Welcome to the history of Emmeria documentary!
Emmeria, or officially the Republic of Emmeria, is a major country in the continent of Anea.
Emmeria is bordered by the Federal Republic of Estovakia to the east and the Kingdom of
Nordennavic to the northwest.
South of Emmeria is Yuktobania, located just across the Fuscum Sea, and to the north Emmeria
is bordered by the Arctic Ocean.
According to the 2013 census, Emmeria’s population was of 110 million people, most
of them living on the south shore of the continent and the Island of Khesed - far from the mountainous
interior and the frigid temperatures of the Arctic.
When it comes to history, Emmeria’s oldest records date way back into Strangereal’s
middle ages around the 15th century.
Back in the 1400s, Emmeria was one of the kingdoms in the continent of Anea and the
early days the Kingdom of Emmeria was full of issues - both foreign and domestic.
Vassals and foreigners fought throughout time in order to control the fertile lands around
today’s city of Gracemeria.
The ruler of Emmeria at the time, King Aurelius II, decided that enough was enough and followed
by assembling an army to first defeat the foreign invaders that were troubling the region.
As battles went on, King Aurelius’ troops gradually became more powerful and skilled
as they fought against the foreigners, but it was when they built the Golden King sculpture
that their fame really caught on.
King Aurelius’ troops became so battle hardened and famous that enemies would just lose their
will to fight upon seeing the golden king sculpture.
Although this sculpture was only created to increase morale of King Aurelius’ unit,
it soon became their symbol and as history passed on the sculpture survived to become
a symbol of Emmeria itself even in modern-day Strangereal.
After King Aurelius troops’ managed to expel the foreigners from invading Emmeria’s land,
the king managed to convince the vassals to stop fighting not by threatening them but
by using the respect he had earned driving out the foreigners.
Upon gaining stability in the region of Gracemeria, Emmeria peacefully transitioned from a kingdom
to a republic, becoming one of the first, if not the first, democracies in Strangereal.
It must be mentioned however that the Emmerian royal family continued to exist with a high
degree of prestige within the Emmerian society.
The next known facts about Emmeria come from the late 1990s during the Ulysses-crisis.
In December of 1994, researchers from Usea’s International Astronomical Union discovered
the existence of the Ulysses 1994XF04 asteroid which was bound to hit Strangereal.
However it was only on April 20 of 1996 that the discovery of the Asteroid was announced
to the general public.
Of course the public was shocked upon hearing the news however the asteroid was only expected
to hit the continent of Usea.
For the next three years, since the asteroid was supposed to hit Strangereal in 1999, thousands
of people left Usea prior to the impact of the asteroid as refugees.
All Strangereal nations to a greater or less extent, accepted the Usean refugees with Oured
and Gracemeria - in this order - becoming the two cities who received more refugees.
On June of 1998, a space probe that was sent to investigate the Ulysses asteroid found
out that the asteroid had a hollow interior and as result of this the asteroid would shatter
into various pieces when approaching Strangereal.
With this new discovery, the estimated impact area increased dramatically to include the
continent of Anea instead of just the center of Usea, which was more or less protected
by Stonehenge.
After hearing the news that Anea would be hit by Ulysses’ fragments, Emmerians across
the country protested and the country was almost facing a civil unrest due the shocking
news but this was when Lord Alberto Lawrence, a member of the Emmerian royal family and
direct descendant of King Aurelius, used his influence to calm down the Emmerian citizens.
Lord Lawrence was a prominent public figure who would actually receive and greet refugees
as they arrived at Gracemeria’s air force base.
It is also thanks to him that Emmeria accepted a great number of refugees and the country
increased cooperation with other nations in order to deal with the Ulysses crisis.
Since there was no more time modify Stonehenge, the Anean countries had just over an year
to respond to the imminent Ulysses crisis.
Estovakia focused on the development and construction of its own asteroid intercepting railgun -
the Chandelier - while Emmeria’s strategy was to build several underground shelters throughout
the country to protect its population.
In the city of Gracemeria alone, 16 large and small underground shelters were being
built in early 1999 which had a capacity to accommodate about 200,000 people.
Then again, it was Lord Lawrence who proposed the creation of a particular shelter in Gracemeria
- the one under the castle.
The castle already had existing tunnels underneath it which could be expanded since the castle
was built over a firm area.
The position of the castle, on the top of a hill would also save the shelter from a
tsunami if fragments of the asteroid were to fall on the nearby sea.
Using his influence, Lord Lawrence also asked other kingdoms to do the same with their own
castles since most of them only had historical value.
Due to his humanitarian actions, Lord Lawrence was acclaimed as the King Aurelius of modern
time Emmeria.
Besides the construction of several underground shelters throughout the country, the Emmerian
military forces were also mobilized on the months prior to the fall of the Ulysses asteroid
to aid with transportation and support of international organizations and humanitarian aid.
It is said that while the Federation of Central Usea was taking the offensive against Ulysses
by using Stonehenge to intercept the asteroid, Emmeria was the one taking care of the defense.
From July 8 to July 20 of 1999, the Ulysses fragments started raining down on Strangereal
but Emmeria, with its vast network of underground shelters, was barely affected.
Unfortunately the same could not be said about its eastern neighbour of Estovakia who was
unable to finish construction of its asteroid-intercepting railgun and did not have shelters for its
civilian population.
In the year of 2000, Emmeria started to send aid to Estovakia so that the country could
recover from the Ulysses disaster.
However, after the disaster, the central Estovakian government became weak and several factions
controlled different parts of the country.
With so many factions disrupting the distribution of aid, Emmeria’s aid program became impossible
and was soon suspended.
In the year of 2004, the preparatory agency for the Republic of Anea was founded whose
goal was to merge the three Anean countries - Emmeria, Estovakia and Nordennavic - into one.
The capital of the new republic would be the city of Mante, located in Emmeria, and this
preparatory agency made it into the G7 summit being hosted by Osea aboard the Arkbird in
the year of 2008.
Before that, though, it was in the year of 2007 that the Lyes United Front, a faction
in Estovakia, managed to take over Western Estovakia including its former capital.
The Emmerian government, who was willing to restart its aid program, thought that with
Western Estovakia being controlled by only one faction the Emmerians would be able to
provide humanitarian aid and speed up the Estovakian recovery.
Representatives from Emmeria and Lyes United Front (LUF for short) met and they both agreed
on the applications of the Emmerian aid according to LUF’s rehabilitation project - and the
aid program between Emmeria and Estovakia was restarted.
As it turns out, the LUF took advantage of the Emmerian aid and began using it to suppress
other factions within Estovakia.
As a result of the LUF’s actions, the Estovakian civil war started.
Despite the Republic of Anea being represented on the Arkbird in 2008 after the war started,
the project was frozen because of the civil war in Estovakia and all three countries returned
to their individual status.
Despite the ongoing civil war, Emmeria kept on sending aid to the LUF thinking it was
being used for humanitarian work while it was in actually fueling the LUF’s forces.
The Emmerian aid program was only stopped in 2010 when the civil war really got out
hand and because the Emmerians cessed their aid program so late - already 3 years into
the civil war - other factions in Estovakia thought the Emmerians were supporters of the LUF.
In 2013 the Estovakian civil war came to end with a victory of the Eastern Faction over
the LUF and then again Emmeria restarted its aid program.
On February 4 of 2014, former members of the LUF attacked a humanitarian storage facility
in the city of Vistoc, Western Estovakia, killing eight Emmerian soldiers from the Emmerian
Reconstruction Assistance Force who were stationed there.
Apart from members of the military, there were other 27 civilian casualties at the site
and the supplies lost were meant for 50,000 people living in the region.
Smaller factions were known to be attacking convoys of supplies but this was the first
time an actual base was attacked.
Later on the same day, the Emmerian Ambassador to Estovakia met with Estovakia’s foreign
minister and said that despite the attack, Emmeria had no plans of stopping the program.
Estovakia’s foreign minister, Antonina Koznick, a former captain of the navy for the Eastern
Faction, mentioned that Emmeria was partially responsible for the Estovakian civil war by
assisting the Lyes United Front with supplies and the Emmerian Ambassador replied that it
wasn’t the case and that the aid handed to the LUF was only meant for an early Estovakian recovery.
The Emmerian ambassador went further to say “Has she ever thought about their position
of being assisted?
I cannot help think that she is trying to take Estovakians' frustrations out on us Emmerians."
As you can see the attack and the subsequent meeting greatly increased tensions between
the two countries.
Later, on August 30 of 2015, Estovakia launched a surprise attack against Emmeria and the
Emmerian-Estovakian war began.
Estovakia quickly conquered most of the Emmerian mainland by using its Heavy Command Cruiser
but wasn’t able to stop Emmeria’s counterattack even when they deployed the Chandelier into
the conflict.
After Emmeria reconquered its capital of Gracemeria and destroyed the Estovakian railgun, the
Estovakian military regime was overthrown and a ceasefire was arranged between the two
nations thus ending the conflict - and this concludes the history of the Republic of Emmeria.
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