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The Vrienden Universe is a semi-fictional setting that integrates altered,
'''Vrienden Universe''' is a semi-fictional historical setting built around one shared history. It uses real-world history, changed historical events, original people, altered countries, extra territories, and other planets inside one setting.
parallel, or recontextualized elements of real-world history within a
single continuous framework.


== Scope ==
== Setting ==
The universe spans the period from the seventeenth century to the
The setting mostly takes place on [[Earth]] and runs from the fifteenth century to the present day. Real places still exist and are usually recognizable, but they do not always have the same history, borders, coastlines, or political status as they do in real life. Some places are changed because of events inside the setting. Other places, such as additional islands near [[Fiji]], exist as part of the normal geography of this world.
present day.


Real-world locations, institutions, and historical contexts may appear
The setting also includes other planets. These planets are part of the same physical reality as Earth. They are not separate timelines, alternate worlds, or outside versions of the same history. Events on Earth and events on other planets can be connected when this is shown on related pages.
in modified or abstracted form. The universe does not aim to reproduce
historical reality, but to maintain internal consistency.


== Continuity ==
Real historical countries, wars, governments, families, and organizations can appear in changed form. In most cases, these changes are treated as normal parts of history. A country may have a different government, a family may have more influence than in real history, or a faction may control territory that it did not control in real life.
The Vrienden Universe follows a single continuous timeline.
Later developments emerge from earlier conditions rather than replacing
or resetting them.


Contradictions are not part of the universe’s structure.
== Rules ==
When multiple perspectives or accounts exist, they are reconciled
The setting follows one timeline. Events happen in order and stay part of history after they happen. A later event can change the result of an earlier one, but it should not erase it unless this is clearly explained.
within a coherent framework rather than treated as parallel truths.


== Structural Eras ==
There are no parallel timelines. Different pages can describe the same event or group from different sides, but they still describe the same shared reality. If two accounts seem different, they should be written as different views, later corrections, propaganda, mistakes, or disputed information inside the same history.
Historical development is organized into conceptual eras.
These eras describe dominant structural relationships rather than
specific sequences of events.


Detailed chronology is documented in the [[Timeline]].
Families, regimes, states, factions, companies, armies, and/or organizations continue to exist until something ends or changes them. This can happen through collapse, takeover, merger, defeat, reform, succession, or replacement. A group should not disappear from history without some kind of explanation.


* **Vader structure** — centralized authority and rigid hierarchy 
Geography is mostly stable. Islands, cities, planets, regions, and borders should stay consistent between pages unless a documented event changes them. If a page changes the status of a place, that change should fit with the wider [[Timeline]] and related location pages.
* **Middenvader structure** — internal fragmentation and reorganization 
* **Vriend structure** — stabilized continuity and adaptive coexistence 


Each structure dominates a defined historical period but may persist
New pages should connect to existing pages where it makes sense. They should not repeat too much background information from other articles, but they should give enough context so the subject is clear.
in altered form beyond its primary era.


== Power Structures ==
== Structure ==
Influence within the universe is exercised through persistent entities,
The setting is organized into eras. An era is a broad period of history, not always a hard break between one year and the next. Era pages are mostly used to show the main type of power, conflict, control, and organization during that part of the timeline.
including families, states, and regional regimes.


These entities are documented in the [[Factions]] section.
History in the setting often develops through generations. Families gain power, lose power, split, inherit positions, or build new systems over time. States and factions also change through war, political control, administration, reform, and internal conflict. Older events often explain why later groups, borders, or institutions exist.
No single structure is treated as universally dominant.


== Narrative Use ==
The main groups are covered through pages about [[Factions]], [[Organizations]], families, countries, military bodies, and locations. The [[Timeline]] gives the larger order of events, while separate pages explain the people, places, and systems involved.
Narrative material may adopt limited or localized viewpoints.
Such material must remain consistent with established structural
and chronological reference pages.


== Interpretation ==
This wiki describes the setting as a reference work. It explains what happened, who was involved, where it happened, and how it connects to other pages. It should stay clear, direct, and neutral.
This wiki presents the universe descriptively rather than prescriptively.
 
Pages aim to document how the setting functions, not to evaluate it.
== See also ==
* [[Timeline]]
* [[Eras]]
* [[Factions]]
* [[Organizations]]
* [[Vrienden Universe]]
 
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