Morstaybishlian Empire

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The Morstaybishlian Empire
Flag of the Empire 1556 - 1970
Motto: Superiority under the name of His Highness.
Anthem: "Rise the Empire through Union"
File:Pre War.jpg
Capital	Lambertupol
Largest city	Sani Bursil
Ethnic groups (1968 Estimate)	95% Human 5% Other
Demonym(s)	Morstaybish Morstaybishlian Morst (Rare)
Government	Monarch Empire
• High-King	Galfridus Velor Constantine (Last High-King)
Population
• 1968 estimate	253,650,000
• 1964 census	248,358,000
Currency	Morstaybishlian Kirib (M♅)
Date format	DD/MM/YYYY
Driving side	the left
ISO 3166 code	MBE
Internet TLD	.mbe

The Morstaybishlian Empire was a large Empire that spanned the majority of the Auroran continent and oversea territories, which consisted of Staynes (Staynes and South Staynes), Caltharus and Kormistazm, before it became known as Norograd during the last century, which itself consists of modern day Emberwood Coast and Quartz Fern Coast, before its demise in 1970. The Empire was founded in 1515 after King Lambertus III of Staynes reclaimed the Caltharus throne, and later his grandson, King Redrugus IX, annexed Kormistazm as a Principality of the Empire.

The population of the Empire has varied wildly over the almost half-century, as low as around 44,700,000 inhabitants in 1600 to as much as 254,000,000 in the year prior to its collapse. The cultural gap between the patriotically Marxist Norogradian population and the orthodox monarchy reached new highs in the 1950's when an Empire parade in Fort Sekan was assaulted by armed nationalists. The empire retaliated by tightening control over the region, enforcing strict control policies and a curfew to prevent any further uprising. This was ultimately ineffective and led to further tensions and hatred between the two ethnic groups. Further small attacks on Morstaybishlian servicemen and officials from the Norogradian nationalists were constant after, up until after the nation gained independence from the empire after its demise.

Collapse

As the 1960's rolled in, with them came the anti-imperial sentiments of rock music, recreational drug use, and a new explosion of differing ideologies from outside the empire. As these influences combined with the already roiling tensions of the various regions within Morstaybishlia caused the beginning of the end for the Auroran giant.

In the northwest, a popular movement around individual rights and freedom began to arise. With the birth of Chance Syng in 1952, however, the fate of that portion of the empire was sealed. In 1970, a popular movement of succession was all that was talked about in what was soon to be Norograd. Lord Thesius Crumpus Vorenstein, governor of what is now Emberwood Coast and Northern Quartz Fern Coast, cracked down on the protests that were flaring up around his estate with police. When they were just eighteen years old, Syng stood in front of an officer who had been attacking a man, and refused to move. Realizing what they were doing to their own community (most normal duty officers were recruited from the provinces they worked) and turned on the imperial forces. Three days later, on January 18th, 1971,Lord Voernstein was exiled and Syng, who'd lead several of the revolts before their incident in front of police, was then elected as temporary leader of what was briefly "New Staynes," then, after she decided to leave Norograd, finally settled in it's current borders as Emberwood Coast.