Aristii

Founding
Aristios was founded by TbsDbs in 2021 on the day of the 29th in May. The capital city of Oleapolis was built upon the mountain of Oleaia. Settlers from far and near were in awe at its beauty. Slowly settlers, travelers, visitors, and traders brought up the foundation by Building homes, shops, farms, gardens, and Temples of Worship. It was a melting pot of cultures, religions, and ideals.

The Classical Era
During this era of Aristios, the government was mostly focused on expanding into unclaimed lands around it and merging with other smaller nations. Voclaria-Transardacia was the first to merge by treaty. Voclaria-Transardacia was a fairly small nation at the time run by a group of leaders by the names of Pepexcelenta, Towersthetoad, and percocet300. Not much is known of the form of government they ruled under most Aristii historians theorize it was a form of federation between local city-states. This federation most likely expanded through merging with other city-states on the Continent with treaties. Aristios was a small nation during this Era only getting around 25 active citizens, most of the land was vacant and the Oleapolis walls were under construction. TbsDbs was the emperor at this time.

The Post-Classical Era
During this era Aristios was growing and ended up joining The Northern Lights. Oleapolis walls were near completion, the provinces were growing. TbsDbs was the Emperor of Aristios during this era.

The Era Of Growth
During this era Aristios was growing exponentially due to Otto joining Aristios. The active population went up from 20 - 30 to 50 - 60 in a week. Aristios left The Northern Lights and adopted Voclarianism as the state-sponsored religion. TbsDbs resigned and quit Stoneworks, Jaggy assumed the throne.

The Reign of Otto
During this era, Aristios had grown exponentially. The active population went to 100 - 125 during this Era. Otto had assumed the throne as Jaggy wanted to focus on Oleapolis. During this Era, Aristios reputation was at an all-time low due to Otto's behavior. Aristios had switched to democracy and adopted a 4-party system. Aristios also joined the Eldham Entente (Triple Entente).

The Aristii Civil War
"Main Article: Aristii civil war"During the civil war Aristios became a full democracy with Inverse as its emperor. During the civil war, Astrya, now known as Azad, as well as Abaddon and Vento seceded as Aristios lost population.

The Early Aristii Republic - Echo's Chancellorship
This era is characterized by the new Democracy put into place by the Commonwealth. Inverse rules as emperor and Echo as the first Chancellor. Aristios is going through a great inactive crisis at this moment due to many people leaving when the Commonwealth came into power. However, the discord became more organized and Aristios is slowly getting better, but still, only a couple of cities are active. During this time Castellum gains more population, Aristios gains a catgirl mascot "Nyaristios" and Tarxien secedes from the republic.

National Geography
The Grand Republic of Aristios is a nation crosses the three continents of Astios, Elastra, and Onthukhan and it borders 7 other nations (13 including Sylvania). Aristios is currently the biggest nation by landmass and one of the biggest economies in Eldham supplying Services and Ore to nearby nations. Aristios is named after the Greek word for excellence and is known as the Nation of Giants due to its spot as the biggest nation by landmass in Eldham.

Local Geography
Aristios is made up of 7 different provinces Castellum, Sanctus, Ameria, Olemeronia, Preyella, KATO/KWEC, and Astillia. Aristios also has two colonies Sylvania in the Southeast of Eldham, and Yurki the birthplace of Aristios

Demographics
Aristios is a melting pot with people from all walks of life, but the first settlers migrated from The Kingdom of Yürki and moved to Eldham in search of a better life. Aristios soon started annexing other nations and gaining the population and culture of the nations they annexed and this is why the nation is so diverse today, although they have stopped annexing land, they have still been growing over the years by buying land, which makes the nation extremely diverse.

A good example of one such culture is the Aristii Dwarves. They're located in the Province of Sanctus and live in the mountains.

Artifacts
An artifact is an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest. In Aristios there are multiple artifacts, each containing cultural or historical significants.

Tear of God
The "tear of god" is an important piece to Aristios culture and history. The "tear of god" was a jewel gifted to Emperor TbsDbs by a benevolent spirit. The tear of God became a symbol in Aristios of good hope since after TbsDbs got the jewel he succeeded in finishing the walls of the capital city even though it was deemed impossible. The "Tear of God" is now kept in a vault sealed away in the capital city of Oleapolis.

The Grimm Stone
The stone is said to have been chipped from the Gate of Night, an ancient gate formed by the Valar as an entrance and exit from Arda into the Void. How the stone was chipped is unknown but the force must have been mighty. The Grimm Stone has been lost to time, nobody knows its whereabouts, some have speculated that it was destroyed but we can't confirm these rumors yet.

Imperial Aristios Flag
The Aristios flag was created by Otto on the 19th of July. The flag features a double-headed eagle and a sun-like object in the background.

Aristii Commonwealth Flag
The Commonwealth adopted a new flag during the civil war. The flag featured a sun in the background and a darker shade of purple.

Aristii Cultural Flag
The Cultural flag was proposed by Azreilz on December ninth. "The lines next to the wings represent our language (the one me and wize made) the Three letters are the initials of the government GRU and the Aristii government means citizens government and the two headed eagle is to represent our past and our the left is looking into the past to remember the hard times and old ways of our people and the claw holding the stick tightly is to show the how the pass was ruled with force and an iron fist and the head looking to the right is to show that we look forward to the future and the claw holding the crown is to represent the people having power over the crown" - Marshall Azreilz

Province Flags
The Aristios Provinces do not have much consistency between them but there are some recurring themes. Astilla, Sanctus, Ameria, Novapolis and Sylvania all feature a Double-headed eagle or normal Eagle on them meanwhile Olameronia and Castellum do not. Kato and Preyella do not have flags.

From Left to Right(PC) or Top to Bottom (Mobile): Castellum, Astillia, Sactus, Novapolis, Olemoronia, Preyella, Sylvania.



OId Province Flags
From Left to Right(PC) or Top to Bottom (Mobile): Old Sanctus Flag, Eisenmore Flag (Even older name of Sanctus), old Alemere flag, old Astrya (now Azad) flag.

War Flags
From Left to Right(PC) or Top to Bottom (Mobile): Sanctus War Flag, Sylvania War Flag.

Town Flags
From Left to Right(PC) or Top to Bottom (Mobile): Gearton, Ryukostead

The Chrysos Aetos Logo
The Chrysos Aetos is the logo of the Aristios nationalist party created by Otto. The symbol was reused for the modern Nationalist party in Aristios.

The Aristii Military Symbol
The Aristii Military Symbol was made by Azreilz and is the same as the cultural flag.

Government
"main article: Aristii Commonwealth Constitution"

The Emperor
At the top of the Aristios political hierarchy is the Emporer is elected by the senate. The Emporer rules to death, resignation, or impeachment from at least 75% of the Senate. The Emporer deals with all foreign affairs.

The Chancellor
The Chancellor's role is to rule over the internal affairs of Aristios, manage the senate, provinces, and cities, and act as a communicator between the Emporer and the people. The Chancellor is voted monthly, needs to be affiliated with a political party, has held a government position at or above the level of senator and they can run for as many terms as they wish.

The Ministries.
The Ministers run committees who manage an affair within Aristios. They are appointed by the Emporer but can be impeached with a 70% vote from the Senate except for the Minister of Judgement who needs 80%. Other Minister roles include the Minister of Finance, Minister of Media, and Minister of War.

Governors
A Governor is appointed by the emperor to govern a specific Province, Colony, or Vassal. A Governor can be impeached if 75% of the Senate agrees to do so. However, Vassals and other autonomous territories don't apply. A governor has the responsibility of governing their domain and appointing mayors to run cities.

Mayors
Mayors are people who govern a city, town, or hamlet. Mayors are appointed by their governor and can be impeached if 75% of the Senate agrees to do so. However, Vassals and other autonomous territories don't apply. A mayor has the responsibility of governing their town.

The Senate
The Senate is made up of Senators representing towns/provinces. They vote on bills and laws that can typically be proposed by anyone.

Senators
A town gains a Senator when it has 8 citizens and then another Senator for every 10 more on top of that. most towns vote for their Senators (unless it is in a more autonomous province in which case the local government may decide it. eg: Sanctus) and the Senators must be associated with a political party. If a province doesn't have enough citizens in any specific town for a senator the Province will have one senator represent it.

The Aristian Social Liberationist Union
Centralist Liberalism

The Aristian Social Liberationist Union advocates for government loans open for all, more education on politics, stopping unnecessary aggression against foreign nations, the building of railways, federalization, and the creation of public farms.

Chrysos Aetos
Nationalism

Chrysos Aetos advocates for the use of interventionism, a stronger military, the creation of a secret service, the building of better nether highways, federalization, and the continuation of current tax and government structure.

Aristios United
Liberalism

the Aristios United party advocates for Government aid to those in poverty and newcomers, a more fair and just judicial system, the building of roads, more security in the state, less militarism, and more resources spent on Aristios and less on foreign affairs.

The Aristii Market Libertarian Party
Capitalist Liberalism

The Aristii Market Libertarian Party advocates for low restrictions on businesses, the funding of government through state-run services instead of taxes, and regular stimulus to citizens.