The Hanseatic Empire

The Hanseatic Empire comprised the various, dominions, colonies and other territories ruled or administed by the 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. The first Hansan explorers to document North Bardonia was Robert [BLANK] in 1594, but the first colonial mission would only occur 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 trying to flee religious persecution in Hansa. 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 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 business men would reform the North Bardonian Trading Company establishing a marital company within it to defend corperate assets form the regular raid from either Cordo Fa, Krondor or Kharistan.