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The [[Huns]] ruled a vast [[Tribe|tribal]] empire centred around the region that would later become [[Kazakhstan]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Combat Magicks (novel)|Combat Magicks]]'') | The [[Huns]] ruled a vast [[Tribe|tribal]] empire centred around the region that would later become [[Kazakhstan]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Combat Magicks (novel)|Combat Magicks]]'') | ||
The largest Earth empire encompassed by a single nation was the [[British Empire]], the empire of the [[United Kingdom]] which spread across the [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'', ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'') By [[1850]], it was considered the most powerful empire in Earth's history up to that point. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]'') The nation of [[Japan]] also had it's own [[Japanese Empire|empire]], which was the prominent power in [[Asia]] during the first half of the [[20th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)|The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'') The Empire's ultimate aim was to unite Asia under the [[Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') The Japanese and British Empires fought against each other during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. While Japan initially succeeded in taking Britain's [[Colony|colonies]] in [[Singapore]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Forsaken (audio story)|The Forsaken]]'') and [[Burma]] into it's own empire, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') Britain (serving as part of the [[Allies (World War II)|Allied powers]]) ultimately proved victorious in the conflict | The largest Earth empire encompassed by a single nation was the [[British Empire]], the empire of the [[United Kingdom]] which spread across the [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'', ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'') By [[1850]], it was considered the most powerful empire in Earth's history up to that point. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]'') | ||
The nation of [[Japan]] also had it's own [[Japanese Empire|empire]], which was the prominent power in [[Asia]] during the first half of the [[20th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)|The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'') The Empire's ultimate aim was to unite Asia under the [[Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') The Japanese and British Empires fought against each other during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. While Japan initially succeeded in taking Britain's [[Colony|colonies]] in [[Singapore]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Forsaken (audio story)|The Forsaken]]'') and [[Burma]] into it's own empire, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') | |||
Britain (serving as part of the [[Allies (World War II)|Allied powers]]) ultimately proved victorious in the conflict, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Magic of the Angels (novel)|Magic of the Angels]]'') though its Empire would decline in the following years ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)}}) and was no longer in existence by the [[2000s]], when the [[Torchwood Institute]] aspired to bring establish it again before [[Torchwood London]] was destroyed in the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}/{{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}) | |||
Humanity also grew to eventually have galactic empires. While the date is uncertain, the first official [[Earth Empire]] formed in either [[2501]] by [[EarthGov]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Monsters Inside (novel)|The Monsters Inside]]'') or [[26th century|2530s]], by the [[Earth Federation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Colony of Lies (novel)|The Colony of Lies]]'') By around the year [[4000]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') the Earth Empire's successor, the [[First Great and Bountiful Human Empire]] came into being. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lost Flame (audio story)|The Lost Flame]]'') In the [[42nd century]], the [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire]] had influence in the [[Tri-Galactic]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'') Humanity later developed the [[Third Great and Bountiful Human Empire]], which the [[Eleventh Doctor]] described as "neither great, nor bountiful, nor overwhelmingly human". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Fairytale Life (comic story)|A Fairytale Life]]'') | Humanity also grew to eventually have galactic empires. While the date is uncertain, the first official [[Earth Empire]] formed in either [[2501]] by [[EarthGov]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Monsters Inside (novel)|The Monsters Inside]]'') or [[26th century|2530s]], by the [[Earth Federation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Colony of Lies (novel)|The Colony of Lies]]'') By around the year [[4000]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') the Earth Empire's successor, the [[First Great and Bountiful Human Empire]] came into being. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lost Flame (audio story)|The Lost Flame]]'') In the [[42nd century]], the [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire]] had influence in the [[Tri-Galactic]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'') Humanity later developed the [[Third Great and Bountiful Human Empire]], which the [[Eleventh Doctor]] described as "neither great, nor bountiful, nor overwhelmingly human". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Fairytale Life (comic story)|A Fairytale Life]]'') | ||
