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The events that followed happened rapidly. For nearly a century after this event, the Regalian Empire continued to dominate the world. Region after region capitulated to their might, from Etosil and the Daendroque states to even the descendants of the Skagger Horde who had formed the Kingdom of Nordskag. Unionism spread far and wide and ultimately Regalia came to hold territorial and religious sway over the majority of Aloria’s Ailor population. But in the years following 260 AC, the Regalian Empire began to decay. The [[Regalian Pessimism]], as it is called today, was a decay in Regalian power as religious and military momentum eventually ground to a halt and the first cracks in Unionism started showing. Various diseases plagued the bloated Empire's growing population, straining its bureaucracy and public health. The [[Drachenwald Crisis]] further crippled the Empire's government, forming the paralyzing [[Regalian Senate]] and freezing the Empire's decision-making apparatus for several decades. However, the beginning of the [[Chrysant War]] and its ensuing religious and military fervor revived the Empire. The war with the [[Slizzar]] and [Allar] was as much a religious genocide as it was a war, targeting Races the Ailor feared could one day rival them technologically. The [[Essa Empire]] was completely crushed, ending the Slizzar control over the Allar. With the expansionist fervor of Regalia restored, more military campaigns followed in the decades to come and over the past several years, have occurred alongside unprecedented or bizarre events. | The events that followed happened rapidly. For nearly a century after this event, the Regalian Empire continued to dominate the world. Region after region capitulated to their might, from Etosil and the Daendroque states to even the descendants of the Skagger Horde who had formed the Kingdom of Nordskag. Unionism spread far and wide and ultimately Regalia came to hold territorial and religious sway over the majority of Aloria’s Ailor population. But in the years following 260 AC, the Regalian Empire began to decay. The [[Regalian Pessimism]], as it is called today, was a decay in Regalian power as religious and military momentum eventually ground to a halt and the first cracks in Unionism started showing. Various diseases plagued the bloated Empire's growing population, straining its bureaucracy and public health. The [[Drachenwald Crisis]] further crippled the Empire's government, forming the paralyzing [[Regalian Senate]] and freezing the Empire's decision-making apparatus for several decades. However, the beginning of the [[Chrysant War]] and its ensuing religious and military fervor revived the Empire. The war with the [[Slizzar]] and [Allar] was as much a religious genocide as it was a war, targeting Races the Ailor feared could one day rival them technologically. The [[Essa Empire]] was completely crushed, ending the Slizzar control over the Allar. With the expansionist fervor of Regalia restored, more military campaigns followed in the decades to come and over the past several years, have occurred alongside unprecedented or bizarre events. | ||
In the present day, the Regalian Empire is a weakened but still-powerful state. Their only direct rival in world power, the [[Songaskian Masaya]], has faded from view after the devastation of the First and Second Songaskian Wars, while the Altalar nations of [[Daen]] are currently at peace with Regalia. | In the present day, the Regalian Empire is a weakened but still-powerful state. Their only direct rival in world power, the [[Songaskian Masaya]], has faded from view after the devastation of the First and Second Songaskian Wars, while the Altalar nations of [[Daen]] are currently at peace with Regalia. The Dread War, which so ravaged southern Daen, has finally come to a close but new problems loomed on the horizon, mainly increased warfare in the Regalian Archipelago between various noble families. These conflicts too have come to an end, and for once in Aloria the entering of a new year, 308 AC, has largely been peaceful if not quiet compared with those of other years. | ||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||