Ellysian Empire

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

Origins
The Ellysian Empire was founded in May 29th, 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/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.

First Coalition-Ellysian War
Early on the morning of June 4th, 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 16th, 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.

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 (aptly named the Second Coalition) to attack the Ellysian Empire. on the 17th of June at around 5:00 PM 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 (the link of which is below) 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.

Finally, on the 19th of June, after nearly 20 days of existence, the Ellysian Empire was split into 5 zones, each of which would be led by one Coalition Nation. Thas, and his loyal supporters formed the Ellysian Rebellion shortly after, but they were defeated swiftly by the coalition, or its new name, the Anti-Radical Syndicate.

The Ellysian Empire was the first great challenge of Eldham, but it certainly won't be the last. To future generations who may study the history and downfall of Ellysia, let this be a lesson. A lesson in leadership, corruption, discrimination, and above all, imperialism.

Links
Treaty of Aurica: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-xyCuXpTC0Ku2I5QrMQee0h7l-jfuRHdlxquOa40JNI/edit