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The Empire (Magonian: Imperium [imˈpɛːrium]; Icarian: ἡγεμονῐ́ᾱ [he:gemonia]) is a sovereign state primarily located in Central Arhet. Imperium covers an area of 13,496,599 km² and shares border with twenty seven countries. It has over 1.1 billion inhabitants within its 90 constituent provinces, organized as 52 republics, 32 kingdoms and 6 archipelagos. The nation's capital and largest city is Magium.

Due to its strategic geographic location in Arhet and its large extension, Imperium has been home to myriad peoples and civilizations. After thousands of years of human development in the area, the Phocaeans and Icarians emerged as the predominant civilizations in the modern-day Imperium, consolidating their power through the Res Publica Phocaeensis (Phocaean) and the poleis (Icarian). Both civilizations disputed the control of the area during years, until the intervention of Magius allowed both civilizations to consolidate their territories as the Ethereal Empire, the earliest stage of the modern-day Imperium.