Important Events of the Contemporary Era

Tensions between Albesia and Herden, one of their colonies were never good, but in the early years of the 20th Century, the Albesian Crown had increased conscription efforts in the colony in preparation for further expansion into the west. These conscriptions were for many, the last straw, and in 1904, the Alliance for a Free and Independent Herdenese Republic officially declared their independence. While nobody expected the Albesians would let the colony go without a fight, the long, bloody war carried on for years. Despite being at a clear disadvantage and with no aid from neighbouring countries, the Herdenese managed to draw out the war for long enough that maintaining the colony was no longer advantageous to Albesia. A treaty was finalised on neutral ground in Nantajia in 1913.

Armed with materials and weaponry from the now-established Herdenese Republic, the mountainous Albesian colony of Kutopyl began their war for independence. The Albesian Empire, having just lost the Western War a few years ago, were not able to maintain a military presence in Kutopyl, and fully withdrew after six months of fighting.

A joint project conducted by scientists from around the world at the University of Schoptendorf in Eldureia successfully cracked nuclear fission, kickstarting a new age of scientific progress.

Monowire, an essential technology for cybernetics, construction, and weaponry is invented and quickly patented.

Catherine II of Sehou-Lorvilos, the reigning monarch of The Albesian Dominion dies of a (questionably declared) heart attack. The beloved reformer is succeeded by her oldest son, Charles Amadeo IV, who begins a reign that would eventually throw the nation into civil war.

The Albesian Civil War begins in earnest after a ten-year reign of terror by the nation's monarch.