United Republic of Magic
The United Republic of Magic is the country of magicians formed from the merging of the three magical empires on the northeastern side of the only known continent in Mundus Magicus.
History
Origin of Humans in Mundus Magicus
In our ancient world, magicians were worshipped as miracle workers, messengers of god, and priests. They had social status (some even higher than the ruler of their country) and abundant wealth. However, as the centuries and millennia passed, the rise of Abrahamic religions overturned this practice; magicians became viewed as agents of the devil and were feared and hated. To escape persecution, these magicians banded together and went into hiding, far from civilization. This movement occurred many times, each time the Abrahamic religions spread. Eventually, they all somehow stumbled upon the “mana spots” of the world, where magical energy unnatural converges and opens a gate to a parallel world.
History of the Magician Society
Nine Kingdoms Period
In the beginning, there were nine waves of immigration into Mundus Magicus from Earth, creating nine individual kingdoms with Roman values and belief, cultures and traditions, and knowledge of the human world. Alliances formed between these kingdoms to share resources and people to advance society. The nine waves of immigration were:
- Non-rabbi Jewish magicians,
- Gothic witches (“witches” here include both males and females),
- Norse believers following Christianization,
- Those escaping the Medieval Inqusitions in 1100's-1200's,
- Those escaping the Spanish Inqusition in the 1400's,
- Those escaping the Portuguese Inqusition in the mid-1500's,
- Those escaping the British witch hunt in the early 1500's,
- Those escaping the Roman Inqusition in the late 1500's, and
- Those escaping the Salem Witch Trial in 1692-1693.
Three Empires Period
The nine magician kingdoms consolidated into three large empires after conflicts among themselves. The British kingdom conquered the Spanish and Portguese. The Romans allied with the pan-European medieval kingdom to conquer the Norse and Goths. The American kingdom conquered the Jewish kingdom. Following the formation of the Three Empires, the other inhabitants of the Mundus Magicus—namely the elves and the dwarves—reached out to the humans to the form trade agreements to foster peaceful cohabitation.
As the size and influence of the human magicians grew, the elves and dwarves became wary of potential conflicts. Their worries were not unwarranted. When the humans discoverd a new mythril mine, the dwarves tried to buy it from them. The humans were unwilling to sell the entire mine and wanted to sell the dwarves the mythril ore instead and then purchase the weapons crafted from said ore. The dwarves didn't agree to the prices. Thus, the humans demanded that the dwarves sell them them the method for crafting using mythril instead. The dwarves declined to reveal their trade secrets. With both sides unwilling to yeild, the humans resorted to espionage, was discovered, and conflict ensued.
Due to inferior magical technology at the time, the magicians were lost the initial battles and decided it was better to unify as a single power against the dwarves and take over the dwarven kingdom, Dravgok. Faced with mutliple armies, Dravgok sought assistance from the Elven Confederation. While the elves themselves didn't want to be embrioled in war, they levied economic sanctions in the forms of tarrifs and embargos that dampened the human war effort. Eventually, a peace treaty was signed, and a new trade agreement was made between the three nations—the United Kingdom of Magic, Dravgok, and the Elven Confederation.
United Kingdom of Magic
With the formation of the United Kingdom, there was debate how to deal with the former royal families. The three former emperors decided to hold a three-way battle with representatives of each royal family, and the winning family would become the new royal family of the United Kingdom. The winning family would then set up political marriages with the two losing families, and thus, all three families would retain royal status to some extent. The head of remaining former royal families from the Nine Kingdoms periods would be given the title of Duke and become high court officials. The two highest court positions were the Right Minister (in charge of foreign affairs) and the Left Minister (in charge of internal affairs).
After being cut off from the non-magic world for so long, the King wanted to send people back to see how the normal humans have progressed, and to their surprised, things have taken a turn for the better after the Enlightenment and Renaissance. They were also able to bring alchemists back to the Magic World to teach about this new branch of magic.
United Republic of Magic
Following the Red Rebellion where the many members of the royal family and top government official were killed, the remaining Ministers and officials decided to create the Executive Council, thus transforming the United Kingdom of Magic into the United Republic of Magic. English was also established as the official language of the Republic.
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United Republic of Magic
- Chairperson of Executive Council
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