Nation/Blizatine

The Empire of Blizatine
The Empire of Blizatine
	Motto: "Step not away from full potential"
	Anthem: Glory to Blizatine
Region	Balder
Capital; and largest city	Capolitan
Official languages	English
Ethnic groups (2016)	Islander 67%, Salahandran 22%, Immagrant 19%, Android 2%
Demonym	Blizatinian
Government	Empire
Population
Currency	Gold Ounce (XAU)

Blizatine is a island and coastal nation within the region, Balder. It is an empire currently ruled by God Emperor Lexam Reconlaf.

This page is a work in progress by its author(s) and should not be considered final.

Etymology

Blizatine is derived from the word blizzard. Which is reference to the northern arctic region where the Emperor came from and where the the empire was conceived. Do to the natural formations of the mountains it naturally pushes air down and trough mountain regions. The Great Mountain Temple is situated high on the tops of the mountains and the snow and ice in the blizzard can be seen rushing past below.

History

BIC and PIP

B.I.C. stands for the Blizatinian Imperial Calendar. The calendar was implemented by Emperor Lexam Reconlaf after the successful capture of Capoliton and the subsequent creation of the Blizatinian Empire. BIC starts 2014 CE anything that took place before that is referred to as P.I.P Pre-Imperial Period, working the same way as BCE, the longer ago it took place the higher the number.

Ancient History 10,000+ - 1014 PIP

Everything pre-colonization period is effectively prehistoric. The only people who had any form of writing where the Northern Monks, who where reclusive and as a result most of their writing where in regard to internal affairs. At this point the island was divided into three parts, the north inhabited by the Northerners, the eastern forests inhabited by the Dungaly, and the west inhabited by the Sarata. Do to vastly different cultures.

Sarata

The Sarata where a nomadic people, who held ideologies of honor, strength, and loyalty. They where divided into groups, each group was led by a chieftain. The larger group they had, the higher status, rank and influence. A Cheenay was a chieftain who was unrecognized because either his group was to small or he was dishonored. A Cheeson was a chieftain with twenty five or more subordinates, a Cheedie had fifty or more subordinates, a Cheehie had seventy five or more subordinates, a Cheecom had one hundred or more, and a Cheeun was the chieftain with the most subordinates.

Dungan

The Dungan people are a forest dwelling people that lived in tribes with the forest.

Snowmen

The Arctic lands were inhabited by the Snowmen (no relation to the snow sculptures that people make out of snow) at some point during the 30,000 PIP the Northern monks formed the monks enforced religious law over the the north, and ruled until the Imperial era.

Colonization Period 1014 - 878 PIP

Around 1014 PIP Explorers from Telotia which is believed to be a ancient empire from the continent. The explorers sailed into Capolitan bay and set up a camp on the shore, this led to conflicts with the local Sarata hoards. The Sarata had comparatively low tech compared to the Telotians, at the time the Sarata were using stone age weaponry, whereas the Sarate had extensive use of iron. Over the next 30 years people from the continent began immigrating and the Sarata were pushed further north.

The Warring Regions Period 878 - 1 PIP

The Warring Regions period was an era in Blizatinian history marked by social upheaval, political intrigue and near-constant military conflict following the Battle of the Capitals and concluding with the Wolves wars of conquest that saw the annexation of all other contender states, which ultimately led to the Unification of Blizatine in 1 BIC as the first unified Blizatinian empire known as the The Empire of Blizatine.

Imperial Era 1 PIP to current

The Imperial era has resulted massive scientific achievement for Blizatine, as well as increase in life span and social equality. Over the imperial era the empire has only been involved in one war, the Invasion of Salahandra.

Geography

The Arctic

The Arctic is a mountainous tundra region with year round snow because of the altitude, though lower regions do experience rain and greenery during the summer. The majority of indigenous food in the Artic is meat based typically fish and caribou. In recent years because of the meat ban in the country, their has been a considerable effort made to import food from the plainsland, however most people are still eligible for meat permits. The region is big for large server, mainly because of it's effective cooling temperatures. It also features it's own gulf in the far north. In addition the Great Martial Arts Temple is located there, and it is the region in which Emperor Lexam Reconlaf was born.

The Forest of Dunganelle

The Valley of Pillars The Valley of pillars is a valley that is surrounded by a circle of small mountains with one entrance on the ground at the north-west of the valley. This entrence is known as the Gateway. As a result of the inaccessibility and the valley being held sacred by locals, the valley has remained mostly untouched by people. They exception being for the Emperor, the Dungaly Queen, and the scientists studying the unique species of that region. A pathway and large house has been constructed near the entrance for them to stay when working in the area. Tourists and citizens are now allowed to enter the Valley but must remain on the built path as to not disturb the Valley. The path is in total around 68.6 km long, but only goes about 20km in. You can in addition go up a cable car to tourist peak. Tourist peak is the only stone pillar that people are allowed to travel to the top.

The Plainsland

Picture from the Plainsland.

The Plainsland is an area of long stretching plains that lend itself well to farming. Feilds of wild wheat can be found throughout the area. There are also plenty of horses and bovine species.

The Gulf

Pictures of Capolotan.

The majority of the Gulf is farm land due to good irrigation from the gulf, combined with the terrain being mostly plains. Farm lands are populated by small towns and villages all around, with larger cities more distanced. However Capoliton is a marvel of modern architecture. It is a huge city containing the largest studies academy (a studies academy is similar to a university) on the island, the Imperial Academy of Higher Education (IAHE) and the Knight's Acadamie. It also has a number of museums and high tech libraries. The Lexian Symposium Park was also recently constructed.

The city planer, Wolfe Jager was appointed directly by the Emperor himself, he has made many changes to the city and designed some of the buildings themselves. Jager is known for his love of literary and artistic absurdity, which can often be seen in the buildings he approves and how he plans the city. Jagers was a foreign architect who had difficulty getting jobs due to his buildings being too outlandish for most cities. In an interview with the Blizatinian Island Report Jager said "I used to be laughed at for my designed, then I'm offered a job to rebuild almost an entire capital city. It was a chance that I was never going to get again." When asked why he thought that he was chosen he replied "I think that he (Emporer Lexam Reconlaf) wanted to create something unique, beautiful, and astounding, whereas in this business most others want practicality and functionality." The Emperor's fondness of Jagers was demonstrated on 15th of November 2 BIC when Emperor Lexam Reconlaf appointed Jagers holder of the Capolitan seat in the The Imperial Council, replacing Duke Columbus Glynn.

Large sections of Capoliton were destroyed during the sacking of Capoliton in BIC -8. Then king Lexam Reconlaf spent the next three years laying down the frame work and instructor for Capoliton before passing the job to Jager, and continuing his campaign. Jagers designs are featured around the city. Although the city is still being rebuilt many districts have been rebuilt, some of them expanded, and even some new districts have been built.

Residential district The residential district is the biggest district in Capoliton, since it has been worked on since the city's sacking in BIC -8. Most of the area is government owned apartments.

Unique/Important Animals

Wolves

Wolves are very important to the Blizatinian people. They are the national animal and have a long mutually beneficial relationship with wolves. Many people have trained guard wolves. Most work places allow wolves to come in with employees with the exception being work places that would be dangerous to the wolf. Police are trained to incapacitate wolves in a non harmful way, however this does not occur often an issue do to low crime rates. Wild wolves inhabit every area of Blizatine

Dinosaurs

Thanks to genetic modifications in Blizatine scientists have been able to bring back multiple species of dinosaurs. Most of these species are kept in specially designed reserves in order to prevent them disturbing the natural biodiversity of the island. With the conquest of Salhandra the Emperor has announced a plan to create, or find a secluded oasis in the middle of the Salahandian desert away from civilization in order to create an environment for these dinosaurs to run free.

Government and Politics

The Government of Blizatine is a constitutional monarchy, wherein the role of the reigning sovereign (the Emperor) is both legal, political and practical, with control over the three governmental branches: the Executive branch, the Legislative branch and the Judicial branch. Royal Assent is required to enact laws and international agreements, and the royal signature gives authority to letters patent and orders in council.

Legislative Branch

Legislative power is divided into 4 sections: Federal, Provincial/Territorial, Regional and Municipal, each with it's own legislative body. Currently there are four provinces one territory and 29 regions. It is worth noting that in addition to the main system each province has unique governmental system working in conjunction with the main system, with the exeption of the Gulf province which uses only the main system.

Municipal Government

The municipal government contains the municipal council which is made up of all official who ran for mayoral office. Each official has representative power equal to the amount of the vote they received. The official with the largest share of the votes is the mayor and has full control over who heads each municipal department.

Regional Government

Regional legislative bodies are run by officials who are elected through a representational democratic vote. Each official has representative power equal to the amount of the vote they received.

Provincial Government (Main System)

The Provincial government has four divisions of government, the provincial minister, the council of representatives, the council of regions, and the council of aristocrats. The head of the provincial government is the provincial minister who is elected through popular vote and retains the right to appoint the head of any department, he also retains the right to sit in all of the meeting of the council of representatives and regions. The council of representatives has a seat equal to one vote for each region. The seat's vote is divided among all the representative from the region who received votes. The physical seat itself is held by the representative with the most votes, however all representatives are allowed to speak and vote. The council of regions has a seat for each region who's officials are chosen by the regional government. Finally the council of aristocrats has a unique system for each province, but is general made up of leaders chosen by native cultural means. Approval from all four divisions are necessary to pass any laws.

Federal Government

The Federal Government is controlled by the Emperor with aid of multiple councils with advisers appointed by the Emperor, Provincial government or elected by the people. Such councils include: The Imperial Council, The Military Council, The Scientific Council, The Seers Council and The Representative Council.

Executive Branch

The Executive Branch is made up of numerous departments each controlled by department heads appointed controlled by the heads of each legislative governments. None of the ministers, mayors and not even the Emperor can make any decisions affecting the executive branch. However as they do appoint the department heads and tell them what to do.

Judicial Branch

There are five levels of judicial courts, Municipal, Regional, Provincial/Territorial, Federal, and Imperial. Each level's judged are appointed by their respective government with the exeption of the Imperial court which is overseen by the Emperor himself.

Culture

Languages

All citizens who go through the Blizatinian school system are proficient in at least five languages, if not more. The five mandatory languages students learn are, English, French, German, Spanish, and Mandarin. In addition to these languages Blizatine has a number of traditional languages that developed over the warring states era. Most of these are still used in provincial governments however everything is required to be in English. Emperor Lexam Reconlaf streamlined everything into one language to unify the country and allow everyone to speak with one another. In addition English because of globalisation was already spoken by many of the inhabitants of Blizatine.

Multiculturalism

Blizatinians care about their roots, certain aspects in particular. The empire has set up many museums to show off their history. The empire also has exhibitions for history of places around the world containing historical art from those regions, which has caused international issues. Most citizens share the belief that by accepting other cultures and histories the culture of Blizatine is enriched. A large quantity of citizens are immigrants, in addition the empire has spent a large quantity of resources investing in multicultural campaign. Students are taught about other cultures within Blizatine and languages.

Martial Arts

Emperor Lexam Reconlaf is not called "the greatest martial artist under the sky" without reason. His Imperial Majesty was raised in The Great Mountain Temple, and has practiced martial arts for nearly all his life. At the age 18 he had mastered all of the native Blizatinian styles and merged them into the Snow Fist Style, with which His Imperial Majesty was able to win the Great 52nd Generational Martial Arts Tournament in 8 PIP. The Snow Fist Style is now the most popular style in the Empire and is taught in elementary school. In addition the empire has sent multiple martial artists to Salahandra to learn their native martial arts to see how they can be incorporated with Blizatinian martial arts.

Wolffest

Wolffest is a annual Blizatinian festival meant to celebrate all Blizatinian culture. The festival is held on Wolffest day, a holiday on the first Monday of July. The city is shut down, no driving on the roads, and no stores are open aside from emergency services. Many big cities in Blizatine hold their own festivals, however the biggest festival is held in Capolitan. The Capolitan festival is divided into multiple parts. The festival starts at 8:00 when the food-stalls open serving multiple traditional and cultural breakfast dishes from around the country. 9:00 multiple art exhibits and museums open around the city. Around 1:00 the many martial arts competitions and demonstrations begin. Around 4:00 the film and play festival begins, showing blizatinian films, plays and operas. Around 8:00 the concert begins showing performances by great Blizatinian artists. The festival closes around 2:00 following a speech by the Emperor, before he plays a final song bringing the festival to a close.

Military

Main article: Blizatinian Military

The Blizatinian military was formed from the United Front army after conquest of the United Gulf States. In order to maintain peace and calm the people, the Emperor recruited UGS generals to impose temporary martial law, as well as recruit popular politicians in order to quickly streamline a code of law. To this day most soldiers are stationed in their home province.

List of Military Conflicts

The Invasion of Salahadra

Economy

The Blizatinian economy is controlled by the Department of Economics. The Department is made up of both humans and sentient AI. The humans of the department make the economic decisions that will impact the nation. The sentient AI are responsible for carrying out the decisions of the humans in the most efficient manner. This significantly reduces bureaucratic mistakes and increases efficiency. There have recently been some issues in regards to the Department of Economics because of legislation prohibiting AI from running the department, which has been brought into question for discrimination since Emperor Lexam Reconlaf granted citizenship to sentient AI.

The Blizatinian economy has a GDP of 173 trillion Gold standards which is equivalent to 205.26 quadrillion USD as of December 5th 3 BIC (2016 CE). It is completely state run through a combination of State-owned industry and government jobs. In addition the Blizatinian black market makes up only .1 percent of the economy. With their government run economy Blizatine is in the top 17% of the world. The average income of a Blizatinian citizen 96,323 Gold Standards or 115,571,995.67 USD (3 BIC or 2016 CE) with the poorest 10% making 78,553 Gold Standards or 94,250,874.41 USD (BIC 3) and the richest 10% making 109,998 (131,979,780.324 USD BIC 3)

Demographics