Earth Kingdom
土国 Earth Kingdom | |
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| Motto: 「土帝万岁！」 (Long Live the Earth King!) | |
| Capital and largest city | Ba Sing Se |
| Official language | Chinese |
| Ethnic groups | 70% nonbender 25% earthbender 5% other |
| Government | Feudal absolute monarchy |
| Ainin | |
• Grand Secretary | Huang Pian |
| Currency | Gold tael (金两) |
The Earth Kingdom is the sole earthbending power and one of the plane's major powers. Home to a diverse range of peoples, the Earth Kingdom is governed by the absolute monarchy of the Earth Kingdom. While anti-absolutist ideas are firmly repressed, the regime is relatively tolerant of all beliefs otherwise. In foreign affairs, it is highly pragmatic as evidenced by its cooperation with anarchist and communist states alongside other monarchies. Its interests are primarily protected by its large and advanced navy.
History
The first Earth Kingdom was founded on the 23rd of December by Evangelos in what is now the Air Nation. This state controlled minimal territory and lasted a very brief time, eventually migrating into what is the current Earth Protectorate in Polaris.
The modern Earth Kingdom was declared on 17 January 2021 by the current Earth King, Ainin. The first settlement to be constructed was Ba Sing Se, centred on its illustrious royal palace near an existing NPC village. This territory soon expanded to include other nearby villages. The Western Canal also began construction at this time, with sand dug out from the canal's construction site transported by ship back to Ba Sing Se's docks. This sand was used to make sandstone to build the famous city walls. The construction of the canal marked the beginnings of the Earth Kingdom's strategy of naval hegemony and the foundation of the Earth Navy.
Further expansion followed on 28 January 2021, with the towns of Omashu, Gaoling, Cranefish Town, and Misty Palms being incorporated. This prompted the outbreak of the first Acacian War, which initially saw Acacians independentists seize vast swathes of territory in response to the expansion of monarchical authority. This war ultimately ended in an Earth Kingdom victory, as the Acacians could not agree on strategy or what an independent Acacia would like, with their cause not being revived again until the outbreak of The Brothers' War. While Gaoling and Cranefish Town fell relatively promptly, Omashu held out for much longer before it was captured by a joint operation of Earth Army cavalry and the Earth Navy's airforce.
Victory over the Acacians gave the Earth Kingdom a secure land frontier, so it turned towards expansion overseas. The prospect of war with the Free Territory loomed at this period, as the two powers both wielded impressive fleets and contested the Central Sea while being starkly ideologically opposed. This prospect ended with the foundation of Andorra, which invited the Earth King as well as the Free Territory's Comrade-General to take up the positions of Co-Prince in the new state. This inadvertently created the world's first major alliance, the Princes of Andorra.
The Earth Kingdom would respect this alliance with the outbreak of the Mexican War, following the attack on the Andorran ship Andorra by New Mexico. The Earth Kingdom did not participate in most of the serious land-based confrontations, leaving this task to its Free Territory ally. Instead, the Earth Navy focused on the destruction on the contentious Southern Island that had catalyzed the entire crisis. This operation was successful, in large part due to New Mexico being distracted by combat further north, and left the fort completely unusable. The beacon and New Mexican flags were also captured, which were donated to the Free Territory as gifts.
On 15 January 2022, the Earth Kingdom expanded yet further by annexing new territory immediately to its north, as well as an overseas colony further north.
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