Summer Palace.
King Lionheart Richard is the most powerful iron-fisted monarch of the Aus Empire. After his father Lao Henry's failed eastward invasion, which ended with his death due to illness, the Empire faced internal and external troubles, with voices calling for 'electing democracy' during this crucial time. Richard became the nominal leader of this nation.
King Lionheart is well-versed in Ancient Hua Xia classics from the Blue Star era before the great catastrophe, he holds grand admiration for the strategic thinkers Su Qin and Zhang Yi of the pre-Qin era.
He skillfully applies their concepts of forming alliances and rivalries in his own governance philosophy, whether by forming alliances or employing brutal methods to eliminate threats, uprooting them as a deterrent.
In just three years, he eradicated all oppositional voices and hostile forces within the country, becoming the sole ruler of this nation.
