Beelzenia

Beelzenia, traditionally called the Beelzenian Empire and once known as the Crimson Country, is a state in the Bolganio continent's Evillious region. Originally the largest imperial power after the Magic Kingdom Levianta's destruction, it slowly lost momentum and broke apart over the centuries, becoming overshadowed by the growing Kingdom of Lucifenia.

Early History
Following the destruction of the Magic Kingdom Levianta, the Beelzenian Empire became the largest imperial power in Evillious. In EC 136, the Empire grew concerned when a growing number of women vanished within the Asmodean region. After the perpetrator, Duke Sateriajis Venomania, was killed by Count Kachess in EC 137, the empire pardoned Crim of his crime in light of the circumstances. Following the Venomania Event, the territory eventually began to compaign and later win its independence in EC 212, separating from Beelzenia and forming its own nation.

Conchita Disappearance
Around June of EC 325, rumors spread throughout the Empire that Warlord Banica Conchita had resorted to cannibalism. In response, they hired Elluka Clockworker to help investigate the situation. In July, the apostate castle was raided and found mysteriously empty. Determining Conchita had fled, the Empire ended Elluka's investigation.

Decline
In EC 399, Beelzenia's north-western territory declared independence from the empire, creating the Kingdom of Lucifenia. Around EC 477, Lucifenia declared war on Beelzenia and invaded. As the war dragged on, the empire lost much of its territory. In EC 491, the Goula plague exploded in its southern territories and suffered another invasion from Lucifenia. With the plague killing King Arth, the Kingdom made peace with the Beelzenian Empire and ended the fighting. Beelzenia was invaded by the Kingdom of Marlon in EC 505 from the former Lucifenia.

Power Structure
Developing into a massive imperial power, the Beelzenian Empire developed into an autocracy, ruled by the emperor who held absolute power. Below the emperor were his heirs, the princes and princesses who were assigned jurisdiction over the empire's affairs and were tasked with helping to manage the enormous nation.

Below them were the Five Dukes, powerful lords who managed the militaries and economies of their individual province. At some point following the Venomania Event, the tasks of dukes were replaced by that of warlords, who held military and civil power over their province and governed the territory similarly to the duke.

Below them were the earls, aristocrats charged with ruling the emperor's and duke's territories in his or her stead. Beneath each earl were the barons, who controlled small areas of territory and acts as the aides to the higher ranks of nobility, some serving the Beelzenian Royal Family. Each position within the government was subject to a hereditary line-of-succession with the firstborn male usually inheriting the position and title; in cases where no legitimate heir existed, the closest female heir was selected instead.

Military
The Beelzenian Imperial army was divided between each province, commanded by the province's duke and later its warlord. Because of this, the dukes and warlords had an enormous amount of freedom within their territory and were able to enforce the empire's laws and improve its military as best they saw fit.

However, the system's level of freedom gave the military more loyalty to the province's leader rather than the emperor, with the dukes and warlords able to act on their own and even rebel against the empire without a military court martial or insurrection. The military's strength and dominance in Evillious slowly dwindled over time, downsizing the areas the Imperial army could protect.

Economy
The Beelzenian Empire adopted the feudal system, with peasants of an earls' territory required to farm the fields for the nation's agriculture. In exchange, it is assumed the peasants were given a moderate fee or permitted to live on the land they worked and take a small portion of the harvest.

Society and Culture
Beelzenian society was largely divided and segregated between its social classes and even its regions. Because of its massive size, areas within its borders were left to the devices of the dukes and warlords, leading to a strong social identity between provinces rather than the empire as a whole. Over time, these social divides lead to the empire's fragmentation, with Asmodean and later Lucifenia breaking off and establishing their own nations.

Beelzenians were characteristically identified by having red or almond brown hair and similarly colored eyes. However, because the empire encompassed such a large area, it was composed of many different races and ethnicities and was largely tolerant of them, showing no apparent signs of discrimination. After the Asmo-Beelzenian War, relations between the Empire and the Kingdom of Lucifenia soured and the nations were constantly in tenuous harmony.

At first, the empire was culinarily uneducated, lacking a diversity in their meals and food. With the expeditions of Banica Conchita, the Beelzenian diet greatly expanded and her actions were a huge contirbution to influence their food culture, developing the famed Blood Grave with the help of the farmers. Similarly, tales of Banica's rumored cannibalism and mysterious disappearance made her an item of folklore and legend, creating the story of the Vampire Girl Vaniqa Conchita. As part of the legend, Vaniqa would wither and die if she did not drink human blood for three days.

Geography and Climate
Beelzenia is a southern region of Evillious, located directly below Lucifenia and Asmodean. At its height, the empire controlled much of middle Evillious, encompassing a diverse field of landscapes from Asmodean's deserts and mountains to Lucifenia's fields and grasslands.

After losing much of its territories over the years, the ailing empire was comprised of only the areas immediately around the Imperial City, keeping outposts along its borders with Lucifenia to protect what remained and stretching to its limits southward at its ocean.

Conchita Mansion
The abode of Banica Conchita and the setting of "Repulsive Food Eater Conchita". Its corridors are infested by a intolerable stench and everything or everyone who enters in the mansion never returns.

Langley Troop Garrison
One of Beelzenia's army camps, it is led by Chartette Langley. Part of it is formed by some former members of the Lucifenian Resistance.

Imperial City
Beelzenia's capital city.

Gureiba District
A farmer region famous for its tomato-eating competition. In EC 319 Banica Conchita entered at the last minute, and won easily despite being unprepared.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The Beelzenian Empire is inspired by the real world Roman Empire; several of the events in Beelzenia's history mirror the Roman Empire's decline and subsequent invasions by foreign nations.
 * Its Deadly Sinner, Banica Conchita, shares characteristics with Vlad the Impaler of Romania; Romania was annexed as part of the Roman Empire at the turn of the second century AD.
 * Its history and culture also shares influences with the real world country of Spain.
 * Its name is based on Beelzebub, the patron demon of Gluttony.

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