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 Wars 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 initial 53 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.

Background
Although Riyude was not yet the equal of major colonial powers, it had largely avoided direct colonization in the 17th and 18th centuries as a result of its large population and quick adoption of foreign, advanced technologies. The !Coranelle Wager saw the !HRE gain an Alutran benefactor in Gladomyr, which saw eastern Riyude, especially Taxata, begin to embrace the emerging industrial revolution. By the 1920s this rapid industrialization had made Taxata the most powerful state in the !HRE. Citana eclipsed Grana and all other Riyudic cities in economic weight and the once-poor Kingdom of Taxata became the gateway through which outside powers dealt with the !HRE and vice versa.

Unification
The Riyudic Unification Wars began when the Kingdom of Taxata invaded and annexed neighboring !TBD and !TBD in 1828 and 1830 respectively. In the 1932 Congress of Citana, the eastern Riyudic states united under Taxata, declaring the Taxic monarch "Emperor in the East." This sent shockwaves throughout the rest of the !HRE, as this was in all but name a direct challenge against the authority of the !Holy Roman Emperor, who had for centuries held the sole right to the title "Emperor."