Fiction:Leryngia

The empire is fairly young, having only recently began exploring the galaxy. While the empire has existed for several thousands of years, only for the last century have they been capable of interstellar travel.

Timeline of history:

-1599: The first empires begin to settle on their home planet Sorus, each claiming small portions of the mainland.

-1254: The Hodan empire begins to conquer other empires and grows larger and larger.

-1119: The Kural empire invades the Hodan empire and takes 73% of the entire world.

-532: The discovery of natural gas production leads to a world war, with the Kural empire being attacked by the remaining 5.

-79: The Kural empire is finally defeated and 3 of the 5 empires- "the mightly three" merge together, while the other two battle and are mostly destroyed.

12: The newly-designated 'Leryngian Empire' begins to grow more powerful, shoving the last country onto a small island in the Korvian ocean

52: The Leryngian Empire notices the other empire is rapidly advancing in technological advancement

73: The Leryngian Empire declares war on the oddly unresponsive, unnamed empire.

82: The Leryngian Empire begins a final siege on the island to find it empty and abandoned.

132: The Leryngian Empire begins primitive space travel.

158: The Leryngian Empire colonizes Seko, a snowy terrestrial planet.

172: A comet strikes Sorus, bringing the empire into a long dark age.

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2517: Primitive colonies grow on Verna- the eastern island of the now-divided mainland of Sorus.

2612: The colonies begin to develop technology at around the same pace

2739: One of the colonies uncovers a bomb shelter containing a time capsule, revealing the history of Sorus.

2843: The 12 colonies merge together and rename themselves the Leryngian Federation

2857: The plane is invented

2864: The technological revolution happens, prompting the invention of calculators, computers, complicated machines, etc.

2875: Space travel is beginning to be invested in...

2890: Space travel is now affordable by the average individual

2916: Interplanetary space travel is created, and the planet Veriya is settled, and Seko is re-colonized.

2934: The Leryngian Federation develops interstellar space travel and colonizes Hurok in the Kagtor system and Varna in the Vardis system.