[center][b]THE GRAND SURVAEK EMPIRE[/b][/center]

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Demonym: [u][b]Survaekom[/b][/u] - This is both singular and plural, as both noun and adjective.
(Major Ethnic Groupings: Khaitis, Byrnian, Messarom, Raethonite)

Decadent: A nation that has long tested the annals of time, but is now experiencing it's own twilight.
-- +25 Nation Points
-- -20% GNP
-- All Technology costs +50% more
-- -20% Unity
-- -50% Diplomatic Points. 

POPULATION:
109,000,000 (10,000,000 base + 11,000,000 from provinces + 88,000,000 for 11 points)


GOVERNMENT
Monarchy (free)
-- Current Ruler: Emperor Shayaer Khaitis (36 years old)
-- Regent (if Ruler dead/incapacitated): Empress Huj-Khaitis Jalayiku (35 years old)
-- Heir: Crown Prince Vokoryn III Khaitis (14 years old)

Provinces: 
Capital (Coastal)
10 Land Provinces in Serranthia (10 points)
9 Coastal Provinces in Serranthia (9 points)
2 Coastal Provinces in The Continent (4 points)

Industry:
– 2 Major Factories (free)
– 1 Major Factory (7 points)
– 1 Minor Factory (4 points)
– 1 Major Shipyard (5 points)
– 1 Minor Shipyard (2 points)

Army: 
– 1,090,000 Regulars (free)
– 200 light artillery (2 points)

Navy: 
– 30 Destroyers (free)
– 10 Light Cruisers (free)
– 3 Pre-Dreadnoughts (9 points)

Army Technology:

    Weaponry
    [Bolt Action Rifle (1895)] 1895 (4 points)
    [Artillery (1885)] 1885 (4 points)
    Tactics
    [Mass Assault (1899)] 1899 (4 points)

Navy Technology:
-- Destroyers: [Armor (1895)] -- [Guns (1895)] -- [Engines (1895) -- [Reliability (1895)]
-- Light Cruisers: [Armor (1895)] -- [Guns (1895)] -- [Engines (1895) -- [Reliability (1895)]
-- Armored Cruisers: [Armor (1895)] -- [Guns (1895)] -- [Engines (1895) -- [Reliability (1895)]
-- Pre-Dreadnoughts: [Armor (1895)] -- [Guns (1895)] -- [Engines (1895) -- [Reliability (1895)]
-- Submarines: [Armor (1895)] -- [Guns (1895)] -- [Engines (1895) -- [Reliability (1895)]

DESCRIPTION:
The Grand Survaek Empire has a long and proud history stemming back to the Prophet-Emperor Raegar Khaitis, a nomadic lord who founded the first Survaek Empire.  The current polity is the Second Grand Survaek Empire, which reached its height of power two-hundred years ago under Emperor Yvor Khaitis, who conquered most of Serranthia and even parts of the Southern coasts of the Continent. Sadly, Yvor's heirs were not up to the task of maintaining what he had established. Time saw an inevitable slide backward as the imperial bureaucracy has grown bloated and inefficient, and the military began acting more like an independent wing of the government.

But Survaek was not an empire that would easily slide into the history books. The fourth son of the last monarch, Shayaer Khaitis, reestablished a strong monarchy through a bloody coup thirteen years ago. The rest of the imperial family, as well as the highest echelons of the imperial bureaucracy and military, were butchered upon his ascension to the crown in what is referred to as “Shayaer’s Purge.” Since then the emperor has sought to restore Survaek's place as the foremost empire in the region. He has pushed through social and bureaucratic reforms, promoted a new generation of young scholars and bureaucrats to the highest ranks of administration, and re-energized Survaek's lagging industry.

The Grand Survaek Empire, even after its decline, is a truly enormous realm in geographic span and (especially) population.  It is sometimes referred to as the “prison-house of nations,” host to countless ethnicities.  The ruling nation of formerly-nomadic inland peoples is the Khaitis, from the stock of Raegar.  Their privileged partners in the Northeast are the Byrnians, traditional allies of the Survaek Emperors and nation of the Empress.  In the far West are the Messarans, historic source of Aedak, the monotheistic religion of the Empire since its earliest days.  The Crown's relationship with its other subjects, dozens of groups around the Audejjai Sea broadly categorized as “Raethonites,” is much more checkered.  To maintain order throughout the realm, the Crown relies on two pillars: (1) The support of the Messarom Vaekir, official head of the Aedakom faith, and (2) the Aspect of Raegar, a special mandate proven through just rulership and military prowess worthy of the Prophet's legacy.