What if the future of Europe were decided... in its villages?
In a context where ancient imperial dreams are reborn, driven by secret alliances and invisible strategies, Europe wavers. Orchestrated migrations, deindustrialization, social fractures; the chess game seems lost from the start.
And yet, in the face of this threat, another vision emerges. Paul Elvere DELSART, social engineer and speculative storyteller, envisions a peaceful Reconquista: that of small municipalities, transformed into prosperous rural city-states, connected by innovative ecological infrastructures: LE PAPILLON SOURCE and the Vegetal Calderas.
From Geneva to Naxos, from Torreblanca to the shores of the Maghreb, The Rural Empire follows a network of mayors, artisans, architects, and citizens joining forces to build the Green Empire of the East and the West, an empire without an army, founded on cooperation, justice, and innovation.
Blending geopolitical thriller, concrete utopia, and manifesto for a civilizational rebirth, this short novel intertwines intrigue, foresight, and political poetry to raise a fundamental question: what if true power came not from capitals, but from the roots?