Kingdom of Monsters (The Kingdom Under the Mountain:Redux)

The Kingdom of All Monsters, commonly known as the Kingdom of Monsters or the Underground, is a country in North America. It is the only country whose territory is fully below the ground. The total area of the Kingdom of Monsters is 3,373,129 km square kilometres (1,302,372 sq mi), with an estimated 2020 population of more than 42 million people.

The Kingdom of Monsters is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital and largest city is New Home, a global city and financial centre with a metropolitan area population of over 3 million. Other major cities include Home, Industria, Norton, Cuadving and Sunrise City.

The Kingdom of Monsters was formed with the Act Of Union Of All Monsters between the Kingdom of Larion and the Duchy of Arteasi in 1006 formed the Kingdom of Monsters.

Indigenous peoples and Pre-Laronian history
It is generally accepted that the first inhabitants of North America migrated from Siberia by way of the Bering land bridge and arrived at least 22,000 years ago; however, some evidence suggests an even earlier date of arrival. The Steulnux culture, which appeared around 21,000 BC, is believed to represent the first wave of monster settlement of the Americas. This was likely the first of three major waves of migration into North America.

Over time, indigenous cultures in North America grew increasingly complex, and some, such as the pre-Larionan Jonaruis Clan in modern day Washington, developed advanced agriculture, architecture, and complex societies. The city-state of Chanexi is the largest, most complex pre-Columbian archaeological site in the modern-day United States. In the SoCal region, Ancestral Klihfelli culture developed from centuries of agricultural experimentation. The Klelsora, located in the southern Oregon region, was established at some point between 500 a.c and 300 a.c. Most prominent along the Pacific coast were the Mearphuro clans, who practiced hunting and trapping, along with limited farming.

Estimating the native population of North America during the rise of Confederation of Larion is difficult. Gerson Boom of the Royal Academy of History estimated a population of 21 thousand in the California area and a population of 47 thousand in the whole West Coast,but most academics regard this figure as too low.

Rise of Larion and the Confederation


On the modern-day site of Ebott City, there once were three dominant clans the Dreemurr Clan, the Sauber Clan, and the Gaster Clan. After constant wars and border skirmishes, the City of Dirtenga decided to attempt to subjugate these clans leading to the War of Great Conquest. This war lead to the creation of an alliance and most importantly a city. What was initially an army depot eventually allowed civilians to enter the depot after the end of the war. On January 1st, 1 CE the Three Families gathered for a feast and proclaimed the foundation of the Confederation of Larion.

By 231 AD the City of Larion had a population of 12,000 people. And had an economy based on trade with the neighboring Monster and Human clans and agriculture.

The Confederation was initially plagued by trouble due to the Great Larionan Wars and the Famine of 32 CE. Despite this thanks to the leadership of Theopropides Acaunus the Confederation was able to survive the so-called "Times of Trouble" and by 231 AD was a somewhat Democratic, free, and stable society. Despite this, the people of Larion had become disillusioned with the government and its corruption. This combined with other factors such as bad harvests and the devaluation of the Larionan Currency led General Johnataruis Augustinus to create the Factio Populi which would lead to the Augustinus Coup of 532.

The Augustinus Coup and the Early Kingdom of Larion
On the 12th of July of 231 AD, an army of 4000 people entered the Senate and The National Council And forced them both to sign a bill that gave near absolute power to General Augustinus. Using the new powers granted to him, he crowned the Head of the Assembly Tiberuis Dreemurr as the King of The Most Honorable Kingdom Of The City Of Larion and abolished the Senate and National Council, and declared himself The Supreme Commander of The Most Honorable Kingdom Of The City Of Larion.

General Augustinus would go on to enact Populist policies such as Land Redistribution and the Seizure of wealth from the Upper Class of Pre-Coup Larion. Despite his initial anti-corruption and anti-establishment message, he would heavily enrich himself and his cronies through the use of threats, corruption, and blackmail. The Augustinian Era is regarded as the most corrupt period in Monster History, according to Historian Gerson Boom "The level of corruption was so high that basically, every public servant of the era had built their carriers of the back of corruption". Augustinus would repress Freedom of Speech and create a security appartus never seen before in Larionian history.

Weary of General Augustinus, The Nations of Arteasi, Makhnovia and Cravia declared war on Larion, thus starting The Augustinian Wars. The wars which would last from 231 AD to 251 AD, would end in a Larionian Victory and the collapse of Makhnovia and Cravia which would be absored by Larion's and would cement Larion position as the dominant Monster Power before the Human-Monster War.

Augustinus would die in 278 AD with no clear successor which would lead to a power struggle between General Marcus Tiberius and the Mayor of Larion Sirus Maruia. The struggle would be won by General Tiberuis which would start what many call the "Tiberian Dynasty" since the office of Supreme Commander would be held after this point by Marcus Tiberius and his descendants until the abolition of The Office of Supreme Commander in 932.

The Removal of the Supreme Commander and the Late Kingdom of Larion
Between the years of 231 AD and 932, The Kingdom of Larion was ruled by two men; The King, which held de jure absolute power, but de facto had no real power, and the Supreme Commander who de jure was only an advisor to The King, but in all reality held nearly all of the power in Larion.

This arrangement worked for about 701 years but after the ascension to power of King Asgard Dreemurr, the arrangment wasn't working anymore, King Asgard decided to take matters into his own hands and forced Supreme Commander Albinus Latinius to resign under the threat of execution and imprisonment for his family. After getting Latinius to resign, King Asgard abolished the position of Supreme Commander officially on the 12th of May 932, thus making sure that the Dremmurr family would exclusively power until the creation of the Royal Council in 1321.

This era also saw less conflict than before, which led to this era being called the Great Peace, despite this that's not to say that there was no conflict with the War of Triple Alliance of 641-671 being the era's most prominent conflict. The conflict led to the Larionian-Erosteian Alliance being the most prominent alliance of the era.

This period of relative peace would end in 965 when the Humanocentrists seized power in the nearby Kingdom of Aynor, through the use of diplomacy and the exploitation of Anti-Monster propaganda led to an increase of Anti-Monster sentiment, whilst it could be hidden under the surface initially, Anti-Monster sentiment would explode after the discovery that Monsters could absorb Human SOULs. This led to a collapse of the Larionian-Erosteian Alliance and would mark the beginning of Larionian-Arteasian Alliance and the Monster-Human War.

Human-Monster War
With the collapse of the Larionian-Erosteian Alliance, Larion had to seek partners, surprisingly the state of Arteasi, the other Monster Power, and one of Larion's rivals in other circumstances, answered Larion's call for an alliance.

What originally started as an alliance, became a union after the formation of the Confederacy. And on May 18, 1006, the Kingdom of All Monsters was officially formed. and whilst it was originally conceived as a temporary alliance that would be dissolved when the crisis ended. The alliance would never be dissolved since the Human-Monster War started five days later.

Reacting to the signing of the Act Of Union Of All Monsters, the Human Confederation declared war unexpectedly on the Kingdom of Monsters on May 23rd, and after that date, any peaceful solution for the SOUL problem wouldn't come for another 1004 years.

Whilst it always seemed that monsters would lose, and in fact, the Human Confederation expected a quick and deathless victory, being led by King Asgard and General Gerson, the Monsters fought very well, since they knew that defeat would result in their total annihilation, and even managed to capture several Human towns, and even the Monsters were on the brink of victory. Despite this, the loss at the Battle of the Suns and the fact that several Nobles refused to aid the Monster cause since they felt that "The war would be lost anyway". And when the situation couldn't deteriorate more for the Monsters, King Asgard died in the Battle of the Hills, which led to the general instability thanks to the nobles not trusting King Asgore, whilst the new King inspired many soliders and is the only reason Monsters didn't pursue an armistice earlier.

After various loses in the war the city of Larion entred a siege which led to the Siege and Battle of Larion, which saw brutally never seen before in Monster History, with Human soldiers doing despicable acts such as killing the elderly and the children, burning down houses and indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians. This galvanized the Monsters as their worst fears were confirmed and to according to Historian Gerson Boom the Monsters would "fight like hell", Street by Street Fighting became with the Monsters not letting the Humans gain any land without heavy losses.

Despite this, thanks to brutual Human tactics, the Monsters would lose this lose this battle and the Humans burn 82% of Larion throught the duration of the Siege and Battle of Larion.

Creation of the Barrier and The Times of Despair
After the defeat in the Battle of Larion, the King and various civilians found refuge in a nearby mountain of Mt.Ebott. The Humans, who initially wanted to slaughter all Monsters, found this a great development and ordered the seven most experienced Human magicians to create a Magical Barrier, which would keep Monsters trapped inside Mt.Ebott forever and hopefully starve them to death. So on September 16th, 1006 the so-called "Mt.Ebott Magical Barrier" was created.

Afterward as many would a panic ensued, with Monsters becoming outright resorting to barbarism to survive. Despite this the King, Asgore managed to rally 4,000 Monsters to lead the so-called "Long March", which result in Monsters reaching the area where the City of Home currently stands. Fearing further Human attacks, the Monsters of Home managed, with what little resources they had, and created the defense system at the start of the Underground. Also around this time the new city of Home was walled to prevent any attackers from entering, be it Human or Monster. Also during this time, the construction of the City of Home began, originally called "New Larion", the city gained the name of Home after King Asgore, proposed it in a meeting with the Lords. A major development of this era was the creation of the Royal Council, which was created after King Asgore was forced to sign the Carta Iura after an attempted coup by the Lords and part of the Royal Guard.

This era also saw the creation of The Legend of Angel, which would lead to the creation of Angelican Christianity, which became the most practiced religion in the Underground. Monster culture also was radically reshaped in this era, with the idea of saving as many resources as could be done becoming very popular, with even the Royal Castle being one of the more modest castles of any Royal Family. Another interesting development of this era came with the beginning of the collapse of Larionian Feudalism since Land became very limited and Lords now had to compete for peasants. Some of them even began paying them for their work, since protection wasn't enough for many peasants, who threatened to leave their land.

The era would come to an end with the advancement of technology and the fact that after 400 years, Humans still hadn't attacked, this led to calls for Monsters to venture out of the City of Home and establish trade relations with outsiders.