Velthuryn — World Atlas

Aeterron’s central governing authority ceased to function as coordinated leadership amid escalating disaster.

As collapses multiplied, emergency powers overlapped and contradicted one another. The Codex Wardens refused to certify rulings issued under unstable conditions, effectively freezing centralized decision-making.

Authority fragmented into local councils, ad hoc technical enclaves, and abandoned jurisdictions.
The state endured, but governance did not.