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'''Axdel''' (Axdelian: ''Axdelia''), officially known as '''The Federation of Axdel''', is a sovereign federal state consisting of three constituent countries; [[Korstazia]], [[Lyrevale]], and [[Quartz Fern Coast]]. It is situated on the Axdelian peninsula of South-West [[Aurora]], and borders the nations of [[Emberwood Coast]], [[Great Morstaybishlia]], [[Oceansend]], and [[Kéya]]. It is the second largest nation by land area on the continent. The capital city of Axdel is [[Andel]], a megacity with 11 million people, followed by Fenrir with 9 million.

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.

Despite relative prosperity within Sekan-Aruqa, the economic booms did not work to reduce violence and infighting between the Kormistazic ruling classes. Soon enough the entire of Kormistazm was under direct or indirect control of the Jakatei and Renequil families. In the 5th century BCE a plague swept through the south of the peninsular, triggering a civil war which resulted in the rapid collapse of the confederacy into two alliances of independent city states, with many of the inland ones loyal to the Jakatai and the coastal region under the Renequil. The matriarch of the Jakatei, Vireña was a radical reformer who was very popular due to her embracing of Kozam as the state faith. With the Renequil remaining staunchly pagan, this created a significant amount of tension between the lower and upper classes in Sekan. Whilst Vireña would die before the Jakatai retook Sekan-Aruqa, her eldest son Mariqo continued her efforts, constricting trade with the south in order to exacerbate their economic hardship, as well as greatly expanding their influence further inland.

==== Era of Rapid Kormistazic Expansion (532 - 310 BCE) ====

Upon Enullus' ascension to the position of Kormistazic emperor, he began a campaign of Northward expansion, incorporating the regions small Lordships and chiefdoms as provinces under his rule. Naval advances brought forth in earlier centuries now allowed faster and easier navigation of the Axdelian peninsular riverways. However the conflict endemic to the region had driven many people to banditry, and thus much of it could not be used safely for trade due to the risk of piracy. Thus as the Kormistazic empire used rivers to assert themselves across the southern plains, the loyalty of conquered people was often earned with the vanquishing of river pirates and the opening of free trade. With his children unwilling to take the throne, Ennullus named his cousin Ax̂ilo Kariqo Kalamitas as his successor in 485 BCE. Worried about the Kveshi, who had reacted to the new empire by heavily fortifying the city of Oceansend, Kariqo expanded Kormistazic control over the southern coast of the Axdelian peninsula. With the state religion of Kozam spread widely across the south of the peninsula and the imperial army violently crushing opposition where it arose, there was often little resistance to this initial phase of Kormistazic expansion. As the empires border expanded, so did it's military power and thus its ability to expand further, leading to increasingly aggressive manoeuvres. The Empires first major military victory would come after the Kassyr Chiefdom declared war on the empire in 458 BCE after incursions of Kormistazic soldiers into Kassyri territory. The [[South Teban War|First Kassyri Integral War]] lasted for over five years but resulted in a crushing defeat for The Kassyr, who were forced to cede all of their holdings outside of the Mona river valley to Kormistazm. Ax̂ilo was badly injured during the war and survived only six months before succumbing to an infection, being succeeded by his daughter Ñeya Yala Kalamitas, the first Kormistazic Empress.

After the rapid pace of unprecedented expansion in the first half of the century, the Kormistazic imperial bureaucracy had been stretched beyond its limits. Thus the sovereigns succeeding Ñeya focused their attention domestically, reforming the empires government structure to better manage its new lands and formalise relationships with its neighbours. The largely disorganised territory that had been incorporated at this point also required attention to ensure its full integration and quell dissent. Among other things the empires provinces were reorganised and large scale public works were authorised to support the capital city, which had grown significantly to the point Sekan had fully engulfed Aruqa, leading to its name shortening due to the redundancy.

With the Teba empire serving as a buffer between the Soltic and Kormistazic empires, the turn of the century saw campaigns of lateral expansion launched to secure riverways and establish coastal provinces. Whilst friendships were secured with the Imbiraturian empire to the east, there was a bloody war with a coalition of Lyr valley Lordships which resulted in a humiliating Kormistazic loss. A second more successful conquest was attempted a decade later, but it was a pyrrhic victory which resulted in massive losses of life. Fearing a revolt would lead to further costly wars of attrition, projects to interlink the Lyr valley with the kormistazic hearland with roads were undertaken primarily to facilitate the rapid movement of soldiers but also improving trade routes. A permanent military garrison of volunteer soldiers was also established to secure the region. These projects were so successful that they were extended to the rest of the empire in the following centuries and were a key factor in its long term success. Increased security along the southern coast and economic prosperity led to the expansion of the Kormistazic navy, which also reduced reduced raiding attacks from Kveshi pirates which had become a nuisance for the growing empire. Without serious resistance, The Kormistazic empire continued to expand its influence over the Lyr valley, using its navigable waterways as arteries through which materials and labour could be rapidly supplied for establishing roads, fortifications and settlements in the interior. Much of this expansion was funded and directed by Kozam affiliated nobles, who saw spiritual and economic benefits to spreading the religion.

Rapid Kormistazic expansion into the Lyr valley was viciously denounced several times by the Neo-Soltic Lord Tulis VII in the 320's BCE. A large army was called to be raised with the intention of conquering and dismantling the dangerous state. Emperor Uuranqa was unimpressed by the Soltic Lord, believing the state to be a declining power destined to fall to Kormistazm sooner or later. Thus as a show of force, Uuranqa convened with the Teban emperor Cerules V and produced a declaration of protectorateship over the empire. Furthermore, threats of trade embargo against the Soltics were made that were expected to force Tulis into submission without a costly war that would pull resources away from the politically and economically unstable Lyr valley. A miscommunication led to Tulis being informed that an embargo had already been enacted, which he considered to be a Kormistazic declaration of war and began rallying his forces for a campaign to sack Sekan. He also ordered the Soltic Navy to sail around the Peninsula to cripple Kormistazic shipping, raid the southern coast and rally dissidents to the Kormistazic empire in the Lyr valley. After tearing through the border with the Teba empire first target of his army was The Teban capital of Montza and Cerules V. A battle in the fields just north of the city saw the Teban army that had assembled there handily defeated, whilst Kormistazic reinforcements arrived late and were forced to retreat in order to avoid being slaughtered. Cerules was quickly executed and replaced with one of Tulis' generals to watch over the city whilst the bulk of the army continued its charge southwards. In one fell swoop the Teban central government was destroyed, and Montza was pillaged by the occupational forces. Tulis' army would never reach Sekan, however, but for over 6 continuous years would maraud across the Kormistazic empire, gathering supplies by pillaging and foraging, and humiliating its military at every engagement. Attempted counterattacks into Soltic territory were also unsuccessful. Eventually the army was halted after it crossed the Okrani mountains into the Lyr valley. Tulis intended to rally the Lyr natives to their cause in order to sow dissent against Imperial rule and replenish manpower that his army had lost to attrition. This failed due to local opposition and mistrust, and after being surrounded on all sides by Kormistazic forces his army was decimated and he was forced to retreat back to Soltan. With Tulis defeated, the Teba Empire was quickly recaptured and remained a protectorate of Kormistazm, albeit worse for wear.

==== Golden Age of Kormistazm and Final Conquests (1st - 4th century CE) ====

After the Surrender of mainland Kormistazm

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]].

====Posolic Wars====

(Several regions attempt to secede from the empire with limited success)

(After the first posolic war in response to a revolt or something.)

(also industrial age, a lot of cool science happens kinda like Scotland irl. And radical intellectual types like Freidrik Noros exist)

(Transition to becoming politically, economically and militarily independent from the empire)

=== Noroist Axdel (1969-1996)===

==== Federation with Lyrevale ====

====Axdelian civil war====