The Al-Antidian Empire, officially known to is contemporaries as Al-Antidia (English: Great Land of the Ancients), and better known in legend as both Atlantis and as the Atlantean Empire, was an ancient intergalactic empire and civilization that had its origins in central Europe, several thousand years (approximate date is unknown) before the rise of the Sumerian civilization. It was formed from the union of various kingdoms during the Wars of Ascendancy, all under the command of Amilanius, who would become the first ruler of Al-Antidia, and by consequence of the entire world as well.