Standard Earth Year (SEY): 2547 is best known for the succession of the UPE into the UEE under Prime Citizen - then Imperator - Ivar Messer, marking the start of the Messer Era.
Upon Ivar Messer's election as the first and last Prime Citizen in late 2546, it isn't long before he restructures the government into the new United Empire of Earth (UEE) and anoints himself Imperator in early 2947, ushering in an age of interstellar monarchy under the Messer family, praised for security, expansionism and military prowess, yet fraught with corruption, draconian laws and injustice that would increase in brutality as their reign continued. Ivar stakes his authority on the use of speechcraft, being eminently quotable, particularly stoking a fear of the dangers posed by aliens, enticing a populace recovering from the fallout of the First Tevarin War and ongoing Xi'an-Human Cold War. This rhetoric manages to pigeonhole the now supposedly UEE-integrated Tevarin species into being seen as less than Humans. Ivar Messer's rise to power is not remembered fondly by the people of the UEE, seen now as a fascist dictator and tyrant who abused historical circumstances for his own gain.
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