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The Grand Imperium of Whyatica
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Motto	"Honour, Glory, and Empire"'
Anthem	"The Spirit of Empire"
Capital and largest city	Miana
Languages   - Official	English and Whyatikans
Government   - Head of State/Government	Constitutional monarchy Emperor Paulus I
Establishment   - as tribes   - as Whyatican Empire   - as Imperial Democracy of Whyatica   - as Grand Imperium of Whyatica	~1530 BCE AD 310 AD 1791 AD 2007
Area  - Total  - % water	5.1 mio km² in mainland, unknown throughout colonies 33.9%
Population  - Total (Census 22/01/2007)	3,500,000,000
GDP (FY2007/01)   - Total (NSD)   - GDP/capita (NSD)	NSD$204,530,000,000,000 NSD$65,977
National animal   - English name	Ríma Flying Spaghetti
Currency	1 Whyatican Credit (WYC) = 1.81 NS dollars
International abbreviations   - Sport   - Government	WHY GIW, IDW [prior to Imperial Reform]
Naval craft classification   - Military   - Civilian	IWNS IWSS
Internet TLD	.why, .giw
Calling code	+199
PDAS rating	B

The Grand Imperium is a large nation based in Northeast Haven. It is bordered directly by land by the Allied Union of Velkya. A short hop across the Whyatican Channel is the nation of Space Union, and south across a series of islands is a collection of warring militias known as Barkozy. The Grand Imperium was formerly known as the Imperial Democracy prior to the Great Imperial Reform done by Emperor Paulus I, in which the Parliament and democracy was dissolved after widespread discontent and a small-scale rebellion within the capital city of Miana. The GIW is a constitutional monarchy, the monarch's powers limited by an amalgamation of documents dating back to the late 1700s C.E. The Emperor is pushing for a single, new constitution to give him, the people, and the judiciary a streamlined guide in governing the Empire.

Numerous colonial holdings justify the title of Empire; Irathria, Isle de Les, numerous territories in the Middle-East, and multiple island holdings in Haven. Whyatica has strong economic, cultural, and diplomatic ties with many nations of the Sovereign League, particularly Velkya, Aralonia, The Silver Sky, Space Union, and Izistan.

History

Prehistoric

The beginnings of the land now called Whyatica have been traced back to numerous cave-based communities in the mountain range in between Velkya and Whyatica. However, archaelogical records are sketchy of these times, and do not adequately document the expansion of Whyatican society from these mountains east to the current borders. What is known, however, is that the language today called Whyatikans was first witnessed in written form in early drawings on the sides of these caves, and that the early Whyaticans appeared to be a hunter-gatherer society. Evidence of small-scale warfare between Whyatican and Velkyan prehistoric tribes was recently found within the mountain caves, a written history of several battles found etched into stone. It was found that several tribes united into large alliances, on both sides of the mountains, and fought over valuable farmland and mineral deposits.

Classical Age

In approximately 1,100 B.C.E, the city-state of Legrácio was formed in the western edge of Whyatica, formed of the collaboration of several formerly warring tribes, towns, and small cities. The city itself formed as a bulwark against barbarian aggression from the east and from the mountains to the west, Legrácio became a premier military power in the western provinces and began to dominate large swaths of land, conquering several Whyatican tribes as well as making several forays across the mountain range.

The hegemony of Legrácio would soon be challenged by a rising new state in the centre of the continent, Miana. In numerous battles in the plains of what is today called Spectára province, Mianan troops soundly defeated the Legrácians, adding the cities in Spectára to the growing Mianan dominance. Around this time the concept of the Whyatican people was born from a philosopher in Miana - All peoples east of the mountains were one and the same people, and should be unified under one Whyatican government for all Whyaticans. The word Whyatica was an amalgam from two ancient Whyatikans words - "Whyát" meaning "World" as the ancient people knew it, "ica" signifying "of the", so Whyática [later the accent was dropped from common usage] meant literally translated, "Of the world", or in modern Whyatikans, "People of the world".

The Battle of Legrácio

Four field armies from Miana had ravaged the lands of Legrácio for approximately thirteen months of warfare, with the city today called Idolára being sacked, it's garrison of nearly 90,000 elite Legracian soldiers decimated. With the loss of Idolára, Legrácio itself had nothing in between itself and the armies of Miana. Lord Atreides of Legrácio had a resolve to defend his home city, and successfully raised nearly three hundred thousand fighting men in a last ditch defense effort twenty miles outside of Legrácio. Combined, the four field armies of Miana had approximately 230,000 fighting men, many of which had been on the march constantly and fighting for much of that time.

Lord Atreides massed his armies in six main army groups, fifty thousand men to an army. His elite infantry corps had been severely depleted in the battles of Idolára and the larger field battles across Spectára province, so each army group had comparitively few heavy infantry compared to a much larger weight of skirmishers, light infantry, and light cavalry. High General Ambrix had arranged his army into four army groups of approximately 60,000 soldiers apiece, all threatening the main line of Legracian soldiers.