More-mons coming!
In the year 3200 B.C. the first glimmerings of a national defence force were being formed in Providence, as a brigade of warriors were trained in the city. While they explored rather than stayed to defend the city, it was still a major step towards a military.
200 years later a survey was performed of the lands known to the Religious City State, showing plenty of food and even some luxuries.
Then, in 2760 B.C. Bronze Working was perfected in the empire, even though supplies were sporadic at best because of no copper mines. Nevertheless, the new technology made bronze chains commonplace, and in this same year, Joseph Smith reluctantly allowed the institution of slavery into Religious lands.
Then, in 2600 B.C. a settling party arrived in a wonderful location, filled with abundant sources of fish and even a deposit of gold that would prove useful in providing commerce for the city state. The city was called Shaghai, a radical departure from the capital's name: Providence.
Joseph Smith then decided that there had to be a way to record the history of the Religious people for all time. He tasked his greatest scholars to create a uniform system of writing, essential in establishing great libraries of learning and also distribution of ideas throughout Religious lands.
In 2200 B.C. Militant scouts came in sight of the glorious Religious City State, establishing contact between Joseph Smith and the leader of the City State of Military: William Tecumseh Sherman.
Shortly after this contact was made, many citizens cried out for another city to provide more glory to the Religious people. The city of Guangzhou was thus founded on the plains, rich in both food and production, and expanding the size of Religious landholdings so that the upper class demanded to be called part of an empire rather than a city state.
Then, the people from the north, the Reformians, were discovered and their leader Dorothea Dix was immediately cordial towards and accepting of the people of the Religious Empire.
Thus ends part 2
