The Luperian Empire consists of the Lupo, a peoples similar to humans with wolven characteristics, such as superior strength, hearing, speed, etc. They have wolf ears, sharp claws (nails) and a tail. You have your Boreal (Artic/Himalayan) wolves, Antilles (Mexican/North Western), Scarlet (Red), Palearctic (Eurasian/Eastern) Lupo. There are also the Habeshian (Ethiopian), but they don't really have their own Kingdom within the Empire. --------------------------------History----------------------------------- They originally were all over the world, however, after the other peoples of the world started conquering their lands, they fled to this area. They untied under one banner, and when the foreign coalition came to take our land, we pushed them back. However, the unity didn't last forever. As our enemies stopped trying to take our lands, we began to fracture. Eventually, the Empire split apart for several hundred years. The Kingdoms were always at each other's throats, with constant wars, however, we had advanced tech and gained knowledge due to this rivalry. After that period, A Boreal 'Great Alpha' (King) led an invasion against the others after gathering his strength. He took the two neighboring Kingdoms, wiping them both out through his sheer brilliance, and then he became 'Great Alpha' of the last one. He colonized all over the world. The Boreal ruled for centuries longer, until the 1600s, the 100 year civil war began. All of the Lupo fought for over 100 years without stop, slaughtering each other and devastating the land. They showed no mercy on each other, having the anger of 1,000 generations. This Civil War ended in a draw. Rudolph Wolfgang, son of all the Lupo, with a lot of royal blood in him, united the Lupo through diplomacy. He was born a minor-noble, fighting for the Boreal, and then switching sides multiple times after realizing that wasn't the life he wanted. He was an amazing warrior and commander, and he gained quite the reputation and following. When he declared himself 'Grand Alpha' (Emperor), he had almost unanimous support, with everyone tired and devastated from the fighting. He led our Second Golden Age, which lasted until his death. The economy rapidly grew due to his reforms, with him turning us into a trade Empire and us making a lot of money. He shaped the Empire into what it is today. Now, just 100 years later, the Empire has been stagnating. They had a boom with the Industrial Revolution, but haven't really been able to grow since then. Velvela Wolfgang appeared on the scene, becoming insanely popular, and was almost universally elected 'Grand Alpha' by Parliament. She promises to make the Empire great again! For Lupo and for Empire! ----------------------------Governments------------------------------ There is the 'Imperial Parliament', it has the 'House of Lupo' and 'House of Packs'. The 'House of Lupo' represents all people of the Empire, though mostly Lupo people, with anyone else having very little representation. The 'House of Lupo' balances Lupo of all Castes (Alpha, Beta, Delta and Omega), each caste having equal power/representation. The 'House of Packs' have Kingdoms, Principalities, Duchies, Counties and Baronies, with Kingdoms having almost all the representation. The vote of citizens also counts, with us having a hybrid Democratic/Republican system, similar to the Swiss model. The Executive and Judicial branches are run by the 'Grand Alpha' (Empress). They wield a lot of power and have elected Ministers under them who also have a lot of power, but not more than the 'Grand Alpha'. The Ministers are elected every 10 years.
