The Top 5 Greatest Empires in Minecraft History

We simulated Minecraft civilizations, kingdoms, religions, and wars for 100 days? No, 4 real life years. Today we explore the 5 largest empires ever unleashed on Rathnir and Eldham, on the Stoneworks Minecraft server!
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[@Stoneworks]

This is the most interesting comment section I’ve ever seen here. I love your guys’s takes and analyses of the empires and conflicts. Also jsyk- this list was only based on empire territorial size. This is by no means the top 5 favorite or “best” states on SW. Thanks 👍

[@polystralianpuritist801]

alright so with that settled... does this mean you will make a video regarding nations/empires with huge cultural significance?

[@fjdpaco]

your voice sounds weird in this, did you use a voice modulator?

[@death-istic9586]

Hi❤❤

[@Aqua92173]

What is the next vid going to be about

[@thegamingteen44mc5]

I reckon maybe doing a video focusing on sironia next Stoney, as they have had some pretty interesting lore and have somehow survived stuff that would collapse everyone else

[@WrinkledPaper674]

Everyone knows that the greatest Empire in Minecraft is when Romulus created Minecraft and made the Roman Empire in Minecraft

[@gamerstheater1187]

Wouldn't that be the Esharian Empire?

[@RolandEdrickSantos-jz7yp]

@@gamerstheater1187the roman empire is better than esharia

[@Rob_Ali]

@@gamerstheater1187I think bro kidding, cuz Romulus is an ancient figure who created Ancient Rome.. and he did not create minecraft…

[@gamerstheater1187]

@@Rob_Ali I mean within the context of this video

[@Demon_of_Ink]

0:09 The shade thrown at 100 player civ videos.

[@OstraPinezka]

Meanwhile, Kanahulu:

[@ghostclaimax]

Better than stoneworks

[@Hobby_Technology]

@@OstraPinezka Kanahulu had 8 players so it's not the same

[@Crispifordthe3rd515]

At Ish's in particular. Which is mad funny because Ish just did what Stoney did, but more popular.

[@OstraPinezka]

@@Hobby_Technology real

[@athazgaming]

I personally find Uldarash's cultural achievement and longevity to be more impressive than Ashai's extended territory. By the time Ashai came to haven, many of its cultural leaders had grown tired and inactive in their age. And those who were not demoralized by that were instead demoralized by the coming End Times. It's very easy to say "Ashai was Uldarash + even more", and in some very important ways that was true, but I personally feel Uldarash had a better narrative.

[@Stoneworks]

Yeah but the criteria was size

[@privateryan2125]

Ya I personally only think Ashai was able to succeed so much due to the declining state of the server where little war was happening anyways and activity was plummeting leaving very little resistance.

[@Whisk3yKnight]

@@Stoneworksbahh Ashai wasn’t Uldarash, they were Far Eastern Imperialist pig dogs who sought to oppress the strength of the free minded Havenites and West

[@LandoPotato]

Real

[@itzastralz1030]

Athaz, I respect your opinion, but as an Uldarashi since the Second Empire's founding... Ashai was something Uldarash was not: stable.

[@Whisk3yKnight]

Got an ad rn, but I best see the Second Empire of Uldarash on there or imma be reallllll sad and cry. They legitimately had the first proper military on SW (not just pvp’ers running around gecking people)

[@zebracaller4500]

Can’t believe he didn’t include it. A real shame, cause the 2nd Empire of Uldarash innovated so much and had such a strong unity before the civil war.

[@ganeffs5163]

Bruh I’m with y’all on this

[@polystralianpuritist801]

sadly, there is none Mr Whiskey

[@robot_girlyman1556]

No matter what happened I'm glad we all feel this same way

[@cactusthebird7395]

Auroran 2nd Corps stays winning

[@RealSethris]

Notice how Sethris in northwest eldham stayed in the same place the whole entire time maintaining good relations with our neighbors and never being conquered 😉

[@TKDragon75]

Yeah but had half its territory annexed by rebellions lol.

[@RealSethris]

@@TKDragon75 🗿we literally 150d them in 20 minutes. After 2 months we had all our previous land back.

[@angluniaofficialyoutube8908]

Cough Cough Cough Anglunia was better

[@RealSethris]

@@angluniaofficialyoutube8908 you stole our emojis :sponchbopmad:

[@yourvalentine9411]

@@RealSethris who did you hire again? Aragotha? (maybe cause we didn't wanna conqueror our neighbor but have them join willingfuly..

[@tannerm2706]

Bardonia after falling for the 500th time

[@SeaSheep-tm1hu]

AND WE ALWAYS GET BACK UP AGAIN!

[@_gold_eye_2656]

Wait… is this the MC equivalent of Poland?

[@mozartthebean9709]

@@_gold_eye_2656Poland if it was an empire

[@Gatherthree]

BARDONIA #1 RAHHHHHH

[@Gatherthree]

Gobshire was here

[@oscarnumberone9517]

My Cactusfarm, My Steigenbirge, My AWE

[@hearthearter]

I LOVE THE AWE

[@theotakukaiser7892]

facts

[@zbaran19]

I LOVE THE A.W.E.

[@numberfull2547]

I LOVE THE AWE!!!!!!!!

[@thefernofrommarsgaming4204]

No over the top yelling as the intro, no fast/obnoxious editing, just plain old classic stoneworks content. SW revival 2024 anyone?

[@riwanjoncour9725]

21:05 those 5 seconds took 3 months and 16th battles

[@RedFireRex]

You forgot about Number 6: the Huitca Federation

[@zonatechimp1568]

Huitca was cool but centaris was better

[@LandoPotato]

@@zonatechimp1568 🥱got absolutely crumped by a lack of a singular leader

[@_Skorm]

Centaris was mid

[@jamesscalzo3033]

@RedFireRex Hey man, What's up? How's the Hiarlli Federation doing at the time of Istor's Comet? Did you at least establish a Proper Military or even start work on that?

[@morgini_266]

Vinovia ran the Horde, not Lorent but nice video stoney!

[@duskshard2446]

So real Morgini

[@v0idf1sh56]

all of us who played knows it lol

[@ClapStoneworks]

Uldarash and Viodoxia are still my favorites when it comes to empires on Stoneworks. Great video and history!

[@Soronacabricot]

11:45 Amarillian uniform included, i'm happy

[@yuna_sodapop]

The joy I get seeing my maps on here is immeasurable

[@oogway____]

day 1 of asking stoney to unban me

[@GBans]

we teachin new players with this one, Glory to ischanor

[@zadamas4173]

is that g-g-gabee? The ga- I mean i love swedish people!!! wooo!!!!

[@gamerstheater1187]

This reminds me of why the Roman Empire lasted so long meanwhile the Macedonian Empire fell after Alexander's death. The Crownlands grew slow and steadily which allowed them to last a very long time, meanwhile Empires like the Uraki were more quick and brutal which is why it fell apart after Neo retired.

[@alexisepic]

Where’s Uldarash and Tortuga? Escharia and Soleannen are basically the same thing, why not include another Empire?

[@theotakukaiser7892]

Rest in peace, my beautiful child. The AWE will be missed

[@matthewrosenbaum4859]

Hey Stoney. It's been a bit since I was on the server, but I do have a minor correction for the video. I was one of the leaders of the Aristii rebellion against Ashai, and, during the honroable mention section, you showed Azreilz as being on Otto's side. He wasn't. He was actually one of our major opponents and led the domestic resistance against the Imperials such as myself. His actual lieutenants would have been better shown as WizeNifty, SiameseHessal, Mayynophobia, or myself.

[@Stoneworks]

Sorry about that, I can add this to the description under corrections in a bit for ya

[@matthewrosenbaum4859]

@@Stoneworks Thanks a ton. Have a great day and keep up the amazing work!

[@RandomYT05_01]

Just joined stoneworks. Already became town leader of Tisketh in the Nation of Fisk, Rozakko'ra.

[@milt_i]

Aristios never dies!

[@gamerstheater1187]

Esharian Empire: The Roman Empire Uraki Empire: Macedonian Empire Crownland: The USA

[@zer0neverer098]

You cannot tell me the joy I got when I realised ; 3:13

[@rogersparker5875]

ivan the terrible i love it

[@polystralianpuritist801]

I cannot believe that the 2nd Empire of Uldarash, or Uldarash in general, was not included in this video. Great video, nevertheless.

[@jamesp7509]

Lorent had nothing to do with leading horde but fire vid otherwise

[@theryson8209]

Vinovia ran the Horde, not Lorent but nice video stoney!

[@jesusserranomontes2411]

Estcharia is so based we had to feature twice Eschaya numba wan!!!

[@domibanana8296]

Horde mentioned 🚜

[@jamesscalzo3033]

Loved the video @Stoneworks! Can't wait for the next video man! Glad to see the History behind some of the Empires on Eldham and Rathnir man! Also, How's everything looking for Abexilas since Istor's Comet froze Eldham and Rathnir? Do I need to get the I.R.C. (Independent Republic of Cadria) Ready for a Peacekeeping Deployment to the World? Any maps of the World on the Stoneworks wiki for me to look at in Preparation for Aforementioned Deployment?

[@user-eo5wb2pp4o]

Bardonia reminds me of Persia there’s always a new empire😅

[@tannerm2706]

I HAVENT EVEN WATCHED IT BUT ITS GONNA BE A BANGER

[@elfuego2899]

To all the Ashai haters in the comments, as an Emperor of Ashai I say cope 👍

[@forgottenrat9151]

W

[@sebby4]

shut up

[@GamingDerp_]

Man forgot RavenGuard - one of the very few nations on Eldham that lasted the entire time from start to finish!

[@Necky1]

I love ravenguard tbh always helped Kairdenians

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsili]

I love the idea of putting world building and Minecraft together

[@amphire8124]

4:49 At this time I was part of this (when I was new to the server), and when we fought we where the only ones alive, that being garama and me. We had barely any loot but we killed 4 of them and it was super fun. At the end we did die but it was a 2v10 for like 2 hours

[@tyrantphotius_7948]

Escharia 🖤

[@wojtech0863]

Man when comet war video im waitin for it

[@4Hicks]

ASHAI>>>>>>>

[@QuercusTekaya]

Stuff may have been complicated near the end of it, but I'll always look back on Ashai's early days and big moments fondly. The geopol that led up to it was mentioned in the video but I cant overstate it that we will never see a nation like Ashai ever again or at least not for years. Katsura (northwestern eldham) was always cooperative towards its collective goal of a peaceful region. Beginning with the Northern Lights alliance and then the Constellation of the North, Katsura was the most chill region in sw history and that let the nations there grow amazing cities and massive populations. What isn't recognized as much is the early encounters and cooperation the Katsura had with Haven (southwest rathnir). From early eldham, there were havenite colonies with the strips of land east of Qadakh and Mycorji being owned by Boulderov, the island further east being New Sanctuary, Serradeneu having ties to Montroig, and there was even a time where Hearthstone almost integrated Hussarria into themselves. There was also land owned by Aragotha in both Katsura and Haven which integrated into Raiyuna for a while. Haven ofc had every empire of Uldarash and continental federation that came after it. Even though more recent Haven was very divided, the history and foundation was still there. Another massive part of why Ashai succeeded was bcs of the Emperor elfuego/hsfl who had former government roots in Uldarash and Aurora and for most of Ashai's life was Tszano (King) of Raiyuna one of the founding states of Ashai and was a leader of the merc group Aragotha. His ties in both Haven and Katsura made the extent of Ashai's growth possible. Ashai's foundations were being made irl years before it was created and it was because of the collective effort of hundreds and hundreds of people and a ton of luck. Stoneworks has a ton of cool empires but whenever I hear people say Ashai as a goal or see them take inspiration from how it ran I find it funny. We will never have another Ashai and people will be lucky if they can create even a shred of the perfect history and conditions that let Ashai become what it did.

[@Tremons]

23:41 It's official, Alfheim made Ashai fall. Alfheim Aeterna Victrix

[@jordanrinaldi390]

How feasible is the idea of setting up a trading company? Specializing in building connections between reigons through trade routes eventually ending up in something as that of the east India trading company?

[@memecat_meow2923]

Ave preyella!! Ave aristios !! Preyella was on the 10 percent of eldham nations that didnt get influenced or get conquered by CATO!!

[@mustafaozgun5900]

The video which I was waiting for

[@Afish8me2china]

Aw damn now you gotta make a full Rathnir timeline

[@jacksonbridges8108]

15:44 MITHUSU MENTIONED ON THE MAP - GLORY TO LAHHON AND STRENGTH TO MITHUSU ✊✊✊

[@Sherbazkhan11]

I can't forget the Ashai v Dara wars lol. I was on vacation, joined ashai (Kingdom of canine) at the start of the wars, and when i returned they owned all of dara lol

[@zockerzone5355]

23:50 Who was the clown that named an empire "Deez Nuts" 😂

[@Necky1]

A stupid clown called serp

[@dthedddtheddd803]

You forgot to mention that after the 2 battles of Perdin Ashai and Aristios signed a peace treaty and fought another war later one edit: Aristios was also fighting a war of independence as they were a vassal of the Rattican

[@manadoesstuff483]

AWE got rekt by Ashai and i am happy about it!

[@silvix4050]

Kartek was not mentioned bad video

[@tyroneasorus8638]

For anyone in Ashai all of the territorial Ws came due to the robust logi team which to this day remains in the sanctuary armory making sets. Nobody wins against Ashai (we do NOT talk about Mayy).

[@marley4448]

For as Anarchist as Stoneworks can get sometimes with people all wanting to be "the guy" its astounding that people can just come together and unite under a single banner.

[@Sir_Gallant]

The Game Enjoyer enjoys.

[@neopangean6218]

I joined awhile back, some years ago. Built some crosses hoping it would cause a war or smth

[@ChangeNameEdits]

Minecraft goes crazy

[@jesusserranomontes2411]

9:03 Lileanen my beloved

[@gamerstheater1187]

You should hire BPS to make an entire animated series based around Neo

[@Foczo]

Yhea thos empiers had real nice wars, it was fun.

[@angluniaofficialyoutube8908]

I bet my magnus sword Anglunia woulda made the list if it wasn't for Johnny D

[@victorverhaeghe5587]

I’m really glad the CATO part was not biased towards ashai at all /s

[@Styxz__]

And then ashai totally didnt want to leave cato when it became a hands puupet

[@thegamingteen44mc5]

Honestly I would argue that astyllea at least deserved a mention, even though as someone who experienced that, I know that it’s basically how not to run a nation and how especially not to write your constitution

[@Leonarnon]

Viva Las Vides!

[@Tony-rh1bx]

I'm shocked Daelyria doesn't get mentioned despite having one of the best histories and achievements in rathnir...

[@tannerm2706]

PORT STONER?!?!? AT 2 SECONDS

[@tannerm2706]

PORT STONER 0:02 I REPEAT PORT STONER

[@GreenEnderL]

Make a video about the most underrated nations

[@ITT59Gamer]

oooo cool i hope there is like an roman empire sometime

[@tonyrobles6799]

How do u know the borders? So do you just build a wall

[@Stoneworks]

People keep *very* close track of their own borders

[@nebularspace]

ashai sits >:3

[@Chromatome]

Ashai for the win!

[@gamerstheater1187]

Are they the greatest if the server is the only one of it's kind?

[@Glaskii]

Akashiro short when?

[@tannerm2706]

Ight time to watch it

[@coldarc_]

HASUFELLLLL!!!

[@antoniomoreira5921]

Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's brutally obsessed with hardcore Ancient and Medieval warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series. The best history background for gamers

[@v0idf1sh56]

Charm was not mentioned bad video Stoney, but i saw Azuria! :D

[@the_only_lonely]

I still remember being greedet with open arms into the USSE and then just leaving them behind cuz i never hopped on again after i joined the server first time, ai abondoned my brothers.

[@Trakitu]

Stoneworks with create would be awesome

[@Aqua92173]

What is the next vid going to be about

[@archangel6295]

I Feel like the Astrasi Empire from The official lord of the rings minecraft mod server is single handidly the greatest empire ever in the history of minecraft lol

[@Anon-of5ro]

DupeBallsEater

[@davidlang2819]

u need to make a video about the 5 biggest religions

[@aksathraja5422]

3:17 Ivan the tribble accidentally killing his beloved own son using his cane over an argument

[@Alexwashere575]

Will the Kota lakes ever return?

[@Titanblade17]

Is this server Bedrock compatible?

[@TKDragon75]

My nation of Costa Stellare had issues with both Ashai and Aristios as Aristi soldiers kept showing up to intimidate us not to back Ashai, and Ashai broke their promise not to invade thru us to get to Aristios. I almost declared both of them kos tbh. Aristios had this idea that we were all "Aristi people" despite the fact nobody in Costa Stellare was of Aristi origin, we immigrated to the land, mostly from Samora and other lands. 18:14 That's them fighting in neutral nations, which none of them got in trouble for.

[@QuercusTekaya]

Was Costa caught in the crossfire? From what I remember Ashai had to /la spawn a bit away and was just forced to walk through Costa.

[@the_only_lonely]

16:19 wait shai is that big, no wonder thy told me my plan to beat them wouldn't work when i shoved them the most detailed stratigecal plan in mc history

[@Annihilaterq]

you got lorent from anbennar in there, wild

[@Soronacabricot]

16:00 🤓 picture is in Drakaes not Ashai !! (even though it was a vassal for a long time, this building has nothing to do with ashai) Loved the video though. Remember kelp is the true enemy.

[@hauat1180]

Real

[@boltonyale8852]

Ok video, needs more Boulder.

[@robot_girlyman1556]

Dang you use a lot of Uldarash's art for completely neglecting to mention them

[@Stoneworks]

Uldarash is #1 in our hearts Unfortunately yall didn't have the most expansive empire so it didn't make the list

[@YokaK80]

How did you comment this before the video came out?😭

[@aquashadow2558]

Probably it did come out but was privated ​@@YokaK80

[@Stoneworks]

He’s on my patreon and they get videos early

[@user-is1jy2fi7f]

Dezznuts shut and stonework is the best mincraft youtuber I worship keep this up man

[@njames69]

We are so back

[@macplaysmc3916]

stoney once again trying to not give credits to tortuga

[@Shuyudecatte]

Yimmies have been done dirty

[@Yabadooo12973]

Fr

[@trevboi]

yeah fr 😭

[@MexicanMapper2009]

man the server runs in 1.20.4 i have 1.20.5 edit: i figured it out

[@Scizzyy]

Stoney forgot Scizzytopia

[@justafreeman392]

Tortuga did more than some of the top5 nations and the honorable mentions lmao

[@crystalcat1002]

Akratia is superior fuck Tortuga 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫

[@QuercusTekaya]

umakwa on top fr