The Montergian Empire

The Montergian Empire is one of the main factions spanning large sections of the Beta and Gamma quadrants of the Galaxy. Their main Planet is Terra, otherwise known as Earth. The country itself was founded in 1893 by the German Empire, who had a large piece of territory on the continent, along with the English, Americans and Russians. The closest Ally to the Montergian Empire at the current moment is the Arskodian Republic.

1890s and 1900s
The Montergian Republic was born in an agreement between countries (Treaty of Estinia) where the major powers could not decide who should control the whole continent. The Germans suggested that they leave the land to the native Montergs, who roamed the plains, living off the land.

After all countries came to an agreement, the Treaty of Estinia was signed, removing the control of all major Empires on the continent and made a country with the Montergs as its head. Using the name of the tribe, they founded Montergo, the first version of the Empire.

The Founding Days of the Republic (1910s and 1920s)
During the First World War, a lot of different people moved to Montergo to leave the War behind, bringing wealthy and smart people to the country, as well as a vast labour force.

Because of the vast influx of people, Montergo rapidly expanded, spreading to all corners of the Continent, and started to move beyond some of the technology of the time such as the airplane and diesel submarine.

In 1926, Montergo became the first country to fly a Jet-Powered Aircraft, the Erus X-12. This led to Erus becoming the most popular company in the Empire, Creating planes that eventually rivalled the SR-71 Blackbird and the BAC Concorde.

The Rise of the Montergian Republic (1930s and World War II)
During the 1930s, the Republic continued its research into new weaponry to expand their territory. This led to the question of power. When asked about designs, the R&D department came up with a plan to use the naturally occurring uranium, found vastly in Montergian caves and mines, to create power from their decaying atoms, thus, the first Nuclear Reactor was created in 1934.

In the lead-up to World War II, then president Mikhail Remichev (A child left behind by the Russian Empire, now a man) said he would not take sides in this war, but if forced, would stay loyal to their German Founders. At one point in 1937, Adolf Hitler personally visited Estinia to strengthen ties with the country and buy weapons from them, for their planned invasion of Poland. However, in 1938, a year before the outbreak of WWII, Leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Neville Chamberlain also visited the country to do the exact same thing, although in less of a quantity than Hitler.

During World War II, The Montergians slowly moved to the side of the allies as more of Germany's atrocities came to light. They helped construct tanks and planes to fight against the Germans and Japanese, and even one time engaging a group of Japanese Mitsubishi Zero Aircraft. As well as dominating the ground and air, they dominated the seas at the same time. Using large battleships, bigger than even the Yamato and Bismarck.

At the end of World War II, the Montergians witnessed first hand the full destructive capabilities of the Atom Bomb, having stationed a large amount of small ships and cruisers outside Hiroshima. The Empire blasted America for using such a destructive weapon against a civilian populous, and killing nearly 100,000 innocent people. Having radiation detection equipment from their Nuclear Reactor experiments, they took still living Japanese citizens and began treating them for ARS and 3rd Degree Burns.

Cracks forming in the foundations (The Cold War)
During the Cold War, Tensions were heightened between America and the Empire (Mostly holding a grudge from when America bombed Hiroshima).

In the early 1950s, The Government and included departments became heavily corrupted, and people were losing faith that the Republic would survive the next 50 years.

With the rapid growth of the Montergian Republic, several countries tried to follow in their footsteps, the Montergians new rival, the United States of America, being close behind in Space travel and exploration.

It was in the 1970s that the Republic decided to start interacting with the outside world again, and in 1971, they established an embassy in the Soviet Union, with the UK and West Germany soon to follow.

The 70s and 80s also saw the rise of the First Emperor within the Presidential Cabinet, a descendant of an SS General, then sent to live with high ranking Nazis in Argentina in the 50s, he soon moved to America and joined the U.S Army in 1967, at the start of the Vietnam War, in which he enrolled as a sniper but soon was moved to the Air force, where he would be involved in a plane crash and lose both of his legs. With new prosthetic limbs, he left Vietnam and moved to the Montergian Republic in 1978, where he became a politician, he rose quickly and soon made personal friends with the now heavily aged Remichev, and was put in the Presidential cabinet. When Remichev passed away, A vote was held within the cabinet on who would be the next leader, and the future Emperor was voted into office.

The Fall of the Republic and The Rise of the Empire (1980s-2152)
When the First Emperor took control of the Republic in 1984, he officially made a statement denouncing Remichev and the Republic, formally announcing the creation of the Montergian Empire. He made a new branch of the armed forces, known only as the BDK (Beschützer des Kaisers, translated - Protectors of the Emperor. They would go on to become one of the most elite fighting forces in the Galaxy) and focused a lot of funds on rebuilding the country from the ground up. during this time, he married his first wife.

During the following decades, people were quite surprised that the Emperor actually talked to the global community, the first time it had properly done so since the 70s, and seemed to create new bonds with other countries, most surprisingly of them being the US. They would go on to join coalition forces during the First Gulf war and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.

In 2020, he announced the destruction of all power plants using Fossil Fuels, and also released plans for 4 large "Nuclear Super Stations" as they were called. One of these super stations, New St Davids, would be at the epicenter of one of the most notorious events in history, the First Anomaly.

In 2027, Power was handed over for the first time from the First Emperor to his son, Alphonse, beginning the long lineage of the Montergian Imperial Family. The First Emperor would die just a year later, in late 2028. A large funeral was planned and nearly 4 Million people lined the streets when his body was transported to its final resting place of the Estinia Imperial Cemetary (Where most Soldiers, sailors, pilots, divers, astronauts etc. are buried.)

In 2042, it would be revealed to the world that the Montergians had created a rocket called Star Hawk, capable of taking off from Earth, landing on the Moon, taking off again then landing back on earth, all without the need of multiple stages. What many people didn't know is that for most of its engine uses in space, it used a very archaic version of a Fusion Engine.