Eisenreich

Größeres Eisenreich Eisenland
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Suum cuique To each, his own
Anthem: [1] "Glory to the Empire"
Location of the Eisenreich Location of the Eisenreich
Capital	Eisenwald
Largest city	Salzstreif
Official languages	Ermanic and Sorbian
Demonym(s)	Eisener
Government
• Kaiser	Kaiser Konrad V
• Chancellor	Chancellor Josefine von Ritter
• Heir Apparent	Felix von Hohenhoff
Legislature	Lantag
• Upper house	Reichsrat
• Lower house	Kaiserliche Versammlung
Establishment
• Ermanic Unification	238
• Mirror War	677
• Imperial Coronation	917
• Great Revolution	1623
• Imperial Reformation	1843
Population
• 2020 census	120,000,000
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$5.1 Trillion
• Per capita	$40,800
Gini (2020)	30.7 medium
HDI (2020)	.880 very high
Currency	E Eisener Imperial Mark (EIM)
Date format	yyyy-mm-dd (official) dd-mm-yyyy (common use)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+05
ISO 3166 code	ER; TER
Internet TLD	.er

Eisenreich, officially the Greater Iron Empire, is a large Hebrian nation of 120 million people located on a TBD land area along with overseas Imperial Departments. To the nation's immediate south is the Twin Duchies with whom the Empire has enjoyed relative peace for nearly seven centuries. Currently the Empire is considered a Superpower in Regnum politics and serves as the leader of the Eisenpakt bloc of monarchist and nationalist governing nations. The Eisenreich is a successor state to the Reich der Einheit Empire of Oneness which was technically the second empire to make up the area that is the Eisenreich today.

History

First Ermanic Empire

The First Ermanic Empire as it is known today has its roots in the roots of the northern tribelands and the southern territories which belonged to the !NotRomanEmpire for several centuries. During the First and Second Centuries of the Common Era, the lands of the Ermani tribes along the northern plains and coasts began to feel great changes as cultural innovations bled into their lands through trade with the !NotRomanEmpire. The loose tribal confederation that had sprung up to resist !Roman occupation and ultimately succeeded in keeping Ermania out of the !NotRomanEmpire morphed into a group of petty realms as imperial influence receded. In their absence the Sorbian peoples embarked on a great campaign of unification of the Ermani peoples under their banner. King Leutpold I Batavin was able to bring the majority of the Ermanic peoples under his banner in a series of conflicts in the Third Century and by 238 had succeeded in his initial goal. The First Ermanic Empire was proclaimed and King Leutpold established the Batavine Dynasty which would rule without interruption until the First Empire's collapse during the Dark Centuries in the Fifth Century.

The First Empire was centered on the small village turned city Halle and during the First Empire's reign the village went from 5,000 people to a prosperous 150,000. The city today boasts its lineage back to the First Empire and is the place at which all Kaisers of the Eisenreich pay homage in the form of a pilgrimage after the death of their predecessor. The First Empire's Golden Age is attributed to its vast salt and amber wealth that was traded with neighboring states. During the Fifth Century a succession dispute known only as the Scorned Interregnum erupted after the death of Kaiser Leopold II which saw the city of Halle completely burned and the records kept there carted off and the vast majority were never recovered. A series of three Emperors claimed to reign in this Interregnum but it would be Conrad I Anhauser who would emerge successfully from his seat of power at Altenburg and would restore authority to the ailing empire. Unfortunately internal and external pressures had mounted in the Interregnum and would come to a head when Conrad died just ten years later without having been able to fully achieve reunification. The Empire formally was dissolved by the Diet of Altenburg in 580.