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 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	A

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.

Atreides right flank was comprised primarily of peasant conscripts - men given pitchforks or other pointy objects, some leather armour, and pressed into the field. Their rank was held by a commissar that killed all those attempting to retreat, and their morale was not high. Ambrix's front line of spearmen formed into a Greek-style phalanx, with overlapping shields and outstretched spears creating a spear wall that the mainly peasant levies could not match. They closed the distance quickly, and the weak right flank of Atreides' army shattered, routing with many of their number killed or captured. The Mianan cavalry corps and one army group circled around the broken flank and encircled the center of the Legrácian army, pushing the remaining third out of the encirclement, which retreated.

With the loss of 200,000 soldiers, the Legrácians had nothing to stop the Mianan advance to Legrácio, which fell in a relatively short five day siege.

Medieval Age

With Mianan hegemony over the western and centre of the continent, the Mianans declared a unified Whyatican Empire in C.E. 310. Every major city-state in the western half of the continent was under Mianan control, with the only resistance remaining being Eastern barbarian tribes and occasional raids from across the mountains. The first Emperor, the fiftieth King of Miana, Emperor Stephanus Whyatica I, born of Mianan descent in C.E. 283, became known as one of the strongest Emperors Whyatica has ever been ruled by. The Empire prospered, and the barbarian tribes of the East fell one-by-one under Stephanus' Great Crusades. The modern province of Moneo was captured in the Battle of Moneo Stronghold in C.E. 355. As well, Venture Island and Caladan Island were captured in C.E. 363, fighting against Velkyan soldiers as well as indigent people.

First Whyatican Civil War

The Whyatican Empire may have stretched from mountains to coast, but it was not without it's internal problems. The great distance between Miana and Legrácio caused insurrections in that province approximately every 3 years, with Imperial troops putting the insurrection down relatively quickly every single time. However, in C.E. 493, the Legrácian revolution inspired a similar revolution in Spectára and Moneo provinces, stretching available Imperial forces to the limit in every region of the nation. Although the revolt was put down in the major cities of Moneo, Imperial authority had been sufficiently weakened that it was unlikely Emperor Leonard III could maintain his rule. Legrácian rebels nearly forced Imperial troops out of their home city, as well as laying siege to four major fortresses in their province. Streís Castle was the site of a major battle between an Imperial brigade and Legrácian rebels. The Imperial troops were outnumbered 100 to 1 in the beginning of the fighting, however, with the superior morale of the skilled Imperial swordsmen and archers, rebel casualties were horrific and they withdrew after a two day slaughter.

Emperor Leonard III began a large-scale conscription action from all corners of the Empire, even going as far as to hire mercenaries from Velkyan kingdoms across the mountains to assist in putting down the revolt. Legrácio - and the majority of it's citizenry - were burned, putting the fear of the Whyatican Emperor in the Legrácians and all others that may rebel.

Second Whyatican Civil War/War of Succession

With the death of Emperor Gregory II in C.E. 634 without an heir, three claimants to the throne emerged from the woodwork. His cousin, Prince Drake was the first claimant to the throne, and he had the support of large numbers of the commoners. A noblewoman from Moneo claimed her son was fathered by Gregory II as an illegitimate son, which would give him rights to the throne under a regency until he came of age. The third and final claimant was Prince Drake's father, the uncle to Gregory II. Each claimant gathered large peasant conscript armies from the people that followed them, their armies clashing outside of Miana several times in an attempt to seize the Imperial Palace and install themself on the throne. After two years of warfare, Prince Drake's army decisively defeated his father's in The Battle of the Rose Plains, and his troops triumphantly marched back to the Imperial Palace. In C.E. 636, he crowned himself Emperor Draco I, beginning The Reign of the Tyrants.

Renaissance

After approximately 135 years of rule under Emperor Draco I's tyrannical descendants, Emperor Stephanus IV was assassinated by a member of a group that supported the reign of Gregory II and his predescessors. Stephanus IV's son, a mere 3 years of age at the time, was immediately placed in a Regency, raised believing in the sovereignty of the individual. On his 18th birthday in C.E. 790, he ascended to the throne as Emperor Gregory V, and he began a cultural revolution. Gregory V was a patron of the arts, and Whyatican culture flourished as the economy continued to grow with the invention of several new machines that brought more wealth to the common man.

Early Modern

In C.E. 1431, three thousand Whyatican Imperial Marines landed on the Barkozian continent, driving off the native tribes quickly and establishing a colonial city. The city was continually under assault from Barkozian militias, and after fifty years of Whyatican rule and continuous Barkozian attacks, the colony was abandoned and burned to the ground, the majority of it's inhabitants returning to the mainland. Those that did not, however, integrated themselves into Barkozian culture, bringing knowledge of Whyatican industry and weapons technology with them.

Widespread industrial development took place during this period, the first water-wheel turbines being put into use in C.E. 1563. Capitalism as a philosophy began to take hold, with powerful merchants encouraging the economic change in Whyatican society. The upper class grew larger than it had in previous centuries as capitalism made others rich, while the under class stayed mostly the same. A brand new middle class of tradesmen emerged, adding fuel to the capitalistic fire.