Whyatica

'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 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.