Established in the very early days of the empire, possibly as early as 1400, when the Stofonians for the first time found themselves conquering large nations of people who were extremely unlike themselves. Early conquests had been of relatively similar people such as the Elosians. In countries such as Olgapurj and parts of the former Gulluainian Empire, however, the Stofonians had conquered people with differently colored skin, whose languages and creeds were utterly unrelated, and whose entire mode of life was different from anything encountered closer to home.