Eduvia

Eduvia is a large empire with all the power laying in the hands of the emperor and the royal family. They have always been a militaristic country, waging many wars with a professional standing army. Though to keep their large size and population under control they have a good justice system in place, harsh punishments for corruption and high tolerance for new cultures and peoples.

The capital of Eduvia and one of the largest cities in the world is Duvia. Everything in Eduvia is based on this city and its richness and sheer size is something many rulers can only dream of. Eduvia and its capital are protected by its four winged guardians and the stone guardian. The stone guardian who protects the capital and the winged guardians who protect the countries cardinal directions.

Eduvia's tolerance is so high that multiple races live in peace in this country. Humans are the most prominent inhabitants of Eduvia followed by High Elves and Gnomes.

Third age of Heroes
Eduvia's founding father is Virilius Justinian the bold. During the great rebellion against Romrik in the third age of heroes, Virilius was one of the main rebels. Originally a prince of one of the territories of Romrik, he secceeded in order to bring back justice into society. After the great rebellion Eduvia found itself surrounded by both friends and enemies. During this age Eduvia saw its largest expansion. They conquered many of their neighbours as many of the princes around Eduvia still employed the old opressive ways of Romrik, just without a central government.

After the dust had settled Eduvia focused on long-term vision. The country would gradually grab its chances to conquer territory, whether that was through conquest or settling. This was made possible because the royal family had Elven blood in them, giving them long life-spans and the chance to properly get educated for the throne. Over the course of its 700 year history Eduvia has gotten more agressive. Nowadays their old focus of fighting against tyranny is not seen anymore.

Colonization of Deuogdonion
After their initial expansion they had found the border of the civilized world. In 279 AT by empress Galeria's decree, Eduvia started their official colonisation effort of the old Deuogdonion areas. Over the centuries it would slowly settle the land till all land from the forest of Sylvaloque to the haunted forest of Fah'Rhun was theirs. The whole of Deuogdonion was colonized by 87 PT with the founding of Monstruia. Monstruia however is not directly owned by Eduvia, it was a cooperative effort with the Dwarven Kingdoms and Vertex.

Great Daemon invasion
Eduvia was also one of the main contributors to the war effort against the great Daemon invasion. Tisra gave ownership to a small strip of land to Eduvia that would form their gateway to the war guerilla war raging in the Tumons mountains.

After the war they got back to conquering their neighbours and looked eastward. Conquering the province now known as Sadovia form a weakened Romrik in honour of Sahrot'Dovah.

Era of Devils
In the last 200 years Eduvia has reached its greatest extend it ever reached. Now they are looking beyond the borders of the Great Valley towards overseas ventures. They have their eyes set on the Korcinmir.

The Rule of Five
An Eduvian leader always has 5 men to command, no more. 4 to cover each direction and one to stand by his side. At the top of the command chain stands the Emperor. He leads 4 Alatum Custodes (Winged guardians) who are each the leaders of 10 armies and protect each cardinal direction. The last man the emperor commands is the Custos Lapis (Stone guardian). He’s the commander of the garrisons of the capital Duvia.

Domos
Armies are divided into Domos (Houses) with each Domus being under command of a Custos Inpedes (Guardian of feet). Every Domus consists of 19.530 men divided into 5 divisions. With one division numbering 3905 men. In every Domus one division is a specialized kind of unit. Another Division consists of 2 squadrons of cavalry and 3 squadrons of support and logistics units. The other three divisions are the general heavy infantry.

Every Domus has its own symbol and coat of arms which it represents in order to create more unity and comradery in the army. It also serves as incentive for rivalry with other Domos with the idea for them to both push their limits. The banner bearers always have the flag of the empire on the top of the banner and coat of arms of their Domus under it.

Assertor
Whenever more than one Domus is needed somewhere i.e. in an invasion or suppression of a rebellion, an Assertor (general) will be chosen from a pool of them in the capital and he will be assigned up to four Domos to command.

Imperial Administration
Eduvia is at its core a meritocratic society with an Emperor who owns everything. The governors of each territory rule in the emperors stead. Eduvia has always been fiercely against nepotism, 'The right to govern is one's ability to.' To keep all the governors and other rulers in their territories in check the royal family has an extensive unit of imperial administrators. The Imperial Administration (IA) has the right to depose any governor in the Emperor's name. The IA also has its internal unit to control itself. The branch of imperial anti-corruption has the ability to depose any of the imperial administrators but not to depose governors. The imperial anti-corruption (IAC) branch is again controlled by all the adult royal family members and the wise council who can together vote on removing a member of the IAC with a majority vote.

Tolerance
Eduvia is renonwed for its tolerant society. They accept almost all religions and cultures and incorporate them into the country. The reason for this is the country's origins, Duvia has always been a territory where Humans and High Elves lived together. After Gnomes and many other races flocked to an up-and-coming Eduvia it did have a troublesome time accepting such a large influx of different peoples and the natives of Eduvia grew to resent them. However under the guidance of the daughter of Virilius, empress Priscilla Justinian the country entered an age of acceptance. She introduced many progressive policies and travelled across the country advocating for tolerance.