The Empire (Noble Dog)
The Empire Birodalom | |
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 Flag | |
| Anthem: Himnusz | |
| Capital and largest city | Kossuth |
| Official languages | Imperial Kutyákról |
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| Demonym(s) | Imperial |
| Government | Dynastic Absolute Monarchy |
| Currency | Pengo |
The Empire (Imperial Standard: Birodalom) is a sovereign nation located on the continent of Middium and is bordered to the north by the Hare Republic. It has no other neighbors and spans from the Tolna Mountain Range to the Deli Desert. The Empire is the homeland of the Dogs, formally known as Embereks. The nation is controlled by the Seven Races and is the largest country on the continent of Middium, with enough power to be considered a regional power. It is also entirely landlocked, with its only bordering ocean entry stemming from the Hare Republic.
The Empire is an extremely diverse country that consists of 26 different tribes that are organized under the Seven Races, the largest and historically most important and influential tribes. It is divided into five primary regions, and is subdivided into sixteen different provinces, with Kossuth serving as the capital and largest city.
The Empire is a consitutional monarchy in theory but acts more as a federal monarchy with each of the Seven Races having a respective leader that is of noble heritage. The title of Emperor is given to an elected house that is a member of the Imperial Diet. The current Emperor is officially Janos IX, but is disputed between him and his siblings Miklos III of Esterhazy and Katalin III of Esterhazy. The Empire is also slightly theocratic in that the Court of Omens acts as its religious authority and is considered to be a legitimate branch of the government.
The Empire emerged after the Extinction of the Wolves in the Proto-Imperial Era where various dog tribes would compete for dominance or cooperate over time. Factionalism throughout these regions was rife.
Religion
The Empire's official religion is primarily focused on the history of the Great Wolf and the Seven Apostles. Alongside the apostles are the Nineteen Disciples. The Great Wolf was a thousand year ruler of the Ancient Wolves, a kingdom of wolves that predated the Wolf Dominion and chronologically existed after the formation of The Zodiac. These Seven Apostles are considered to have taken three pilgrimages throughout the Empire: the Pilgrimage of the Snout, the Pilgrimage of the Tail, and the Pilgrimage of the Sword. Each of these Pilgrimages created over one hundred relics, some of which are stored in the Reliquary of Kossuth. The Seven Apostles then dispersed to create their own cities away from each other. From these Seven Apostles came followers from the minor tribes that created the Nineteen Disciples.
The Empire considers the Great Wolf to be the only true god, and that while the Seven Apostles themselves are demi-gods, Imperial religious foundation proscribes that the tradition surrounding the Seven Apostles are that they are messengers of the Great Wolf and paragons of the Facets of Life.
The Imperial religious authority is bound to the state almost as a branch equivalent to the judiciary Court of Imperials and the legislative Court of Polgarsag. The religious authority is Jelek Bírósága (Court of Omens).