The Kingdom of Lothlorien is a Sanctuary-Monarchy owning flowering lands in the middle of Anduin Valley.
The interests of the Galadhrim and other folks are represented by Saint Lady Galadhriel (Gweithir), and Lothlorien is being a part of an informal alliance of Free Folks.
The Lothlorien has 3 players (2 active, including the ruler, and 1 inactive) and is in 5 Alliances (+ 1 peace treaty).
History[]
Lady Galadhriel
Before the Third Age
The Golden Forest of Lothlorien in the provinces 140 and 141 was first inhabited by the Nandhor Elves (who are still the majority of the population), but then their culture was influenced by incoming Avari, Sindar and Noldor. Up to the Battle of Five Armies it was a pretty isolated, but friendly multicultural state of wood-Elves, ruled by the Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadhriel. They have passively spread to provinces 142 and 138, meeting no resistance and initiating no offensive or defensive moves against the potential enemy.
Battle consequences
The shake up of the Middle Earth people happened after the Battle of Five Armies, and it gave an opportunity for a young Noldor Elf Ertha'ailvarad to rise the ranks in Lothlorien, despite he had to spend most of his life far from his Lorien home in his past.
He accused the society in passiveness, defeatism under a growing Orcs threat and conservative thinking, formed his multi-purpose political organisation Älfte Imperium, took a name Mzil and finally was chosen to be the only Lord of Lothlorien instead of Celeborn and Galadhriel, the latter agreed to stay by and remain a part of Lothlorien power. To approve his addiction to Lothlorien, Mzil has built Mianälpida to colonise province 143, with a help of his Dorwinrhim friend Matytom. So he became Mzil Ertha'ailvarad der Älfte, the Iron Elf, the General Deputator of Secretarial Legatiate of Älfte Imperium and the King of Lothlorien.
Proletarian Dictatorship times
Mzil initiated a Great Blacksmith Rebuilding that led to a rise of economy. This made it possible to reform Lothlorien building, army and defences. Also, he turned Lothlorien culture to active interaction with as much peoples of Middle Earth as possible. After those pretty popular economic, political and military successes including participation in several wars alongside other Free Folks, his policy started to attract other folks and races to Lothlorien.
New Galadhrim were being taught to live not on trees only, to actively interact with immigrants and spread the Lothlorien influence around the Middle Earth, to shoot not only bows, but the crossbows too, to train melee fights both alone and in shield-line, to ride horses and to harness them to the carts mounted by scorpions, to fight on their own and under sound and lights commands, to build stone, metal and glass civilian and defensive structures while combining the beauty with functionality, to study different languages, smithing, alchemistry, music and mechanics.
The cult of work that was considered higher than anything else allowed Lothlorien to easily overcome several crisises in the Middle Earth, including the Lettuce Drop and Traders offers strike, while tactical decisions made by Mzil in wars allowed to save the army number even in the case of overall battle loss, which did sometimes happen to Free Folks.
Together with Galadhriel, Mzil kept fighting for the Free Folks and building new settlements. Later Mzil has built Protikätektissia to colonise 144, Galadhriel has built Caras Galadhon in 141 and Aldahome in 138. Also Mzil claimed several provinces to be colonised in the future, and divided that land into 5 regions: Central, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western, considered to be managed from their 5 regional capital cities.
The nobility Mzil had deposed did not like his egalitist reign and organised a coup against him. It failed, but Mzil's home was flatten, and it stopped his working process. While working more, rebuilding, restoring all the items he lost, curing his wounds and preparing to fight at the same time, Mzil got exhausted and was seriously wounded again in the defensive war for province 142 on the Ärnost hill, which Lothlorien had lost together with FFA. Understanding that he can't be the only power figure and that his health is in danger because of overworking, Mzil proposed his abdication in the Supreme Council, and his Leadership was passed to Mzil's Ministry and advisor and previous Ruler of Lothlorien - Saint Lady Galadhriel.
Conventional Kingdom of Galadhriel
Mzil was left as a General Deputator of Älfte Imperium, because he is a founder of that now nongovernmental organisation, and an advisor of Lady and a Military Ruler by Her Grace. Despite retirement, he is keeping a strong political position and provides building, resources and military help to Lothlorien and other Free Folks. By his initiative Älfte Imperium started an aid towards Rivendell attacked by Dunland. Mzil organised territory patrol and massive evacuation Rivendell people to safer places (that included Lothlorien for the following aid back by the saved people).
Galadhriel immediately ordered do defend the border that got dramatically increased due to the war loss, fortified the city of Caras Galadhon, and signed a temporary peace-treaty with Moria. She later called Free Folks for alliances, and Kings of Lindon and Rohan responded to that call.
Present day
Under these circumstances, Lothlorien still keeps working, building, defending and fighting in the ranks of FFA, and since the battle for Ärnost hill is strong as never before, regardless of any losses or political moves.
Politics[]
Principles
Despite Lothlorien is back to its fully legit national ruler Galadhriel, the fundamental Lothlorien principles are remaining the same as by Mzil: democratic centralism (including universal suffrage), planned economy, public property of the means of production, socialistic building, protection of achievements of revolutions (including fighting Evil and supporting worker organizations in other factions), social evolution of the society, inherent socio-economic and political equity of every citizen (independent on his race, sexus, origin, position, living standards, health traits etc).
Any physical rulebreakers are made to work in the most needed jobs for the certain period of time, unless they are taken by their foreign masters with a signed duty of punishment. Any organisation opposing Lothlorien has a risk to be declared the enemy one with instant military and political consequences.
Aims
Lothlorien wants all the Middle earth be free of any oppressors, including Evil and enemies of worker organisations. For that there are many areas being developed to influence the Middle Earth: books and revolutionary spynet, economy growth (Smithing, Botany), science (Alchemistry, Crystallography, Philosophy), socialist building in Civilian and Military Architecture, army (organisation, individual and group fighting offensive and defensive techniques, introduction of Arbalests, Death Chariots and Friction/Lightning-powered weapons) and cultural (Music, Applied art, Multiculturalism and Internationalism, Physical culture, eradication of illiteracy) reformations.
Goals
Lothlorien needs to expand its land together with Free Folks, to connect borders for better trade and diplomacy and for getting the resources the provinces produce. Also Lothlorien needs a powerful economy to sustain building and fighting both for FFA and on its own territory and also to sustain crisises that often happen in the Middle Earth. This type of economy can be provided by massive settlements building, including building region capitals and other cities.
There are two things Lothlorien can not produce by itself yet: Horses are being bought from Rohan on its border, and Trebuchets are being imported from other Free Folks.
New provinces and settlements in new Lothlorien life require a proper infrastructure, which will allow citizens to work more effectively. For that the project of Lothlorien Underground Carriage (LUC) was proposed by Mzil. Its concept contains connecting all the settlements by an organised net of underground tunnels with horse-pulled carriages running hourly. LUC will have 22 stations on 4 lines with stations under all settlements, and 2 types of carriages for different purposes.
Structure[]
Lower ranks
The faction is first its people. Lothlorien relies mainly on the hand labour with a big intention to make it easier and as collective automated as possible, increasing the output and decreasing the working time. It is allowed for workers to trade inside and outside the faction, if the Council will recieve all required reports. Some workers are willingly live in foreign territory providing Lothlorien with diplomatic relationships help, information and trade.
- Worker
- Trader
- Envoy
- Labour Hero
Military ranks
Those who is volunteering or being chosen to protect Lothlorien in military way are called Wardens. Military ranks depend on the type of military branch a Warden is conscripted to (Infantry, Light cavalry, Heavy cavalry, War engineering) and his personal achievements (Private, Commander, General, or if a Warden dedicates his life to protect the leader of either Älfte or Lothlorien) and do not exclude other Lothlorien ranks.
- Warden-at-Arms
- Warden-at-Airs
- Warden-at-Mounts
- Warden-at-Geräte
- Master-Warden
- General-Warden
- Älfte Guard
- Kingdom Guard
Higher ranks
Deputies are the representatives of worker and local councils who were elected by them or by other government members to the Supreme Council. There are also elected Ministries there who have a specialised duty to fulfill during their elected period. The main person in Lothlorien is the Lord/Lady.
- Deputie
- Governor
- Ministry
- Secretarial Legate (Glavaril, no player)
- General Deputator (Mzil)
- Saint Lady Galadhriel (Gweithir)
Diplomacy[]
Lothlorien is not officially present in any alliance. However, it takes part in most of wars alongside other Free Folks faction in an unofficial Free Folks Alliance.
Lothlorien is in military alliances with Dorwinion, Gondor and North Dunedain, has an Economic Pact with Dorwinion, and is open to any other diplomatic agreements.
Lothlorien is positively set towards all races and folks of Middle Earth, ready to form alliances against oppressors, Evil in particular, and support people's organisations opposing any nationalist, racist, consume-itch or inequality-based governments.
Gallery[]
Mzil and newly crowned Saint Lady Galadhriel
 Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadhriel |
  Mzil Ertha'ailvarad der Älfte |
  Älfte Imperium emblem |
