Axdel: Difference between revisions

| flag_caption = [[Flag of Axdel]]

| national_anthem = ''"PeaceAxdelia forthe AxdelPeaceful"''

| official_languages = [[wikipedia:Italian language|Axdan Language]]Axdelian

| government_type = [[wikipedia:SocialFederation|Federal]] democracy[[wikipedia:Semi-presidential system|SocialSemi-presidential]] democracy[[wikipedia:Republic|Republic]]

| Gini = 2123.1

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, humid continental in the interior regions and temperate oceanic along the southern coast. The [[Zycannes]] mountain range terminates along the Eastern border, with the [[Teba Mountains|Teba]] mountains forming the backbone of the nation and terminating with the [[Auric Mountains|Auric]] mountains along the coast. Axdel generates income from various sources, including energy, manufacturing, mining and agricultural exports, andas well as international education.

Whilst widely disputed, itIt has been hypothesised that the Axdelian peninsula and several other areas of Aurora were inhabited by a now-extinct sapient species before the first migration of anatomically modern Elves and Humans into aurora. The theory emerged as a response to the complete absence of elves and early human species in multiple regions up until the beginning of the last interglacial period, with biologist Varen Buzela hypothesising in 1886 that it could be due to competition with an undiscovered race. His idea was somewhat popular, however due no such competitor species being found it was dismissed by many of his contemporaries, though the underlying issue persisted. In 1899, the palaeontologist Felip smithSmith claimed to have discovered leg bones belonging to an extinct species of sentient, upright-standing avians at a site in the [[Molvian Corridor]]. He named it [[Cava Man]], and produced a paper theorising that the species went extinct after the arrival of modern humans. The scientific community at the time was divided, with Buzela even arguing against Smith, until the Morstaybishlian royal society purchased the remains in 1902 and dubiously classified them as belonging to an extinct species of ratites. Smith's theories were rejected and replaced with athe hypothesisdominant theory of heavy, persistent glaciation duefuelled toby theSempiternan geography of theocean areacurrents preventing habitation instead.

In 2021 the discovery of multiple nearly complete skeletons in the Teba mountains brought the idea back to the mainstream. The skeletons possess hollow bone structure, upright bipedal stature and large volume craniums. Several tools were found alongside them indicating a level of technological advancement consistent with that of a neolithicNeolithic society. As the remains have been dated to 25000 BCE, this would have made them considerably more advanced than any other species on Urth at the time. Early hypothesis' suggest that by this time their population was very small and highly dependant on agriculture, and that either climate change, volcanicthe eruption of nearby Mount Koriba, or competition from hunter-gatherers combined with a lack of crop diversity led to their final demise. Little is known about their society, culture or their history in the region, and thus locating other remains has become an important area of study. Further analysis has since confirmed a link to the far older cava man remains, and the species has unofficially been named 'Cava' by those working on it.

Archaeological evidence suggests that human hunter gatherers originating from lake Lamberta arrived in the region in approximately 30,000BCE, and is the the first undisputed evidence of habitation. In 25,000BCE the Chomlec culture emerged on the North coast of the western auroran peninsula of interconnected tribes and families. Chomlec society flourished for a while, however it soon fractured due to increasing migration across the rest of the peninsula. The Neolithic era emergedbegan atin approximately 108,000BCE after the (re)emergence of agriculture and promptedspurred the establishment of the first permanent settlements. Metallurgy was independently developed in the foothills of the Auric Mountains in 4000BCE, with copper, silver and gold metalworking spreading rapidly across the region and driving a period of productivity increases and urbanisation. Bronze working would later be introduced into the region, likely from the far east where the first true Auroran civilisations were developing, namely the [[Nelokhvi Empire]], or by proxy through nomads roaming the Staynish region who regularly interacted with them

==== Lapytian City States (20th - 11th century BCE) ====

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