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=== Prehistory and early history ===

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 Laqyta was the largest and most influential city in the region, and established close links with many other towns and cities along the valley. The state had a single spoken language but multiple written systems of communication used in parallel, likely drawn in from across the peninsula. Geological activity and droughts troubled the state for its entire history. At several points the civilisation was recorded as being close to collapse, but continued to persist thanks to its strong trade connections. Despite these troubles, Laqytian cities are renown for their rich culture of artistry and social traditions which were highly influential on later civilisations. Laqytian architectural ability was also very advanced, and their settlements were often meticulously planned. Whilst no cities were built in the lower Ueclid, trade routes existed along the river with local communities and the peoples on the north coast. Several satellite states emerged in the surrounding regions due to the prosperity Laqytia brought. During its peak, the states influence had spread across the entire peninsula, as evidenced by Laqytian coinage and artefacts being found all the way to the west cape and even beyond the Zycannes in the east.

With the the the 14th century BCE, many small Lordships and chiefdoms had been founded along the length of the Ueclid river as a result of the power vacuum left by the sudden collapse of Laqytia. Little detail is known, however, as texts from the time are infrequent and some remain unreadable due to writing in several undeciphered scripts. This period is sometimes referred to the Axdelian dark ages. Additionally, a significant amount of the written material from the Laqytian period was lost in civil wars which razed remnant cities and towns across its former territory. The political landscape at the time is difficult to reconstruct and many interpretations are controversial, but all evidence suggests it was extremely tumultuous and fraught with war.

In approximately the 12th century BCE, the city state of Quen exited a long period of social unrest, and began a highly successful conquest under Chief Eida which saw the entire Upper Ueclid come under his dominion. The Soltic confederacy, a naval coastal state east of the Ueclids mouth, began its own simultaneous campaign to control the the fertile and productive floodplains in the area. At some point in the middle of the century a war was provoked between the two growing powers, however fighting was slow and arduous due to Eida's being unable to contend with the Soltic Navy and vice versa. Eida was succeeded by his son Eida II, who launched a renewed campaign into Soltic territory which eventually succeeded, putting the entire Ueclid valley and the Northern coast under his dominion by the 11th century BCE. This unified Ueclidian empire remained the status quo for approximately a century and a half as the regions dominant power. In this time, a standardised system of writing and booms in trade leading to increased record-keeping signified the end of the dark ages.

====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. 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.

====Rise of the First Kormistazic Empire====

Early in their history, the seafaring Kveshi civilisation of South East Aurora began exploring much of the Azure sea and establishing numerous outposts to facilitate trade. One of their furthest western excursions led them to contact the Kormistazics in 723 BCE, where it is written they were received very well and a cultural exchange took place between the two cultures. In order to facilitate further trade with the region, the Kveshi colonised a small, sparsely inhabited region of coastal foothills shadowed by the Okrani mountains. The Kveshi established an outpost town on the territory which would later became known as Oceansend and began trading regularly with the cultures on the southern coast of the Axdelian peninsular, with their primary interest being silver bullion from Kormistazm and the Lyr Valley. Among the most historically important effects of Kveshi trade was the introduction of advanced iron smelting technology to the region. This combined with the reverse engineering of their advanced naval vessels allowed the Kormistazic confederations economic and military power to balloon rapidly before other civilisations in the region could fully take advantage of the new technology themselves.

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.

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.

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.

With its only real competitor now within its domain, the Kormistazic empire assumed de-facto control over the Axdelian peninsula. The largest region not under imperial rule was the western coast beyond the Auric mountains, known as Aronia. Although there was some political pressure that called for the conquering and assimilation Aronia and to totally dominate South West Aurora, after two centuries of conflict the already vast empire required more domestic attention and could do without diverting resources towards another war. Aronias reputation as a refuge for minority species from across the continent also drew the pity of empress X̂alinn, who called it 'a little haven we shall respect.' Xalinns successors however did not share her opinion, and after her death in 18 BCE allowed provincial armies to freely raid Aronian cities.

(lots of gold, engineering, mathematics, science, trade w/ everyone, quality of life, you name it. Leadership becomes more focused on vanity projects)

(Conquest of the west coast, domination of the entire peninsula)

(lots of civil wars, imperial government collapses signalling the end of the first empire, and the backdrop of constant Norvian raids. Insert crop failures from Tore and iron age collapse)

(After a faction of Norvians fractures from the mainland, they change strategy and begin a lot of settling, and whilst this utterly thrashes the imperial command structure this doesn't work in the end)

tldr, massive reforms under new imperial dynasties. Going forwards this hardly resembles the empire of the last millenia. Era of the Second Kormistazic empire)

(expansion westwards in Staynnica and Valeria, TBD)

(Pretty sweet battles)

(Empire is partitioned into multiple states for a century or so. The centralising reforms of the 700's coming to bite the empire in the ass.)

(Third Kormistazic empire is founded, early attempts to colonise southern Arcturia begin)

(trade with all the empires, big money)

(Something or other, slows down Kormistazic progress in Arcturia just as the other Auroran empires ramp up their own efforts)

(no more Mr nice mercantile empire, we have guns now)

(Insert imperial renaissance and wars with Arsal here, enough to cause a bit of bankruptcy)

(Higher taxes and economic decline spur demands for local representation and devolution. Honoluras makes some concessions)

(certified ''oh shit'' moment)

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]].

(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)

(Left wing groups begin militarising the region in expectance of future independence, flourishing in the popular counterculture era)

(This time we mean business, followed shortly by a 3-way shattering)

(More people more money, general unrest, Authoritarian Quasi-democratic bi-devolved state solution welded together by Kiet Narvga)

(tldr: Kiet Narvga falls into a coma after a failed assassination, Darius Finch dies. Cavan Nationalist/Other reactionary bobblehead General Huralo Yensi takes power, dissolves the legislature in a soft coup. Opposition escalates into riots and gunfighting, slow burn civil war between elements of the military and paramilitary forces which forces Yensi to eventually resign. MBE backed Socdems crawl out of the woodwork and take power with begrudging support from squabbling syndicalists and anarchists.)

(Loss of the Noroist threat leads to attempted transition to democracy, fails due to disagreements within the government and military. Very nearly a civil war reduced to a low level conflict moderated by Axdelian peacekeepers, ending in a referendum that saw (most of) QFC join the federation)

''See also:'' [[Extinction Corps]]

(speciest nationalists, reactionary radicals, desperate ex-military folk, blame downturn on various things and turn violent during economic slump of the new millenium)

(We're back baby, assert dominance)

[[File:Downsized Axdelian Topography.png|link=link=Special:FilePath/Axdel_Topography_Basic.png|alt=|none|thumb|A Topographic map of Axdel from an atlas]]

==Politics==

''See: [[Political parties and elections of Axdel]]''

Federal Premier - Elected by a convention of the National assembly.

===Military===

The Axdel Armed Forces are the military forces of Axdel, under the commander-in-chief president Diego Corbinn. It consists of the Axdelian army, the Axdelian Navy, the Axdelian air force. Military spending accounts for roughly 2% of the nations GDP, or around 82.4 billion Kiribs.

Axdel

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Axdel has an extensive network of serviceable roadway that connects to practically every part of the country. The system is interlinked with highways that connect internationally to Emberwood coast, Morstaybishlia and Oceansend as part of the larger Auroran highway network. Axdel is part of the Auroran free movement zone and no customs check is required for crossing borders by any means, including road. Most new cars on the road are imported, with the majority coming from other Auroran car manufacturers, although the domestic automobile market makes up a significant fraction. The road network is publicly funded and operates without tolls, with vehicle, road and fuel tax contributing towards its maintenance. Road freight, primarily transported by lorries, is a major source of road wear, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in Axdel.[[File:Rail map Axdel.png|thumb|A map of Axdelian main line railways with notable lines named]]Axdels railway network is one of the most extensive and well developed in Aurora. It is maintained and operated on by the state owned railway company ARC, with other operators also running on the network for international high-speed services. High-speed track that allow trains to reach up to 350km/h connects most large cities, and inter-urban lines connect a large proportion of the nations towns with regular service. Rail connections exist between every country that borders Axdel and like the roadways requires no customs check. Intraurban systems are also very common, with most cities and large towns having ARC operated metro and/or tram systems to compliment local buses. The majority of the network uses standard gauge track, much of it being electrified using a combination of 25kV AC overhead catenaries and 750V DC third rail standards.

There are a large number of airports in Axdel, with Winston Ulysses International on the outskirts of Andel being the busiest in the country. Axdelia Air is the national flag carrier, with several other private companies also serving domestic and international flights.

Whilst under the Morstaybishlian empire, the duty of developing Axdels infrastructure was the responsibility of competing private companies. Compared to the rest of the mainland empire, Axdel often lagged behind in terms of development, but immensely benefited from projects to facilitate access to the regions mineral wealth during the industrial era. With the massive governmental reforms following the end of the Great war, Axdel gained significantly more autonomy and rapidly caught up in terms of its infrastructure. However the relatively low income of the average Axdelian meant that automobile ownership was low and that as air travel became popular it was generally unaffordable. When Axdel gained independence in 1969 and the provisional government took control of all the countries infrastructure, it invested into constructing a huge number of cheaply made and easily repaired freight railways in order to facilitate the efficient movement of goods across the country for the war effort. Many highways were also built during the war, all of which had wide, long straights at various points that were mandated to be capable of allowing military aircraft to land and take off safely.

With an oil price crisis, a bomb damaged, lacklustre infrastructure network, and a low income populace without widespread access to automobile and air transport, the post-war government commissioned a vast, nationwide transit project focusing on railways. This included the electrification, modernisation and expansion of intraurban and commuter services for workers, as well as the construction of thousands of kilometers of new metro systems in dense urban areas and high-speed rail track for intercity journeys that would serve as an alternative to air travel. This would also provide tens of thousands of high paying jobs across the country for the recently demobilised populace. The ultimate goal of the project was to vastly increase the efficiency and capacity of the rail network, reduce the overall cost of its maintenance and operation, and reduce Axdels dependence on imported automobiles and petroleum for its transportation. Almost all of the new railways were electrified thanks to the high capacity of the hydroelectric and nuclear energy plants in place or under construction across the country. Criticism often came with the demolishing of neighbourhoods, both damaged and undamaged by the war, for the construction of new railway and metro lines, including several historic buildings. The cost of the project was also immense, requiring a noticeable percentage of Axdelian copper wire, steel and concrete production to satisfy the construction. As both Lyrevale and Quartz fern coast were reintegrated into Axdel the scope of the project was increased to adjust for it, and aside from a halt during the late 90's, it has continued to the present day.

this is so sad, can we get icarly in Soltan

==Demographics==

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