Holy Empire of Neo Kerolon

 

Holy Empire of Neo Kerolon Lanab an Oyrepml gn Novus Kerolon (Golagat)
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto: "For the Everlasting Glory of Uingffh!"
Anthem: Uingffhian Glory Military anthem: Yes, Your Eminence
The Altaria System, the capital system of Neo Kerolon
Capital and largest city	Lukeschmidtia, Aeonium Arboreum, Altaria System
Official languages	Golagat
Religion	Keliosity
Demonym(s)	Neo Kerolonian
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy under a military junta
• Emperor	Otis Otilio Kerolon
Legislature	Emperor (provisional) Neo Kerolonposium (de jure)
Establishment	November 14, 2056
Population
• 2057 estimate	22.522 billion
GDP (nominal)	2057 estimate
• Total	2.75944048 quadrillion imperial sters
• Per capita	122,522 imperial sters
Currency	Imperial sters
Today part of	Federative Planets of Polyingffhaestia

The Holy Empire of Neo Kerolon, also known as the Neo Kerolonian Empire or simply Neo Kerolon, was a short-lived and unrecognized successor state to the Kingdom of Kerolon that attempted to oust the Federative Planets of Polyingffhaestia during the late 2050s, over a decade after the end of the 12 Great Calamities. At its greatest territorial extent, Neo Kerolon controlled the entirety of the Altaria System and its binary companion system of Alympia. Neo Kerolon also attempted to colonize various other star systems, most notably the Solar System and the Grice System, but ultimately failed due to opposition from anti-imperialist rebels backed by the Polyingffhaestian Federation. Neo Kerolon’s capital was the city of Lukeschmidtia, located on the Altarian habitable moon Aeonium Arboreum. Most of Neo Kerolon’s populace consisted of members of the Tabulon, Morteus, Lordion, and Tristanian species - species that had also dominated the original Kingdom of Kerolon’s population.

Neo Kerolon originated from the Altaria System (Upsilon Andromedae), which was once a major population center of the original Kingdom of Kerolon as well as the residence of the late crown prince Sarnus Robau Kerolon. Nostalgia for Kerolon and its interstellar settler colonialism drove Altaria’s populace to oppose the Polyingffhaestian Federation’s de-colonial policies, culminating in the secession of the Altaria System from the Federation as Neo Kerolon in 2056 over disagreements regarding the handling of a Polyhex-Class World Breaker, the K.S.S. Heartstopper, located on Aeonium Arboreum. The Altarian rebels installed Otis Otilio Kerolon, the illegitimate son of Sarnus Robau Kerolon, as Neo Kerolon's emperor. Polyingffh refused to recognize Neo Kerolon as a legitimate state; however, Neo Kerolon quickly erected “Syanthae Barriers” over all wormhole gates in the Altaria System that also inhibited the use of Thegasia Drives within the system, rendering any armed opposition efforts from Polyingffh impossible.

With armed warfare rendered impractical for the time being, Neo Kerolon and the Polyingffhian Federation attempted to strike diplomacy, but to no avail; Neo Kerolon insisted on retaining its right to conquer other star systems, a right Polyingffh and its citizens refused to give. The subsequent rise of the Neo Thritanian Empire in Iris (40 Eridani forced Polyingffh to delay diplomacy. Neo Kerolon then focused on building up its internal strength while collaborating with Sriteria Industries, an energy and weapons manufacturing company.

In terms of government and culture, Neo Kerolon largely took after its predecessor, albeit with a few notable differences. Like the original Kerolon, Neo Kerolon was a social democracy with a parliamentary system, numerous progressive government regulations, a strong welfare state, etc. However, Neo Kerolon's social democratic services were seen as inferior to those of the Polyingffhian Federation, which had also developed social democratic traits. Additionally, for most of Neo Kerolon's short lifespan, Emperor Otis and his close military contacts exercised de facto rule over the nation as a wartime provision, with a Neo Kerolonposium set to take power once Neo Kerolon stabilized; ultimately, Neo Kerolon was disestablished before the Neo Kerolonposium could do so. One other deviation from Kerolon's original social democratic model was that Neo Kerolon often colluded with the energy and arms manufacturing corporation Sriteria Industries, though the original Kerolon tended to secretly do the same with the Modera Group. Like the original Kerolon, Neo Kerolon also practiced an imperialist foreign policy as well as subtle xenophobia, asserting a right to recapture all of the original Kerolon's former stellar colonies. In particular, Neo Kerolon's government opposed the level of political autonomy Polyingffh had granted the Earth and the human race due to their past actions against the Uingffhians; otherwise, Neo Kerolon tended to act more tolerant to other alien races, but still desired to annex their home systems in their territory. Lastly, in a similar fashion to the original Kerolon, Neo Kerolon practiced a culture revolving around the arts, royalty, nobility, the military, and chivalry; for instance, Neo Kerolon's military featured two organizations called the Glass Thrones and the Order of Altaria as continuations of the original Kerolon's Glass Angels and four orders.

History

Origins (pre-2056)

Flag of the first Kingdom of Kerolon.

Throughout the 19th through early 21st Centuries, the social democratic yet imperialist Kingdom of Kerolon, hailing from the habitable moon of Uingffh, conquered 37 various star systems including the home systems of dozens of other sentient civilizations, among them the human race of the planet Earth. The Altaria System, the future capital system of Neo Kerolon, was among the Kerolonian stellar colonies that did not harbor native life; nonetheless, it became a major population center for Kerolonian nationalists due to its similarities to the Kerolonian home system, Ingffhaestia. Kerolon's long interstellar dominion over the stars ended with the 12 Great Calamities and the reign of Urlum Eudae Kerolon, its ninth queen, in 2045. In the process, Uingffh was devastated by a massive human counter-invasion under the Grand Earth Reclamation Authority, nearly losing its habitability altogether. The Federative Planets of Polyingffh rose in Kerolon's place shortly after, promising to dismantle the imperial systems of Kerolon and other Uingffhian nations.

Though Polyingffh successfully defused most succeeding conflicts and implemented most of its promised policies regarding decolonialism and species equality, tensions began rising between it and the staunch Kerolonian nationalists of the Altaria System. Altaria not only escaped most of the damage wrought by the 12 Great Calamities, but also retained a largely pro-Kerolonian political climate, particularly amongst its older residents; because of this, most Altarian inhabitants opposed Polyingffh's anti-imperial endeavors and felt nostalgic for Kerolon's interstellar imperial rule. This also attracted numerous other Kerolonian nationalists from other systems, further turning Altaria into a hotspot for Kerolonian nostalgia and anti-Polyingffhian sentiment. Additionally, the Altarians were secretly given arms and funding by Sriteria Industries, an energy and arms manufacturing company based in former Kerolonian territory.

Starting in 2050, Altarian citizens began staging a number of protests against Polyingffhian policies, calling for policies such as increased law enforcement presence in worlds dominated by non-Uingffhians, increased funding towards the military, and harsher reparations for the human member states for the GERA's actions. Polyingffh attempted to strike diplomacy with the Altarians numerous times, but tensions and hostility towards the Federation of Planets only continued to grow. In 2054, Polyingffh issued a statement advising non-Uingffhian sentients to avoid traveling to the Altaria System due to an increase in hate crimes against such species by the Kerolonian nationalists; this coincided with an exodus of most non-Uingffhian residents out of Altaria save for some Tristanians and Zetanthens in the Alympia System, a red dwarf system orbiting Altaria.

Heartstopper Insurrection and the Formation of the Neo Kerolonian Empire (2056)

The Heartstopper was a Polyhex-class world breaker similar to the one pictured here. Disputes over its location in Altaria helped spark Neo Kerolon's formation,

In 2056, Polyingffh's parliament voted to move the K.S.S. Heartstopper, the last remaining Polyhex-class world breaker, out of its current location on Aeonium Arboreum, a habitable moon in the Altaria System, in light of the worsening civil unreat in the star system. To this end, they dispatched a team of diplomats led by Nisc Elizer Kerolon, a former Kerolonian royal, to help loosen tensions in the system.

However, the Altarians' refusal to give up the Heartstopper - a ship viewed as a symbol of Kerolon's former glory - culminated in a major insurrection in Lukeschmidtia - the city on Aeonium Arboreum where diplomacy was being held, the former residence of the late Prince Sarnus Robau Kerolon, as well as the largest city in the system. On November 14, 2056, 1057 Earth years since the original Kerolon's formation, Kerolon nationalists raided military based and used both plundered equipment and new weaponry provided by Sriteria Industries to disrupt the delegation and fend off other Polyingffhian forces; in the process, Nisc was held as a prisoner by the insurrectionists while all the other diplomats were executed on live television. Numerous other similar insurrections followed on other major Altarian and Alympian worlds, overthrowing their leaders established by Polyingffh; the surviving governments quickly surrendered shortly after.

With the Altaria System now under the firm control of pro-Kerolon nationalists, the insurrectionists officially declared and broadcasted the system's secession from Polyingffh and the subsequent formation of the Holy Empire of Neo Kerolon on the same day. Polyingffh refused to recognize Neo Kerolon as a sovereign state and promptly deployed the Order of Uris to quell the Altarians' rebellion. However, before they could reach Altaria, the Neo Kerolonians activated special devices lent by Sriteria Industries that generated special Syanthae Barriers designed to interfere with Thegasia technology. The Neo Kerolonians programmed their Syanthae Barriers to disable any Polyingffh-affiliated Thegasia Drives and seal all wormhole gates leading into the Altaria System, effectively halting not only the Order of Uris' counterattack, but also all other Polyingffhian liberation attempts in the foreseeable future.

Initial development (2056-2057)

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Government

Otis Otilio Kerolon was the first and only emperor of the Neo Kerolonian Empire.

Officially, Neo Kerolon utilized the same system of government as the original Kerolon: a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Political power would be delegated to a democratically elected Neo Kerolonposium, a unicameral parliamentary body similar to the original Kerolonposium. A royal family would exist, but hold only ceremonial power, with its actual political leverage being significantly restricted. Both the Neo Kerolonposium and the royal family would be bound by the same constitution utilized by the first Kingdom of Kerolon. Additionally, Neo Kerolon was to be ruled unitarily, with the Neo Kerolonposium officially acting as the highest-ranking and supreme authority in governmental matters. Though political power was delegated to smaller-scale authorities within star systems and planets, the Neo Kerolonposium had the authority to override such governments' decisions.

However, Emperor Otis Otilio Kerolon (Neo Kerolon's one and only monarch) and his elite military allies granted themselves significant additional political privileges as a temporary wartime provision for most of Neo Kerolon's short lifespan; because of this, many historians and political commentators have labeled the Neo Kerolonian Empire as a de facto military dictatorship. Though Emperor Otis and his inner circle - the Glass Thrones and the Order of Altaria - did not attempt to breach the civil liberties of Neo Kerolonian citizens to the extent other recognized dictatorships like the Morbidian Hegemony did, they nonetheless carried out numerous military acts without the consent of the Neo Kerolonian populace.

According to Neo Kerolon's secession declaration, the Neo Kerolonposium was slated to take de facto power following the defeat of the Federation of Polyingffh and the subsequent stabilization of the Neo Kerolonian Empire. However, because the Polyingffhian Federation ultimately emerged victorious and dismantled Neo Kerolon before it could aestablish stable colonies outside of the Altaria System, Neo Kerolon effectively remained under Otis' military junta for its entire lifespan.

Demographics

At its peak, Neo Kerolon hosted a population of 22.522 billion individuals - lower than the Altaria System's population peak during the first Kingdom of Kerolon's reign, but still very high for a star system. Of these individuals, Uingffhian species comprised a supermajority of 78.45% of the population; tabulons, mortei, and lordions comprised 38.6%, 27.65%, and 12.2% of the Neo Kerolonian populace respectively. Of the remaining 21.55% of Neo Kerolon's citizenry, 15% were tristanians, 5.11% were zetanthens, and the leftover 1.44% consisted of various other species.

Most of Neo Kerolon's residents lived in the primary Altaria System, which housed roughly 84% of the population. The remaining 16% lived in the Alympia System, Altaria's red dwarf companion system. Though Neo Kerolon carried out an attempted conquest of the Solar System (particularly its third planet Earth), said conquest never progressed to a point where civilian settlement around Sol became feasible; additionally, the nation did not officially include any previous Solar System inhabitants in its census.

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