Alicantian Empire

The Alicantian Empire is a theocratic imperial state in the Aenea in Teresis.

Scholars generally agree the empire was established in the year 302 by Saint Valentus. Since then, the empire has launched numerous religious wars in the Aenea and lands beyond, seeking to unify the human world under the Lucianus.

Politics

Alicante is a theocracy -- i.e., the church and state are one and the same. The government is the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary's central legislative body is the Grand Chamber.

The highest-ranking position in the Sanctuary is the Oracle, believed by Lucians to be a girl granted the Gift by the Goddess. The Oracle has a body of advisors called the Cere.

The head of the Grand Chamber is the Matria -- a pope-like figure.

Military

Alicante has the largest and most sophisticated military in the known world. Its various branches are as follows.

• Alicantian Army. This is just the regular army.
• Imperial Navy. This is the regular navy. As in, big boats in water.
• Grand Navy. This is the newer, shinier, smaller navy, composed of airships and Zeppelins.
• Hestati. The most notorious of Alicante's armed forces. An ancient, elite order of monastic knights sworn to serve the Goddess and her servants on earth.
• Justices. The military arm of the Justitia, the judicial ministry of the Sanctuary.
• Allegiant. A small, secretive military order made up of castrated boys taken from non-Lucian families in foreign lands.