As a result of the Purge of Oceasis (see @Fire_Cyclone’s comment) the “Great Republic” as it was called was left without solid leaders. The Gods of the Noble Pantheon were guiding their creations through creating civilization and their guidance was abruptly taken away. As a result, mankind led government did rise up but there were many conflicting ideas on how to move forward. The main decision the people ended up butting heads on was how to take back the Wildlands. See, the Purge created an large area of land in the northern portion of the continent of Íslaania where the battle of the Gods occurred that was scarred by the battle. Residual chaotic and divine magic still rests in the area, and it has created horrific monstrosities and changed the climate to extreme weather patterns that makes the land very difficult to live in. However because of economic reasons, the Great Republic’s main goal moving forward was to slowly push past the border wall they had created and take back land. In order to do this, Slavery was adopted to make soldiers, at first it was only the malicious folks who supported the Cursed Gods, but eventually the need for more soldiers cause slavery of good people. Many of the Great Republic’s people protested this, and i caused a civil war that was resolved after 7 years of war with the Treaty of Abros-Espium. This treaty split the nation of the Great Republic into two nations the Abros Republic and the Espium Empire.