Westland Empire
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Template:!KingdomThe Westland Empire, also known as the Empire of the West, the Empire of the Westernlands, and the Empire of Bariquel, is an empire of fifteen united provinces that collectively hold dominion over nearly the entirety of Haven's western continent, Bariquel, and numerous outlying island colonies. Founded in 777 YM following the end of the First Great Western War, the Westland Empire has served as the foremost power in the entire world for over two thousand years, and one of the eldest still standing, as the analogs of world history are directed by the respective actions of its rulers. It administrates its feudal control over its vast territory through fifteen provincial powers, with an Emperor or Empress acting as a near supreme ruler.
Before the Westland Empire's rise to power, the Bariquel continent was ruled by numerous disparate kingdoms, all bounded together through racial bonds. During this time, known to future generations as the Age of Divide, for over seven hundred years the West was engaged in a constant struggle between the five civilized racial groups, all combatants in a never-ending war waged by the five disparate kingdoms. Throughout this time, countless atrocities were committed by each of the racial kingdoms to those who did not belong to their form, including slavery, and mass genocides. It was not until' Aylliana Ravenborne, and her Warden of the West, together with the Free Peoples of the West did wage war against the powers of Bariquel, and forged the virgin Westland Empire through the blood of the old.
While the Westland Empire's realm of power has fluctuated throughout the millennia, at its height, the Westland Empire's domain of power spanned across the entire continent of Bariquel, and small colonial territories within the eastern continent of Rahmiel, and the southern continent of Pathiel, as well as numerous island kingdoms across the Superior, Austral and Sundering Seas. However at present, all mentioned territories not apart of the Bariquel continent have succeeded from the Westland Empire and have become independent powers. However, that by no means suggests its influence over foreign powers has become stagnate in the modern age, as all the world remains playing catch-up to the West.