Greater Dienstad
Greater Dienstad is a shared-world region founded by The Macabees in 2005.
Name
Dienstad refers to a cultural and political entity focused around the northermost peninsula of the mainland territory of The Macabees, canonically known as the Golden Throne. The name was applied to the wider region after the 2005 refounding of Imperial Armies, renamed to Greater Dienstad.
In Common, Dienstad does not contain an accent mark over the i. The accent mark is native to the Dienstadi language.
Countries
| Country | Primary Player | Continent | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptes Astrates | Stevid | ??? | Puppet, Historical | Stevidian (Common)? |
| Arcaenia | The Technocratic Syndicalists | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Barjaanistan | Potthan | ??? | Puppet | ??? |
| Castille | Castille de Italia | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Communist Oldwitch | The Ice States | Makria | Puppet | Stevidian (Common)? |
| Czaslyudia | Czaslyudian Peoples | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Deamonopolis | Deamonopolis | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Eitoan | Eitoan | ??? | Primary | Dienstadi |
| Federal Ralkovia | Eitoan | ??? | Puppet | Ralkovian |
| Fustera | State of Ordena | ??? | Puppet, Originally: NPC | Istoloan, Creoloso |
| Imbrinium | Imbrinium | ??? | Primary | Stevidian (Common)? |
| Haishan | Haishan | ??? | Primary | Stevidian (Common)? |
| Kolechia | Free Kolechia | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Holy Marsh | Holy Marsh | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Independent Hitmen | Stevid | ??? | Puppet, Historical | Stevidian (Common) |
| Irat | The Macabees | ??? | NPC | Istoloan |
| Istoloa | The Macabees | ??? | NPC | Istoloan |
| Kassaran | Kassaran | ??? | Player | ??? |
| Killia | The Macabees | ??? | NPC, Historical | Dienstadi, Stevidian (Common) |
| Ladero | The Macabees | ??? | NPC | Istoloan |
| Lamoni | Lamoni | ??? | Primary | Stevidian (Common)? |
| Lyras | Lyras | ??? | Primary | Stevidian (Common)? |
| McNernia | McNernia | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Merica | Patrick O'Connor | ??? | Primary | Stevidian (Common) |
| Mokastana | Mokastana | ??? | Primary | Zarbian-Mokan |
| Mordent | Morrdh | ??? | Puppet | Mordentish, Díenstadi, Stevidian (Common) |
| Morrdh | Morrdh | ??? | Primary | Mordentish, Díenstadi, Stevidian (Common) |
| New Empire | The Macabees | ??? | Puppet, Historical | Dienstadi, Stevidian (Common) |
| Nova Orontes | The Macabees | Hugen | NPC | Dienstadi |
| Ordena | State of Ordena | ??? | Primary | Ordenite |
| Ordenstaat Fernostland | State of Ordena | ??? | Puppet, Historical | Ordenite, Krasnovan |
| Ormont | The Macabees | Makria | Puppet | Stevidian (Common), Dienstadi |
| Palmyrion | Palmyrion | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Pennslyvannia | Pennslyvannia | ??? | Historical | Stevidian (Common) |
| Philotas Islands | Imbrinium | Makria | Puppet | Stevidian (Common) |
| Potthan | Potthan | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| (Regime) Ralkovia | Ralkovia | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Romandeos | Holy Marsh | Makria | Puppet, Originally: Primary | ??? |
| Safehaven | The Macabees | Hugen | Puppet, Historical | Zarbian-Mokan |
| Samarasta | The Macabees | ??? | Puppet, Originally: NPC | Creoloso, Istoloan, Dienstadi |
| San Castello | The Macabees | ??? | Puppet, Historical | Plánol, Knootossian, Dienstadi |
| Solisian Union | Solisian Union | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Sorofi | The Macabees | ??? | NPC | Istoloan |
| Stevid | Stevid | ??? | Primary | Stevidian (Common) |
| Tarn | The Macabees | ??? | Puppet, Originally: Owned | Dienstadi, Stevidian (Common) |
| The Eternal Union | The Ice States | Makria | Primary | ??? |
| The Golden Throne | The Macabees | Hugen | Primary | Dienstadi |
| Tnemrot | Tnemrot | ??? | Primary | ??? |
| Tupenga | Holy Marsh | ??? | Puppet, Originally: NPC | Istoloan, Creoloso |
| United Gordonopia | United Gordonopia | ??? | Historical | Stevidian (Common) |
| Wanderjar | State of Ordena | ??? | Puppet, Historical | Knootossian |
Notable Past Countries of Greater Dienstad
Past members of Greater Dienstad include Malgrave, Santheres, and Sumer.
History
See Canonical History of Greater Dienstad
A region's history can be seen in different ways. One way is to see as a sandbox for lore through all of the individual contributions made by its active worldbuilders. This would be a long history. A frequently changing, and oftentime conflicting, one, as well. But the history of Greater Dienstad is not just its lore, it's also a history of the contribution to that lore. This is the way this history is told. It is one that tells the story of significant regional events as the region grew between 2005 and present day.
Of course, the history of Greater Dienstad is best told through its wars.
If Greater Dienstad's predecessor's history was dominated by the Panooly wars, then the war to define the first generation of Greater Dienstad was the War of Golden Succession. Fought between The Macabees, Stevid, Safehaven, Killia, and at one point or another involving almost everyone in the region, the War of Golden Succession is somewhat unique in that it was roleplayed over the Jolt forums. The war ended with large parts of northern Safehaven occupied by the The Macabees, Guffingford partitioned by The Macabees and Stevid, and the onset of a cold war between these two states.
In the immediate aftermath of the war, a number of governments that had fought in the War of Golden Succession had extended great resources to do so. Those defeated suffered the agonies of their sacrifices, including their financial debts, the anger over the war dead, and the weakness of their armies. Zarbia, Safehaven, and Monzark all whithered into institutional decay soon after the end of the war, followed soon after by New Empire, Indras, and others. Although a victorious The Macabees followed up with an invasion of Theohuanacu and the occupation of Tarn, these wars combined with the accumulated costs of the great war it had just emerged from were soon sufficient to put the nascent and mended empire into a long period of slumber. War, though, war was still very much alive.
A new power emerged further to the east, Lyras. The ascent of Lyras begins from the ashes of Dukopolious, which had conquered large parts of former New Empire. Although a significant portion of New Empire remained independent under the guise of a multi-national peacekeping force involving Stevid, Imbrinium, and Morrdh, much of the rest of the northern half of that continent was soon occupied by a rapidly expanding Lyras.