Persian Empire

The modern Persian Empire, founded in the 10th century A.U.C. after the defeat of the Parthians by this new people, it is today one of the few great existing empires, and the one with the closest links to Rome. Like the other Empires also the Persian has alternated different forms of government but statistically has had more monarchies of various types, while the oligarchic or republican phases have been shorter. The Persian empire has historically shown a greater tolerance towards new religions than its neighbors, something demonstrated for example between the XXVII and XXX centuries A.U.C. with the peculiar cult of the digital god, which preached the complete fusion between man and machine. Even in this case Persia decided to prohibit only the most extreme demonstrations, such as mass suicides, without, however, banning the cult. Because of its position and extent, the Persian Empire has been the bridge between Europe and Asia for millennia, as every road that connected the Far East with the West passed from there. This over the centuries has made the nation very powerful, and, although it no longer has this role, the population still maintains a strong mercantilist spirit, in fact Persian stockbrokers are commonly considered the most skilled and ruthless. There are several similarities between the Persian and Roman empires, and not just the fact that they both are monarchies at this time. Both have a parliament divided into three chambers, and both have a non-hereditary but elective succession. And they often found themselves clashing for the control of the same colonies, both in the solar system and in the extrasolar systems. However, there are several differences, for example Persia abolished slavery centuries ago, and while most Romans are polytheists most Persians are monotheists. The population in the Persian empire tends to be more concentrated in large cities, while the rest of the empire is scarcely man-made.