Second Empire of Plagatéa

The Second Empire of Plagatéa is a diarchical state that covers the majority of the continent of Plagos in North-eastern Rathnir and also part of Arsine, in South-west Eldham, currently ruled in Rathnir by Tagavor Alexander S. Numachi and ruled in Eldham by Tagavor Leon Olsen-Tanaka. It consists of multiple Lordship provinces ruled by feudal Lords, all united under the Tagavors, and is a member of the Sapphire Commonwealth.

Provinces
There are currently seven provinces in the Empire in the world of Rathnir, as follows:


 * The Lordship of Sakura
 * The Lordship of Seivija
 * The Lordship of Sakurai Tempo
 * The Lordship of Valreign
 * The Lordship of Veldion
 * The Meishu of Lunaris

In Eldham there are currently nine provinces in the empire in the world of Eldham.


 * The Lordship of Kardivia
 * The Lordship of Orelia
 * The Lordship of Morafin
 * The Lordship of Gaokong
 * The Lordship of Alborum
 * The Lordship of Novastonia
 * The Lordship of Sun's Gate
 * The Meishu of Ostartia
 * The Lordship of Abbylonia
 * The Meishu of Santochi

Formation
After the sale (under duress) of the former Empire of Plagatéa colony in Eldham, Plagatèan Michinaru, which then became Kardovia, during the succession crisis and collapse of the Empire, Kardovians had been distrustful of the new government. They perceived it as a traitorous, and weak, especially the Kardovian leader, Leon Olsen-Tanaka, known as the Magistrate of the Eldham colonies in Plagatéa.

On the 5th of September, Leon, after witnessing discussions in the Senate of The Realm of Asarakaen over the new guild economy system, saw their economic and military fragility, and chose to act. He announced the establishment of the Second Plagatéan Empire on Eldham, and stated he was taking his rightful claim to as Tagavor and would be "retaking what is ours", with the Simulami Empire quickly backing them. His claim as Tagavor would be heavily disputed, with letters of the last orders of the former Tagavor Nero published by the Royal Advisor, Abigail Akihiro, that showed the only two rightful Tagavors on Nero's death were Aisuru Numachi and Doom (Leon would later admit while in negotiations with the Senate of the Realm that his right was through his military and those that had infiltrated the Asarakaen government that were loyal to him).

Leon Olsen-Tanaka then opened negotiations with the Senate of the Realm of Asarakaen, stating that there would be war unless Asarakaen agreed to the terms he laid out, and that his military would crush The Realm of Asarakaen in this event. He stated that 1) Kitaichi would become the Capital of the Second Plagatéan Empire, 2) Asarakaen would be renamed to the Second Plagatéan Empire and 3) That Asarakaen would be forced to pay a weekly tribute of 1 block of gold to the Empire in Eldham. He and the Senate would proceed to negotiate these terms to an eventual settlement that stated that there would be a return of the Tagavor diarchy, with Leon ruling over the Empire in Eldham and Queen Aisuru ruling over Rathnir. However, the Senate throughout all of this had been forced to act without their Monarch, due to her being away on a diplomatic visit, and still required her approval.

When she returned, she was horrified by the seeming acceptance of the situation, and the fact that negotiations had immediately begun, under the pretence that intervention from Asarakaen allies elsewhere in the globe would result in the end of any hope for unity in Plagos, which would be worse than ceding control to Leon. Both the potential return of Skittles Alliance to counter the Empire and the at the time new Confederation of Plagos were greatly feared by Leon, who had not calculated the possibility of the either intervening to save the Queen. She was given the opportunity to finalise an rule jointly, but she did not feel she could do so in good faith, as she had sworn Plagatéa would never again become an Empire under her rule, and was disgusted by what she called a coup by Leon Olsen-Tanaka in her official abdication announcement. She instead chose to abdicate the throne, announcing in a statement she would travel to live with her relatives, the McSpiegels, in Viodoxa with her husband, King Techno Numachi. Upon hearing of this, Leon mocked the Queen, branding her weak in his own statement, and announced the existence of the new Empire, replacing what he branded as the weak, ineffective previous government of Asarakaen. Leon proceeded with establishing the terms of the agreement with the Senate, appointing Doom as his Tagavor, and Revo as the Royal Regent. He also merged the governments in Eldham and Rathnir together, though with officials primarily based in Plagos. He also announced the Senate would be used as a purely advisory council with senior government leadership, though would have no legislative ability.

Confederation of Plagos
On September 7th, 2021, the Second Plagatéan Empire re-entered the Confederation of Plagos under their new name. They were officially recognized as the successor state of the Realm of Asarakaen. After the loss at Duran, Tagavor Leon proposed in a speech a reform to the previously existing Plagosi Confederation Charter, resulting in the creation of the Constitution of the Confederation of Plagos by the National Representatives and leaders at a convention a few days later. Veldion was later proposed and approved to be the region where the new capital of the CoP would be built, which was to be named Requiem. However, the conflict of interests within the Confederation would bring about its collapse less than a month later, with frequent arguments between Plagatèa, Alamayn and Lunaris representatives.

Initial Joint Government Reform
Joint Ministers for Economics Alexander S. Numachi and Lord Lieutenant Joseph drafted a new Guilds system, heavily influenced by the previous Ravdrac Reforms and Alexander’s write-up of them within Asarakaen, a few days after the formation of the Empire. After the necessary administrative work had been carried out, primarily by the Tagavors, the Guilds were announced and formalised on the 20th of September. The Guilds involved were the Mining Guild, the Druids Guild (Enchanting and forging armour), the Builders Guild and the Plagatéan Army, which began training soon after it's formation. The Miners Guilds began purchasing large quantities of diamonds from its miners for the national stores in preparation for military build-up.

Expansion of the new Empire
Roughly a week after the formation of the Empire, Seaside re-joined as a Lordship, though this proved to be only a temporary arrangement, as they would secede again on the 26th of September. On the 22nd of September Lunaris joined the Empire as a protectorate state, though was later purchased by Baronov.

On the 28th of September, Plagatèa united with the Emirate of Najer and the Second Empire of Simulami to form the Sapphire Commonwealth, represented as one nation on maps by cartographers and acting as one militarily while coordinating foreign policy. Domestic issues are largely left to try individual countries to figure out however, something that would lead to Najer and Simulami’s neutrality during the Plagatèan Provincial Revolt.

Plagatèa continued its claim to the remaining lands of Czervoslavia, after the King attempted to hand the land over, feeling Plagatèa would protect it better than the militarily weak United Commonwealth, but was prevented from doing so by the laws of the United Commonwealth. He later retracted his request, but Plagatèa would continue its claim, also citing instability on the border, the need for a link to the rest of the Sapphire Commonwealth, its inability to protect itself as seen by its unsuccessful defence against the O.P.T.C and the way the land looked on the maps. The Regent Tagavors retracted this claim on the 3rd of October with support from the new Jōin after the Plagatèan Provincial Revolt.

The Plagatèan Provincial Revolt
On the morning of the 3rd of October, after several weeks of extreme discontent with the government and its leadership, the 2 of the 5 Plagatèan provinces in Rathnir, Sakura and Seivija and a Vassal State, The Kingship Veldion declared their support for a new ruler who had announced their claim, Princess Futo Naho of the North, the last true heir by blood to the throne. The spark for this came from the attempt by Revo days earlier to remove Lady Aisuru Numachi and Lord Pepek Tchangsiu from their positions as Lords of the provinces of Sakura and Seivija which was seen as a flagrant attempt to consolidate power and remove any form of dissent, as well as several comments and actions made by Leon and Revo that were seen as aggressive and against the people of Veldion. Lord Pepek Tchangsiu joined the planning for a revolt that Lady Aisuru Numachi and King Glurak I. Ravdrac had already begun a week prior. Little is known about the planning, due to the events afterward, only that it was assured of Najer and Simulami's neutrality in any conflict and a large majority of the nations of Plagos had privately pledged support.

Upon hearing of the revolt, and the announcements, Tagavor Leon Olsen-Tanaka declared a state of martial law, aiming to mobilise to crush the revolt. Meanwhile, in a bid to prevent conflict, high-ranking officials from both sides, including Lord Pepek Tchangsiu, King Glurak I. Ravdrac, Lady Aisuru Numachi, Alexander S. Numachi and a senior diplomat overseeing named Sterling met for negotiations. This eventually resulted in the signing of treaties with the two provinces and the vassal laying down arms, the most significant effects included the reintegration of Veldion as a province, a 50,000 fine for the province of Sakura, the removal of Tagavor Revo as Rathnir Tagavor, the establishment of a temporary Regency for the Rathnir Tagavor, with complete separation of government between Rathnir and Eldham and Leon Olsen-Tanaka to govern solely in Eldham.

Regency and Restoration
As the Regency came to a close, after the second week, Alexander S. Numachi was the only nominated candidate, nominated by Lady Aisuru Numachi of Sakura, Lord Pepek Tchangsui of Seivija and Lord Dug Zerkalo of Veldion. On the 19th of October, the Tagavor election began, with the Lords casting their votes to Tagavor Leon Olsen-Tanaka. 5 of the 6 electors (the 5 Lords, plus the regency of Lord Tempo and Sterling of Arcop as one) were needed for a candidate to ascend the throne. All cast their votes, and all cast their votes for Alexander S. Numachi, who assumed the role of Tagavor from the moment the votes were confirmed. Many Kanryō also cast their vote symbolically for Alexander, though they were not able to be counted. He was soon after confirmed as a ruling Monarch in the Sapphire Commonwealth, and was announced to Rathnir. He would give a speech the next day, receiving congratulation messages from many leaders of Rathnir nations.

The Kanryō (senators) of the Jōin (senate) were revised and some new Kanryō were appointed to balance the senate between provinces, following the format of 2 Kanryō and the Lord of the Province from each individual province. With this new Jōin, in tandem with the survey conducted to assess the population and where they stand politically, reforms began, such as the Zavtranian Pantheon no longer being the state religion in Rathnir, after a survey indicated 80% of the population wished for a secular state and the Jōin voted for this to be enacted in to law. Lord Pepek Tchangsui of Seivija was appointed as Royal Regent to Tagavor Alexander S. Numachi, and Daimyo Techno Numachi of Sakura was appointed as the Daijin of the Jōin, presiding over the Jōin’s day to day functioning. Other reforms occurred, such as the recognition of citizens from Eldham and other Meishu (the name for vassals and protectorates of Plagatèa) becoming all equally recognised as a citizens alongside those who lived in Rathnir Plagatèa.