Ellysian Empire

The Ellysian Empire was a large nation located on Eldham. It was a belligerent of the First Coalition-Ellysian War and was dissolved by the later Treaty of Aurica during the Second Coalition-Ellysian War.

Origins
The Ellysian Empire was founded in 29 May 2021 upon the open release of Eldham to the general public. Several players consisting of and relating to the House of Ellas had a desire to establish a powerful nation in the world and united to form the Ellysian Empire.

Almost immediately however, the empire was met with immense international criticism for supposed imperialism amongst other complaints but nonetheless expanded drastically. The empire was located at first in the far North towards the center of the map and was initially formed as the Ellysian Republic before changing their title to the Ellysian Empire after a few short days.

Founders of the Ellysian Empire
Several players had worked together to establish the Ellysian nation. Thas Ellas, as Basileus, helped found the nation primarily. Runik was the first Prime Minister and had additionally also extensively aided in the nation's founding. Miho, as Minister of War and Field Marshal, controlled the military. Relmont organized the economy of the nation and D_Loaded designed the cities and made them what they are today, all with the help of the people. This set the foundations for the growth of the Ellysian Empire. On 6/06/2022, it became the first country to put a constitution in place. The nation also quickly became the largest in Eldham by a huge margin, dominating what would become Valresh. It's first borders can be seen here. It was three times bigger than the next largest nation, the Simulami Colony, and achieved this in just one day.

First Coalition-Ellysian War
On 4 June 2021, a group of nations named the Coalition sent a declaration of war to the Ellysian Empire after a failure to accept an ultimatum. The Coalition demanded a complete dissolution of the nation. A conflict was started as a result, and Thas was forced to abdicate making Valerion the Basileus of the Ellysian Empire.

The Minister of War of the Ellysian Empire believed the war could not have been won so he fled the empire. To his surprise the nation managed to make it out alive. Realizing he had messed up, and in a quick attempt to save himself he declared independence and made Fort Oarai his capital. It was at this point that the Ellysian military began to make efforts to arrest Miho. The Coalition wanted to assert dominance over Ellysia for their actions and as a result, JustChristian, a member of the coalition, blocked Ellysian diplomats from traveling and moved to attack Lichterfelde the biggest city of Ellysia at the time. The Army of the Coalition charged through the nearby forests and captured the city, starting the Coalition-Ellysian War. Eventually the Ellysians lost, resulting in their abysmal defeat.

Relocation of the Ellysian Empire


After the war and the signing of a treaty, The Coalition forced the Ellysian Empire to move farther Northeast on the map as it was one of the most isolated parts of the map. The Ellysian Empire, in a desire to reform and regain their power began making efforts to expand swiftly. In less than one week they had merged with the locals and controlled a total of five cities, being Taernsby, Valorys, Nordinbad, Atta, and Arcton. Surprising the First Coalition and the international community, Ellysia had yet again become the largest single nation on Eldham.

Abdication of Thas
After immense international outcry and criticism a vote was suddenly called for by the senate on June 15th, 2021 to revoke Valerion's powers and restore Thas to the throne of Basileus. The vote was passed and Thas, whom before that had been living in exile, was returned to the throne. His first act as newly reinstated King was to ban Valerion from the nation. It was found out soon after that Valerion was actually an alternate account of Thas and that there was a conspiracy to keep Thas in power all along. On 6/16 a new constitution was put in place.

Second Coalition-Ellysian War
After the events of The Taernsby Massacre and multiple transphobic attacks from the Ellysian leader at the time, Valerion, ViewedMarquis decided to lead another Coalition to attack the Ellysian Empire. On 17 June 17:00 UTC, the war was officially declared. The coalition's goal was to dissolve the Ellysian Empire all together and prevent a reformation of the empire like had happened after the first Coalition-Ellysian War.

Though there was initially no formal army ever formed against the empire, many bandits raided the cities especially the city of Atta but not much damage was done. on the 18th of June when the coalition was supposed to attack Ellysia, the coalition leader ViewedMarquis was banned for about two weeks due to her attacking the same city multiple times in a singular week. This led to the armies never arriving on the Ellysian border and peace talks started.

The Ellysian Empire agreed to the Treaty Of Aurica, and peace was temporarily made. The treaty completely dissolved the Ellysian Empire at which point the Ellysians immediately began forming a new nation called the Regnum Hellenium which actively broke the treaty and consensus of the Coalition which disapproved of any Ellysian reformation or creation of a large singular nation in its place. In addition to this, the Second Coalition had announced its plans to divide up Ellysian territory which included some of it being annexed by neighboring nations and the creation of five administrative zones to be run by Coalition members for a week before becoming independent nations of their own. This angered the Ellysians extensively because it meant that the Regnum Hellenium would become incapable of reforming to the same size as the Ellysian Empire, if at all, and as a result war was yet again declared and Thas denounced the Treaty of Aurica.

The Second Coalition immediately formed a force of over 25 soldiers to invade the Ellysian Empire through amphibious invasion. The plan worked excellently as many Ellysians had refused to follow the order to defend the cities, some had deserted, some had joined the Coalition's army outright, and many Ellysians had been banned for breaking rules such as hacking and harassing players with transphobic comments. Two battles were fought, being the Garxeto Assault and the Siege of Atta, both being in the absolute favor of the Second Coalition. After the war was ended in the favor of the Coalition, the Ellysian Empire was dissolved for good and the edict of Regnum Drakaes which called for the division of Ellysia in the first place, spurring forth the war, was finally put into place.

Motives Of The Coalition
Despite the crimes of the Ellysian leaders, many Ellysians pointed out that only one person had committed these sins, and in response the enemy had promised to destroy their people, smash their temples, and raze their cities. The truth in the matter is surely with the Ellysians based off the statements of the coalition, making the Ellysian Coalition Wars one of the first instances of cultural genocide in Eldham

Government
The Government of Ellysia was the first to implement a constitution for the nation. It formed relatively quickly, and it's quick organization helped the nation grow to one of the largest on Stoneworks in just one day.

The Constitution
The Constitution was the first formed, but also somewhat incoherent, with confusing wording, and being divided into six commandments.

Executive Branch
The Executive Branch was made up of the Basileus. The Basileus had the majority of the power in the nation, with complete control over the appointment of ministers, foreign relations and diplomats, reception of other nations diplomats, and many other things. In addition, their orders were superior to all, and disregarding them was treason. However, some limits which contradicted these statements were imposed, such as a 70% plus senate requirement to declare war.

Legislative Branch
The Legislative Branch was headed by the Prime Minister, the leader of the Senate. The senate voted on amending the constitution, and some other matters such as proposed bills. National election were held every three weeks, but how they were held was never specified.

Judicial Branch
The Judicial Branch tried citizens and visitors for crimes according to the Code of Justice, however no surviving records indicate that this branch ever took form.

The Northeast
The Northeast areas of Ellysia were hot, with many white and red deserts, and savannah grasslands.

The Northwest
The Northwest of Ellysia became colder, with some frigid mountains, forests and snowlands.

The Far Northwest
The Far Northwest slowly became hot again, with deserts and savannah reappearing.

The South
The South of Ellysia transitioned from the hot Northeast into a cool region of temperate forests and tranquil meadows. A frigid snow hill land separated this region from the Sar South, which was quite different.

The Far South
The Far south was separated from the rest of Ellysia by a frigid snowy hill range. it was made of cold taiga forests descending from the hills, which gradually turned into warmer, thick oak forests at the coastline.

Vexillology
The flag of Ellysia was a purple-white-yellow tricolor with the coat of arms of House Ellas in the center. The coat of arms displays the house crest in the center, surrounded by a two headed golden eagle, with the crown of Ellysia on top.