The Golden Age Empire

The Imperium brings peace where there was war, industry and progress where there was stagnation and order where there was chaos. Through Sacrifice, Unity is brought to the Universe.

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Political Warfare

Imperial House Major-Saturninus ruled the Empire during it's time, and it was never challenged. It was believed that Rādius, Lord of Light Ⅰ himself had appointed their House to rule but this is not true. Any House of any standing can rule the Empire, and they can do this at any time. They only need to declare a provocatione coronae.

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The provocatione coronae is when a House officially challenges the Major House for the Crown. This is an open invitation to come and wage war on each other. Should the Major House defend their Crown, the other House will be heavily taxed, stripped of military rites, and imprisoned on their Capital World for any given number of generations. However, should the attacking House succeed, the Major House will be dethroned, demoted to the rank of lesser House, and imprisoned on their Capital World. In all the years the Empire stood, the Saturnians were never successfully defeated.

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The mediator of this war is The Magicas Domos, who decide if rules were followed and all was done in good faith. During such a war, the Houses in question cannot use military assets from the Empire or their Bannermen, they can only fight with their own Troops and Knights. It is forbidden to kill every member of a House, but hostages in the form of Wards are allowed to be taken upon defeat. Imprisonment in a capital world cannot strip away all the military assets of a House and cannot last longer than 7 generations.

Structure

A Brief Overview of Imperial Structure

A general overview of the structure of the Imperium of Midgard, refer to the respective articles for more information.

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The highest seat in the Imperium was the Throne of Midgard, which was controlled by House Major-Saturninus. The Imperium was a Monarchy and its first Empress was Umbria the Unifier. House Major Saturninus is the Royal Lineage and only members from this Clan are allowed to sit on the throne unless their Right to Rule is questioned by the Church.

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Beneath the throne is the Church, The Covenant of the Sun, and the Great Magical Houses. The Temple is almost equal in power to the Empress but pertains primarily to religious matters. The Great Magical Houses, otherwise known as the Magicas Domos, are 74 Clans of exceptionally powerful Mage families who have sworn loyalty to the Empress. They act as her lesser royalty and can be appointed to rule over entire sectors of the Imperium, they are also a failsafe in the event the Temple turns on the Empress.

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Next are the various companies and industries that the Imperium employs to maintain order and control. Two of the most prominent are the Undurkar Shipping Union (USU) and the Midgard Bank & Trust Company (MB&T). The Union is used to ship large amounts of vast resources across the Imperium but only operates on routes that succeed a certain amount of Lightyears, lower than this threshold and it is handled by other private companies. This ensures they do not have a monopoly on trade and can never use their power to leverage against the Empress.

The Great Magical Houses of the Imperium

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There are three types of Houses;

• Major-House
• Minor-House
• House

There is only one Major-House, Imperial House Major-Saturninus, which means it is the absolute power that sits on the Throne of Midgard. A Minor-House is any House that has great power and/or influence in the cosmos and has loyalty to the crown. There were 74 of these Minor Houses, many ruled sectors of space and other ruled smaller Realms. On all Major and Minor House sigils, you will find a golden barrier on the edge, this is the Golden Order and means they either are the Empress or are recognized by the Empress. Now, Houses are lesser clans that have no Golden Order on their sigil and are sworn to a Minor-House.

Culture

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Disbandment

After The Great War in Heaven, the Golden Gods were dead, weakened, or called back to Afenia, the Peak of Radiance. This destroyed the Golden Order and split the Empire, starting a massive Civil War. Only three children remained from the royal lineage; Princess Juventia, stepdaughter of the Empress, Princess Umbria, True-Born daughter of the Empress, and Duchess Timothea, a cousin from a Branch Family.

• Juventia and her "Imperial Loyalists" seek to claim the Empire for a new Great House; her own, claiming the late Empress Kalliroi named her the True Heir
• Umbria is the rightful heir, born from Juventia's father, Edgard, and Empress Kalliroi. Her splinter force is the "Genesis Empire" who seek a new union without the meddling of Gods.
• Timothea is a distant cousin, Duchess of Darkness, as she has a pact with the Dark Gods and seeks to install herself as the Empress of the "Kingdom of the Moon".

Military

The Royal Auxiliary Korps

The RAK makes up the bulk of imperial forces, composed of recruited Imperial citizens, the RAK is trained to be one of the most effective fighting forces in Yggdrasil. They excel at technological warfare as well as the various Magical Arts and disciplines. Both their NAVY and ARMY are under the direct command of the Secretary of War and can only be employed in matters regarding foreign parties.

The Imperial Legion

The IL is the elite fighting force of the Empire, super soldiers clad in golden armor and blessed by the Gods themselves, the Legionaries are equal to the Knights of the Dragon's Head. Despite their extreme effectiveness in battle, they were only used in dire circumstances when the RAK alone would not suffice.

The Holy Knights of Afenia

The HKAs were only loyal to the Pope and The Covenant of the Sun, mighty warriors who were gifted boons and blessings from the Golden Pantheon in Afenia, the Peak of Radiance. The HKA served the various Golden Gods of the Empire.

Education

Education is standardized across the Imperium on all worlds to ensure the general intelligence of citizens is above a certain threshold. When a World enters the Imperium, after evaluation, a number of Basic & Secondary Education centers are issued based on planet population density and terrain. Children are required by Imperial Decree to attend Basic School and can apply to a Secondary School to obtain their Educationem Visa, a certificate which certifies they completed both Basic and Secondary schooling. This is needed as almost every job or profession in the Empire requires its employees have an Educationem Visa. And jobs that do not require it are low-level and dead-ends.

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Basic is an equivalent of Elementary/ Middle School where the basics of intelligence are fostered and honed, one does not need to apply but merely show up and education shall be provided. The secondary is similar to High School/ College and will need to be applied to, it prepares Citizens for life in the Empire as an adult and most Commercial and Citizen types of professions can be accomplished after this is finished. Specialists are schools where students are trained and taught to fulfill a certain role or profession, like a Pilot's school or an Engineer's College. They too must be applied to but are shorter than Secondary.

DISBANDED/DISSOLVED

The Sun Rises

On the flag of the Imperium is a golden bird with two heads, crowned. This is the sigil of Imperial House Major-Saturninus, because they were never challenged as the Major House of the Empire, their sigil flies on the official Imperial flag. Had another House succeeded in usurping their power, a new sigil would have been crowned and flown on the flag instead. But, since that never happened, all will bear the golden bird.

Type

Geopolitical, Empire

Alternative Names

The Golden Empire | GAE

Demonym

Imperials

Legislative Body

The Congressus is responsible for the making of legislation within the Empire and is made up of four branches;

• The Imperial Senate
• The Council of Delegates
• Magicas Domos
• General Assembly

The Imperial Senate is made up of Senators who represent their entire Star System that has full allegiance to the Imperium. Each System gets three Senators who represent their System, advised by a vast Cabinet of professionals and experts to ensure legislation is passed favorably for their system. Senators serve for 20-year terms and cannot be re-elected.
The Council of Delegates is made up of Delegates representing a single world, planetoid, or settlement that flies the Imperial Flag. They debate on legislation that affects their World alone, such debates can last months to years. Delegates are also moved to the Cabinet of their respective Senators for their Member System. They can serve for up to four 10-year-long terms.
The Magicas Domos is made up of the 74 Great Magical Houses, organizations recognized by Her Majesty as a House. The various Houses rule different aspects of the Imperium with some taking over entire industries and responsibilities. They are often at odds with each other through proxy wars and political malpractice. It is made up of 74 Head of Households who rule indefinitely.
General Assembly is reserved for any major party that is not representing a Great House, System, or Planet(old), usually referring to powerful political groups and industries like the Midgard Bank & Trust Company (MB&T) or the Undurkar Shipping Union (USU).
All four major groups hold many votes and meetings amongst themselves as well as come together to vote on matters that affect the entire Empire.

Judicial Body

Her Majesty's Royal Court acts as the highest body of Judicial power within the Imperium, followed by a series of Greater Courts & Lesser Courts which tend to local and foreign matters accordingly.

Executive Body

The Imperial Guard is the armed policing body responsible for enforcing the laws of the Empire on all controlled worlds, systems, and locations. Each World in the Imperium is evaluated based on location and assets and assigned a minimum number of Imperial Guards that must be stationed on the said world at any given time. However, outside of this rule and a few universal guidelines, each Company of Imperial Guards is different from each other based on domestic needs and environments, led by a Guardmaster. The Imperial Guard can police any location within their jurisdiction, make arrests, and maintain order.

Subsidiary Organizations

• Imperial House Major-Saturninus