Imperial Romulan State

The Imperial Romulan State was a state founded by Donatra, formerly a commander in the Romulan Imperial Fleet, in late 2380. Donatra and a fleet of warbirds loyal to her assumed control of Archernar IV, one of the Romulan Star Empire's primary farming worlds, and several adjacent planets, declaring independence from the Star Empire, which had come to be ruled by Praetor Tal'Aura, a political foe of Donatra's. Donatra declared herself Empress of the Imperial Romulan State, threatening a war between two Romulan states. The Klingon Empire almost immediately agreed to recognize the Imperial Romulan State's sovereignty, while the United Federation of Planets was more reluctant to take sides, even as it offered humanitarian aide to hungry Romulans upon the loss of their farming planet. (Articles of the Federation.)