Maxorata Empire (The Maxorata Empire)

The Maxorata Empire is a sovereign state in Western Africa. It is neighboured by the Sahara and Morocco to its northeast. The country and its people take their names from the ancient name of the northern Kingdom in the island of Fuerteventura, Maxorata.

Maxorata is one of the smallest countries in the world. Despite its size, however, its climate and topography are diverse, ranging from a cool and mountainous highveld to a hot and dry lowveld. The population is primarily ethnic Guanche whose language is Amazigh or Guanche berber. The country is an absolute monarchy, currently ruled by the Guanarteme ("King" or "Emperor") Ache III.[8][9] He is head of state and appoints the country's prime ministers and a number of representatives of both chambers (The House of Lords and The House of Representatives) in the country's parliament. Elections are held every five years to determine the House of Assembly majority, but there are no general elections as there is no proper democracy. The current Constitution was adopted in 1716.

Real World Information
In the 14th century, the Canary Island of Fuerteventura was divided into two Guanche kingdoms, one following the king Guise and the other Ayose. The territories of these tribes were called Maxorata (in the north) and Jandía (in the south). The kingdoms were separated by a great wall that crossed the La Pared isthmus.

Unlike in our timeline in which the wall eventually disappeared, the Wall stayed where it was.

== Beginnings == Back in that era, Maxorata was mainly, if not entirely, barren wasteland. They didn't have advanced societies like the other world countries did and there were a lot of famines and illnesses that spread around.

The King of Maxorata, Guise, decided he wanted to build an empire, and spread the Guanche traditions of Maxorata to the rest of the world.

Instead of breaking through the wall to Jandía, the Maxorata Guanches built boats, gathered lots of weapons and set off to Morocco from the north shore of the island. They successfully managed to conquer the neighbouring island of Lanzarote, Morocco, Algeria.

The Maxorata Empire managed to successfully fend off the Spanish conquerors in the 15th century. Since Jandia was protected by the wall, the Spanish couldn't conquer them either. While the Spanish conquered the rest of the Canary Islands like Gran Canaria, Tenerife etc, the Maxorata Empire continued being a great empire.

Over time, since the Kingdom of Jandía was isolated (bordered by the Spanish in Gran Canaria and the Maxorata Empire on the other side of the wall), they struggled to survive and eventually surrendered to Spanish rule.

== Loss of the colonies == In 1714, Maxorata under Emperor Yose II loses Morocco and Algeria after protests from the governors of said colonies and war threats from the British Empire. However, the Empire still holds on to Lanzarote.

20th Century
By the beginning of the 20th century, the Maxorata Empire was great, powerful and up to date in medicine and technology. Lots of cities were built, business and economy flourished and the monarchy was very popular among the people. The Wall became a tightly monitored border separating Maxorata from the Spanish, with armed soldiers and police guarding it. Even though Morocco and Algeria weren't part of the Empire anymore, they did continue using the Guanche language, and greatly respected them.

In the Spanish Civil War of 1936, Maxorata supplied weapons to the Francoist side, but they stayed neutral in both World Wars.

Eraoranhan I was Emperor from 1933 until his death in 2003. He had been the Emperor during most of the century, and oversaw World War II, the Cold War, the fall of the Soviet Union and many other significant events. He is considered the greatest Emperor in the nation's history.

Modern Day (2003- )
In modern day, the Maxorata Empire is one of the last remaining absolute monarchies in the world, ruled by Ache III, son of the previous Emperor Eraoranhan.

It continues being a great and powerful empire acknowledged by Spain (it's ruler in our timeline) and by the rest of the world.