Fiction:Old Tadpole Empire

The Old Tadpole Empire is the civilization that existed prior to the ' and the ', being essentially their precursor. While, for the most part, it contained itself to a specific part of the, the Old Empire was a force to be feared, being fairly advanced in science and technology, and for their surprisingly encryptic security systems. However, it had a tendency to isolate itself from the rest of the world, in fear of its destruction. It was also a little xenophobic, but did not maintain hostile relations with other civilizations.

Just like the New Empire, the Old Empire had a completely homogenous population, due to their isolationism. They haven't had many opportunities to incorporate many species into their demographics. However, even if they had, it's unlikely they would take the chance, mistrusting most other civilizations save for their allies. Unlike their sucessors, the Old Empire was not expansionistic, and preferred to contain themselves, even having birth restriction rules to prevent themselves from being forced to expand or suffer from overpopulation, both issues that are found in the Kingdom and in the New Empire, respectively.

Overall, the Old Empire is seen as a fatherly figure by its sucessors, as they managed to single-handedly recover Agethime from the tribals infesting it and achieve space travel. However, their key point is in their tendency to salvage mysterious pre-war technologies and manufacture their own type of devices, which to this day are incomprehensible to most who salvage it. Nevertheless, the Kingdom insists in analyzing them to discover their true purposes, and the New Empire seeks to hoard and secure them to prevent said technologies from falling into the wrong hands.

Formation
As is present in most Tadpole history, all of Agethime was engulfed in a worldwide nuclear war, resulting in most life being completely eradicated, the few survivors being horribly mutated. Those Tadpoles who survived(either through being mutated, sheltering themselves in underground bunkers, or through sheer luck) tried to re-settle and survive in the hostile world, but most went insane and succumbed to savage behavior, surviving by killing others and looting their corpses. The few who mainained a civilized societal structure were hard-pressed to keep order, and had difficulties expanding... except for one.

It is unknown who formed the Old Empire, or when and where, but they and their scavenging of pre-war technologies gave them an incredibly sharp edge against their comparatively more primitive enemies, allowing them to become the indisputed power of Agethime, save for a few pockets of resistance. Due to their unnatural affinity with technology, it is suspected that the original founders of the Old Empire were scientists, or otherwise descendants of scientists. Nevertheless, with most of Agethime under their banner, the Old Empire shifted its attention towards space, to find more resources and a safer planet to inhabit.

Space Travel
After the reforms and overhauls of Agethime's society, economy and technology, space travel machinery skyrocketed in production, but the Old Empire itself at first avoided finding sentient life and focused on expanding itself to other planets to alleviate its scarce resources. However, what they were trying to avoid had already came over to them; they ran into a fleet from the Miperiors Empire while searching for potential new colonies.

With the discovery of alien species, they grew an interest in maintaining a good position, and estabilished diplomatic relations with plenty of neighbouring civilizations, such as the Farengeto Republic, the Troodontid Empire and the Waptoria Alliance of Species.

However, while this made the population even more interested in the workings of space, it left the Old Empire's leaders skeptical about its must for expansion to neutralize its overpopulation issue. They, however, didn't want to expand too much to avoid having to loosen their military grip, so instead they created birth control laws. The population wasn't pleased with it, and it became one of the two things that would lead to the Old Empire's dissolution.

Later on, the Old Empire observed the outbreak of the War of Ages. Since it still had to encounter aggressive species, the event effectively frightened them away from encountering new specimen. Though it did continue to expand, and responded to the war by joining The Civilisation and aid others in the battle against the Xhodocto - both in supplies and in offensives/defensives - after the battle it adopted a strict isolationist policy and avoided getting too involved with other conflicts. This policy, however, extended much further than the War of Ages, and later would seal the Old Empire's fall.

Dissolution
"So, we fought lengthy battles in Agethime, pillaged tribal settlements and took over the entire planet all by ourselves, but a gigaquadrantic-wide conflict happens and we run ito hiding, tails between our legs?"

- A common critic

While the Old Empire maintained the isolationist policy for years on end, the general population disliked it and accused the emperor and his supporters of cowardice and xenophobia, alongside not listening to its population. Following the news that the Old Empire's age-old ally, the Miperiors, had been annexed by the, this sentiment spiked up to alarming levels. This period led to the rise of the Progressists, a group led by Wasmon which aimed to bring back Tadpolekind into the universe's presence.

The Council had a large ammount of public support, a factor which led it to spread throughout Empirical space at alarming rates. After some time, it met a peaceful group of rebels which outright demanded change on the Old Empire's leadership, led by Hapte, a popular figure throughout the Old Empire. While the movement at first wasn't recognized, it continuously grew in members and support, and finally reached a fever pitch after a petition by the Progressists surpassed one billion signatures, resulting in both the Council and the Movement to confront the emperor.

After a rousing speech made by both Wasmon and Hapte, the emperor admitted to being unfit to rule and ceded the throne to Hapte. However, many of the emperor's loyal followerd refused to accept defeat or to be associated with the independents, and deserted entirely from the Old Empire. Most of those who deserted, however, were key members of the Old Empire - scientists, generals, political allies, etc. - and it couldn't function without them. Nevertheless, many who were participants in the Progressists and the rebel groups were also members of those positions, and even though they weren't as skilled as those from the Old Empire, helped Hapte reform the Old Empire from ground-up, resulting in a far more diplomatic civilization based on pre-war nations.

Meanwhile, most Old Empire members who deserted to avoid supporting the Kingdom went on to form the , which seeks to maintain the Old Empire's legacy and seeks to fulfill its original role. While the two powers are not exactly at war against each other, they maintain terrible relations and mostly avoid each other, being essentially on a cold war.

Allies
"...!"


 * Yellow face.png - "..."


 * Yellow face.png - "Thanks for everything."

Neutral
"...?"


 * Blue face.png - "Nice stuff."


 * Blue face.png - "Strange, but nice."


 * Yellow face.png - "..."


 * Yellow face.png - "...Thanks."


 * Yellow face.png - "..."


 * Orange face.png - "Your plans are doomed to fail."

At War
"Die."


 * Red face.png - "A bunch of savages, that's what you are."


 * Red face.png - "How'd you manage to get to and survive in space is beyond even us."