Riyatic Empire

The Riyudic Empire or the Imperial Federation of Riyude, officially the Imperial Federation of the Realms of the Riyudic Empire, was the first unified Riyudic state that existed from the Unification of Riyude in 1838 to the May Revolution in 1922, after which Riyude became a democracy.

It was formed in February 1838, when the Riyudic Unification War drew to a close and the !HRE was federated into a single centralized entity. The remaining member states of the !HRE were transformed into the 28 states of Riyude, most retaining their own monarchs and rulers subservient to the newly-established Monarchy of Riyude. The capital was declared to be Grana, which had been the unofficial capital of the !HRE for centuries, as it had housed the Imperial Family for most of its history.

Upon its formation, Riyude was a rapidly-industrializing country. Although Riyude's explosive rise to prominence can be credited to many things, the most significant factors in its ascent were its favorable geographic location, its high population, and large natural deposits of resources in its core territory, especially coal and iron. By 1855 it was considered a fully-industrialized nation as well as an emerging great power, with large coal, iron (and later steel), textile, and chemical industries, along with an extensive railway network and a modern, industrialized military. By 1875 it was widely recognized as a genuine great power.