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The Kingdom of Athenia

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The Kingdom of Athenia

Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
Proper Name: The Imperial Kingdom of Athenia
Other Name(s): Athenia
Nationality: Athenian
Alliance: OAS
Systems inhabited: 150 (not counting Crown Worlds, military bases or scientific research stations)
Population: 59 billion


History


The Imperial Kingdom of Athenia began its history as a colony of the Neo-Byzantine Empire, during the Terran Diaspora. The colony steadily expanded and prospered, until, with the bloody suppression of the Starklandic Freedom Riots, it declared its independence and wrote the Constitution of Athenia, which declared it as an independent kingdom separate to the UN and the Neo-Byzantine Empire, resulting in the UN sending part of its fleet to crush the wayward colony. The war lasted for seven years, and resulted in the defeat of the UN fleet and the independence of Athenia.

After its initial war of independence, Athenia was involved in multiple foreign interventions and several territorial expansions, which, after New Tokyo was declared a protectorate of the crown, led to a war with the Franco-Sino Alliance. The war was long and bitter, ending in an unresolved stalemate, the dissolution of the Franco-Sino Alliance and the formation of the Interstellar Concorde, a small alliance of human worlds which collapsed during the second Franco-Athenian War.

Ten years after the first Franco-Athenian War, the Chinese Bureaucracy attacked with its allies New France and Nuevo Hispania, devastating several border worlds and then being beaten back by the Athenian navy. Nuevo Hispania lost 13 systems, almost half of its territory, while the Chinese Bureaucracy was subsumed entirely into Athenia, and had its capital world bombarded with nuclear weapons and mass driver shots until it had been blasted into a permanent nuclear winter.

The Interstellar Concorde also collapsed during this time, and Athenia joined the OAS. Athenian history was relatively quiet during this long period, which was a time of peace and prosperity for the average Athenian, and relatively few military adventures.

This period leads directly into the modern era, which began with the Athenian-Xothan war and is ongoing. The Athenian-Xothan war was fought between Athenia and the Empire of Xoth, and lasted thirteen years, ending in a bloody stalemate.



Culture


Athenian culture is reminiscent of Old Earth Greece and Italy, the main areas controlled by the Neo-Byzantine Empire. It is also reminiscent of southern, Mediterranean Europe, with a large emphasis on family and conservatism. The majority of the human population is Catholic or Neo-Orthodox, with small Muslim and Jewish minorities. Athenia is not renowned as a haven for aliens, but that is not to say that they are not welcome there.

Government


Athenia is a constitutional monarchy, with the head of state being the King and the actual power being in the hands of the Prime Minister. There is also a Senate, with two Chambers: the Chamber of Lords (containing the gentry) and the Chamber of the Commons (containing the representatives of each system). Athenia has 150 systems and 59 billion people, not counting tourists and other transients. The majority of the populace is concentrated in the centre, around the system called the Capitol Worlds. These contain the administrative, economic, political, and military hearts of Athenia: Athenia, Imperia, Eleaxa, Superbia and Paradisia.

There are also Protectorates, known as Crown Worlds, military bases and scientific research stations that are not counted in the number of worlds inhabited or represented, but are important nevertheless.

Military Doctrine

The military of Athenia is modern, technological and up-to-date in every respect. The average soldier can expect to have a HUD display, active camouflage, GPS systems, microbead radios and other technology in his armour. Sergeants and higher have neuro-cybernetic manipulators, powered exoskeletal armour, and other technology. This reliance on technology might seem like a weakness, if not for the fact that Athenia’s technology is constantly growing and improving.

Athenia often uses gauss weapons, seeing them as superior to older, more primitive weapons. Its military doctrine also emphasises the use of combined arms and the use of specific units for each occasion that strikes.

Military Technology


Gladius-class Fighter-Bomber


The Gladius-class fighter-bomber is the very latest in UAV technology, with an AI that can make decisions for itself instead of relying on a human guiding it at every turn. It is only semi-sentient however, and can only make very simple decisions.

Dagger-class Destroyer


The Dagger-class is the very latest in Athenia’s ship classes, a new type of ship that is controlled by a semi-sentient AI that is programmed to obey human guidance. Being currently the smallest ship in its roster, it is not seen very often and is still highly experimental.

Stiletto-class Frigate


The Stiletto-class is the main workhorse of Athenia’s navy, and its most commonly seen ship. It is not completely automated, and still needs a human crew. Still, its tactical systems can track enemy ships faster than humans can and attack them independently, a great milestone for Athenian technology.

Blade-class Cruiser

The Blade-class is the secondary workhorse of Athenia, and the most commonly seen ship in action and war movies, a consequence of its long history, even though it is aging and being replaced by the Athenia-class.

Athenia-class Heavy Cruiser


The Athenia-class is a new class, rapidly replacing the aging Blade-class and bridging the way between it and the mighty Dies Irae-class battleship. The Athenia-class is still new and untested, and has never fired its guns in anger.

Dies Irae-class Battleship

This is the largest of Athenia’s ships, 2 miles long and bristling with guns, fighter hangars and other such instruments of war. It has up-to-date tactical AIs, a crew of 20,000 and approximately 100,000 fighters. The only times it has been used, it has made all the other ships in the fleet redundant, wiping out entire enemy fleets by itself. It is powered by an experimental Matter/Antimatter reactor, and is driven by mighty fusion engines.
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Interesting, you took your O1 world nation and added it here.
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:roll:

Oh, God, it's like bizarro O1 World as written by Kamin.
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Magister Militum wrote::roll:

Oh, God, it's like bizarro O1 World as written by Kamin.
Can you please stop just attacking me for the sake of it?
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Kamin997 wrote:Can you please stop just attacking me for the sake of it?
Mind, Kamin he has something of a point. Athenia has all the personality of limp fish. Using some mediterranian name does not constitude flavor or personality, all one can get out the article is that the Kingdom is HUEG (150 worlds strong) and AWESOME. There's not culture, and the history is straight out of O1World - which, now that I realize it, is really kinda lame, dude.
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Mobius 1 wrote:
Kamin997 wrote:Can you please stop just attacking me for the sake of it?
Mind, Kamin he has something of a point. Athenia has all the personality of limp fish. Using some mediterranian name does not constitude flavor or personality, all one can get out the article is that the Kingdom is HUEG (150 worlds strong) and AWESOME. There's not culture, and the history is straight out of O1World - which, now that I realize it, is really kinda lame, dude.
Okay, I'll try and add the culture and change the history a bit.
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This is pretty barebones. It's a list of wars, cool tech and ship names. Oh and they're cathlolic.
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Booted Vulture wrote:This is pretty barebones. It's a list of wars, cool tech and ship names. Oh and they're cathlolic.
I know.
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Kamin997 wrote:
Magister Militum wrote::roll:

Oh, God, it's like bizarro O1 World as written by Kamin.
Can you please stop just attacking me for the sake of it?
To be honest, you don't really present us with much reason to find your work even remotely interesting. At all. We're actually getting quite tired of it.
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