Theocracy of New Hesse

History

The Theocracy of New Hesse was a 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 It was repealed one day later after Jan Faust and Alcor paid a visit to the current Patriarch, Reiner Gerstmann.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, as well as certain elements of 1st millenium Byzantine politics and religion.
• In Digital Demon, Jo Schulz makes an offhand comment which implies New Hessian academics face a degree of censorship in relation to occult publications.

People

• Jan Faust
• Liese Koenigsmann
• Jo Schulz
• Reiner Gerstmann