History PlayingWith / VestigialEmpire

* '''Implied''': A grand monument is shown to be weathered as no one cares to maintain it.

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore In the process of retaking lost Imperial Territories, the Troperian Empire has had to undergo so many radical changes that it almost impossible to consider it the same empire as before]]. It [[ClassicalTongue speaks a different language]], [[DeathOfTheOldGods follows a different religion]] [[ValuesDissonance with different morals]], [[FeudalFuture is run by a different government]] [[HiddenBackupPrince ruled by a King only very loosely related to the original Royal Dynasty]], [[HiredGuns defended by an army drawn by different means]], [[TechnologyMarchesOn and kept functioning by use of different tools]]. In essence, the only thing "Troparian" about The Restored Troparian Empire is the name.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': The Troperian Empire is only a tenth of the size it was at its height, but most of the new countries have kept the Troperian laws and customs, and speak a dialect of Troperic. Several leaders of these countries are descended from the Troperian Imperial dynasties, and one of them is rapidly expanding her country's territory as the Neo-Troperia Empire.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The Troperian Empire is only a tenth of the size it was at its height, but most of the new countries have kept the Troperian laws and customs, and speak a dialect of Troperic. Several leaders of these countries are descended from the Troperian Imperial dynasties, and one of them is rapidly expanding her country's territory as the Neo-Troperia Empire.

* '''Enforced''': The author is Obsessed with the history of The Roman Empire, especially during it's declining period, and this is reflected in his works.
* '''Lampshaded''': "This years Olympic Games will now be hosted in ... The Troperian Empire? Really?? Dang, I didn't know they were still around ..."

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The Decline of The Troperian Empire is the main plot of The Emperor's Lament, a tragic story of a civilization's downward spiral as told by a MatchThreeGame.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The Empire includes The Emperor's Summer Palace and nothing else, but The Royal Family is so oblivious and The Emperor is so senile that the Palaces Servants are able to trick them all into thinking The Empire is as Powerful as it was at its height 200 years ago.

* '''Straight''': The Troperian Empire, which once ruled one-fourth of the world's landmass, had the greatest, most ferocious military of all, and a nice standard of living to boot, now controls a tenth of what they had at their height.

* '''Downplayed''': The decline of the Empire has been happening for the last thousand years, so gradually that few notice it.

* '''Justified''': They good at conquering territories, but [[FascistButInefficient terrible at keeping them]] or at [[DystopiaIsHard having good reputation]].
** The Troperian Empire is really old, [[TheCycleOfEmpires and as it is stagnating and declining, new and rising powers are vying to be their successor]].

** [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore In the process of retaking lost Imperial Territories, The Troparian Empire has had to undergo so many radical changes that it almost impossible to consider it The Same Empire]]. It [[ClassicalTongue speaks a different language]], [[DeathOfTheOldGods follows a different religion]] [[ValuesDissonance with different morals]], [[FeudalFuture is run by a different government]] [[HiddenBackupPrince ruled by a King only very loosely related to the original Royal Dynasty]], [[HiredGuns defended by an army drawn by different means]], [[TechnologyMarchesOn and kept functioning by use of different tools]]. In essence, the only thing "Troparian" about The Restored Troparian Empire is the name.

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

** The Troperian Empire is really old, [[TheCycleOfEmpires and as it isstagnating and declining, new and rising powers are vying to be their successor]].

* '''Justified''': They good at conquering territories, but [[FacistButInefficient terrible at keeping them]] or at [[DystopiaIsHard having good reputation]].

* '''Justified''': They good at conquering territories, but [[FacistbutInefficient terrible at keeping them]] or at [[DystopiaIsHard having good reputation]].

* '''Justified''': They good at conquering territories, but [[FacistButInefficient terrible at keeping them]] or at [[DystopiaIsHard having good reputation]].

* '''Justified''': They good at conquering territories, but [[FacistButInefficent terrible at keeping them]] or at [[DystopiaIsHard having good reputation]].

* '''Justified''': They good at conquering territories, but [[FacistButInefficient terrible at keeping them]] or at [[DystopiaIsHard having good reputation]].

* '''Justified''': Natural disasters, the high cost of the wars, the deaths and rapid succession of the Royal Family, and an insufferable bureaucracy have finally taken their toll and the territories declare their independence.

** [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore In the process of retaking lost Imperial Territories, The Troparian Empire has had to undergo so many radical changes that it almost impossible to consider it The Same Empire]]. It [[ClassicalTongue speaks a different language]], [[DeathOfTheOldGods follows a different religion]] [[ValuesDissonance with different morals]], [[FeudalFuture is run by a different government]] [[HiddenBackupPrince ruled by a King only very loosely related to the original Royal Dynasty]], [[HiredGuns defended by an army drawn by different means]], [[TechnologyMarchesOn and kept functioning by use of different tools]].

** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NothingIsTheSameAnymore In the process of retaking lost Imperial Territories, The Troparian Empire has had to undergo so many radical changes that it almost impossible to consider it The Same Empire]]. It [[ClassicalTongue speaks a different language]], [[DeathOfTheOldGods follows a different religion]] [[ValuesDissonance with different morals]], [[FeudalFuture is run by a different government]] [[HiddenBackupPrince ruled by a King only very loosely related to the original Royal Dynasty]], [[HiredGuns defended by an army drawn by different means]], [[TechnologyMarchesOn and kept functioning by use of different tools]].

** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NothingIsTheSameAnymore In the process of retaking lost Imperial Territories, The Troparian Empire has had to undergo so many radical changes that it almost impossible to consider it The Same Empire]]. It [[ClassicalTongue speaks a different language]], [[DeathOfTheOldGods follows a different religion]] [[ValueDissonance with different morals]], [[FeudalFuture is run by a different government]] [[HiddenBackupPrince ruled by a King only very loosely related to the original Royal Dynasty]], [[HiredGuns defended by an army drawn by different means]], [[TechnologyMarchesOn and kept functioning by use of different tools]].

** ...until the Federation of Tropes [[BewareTheNiceOnes declares war]] and inflicts a ShockingDefeatLegacy that forces the Empire to give up what they conquered.
** The newly restored empire collapses a few centuries later, the exact same way it came close to doing the first time.

* '''Defied''': Despite the fact that the Troperian Empire only has one remaining city, the Emperor vows to restore the empire to former glory. He succeeds in retaking all the lost land within his lifetime.

** The Emperor lives in the woods, the continent-spanning empire his ancestors ruled now being limited to [[TheRemnant a handful of Imperial Guardsmen]] and [[OldRetainer some loyal palace servants]].

* '''Exaggerated''': The Emperor wakes up to find that he now rules only a single city.

* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* Played For Drama: The last Troperian Emperor laments the lost glory from within the ruins of the palace, which is within the abandoned Capitol city.
* Defied: Despite the fact that the Troperian Empire only has one remaining city, the Emperor vows to restore the empire to former glory. He succeeds in retaking all the lost land within his lifetime.

* '''Subverted''': Despite economic difficulties, the Troperian Empire has been rapidly expanding its territory.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until the Federation of Tropes [[BewareTheNiceOnes declares war]] and inflicts a ShockingDefeatLegacy that forces the Empire to give up what they conquered.

* '''Invoked''': ???

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Exploited''': The rapid decline of the Empire has caused our heroes to declare the independence of their home region, as the Imperial Army is no longer the feared force it once was.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Averted''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': ...until the Federation of Tropes is attacked and inflicts a ShockingDefeatLegacy that forces them to give up what they conquered.