Great Xia Empire

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Great Xia Empire
Original Name	大夏帝国
Type	Empire
Ruler	Emperor Derek
Capital	Pulan City
Status	Active
First Appearance	430

History

Emperor Derek was crowned after unifying divine and royal authority, formally opening the Empire's new era. His coronation declaration claimed the sky, land, and sea as future imperial domain, and was received as a credible ambition rather than empty boasting. 430

Following its establishment, the Empire rapidly dismantled older systems, reassigned bureaucrats, and built centralized institutions including a Cabinet and Ministry of Military. Telegraph networks became a key tool for efficient administration and information exchange. 430

After unifying the Southern Continent, Great Xia pursued large-scale territorial expansion through military outposts, agricultural settlements, immigration, and the eventual creation of towns and first-tier government agencies. This expansion was explicitly destructive to local indigenous peoples, described as a process of racial elimination. 443

By the twelfth imperial year, Great Xia was recognized internally as the world's center, while much of the West was regarded as backward and barbaric. 463 By the seventeenth year after the Empire's founding, its capital had been extensively rebuilt and its authority remained entrenched despite factional competition. 628 630

In later years, the Empire developed from a surface civilization into an interstellar power. Its discovery of an Interstellar Passage exit into the Colossus Galaxy drew it into competition with the Blue Star Federation and the Colossus Civilization. 840

Government and Society

Imperial Authority

Great Xia is an autocratic empire in which the Emperor's will is law. Its public political order accepts despotism as normal and portrays strong imperial authority as necessary to deter disorder. 492

• The Emperor and nobility jointly rule, with the Emperor's authority remaining unquestionable. 628
• The Cabinet performs administrative functions, while the central government retains decisive authority. 430 840
• The Ministry of Military was established during the early institutional reorganization. 430
• The Eighth and Ninth Investigation Departments conduct internal surveillance, political observation, intelligence work, and foreign influence operations. 437 450 492
• Angels act as extensions of imperial authority, intended both to uphold the Emperor's power and to balance nobles, merchants, and bureaucrats. 508
• Rapid communications and delivery systems have curtailed court struggles and armed regional separatism, though political intrigue continues beneath the Empire's stable surface. 628

Class Structure

Political and economic power is concentrated among nobles, bureaucrats, and major merchants. Commoners who rise through education generally seek entry into this privileged class rather than representation of common interests. 508

• Nobles retain privileges and fiefs, but the state seeks to curb the unchecked expansion of aristocratic power. 628
• Reforms to promotion, demotion, and city administration were intended to centralize authority while making the nobility dependent on imperial stability. 628
• Scholarship can provide social advancement, creating rare paths into office outside the aristocratic bureaucracy. 482
• Barbarians are recognized within Great Xia society and military; more than ten percent of the Empire's population is stated to be Barbarian. 472
• The Empire uses Gold Vouchers as paper currency through the Royal Bank. 502

Education and Cultural Influence

Great Xia's educational system is a major instrument of technological development and foreign influence. Foreign scholars must complete a year of preparatory study before entering advanced programs. 472

• Hadley University is a major academic institution and hosts imperial visits, military education, and technical seminars. 478
• Great Xia technical documents and books spread its language and prestige abroad, particularly among Lionheart Kingdom scholars interested in steam technology. 471
• Foreign students are exposed to military museums, aircraft, allegiance ceremonies, and Great Xia cultural values. 472
• The Empire supports the spread of pro-Great Xia views among foreign elites; Count Little Jefferies regarded student exchanges as a means of cultural and technological “brainwashing.” 470

Technology and Infrastructure

Great Xia underwent rapid industrial and technological growth, progressing from steam-era development to electrification, aviation, transcendent technology, and interstellar warfare. 471 483 736 840

• Telegraphs — Enable fast communication across the Empire; ordinary people can contact relatives across the sea for only a few silver coins. 430 443
• Electrification — The Empire invested in power-grid construction and successfully powered Hadley University facilities. 478 483
• Urban development — Pulan City's new district features high-rise buildings, concrete roads, neon lights, automobiles, public trams, escalators, and major rail stations. 598 744
• Aviation — Aircraft serve as both a technological showcase and a military capability; later travel by plane compresses journeys that once took over a year into roughly ten days. 472 760
• Transcendent technology — Transcendent Power is applied to medicine, aircraft modification, armaments, and warfare. 736 742 747
• Interstellar industry — Government-led research and Transcendent personnel support rapid warship production, including frigates delivered in growing numbers from lunar production lines. 805
• Supernatural Technology warships — Great Xia develops warships incorporating supernatural technology while retaining aspects of Blue Star Federation design. 841

Military

Great Xia's strength rests on a combination of centralized mobilization, advanced industry, naval power, firearms, knight traditions, Transcendent combatants, and later interstellar fleets. 526 840

Naval Forces

The Imperial Navy fields Imperial-class Battleships, battlecruisers, Fortress-class Cruisers, destroyers, supply ships, and later massive Warship Carriers. 464 841

• A sixteen-warship diplomatic fleet led by an Imperial-class Battleship was capable of blocking a harbor and demonstrated overwhelming naval superiority over the Lionheart Kingdom. 464
• Great Xia fleets at Gemstone Port were considered capable of crossing borders at any time, limiting Lionheart resistance to imperial encroachment. 463
• Imperial-class Battleships are prestigious enough that only high-ranking nobles may travel aboard them; other passengers are transported in supply-ship cargo holds. 471

Knights and Transcendent Forces

The Northland Knights and Augusta Knight Order remain powerful symbols of imperial legitimacy despite the decline of conventional cavalry in the firearms era. 630 711

• The Augusta Knight Order once had over a thousand Formal Knights, but later retained only around one hundred old knights as its traditional role faded. 711
• The Order's black-armored appearance in the New Occupied Territories was initially seen as ceremonial rather than militarily significant. 716
• Transcendent Knights shattered enemy morale during the campaign against the New Divine United Kingdom and enabled Qin's forces to break through a critical front. 724
• Transcendent Power can enhance aircraft performance and has ushered in a new military era. 736

Interstellar Forces

During the Colossus Galaxy expedition, Great Xia deployed Supernatural Technology warships, a Warship Carrier, engineering vessels, fortress-construction teams, and the Pseudo-Seraphim mech piloted by Emperor Derek. 840 841

• The Warship Carrier serves as the fleet's core and supports construction of a new fortress system. 841
• The Pseudo-Seraphim withstood a Colossus Civilization saturation attack after Derek personally assaulted an enemy fortress. 841
• Great Xia's highly centralized system allows rapid wartime mobilization: after Derek announced his personal expedition, the fleet was ready the following day. 840

Foreign Relations and Expansion

Lionheart Kingdom

Great Xia maintains an unequal but extensive relationship with the Lionheart Kingdom, combining trade, diplomacy, technological exchange, intelligence operations, and political manipulation. 463 470 760

• The Ninth Investigation Department recruited Councilman Sanger by presenting evidence of colonial corruption and offering protection. 437
• Count Little Jefferies led diplomatic missions backed by overwhelming naval force and negotiated scholar exchanges with Lionheart leaders. 464 470
• Great Xia supplied Prince Charlie with military production lines and later supported Prince Charlie, Haman, and Jos as competing political partners. 609 760
• The Empire deliberately sought to prevent any single Lionheart faction, including Haman's rebellion, from unifying the Western Continent into a strong rival state. 596
• Lionheart's opened market and constitutional-monarchy reforms effectively reduced it to a Great Xia vassal, facilitating the dumping of Great Xia industrial goods abroad. 762

New Continent

Great Xia's New Continent policy combines immigration, colonial administration, economic extraction, military conquest, and centralization. 443 531 671

• Settlements founded by immigrants are developed into towns and cities under new government agencies. 443
• Dagu's inspection tour strengthened central-government authority in the colonies. 531
• The Empire later moved to reclaim territories controlled by remnants of the Four Nations, viewing their accumulated resources, labor, and developed colonies as assets to be harvested. 671
• The campaign against the New Divine United Kingdom culminated in Qin ordering the Twin Dragon Banner raised over New Holy City. 724

Blue Star Federation and Colossus Galaxy

Great Xia initially operated cautiously in the Pegasus Galaxy to avoid exposing its strength to the Blue Star Federation. 840

• The Empire requires Blue Star Federation resources but cannot sustain open warfare on multiple fronts. 840
• Its intervention in the Colossus Galaxy placed it in a contested region already claimed by the Blue Star Federation and Colossus Civilization. 840 841
• Great Xia's political structure, culture, and internal system remain tightly restricted from foreign observers despite selective disclosure. 873
• In later conflicts, Great Xia's position could significantly affect Blue Star Federation internal politics even when it publicly claimed neutrality. 971 1024

Policies and Controversies

• Centralization — The Empire continuously restructures institutions, officials, and local administration to strengthen central rule. 430 628
• Imperial immigration — Settlement expansion is framed as a national endeavor but results in indigenous displacement and racial elimination. 443
• Tool Mutes and slavery — Tool Mutes are treated as non-persons in parts of the Empire; later accounts also refer to Black Slaves being used as labor, research consumables, and colonial workers. 471 716 857
• Information control — The Empire manages disclosures around colonial reclamation and restricts foreign understanding of its political system. 671 873
• Foreign influence — Exchanges, media, technological aid, and factional support are used to reshape foreign societies in Great Xia's favor. 470 573 760
• Religious symbolism — Divine statues in churches have been replaced with images implied to represent the Emperor's face, blurring religious reverence and political authority. 736

Notable Quotes

“I will conquer this world—the sky, the land, and the sea. Everything my eyes behold shall be my royal domain.” — Emperor Derek at his coronation 430

“Your Majesty! I, Dagu, am willing to follow in your footsteps and establish an Empire that will never fall for ten thousand generations.” 526

“Long live the Empire!” 630