Theocracy of New Hesse
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History
The Theocracy of New Hesse was a theocratic, 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.
Events
- 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 It was repealed one day later after Jan Faust and Alcor paid a visit to the current Patriarch, Reiner Gerstmann.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 grisly murder of Jan Faust.
Culture
- The geography and politics of New Hesse are heavily influenced by the late medieval and early Reformation Holy Roman Empire.
- In Digital Demon, Jo Schulz makes an offhand comment which implies New Hessian academics face a degree of censorship in relation to occult publications.
