international politics for the foreseeable future.
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