Empire of Aeyzeria

The Empire of Aeyzeria (also called simply Aeyzeria, The Empire, the Aeyzerian Empire, The Old Empire, or more rarely, Vinland) is a Representative Sovereignty. Once comprising of 135 provinces and thousands of smaller, local states. It claimed the second-most amount of territory on Earth, comprising of all the Americas, and the Caribbean island chains. Significant extraterrestrial territories included the Greater Provinces of Mars, Eden, Arcadia, and Avalon (at time of Exodus, these planets were entirely under Aeyzerian rule). Many smaller colonies were founded as well, mostly near the Origin Systems, but there were some even near the Zero Line, and towards of the fringes of the Milky Way as well. At nearly 140 billion citizens, spread out over 22.4 trillion square kilometers of land, the Aeyzerian Empire

Currently, it is comprised of 225 provinces and 10,221 states. However, the the territory covered is still approximately 2/3rds of Pre-Exodus territory size.

The Empire was formed in an event known as the Great Unification at the end of the Second World War, before which, it was known simply as the Kingdom of Aeyzeria. Unification Day, August 12th, 1947 nearly quadrupled the territory held by Aeyzeria, as it added land from the approximate 49th Parallel to Tierra Del Fuego. This was also the transition that changed Aeyzeria from an Absolute Monarchy to a Representative Sovereignty.

For the next three centuries, Aeyzeria would become the lead in producing cutting-edge technology and innovation, and have the most triving economy in the world. With the discovery of Ether in 2254 by Aeyzerian scientist Andrew Anderson, Aeyzeria would usher in the New Era, providing practically free energy for all mankind.

By the second decade of the New Era, Aeyzeria led the Frontier Expeditions into space, and claimed the first extrasolar garden world, Eden, for the Empire. Within the first century of the New Era, Aeyzeria had claimed two more worlds: Arcadia and Avalon, and thus marking the borders of the Origin Systems, all the while, smaller colonies were cropping up on moons, smaller worlds, and space colonies, scattered throughout the Orion Spur, and some even towards the edge of the galaxy in the Perseus Arm.

Then, in 332, the Aeyzerian Empire went to war against their neighboring comglomerate, the Eurasian Federation, a country that had been its competitor and rival in territorial and military affairs. This war was known as the First Intersystem War, a war that lasted nearly two decades across their colonies. In 340, the war came to an end with Aeyzeria as the victor. The Federation, in agreement as war reparations, relinquished the colony of Martia on Mars, which ultimately came to be annexed by Aeyzeria, putting all of Mars under Imperial rule. Eventually, the the Aeyzerian colony as a whole became known as Steinvardt.