[b][i]Vaspen Empire[/i][/b]
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	[b]History Of The Empire[/b]: The Empire was founded on September 20th of 1894, after the military led a successful coup d’etat of the Mad King. The military leaders realized after the coup d’etat that the people would never support any move on their part to take the throne, so they looked far and wide to find a suitable candidate to replace the Mad King. They eventually settled on the king’s distant nephew Johannes Vaspen (1869-1934) , he was called to the capital under false pretenses and was astonished to find that he had been chosen to take the throne. Emperor Johannes enacted many successful reforms to improve the small maritime countries’ economy, production base, and mining capabilities. After these economic reforms were put in place, Emperor Johannes put new educational, and social policies into place to promote the sciences, and free thinking. He also reformed the political and social system by repealing the class system and allowing the masses to determine their own destiny. However before he could see the benefits of these policies, he passed away unexpectedly at 65 years old.
	Passing the throne to his son Maxwell Vaspen (1910-1990), Maxwell continued in his father’s footsteps. Expanding the people’s rights, and continually enacting policy to further scientific development. However early on in his reign foreign spies stole top secret military weapon designs. This prompted Emperor Maxwell to establish an anti-espionage agency, which quickly became known as the VEA. This Agency focuses it’s expertise on internal security rather than actively monitoring other Nations movements, but it is equally skilled in doing both. (This Agency is considered the best espionage, and anti-espionage agency in existence.) Some of Emperor Maxwell’s final Policies, were the establishment of a national space program,(VSA) and a increase in funding for the military to update their weaponry. 
	Realizing the rising tensions on the main continent Emperor Karl Vaspen (1945-2023), encouraged the scientific development of new kinds of weapons and the expansion of the Vaspen armed forces. In addition to expanding the armed forces Emperor Karl pushed the VSA to step up their presence in orbit to include more satellites and to start researching spaceflight and it’s long term effects. The Emperor also ordered research to be prioritized for a new mineral found in their southern mountains, that had previously been undiscovered which is to be named Vaspenite (Found 2010). Vaspenite was found to be extremely efficient at creating electromagnetic fields, and our scientists predict that with some more research into this they may be able to create a working force field prototype by 2030. 
	Emperor Wolfgang Vaspen (1980-Present), wary like his father of any global war saw the 2 separate factions emerging, and setup a meeting with the leaders of both to publicly declare his neutrality. This meeting also setup Vaspen as one of the few safe Havens during the war. However the real reason Vaspen was never dragged into the war, was due to two things. 

	First: Because of Vaspen’s geographical location and composition, the territory itself gave almost no benefits to justify conquering it. And due to the mountain range in the far south the inhabitants could hold up there and conduct hit and run tactics on the opposing forces, tying up men and supplies.

	Second: Because of Emperor Karl’s prioritizing of military, and defense technology, any attempt to assault the small kingdom would result in massive casualties due to the small yet significant difference in technology. And as a fallback plan the force field prototype, while large and bulky, would be able to defend the mountain range in the south from any major artillery bombardment, or explosion. (temporarily)  
While the war raged on all around the Empire remained stolidly neutral acting as a refuge for those who escaped the destruction and death, all the while slowly building, and developing new technology for the future. When the war did finally come to a conclusion the Vaspen empire remained slightly ahead technologically, and actually had a military presence in space, consisting of a small fleet that while highly trained and equipped is still out gunned by the larger more numerous, but less technologically advanced Cindorayi Empire and it’s allies.

	[b]National Characteristics:[/b] The Vaspen Empire is considered a absolute monarchy, with a few caveats. The Empire is a monarchy in the sense that there is one family that hereditarily rules the country, however the heir selection process is somewhat complicated. First the current leader typically sires 5-6 heirs so that he may have a selection to choose an intelligent, and kind leader. Until the Emperor announces his heir, he has a selection hidden away in a safe incase he passes away unexpectedly. The princes and princesses compete to gain the favor of their father and the court officials that carry favor with the Emperor. When the heir that has been chosen takes the throne all of their siblings either swear fealty to them, or are  exiled and stripped of title. Speaking of court officials, typically they serve for life once appointed however there have been a few exceptions, however anyone can be appointed.
	The people of Vaspen number 25 million people, concentrated mostly on the two rivers on both sides of our little continent. With smaller population densities in the north in the plains and forests, and in the mountains at one of the few geothermal plants. The Empire’s economy is primarily focused on the research and sale of new weapons technologies, and improvements in civilian, agricultural, and industrial efficiency. The research of these new technologies, and advancements employ 45% of the workforce, and the sale of these makes up 67% of the Empire’s GDP. While Agriculture, Fishing, Space exploration, and Energy production, represent 5%, 7%, 12%, and 9%, respectively.

[b]Species:[/b] Wolfen: Humanoid-Wolf like, typically 5.5-6ft tall,  well built. They Appear very wolf 
       like, large ears and muzzle like nose, they also have a large amount of hair covering their arms, legs 
       and torso to help them survive the harsh winters. They have a slightly longer lifespan than a normal 
       human, but do possess some enhanced senses of their wolf kin such as: Enhanced sense of hearing, smell, 
       night vision, and cold resistance.

[b]Side Chosen:[/b] Neutral, However some of our elite soldiers have participated on both sides of the 
       conflict, earning medals of commendation for valor from both sides.

[b]Technological Level:[/b] Near Cindorayi, while being comparable to most modern nations The Vaspen Empire 
       focused primarily on researching defensive technology during and after the void war. As a result The 
       Vaspen Empire has [u]the most advanced[/u] defensive technology in the known world, the expense of 
       almost all other scientific field.

[b]Space Presence:[/b] Very Small, very few, but highly advanced ships, capable of taking on a fleet of double 
       it’s size due to the electromagnetic shields all ships are equipped with. 

[b]Special Resources:[/b] Vaspenite, A mineral recently found in the interior mountain range of our island. 
       this mineral is extremely efficient at creating powerful electromagnetic field, however our scientists 
       claim the true potential of this material is yet to be tapped, so it requires more time to work out the 
       kinks.