Ottawa Empire

Nation Information
Ottawa Empire is a medium sized, well developed, and aging nation at 392 days old with citizens primarily of Caucasian ethnicity whose religion is Christianity. Its technology is first rate and its citizens marvel at the astonishing advancements within their nation. Its citizens pay extremely high taxes and many despise their government as a result. The citizens of Ottawa Empire work diligently to produce Coal and Pigs as tradeable resources for their nation. It is an aggressive country that some say has an itch for war. It believes nuclear weapons are necessary for the security of its people. The military of Ottawa Empire has been positioned at all border crossings and is arresting all drug traffickers. Ottawa Empire allows its citizens to protest their government but uses a strong police force to monitor things and arrest lawbreakers. Its borders are closed to all forms of immigration. Free speech is considered taboo in Ottawa Empire. The government of Ottawa Empire has no compassion for other people of the world and does not contribute to foreign aid. The government of Ottawa Empire will trade with any other country regardless of ethical consequences.

About the Empire
The Ottawa Empire was founded on November 27, 2006 as a member of the Purple Team, a color picked by Supreme Ruler kingzog because it was the favorite color of his former Queen and, as he later admitted, "I had to pick something and it was the first thing that popped into my head."

The Empire soon responded positively to a recruitment message from The Legion, which at the time was the largest alliance in the CyberVerse.

As a member of The Legion, the Empire remained uninvolved in international affairs until Great War III, when it found itself at war with six members of the Grand Global Alliance (GGA). The Empire held its own against numerous attacks until attacked by Trisaram, a nuclear rogue who was subsequently expelled from the GGA. Unable to fight any longer, the Empire surrendered to the forces of the Initiative, switched to the Green Team and joined the Green Protection Agency (GPA).

The Empire's stay in the GPA proved to be short-lived. Frustrated by endless bickering within the alliance and appalled at internal attacks upon the GPA's elected government, the Empire resigned, switched to the Maroon Team and joined the Norden Verein.

Within Norden Verein the Empire prospered and proved its military worth. As a result of good management and participation in numerous campaigns (Operation Overlord, the ICP Reformation War, the POWERfailure War, Great War IV and the NoV-LSF War) the Empire became one of the top-ranked nations within the Verein, and kingzog rose steadily through the alliance to become a Generalfeldmarschall (and third-in-command of NoV's military) and, briefly, a member of NoV's government. In this short time he became one of the most-decorated members of the Norden Verein, receiving a personal award from Kaiser Martens.

Along with twenty other nations, the Ottawa Empire left the Verein in November, 2007 to form the Sons of Muspel (SoM), a Green Team alliance. kingzog was the author of SoM's Charter, and served as the alliance's official spokesman and Foreign Affairs Counselor.

Once SoM had become well established, kingzog joined the Grand Global Alliance. He is currently a Knight within the GGA.

The Empire recently participated in the Second VietFan War, engaging two members of the Federation of Armed Nations.

Alliance History
11.06 - 04.07 - The Legion

04.07 - 05.07 - Green Protection Agency

05.07 - 11.07 - Norden Verein

11.07 - 12.07 - Sons Of Muspel

12.07 - Present - Grand Global Alliance

About kingzog
His Serene Highness kingzog, Supreme Ruler of the Ottawa Empire, was born in a time when names had to contain eight characters or less and needed to be written entirely in lowercase.

A restless child, kingzog was known to be a compulsive list-maker, scribbling in a notebook each time a perceived wrong was perpetrated against his person.

This habit made people wary of kingzog from a young age and, beginning from humble roots in the Imperial Living Room, he built an Empire that now stretches across much of North America. (see above history)

According to personality tests conducted while he was a young man, His Highness is an INTP. He is generally intolerant of shoddy thinking, and it is rumored that the first words he said to his first Queen were, "Do you ever get the feeling you're surrounded by idiots?"

He is also a Pisces, whatever that means.

In politics kingzog is an Authoritarian Monarchist, which should come as no surprise.

Also, he has a habit of slapping people who call him "King kingog", "King", "Zog" or anything other than his proper name, although according to one red-cheeked detractor, "He apologizes quite well."

His Serene Highness is married to the lovely Queen Jennifer. Together they have two children. kingzog also has three children from a previous marriage to the Dark Queen of Screeching Despair, who was traded in when, according to His Highness, "her odometer rolled over."

Rumors have continued to spread that kingzog is in fact a married, 41-year-old father of five who is a College Professor, writer and Anglican seminarian who has won the occasional karaoke contest.

These rumors are groundless, and those spreading them within the Empire are subjecto to summary execution.