Authorania

The Kingdom of Authorania or Authorania is an Elvan nation located north of the Forbidden Forest. Authorania was founded by refugees of Morthania who were fleeing the Great Slave Roundup.

Authorania is one of the Mortal World's superpowers, with a dense population and its culture influencing most of the inhabitants of the northern Mortal World region.

Authorania contains 7 city-states which govern themselves but are under the rule of Authorania's monarchy. Authorania also owns a large amount of territories which helps her keep dominance in vast regions.

Authorania is home to the Testamentary Religion, which is where the religion was born. Due to Authorania's vast influence, the Testamentary Religion has worshipers far from within the borders of Authorania.

Morthanian Era
Authorania's history begins thousands of years ago, when Authorania was nothing but flatlands. At this time, the Empire of Morthania was at its economic and population peak. Morthania's landmass was almost completely consumed by cityscape. There was a serious food shortage due to land shortage and the destruction of Morthania's biggest supplier of food goods, Daesaer.

There was an initiative put forward by King Do'Orien to find land with fertile soil, so he sent out a large body of soldiers to venture into the "Forbidden Lands" to find such a place. The Captain of the soldiers, Captain Jo'Lenlloni, quickly found what he was looking for. He called his new colony Deffenur and spent the next 2 years developing the land. Upon his return with the colony's harvest, the King made Jo'Lenlloni the Duke of Deffenur and officially incorporated the colony into Morthania's territory.

Deffenur would go on to provide Morthania with food until her demise.

The Great Slave Roundup
As the Empire of Morthania was thriving, new kingdoms had sprung up in the Azerath region. At first, these new nations posed no threat to Morthania but it soon became clear that these new kingdoms were not going to be allies. Anti-Elvan sentiment was rampant throughout the new kingdoms and soon they launched a full invasion of Morthania.

Due to her peacetime army being small, Morthania was quickly overrun by the collective armies of the Azerath nations and thousands of Morthanian citizens found themselves enslaved. Many citizens fled into the Forbidden Forest, knowing the Azerath Armies wouldn't follow them there. Unknown to the Azerath nations but Deffenur lay on the other side of the forest.

Thousands of refugees flooded the small farming town of Deffenur, inflating its population.

Pretestament Era
After Deffenur was flooded with refugees, major political figures within Morthania took charge and established the Deffenur Government, which was a proxy oligarchical government lead by Morthania's elite. This was the official beginning of Authorania's history and the start of the Pretestament Era.

The new refugees had completely overrun the small farming town of Deffenur, which already had a sizable population. The refugees bought up farmland and began to squeeze the original inhabitants out of their homes. This created a divide within the small town between the Morthanians and the natives.

As Deffenur was building up to become a city, the Duke of Deffenur, Duke Ol'Jeck, was ousted by the Morthanians and as a result he became the major figure for anti-Morthanian sentiment. He slowly built up a small army of natives, which he originally made to serve as his body guards. As tensions grew, the army was built up to become an invasion force, as former Morthanian citizens began to join due to the inequality of land distribution by the new government.

Ol'Jeck launched his force on Deffenur after a year of developing the army and his force completely overrun the city and quickly took the government leaders hostage. To prevent being killed, the government vowed better land distribution and respect toward the natives.

To meet these demands, Deffenur increased its borders, encompassing the land that is now Danes. Many of Deffenur's citizens began populating the new land and tensions began to lower. Soon, Deffenur's original proxy government was replaced with a monarch and much of Deffenur's politics became based on Morthania's politics.

Establishment of Authorania
After Deffenur's politics were reestablished there was a time of peace as the new generation began to take over. This new generation struggled with a cultural identity for Deffenur's culture was an odd mix of old Morthanian traditions and native traditions. A new cultural reformation began to take hold in Deffenur, with new traditions being established and a new language being formed.

At this time, a book was discovered in the forest, this book was named "The Testament" and it would eventually establish the new Testamentary Religion. This new religion was remarkably successful in Deffenur due to the cultural shift going on. The Testamentary Religion was boasted as the God's recognition of the new nation and with that, the religion quickly took over the country.

As the cultural shift was at its peak, the citizens and politicians of Deffenur began a petition to change the name of the country. The name that was chosen was Authorania, in reference to Authorena, the All-Goddess of Motherhood and caretaker of the Mortals. When the name was officially changed, the Testamentary Religion became the national religion and a new era had begun. At the time, the era was just known as "The New Era" but the name changed to the First Testament Era when the Second Testament was introduced.

The Dark Era (42 STE - 154 STE)
As the First Testament Era ended and the Second Testament Era began, Authorania saw economic prosperity which made the kingdom very rich. In winter of 23 STE, King Polventaerae and his wife, Queen Marina, welcomed young Prince Sossamiir into the world. 7 years later, King Polventaerae died after a long battle with an illness and Prince Sossamiir became the King.

Due to his young age, Sossamiir's mother mostly ran the kingdom while she sent her son to school. This was the relationship between the two for 6 years, until Sossamiir began to openly criticize his mother for leading the kingdom without him. He began to demand his power and his mother never gave it to him, fearing he was too young to lead. Some historians believe that Sossamiir was egged on by politicians who did not like seeing a woman lead their kingdom, nevertheless, Sossamiir wanted the throne.

At the age of 15, Sossamiir's mother suddenly died of a heart attack in her bedchamber. At the time it was labeled a natural death but it was exposed years later that Sossamiir killed his mother with poison in order to get her out of the way of his throne.

With full power over his kingdom, King Sossamiir ruled recklessly and with an iron fist. He spent most of Authorania's wealth on his extravagant lifestyle, such as the building of Cannerberry Castle and many expensive parties. King Sossamiir was also the closest Authorania got to an Absolute Monarchy, as he slowly worked to disband Authorania's congress that kept his power in check. He slowly disbanded the People's House and expand the Crown House. As his rule went on, he completely got rid of the People's House although he kept the Crown House. The Crown House served only as a figurehead and King Sossamiir made sure that he filled the house with his puppets so they wouldn't disagree with him on anything. King Sossamiir's elaborate spending and his unchecked power caused Authorania's economy to plummet and the nation plunged into the Dark Era.

Most of Authorania's city-states began to secede from Authorania's powers and form their own countries with backing from their own militias. King Sossamiir was not ready to let these city-states go, so he ordered his army to take out the militias. King Sossamiir soon found out that his Generals and most of his soldiers, who were living in poverty, decided to side with the city-states they came from. King Sossamiir's now small loyalist army was no match against the seceding city-states militias and so seven new nations were successfully formed: Miridaar, Sossia, Sovenshire, Tresko, Nedialand (was Nedia City), Osguard and Bonviia.

Unbeknownst to the King, a sizable revolutionary militia was being formed within the Authoranian population, in hopes to end his reign. Due to the King's general disinterest in his citizens, the revolutionary militia grew without much secrecy.

In 65 STE, King Sossamiir was awoken by a the revolutionary militia stationed outside his castle. Paying no mind to them, thinking they were just a crowd of protesters, he went back to sleep. Shortly later, the militia stormed into the castle, with the castle guards, who belonged to the militia, looking the other way. The King quickly awoke and called his guards to distract the crowd while he made his escape. Since the guards were revolutionaries, they caught the King and brought him to the angry crowd. At this point, most of Authorania's citizens who were not part of the militia were waiting outside the castle and the guards threw the King to the angry mob. The mob surrounded the King and ripped him to shreds like a pack of angry wolves. His decapitated head was displayed above the entrance of Cannerberry for years after that day.

To prevent a power vacuum, the revolutionary militia had already preestablished a temporary replacement to the King until a rightful heir could be found, named Wa'Lien. The heir turned out to be a cousin of Sossamiir, named Dom'Mus who was the Duke of Osguard, which was one of the city-states that had seceded from Authorania. The problem the revolutionaries faced, was Osguard was the only nation that was thriving after the secession. This made it hard to convince Dom'Mus to abandon his new nation in order to lead Authorania.

Osguard was strictly anti-Authoranian at the time although their successful economy was a result of food trade with Authorania. Wa'Lien decided to threaten sanctions against Osguard if Dom'Mus did not ascend his throne. Although these sanctions would hurt Authorania just as much as Osguard, Dom'Mus decided to become Authorania's new King, while he put his son in charge of Osguard.

When King Dom'Mus took the throne, he began to work on Authorania's economy, first by reestablishing the People's House and decreasing the members of the Crown House. King Dom'Mus was a stark reformist and ironically was anti-monarch. Although his reformations severely limited the monarch's power compared to before, Authorania's economy was still in shambles.

115 years after the assassination of King Sossamiir, the damage he had caused to Authorania's economy was finally fixed and Authorania's economy had recovered. Over those years, the seceded city-states were in economic collapse and in a constant state of war. Slowly, their applications to reunify with Authorania was put forward but King Mollux II held their requests off until Osguard agreed to rejoin the union. Osguard was still in an economic boom at the time, so they staunchly rejected the request.

Two years later, Osguard was hit with a major famine that plagued most of their crops and caused most of their population to starve. As a result, Osguard's economy collapsed and in desperation, they decided to rejoin the union. With Osguard successfully part of Authorania again, King Mollux II accepted the requests by the other nations and reabsorbed them as city-states. This marked the end of the Dark Era.

The Bloody Trees War (1 AT - 5 AT)
By the late Maximus Testament Era, Authorania was experiencing a long period of peace and growth. At this time, Authorania was a completely secluded nation with both imports and exports being very limited. However, Authorania's population growth was putting great strain on the nation's economy and it was on the brink of collapse. Before this occurred, the government began making preparations to open the nation up, ending it's long seclusion.

After the nation celebrated the beginning of the Andurillio Testament Era, a scientist by the name of Balk Noveni stumbled out of the Forbidden Forest and into Capital City. This was a great catastrophe to the citizens of Authorania, for the scientist was a citizen of Jiarengrad of the Azerath Nations. After years of being hidden from the superpower, Authorania had finally been discovered.

The Authoranian authorities ended up releasing the scientist back into the Forbidden Forest with as little resources as possible to survive. Unfortunately to the Authoranians, Noveni survived his trip back and he told his King what he found. Since he was not exposed to much, Noveni underestimated the size of Authorania when briefing it to the King of Jiarengrad. This was both a good thing and a bad thing to Authorania for it caused Jiarengrad to send a small force, although if they knew Authorania's true size and capabilities, they may have not sent any force at all.

At first the Azerath Nations sent a small unit to deal with the small Elven tribe. However, upon arrival, it was clear that Authorania was not just a tribe and the Authoranian Special Forces unit named the Gernivians crushed the small regiment. In retaliation, the Azerath Nations put together a massive force and the two superpowers clashed once again.

The two nations engaged in long and bloody battles that ranged from long sieges to flanking maneuvers.

After four long bloody years of battle both sides had suffered massive casualties. The once 80,000 strong Azerath Army was reduced to around 7,000 men, both from casualties and the nations pulling their own soldiers from the front to fight their own war back home. The Authoranian Army lost most of its soldiers that began fighting from the beginning of the war, yet they grew much larger than their original size.

4 years and 8 months after the Azerath Nation's first attack, they held up a white banner of cease fire and were requesting a meeting. The meeting was held in Danes where Gernivian General Mikhiel met with Azerath General Wieldihaar. The two decided to not attack each other until the two Kings decided on what to do. A week later, the Dynasty leader himself was brought to Cannerberry Castle to discuss a peace treaty. The Azerath Nations Dynasty Leader expressed how impressed they were with the Authoranian Army quoted saying “If a nation with an Army substantially smaller than my own is able to nearly wipe out my entire force, although a little hurt by the loss of lives, you deserve your freedom.”

The Blood River War (501 AT - 504 AT)
The most infamous war Authorania engaged in was the Blood River War, or as it's known internationally, the Presmotopian War.

The Kingdom of Presmotopia, ruled by Cabulus Maarxuus after his exile from Authorania, quickly grew and conquered land without intervention from Authorania.

During their expansion, Elves from various conquered tribes were put into slave labor or rounded up into extermination camps. These atrocities continued throughout Presmotopia's existence, which led to the second greatest genocide of Elves since the Great Slave Roundup. King Maarxuus' greatest triumph was to conquer Authorania. After spending years building up his army, he launched an invasion through the city-state of Boxer (now Danes) where his army slaughtered most of the inhabitants. His soldiers then dumped the corpses into the river so they'd float down to Capital City. This caused the river to turn red with blood thus the Authoranians called the war the Blood River War after this event. This also marked the beginning to the war.

The Presmotopians smashed through Authorania's city-states for the Authoranian peacetime army was not ready to deal with such a threat as Presmotopia. The Authoranians managed to stop the advancing Presmotopians at the border of Danes and Capital City and hold them.

The Authoranian Generals were looking for a way to strengthen their defensive for their soldiers would not be able to hold the Presmotopians off for very long. They also threw their entire force at the Presmotopians, leaving the remaining city-states undefended. King Xarnas of Authorania decided to exploit an excerpt from a treaty made with the Azerath Nations after the Bloody Trees War, which called for the aid of the other kingdom's army if called upon. This part of the treaty was originally written in as a kind gesture and was never intended to be used. However, in desperation, King Xarnas decided to send a message to the Azerath Nations to request their aid.

Within only a day the message arrived in Jiarengrad and the King held a Dynasty meeting at the Palace of Kings to discuss the matter. The Azerath Nations already knew of Presmotopia for many of their exiled criminals were associated with Maarxuus' gang. At the time, the Azerath Nations were going through a civil rights movement and Presmotopia's blatant racism against the Elf race was beginning to become frowned upon in the union.

Yet what most threatened the Azerath Nations was the danger Presmotopia possessed against any nation. If they were to conquer Authorania, their force would be big enough to challenge the union. The Azerath Kings decided that they should act in the destruction of Presmotopia before they got too powerful and they decided to send aid to Authorania. Once the Azerath Army arrived, they were quickly dispatched to the front line and undefended city-states.

A day earlier, King Xarnas dispatched the Gernivians to scout the Presmotopian border and give a report on how big the defending force was. Jiarengrad's king lent Authorania their special forces unit named the Knights of the Red Shield and King Xarnas had them meet up with the Gernivians. The units discovered that Presmotopia was practically undefended, so with permission from the king, they began an invasion.

The soldiers wore all-black uniforms and only traveled at night. During their travels they would knock out as many Presmotopian defensive bases as they could. The soldiers eventually collected skulls from their slain enemies and wore them, creating the famous | Skulled Uniform. They used this uniform to scare civilians in hopes they would believe that an awful curse had fallen on their kingdom.

While they were trekking through Presmotopia, the Gernivians and Knights of the Red Shield came across many of the Presmotopian death camps. The soldiers liberated the camps and they gathered as much intelligence out of the prisoners as they could about Presmotopia's capital of Nightshire. Then some of the soldiers escorted the liberated prisoners back to Authorania where they volunteered to tend to the wounded and serve in the Authoranian Army. The soldiers managed to make it to Presmotopia's capital where they began destroying the city. King Maarxuus sent a message to his army back in Authorania to retreat and defend the city, assuming the force that was destroying the city was much larger. When the message got to the Presmotopian army, they began their retreat and they were pursued by the Authoranian and Azerath armies. The two armies engaged in skirmishes all the way back to Presmotopia, where the armies finally engaged in another full battle. As the armies clashed outside the capital, the Gernivians and Knights of the Red Shield were being hunted by the Presmotopians. Many were killed but the survivors continued to burn the city and slaughter everyone in sight.

Within three days, the Authoranian and Azerath armies defeated the Presmotopian army and flooded into the capital. With the city on fire and the war clearly lost, King Maarxuus decided to commit suicide. Before he was able to do this however, the Gernivian leader, Captain Tullus, burst into his bedchamber, grabbed the king and threw him out the window. Tullus followed as King Maarxuus drew his sword. The two engaged in a short sword fight until Tullus maimed the king by slitting his knees and Achilles tendon. Instead of killing the king, Tullus spared him so he can be used as a trophy. The Presmotopian Generals then issued their unconditional surrender and the Blood River War was over.

The Blood River War was the deadliest war in history for both Authorania and the Azerath Nations. After the war, the relationship between the Azerath Nations and Authorania grew strong and the two engaged in trade and relations with each other.

Modern Era
Near the end of the Foxzar Testament Era, Authorania and the Azerath Nation's relationship soured after King Miiria of Authorania took the future bride of Vascova's King. Although no war ensued between the two nations, the relationship of Authorania and the Azerath Nations has been weak since.

As of the year 1250 MT, Authorania is a thriving superpower. The economy is well balanced and the Kingdom is going through a period of peace. The Authoranian Army and Navy are one of the strongest in the Mortal World, fending off small invasions.

Name
Authorania's name is derived from the Testamentary All-Goddess, Authorena. The name replaced Authorania's original name of Deffenur during a cultural shift away from Morthania's culture, when the Testamentary Religion was made the national religion.

Government
Authorania's government is a Consitutional Monarchy. Authorania's original government that was based on Morthania's government has since been modified. Today, the King is the Commander in Chief of the Authoranian Army, Navy and the Gernivians. He is also the final approver of Bills and Laws, with the power to veto a bill or law. This governing power is split between The Crown House, the People's House and the Elite House.

The People's House represents the common people. Each City-State's citizens votes in 2-3 representatives. The Elite House are made up of business owners, land owners, Lords and Dukes.

The Crown House is made up of the Royal Family which is the King, Queen, Prince and/or Princess.

Once a house proposes a bill, it will be voted upon inside that house. For example: The People's House comes up with a bill to allow citizens to drink in public. The bill passes the People's House then is taken to the Elite House where they will vote on the bill. If the bill does not pass the Elite House, it is ultimately squashed but is sent to the King only for review. If he chooses that he agrees with the bill, he can recycle the bill through the People's House and if it passes it goes to the Elite House who will ultimately decide to kill or pass the bill. If the bill passed the Elite House in the first place it would finally go to the Crown House where the Royals would vote it into law or not. Although if the bill is squashed in the Crown House then it will not be able to be recycled. Because of this, if the King decides the bill is worth putting into place, he will keep the bill alive until he convinces the rest of his family to vote for it. If the bill is passed in the Crown House but the King does not agree with it, he can veto the bill which automatically recycles the bill for a second run through the houses. If he vetos the passed bill again the bill will be killed.

The Crown House is the only house than cannot propose bills. This keeps out corruption because before the rule was implemented, the Royals would propose a bill and even if it didn't pass he would just approve it anyway. The only way the Royals can get a bill passed that is their idea is to push the idea onto members of the People's House or Elite House. Because of this the King can only recycle disapproved bills and not automatically sign them into law.

Military
See also: Royal Army of Authorania, Royal Authoranian Navy, Gernivians

Authorania has an Army, Navy and Special Forces Unit.

The Royal Army of Authorania is made up of approximately 350,000 soldiers and 2.5 million reservists. Every adult male Authoranian has to serve in the military once they hit the age of 18. Nearly every Authoranian serving their 2 year term is a reservist although becoming active is an option.

Authorania's Navy is made up of 4,000 sailors and 60,000 reservists. The Navy is not an option to join for the mandatory 2 year service, so soldiers have to move from the Army to the Navy. Entry into the Navy is restrictive since Authorania does not have many ships. Authorania's Naval reserve numbers are so high because a Navy reservist are often patrol sailors and adventure sailors. Patrol sailors are men who man small personal boats to patrol the waters, usually to protect fishing fleets. Adventure sailors are men who sail off to other lands in order to explore and expand Authorania's empire.

Authorania has a Special Forces Unit named the Gernivians who are used for special missions and purposes. The number of active Gernivians is unknown for the Authoranian government does not endorse them. Gernivians are the warrior-citizens of Sovenshire who were trained at a young age to become fierce Gernivian warrors.

Foreign Relations
Due to Authorania's status of being a superpower, she is often involved in many relations with foreign nations. Many nations and villages depend on trade with Authorania to survive.

Authorania is historically controversial when it comes to their foreign relations policies. From forced alliances to land restrictions.

The Biome Restrictions Policy was introduced in order to keep nations from expanding their territories into the "Independent Territory" which has caused major controversy due to its belligerent restrictions on foreign nation's growth. The main controversy comes from when the Authoranian government used this policy to restrict nations growth, even though it did not threaten the Independent Territory. Many reservations created by this policy were disbanded in order to free up entrapped nations, however, there are still a few nations under this policy to this day.

Authorania is also controversial for its forced alliances and maltreatment of certain nations/tribes. This practice of forced alliances and maltreatment still goes on to this day.

Authorania's trade relations with the Azerath Nations has slowed in recent years due to the Azerath Nations focus on self sufficiency and lack of need for Authorania's main export: wheat.

Banner
When the farming village of Deffanur became the new home to thousands of Morthanian refugees, banners were rarely used and not many nations had them. Morthania's banner was only used in warfare to distinguish one army from the other. Banners began to become popular right before the Testamentary Religion was established. After the Testamentary Religion was established and Deffanur became the Kingdom of Authorania, the nation decided to adopt a banner.

Authorania's first banner was a gold cross on a white background. The gold cross symbolized the goddess Authorena but the white background was merely the color because white wool was cheaper to manufacture.

After Authorania's first battle sporting the banner, commanders realized that the banner looked too much like a white surrender flag from a distance and this caused much confusion and death during the battle. The commander of the Authoranian Army, Commander Lethulai, found a dead Banner Carrier on the battlefield, his blood had stained the white flag red. Commander Lethulai decided to propose a change to the banner, making the background red instead of white, to symbolize the blood of those who defend, build and die for Authorania. The change was granted and the famous banner that flies in Authorania today was born. Authorania had many different versions of their banner over the years, usually in the form of battle flags.

One battle flag, known as the “Free till we Die” flag was flown during the Bloody Trees War. This battle flag was one of a few examples of unit battle flags that became popular among the Army for the “Free till we Die” flag was a flag made by a soldier in one of the defensive battalions deployed to the front. The battle flag was abandoned shortly after the war, becoming memorabilia for collectors and former soldiers. Another battle flag that was popular in the Army was the “Shepherd of Freedom and Liberty” flag flown by battalions in the Blood River War. The battalions that flew this battle flag were composite units comprised of Authoranian and Azerath soldiers, thus is why the flag is both in Authoranian and Azrathian. The Authoranian version of the flag has Authorania's banner in the middle although many of the Azerath Nations made their own versions with their home country's banner in the middle. The flag was flown during the final invasion of Presmotopia, which is what made the flag so popular to Authoranians. The flag isn't dead but it doesn't serve as a battle flag any more. Before the Azerath Nations and Authorania's relationship tarnished, it was often flown in military bases that housed soldiers from the two superpowers. Since the deterioration of the superpower's relationship, the flag is often found in pubs and personal collections.

Authoranians regard their banner as a symbol of patriotism and national superiority. Much of Authoranian art depicting national pride include the banner. During holidays, Authoranians will decorate buildings, streets and even food with hundreds of banners. This is because the Authoranian banner not only signifies national pride but also religious pride as well.

Ethnic Groups
Authorania's population is primarily comprised of Elves, although Authorania is more ethnically diverse than the Azerath Nations.

 90%- Muti-racial Elf 

60%- Morthanian Elf

20%- Dark Elf

5%- Brush Elf

5%- White Elf

3%- Spruce Elf

2%- Dark Wood Elf

2%- Elkish Elf

2%- Tristo Elf

1%- Ferner Elf

 5%- Human 

 5%- Orc 

3%- Cave Orc

1%- Delkish Orc

1%- Brute Orc

Language
The dominant language within Authorania is the Authoranian Language. Authoranian developed within Authorania from Morthanian and has been spoken throughout its history.

Geography
Authorania encompasses many different landscapes due to how large the kingdom is. Most of Authorania is grassland, with city-states such as Capital-City, Danes, Moraseau and Jiagnotvershire inhabiting the grassland. The city-state of Edenborough is situated on swampland while Sovenshire is situated in a forest.

Due to Authorania's encompassing of grassland, the kingdom is rich with farmland. As the kingdom's population grew however, this farmland has become more and more scarce, making Authorania rely more on imports to feed their population. City-states such as Edenborough heavily rely on imports due to their landscape not being suitable for farming.

Climate
Authorania's climate is generally warm throughout the year in most of its territory. City-states such as Capital-City, Danes and Moraseau have a drier climate with warm summers and cold winters. City-states like Edenborough and Sovenshire experience more hot and humid climates year-round.