The Hanseatic Empire

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1565–1946
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Capital	New Lubeck (1563-1732) Wilsonia (1732-1854) Konlichburg (1854-1946)
King
• 1565-1583	John VII
History
• Established	1565 1565
• Disestablished	1946
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The Hanseatic Empire comprised the various, dominions, colonies and other territories ruled or administed by the </nowiki>Hansa Federation. It begam with the trading posts established by the Hanseatic League and Republic in the fifteenth century but grew into a fully fledged empire in the early seventeenth century. At its height in the eighteenth century it was one of the worlds largest empires and a foremost global power. The Hanseatic Empire is divided into two periods. The first lasted from 1586-1816. From the period of 1816-1848 the Hansan empire lost or nearly rapidly lost a large portion of their colonies but order was restored in the 1850s and the subsequent industrialisation of Hansa propelled it back into the limelight and Hansa was an even greater industrial power from the 1850s-1954. However, after the Great War Hansa lost all of its colonies except for Lubeck Tulo, Vitele Island, and the Camembert Islands.

Amnis 1586-1772

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Magnaterra 1586-1772

North Bardonia

The Colonization of North Bardonia was undertaker by Emperor Brian IV in 1695, although much of this task would be undertaken by the merchant class and the North Bardonian Trading Company () the original goal of Colonization was to provide access for the Hansans to the valuable Penitsuian Sea Trade and to secure the territorial holdings of the region but would eventually transpire into a valuable link to Hansan Wurgellia. Though Hansan traders had reached the region in the 1000s, extensive expeditions and mapping began in the late sixteenth century, with the earliest settlements occurring in 1648. The Hansans would give the name to modern North Bardonia as it was, according to them "North of Value", the word value was derived from the Artvenian word for value "Burdoni" which would evolve into Bardonjia. This term would define Bardonia as the Hansan explorers would call the Syclaian Coast North of Value, or Nord ov Bardonjia, this would become the name forever held by North Bardonians and the land.

Colonization

The first efforts of Colonization would occur in 1648 with Hansan explorer and colonist Symon Dy Froink established a trading outpost close to the Republic of Cordo Fa, this settlement would be called Symons Town. This colony would soon become a part of Hansans growing international trade links and would lead to the development of another colony during the reign of Emperor Brian IV, Lordsfountain. Lordsfountain would become a hub for Christain minorities moving to establish their own Holy Land. It was around this time in 1700 that the colony of Lughansk would be formed and a Govenor appointed to rule the territory's surrounding Symons Town, Lordfountain and Piersmont. North Bardonia and Lughansk started becoming a capital for religious minorities and subsects that were fleeing persecution from religous upheavel within Hansa and Amnis allowing for a boom in the population of the colony and its size; pushing westward along the coast and eastwards up until the Walls of Cordo Fa built nearly a century ago by Carthiada and reinforced during Leo's Crusades.

At this time during the Reign of Micheal IV several Hansan businessmen would reform the North Bardonian Trading Company establishing a marital company within it to defend corporate assets form the regular raid from either Cordo Fa, Krondor or Kharistan. These militias would be collectively known as the General Rifles Company of North Bardonia, shortened to the Riflemen. These men would get themselves into a multitude of conflicts that would expand the colony of Lughansk but the most famous of these and the most prominent would be the Red War. The Red War was a brief and decisive conflict that would bring the walled city of Cordo Fa under the sway of the Hansa and Lughansk. With the city occupied and coffee production booming the colony was ready for the second wave of expansion in the 1720's. With a violent push south and the bribing of Kharistani Princes only accelerated the process. To rule over the region of Kharistan and Uiortel the Hanseatic colonizers did three things: first they established for Kharistan the Council of Princes as an advisory council for the Shah of Kharistan, second the placed a young, inexperienced Shah on the throne (Memhar IV) in 1732 and lastly, they established used the land they owned in Uiortel to encourage people to move and plant coffee and wine.

Expansion of the Colony

Throughout the 1700's the Hanseatic Empire would slowly expand southwards eventually in 1769 Hansan would sign a treaty with Krondor dissolving the Republic of Krondor and turning it into the Free City of Krondor, an autonomous city-state within the Hanseatic Dominion of North Bardonia and the Consulate-General of Krondor. The territory of Krondor was now firmly under the Hanseatic Empire but the fires of Carthiada still burnt, although dimly.

The victorious Hanseatic fleet with 82 Vessels in 1772 on approach to Carthiada, John Andersan, 1782

In 1770 Hansa with Krondor and Kharistan at its back would send a fleet of 85 ships to conquer the city of Carthiada and take full control of the Peninsula. In this final war the conquest would take place over two years and would earn the name "The Balad of Lion of Phoenix", taking the name synonymous with Hansa and Carthiada. This ballad would begin with minor skirmishes and end with the Destruction of the Carthiadan fleet and the Burning of the Great Docks of Carthiada and the surrender of Carthiada's Elders. With the war concluded though the ballad wouldn't with Carthiadan rebels fighting for freedom until the popular movement would liberate North Bardonia during the Loinchair War.

Following the total Hanseatic Hegemony over the peninsula the Hanseatic Matheist would establish Pontificate Church of North Bardonia which would attempt to quell the religious differences within the Matheist of North Bardonia and would attempt to dissolve the Old Faith (unsuccessfully). The religious politicking would become one of the more interesting divides amongst the Hansans themselves with the predominantly Pontificate colonists fighting the protestant Hanseatic overlordship and domineering towards Protestantism.