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The first inhabitants were the Andora people, an offshoot of the [[South_Peragen#Ancient_history|Impelanzans]]. They settled the region of Novaris that now bears their name, and founded many towns and cities still standing in modern times. The Andora eventually split into the Reóran and Arranzic ethnic groups, who settled in Réal and Casilló respectively. These groups ruled over neighboring territory and feuded for nearly 600 years over sole control. Conflicts during this period include the Invasion of Valle de María, the War of the Red River, and the Sieges of Eleçeron.
In 1584, the Kingdom of Réal was conquered after the Thirty-Years’ Bloodshed, also known as the Conquísta. A brutal war instigated by King Félipe I ‘the Bloody’ of Casilló, most of the populations of both states was involved in the fighting. Most of the adult members of the House of Carrateó, rulers of Réal, were slain, and the House of Naranza became the rulers of most of Andora. Tensions remained high and the economy of the region suffered as rural populations became prey for mercenaries and bandits. The Réoran people refused to acknowledge the conquerers as their legitimate rulers. A rebellion was narrowly avoided when King Félipe
King Félipe III of the House of Naranza married Alicia II 'the Younger' of the House of Carreteó after years of difficult court intrigue to secure the
Most of the profit generated from trade went to the already-wealthy merchants, nobles, and royals. The wealth inequality led to discontent culminating in the common populace rising up in 1658 in peaceful revolution. The people demanded a constitution that provided checks on the Monarchs' power, diminished the legal authority of the nobility, and codified values such as the concept of citizenship, civil rights, taxation, and elective governance. King Juan
In 1783, the Kingdom of Corrí was renamed to Casilló y Réal by Queen Alejandra to reflect the united but distinct cultures of the nation. Throughout the ninteenth century, the country transitioned from a primarily agricultural economy to a mixed economy in this period. Modern methods of resource extraction and manufacturing allowed fallow areas of the nation to begin producing exportable goods. The impact of fossil fuels on the natural environment was researched heavily as coal and oil use rose; as a legal article within the constitution prohibits excessive destruction or harm of the nations' land. Petroleum use became strictly regulated by the state. This stance has prohibited Casilló y Réal from becoming a major power militarily, economically, or industrially, but it remains a prosperous nation with good marks in human development, GDP per capita, democracy, press freedoms, and social and environmental progress. The nation is currently a member of the [[League of Novaris|League of Novaris.]]
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== History ==
=== Early History (300 BCE - 1000 CE) ===
The land that Casilló y Réal occupies today is referred to geographically as Andora. The regions takes its name from a group of Impalenzans that settled the area prior to 303 BCE. Many towns, fortifications, and cities today were constructed in this period, of note [[Porta Armada]]. Small city-states were the norm for much of Andora from 303 BCE to 309 CE. The people made their livings through either simple agriculture, textiles, or fishing. The Andora people eventually moved inland, forming the Réoran people. Those that contnued to occupy the coasts became the Arranzic ethnic group.
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The Andora region was often in conflict. The Nine Brothers, as more contemporary sources name them, warred with each other and sometimes themselves. Disputes were common over land rights, resources, and familial animosity, though a notable exception would be the Orange War of 1032 between Liti and Grejona. This conflict had roots in an argument over which state began processing and exporting orange fruit preserves first.
=== Feudal Conquests (1000 - 1260) ===
After
Culminating in the Battle of Pinoa, the Avantan forces proved better trained and skilled than their adversaries when they trapped the Pinoan army against the city walls and decimated them. The new nation that de Naranza carved out would become known as Caza de Caziyho, and his line would rule over it as it transitioned to simply Caziyho, and by the modern day, Casilló.
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Maria’s grasp of military tactics and the support of many powerful families ensured she met little resistance as she consolidated Cartaverde, Réaluvros, Imodé, and Málama into a single kingdom. Most nobles were pacified through hard diplomacy and the threat of war, and those that did not submit were quickly destroyed. By 1260, Maria would rule over the Kingdom of Valey di Rayal. This name would appear on official documentation until 1388, when it simply became Rayal, later spelled Réal.
=== Middle Ages (1260 - 1550) ===
[[File:Battle of Montaperti.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Section of an illuminated manuscript on Andoran conflicts, circa 1291|alt=Section of an illuminated manuscript on Andoran conflicts, circa 1291, depicting in medieval style a group of soldiers holding white shields and red banners being attacked by a party of cavalry riding white horses, holding swords and wearing orange, who are riding down a hill at their enemy]]
Casilló and Réal had little contact in their first century. The natural barriers of the Nevadres mountains made travel restricted between the states, so it was in
Instead of reaching a trade agreement, the kingdoms decided it would be less costly to strongarm each other. These shows of martial force quickly made it apparent that neither would be willing to give in to demands. Different religious practices exacerbated tensions; many Arranzic nobles were Andoran Deusists, while most Reórans were Royal Orthodox Deusists, including the king at the time, Marius Alejandro I.
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[[File:Philip II of Spain portrait.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Portrait of King Félipe I of Casilló, 1551|alt=Portrait of King Félipe I of Casilló, 1551, portraying a standing man in his middle years with dark orange hair and beard and a stern expression. He is wearing brown hose and red-and-gold decorated black armor in the style of the 1500s. He holds a golden rod across his legs and the background is dark.]]
=== Conquista (1557 - 1584)===
In 1557, King Félipe I of Casilló began the largest conflict of the Horrible Two-Hundred. The king had been born a second son, which allowed him to pursue more dangerous activities. He grew up as a squire in service to one of the Royal Captains tasked with keeping the peace outside of the main population centers. These experiences of seeing much of the west in poverty from centuries of conflict made Prince Félipe resolved to remove the threat Réal posed to his people.
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After all ammunition had been exhausted, the Arranzic armies were ordered to advance. Félipe I had issued orders that no enemy soldier was to remain alive at the end of the day. They encountered little resistance, with most of the still-surviving Réoran soldiers surrendering on the spot. Most were simply killed immediately, and those taken prisoner were executed when they reached the war camps. The civilian population was ignored for the most part; those that confronted the Arranzic troops were imprisoned. The Royal Palace of Eleçeron was stormed by Félipe I himself, along with his household troops. The Carratéo Royal Bodyguard, a force of five hundred men as well as nearly seven hundred soldiers occupied the building and put up a ferocious resistance, dying to a man but killing 657 of the two-thousand strong Royal Arranzic Guard. All those living in the Palace were killed either in the fighting, or afterwards. This included all members of the House of Carratéo, save for the sole child, Princess Alicia, making the family functionally extinct in the male line.
=== Reconciliation Period (1584 - 1660) ===
After Réal was fully conquered by Casilló, the Arranzic kings devoted themselves to integrating the territory and people of both kingdoms. Félipe I worked with his vassals and advisors to remove troublesome lords from Réoran lands and award the new ''heredados'' to loyal nobles and soldiers. Between 1586 and 1590, the armies of Casilló put down revolutions by Réoran nobility and traitorous Knight-Mayors who did not want to relinquish their lands. Many new castles were commissioned in the central provinces to ward against peasent rebellions and robber barons. After ensuring that the security of Andora was taken care of, Félipe I spent the remainder of his life combining the legal and feudal systems of Casilló and Réal before passing away in 1599 at age 66.
Félipe II ascended the throne in 1600 and continued his father's work on integration. Many issues with taxes arose during his reign. The common citizens did not want to provide the fruits of their labors to a foreign king, and many small conflicts between Arranzic knights and Réoran citizens broke out. Since the Arranzic court was already ''de facto'' located in Eleçeron, Félipe II made the controversial decision to permenantly relocate. The capital and royal court of the Naranza family would be permenantly located in the Réoran city, though the Palace of Porta Tranquíla would remain their largest and most-frequented residence. Félipe II also made many trips through Andora to learn and listen to the people, often holding informal audiences in taverns, castles, and fields with the local communities. Despite the dangers, of which included assassination attempts and poisonings, his fair judgements and even temper helped endear him to the populace. The king proved himself an able administrator despite many detractors, and after ten years of work had fully combined all the archives, laws, noble lineages, and institutions of Casilló and Réal.
The success of Félipe II would be short lived. In 1610, only a year after the kingdoms integration, he passed away from typhoid at the age of 43. This thrust his son, Félipe III, onto the throne. Only 17 at his coronation, Félipe had few advisors considered trustworthy. To combat the ambitions of his court, he appointed Alicia of the House of Carratéo to be his principal counselor. The House of Naranza had proven able administrators and fair rulers, but significant portions of Réorans still held faith in their old dynasty. Alicia was also, by this point, a capable scholar and a childhood friend of Félipe III. Her presence on the royal council provided legitimacy and skill for Félipe III to rely on, when other courtiers concerned themselves with manipulating the king. The Paladins of the Royal Body were created by Félipe III as a special detachment of guards to defend the monarch. Between 1611 and 1617, twelve conspiracies to control, kill, or incapacitate the king were uncovered, with the conspirators executed or exiled. Meanwhile, the insight into Réoran culture via Alicia allowed the king to address Réoran issues more capably. These years cemented Félipe III as a shrewd monarch, with the general support of both the people and the nobles. The strength of his rule eventually dissuaded further attempts to control him, yet it was not permenant.
After years of failed engagements to various noble women, it began to be believed that Félipe III would never have an heir of his own. At 27, he had gone through eight broken engagements. Many nobles felt that his intelligence and the support of the people was not enough if he could not commit to a relationship for the good of the monarchy. Distant cousins from various minor Naranza branches began to form factions to take the throne. The Naranza-Juniares princes issued Félipe III an utlimatum in 1622: he must be married to a proper lady within a years time, and stay married, or they would force him to abdicate. While the king had the leading princes arrested and imprisoned for threatening the sanctity of the monarch, their opposition emboldened many other dissatisfied parties. Enough vassals and extended family were potentially against him that by 1623 the king found he could not reasonably win a civil war, if one broke out.
Félipe III's decision to marry his advisor Alicia, by then Chamberlain of the Court, was a shock to many Andoran nobles. The friendship between the two was well-known, but it was believed if the king had affection for Alicia, he would have proposed to her many years ago. The personal records of both are sealed to this day on the Crown's authority, so no definitive insights into the situation can be gleaned. What is known is that on the 20th of March, 1625, Félipe III married Alicia of the House of Carratéo in the Porta Tranquíla Cathedral, creating her as Alicia II. As a show of respect and unity between their peoples, Félipe III declared that their House would be known going forwards as Naranza-Carratéo. The couple had two children; a daughter, Margaríte, born in 1626, and a son, Juan Téo, born in 1628. Margaríte would die of a fever when she was just three years old, leaving Juan Téo as the heir to the throne.
The royal couple would break tradition and begin a new one by jointly ruling the kingdom. While queens had as much authority in Andora as kings, no Andoran monarch had ever co-ruled with their spouse before. Félipe agreed to handle economic and military matters, while Alicia took charge of social and feudal issues. The both of them passed judgement on petitions together, and often consulted each other for major decisions. While the Arranzic nobility was opposed to dealing with a Réoran monarch, the Queen proved a fair, personable, and extremely intelligent ruler. Combined with the King's good-natured refusal to deal with the issues of vassals unless necesary, Alicia II was able to eventually convince the lords of Andora of her capabilities.
In 1628, after long negotiations started by his father, Félipe III was able to convince the clergy and nobles that a full integration of nations would be in everyone's best interests. Since the Conquista, the kingdoms had simply been jointly referred to as "Casilló." This completely ignored the Réoran parts of Andora, leaving many dissatisfied. Alicia II was ironically instrumental in convincing the Arranzic lords of the need for a name change. With both monarchs consent, and the support of the common people, religious community, and noble Houses, Casilló and Réal were discarded as names in favor of a unified Kingdom of Corrí.
The prosperity and community that this change brought about enriched the Andoran peoples immensely. After years of seperation, the Arranzic and Réoran populations were finally equal people in one nation. Difficulties between prejudiced members of both cultures persisted, but most were happy to have an excuse to put rivalries aside. In particular, the shipbuilding industry in the coastal provinces recieved a large boost in productivity with formerly-Réoran lumber merchants and mining guilds willing to negotiate better deals. The mountaintop Réoran monks kept great records of astronomical information, which provided another boon to the Corric economy. Newly-imported printing presses allowed these astronomy charts to be copied and sold in large numbers to sailors. The sailors then used these charts to navigate across Urth and establish a trade network that outshone even the historical fleets of Andora. The success of Corric merchants brought great wealth to the guilds, noble sponsors, and monarchy.
Very little of the resources and coin made its way into the hands of the sailors, craftspeople, and dock workers that supported these trade expeditions. For every one silver ''Regné'' that was earned by a sailor, five-hundred were earned by the captain, a thousand by the owner of the vessel, and upwards of ten-thousand by investors. Weavers and farmers were hit the hardest; their goods sold for their weight in gold overseas, yet many were reimbursed by merchants at a hundreth of the true value. The lords who controlled the docks and rented space to the guilds recieved massive kickbacks to keep the process going, as well. The constant refusal of the nobility to more fairly garuntee wages and compensation for Corric goods being exported meant many citizens saw negative returns on their labor. This climate of exploitation and ignorance saw the populace become progressively more radicalized.
After the death of Félipe III in 1655 and Alicia II in 1657, the citizens of Corrí saw the perfect oppertunity to fix the issues of their society. Prominent community leaders in major cities held meetings and rallies to acquire support for a general strike and revolution. Ismael Halconero of Porta Tranquíla, Pau Márquez of Iravala, and Salma Vélez of Eleçeron were instrumental in convincing many people to abandon their work and march together on the coronation of Juan Téo. Printing presses were also utilized to create fliers and news sheets about the inherent rights of the populace. On the 8th of September, 1658, Juan Téo began the traditional procession from Porta Tranquíla to Eleçeron for his coronation. Instead of cheering crowds, he was greeted with armed civilian militias blocking the exits from the Palace. It is estimated that over 300,000 people rose up and blockaded the castles, barracks, gates, and docks of the major Corric cities that day. Certain lords found themselves sympathizing with the people, and acted to secure the Palace from the inside along with their personal guards. With the situation in their control, the community leaders and their sympathizers presented Juan Téo with a choice: either accept a provision of government that allowed the common people a voice, or never reach Eleçeron to become king.
Faced with this decision, and earnestly unaware of how bad certain groups had been treated, Juan Téo immediately accepted the fact that better representation of the people was necessary. There were members of the nobility that violently objected to this, specifically those that had become grossly enriched by the status quo. When members of this faction attempted to attack the community leaders and Juan Téo, they were detained and executed. These nobles and their families were subsequently stripped of their titles and lands as part of the First Constitution of the Kingdom of Corrí, which was drafted over the rest of the year. With the rights of the people garunteed, the establishment of an Assembly and electoral system, and a codification of law, King Juan Téo was crowned King of Corrí and Sovereign of Andora on the 16th of March, 1659, with the support of the nobility and the permission of the general populace.
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