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Axdel is a developed nation and is considered a regional power with the 2rd largest GDP and [[List of countries by military expenditure|miltary budget]] on Aurora. It is also one of the largest countries by surface area on Urth, possessing the the 5th largest territory on land and having the 10th largest population as of early 2021. It also ranks highly in metrics of civil rights, education rates, income equality, and general quality of life.
Axdel is a largely temperate nation with significant deciduous forest coverage and fertile land which has been extensively used for agriculture. The climate ranges from humid subtropical along the north coast, a continental climate in the interior regions and temperate oceanic along the southern coast. The nation is very mountainous, with the [[Zycannes|Zycannes mountains]]
Axdel is a member state of the [[United Nations of the Auroran Continent]] (also being the seat of the [[Auroran Court of Justice]]), and the [[IRSA|Intercontinental Regional Security Accords]], and uses the multinational [[Kirib]](♅) as its currency alongside many other Auroran Nations.
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=== Prehistory and early history ===
In 25,000BCE the cavan Chomlec culture emerged on the North coast of the Axdelian peninsula. Chomlec society flourished for a while,
The first advanced civilisation in the region was Laqytia, a collection of city states which was established in approximately 2200 BCE on the upper course of the [[Ueclid River]]. The region there was well suited for agriculture, thanks to its drier summers, relatively meek springtime flooding and the ease with which the alluvial floodplains could be irrigated. The capital of
By the 15th century BCE, however, Laqytia entered a period of rapid decline. Records from the time indicate that a series of natural disasters and successive crop failures plagued the central valley, and the river was diverted after a flood. Famines caused many of the outlying cities who depended on trade with the agricultural core to fall, and some time after this the city of Laqytia experienced widespread fire and looting, causing much of the city to be burned to the ground. The cause of this is debated, with the two dominant theories being either civil disturbance due to the population loss in the years prior, or an invasion by nomadic cultures from the West taking advantage of the outlying towns and cities falling into ruin. Several other cities were burned in similar fashion and Laqytia collapsed, leading to its near entire abandoned. Several large migrations occurred, with many Laqytians heading north to seek refuge in the lower Ueclid, with some also turning west towards the location of modern Emberwood coast. Others went south past the Teba Mountains and to the cities within the floodplains, whilst others went further still eventually ending up in the Lyr valley or the southern coast of the peninsula.
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===Classical Antiquity (748 BCE - 345 CE)===
[[File:ISS-38 Kliuchevskoi Volcano on Kamchatka.jpg|thumb|Mt. Koriba in the present day, photographed from low orbit]]
====Koriba Catastrophe====
In 748 BCE, Mount Koriba in the eastern Lyr valley experienced its most powerful eruption in recorded history, rating a 6 on the volcanic explosivity index. The explosion is recorded being heard across the entire peninsula and beyond, surrounding towns are thought to have been levelled instantly by the shockwave and buried by pyroclastic flows. This caused devastating local effects, causing widespread crop failures due to the ash clouds and acid rain. Whilst all civilisations west of the Zycannes were impacted by the eruption, the trade dependant Teba empire was among those who suffered the most. Trade sharply declined in the following years, causing the empire to became significantly weaker and become internally instability. Many neighbouring civilisations soon jumped on the opportunity to take advantage of the empire and began raiding Teban settlements, sparking a century of wars which ravaged both sides and caused far more damage than the relatively short term effects of the volcano. A further effect of this was that the Kormistazics, who had many trade links with the Teba, entered a period of infighting and civil wars as various members of trading nobility attempted to seize control of Sekan-Aruqa. As trade with the North failed to ever truly recover, the instability in the region would remain, resulting in the confederacies decentralised political structure collapsing and beginning a trend of power being consolidated by an increasingly small number of oligarchs. The wars often spilled out into surrounding unincorporated settlements, often leading to subjugation and incorporation under the banner of the outlying cities.
Other civilisations such as the Kassyr and Mirazii, who were also connected through Teban trade networks, suffered greatly in the years after the disaster, however with weak neighbours and natural defences on their side, their civilisations managed to remain stable and prosperous past the initial hardships. It was at this time in the vast Mona river valley that served as the primary trade corridor between these between these two stable empires, that a group of cavan prophets known as the four oracles founded the Kozam faith. They started by bestowing their teachings onto travellers and passing merchants, many of which chronicled the writings and began founding temples in many major cities. The oracles are known to have travelled to many of these early temples. One place known to have been visited was the Kormistazic capital of Sekan-Aruqa, where the religion became very popular with the citizenry and several noble families, initially coexisting with the other religions present in the region.
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==== Golden Age of Kormistazm and Final Conquests (1st - 4th century CE)====
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(lots of gold, engineering, mathematics, science, trade w/ everyone, quality of life, you name it. Leadership becomes more focused on big infrastructure and vanity projects)
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===Morstaybishlian rule (1575 - 1969) ===
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Shortly before the Surrender of the mainland, the Arcturia territories of Kormistazm declared themselves to be a separate empire under the rule of former General Ñazj al-Qeeora. Originally from [[Maladh Al-Taajir]], Ñazj had lead a successful campaign to take over much of Morstaybishlia's Arcturian colonies during the war and was very popular amongst colonists and the fleeing elite. As the mainland capitulated he assumed total control as Lousquarii emperor as well as assuming protectorateship over his homeland from the now collapsed Kormistazm. Several cities on the South West tip of the mainland and the surrounding land were also incorporated into the Lousquarii empire to escape Morst occupation. Whilst stretching over vast swatches of land, the new empire faced instability as numerous parts of the empire revolted almost immediately. Ñazj was unwilling to spread his limited military capacity thinly in case of a naval invasion from Morstaybishlia, and thus several regions were granted freedom with little resistance, such as the agrarian region of [[Gratulto]] which became an independent duchy in 1576. Efforts were instead concentrated on quelling revolt in the well developed core territory and those with significant wealth.
In 1578 Ñazj met with a delegation from Morstaybishlia to formalise a peace declaration, as the two had not yet officially ended the west Auroran crusades, and negotiate the borders between the empire on Arcturia. Still maintaining a relatively strong navy, Ñazj only offered the Lousquarii holdings on the mainland and refused the Morst demand for the return of New Calthia and Rodenia and Lokania. After failing to come to any kind of compromise, the Morst navy launched a surprise attack on Boscawen and clashed with the Lousquarii navy in the seas outside of the city. The Morstaybishlian's also landed on the far side of the island and rallied resistance against Lousquarii garrisons, successfully driving them from New Calthia by 1580. This defeat caused confidence in emperor Ñazj to waver in much of the Lousquarii merchant class, who had only just fled the mainland and feared the possibility of a Morstaybishlian occupation. However as Ñazj returned to Porto Idola from the lost battle he remained steadfast in his refusal of the Morst demands. Confidence in the emperor continued to decline, however, becoming critical in 1584 after the eastern regions of Rodenia fell to an uprising and became independent, after which Morstaybishlia re-established control. Ñazj was overthrown shortly afterwards, dying of hypothermia whilst imprisoned. He was succeeded by Lord Draughtsman Kayo Aurazzi, who acceded to Morstaybishlia's demands for their colonies in the Treaty of Porsloe in early 1586. After assuring peace, Kayo disestablished the imperial government and officially ended the Lousquarii empire. On the first of May 1586 he founded the republic of [[Quariin]], which remains independent to the present.
====The Contiguous Empire====▼
===== Early Years =====
After mainland Kormistazm surrendered to Morstaybishlia and was formally annexed, the following years provided the empire with significant trouble asserting its control over its new land. The lords of several cities and regions saw the Morst army and their recently coronated king, [[Redrugus V]], as weakened by the five decade conquest, and attempted to negotiate for autonomous status and freedom from imperial law. Others assumed autonomy independently and without royal consent. Peasant revolts were also common, often driven by ideas circulated by several Morst generals that the Cavan population of the peninsula should be wiped out to make way for human settlers. A diaspora of Cava fled the peninsula, mainly travelling to Arcturia but also finding their way across the planet. The background threat of local lordships seceding from the empire, and unruly peasants saw occupational garrisons spread thinly across the peninsula. These garrisons were often army conscripts who had fought in the crusades and were often paid poorly or not paid at all due to the financial strain on the empire during the transitional era. Redrugus V was reportedly in very poor health due to the stress associated with managing the occupation and died only two years into his reign, leaving it to his son, [[Lambertus V]].
The death of Redrugus, however, was the spark for a number of significant problems. Seeing an opportunity to make up for their lacklustre payment, many soldiers took the opportunity to desert from the army to loot and pillage Kormistazic cities, killing thousands in the process. Some disillusioned soldiers even defected to the Cava they had just conquered, the most infamous example of which being General John Nargas, who claimed to have visions of the prophet Matilda and several [[Kozam]] deities who instructing him to lead the Cava people against the Morstaybishlian empire. Operating out of Veraala, Nargas conquered much of Northern Lyr valley and maintained de-facto control over it for 6 years until the Morstaybishlian army sieged the city and executed him for treason. Lead by Lambertus, the army also saw to formally establish and properly assert control over the new provinces of the empire, deposing of many influential families and figures and replacing them with those loyal to the crown. The king also signed an act which would compensate those who served in the West Auroran crusades with prime plots of agricultural land. This led to many Morstaybishlian soldiers settling in the peninsula, concentrating in the northern Lyr Valley, and Southern Corstania. This combined with other land payments in other areas of the empire such as the fertile interior of Staynes effectively lessened both the economic strain on the government and worked to appease the many unruly soldiers.
===== Morstaybishlian Colonial era =====
====Posolic Wars====
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