Shenji Empire

The Shenji empire is an a nation located within the Colossian Stellar Garden, with absolute control of 23 systems in the region. Centered around the Shenji System, the nation's 72 billion residents largely reside in densely populated metropolises throughout the terrestrial world's under their control. Around a tenth of the population lives in rural communities or space stations.

With unprecedented quantities of resources available, the Shenji state is among the most productive economies across all of humanity, and surpasses that of even the nearby Ketren Royal Monarchy. Much of the economy is centered around expansion, and in recent decades the Shenji Empire has seen rapid expansion throughout the region, conquering entire systems and incorporating numerous independent systems under it's control.

Republic Era
(See 'Shenji Republic' for full article)

The Shenji Empires first iteration was established on January 28th 6446 ES, when the Shenji System successfully rebelled against the now defunct Colossian State, becoming an independent Republic. The successful revolution would begin the downfall of the Colossian State, which eventually split into 48 separate nations throughout the inhabited systems.

The Shenji Republic staggered on, consolidating power and rebuilding the war-torn worlds under it's control. By the nations 10th anniversary of establishment, the regions economy saw unprecedented expansion, harvesting vast amounts of raw material from the systems asteroid belt, and transforming much of Shoran's topsoil into fertile productive land.

Fifty years from the republics establishment however, the economy saw significant stagnation, bogged down by corruption by governmental bodies and major business leaders. This depression led to numerous assassination attempts, coups, and brief civil conflicts that racked the nation for a decade.

Empire Era
This period of unrest ended with the successful coup by once-disgraced general Sougaren on April 2nd 6502 ES. Immediately upon taking control, the military was used to quickly sweep control of all branches of government, effectively transforming the nation into a police state. The following weeks were followed by intense protests and rioting, many of which resulting in the military executing thousands of protesters.

Faced with execution or compliance, the populace begrudgingly accepted the new regime in the following weeks. What followed was a period of rapid economic growth, built off of the back

By the time Sougaren died in mid-6536, the population had adapted, transforming from a rebellious people who remembered life in the republic, to a populace fiercely loyal to the emperor and his rule. An entire month of mourning was called throughout the system, attended by billions of people, which preceded Sougaren's daughter, Empress Sichella, assuming control.

As neighboring systems rebelled against the crumbling Colossian State, Sichella massively expanded the military, allowing it to become the most advanced and powerful military in the region.

Following a pyrhhic victory in the Hieperi System, the Colossian States exhausted military encountered a fresh, vastly more powerful Senji fleet, which laid waste to the entire Colossian States regional fleet. Sichella herself oversaw the integration of the Hieperi System, violently suppressing a rebellion aimed at combating the exhausted Colossian State.

Steadily, the empire expanded further, laying waste to the remainder of the Colossian States space fleet, before becoming entirely defunct by the end of the conflict.

Many of the systems formerly run by the state were not incorporated into the Senji Empire though, as resource lines began to become strained. Many of these systems developed into separate nations altogether, including the Hadrican Republic, the Ketren Royal Monarchy, and the Aledrissian Confederacy.

Maintaining absolute control of it's new territorial gains, these began to assimilate into the empire perfectly, eagerly supporting the Empress back in Senji.

Today, the empire has been rumored to be preparing for another campaign in the Colossian Nebula, with border conflicts between them and the Hadrican Republic escalating intensely in recent years.