Sixth Chotarian Empire

Chotarian Empire ⰝⰑⰕⰡⰓ ⰁⰉⰓⰑⰄⰀⰎⰑⰏ Čotār Birodalom
1778–1958
Banner of Lacre Undivided
Capital	Kozrat
Common languages	Lacrean, Rashimic (regional)
Religion	Vaestism
Emperor
• 1778–1780	Oktar I
• 1951–1958	Zamor
History
• Conferral of the Banner of Lacre Undivided	25 Dominy 1769
• Chotarian Restoration	9 Floridy 1778
• End of the Thrall	30 Ediface 1958
• Coup d'état of Cirran Miranzion	16 Nollonger 1958
Preceded by Succeeded by Graviate of Lacre Graviate of Laukuna Lacre

The Sixth Chotarian Empire (Lacrean: ⰘⰀⰕⰑⰄⰉⰍ ⰝⰑⰕⰡⰓ ⰁⰉⰓⰑⰄⰀⰎⰑⰏ, Hatodik Čotār Birodalom) was the official title of Lacre following the proclamation of Oktar Matolchy as Chotarian Emperor in the Chotarian Restoration of 1778. The empire replaced the late Neritsovid-era Graviate of Lacre. Inspired by neo-Chotarianism and the resurrection of the Tirfatsevid Empire almost eight decades earlier by Spytihnev the Great in the shape of Terophan, Lacre under the Oktarid dynasty now presented itself as the modern successor of the antique civilisation of Chotar. From the beginning of the empire until the early decades of the nineteenth century, Lacre occupied a dominant position in the heartland of Outer Joriscia, a situation known as the Lacrean Ascendancy. Under the influence of ideologues and statesmen such as Yambor Molodai, Chotarianist Lacre became one of the earliest states to formally repudiate the universalistic legacy of the Neritsovids. It was not until the settlement following the Great Peninsular War, the 1845 Treaty of Tharamann, however, that Lacre's imperial title was officially recognised by the other Vaestic powers, and by this point the new Chotarian Empire had already entered its decline: having been humiliated during the war, its possessions in Zemay and Lefdim declared independence in the Red Rising, with Lefdim further rebuffing a Lacrean invasion in the Circuit War of 1852–3; and on the world stage, it was now overshadowed by Azophin, while having to contend with Zemay as an equal. Deteriorating finances and an inflexible administration only added to the challenges faced by Lacre.

During the Consistence War of 1888–91 Lacre formed part of the triple coalition that invaded Terophan after the Monsoon Revolution and restored the imperial order there; combined with its role in carving up the Lutoborsk in the Treaty of Starigrad and sponsorship of the Purity Expedition in Rania, this period led to a brief revival of local Lacrean authority which lasted well into the 20th century. During the Long War, Lacre seemed poised to reclaim more prestige as part of the Three Power Bloc. From 1951, Emperor Zamor met some success in restructuring the imperial state along similar lines to those attempted by Vsevolod the Great in Terophan, transforming it into an efficient instrument of his personal will and adopting inversionist methods in order to convert neo-Chotarianism into a mass ideology. In 1957, however, Zamor lapsed into heresy, first declaring himself Emperor of the Vesnites, and then, the following year, mounting an armed assault that occupied the Prysostaia, beginning the so-called Thrall. Once Zamor was executed by Zemayan expeditionary forces in Ediface 1958, and the Lacreans expelled from Prysostea, the legitimacy of the Chotarianist state collapsed. Terophite and Zemayan 'stabilising forces' occupied the western provinces of Lacre, and in Nollonger the army officer Cirran Miranzion seized power as dictator, declaring an end to Chotarianism. At the Congress of Kethpor the following year most of Lacre's empire was dismembered.