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'''The Free Land of Emberwood Coast''', better known as Emberwood Coast (ˈem:bər:wo͝od kōst), is a nation that exists on the northeastern coast of the [[Aurora|Auroran Continent]], that has land borders with [[Axdel]] and [[Quartz Fern Coast]] to the south. Emberwood Coast exists between the latitudes 45 South and 50 South, and between the longitudes 54 East and 62 East. Its capitol (and largest city) is Aura, which is home to almost 43 million people. The country is highly technologically advanced, featuring a robust research sector as well as a relatively advanced Space Administration. The large lake in the southwest, Mapleleaf Lake, is home to a vast array of temperate wildlife. Most of the nation is cooler due to the nation's low latitude, and oceanic currents often develop multi-day long rainstorms over the capitol, Aura. Aura is home to the headquarters of the [[United Nations of the Auroran Continent]].
Modern day Emberwood Coast was originally settled by a mix of small Usuprian and Human villages in the early 7000s BCE. As civilization of the continent progressed, marginalized groups and exiles coalesced into a loose alliance by the second century BCE. In 122 CE, after refocusing their armies Kormistazic forces took [[Aurelia]], the largest of several communities in the area. Later, however, collapse of Kormistazm and eruption of Mount Koriba in 512CE allowed the region to develop independently once more, now with significantly more advanced technology from under Kormistazic rule. The are remained independent until the early 900s, when the Second Kormastazic Empire reconquered the area and held it until 1575, when it was officially ceded to the Morstaybishlian Empire. Up to this point, it had primarily remained agrarian, sending food east towards Kormastazm but remaining otherwise underdeveloped. Morst rule brought modernized cities and greatly expanded maritime infrastructure, leading to rapid technological and cultural growth, as well as the development of a regional identity. A brief anarchist revolt just before and during the outbreak of war in 1904 initially seemed fruitless, but laid the groundwork for the eventual formation of Emberwood Coast after a broader leftist coalition fought for and won independence from Morst rule in 1970.
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=Etymology and Vexillology =
===Emberwood===
''[[Acer aurum|A. aurum]]'' is a species of maple tree in the ''Acer'' genus, which is native to the coastal midlands of the Mapplethorpe valley and west of the Auric Mountains. The tree sports dark golden to burgundy leaves which lighten in the fall to a bright yellow which lends itself to many Emberitian symbols. As it grows almost exclusively within the borders of modern day Emberwood Coast, it operated as one symbol of cultural identity during the occupations of the Kormastizic and later Morstaybishlian Empires. It first saw use as a name in the spring of 1970 with the initial independence declaration from Morstaybishlia in connection with Norograd, when the breakaway principality was renamed from [[History of Emberwood Coast|Westmoore]] to Ember Valley. When revolutionary leadership voted to further secede as a full nation from the Noroist Republic, it became known as Emberwood Coast.
===Flag Designs and Revolutionary Iconography===
==== Lotus Flag====
The initial revolutionary flag sported a lotus emblem, as well as stars for the constituent provinces of the governorship. The original designer is not known, but the symbol hails from an infamous televised address of Aura Precinct Chief [[William C. Watson]], responsible for violent crackdowns on protests and demonstrations in the late 1960s. In a news conference on July 5th, 1968 he said of the protesters, "This must end. No movement of freaks and regressives can, or will, succeed while I am in control of this city. The residents of this city must be protected from this antisocial movements at all costs." In the background of the broadcast, a lone protestor can be seen with a small cardboard sign with text reading "We Could All Use A Little Sin" ringing a stylized lotus flower. Recovered recordings of the broadcasts briefly show the protestor cracking the wooden handle of the sign over the Precinct Chief's head before the feed cuts to a title card.
==== Modern Flag====
In 2019 a political realignment was accompanied by a flag redesign that saw a departure from the lotus symbol and an embrace of [[History of Emberwood Coast|triple bar]] imagery as [[Wikipedia:Syndicalism|syndicalist]] groups retook government for the first time in two decades. The current design is credited to [[Cilantro (Vexillologist)|Cilantro]], a professor at Kaleidoscope University.
=History=
''Main Articles: [[History of Emberwood Coast]]''
=== Early Settlements and Agriculture===
The first recorded evidence of sentient habitation is traced to Stone Age dark-skinned humans from central Aurora who are the ancestors of today's Native Emberitians. Archaeological digs dated to 6500 BCE indicate they lived in small, nomadic, and pastoral tribes and spread over the northwestern coast of the peninsula and the forested highlands to the south. As west Auroran
===Cultural Expansion===
As other human civilizations expanded across the continent, other species including u[http://nswiki.org/index.php?title=Uspria#Usprian_Elves%7C
=== Democracy and Emberitian Identity===
Later, however, collapse of Kormistazm and eruption of Mount Tore in 512CE allowed the region to develop independently once more, now with significantly more advanced technology from under Kormistazic rule. The region's unique geography lent itself to a somewhat reduced impact from the disaster, helping the area "catch up" in technological development with its larger neighbors. Valerian refugees brought further new technologies including the compass, spinning wheel, and carding machines; as well as leading to advancements like wood-pulp paper in 611CE, and wind-powered grain mills in the late 770s CE. These discoveries coupled with advancements in steelworking, archery, and military science allowed the alliance to remain free of outside rule nearly until the end of the millennium. With that time, small but growing cities were establishing identities as centers of refugee and immigrant life, leading to extensive democratic structures and forestalling inroads of capitalism significantly. Worker's councils oversaw production of grain and steel, construction and maintenance of infrastructure, even staffing and administration of a contemporarily advanced public education network. This lead to the largest of the cities in that age, [[Kaleidoscope#History|Vale]] (modern day Kaleidoscope), having a population in excess of 100,000 people in 804CE. In total, the current land area of Emberwood Coast was estimated to be home to over 300,000 people in the year 800 CE, almost a full third of which having genealogies originating outside the region or continent. In 913, however, the second Kormistazic Empire made signifigant inroads into the region. Numerous battles slowed but failed to stop this advance, leading to the reconquest of the area and it's settlement by Kormistazic nationals. Interestingly, only a partial reconstruction of the region took place, leading to abandonment of some population centers (including Aurelia, Birdsong, and Imi). This lead to a resurgence of agrarian and pastoral lifestyles, capitalized upon by Kormastazic leadership in the form of grain quotas and mandatory exports. While this did strengthen the military efforts in campaigns like Staynicca, it severely reduced quality of life in the Aronian province. Cavan settlers from Kormistazic territory occasionally evicted and killed human, vekaiyun and usuprian farmers with the help of local forces. Strained imperial forces held the Aronian land despite efforts of democratic agitators and independence movements.
Conscription was common for the residents of the region, as Kormistazm turned its eyes to colonialization and conquest. Population in the Aronian province fell by nearly a quarter due to famines, foreign conflict, and displacement. In 1523,
===Morst Development Era===
The city of Aura broke ground in 1872 CE as part of a maritime shipping expansion mandate. Strain on food supply lead to development of overseas agricultural colonies in Arcturia, necessitating a convenient port for overland transfer towards inland Aurora. Aura grew rapidly and attracted many immigrants, particularly racial and special minorities who invariably found low-paid work as deckhands, porters, and laborers at warehouses and drydocks.
===Anti-Authoritarianism and Modern Revolution===
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As the 1960's rolled in, with them came the anti-imperial sentiments of rock music, recreational drug use, and a new explosion of differing ideologies from outside the empire. As these influences combined with the already roiling tensions of the various regions within [[Great Morstaybishlia|Morstaybishlia]] caused the beginning of the end for the Auroran giant.
In the northwest, a popular movement around individual rights and freedom began to arise. With the birth of Chance Syng in 1952, however, the fate of that portion of the empire was sealed. In 1970, a popular movement of succession was all that was talked about in what was soon to be [[Norograd]]. [[Thesius Crumpus Vorenstein|Lord Thesius Crumpus Vorenstein]], governor of what is now Emberwood Coast, parts of Lyrevale, and Northern Quartz Fern Coast, cracked down on the protests that were flaring up around his estate with police. When they were just eighteen years old, Syng stood in front of an officer who had been attacking a man, and refused to move. Realizing what they were doing to their own community (most normal duty officers were recruited from the provinces they worked) and turned on the imperial forces. Three days later, on January 18th, 1970, Lord Voernstein was exiled and Syng, who'd lead several of the revolts before their incident in front of police, was then elected as temporary leader of what was briefly "
===Post-Revolutionary Organization===
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