Vintian Imperium
The Impero Alleanza di Vintia (From Vintic: "(The) Supreme Alliance of Vintia"), mostly referred to simply as 'Impero' within its borders, or as the 'Vintian Imperium' by outsiders, is an empire formed from the city states along the Wizards Trail and the remnants of Darseras, with Vintia serving as its capital.
Structure
The Imperium is a collection of 46 different city-states and small nations, each controlled by a magistrate that maintain their own laws and taxes. The magistrates are organized in several tiers of influence, with the 20 most powerful noble families serving as the Famiglie Imperiali, who elect the Queen of Vintia once every 45-50 years.
The queen is considered the imperium's supreme ruler. She may change the nations laws by using limited number of imperial decrees during her reign, and serves as the highest judge and the commander of the Vintian Imperial Legions, a singular force serving the entire nation for both armed conflicts and peacekeeping. The queen represeant the nation's progress as dictated by the Famiglie Imperiali and is, at least officially, excluded from laws and dangers of the Grand Game.
The magistrates themselves enjoy great freedoms in managing their domains. As long as they hold no levies or declared tyrannical by their peers they may dictate their state laws and tariffs. Each magistrate divides their land as they see fit, although it is rare for a magistrate and his family to directly and personally hold more than a few hundreds acres of land. The rest of the land is often divided into separate baronies of minor noble families that operate under the ruling family's laws and pay them taxes.
Culture
Despire its common name, the Imperium encompasses many cultures within and does not revolve solely around Vintian customs. A large part of the Imperium society revolve around slavery and the ownership of slaves, with intricate rules and traditions sorrounding the practice. The Raven Queen also plays a large part in the Imperium traditions and general agenda.
Public Agenda
The Vintian Imperium views itself as the rightful successor of the Kingdom of Darseras, exerting its magical practices and rules over Edora.
Demography and Population
In its early days, the Imperium was formed by people of many different cultures and origins, most are from Aderian and Navaran descents who arrived to the Imperium and to Darseras as slaves on the Wizards Trail. Nowadays humans are still the most numerous, but since the fall of Darseras the Imperium became home to a vast collection of cultures and species, all living mixed together in its cities and town.
Religion
While the Fifth Dogma is considered the official state religion, the freedom of all religions is protected by the crown. Any faith may operate inside the empire so long as it does not pose any harm, physiological, mental or otherwise.
Foreign Relations
The Imperium does not have official contact with any Andorian realm. The northern elder races are viewed as complacent for their lack of action during the Vintian Crusades, and as such the Kingdom of Lodir, Clan Telnarthor and Clan Telvarsir are not in any officiall relationship with the Imperium.
In the south, Vintia is a leading force in combating the dangers and threats of the Darsal Sea and has strong relationships with the Republic of Kishara, Southern and Northern Amarris.
Despite initially viewing them as complacent, the people of the Imperium reached out to help the stranded dwarves of Dam Tarihr after the Battle of the Second Sun, providing them with mages and clerics. The dwaves, in return, provided minerals and ore for the reconstruction of Vintia. Today, both realms share a strong trading and defensive agreements.
Current Date: 2nd of Latsum, 1572
Dalle ceneri, Ci Alziamo
(From Ashes, We rise)
Founding Date
Type
Geopolitical, Kingdom
Capital
Alternative Names
The Imperium
Demonym
Imperial, Vintian
Leader
Leader Title
Government System
Meritocracy
Power Structure
Federation
Economic System
Mixed economy
Currency
B
CT Rate: 6%
TMI: High
CMI: High
TMI: High
CMI: High
Used Coinage
Piece ('silver')
Value:
0.0003Pp
Weight:
0.02 lbs. (8 g)
0.0003
Weight:
0.02 lbs. (8 g)
Pieces, or 'silvers' are the smallest form of currency in the Vintian Imperium, they are broken off from a ducet to be use in small transactions, such as buying food, paying for lodging or other daily or otherwise pedestrian services.
Ducet (25 Pieces)
Ducets are usually given as montly salaries by lords, masters and business owners. The coin is eched with break markings, and will usually be dismantled by the recievers into pieces by their local blacksmiths.
Regal
Regal is the Vintian gold standard is carved mostly for decoration as it is not meant to be split. Its main porpuse is to be used is in large transactions, such as expansive professional services and real estate deals.
Platina
Platinas are used exclusively by the high society of the Vintian Imperium. In a society that adore luxuries and sophistication money is nothing if not means to an end. Despite it's high value some establishment will not accept any other coin, even a beverage can be a costly expanse in the upper echelons of Vintia.
Official State Religion
Subsidiary Organizations
Location
Official Languages
Related Ranks & Titles
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Controlled Territories
Neighboring Nations
Notable Members
Related Ethnicities
Related Plots
Trade Partners
The Vintian Imperium and the Kingdom of Dam Tarihr share a strong and trusty relationship, with the dwarves being the Imperium's main supplier of ore and the Imperium providing the dwarven kingdom protection from topside threats such as the relentless Clan Eramorn. The two nations also work together to ensure their monopolies on the Verilium and Blightwood trades.
Diplomatic Alliance
Relations between the Vintian Imperium and the Republic of Kishara have been generally good throughout the years, although the two have fought several wars over territory related issues and claims. The two nations hold a strong trade relationship that is mostly centered around Slavery and magical goods. While the slave trade has resulted in numerous diplomatic hardships between the two, especially during the unification of Sesan into the republic, but is viewed as an integral part of both realm's cultures and traditions.
Trade Partners
Being the largest exporter of Silver, the Vintian Imperium maintains a fairly stable, and very necessary relations with the Free Cities, with some of its denizens even serving in the Free Cities Board of Directors. This relationship is not without flaws, however, and the Imperium as a whole found itself several times under sanctions or restrictions, mostly over minor land disputes.
Trade Partners
Relations with the former Kingdom of Amarris and the Vintian Imperium were warm, but have soured quite a bit after the kingdom was split. The Kingdom of Southern Amarris has proven to be a party hard to negotiate with, and raised war taxes and tariffs throughout its ports, nearly crippling the Vintian Silver and Gold trade in the Agaman Bay.
Military Agreement
The Vintian Imperium and Kir Drakar exchange very little trade between them. Much of the relationship between the two nations and their allies revolve around combating the red dragonborn of Clan Eramorn and the constant threat of the Gorak Orsinium.
Cold Peace
Despite the The Southern Accord initial purpose was to resist the Vintian Imperium's colonialism, the relations between the two have improved considerably in the last two centuries. With the Darsal Sea becoming much more traversable, it also became a source of conflict for every nation that borders it. While naval conflict do occour, it is usualy over mistaken identity of the sailing vassels and end before any considerable damage is done. Trade relations are between the two side are viewed more as a nessesicty than a courtisey, with most nations in the Darsal Crest still depandant on Imperial silver to feul their economies.
Open Borders
While not officially acknowledging the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Northern Amarris, the Imperium does not view them as a rouge state but as a vassal state of the Kingdom of Southern Amarris. No official diplomatic relations are formally established between the two, yet the Imperium serves as a mediator between the feuding members of House Vigos.
Enemy State
Cigon freed itself from Vintian rule through force during the War of the Darsal Sea. While attempts to reconcile the two are in constant mediation through various agents, the Imperium's reluctance to recognize the kingdom independence proves difficult.
At War
With both denizens of the Imperium and Clan Eramorn seeking to exert their rule over sources of water on the edges of their territories, armed conflict is common. Red dragonborn raiders often descend from the mountains to pillage Imperial towns and villages, kidnapping citizens to serve as slaves in the process. The Imperium has declared the clan as a rogue state of Kir Drakar, and actively assist the Kingdom of Dam Tarihr in engaging the threat.
At War
The Vintian Imperium is still officialy at war with the Kingdom of Ader and the Andorian Church since the first salemizia. This state of war extands to all members of the Andorian Alliance but actual engagement is extremely rare, as both the Imperium and the Alliance wish to avoid a continental war that could spark from such incident.
Enemy States
Both nations hold the official stance that the existance of the other is a threat to its own. While no war or conflict worthy of note have been fought since the Second Vintian Crusades and the completetion of the Great Wall of Vintia.
