Jess Heymer
Jess Heymer (born in c. 1488 in Automatica) was an Amokolian politician and statesman, who was also a citizen and polician in Elwynn, Ocia, Victoria, Gralus, and Shireroth.
After the foundation of Amokolia in 1504, Jess was named president of the new government under Emperor Jacob Ter Hark. In 1510, however, Jess led a banishment of Emperor Jacob. The new governments and Jess did, however, not see eye-to-eye, and Jess retired from politics to bide his time. He recruited and assembled military forces to take over the government in Automatica. In 1523, his victory in Amokolia was clear, and he declared himself King Jess X of Amokolia, honouring 9 mythical kings of the same name. By 1527, Jess's rule in Amokolia was heavily criticised by the citizenry, and in an effort to hold power, he went to Shirekeep to negotiate an Amokolian integration into the Shirerithian Imperial Republic. His negotiations failed, and Jess turned to Gralus, which readily admitted Amokolia as the new Gralan state under the name of the Amokolian Republic in 1540.
Jess grew unhappy with the Gralan administration, and declared Amokolia's independence in 1544, and led an independence campaign to take over the island of Leng.
Amokolia became heavily indebted the following years, due to the lavish reconstruction of Amokolia and the fast expansion of Amokolian territory. Jess offered to sell Amokolia to Ocia in return for Ocia taking over Amokolia's debts. Ocia accepted, and in 1553, Jess signed over Amokolia to Ocia. This union of Amokolia and Ocia made Jess unhappy – the Ocians were too devious and militaristic to his liking, and Jess regretted selling Amokolia to Ocia. He declared Amokolia's independence, optimistic that securing independence would be as easy now as it had been the previous time. He had, however, underestimated Ocia's opposition to the independence of a strategic territory of its empire. Thus Jess inadvertently ushered Amokolia into the First Amokolian War, which lasted 1556–1557. With the support of neighbouring Shireroth and Ashkenatza, the forces of Ocia were driven out of Amokolia in 1557. Jess paid a heavy price, however, as Ashkenatza demanded compensation in the form of large pieces of Amokolia's territory.
