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{{Infobox country|conventional_long_name=The Divine Republic of Aldaar|leader_title1=[[Mutadiit]]|cctld=.ald|drives_on=Left|iso3166code=ALD|calling_code=+786|utc_offset=-10|currency=[[Muhaara|Aldaari Muhaara]]|GDP_PPP_per_capita=4,015.84 KRB|population_estimate_year=2020|population_estimate=6,400,000|established=1610|leader_name1=[[Yufraan Abd'ildarra]]|government_type=Theocratic Republic|common_name=Aldaar|religion=[[Dawra]]|official_languages={{unbulleted list | [[Asahri]] | Atasiyaqidu | Haqen | [[Uuba]]}}|capital=[[Mukarras]]|motto=''Mercy above all, at any cost.''|GDP_PPP_year=2023|GDP_PPP=25.70 Billion [[Kirib|KRB]]|flag_caption=Official Flag of Aldaar|demonym=Aldaari|flag_width=250|image_flag=Aldaari Flag.png|native_name=''جمهورية الدار الالهية''|linking_name=Aldaar|established_date1=2022|ethnic_groups={{unbulleted list | 51.43% Human | 19.97% [[Orc]] | 18.40% [[Vulpine]] | 2.12% Tiefling | 8.18% Other}}|legislature=[[Kaastas]]|map_caption=''Map of Aldaar''|map_width=300|image_map=AldaarMapLocal1.png|national_anthem="Aldaarnu" [[File:Aldaarnu.mp3]]|anthem=Aldaarnu.mp3|established_event2=[[Aldaari Spring]]|HDI=0.743|currency_code=AMH|date_format=DD/MM/YYY (Aldaari Calendar)
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== History ==
=== Prehistory
It's widely accepted that the very first sapient species to settle the Anabat desert were Orcs, with the first definitive evidence coming from about 200,000 BCE. However, some believe that fossils found near the Anabat which date back over 400,000 years prove that Orcs have inhabited Aldaar for almost their entire evolutionary history. Knowledge of migration patterns, the desertification process, and the lack of many archeological investigations within Aldaar have caused two main competing theories to emerge. The first theory states that Orcs migrated to the Anabat due to a mixture of social exile and natural movement patterns, given that the desert boasts a large variety of flora and fauna that could have supported small hunter-gatherer societies that were constantly on the move and looking to avoid overusing land during a minor population boom. However, a less substantiated theory more supported by the general public aims to prove that the Anabat was the original location of Orcish evolution, and that instead of Orcs migrating inwards ''to'' Aldaar ''despite'' desertification, Orcs migrated outwards ''from'' Aldaar ''because of'' desertification. Interestingly, this view is supported by large numbers of the Aldaari Orcish population, who claim it as a source of pride.
[[File:AldaarCavePaintings.jpg|thumb|Cave drawings found near the Aldaari city of [[Hasa|Hasa.]] Orcs were typically depicted as larger, with extremely notable tusks, leading many to believe this depicts the arrival of Human hunters.]]
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One of the most important developments during the prehistoric period of Aldaari history was the advent of trading societies, with some entire tribes dedicated solely to trade. These tribes would take raw materials such as fabric, clay, and beads, and would craft them into goods such as rugs, jewelry, pottery, clothing, and even high-end weaponry. These finished products would then be traded for basic resources, such as food, as well as more raw materials. Trade was largely within Aldaari tribes, but some southern tribes would also trade with those across the southern mountain range, who tended to have more centralized groups. Eventually, the weight of goods combined with the harsh reality of desert travel would lead to the development of one of Urth's first currencies, as Aldaari tribes rapidly adopted the use of shells as placeholders for physical goods around 20,000 BCE. This also led to a strong culture of Aldaari craftsmanship which has carried on into the 21st century.
=== Early History ===
[[File:AncientUuba.jpg|thumb|A stone tablet with ancient Uuba writing chiseled into it found near the city of [[Murad]].]]
Around the 2nd millenium BCE, Aldaari tribes would begin inscribing written characters into clay and soft stone tablets as a method of storing information, providing historians with samples of Aldaar's ancient language, [[Uuba]]. Uuba had been a spoken language for tens of thousands of years and is believed to date back to even before Humans arrived in the Anabat, due to similarities with other languages spoken by orcs in [[Rodoka]] and [[Ni-Rao]]. The development of writing appears to have had an extremely transformative impact on Aldaari culture, with an explosion of archeological and anthropological evidence from this point onwards due to the large number of surviving texts. The Aldaari peoples adopted a shared culture of storytelling using written histories and epics. Literacy rates appear to have been extremely high due to the advent of paper-making practices in oasis cities like [[Nafaq]], which tribes would then trade as a finished product. There were even entire professions centered around the productions of writing tools, using cotton to make paper and making ink out of coffee and gum asahri. The advent of writing also fostered the development of shared cultural and spiritual beliefs throughout the desert, created a sort of legal code, bolstered trade, and inspired scientific advancement.
==== Culture in Ancient Aldaar ====
===== Religion =====
===== Technology =====
== Geography ==
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