An Empire in decline shall rise again

[Ikhan]

 It has been many years since our empire was at it's height... Many years since it stretched from the Americas to the Holy Land. In recent years, it has become increasingly hard to maintain an empire stretching across North Africa, the Americas, and the Iberian Peninsula. Due to this, it became necessary to allow for certain regions to have their independence or join in an economic union led by Occitania. As of the year 2010, we were forced back to the Straits of Gibraltar, loosing the majority of Northern Africa and all of our North American holdings as well as Portugal for whatever reason. It is now 2027, and Emperor Jehan VII has declared an end to the state of decline our empire has faced over the passed decades and has given an ultimatum to the former colonies: Submit or die... Only Northern Morocco joined, forcing the Empire to prepare for war. It seems that the years of decline are finally at an end, and with it, a new power shall rise from the ashes of the old world.