[h1][b][color=yellow]The Kingdom of Itherae[/color][/b][/h1]

It had been a very abnormal day, a few weeks ago, with the Tyrian-Itheraen war stalling for winter and the Veletian dogs retreating with their tails between their legs. Yet, that was not what made that day strange, the fourth day of the new year, it was when members of the esteemed Emperor-King’s court had knocked on the door of her father’s estate, ordering the summons of an “Athena Koilla,” her name. All of it had been so mind boggling that she could hardly remember having tea with them, yet she did for when they had told her that she was to be crowned queen of Itherae.  

Apparently she was the last nobility of the old Itheraen monarchies after the unification wars, all the other families having disappeared from losing it all while her family simply watched as their lands were inherited by the Tyro-Redanian Empire. Even stranger, that the men who had come to fetch her included the son of the King-Emperor himself, Magnus von Wolfram, who she was immediately betrothed to as to ensure Tyrian support for her new throne. Funnily, there was no choice in the matter but to go along with it all, rejecting an offer to be a queen would be ridiculous, so ridiculous her father might have fallen dead in his chair from grief. Unfortunately, she was never a fan of the formal garments that she would be put in on her way from the estate to Markenburg, a short hour ride by carriage.

Athena herself got to meet Adalar von Wolfram as well as Alexei Georgas president of the former Itheraen Republic. There they explained the situation of the peace treaty, Itherae having to pay for the destruction as well as adhere to the Ultimatum that had been sent to the Georgas Administration months ago. Immediately, she had looked over the rest of the terms, calculating as well as to know what in the blood-soaked hell she was going to be signing. Granted, she had the option to simply not sign the parchment, but that would run the risk of the war continuing and more people simply dying over a war that meant nothing in the grand scope of the world. However, she did sign it, and so began her life as queen of Itherae and no longer a noble girl who would sit at home and await to be married off to some suitor who came came knocking at the door.

The ride to Itherae however was dreadful, having to ride to Dio and see the war torn land that was the border, finding droves of corpses that were slowly being loaded up and seeing Tyrian troops riding from Ficardo. Luckily that was only the terrible part of the trip, confiding within her fiancé a few short times, asking what might be expected from her as a queen since she had little experience in administration. Yet, she couldn't help but feel an excitement rising within her gut, such a sudden change within her life was certain to be a cause of it. What awaited her for when she arrived? What would she do? What did the future hold? None of those questions, she could answer.

It was already the next day when she had reached the capital, the sun rising and the early hustle and bustle of getting to work engulfed the city. However, a large number of people had also gathered at the train station, not to travel, but to catch a glimpse at their new ruler, the person that Wolfram had installed. With a hiss, the train the stopped after rumbling into the station. The door opened and the first person out was Alexei Georgas, stopping only to give a solemn look to the crowd before walking through it. The people allowed the man to pass through, silence following him all the way until he had left the building. Then, she walked out, Athena Koilla with six guards coming to flank her sides.

She watched as the crowd conversed with itself, then she was ushered forward, officials not wanting to waste any time on getting the new queen situated. Then she heard a shout from the audience, “What of our freedom of the vote!” One statement causing a tide of differing views to argue amongst one another, luckily she was out before she could see whatever came next. A carriage riding her to the capitol building where the Itheraen Congressional Committee, or rather to be renamed to the ‘Majesty’s Royal Council’ within the following month, awaited her arrival, and when she did, they investigated her, asked her trivial questions and wrote things down. Furthermore, it was announced to the public on January 20th, 1900 that the people would be able to vote to elect candidates into the Majesty's Royal Council every four years and that the first election would take place on June 2nd.

Soon they produced a paper, a paper that proved her legality as an Itheraen citizen and thus permitting her to rule over Itherae. While it did not seem to matter to her, it would be useful for the public if they questioned her legitimacy as a true citizen of the nation. The rest of the month would her being taught proper ethics in Itherae, all of which she caught onto quickly due to being raised as an Itheraen by her father, as well as the laws, which seemed to favor the rich with no laws on worker safety being addressed nor any laws to stop companies from paying off council members to turn a blind eye to the neglect they showed their workers.

[center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ea/e0/ff/eae0ff913401ddbf1851fcf6f48b5600--victorian-photos-victorian-women.jpg[/img][i]Queen Athena[/i][/center]

Thus, come February 2nd, Queen Athena passed a her first law, the [b]Worker Safety Regulation Law[/b]. This law was designed with the obvious intent to keep the workers in safe working conditions and to have the utmost precaution when it came to workplace injuries. Such it went as follows; [i]“should a worker be injured at his or her workplace due to environmental hazards that could have been avoided, said company will pay any medical bill for that worker. Additionally, a monthly regulation check will be sent to ensure that the workplace environment is safe for workers. This law shall primarily affect factories and manufacturers. Failure to follow protocol and factories are deemed hazardous and unfit for working operations, the government has every legal right to order the closing of the factory until it is within compliance of the law.”[/i]

While the law is going through the legislation to be made official, factory owners were given a 30-day period where the safety regulations were detailed and outlined. Furthermore the date of which inspection would be given at the top the notice, in red ink.