History of Ela'r'oech

The History of Ela'r'oech is a long one, spanning wars, conflicts, and scandals. These are all told in eras, which are then placed into groups of three; Era Groups. So far, there have been seven eras of Ela'r'oech with three 'era groups.' The influence of Ela'r'oech repeatedly fluctuates in-between eras and era groups, likely due to the fact that eras mostly pertain to one, two, or at most three topics.

Elarian Era Groups

Era			Length of Era	Notes
	Alarian War Era	15 September - 1 October 2020	16 days	Post Ela'r'oech's Foundation, This is the Alarian War.
	Foreign Era	October - December 2020	3 months	The era of Runnymede's discovery by Charles. The founding of LENS is in this era.
	Seperation Era	December 2020 - April 2021	4 months	This is the era of Charles' first leave in Ela'r'oech. Something that would be on-and-off for some time in the future.
	Progressive Era	April - August 2021	4 months	This is the era where Ela'r'oech becomes more heavily involved in the government and shows plans for self-sufficiency for the first time in this era.
	Expansive Era	August - October 2021	2 months	This era is where Ela'r'oech becomes more involved in other micronations, notably in the Kapresh Civil War and begins to help Worrell and take in more constituencies.
	Carolusian Era	October - November 2021	2 months	This is the era where the Ela'r'oech Monarchy Power Dispute takes place.
	Culture Shock Era	November 2021 - February 2022	4 months	This is the era where Ela'r'oech's culture explodes, with multiple new territories being founded as well as the founding of the Louisiana State Football League, which would help out the economy, though to a limited extent.
	Rebirthing Era	February - March 2022	2 months	This is the era where Charles returns to Ela'r'oech and focuses on making Ela'r'oech better. Government approval, involvement, and activity would serve to come at an all-time high in this era.
	Imperial Establishment Era	March - April 2022	2 months	This is the era where due to Ela'r'oech's quick and fast-paced growth, it would hastily move to become an Empire. In this era, new Prime Ministers would help the Emperor establish a foundation for Ela'r'oech onwards into the future as an Empire.
	Era of Conclusion	April - June 2022	2 months	This is the era where, after becoming an Empire, the nation would begin to grow somewhat inactive after achieving its biggest goals. However, a new goal would be discussed; Becoming the only micronation in Louisiana.
	Era of Crusades	June - July 2022	2 months	This is the era where the nation would embark on the Great Imperial Crusades of Ela'r'oech, where they would attempt to ensure their ability to form a massive, single micronation in Louisiana.
	Reconstruction Era	August - October 2022	4 months	This is the era where Ela'r'oech would grow increasingly less imperialistic and eventually almost entirely isolationist. However, in this era, self-sufficiency would reach an all-time high, especially with the founding of LENS-ETU.
	Recession Era	November - December 2022	2 months	This is the era where Ela'r'oech would go through an economic recession, eventually snowballing into a recession involving the entire Bayou Sector. However, also during this era, the nation would start reforming into the Holy Empire of Ela'r'oech.
	Deconstruction Era	January - May 2023	3 months	After the recession, new advances are made for Ela'r'oech. However, the nation continuously stagnates in activity. The stagnation climaxes when Charles' discord account is banned, forcing him to create a new one. He uses the opportunity to abandon micronationalism for a few months.
	Democratic Era	April - October 2023	6 months	After the return of Charles in a new discord account, he begins to work on a new constitution with Andrew Perdomo in hopes of creating a more democratic Ela'r'oech along with a bigger culture.
	Nationalist Era	November 2023 - March 2024	5 months	After Pontunian aggression - including a forced displacement of multiple Elarians, and Pontunian calls for a genocide of the Elarian peoples - the Elarian Armed Forces prepare for war. The Empire changes its constitution drastically, simply making it a de facto list of citizen's rights. Additionally, this era would see a massive rise in nationalism, leading to the creation of National Monarchism.
	Calming Era	April 2024 - current	ongoing (8 months)	Following the establishment of the Confederation of Naw, a majority of the nationalists would migrate there. Additionally, the nation would calm after the passing of Akira Toriyama in March. The Empire would then move to work on the arts more and diversify its foreign affairs ministry.

Early Ela'r'oech (September 2020 – April 2021)

Early Ela'r'oech
Part of the History of Ela'r'oech
Flags prominent in Early Ela'r'oech. From top to bottom, right to left, flag of the Kingdom of Ela'r'oech, flag of Alaria, flag of Neo-Alaria, flag of the first League of Elarian Nations.
Date September 2020 - April 2021 Location Empire of Ela'r'oech

The era of the first Alarian War lasted from 15 September 2020 to 1 October 2020. The Alarian War was a war where the older micronation, Alaria, attempted to take over Ela'r'oech. They sieged Elarian Building 1 and Ela'r'oech retaliated. Eventually the Elarians took an Alarian soldier captive with the excuse of a sleepover until a cease fire was ordered by the Alarian general. 90% of Alaria's land was taken. In August 2020, anonymous people deployed some chlorine dioxide in the form of gas among Da'a'ck, also known as Charles' house. It is still unknown who these people were as Charles had left to attend to errands and shopping. He dealt with the "Elarian Civil War" when he arrived at his home an estimated four hours after the gases were deployed, all animals were outside of Da'a'ck beforehand, but when he arrived, his pets ran in. Charles ran in and was able to eventually get them out of the house before any noticeable damage had been done.

Second "Foreign" Era from October 2020 to Dec 2020. The Foriegn Era was the time where Charles discovered Runnymede and throughout his political journey there, he became Prime Minister. This era was great for Ela'r'oech because foreign relations were at an all time high and the League of Elarian Nations was formed on the final day of this era. This era focuses a lot on Charles' time as Prime Minister of Runnymede and foreign relations. Ela'r'oech's response to a possible Alarian threat proposed in November was quite fast and simple. However, Alaria had an ally - Poloris - which together the nations dragged out the conflict to multiple weeks after the first war. They began to battle with Alaria for control and dominance and over the course of a month, they had won the war, the only difference from the Alarian War being that each former solo belligerent now had allies.

Third "Separation" Era from December 2020 to April 2021. In February 2021, Charles left Ela'r'oech and instead joined the Empire of Aeternia as a citizen paying tax through content creation. Although he is not formally a citizen yet, Ela'r'oech has given him the honorary title of Eternal Ruler, the title however gave him no powers nor was he recognized as a citizen as per Aeternia's citizenship requirements. Ryan then became king for the month as Anthony Ramirez II became Prime Minister. This put the nation in a state of inactivity continuing its decline. In March 2021, Charles came back and announced he would keep the role of King until he officially became an Aeternian citizen, as numerous setbacks had indefinitely suspended his citizenship from being approved. Anthony has continued to be the Prime Minister, however. By this time, the LENS was headed by Christoph Billung, leaving Charles to the position of Vice-Chairman. Alaria was taken over by extremists in February 2021, Neo-Alaria was annexed and Alaria ended up having most of its land taken, with now only a house as their land. Communists and fascists - admittedly, small groups, however dangerous - attempted to infiltrate Ela'r'oech's government but failed. The tu'e'namo lands - "land of the army" in Dangaro - had been demilitarized and Alaria has reverted to democracy again.

Classical Ela'r'oech (April – November 2021)

Classical Ela'r'oech
Part of the History of Ela'r'oech
Flags of Ela'r'oech's main allies, historically. From left to right, flags of the Kingdom of Pontunia and the Tsardom of Begon.
Date April 2021 - November 2021 Location Empire of Ela'r'oech

Fourth "Progressive" Era from April 2021 to August 2021. In late April 2021, Ela'r'oech began to become more fleshed out - government wise - Parliament and Prime Minister elections were held as parties began to be established. They also began to help other nations in other conflicts, such as the Vancouver Island Territorial Dispute. In May, they began to announce plans for self-sufficiency, for example on May 10 it was announced that Ela'r'oech would hold chickens for eggs and meat related food items as well as starting a garden for food self-sufficiency. On 19 May 2021, the King revealed plans for a Financial Independence Act, which would donate 1,000ᴱᔆ to every citizen, an estimated $20,000 USD or $500 for each citizen, which would actually put the national debt at an estimated 400ᴱᔆ. In June, they got more involved in their own Elarian-Alarian Conflict again as they entered a cold war with Alaria. They also began to engage in diplomatic relations with nations such as the Duchy of Pontunia and the Dominion of West Canada. They would later become involved in the Kapresh Civil War which ended in September 2021. In July, they became quite inactive for a period of time, allowing Charles to focus on other things, however he also worked on Ela'r'oech's physical location. He graded some buildings as well with the purpose of encouraging Elarians to start working on their own builds.

Christoph Billung, a very influential citizen of the Empire. He served the Office of Prime Minister for the longest time, an estimated 10-months total throughout each of his terms.

The main building in New Da'a'ck was given a rating of 4. A table which was made of wood and screw by an Elarian Citizen, was given a rating of 5. It was described as a "piece of history, as the first Elarian-made build to be graded by the government." In August, they stayed inactive until Anthony Ramirez proposed a new bill which would allow for a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on LGBTQ+ citizens of Ela'r'oech to serve in the military, including offensive operations. The proposal was rejected as it received only two opposition votes. Later on, the Prime Minister elections would occur, with many candidates running. Christoph Billung won, however after some backlash, Charles decided to let the people object to the elections turnout, to which they did successfully. Another election soon followed, however after voter fraud was discouraged, Christoph won again. Eventually, he revealed that he would be leaving Ela'r'oech's Prime Minister position. However it was made unclear if he would be stepping down from Elarian politics completely. He had also revealed that he had been working on two bills.

Fifth "Expansive" Era lasting from August 2021 to October 2021. 16 August marked the first day of the Fifth Era, following the Prime Minister elections. It has been revealed that there will be yet another attempt at Prime Minister elections after Parliamentary elections. With some parliament members rendered unable to use Discord, this has opened the gates for many possible newcomers. On the day the Seventh Era began, it was revealed that Alaria had sent two missile models towards Mageto. After this was revealed, Charles replied to Anthony saying "I'm not even going to humor that. I'm not going to defend Worrell anymore." He then began working on a new bill, however the contents of said bill were unknown until later on being revealed to be an economic reform bill that he would somewhat modify for use in many micronations that he believed would be able to help said micronations. Some micronations that have had the bill proposed include Ela'r'oech, Bushistan and Worrell among others. On 12 September, the Era was named the Expansive Era as it was focused on expanding the United Elarian Front as a whole, with new constituents like Zeprana, and the attempts of having Worrell join the Kingdom. On 16 September, the Worrellian Civil War began after the destruction of a Worrellian Discord server and the Elarian attempts at unifying into the Kingdom of the United Elarian Front. On 19 September, they left the Kapresh Civil War, opting to dissolve the Second Empire of Kapreburg. Later on, Ela'r'oech reformed its server and itself, becoming the Kingdom of Ela'r'oech rather than the United Elarian Front. It made a Worrellian constituency, later renamed to Keystone. Towards what was almost the end of the expansive era, Bryce had abolished power of the monarchy and set up his own cabinet. The cabinet then proceeded to name Christina of Cycoldia the Queen of Ela'r'oech. When this was announced, it was argued against by most citizens not a part of the government.

The Declaration of Christina as Queen on 27 October 2021 marked the beginning of the Sixth "Carolus" Era. Andrew, Christoph, Anthony, Charles, and others all began to argue against the current government. There was an attempted resolve to the issue, however Charles had stated that it was his right to be King and claimed Christina was unfit and unworthy of the throne. The power dispute was almost resolved on 4 November 2021, when Charles banned the cabinet members as well as Bryce and Christina from the Ela'r'oech Discord server. The server was then nuked the same day, though no members were banned. Charles had proclaimed that this was a sign of mercy from God, proclaiming Ela'r'oech to be a legitimate state in the eyes of the Lord. He then proceeded to start a session with some provisional parliament members and included Cam of Lateritia, to engage in new foreign relations with more Carolusian micronations, effectively boosting their sphere of influence. Charles has declared the Prime Minister seat vacant and has made an anti-war statement regarding the Ela'r'oech Monarchy Power Dispute and Cycoldia. He and Cam have begun foreign relations as Ela'r'oech will now be becoming more "local" in his words. That same day, Charles met with the Dragon King of Naga and effectively handled out foreign relations and was also deemed Prime Minister of Naga. He also met with Cam of Lateritia, however that meeting was not documented. On 6 November 2021, Charles declared a new constitution, supposed to prevent any such dispute from happening again.

Modern Ela'r'oech (November 2021 – March 2022)

Modern Ela'r'oech
Part of the History of Ela'r'oech
Flags of Ela'r'oech's allies in this time period. From left to right, the flags of Zeprana and the Republic of Worrell.
Date November 2021 - February 2022 Location Empire of Ela'r'oech

The Third Era Group or Third E.G. began on 11 November 2021 with the founding of Norton and Kamehameha, sparking the Seventh "Culture Shock" Era. Afterwards, Ela'r'oech would proceed to get many new territories over the course of 8 days. This would be referred to as the "66" or "6/6," as 6 major new territories were declared and most declarations and annexations were over the course of the initial 6 days. On 13 November 2021, the Ela'r'oech Football League was founded and started its first season to fan enjoyment. Aftershocks from the ending of the Fifth "Expansive" Era are still present, as the nation is still dealing with the Ela'r'oech Monarchy Power Dispute, however Charles has stated it will end by 20 November to 1 December, which should be towards the start of the era. On 16 November 2021, Ela'r'oech purchased Level 3 Discord Server boosts, giving it the vanity URL of "discord.gg/elaroech" and also revamped the server a small amount. The Ela'r'oech Monarchy Power Dispute was resolved when Christina and Charles came to the conclusion that a diarchy with Charles as the majority power would be a good solution. The next November 2021 Ministerial elections took place as it was asked of Christina after the end of the dispute. Christoph Billung won the second election of the month, making him the Prime Minister-elect. Christina abdicated on Christmas Day 2021. The server would experience inactivity afterwards until the next era.

The Discord Server of Ela'r'oech after the boosts.

The Rebirthing Era started on 21 February 2022. At 1:37 AM CDT on 24 February 2022, Nogrod was announced to have officially became Ela'r'oech's third ever realm. Zeprana would later become a realm again. Ela'r'oech would also join ComSov to help further improve foreign relations. However, they would also officially restart their progress on their creation of the Elarian Armed Forces and would also create MSW, a military readiness alert system which would be used multiple times after its creation. On 28 February 2022, it would be revealed that Poloris had sanctioned Alaria for becoming an Elarian realm - this would begin major tension in Ela'r'oech and Alaria as it seemed war could be possible after Poloris had 1 militia soldier go up to the Alarian-Elarian border in the early hours of the day, just after midnight. Alaria and Poloris would go to war over this, causing Ela'r'oech's MSW level to go to one, with the general being greenlit to allow troops to move into Alaria, which would then scare the Polarusen troops away. Later on, the government of Ela'r'oech would become greatly involved in the Rebirthing era, with Ela'r'oech News Source providing interviews with officials, former officials, and even outsiders to provide multiple perspectives of Ela'r'oech and present them to those not yet aware of its existence. In addition to this, the government would reform the political culture yet again, doing away with the former representatives system to update it to contemporary Ela'r'oech.

Neoteric Ela'r'oech (March – July 2022)

Neoteric Ela'r'oech
Part of the History of Ela'r'oech
The election map for the Elarian federal elections of 2021, deciding the Prime Minister.
Date March 2022 - August 2022 Location Empire of Ela'r'oech

Neoteric Ela'r'oech would start on 3 March 2022, the day the nation and its realms would become an Empire. This Empire would consist of the Kingdom of Zeprana, the Duchy of Nogrod, the Kingdom of Alaria, and the Kingdom of the Greater Elarian State. That same day, the Emperor would reform the Elarian Armed Forces, the militaries of each realm, and make them all closer. On 11 March 2022, the Elarian Armed Forces received new branches. On 3 March 2022, two documents officially forming the Elarian Empire on paper and also annexing the area of which the Armed Forces train were be signed by the Emperor, in company would be members of the Armed Forces and the new Propaganda Officer. Eventually The Mormon Law would pass on 19 March 2022, due to a

binding referendum being approved almost unanimously. In addition, a "Quadripartite Pact" had become spoken of and proposed by the Emperor, which Pontunia would first signed. The original proposed signatories were Ela'r'oech, Pontunia, Bushistan, and Begon. However, as it became clear Bushistan would not vote in favor of the ratification of the pact, Wynnland would soon replace their position in the Pact. On 20 March 2022, Anthony Ramirez would hold a referendum, asking the nation if they should be more strict on their allies and other nations they influence - he had named Begon, Pontunia, Bushistan, and other "Elarian-influenced nations." That same day, Christoph Billung was re-elected as Prime Minister with 31% of the vote, with Anthony Ramirez in second with 23%.

A map of Ela'r'oech; Part of the "Election Map" created for news coverage and better understanding of the territories of Ela'r'oech; Former Mainlands - Contains constituencies Ela'r'o, Neo-Alaria, and non-constituency territory of Militia Lands.

Following the election of Billung, Ela'r'oech would establish standards for the nations that they ally with. Additionally, Charles would draft the Diplomacy and Alliance Pact of 2022, which would later be ratified. This would, in turn, lead to the creation and foundation of the Group of Six. The nation would be active, with Charles making a government Twitter account for both the nation and himself as Emperor. However, on 9 April 2022, Aidan Pierce would publish a hoax story which was intended to alter the Bushistani Presidential Elections of April 2022. He would, after the story was found to be a hoax, be forced to drop out of the race. This would force relations between Bushistan and Ela'r'oech at somewhat disdain. Additionally, Ela'r'oech would undergo new foreign relations, mainly with Pontunia.

In April 2022, Ela'r'oech would begin to have an activity hiatus. Though in June, this was set to have activity increased as summer began. Since June, there has been a new summit scheduled for G6 regarding the 2022 Arcadian War of Liberation. Thoughts regarding either the Grand Principality of Arcadia or Zeprana joining G6 have been discussed by Charles Madgett and Anthony Ramirez.

From May and June 2022, there was little activity in the Empire, however Carolusianism was slowly expanding behind closed doors. In July 2022, the Empire would attempt the goal of becoming the only micronation in Louisiana by expansionism. Eventually, this would come true as the Empire would merge with the Kingdom of Pontunia to become the United Kingdom of the Great Bayou.

Ultramodern Ela'r'oech (July 2022 – October 2023)

Ultramodern Ela'r'oech
Part of the History of Ela'r'oech
From left to right, the flag of the Empire of Ela'r'oech, the flag of the LENS-ETU Union, the Empire of Ela'r'oech's mourning flag.
Date July 2022 - October 2023 Location Empire of Ela'r'oech

After the dissolution of the United Kingdom of the Great Bayou, Ela'r'oech would look to become more professional and less imperialistic. Elarians in a small poll from ENS would be shown to be no longer wishing to be the only micronation in Louisiana. They would adopt many of the government systems from the Great Bayou. This would start the Reconstruction Era which would begin on 6 August 2022. In August, the League of Elarian Nations would be reformed under a partnership with another micronational organization called the Elarian Trade Union. LENS-ETU would be formed with United Trade International being founded the day of the first summit of the organization. The organization has since grown to include many allies of Ela'r'oech, including the Second Republic of Kamore, Bushistan, and more.

A conflict would arise on 29 August 2022 when Bushistan was invaded by a micronation called the Democratic People's Republic of Carolina. They would surround the presidential mansion of Bushistan until LENS soldiers located in North Carolina were able to engage them, forcing them to leave. The DPRC would then threaten Bushistan publicly on their Twitter, leading LENS member states to declare war on the micronation. Additionally, LENS and Ela'r'oech together would start a promotion campaign, encouraging people to join the armies of the LENS and Empire of Ela'r'oech, respectively.

Elarian Mourning Flag. Designed 2022, in wake of the Death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The death of Queen Elizabeth II impacted Ela'r'oech more than any other macronational crisis since its founding. The Emperor was notified at 12:27 PM CST by members of the royal family. The Emperor would later address the people regarding the Queen's death and King Charles' ascension to the throne. Additionally, it was the first time in Elarian history that an official mourning flag design was used nationally.

Additionally, Emperor Charles would be confronted the same day by members of the Drotucian government, claiming that there would be no 'funny business' as he was running for Senator. Charles would claim that this was completely unwarranted and go on to describe the government as elitist, even going so far as to call the DRotUCE an 'evil empire' in private talks with Elarian officials. After the LENS had stopped occupying Bushistan, some Carolusians and critics would describe the royal family's influence as growing weaker. The Royal Family realized how it might make them look, therefore they named some more titles and by proxy expanding the House of Madgett. They would also change their House Shield to differ it from that of the Elarian Empire's. On 18 September 2022, Prime Minister elections were held which would elect Andrew Perdomo as the twelfth Prime Minister of the Empire. He would, however, then state that he refused to speak to Charles throughout his term. Many Carolusians had voted for him in the elections, as Perdomo ran on an 'Ela'r'oech First' platform. This would cause a mass protest which would lead to a poll from Charles asking if the public wanted to hold re-elections. This poll would gain massive support, sparking the incentive for new elections. New elections would begin on 19 September 2022, with Andrew Perdomo, Anthony Ramirez, and Aidan Pierce all running.

Throughout September 2022, Elarians as a whole would become more aware of its ties to other nations. Many ethnic Elarians were in micronations such as Zeprana and Pontunia, this would make the increasingly more moderate pundits to become suddenly more radical as they would begin negotiations to annex both nations. Additionally, the start of a possible Elarian Commonwealth began to be in discussion; an organization where its member states would name Charles the King of their micronation. It was eventually decided that the nation would use a new constitution to help define territories and federal powers, specifically to the Parliament, Prime Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister. This would also be extremely influential in the Rhode Island Sector, as Zepranan officials and Elarian officials worked together in order to form one massive micronation which all ethnic Elarians could reside in. The monarchy gained support from the Opposition in Zeprana as Anthony Ramirez would win the Prime Minister elections the day after they began. Over 40% of all votes came from citizens most active in claimed territories. This was the highest rate of territorial citizens voting compared to online voting in around a year.

Still frame from the "Make Your Nation Proud" advertisement, released in August 2022 as part of Ela'r'oech's "Join The Military" ad campaign.

In October 2022, Ela'r'oech would increasingly grow more isolationist as it began to go to local citizens rather than using the Discord Server. Additionally, in October there would be many referendums regarding the state of the nation. Overall, not much would change in this month.

Since November 2022, Ela'r'oech has been working on rebuilding its federal departments. This would lead to the founding of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Probable Cause to World Peace, or the Department of Foreign Affairs, and multiple national defense departments, specifically relating to the creation of the Elarian Emergency Alert System. It would also begin working on repairing its relationship with the Kingdom of Pontunia, however, issues began to arise following the start of the 2022 Bayou recession, wherein multiple Elarian companies would shut down. Also in November, the first federal elections for Chancellor and President were held, with local elections for the Representative-Member of Parliament (R-MP) for Doyle being elected as well. Additionally, there were many debates during the election. On the day of Doyle's early voting, there was a gaming tournament held called ULTRA 2022. On 21 November 2022, the federal elections ended after Chancellery run-offs, declaring Andrew Perdomo to be the President-elect and Shawn West to be the Chancellor-elect.

The 2022 recession would lead to a rise in cultural exploration in the Empire, particularly notable is that of music which was inspired by Momentum, a musical duo made up of Emperor Charles and President Andrew. More games were played by the Ela'r'oech Football League in November, which had recently moved back to micronationalism. Additionally, royalism in the nation would grow due to the trust of the Emperor and overall government being at a high due to the West Administration's handling of the recession. Culture would also see a boost due to the slow rise of support for Ranaism and its related scriptures.

Following the recession, Ela'r'oech's Twitter profile would be verified through Twitter Blue. This would allow the profile to engage with many more users, especially in a positive light. However, Charles would be temporarily banned from MicroWiki beforehand, which would cast the nation into a small state of inactivity. In late December, the storage slot that held Elarian translations was corrupted. This would be a massive blow to the culture of the nation. Naturally, it would be proposed later - in 2023 - that the nation not change the language, but rather change the language itself. The new language was determined to be called 'Elarian,' with what was initially Elarian now being known as 'Old Elarian.'

In January 2023, Ela'r'oech would become involved in the Zeprano-Elarian War. Notably, it has been the most damaging conflict to the Empire since the Elarian-Alarian Conflict which had ended nearly 2 years earlier. Elarian officials had proposed Zepranan discrimination to try and discourage the Zepranan government from continuing their assault on the nation. While the war effort had been somewhat non-existent on the Elarian side, the conflict had rallied the most amount of foreign military support for the Empire in its history, which in turn would encourage troops in the Elarian Armed Forces.

In mid-to-late January 2023, the Greater Elarian Commonwealth had been led to a proper foundation being established to finally make the previously proposed state a reality, albeit as a loose union of independent states. During the Zeprano-Elarian War, the Free Federal Republic of Zeprana had declared its intentions to join the Commonwealth, which it could become following the Zepranan independence referendums held during the conflict.

Shawn West, the first Chancellor of the Empire.

In March 2023, it was decided after Madgett v. Perdomo, that Pontunia and Ela'r'oech would become one nation, with both serving under one union. Additionally, plans were made to reform the Elarian language. Secret plans for any type of future space or aerospace exploration or discoveries after Opportunity II were to be discussed in late March by multiple members of Ela'r'oech's scientific community, particularly those leading the science-based companies in the nation.

In April 2023, Ela'r'oech held its second Chancellery elections, which were won by Ian Clark, chairman of the Neo-Knights of Ela'r'oech. Adding onto that, the Elarian National Space Program was initiated, with the Lotus Program being the first official program of the ENSP. The first mission, Lotus I, was a success as a modified drone called the LTS-001 was able to record parts of the atmosphere. This success would then provide slightly more funding for the ENSP for Lotus II, which would be launched two days later. After the launch, activity stagnated and Charles' discord account was banned.

Following the ban of Charles' discord account, a new Ela'r'oech server was created. Though it had gained less traction, it would still become well known. Additionally, after the creation of this new server, it was decided that the Empire should seek out more allies. These allies were found after the Empire had declared a new charter of the League of Elarian Nation States in July. Those who had joined LENS under this new charter were generally already allies with the Empire historically. These nations included the Second Republic of Kamore and the Republic of Bushistan, and included in the Path to LENS timeline are the Kingdom of Pontunia - a historic ally - and the Empire of Shahawkia. However, following the start of school in the macronational space which Ela'r'oech occupied, activity has since dwindled. Activity has especially dwindled since an attempted assassination of Charles.

In late October, the Armed Forces of Ela'r'oech began to change its systems and amount of active personnel. A general of the army was also placed in charge of many troop. Additionally, the Kingdom of Pontunia had changed into the Catholic Republic of Pontunia. After said change, many Pontunian officials including President Andrew Perdomo began to hold calls for a "TED" which stands for "Total Elarian Destruction/Death" as well as engaging in a forced displacement of Elarians in Pontunia. In response, General Kapano Rodriguez released a video on X (formerly Twitter) threatening a response from the Empire.

Contemporary Ela'r'oech (October 2023, ongoing)

Contemporary Ela'r'oech
Part of the History of Ela'r'oech
From left to right, the flag of the Empire of Ela'r'oech, the flag of the Kingdom of Pontunia, and the flag of the United Kingdom of the Great Bayou all symbolizing the Bayou crisis.
Date July 2022 - October 2023 Location Empire of Ela'r'oech

On 8 November, the Empire held a national referendum to decide the passing of a Resolution to Recognize the Catholic Republic of Pontunia as an Illegal Republican Breakaway State of the Empire of Ela'r'oech. The referendum saw 76% of the Elarian public vote in favor of it, and as such it passed. The results of the referendum declared the Empire of Ela'r'oech to be the United Kingdom of the Great Bayou and for the Kingdom to recognize the Catholic Republic as an illegal breakaway, also then recognizing its citizens as a terrorist group. The passing of the referendum led to celebrations in the Empire.

Chancellor Jaden Armstrong receiving the Medal of Good Conduct.

On 24 December, Ela'r'oech held its federal elections for the first time since the previous year. This was the second election to elect a Chancellor, as Terry Jacobs had served the previous spot by being voted in through the Parliament. Ian Clark was elected President of the Empire, while Terry Jacobs and Anthony Ramirez were elected as the representatives of Ela'r'oech for the Parliament of the United Bayou. On that same day, the Parliament passed two pieces of legislation which banned all political parties aside from Ela'r'oech Lew Elaroek and enforced that citizens should address government officials with their title and rank to show respect.

On 26 December, Emperor Charles and Chancellor Armstrong held a meeting where Armstrong was presented with the Elarian Medal of Good Conduct. He was also inaugurated officially as the Chancellor of the Empire. During the inauguration, however, an individual claiming to be Pontunian attempted to interfere with the inauguration with a knife, however he was stopped and arrested by Elarian law enforcement.

In January 2024, the United Kingdom of the Great Bayou would conduct a census which would determine 56 citizens in Ela'r'oech. The Neo-Knights of Ela'r'oech would release a manifesto regarding a new ideology called National Monarchism, which would de facto become the government system of the Empire. In early January, the Empire would also attempt to undergo more diplomacy with foreign nations, even constructing a test to determine a diplomat's - and therefore, a nation's - compatibility with the Empire. It would be determined that both Ela'r'oech and Pontunia would receive four Parliamentary members instead of simply two in order to provide more diversity among the beliefs of parliamentary members and government officials.

Christoph Billung would return to Ela'r'oech on 8 January 2024 in the early hours of the morning. Upon his return, some Elarians gathered for prayer that he led. After the prayers, Emperor Charles determined that the Church of Ela'r'oech was to be immediately reinstated with Christoph serving as Archbishop. Unfortunately, the previous day, Emperor Charles' dog Prince passed away. Many Elarians, especially those who were residents in physical territories, gathered to mourn the loss of the dog, which some had met previously. The Empire would then go into a period of mourning from 7 January to the 14 January 2024.

On 30 January 2024, the government began to impose taxes on citizens in order to fund itself as spending had vastly increased since 2022 and even 2023. On the first day taxes were imposed, the Ministry of Revenue and Treasury was established. The Empire gained nearly $300 USD in funding by 31 January.

In February 2024, the United Socialist Republics - a great enemy of the Empire - would collapse. As a result, Charles I set up a new nation formed of former USR-related states known as the Confederation of Naw which would be heavily inspired by Pan-Germanist culture and beliefs. The Empire of Ela'r'oech would then recognize the Confederation and give it a protectorate status within the Empire, then making the Elarian Armed Forces the main army of the Naw.

In late February, the Empire would establish the Elarian Cultural Advancement Awards, which would incentivize citizens to engage in more creative endeavors such as music, streaming shows, films, books, etc. As part of the ECAAs, the Elarian Music Awards - or EMAs, would come with recognitions after a song had been played for so many times. Toxicity's Can't Leave Her Alone would garner the attention of thousands, receiving a Gold EMA. His album 100,000 would receive a Diamond EMA with over 25,000 streams via SoundCloud and Spotify combined.

In early March, with the passing of Akira Toriyama - who heavily influenced the culture of Ela'r'oech - the nation went into a short mourning period. Multiple government officials paid the respects and sent condolences. A petition was started to make March "Dragon Ball Month" in Toriyama's remembrance.

This is a hard announcement to make. This will hit home for some of us and miss everyone else.

Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball, has passed away. There are no words to express how impactful this man was to so many generations. To this nation, in fact, Mr. Toriyama had a huge impact on our entertainment and art culture. There are no words.

Thank you, Mr. Toriyama. For Everything. You will forever be in my prayers.

— Charles I, Emperor of Ela'r'oech, On Akira Toriyama's Passing

Additionally in March, the Eleventh Parliament of the Empire was inaugurated. They would hold their inaugural session on 10 March, and hold another on the 15th. After the Eleventh Parliament was established, many members of said Parliament would go on to be active in the Confederation of Naw. Notably, Anthony Ramirez and Ian Clark would join Naw and focus on establishing political parties.

In April, the nation would return to a sense of normalcy after the Pontunian crisis.