Illyrian Imperial Republic

The Albanian Kingdom (Albanian: Mbrëteria Shqiptarë), also known as the Illyrian Kingdom or simply Albania is a country consisting of the modern day Albania, Kosovo, southern Montenegro, Northwestern Macedonia, and Northwestern Greece. It was created after World War 3, and its land is often described as "Greater Albania". The state is governed by a Emperor, with the Imperial Court and Civil Court serving by his side.

Founded in 2036, the Illyrian Republic became a wealthy and sucessful empire, thanks to Emperor's "Unfication and Modernizing" plan to fix the country, with more industry, engineering, and improved healthcare and road systems. The Illyrian Republic's offical religion is the Illyrian Paganism, replacing Islam as the country's dominant religion. Illyria is a member of the Roman Council, United Nations, Balkan Union, Europlan, and the Adriatic Trade Union, along with the Mediterranean Union.

History
The Albanian Kingdom began its existence in 2036 after Rick (or by his real name Richard, not the writer of this article) won the elections. In 2036-2037 he assumed power with his part the Shqip Party being the ruling party and power.

When assumsing office, he fired all of the ministers and brought members of his party to become his members. Eventually, Emperor Rick, who crowned himself Emperor began using Pan-Albanian propaganda to gain support fron the public, mostly going against the Serbian government.

In 2037, after one year in power, Rick began his plan on making Greater Albania a reality. He encouraged investors to invest in Albania. He began to using these profits to build plants to produce bio-diesel, and thus this became a large export for Illyria. The country gained profits, and slowly and slowly, the country gained military power. 75,000 active troops would serve in 2038, eventually increasing to 95,000 troops in 2039.

In 2040, Illyria's economy was booming, and the rapid industrilization of the nation would prompt more foreign investors to flock the nation. The country began increasing military budgets, and acquired many helicopters and fighter jets from France and America. Tanks would re-appear in the fleet, with 100 tanks. Richard however wanted more in the navy, and frigates, corvettes, destroyers, and attack ships became a crucial part. In 2042, the nation had 120,000 active troops in the Imperial Military, and 60,000 reserves.

Kosovo joins Albania (2043)
In February 17th, 2043, Kosovo announced that it will join Illyria. This prompted much conteversy in the world, most notably Serbia. Serbia demanded that Kosovo stayed out of Illyria. Emperor Richard said that he never planned on Kosovo being part of Illyria yet, but accepted it. With the support of America, Kosovo, now Dardania would be a state in Illyria.

More land gains (2044-2047)
Illyria's alreadt enlarged economy and larger military began to concern its neighors such as Greece and FYROM. Illyria's advancement in military technology began to intimidate other nations. Despite this, the annexation of Kosovo would change everything.

In 2044, Albanians of Western Macedonia began to rebel against the government. The Illyrian government began to fund these rebels. Emperor Richard arranged a secret meeting in Athens with the Buglarian, Hellenic, and Illyrian governments discussing plans to annex FYROM. The deal was set, and in 2045, Illyria seized western Macedonia, Greece took southern, and Bulgaria took eastern and northern Macedonia.

With this, Illyria gained another piece of land, known as Illirida, as a new state of Illyria.

Rise of Illyrian Paganism (2047-2048)
Illyrian Paganism has been the offical government religion since 2036. In 2047, the religion has made up 40% of the population, and continues to grow each year. Emperor Richard disdained montheistic religions, and majority of citizens with the state of Albania (not Kosovo or Illirida) were also not religious and join the pagan religion. However, Dardania (Kosovo), and Illirida were more religious, and opposed the Emperor's plans of this.

Despite this, in 2048-2050, the Emperor announced that non-Albanian religions would be considered a threat, most notably the Orthodox Church. Richard fired and deported the Albanian Patriach who was Greek, and many churches and mosques became Pagan temples.

The Imperial Police began to crack down on radical Christians and Muslims who hid in Illyria and sentenced them to death.

Miken Alliance (2049)
In 2049, Emperor Richard met up with the Croat Kingdom, Hungarian Kingdom, Bosniaks Islamic Republic, and Turkey to form a secret allaince know. as the Miken Alliance. This alliance was signed on April 10th, 2049, and was kept a secret.

Illyria began to mobilize its troops to prepare for a possbile war with Serbia and its allies.

Third Balkan War (2051)
Serbia, and Greece however, knew about the Illyrian's plans of expansion and soon both nations declared war. Greece began an invasion on South Albania, and Serbia invaded Kosovo. The Illyrian government, along with its allies in the Miken Pact declared war on Serbia and Greece. Turkey invaded Thrace, and Croatia, and the Bosniaks invaded Central Serbia. Hungary invaded Vojvodina. Soon after, the Third Balkan war has begun.

Economy
Illyria is one of the richest nations in the Balkans along with Dalmatia Imperial Kingdom (modern day Croatia and Northwestern Bosnia), and the Hungarian Kingdom (consisting of Hungary, and Vojvodina). Illyria's closest ally is Dalmatian Kingdom, and both maintain strong relations. Other allies of Illyria Albania is the Bosniak Islamic Republic (modern day northeastern Bosnia), and the Illyria-established Serbian state (Serbia without Kosovo or Vojvodina, but has southern Bosnia). Greece also maintain relations, and remains on the neutral side. Italian Catholic State and Illyria are also trading partners.

The Illyria Imperial Republic's primary profits comes from industry, agriculture, and tourism. The government has began operating its own car company, and shipyard to manufacture ships. Illyria also manufactures its own guns and weaponry.

Military
Albania maintains a military of 120,000 personnel within the Army, 20,000 in the navy, and 12,500 in the Air Force, which in total makes 152,500 active personnel, while 200,000 are reserves.

Most of the weapons the military uses are produce domestically, and are Albanian-made weapons, while some weapons are imported. Tanks are also produced locally, by the company Shqip Dfense. Fighter Jets are imported from Italy and America, and most naval vessels are produced by Illyria, while sub-marines are imported from America.

Recently, Illyria began using robots to subsitute humans. Unmanned aerial drones are commons with airbases and are uses more often. Soldiers also wear exo-armor, and some robots humanoids made in Illyria are used.

Healthcare
The government has esablished a universal healthcare system which allows its citizens to utilize the government-funded healthcare system. Many advances in medicine in Illyrian Albania have shown in the country. Illyria is ranked amongst the highest in Europe for its healthcare system. High ranking Doctors/Dentists can even gain positions in the government. The Imperial Department of Healthcare is responsible for maintaining and regulating medicine in Illyria.

Science and Technology
Illyria has shown great advances in science and technology. Recently, the nation established its own space program called the Illyrian Space Administration, and amongst that Illyria builds its own robots.

The country is leading in the Balkans for resarch and development, with nearly every citizen having access to a computer or smart device at home.

Demographics
Majority of the citizens in the Illyrian state are Albanian, with minority being Greeks, Serbs, and Macedonian. The offical languages of the country is Albanian and English. English is required to be taught at schools, and many citizens within the nation are bilingual. The Greek, and Serbian languages are recognized as minority languages.

Religion
The country of Illyria is the very first time Albanians would switch their religion. and follows the Ancient Illyrian Pagan religion. 76% of Albanians/Illyrians adhere to the Pagan faith making it the largest religion in the country. Previously, Islam was the largest religion, however many Albanians converted to the Albanian Pagan religion to receive benefits, such as reduced tuition for colleges, and tax breaks. 10% of Illyrians adhere to Islam while another 9% adhere to Christianity. 4.1% of the population is Atheist/Agnostic and 0.9% are other religions such as Judaism, Protestant, and other religions.