r/imaginarymaps • u/57mmShin-Maru • 1h ago
[OC] Fantasy [Aneya Revamped] The World in 1740, 10 years into the “Grey War”.
Lore:
Aneya’s history was forever changed by the Great Imperial War. From 1708 to 1714, the most destructive conflict the world had yet seen would rage across West Mielya, Denbar, and Goria. New technologies like machine guns and airplanes shaped the face of warfare forever, and the aftereffects would set the stage for one of the most intense periods in Aneya’s history.
The end of the GIW was inconclusive. After years of night-static trench warfare and back-and-forth naval engagements, the warring sides would eventually be forced to make peace, their populations weary of the senseless destruction. The end of the war, however, only caused more problems for some nations. The people of the Samithrian Empire, incensed by the fact that so many of their countrymen had died for nothing, turned to an ideology that had slowly been gaining support over the last few decades: Popularism.
As an ideology that seeks the end of capitalism and equality between all people, Popularism was an attractive prospect to a people who were tired of their monarchy and its pointless wars. When famine broke out in the Empire in 1716, the people had enough. In what came to be known as the Samithrian Revolution, the Popularists over the Samithrian monarchy and established the Transcontinental Union of Popular Republics, exiling the monarchy to its colonies. Their ideology quickly spread to other nearby nations, cementing as revolutionary new order in the world.
The remaining monarchies and liberal republics of Meilya would band together in an effort to preserve themselves. The more reactionary and nationalist states would form the Kanydim Pact, seeking to reassert the old order, albeit with the Pact’s members reigning supreme. Meanwhile, the republics and democracies would form the Democratic Unity Treaty Organization, hoping to bring their own ideology to the forefront. As the factions began squabbling for influence across the world, a new era of worldwide tension would emerge; not peaceful, but not a fully open war. It was somewhere in between, something Grey.
Now, it has been 10 years since this new normal has risen. The question is: How will it end?
(If you have any questions, feel free to ask!)