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The '''Empire of Agber''' is a [[micronation|micronational project]] that was founded on 20 September 1995 as the '''Kingdom of Kolios''' The project was reimagined in early 1998 as the [[Empire of Agber]], with [[Principality of Kolios|Kolios]] becoming a nation within the Empire. | The '''Empire of Agber''' is a [[micronation|micronational project]] that was founded on 20 September 1995 as the '''Kingdom of Kolios''' The project was reimagined in early 1998 as the [[Empire of Agber]], with [[Principality of Kolios|Kolios]] becoming a nation within the Empire. The primary focus of the Empire is use at Renaissance Festivals and other such events where period dress is deemed acceptable. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Prior to | ===Prior to Founding of the Empire=== | ||
::''Main article: [[Principality of Kolios]]'' | ::''Main article: [[Principality of Kolios]]'' | ||
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In 1998, after her family moving from Augsburg, Germany, to Fort Drum, New York, Queen Arlene of Kolios decided to revamp the project as the Empire of Agber, using the capital of Kolios as the eat of a self-declared Empire. | In 1998, after her family moving from Augsburg, Germany, to Fort Drum, New York, Queen Arlene of Kolios decided to revamp the project as the Empire of Agber, using the capital of Kolios as the eat of a self-declared Empire. | ||
===First and Second Eras=== | |||
The first era of the Empire, sometimes called the Founding Era lasted from its founding on 7 January 1998 until 30 October 2004. During this time, the second and third nations, the Grand Duchy of Carthage and the Enclave de Cordova, saw their founding and subsequent addition to the Empire. During this phase, Empress Arlene also claimed the areas of Bir Tawil and Marie Byrd Land as protectorates. During this time, the entirety of Agber operated as a single entity or court, with the heads of individual nations serving as more of a retinue for Empress Arlene. This era ended when Empress Arlene joined the United States Air Force. | |||
The second era, sometimes called the Transient Era, ran from 1 November 2004 until 28 February 2013 (the length of Empress Arlene's tenure in the US Air Force). This era functioned as a scaled down version of the first, with a number of appointees coming and going, Empress Arlene being the only real constant. This is owed primarily to the Empire's lack of an internet presence essentially keeping the functional government limited to the area of whichever military base the Empress was assigned to, at the time. While still active, the Empire saw no real growth or additions in terms of policy, initiatives, or additions of orders of chivalry, the last of these having become a cornerstone of the pageantry within Agber's culture. | |||
===Third Era=== | |||
The Empire's third era, also known as the Renaissance, is regarded as having run from 1 March 2013 until 8 April 2020. This era saw an increase in the types of activities and stability seen in the first era. It also saw the addition of the Empire's most recent In addition, Sawatch. One of the most notable changes during this era was Empress Arlene's insistence that each of the nations of the Empire were charged with developing their own cultures those that emerged included: | |||
*Kolios (and Agber, as a whole) developing more of a focus on the Holy Roman Empire. | |||
*Carthage leaning into France's era of the House of Valois, with a few elements from early Bourbon rule. | |||
*Cordova emerging as a society influenced by early Spanish Colonialism. | |||
*Sawatch taking on influences from the early and mid-Ottoman Empire. | |||
This era solidified Agber's primary existence as a vehicle to leaning into Renaissance Fair culture. A large part of court life revolved around this fact; court was often held within the confines of a Fair, and various retinues were charged with roaming the events and interacting with visitors, to include the bestowing of knighthoods and taking oaths of fealty from those who wished to pledge service to the Empire or its subsidiary nations. | |||
===Current Era=== | |||
The Empire's fourth and current era began on 9 April 2020. The groundwork for the transition in eras began when one of the founding nobles of the original [[Principality of Kolios|Kingdom of Kolios]] rediscovered a notebook containing details of the Kingdom by way of his mother sorting through old items in her charge. As this individual, the [[Duke of the Bear Peninsula|Margrave of Sulli]] was then involved in the online [[micronation|micronational community]] as [[Westarctica|Westarctica's]] [[Prime Minister of Westarctica|Prime Minister]], this forgotten project was of great personal interest to him. As his record of events ceased in mid 1997, he assumed the Kingdom to be defunct and began trying to track down other members of the project. | |||
Margrave Jordan discovered the continued existence of Kolios, and its evolution into the Empire through Empress Arlene. The beginning of their correspondence is regarded as the start of a fourth era, when the Empire was introduced to the wider community of micronations. As this era is in its infancy, much of its earmarks and changes remain to be seen. | |||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
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| [[File:Duchy of Carthage.png|100px]] | | [[File:Duchy of Carthage.png|100px]] | ||
| Drumm Stronghold | | Drumm Stronghold | ||
| Grand Duke/ Grand Duchess | | Grand Duke/Grand Duchess | ||
| 7 January 1998 | | 7 January 1998 | ||
| New York, USA | | New York, USA | ||
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==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
While all faiths are welcomed with open arms, the official religion of the Empire is Christian. | While all faiths are welcomed with open arms, the official religion of the Empire is Christian. During the Kingdom of Kolios era, a Church of Kolios existed with the Koliosian Sovereign at the head, much like the Church of England within the United Kingdom. Although this entity still exists officially, it has not been active for a number of years. | ||
==Orders of Chivalry of the Empire of Agber== | ==Orders of Chivalry of the Empire of Agber== | ||
The Empire of Agber has three orders of chivalry common to all realms the current Font of Honor for these orders is Empress Arlene. | The Empire of Agber has three orders of chivalry common to all realms the current Font of Honor for these orders is Empress Arlene. | ||