Galliana

Galliana

Name: Galliana
Concept: Constitutional Monarchy where a Glory Monarch Reigns with Knowledge and Reason

History

Galliana is a prestigious island nation that has traditionally held the large islands of Galliana, Wellan, Eirene and their accompanying archipelagos, off the coast of mainland Lotic. It held a history as a military and economic power, but lost much of its power and mainland holdings when it could no longer keep up with the advances of the Industrial Revolution, having only caught up in the past twenty or thirty years. It is also one of few remaining true monarchies in the world, with democratic elements representing only the interests of the nobility and bourgeoisie.

When the Juno Project went under development, most of the innovations had to be purchased from other nations on the mainland, and led to a generally weak first Glory, a distant royal family member by the name of Caroline Arlaberg. Caroline was generally considered to be a failure due to her inferior abilities, which barely matched the descriptions of mainland Glories. When the capital city of Hibernia was hit by a Union nuclear strike on the Queen's birthday, Caroline was the sole survivor of the bomb that destroyed the royal palace and killed every member of the royal family in the line of succession above her, leaving her as the reigning Monarch in her stead.

After the death of the main successors, the remaining nobles set to war upon eachother to choose a new monarch. Most factions backed Lord Aldra of Lancel, a renowned admiral and former fighter pilot, while a small group remained loyal to the proper successor, Caroline. When the country was poised for civil war as it was yet engaged in war with the Union, the young Glory burst through the ranks with the fury and power of the mainland's great weapon and set the fields where Lancel's forces were gathering ablaze, with a single path of escape. In the aftermath, when the nobles were expecting a coronation, they were given a notice of a royal wedding.

Taking Aldra as her King-Consort, Caroline went to task rebuilding the country and ensuring its future. She established a new chamber of Parliement to give a voice to the working class and enacted new civil services in order to protect the populace. In a somewhat ironic twist of fate, it was the advent of a magical ruler that led to the resurgent modernization and democratization of the country.

At the same time, Galliana's Glory project was restarted under the title of 'Knight Maiden' and produced several powerful and loyal agents of the crown. Several of these Knight Maidens were married off to noble families and young statesmen in order to secure the power of the crown and ensure a continuing line of Glories in the realm.