The Dark Elf Empire

The Dark Elves over the years have gathered control of the Northern half of the Western continent of Lume, claiming that to be their Empire, and being very protective over their lands. They are however very welcoming to passing travelers, trading with the other Kingdoms and Empires on Lume that pose no threat of invasion to their lands, gathering technology and weapons over that time so that they are ready to expand their empire to the size that they deem worth.

Although their Empire is one that is not above war if necessary, they are mainly a very peaceful Empire, assimilating cultures peacefully, letting them pray to their own gods and keep from changing their day to day lives too much, only asking for a small cut from the lower, more common folk's income, trying not to exploit them out of their pocket whilst still being able to sustain their Empires. The Empire is also unusual in another way, as at the higher levels of the government of the Empire is a democracy, with a President and a parliament that is elected by whoever is in the Empire, no matter how low they are, even if they are a common person, they may vote in the election for the president and their politicians. And the people who run for any form of office can run as many times as they like, meaning that there are documented cases where people have stay in office unto 20 times because of their electoral victories.