Empire

Empire was a Nation founded by Sudentappaja and SimonHull in the center of two connected canyons.

Empire was the third Nation founded, but quickly became one of the most powerful Nations in the Beta.

Founding
Empire was founded as the third Nation in the Beta. the Nation was originally going to be Nordheim. but due to the scarcity of resources in the area, the Nation was moved to the East. The Nation grew powerful in a very short period of time, rivaling Rohan within hours of creation. This was due partially to the scarcity of other trading Nations. and the mining assistance of Tmagman, who had been mining the canyon before the Nation had been founded. Tmagman later joined the Nation and donated his mined materials to the cause. Ironically, it only consisted of a single city Leptis Magna. Empire became the most central Nation, providing trading and other services to the rest of the Nations.

Growth
Empire saw an almost explosive growth within a short time. The Nation grew from three players to six, becoming the Nation with the most members, and the large amount of tunnels and ores within easy reach meant that Empire's land expanded exponentially. While most of Empire remained underground, Sudentappaja began a quarry on the surface, boosting their quantitys of Stone, and still more Ores.

The growth plateaued however and eventually receeded, with the departures of Sudentappaja who left to found Nordheim, and HyperJaw who left to found Tamar. The rest of the of the members became mostly inactive, leaving SimonHull as the only active member remaining. At this point, SimonHull decided to change the focus of Empire from a Mining Nation to a Trading Nation, and begun building roads to the rest of the Nations. The goal was not only to link the Nations together, but to place Empire in a central position, making the Nations pass through on their way to the rest of the Nations. While the stratagy worked, with members from the rest of the Nations using Empire as a central trading location, the time and resources required to build the roads left Empire at a disadvantage, as more Nations focused on expanding their own cities, so that by the end of the road project, Empire was significantly weakend in comparison to the rest of the Nations.

Final Days
While Empire remained till the end of the Beta, no active members remained, as shortly after the failure of the Road Project, SimonHull left to join Nordheim which was the more active Nation at the time.

While inactive, Empire remained.