Valerian Alliance

The Valerian Alliance was a coalition of nation-states formed by American Emperor William Valerius in opposition to the Liberated Union. The Alliance was initially created in order to resist the spreading influence of the Union, which sought to depose the American Emperor and exact vengeance for the events of the Euro-American Wars. It eventually emerged victorious in the First Great Plasma Wars, but was broken apart politically by the backdoor scheming of the Risen Order prior to the Second Great Plasma Wars.

The Alliance was initially a two-party agreement between the United Imperium and the Empire of Russia, formed in response to the members of the newly-founded Liberated Union’s increasing hostility towards the two emergent empires. As more and more nations were brought into the Union, Valerius, acknowledging the growing threat, responded in kind. The Hellenic Republic, a close ally of the Imperium, was the first non-Imperial nation to join the Alliance. The Kingdom of Spain and Hungarian Dominion followed shortly afterwards, and the politically isolated New Mali Empire was quick to join the growing Alliance. When the short and bloody Liani Imperial Coup occurred in China in 2178, reforming the People’s Republic into the Lian Empire, the coup was made possible by Valerian intervention, and the new Empire was brought into the fold alongside its closest ally, the Greater Indian Commonwealth. The United Kingdom joined the Alliance midway through the First Great Plasma Wars, having previously been a member of the Liberated Union.