Area: 82,052,000 km² (55.1% of the World land area)
Population: 1,893 million (79% of the World population) including:
Empire of the Romans: 37,755,000 km², 618 million
Empire of Africa: 14,446,000 km², 94 million
Russian Empire: 16,824,000 km², 92 million
Empire of India: 4,146,000 km², 427 million
Chinese Empire: 4,991,000 km², 493 million
CoESEA: 2,146,000 km², 94 million
Indonesia: 1,744,000 km², 75 million
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Confederation of East and Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea)
Indonesia (federation)
Neutral Countries
Nordic Union (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland) Neutral, slightly Empire-leaning
Ireland Neutral, slightly UN-Leaning
British Republic (with Isle of Man) UN-leaning
Philippines UN-leaning
Japan (American occupation; with Karafuto, Taiwan, Jeju) UN-leaning
United Nations
United States of America (federation)
Territories: Alaska, Hawaii, Micronesia, American Samoa, Panama Canal Zone, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, US Caribbean, US Antarctic Territory.
Canada (federation)
External Territories: Bermuda.
Australia (federation)
External Territories: East Indonesia, Papua, Australian Oceania, Australian Indian Ocean Territory, Australian Antarctic Territory.
New Zealand
External Territories: Polynesia, New Zealand Antarctic Territory.
Government: Imperial Dictatorship / Absolute Monarchy (in transition towards democracy), Federal Empire.
Head of State: Empress Anne Julia (Împărăteasa Ana Iulia, Anna Iulia Imperatrix).
Heir: Imperial Crown Princess Victoria Augusta Porphyrogenita.
Head of Government (Prime Minister): Vacant (powers exercised by the Empress).
Legislature: Imperial Senate (advisory role).
Establishment history:
Unification of the Realms: 10 May 1940 (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Ruthenia, Serbia) -- 6 States.
First Enlargement: 6 September 1940 (Croatia, Greece) -- 8 States.
Proclamation of the Empire: 18 September 1940.
Second Enlargement: 10 May 1941 (Turkey) -- 9 States.
Third Enlargement: 28 May 1941 (Kurdistan) -- 10 States.
Formation of the Capital District: 29 May 1941.
Fourth Enlargement: 14 July 1941 (Syria, Iraq) -- 12 States.
Fifth Enlargement: 18 October 1941 (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Holy Land) -- 16 States.
Sixth Enlargement: 22 July 1942 (Cossackia) -- 17 States.
Seventh Enlargement: 1 December 1943 (Turkmenistan) -- 18 States.
Eighth Enlargement: 22 December 1943 (Hejaz, Nejd) -- 20 States.
Ninth Enlargement: 15 January 1944 (Afghanistan) -- 21 States.
Tenth Enlargement: 27 February 1944 (Yemen, Oman, Iran) -- 24 States.
Eleventh Enlargement: 10 May 1944 (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan) - 28 States.
Twelfth Enlargement: 29 May 1944 (Egypt) - 29 States.
Thirteenth Enlargement: 6 September 1944 (Albania) -- 30 States.
Fourteenth Enlargement: 20 October 1944 (Ethiopia, Libya) - 32 States.
Fifteenth Enlargement: 1 December 1944 (East Turkestan, Somalia) -- 34 States.
Sixteenth Enlargement: 10 March 1945 (Slovenia, Poland, Belarus, Dagestan, Kalmykia) -- 39 States.
Seventeenth Enlargement: 10 May 1945 (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia; enlarged Ruthenia split into Western Ukraine and Eastern Ukraine) - 43 States.
Eighteenth Enlargement: 25 December 1945 (Tunisia, Algeria, Berberia) -- 46 States.
Nineteenth Enlargement: 1 March 1946 (Northern Italy, Southern Italy, Insular Italy, Western France, Eastern France, Southern France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Western Germany, Southern Germany, Prussian Germany, Austrian Germany, Catalonia, Castile, Portugal, Basque Country, Macaronesia, Morocco, Western Indian Ocean Islands) -- 65 States.
Twentieth Enlargement: 10 May 1946 (Magadagascar, South Africa, Mongolia, Tibet, Balochistan) -- 70 States.
Area: 37,755,000 km² (14,577,000 sqmi), 1st place.
Including indirectly controlled areas: 82,052,000 km² (31,680,000 sqmi).
Administrative Divisions: 1 Capital District, 70 Federal States, 8 Special Regions, 122 Autonomous Regions, 1346 Counties.
Client States: the Empire of Africa, the Russian Empire, the Empire of India, the Chinese Empire, the Confederation of East and Southeast Asia (CoESEA), Indonesia.
For details, see below.
Miscellanious
Currency: 1 Leu = 100 Bani (with regional coins and banknotes translated into the official languages of the Federal States).
Time Zone: de jure Imperial Time (GMT+2), de facto between GMT and GMT+12.
Drives on the right.
Administrative Divisions: 7 African Federal States (West Africa, Guinea, Nigeria, Chad, Congo, East Africa, Zambezia), 20 Autonomous Regions, 200 Counties.
II. Russia Russian Empire
Российская Империя / Rossiyskaya Imperiya
Administrative Divisions: 7 Russian Federal States (Northern Russia, Western Russia, Central Russia, Siberian Russia, Far-Eastern Russia, Yakutia, Tuva), 1 Special Region (Tsar Nicholas Islands¹), 18 Autonomous Regions, 77 Counties. 1. Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago
Administrative Divisions: 20 Indian Federal States (Sindh, Punjab, Northwest India, Nepal, Northeast India, Bengal, Bihar, Northern India, Delhi, Rajashtan, Central India, Orissa, Gujarat, Maratha, Andhra, Mysore, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Ceylon, Goa), 15 Autonomous Regions, 400 Counties. List of the Indian Federal States, with their official languages and state capitals (below the map).
Administrative Divisions: 22 Chinese Federal States (Amur, Anhwei, Canton, Chekiang, Chilin, Fukien, Kansu, Kwanghsi, Kweichow, Honan, Hopei, Hunan, Hupei, Kiangsi, Kiangsu, Liaoning, Shantung, Shansi, Shensi, Szechuan, Yunnan, Hainan), 1 Special Region (Forbidden City), 34 Autonomous Regions, 315 Counties. List of the Chinese Federal States, with their state capitals and current OTL names (below the map).
V. CoESEA Confederation of East and South East Asia
Administrative Divisions: 6 Indonesian Federal States (Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Lesser Sundas), 3 Special Regions (Spratly Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands), 22 Autonomous Regions, 62 Counties.
28 September 1947, Municipal Gymnasium, Constantinople, The Empire of the Romans
Colonel Siyah looked around and was dissatisfied. His adjutant of over a year, Captain Illyan noted it but did not smile, as he was the cause.
Illyan was a muscular, handsome fellow, charming and suave. His family were White Russians, who managed to escape the Revolution with quite a lot of portable wealth on them. They settled in Constantinople and ingratiated themselves with the locals, both business and government, by purchasing and successfully running popular and lucrative bars, hotels, baths, and subsequently farms, factories, and other works, as well as hosting parties, giving gifts and the occasional loan for bureaucrats and other officials. He could use his connections like a renowned surgeon could use a scalpel.
He stepped back to join his boss.
"You cannot figure it out, can you," said Illyan. "You have eleven, not thirteen."
Siyah wanted to scowl but did not.
"I have twelve," he said, "the lavatory attendants are eleven and twelve. The open doors give them good views of the gymnasium, their positions allow them to overhear conversations though the speakers may think themselves secure and their occupations make them unnoticed."
"But I cannot find the last one. Is this another case of one of your off the books fellows, the talented amateur from that one time?"
"After you raked me over the coals afterwards, Mr Siyah, by no means."
"And yet your budgeting request was for thirteen bodyguards. Besides the attendants, one for each imperial in attendance, one for each two imperiall bodyguards, the ones outside and yourself, that is twelve."
Siyah scanned the room again, looking at the crowd, the officials, even the participants to this fencing and other athletics exhibition. That the majority in attendance were female did not colour his judgement.
"Well, I give up. Who is the thirteenth?"
"You are," said Illyan.
"I," said Siyah. "How can that be? You cannot include me?"
"Why not? Do you not guard their persons, would lay down your life to protect them, do everything you can to ensure their continued safety?"
"Yes, but I am chief of security. Why would you think I would even be here?"
"You are always here where she is," Illyan said, indicating Anne.
Siyah looked over at Anne, her latest child, Theo, twenty one months old, in her arms.
"All right, you won this one," said Siyah. "What is to be your reward? A box of cigars again?"
"Only if you can get me western cigars."
"Even I cannot get western cigars for something like this. The port you like, the 1912?"
"Ah, a good vintage, and I like it because it was the year I was born. But, no, I would like the 21st of the next month off, as well as the day before and following, without contact and interruption. If the Empress herself asks for me, personally, you will make appropriate excuses."
"The 21st?"
"Yes, for a birthday."
"Your mother's," said Siyah, knowing his father had died during the war.
"No, hers is in December and she does not expect me on her day, normally. I always send her some jewelry or a book the week before."
"Your own?"
"I am not that kind of narcissistic. And you know very well it is not for my birthday."
"Your lover's?"
"Exactly."
"She is still married."
"The last one, yes, and her husband returned from service unharmed some weeks ago."
"But this one is not married, but a widow, that deserves my consoling. We all must do our part," Illyan said.
"Done," said Siyah, and the two men shook hands.
Illyan looked around the gymnasium, noting the fencers, especially the better looking ones that were still warming up.
"This is a surprise," he said. "We were here last year on this date."
"And the year before," said Siyah. "It is an annual event."
"A pattern? You?"
"Yes, never to be repeated. And there are those that will waste time and resources waiting for us to come back here, because it is an annual event and we have a pattern."
Siyah located the second eldest imperial heir and noted her destination.
"Micky and her friends have gone to the ladies' lavatory," said Siyah. "Have Sergei see me."
"That is not his name, you know," said Illyan, signaling the man.
"He is over two meters tall and well over a hundred kilograms," said Siyah. "Russians like that are always Sergei."
"Not Ivan?"
"Ivan's are always troublemakers. Sergei's are generally not."
"Mr. Siyah," said Sergei, holding out his hand.
All here were ostensibly under cover so there would be no ranks nor salutes.
"Sergei," said Siyah, holding out his own hand while Illyan moved out of direct earshot.
Hands shaken, both men turned to watch the athletes as they continued to talk.
"This concerns the training incident of three weeks back."
"Yes," said Sergei.
"A mock bomb went off, the room filled with fine flour."
"Yes."
"You threw the imperial princess to the ground and covered her with your body."
"Yes. Standard protocol."
"Then you put your hand over her mouth and nose so she could not breath."
"Yes. I was not aware yet that it was not actually poison gas."
A silence followed that Sergei finally filled.
"She never lost consciousness."
"But if you had died in the attack she would have been trapped under your body."
"No, Mr Siyah. She knows how to squirm from beneath my dead weight."
"We have practiced."
"She's four," said Siyah.
"Yes. And she is over five centimeters taller than her older sister, a very hearty eater, and is a very determined little girl."
"Very determined."
"And she is five tomorrow."
The featured fencers touched blades, then began their match.
"You were one of Beria's men, weren't you. Hand picked?"
"Yes," said Sergei, "but only as a bodyguard."
Both men knew that to be a fiction. None of Beria's handpicked men were just one thing, not even the torturers. Though Sergei appeared to be just a giant, he was actually politically and socially astute, and almost rivaled Illyan for his connections, at least those within the palace.
"She fears you, you know."
"Good. If she fears me, she will obey me. If her family is slain in front of her and I tell her 'leave them, come away', she will. I am not here to be a friend, mentor, confidant or anything else except her bodyguard."
She will one day be Tsarina of all Russia, Sergei thought. If not Empress in her own right. I will do what I can to see to this.
"Excuse me, Mr Siyah, I hear her giggle. She is exiting the ladies lavatory."
He departed without dismissal.
Illyan made his way back to Siyah.
"Surprised he is still here, considering the March incident."
In March, a construction accident had caused some structural parts of a building to fall three stories, breaking some scaffolding, injuring several men and causing a bit of dust and noise. When the people in attendance around Micky looked up she was gone and a panic began. It was thought for a few minutes that the accident was no accident, but was a distraction to kidnap Micky. It later developed that Sergei had picked her up and spirited her away while things were still falling, breaking into a random house and having them call in to report her safe.
"He did his job and did it well. You ought to be surprised that everyone else involved wasn't dismissed," said Siyah.
"I was a bit, disappearing spare and all," said Illyan.
Siyah looked over disapprovingly, he did not care for such talk as the heir, the spare, the backup, and the latest, the surprise' Theo was not a surprise, though most of the public thought her so. Anne was still young and was talking about having even more children, but years in the future. It had even been speculated that she may surpass the British Queen Empress Victoria and her brood of nine heirs that lived to adulthood.
"And why were they not," said Illyan. "So I know what to do when I eventually have your job."
"You can wait until the turn of the century," asked Siyah. "How is their job performance, now?"
"Exemplary," said Illyan. "Top marks, even giving advice to other assets."
Siyah again let the silence answer, until Illyan spoke up again.
"Which is the point," he said. "Once the mistake made, never made again."
"I learn from you again."
thread locked for many violations of rule 2@Zagan7 SV does not ban story content where genocide happens, or where the protagonists commit attrocities. However, the rules require that this be handled in a way that does not glorify genocide, that the writing is not "one-handed." This thread does not meet that standard.
Firstly, the central conceit of this thread involves a power to magically brainwash people into loyalty to Romania. This is not simply framed as Anne making people loyal, but rather magical forcing people to completely assimilate into Romanian culture. This is reiterated in multiple places. Anne describes it (placating an antisemite) as a "solution" to "the Jewish Question" and a permanent end to "minority issues". We're later given details of what this entails, and immediately changing religion and changing names to adopt Romanian names are given as core behaviors, indeed, giving the impression that this constitutes cultural genocide. This, in universe, is marketed to no less than Adolf Hitler as an alternative Hitler might accept to the Holocaust. Regardless of Anne's motivations, the actions as described are shown in universe as comparable to the Holocaust in eliminating the Jews. You have written a power described by its user as cultural genocide and depicted as causing immediate cultural genocide. This is not second-guessed by any of the protagonists, nor is it challenged.
Nowhere in the story does it seem like the protagonist is meant to be seen as evil, or even morally dubious. In fact, within this thread, you've described the empire as essentially benevolent, a great force for good in the world. having written this empire committing, again, cultural genocide. You note elsewhere that the assimilation effect as portrayed is exactly what it looks like, with a note that it gets toned down later in the story and you eventually plan to edit it here. However, whatever you might change in the future, the story presently written on SV contains a genocidal empire that you champion as a force for good.
While these rules apply to fantasy and science fiction cases, it becomes dramatically more serious when the events discussed are not fictional. The story does not deal with a fantasy empire, but rather, with history concerning some of the most horrifying atrocities of the 20th century. This must be taken even more seriously when you write about very real groups of people and real genocides.
In light of this, you've been infracted for 100 points under rule 2 and this thread has been permanently locked. If you write anything that looks remotely like apologia for the Nazis or Hitler again on SV, you will be permanently banned.
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