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{{LocationInfobox
|location=Hessia, Germany
|inhabitants=
* [[Jan Faust]]
* [[Liese Koenigsmann]]
* [[Jo Schulz]]
* [[Reiner Gerstmann]]
* [[Rory Truong]]
}}
The [[Theocracy of New Hesse]] is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesaropapism caesaropapist] state in the German region of Hessia from the turn of the 4th millennium.
== Culture ==
The geography and politics of New Hesse are heavily influenced by the late medieval and early Reformation Holy Roman Empire, as well as certain elements of 1st millenium Byzantine politics and religion. It was ruled over by a Patriarch who was heavily influenced by both industrial lobbyists and aristocratic power.
The official state religion appears to have been a heavily mutated denomination of Catholicism quite different from more mainline branches in the rest of the world.
New Hessian academics face a degree of censorship in relation to occult publications.<ref>{{AO3Citation|gawain_in_green|Digital Demon|2019|https://archiveofourown.org/works/21497074}}</ref>
== History ==
== History ==
The Theocracy of New Hesse was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesaropapism caesaropapist] state in the German region of Hessia at the turn of the 4th millennium. It was ruled over by a Patriarch who was heavily influenced by both industrial lobbyists and aristocratic power. The official state religion appears to have been a heavily mutated denomination of Catholicism quite different from more mainline branches in the rest of the world.
The short-lived Edict of Darmstadt (3105 CE) prohibited the speaking of demonic names. It was repealed one day later after [[Jan Faust]] and [[Alcor the Dreambender]] paid a visit to the then-current Patriarch, [[Reiner Gerstmann]].<ref name="judgment">{{AO3Citation|gawain_in_green|Judgment Day|2019|https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/52337530}}</ref>


== Events ==
In 3120 CE, the University of Wittenberg lost all but 2 of its 76 demonology majors following the grisly murder of Jan Faust.<ref name="judgment"/>
* The short-lived Edict of Darmstadt (3105 CE) prohibited the speaking of demonic names. It was repealed one day later after Jan Faust and [[Alcor the Dreambender|Alcor]] paid a visit to the current Patriarch, Reiner Gerstmann.
* In 3120 CE, the University of Wittenberg lost all but 2 of its 76 demonology majors following the [https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/52337530 grisly murder of Jan Faust.]


== Culture ==
== Trivia ==
* The geography and politics of New Hesse are heavily influenced by the late medieval and early Reformation Holy Roman Empire, as well as certain elements of 1st millenium Byzantine politics and religion.
 
* In [https://archiveofourown.org/works/21497074 Digital Demon], Jo Schulz makes an offhand comment which implies New Hessian academics face a degree of censorship in relation to occult publications.
* In 3143, there are three universities in New Hesse that offer degrees in demonology: the Max Planck Institute of Magical Studies, the University of Wittenberg, and the University of Garching.<ref>{{AO3Citation|gawain-in-green|The Valley of the Shadow of Death|2021|https://archiveofourown.org/works/32848510}}</ref>


== People ==
== References ==
* Jan Faust
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* Liese Koenigsmann
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* Jo Schulz
* Reiner Gerstmann

Latest revision as of 05:15, 2 August 2023

The Theocracy of New Hesse is a caesaropapist state in the German region of Hessia from the turn of the 4th millennium.

Culture

The geography and politics of New Hesse are heavily influenced by the late medieval and early Reformation Holy Roman Empire, as well as certain elements of 1st millenium Byzantine politics and religion. It was ruled over by a Patriarch who was heavily influenced by both industrial lobbyists and aristocratic power.

The official state religion appears to have been a heavily mutated denomination of Catholicism quite different from more mainline branches in the rest of the world.

New Hessian academics face a degree of censorship in relation to occult publications.[1]

History

The short-lived Edict of Darmstadt (3105 CE) prohibited the speaking of demonic names. It was repealed one day later after Jan Faust and Alcor the Dreambender paid a visit to the then-current Patriarch, Reiner Gerstmann.[2]

In 3120 CE, the University of Wittenberg lost all but 2 of its 76 demonology majors following the grisly murder of Jan Faust.[2]

Trivia

  • In 3143, there are three universities in New Hesse that offer degrees in demonology: the Max Planck Institute of Magical Studies, the University of Wittenberg, and the University of Garching.[3]

References

  1. gawain_in_green. "Digital Demon" (2019). [Archive of Our Own] <https://archiveofourown.org/works/21497074>
  2. 2.0 2.1 gawain_in_green. "Judgment Day" (2019). [Archive of Our Own] <https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/52337530>
  3. gawain-in-green. "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" (2021). [Archive of Our Own] <https://archiveofourown.org/works/32848510>