The Norland Imperium is a veritable superpower. Over the course of nearly 3000 years, they have subjugated and assimilated many smaller factions and rising empires, resulting in one unified empire with various smaller kingdoms and dominions. The empire was founded by Moorland The Mighty, and to this day is ruled by Moorland's lineage. Moorland, with his legendary maul Balefire, led the Norland Kingdom for many generations, protecting (perhaps unintentionally) the Austrumn quadrant from various threats and invaders, earning him a reputation as a mighty warrior.
The subsequent Norland War between the Norlanders and the Bedran Marches, and later the A222 Empire, led to Moorland's defeat by Palatine Bedras and Emperor A222 personally, and Moorland was imprisoned on Sigo. In response, the Moorland dynasty, starting with Henry Moorland II, took to leading the rest of the Norland War despite defeat, and a turn to isolationism. Henry Moorland III would turn their tactics to cold war and building up their militaristic, especially naval, might, while they expanded further toward the Occident and became the Norland Imperium.
During the reign of Henry Moorland V, unrest led to some period of civil war among the various kingdoms and dominions, and Moorland V would become infamously known as a tyrant. He was, however, succeeded in the middle of this crisis, and the reign of Moorland VI would see various concessions to the rebelling kingdoms and dominions, one of which, the Carolean Kingdom, became a significant power with much of the Norlanders' former stretch of Orient territory being ceded to the newly-found galactic power, and the two later becoming allies despite prior tensions.
Henry Moorland VII, formerly an exile, has taken up the throne of the Imperium as the last of his line, with an emphasis on strengthening the Imperium and forming significant intergalactic relations. Moorland VII's controversial proposition to join the Expanse Congress would directly lead to the reformation of it into the Galactic Senate, uniting the A222 Empire, Bedran Marches and Norland Imperium for the first time in history, and most of the galactic powers in the galaxy recognized participating in this Senate to some capacity. Despite this concept, Moorland VII still favors reunifying the empire and bringing it up to full strength, reclaiming once-lost kingdoms and dominions through various means, though generally avoiding force.