Helman

The oldest Human nation in the world, the Helman empire boasts the largest infantry, specially trained from an early age, it is truly and elite military nation. Helman is a nation in the northern parts of the world of Rance. Its lands are cold and barren.



History
After the dissolution of the Sacred Sect in GI0452, many groups of mankind were scattered across the continent without a unified group.

GI0532 - Zangeth Helman, a great warlord, decides to create his own republic. After many battles, he settles in the north and creates the Republic of Helman.

GI0534 - A dispute about military budget leads to civil war. It ends with the leader of the rebellion, Gross Leazas, breaking away from Helman and founding the richer lands of Leazas.

GI0544~GI0584 - Over 40 years, a series of Helman/Leazas wars occur, leading to a stalemate every time. A peace treaty is drawn up.

GI0800 - Southern Proxy War, small forces of Helman and Leazas exchange fire in the south, a power struggle begins for the southern territory. It ends with Zeth being founded.

GI0816 - Helman/Zeth War, Helman advance on Zeth from the north in an effort to overwhelm them. In retaliation, the Zeth mages unleash a forbidden spell to transform the northern grassland into a barren, impassable desert.

GI0885 - Helman and Leazas finally sign a peace agreement.

GI0988 - Patton Helman (Patton Misnarge) is born between the Emperor and one of his concubines.

GI1000 - Sheila Helman is born between the Emperor and the Empress Pamela Helman.

GI1015 - Battle of Fort Parapara, Leazas and Helman team up to assault Zeth, but they're betrayed by Leazas mid-battle. The majority of the Helman army is slain by the "Red Death" of Leazas, Rick Addison.

LP0002 - Prince Patton is exiled after failing to conquer a nation. The Helman emperor passes away, Sheila Helman ascends to the throne and changes the ruling structure from Republic to Imperial.

Political Structure
Helman was originally a National Republic, with a comittee of eight trustees that would help govern the nation with the Emperor.

As of the year LP0002, the political system has been overhauled to imperialism, the country name was changed to "Helman Empire".

The current head of state is Empress Sheila, but she is a mere puppet. The real power is held by the prime minister, Stessel Romanov.

Living Conditions
As Helman is primarily a military state, most of the budget goes into army maintenance and training facilities.

This means that Helman has the most poverty of the three great nations, with many people living very poor lives without food, housing or education.

Most able-bodied young men are drafted into the military and even the women are brought in to work heavy industry, wages are generally poor and most can't even support their families.

Despite the extreme poverty, there is actually a cache of 100 million gold in the Emperor Palace, though that is reserved for personal use by the royal family.

The fact that Helman is situated in the frozen north doesn't help the situation either, crops cannot be grown and the only precious resources are rare metals.

Military
The military is the biggest feature of Helman, and the most impressive. Their training facilites have helped produce some of the strongest fighters on the continent, including people like Fletcher Mordell, Toma Lipton and Minerva Magret.

Helman is the military superpower of the continent, they have 6 unique divisions that can decimate most anyone. All of their foot soldiers are clad in heavy armor, and they are the most defensive military footsoldiers on the continent.

They even have Devils and some docile monsters in their armies, so well equipped battalions could even take down a Dark Lord.

They have an elite unit known as the "Black Knights", a clad in black iron armor, black shields and custom built blades, these units have been specially trained since infancy to become the ultimate soldiers.

They are the most disciplined, unified and formidable army unit on the entire continent.