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|largest_city = [[Joahnsburg]]

|official_languages = Kash/Asendendavian/Cranish

|national_languages = Kash

|demonym = Kasmish

|established_event3 = Kasmiyland Empire

|population_estimate = 62,653,980

|population_estimate_year = 2019

|population_density_km2 = 44 inhabitants

|GDP_nominal = 1.8 Trillion SHD

Kasmiyland, officially the Kingdom of Kasmiyland, is a Gordic country in Northern Yasteria. It borders Crania to the North, Kasmiyland is the largest country in the Gordic Union by area, with a total population of 62 million. Kasmiyland consequently has a low population density of 44 inhabitants per square kilometer, with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country. Approximately 85% of the population lives in urban areas. About 26% of Kasmiyland lies near or in the Arctic Circle. Southern Kasmiyland is predominantly agricultural, with increasing forest coverage northward, around 53% of Kasmiyland total land area is covered with forests.

Kasmiyland is part of the geographical area of Gordic Plains. The climate is in general mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence. In spite of its latitude, Sweden often has warm continental summers, being located in between the Arctic ocean, the Asendavian Sea and the vast Yasterian landmass. The general climate and environment vary significantly from the south and north due to the vast latitudinal difference and much of Kasmiyland has reliably cold and snowy winters. Southern Kasmiyland is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested and includes a portion of the Gordic Plains & Deshbva Mountains.

Kasmiyland emerged as an independent and unified country during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century, it expanded its territories to form the Gordic Empire, which became one of the great powers of urth until the early 18th century. Kasmiyland territories outside of [[Yasteria]] were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day crania during a revolution in 1809. The last war in which Kasmiyland was directly involved was in 1814 when the gordic countries were militarily forced into a conflict. Since then, Kasmiyland has been at peace, maintaining an official policy of neutrality in foreign affairs.

Kasmiyland joined the Gordic Council on 1 January 1995, after previously declining Membership. It is also a member of the Gordic Council, Council of Gordic Affairs, the World Trade Organization and the Northern Shield Treaty. Kasmiyland maintains a Gordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens. It ranks highly in numerous metrics of national performance, including quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, economic competitiveness, equality, prosperity, and human development.

In 1319, Kasmiyland and [[Crania]] were united under [[King Magus Eriksson]], and in 1397 [[Queen Violet III]] of Crania effected the personal union of Kasmiyland and Craina, through the [[Gordic Union]]. However, Margaret's successors, whose rule was also centered in Crania, we're unable to control the Kasmiyland nobility.

A large number of children inherited the Kasmiyland crown over the course of the kingdom's existence; consequently, real power was held for long periods by regents (notably those of the Huges family) chosen by the kasmish parliament. [[King Becek II]] of Crania, who asserted his claim to Kasmiyland by force of arms, ordered a massacre in 1520 of kasmish nobles in Valmäe. This came to be known as the "Valmäe blood bath" and stirred the kasmish nobility to new resistance and, on 6 June (now kasmish national holiday) in 1523, they made Gustav Vasa their king. This is sometimes considered as the foundation of modern kasmish. Shortly afterward he rejected Catholicism and led Kasmiyland into the Protestant Reformation.

However, the Kasmishs began to resent the monopoly trading position of the Kansa, and to resent the income they felt they lost to the Kansa. Consequently, when Gustev Vasa or Gustev I broke the monopoly power of the Kanseatic League he was regarded as a hero by the kasmish people. Kasmish History now views Gustev I as the father of the modern Kasmiyland. The foundations laid by Gustev would take time to develop. Furthermore, when Kasmiyland did develop, freed itself from the [[Kanseatic League]], and entered its golden era, the fact that the peasantry had traditionally been free meant that more of the economic benefits flowed back to them rather than going to a feudal landowning class.

The Kasmish West Malaysia Company began in 1801. The obvious choice of the home port was Valmae on Kasmiyland west coast, the mouth of the Iosa River is very wide and has the county's largest and best harbor for high-seas journeys. The trade continued into the 19th century and caused the little town to become Kasmiyland second city. There was a significant population increase during the 18th and 19th centuries, Between 1750 and 1850, the population in Kasmiyland tripled. Nevertheless, Kasmiyland remained poor, retaining a nearly entirely agricultural economy even as its neighbors modernized. Many looked towards Kuthernburg for a better life during this time. It is thought that millions of Kasmish moved to Kuthernburg. In the early 20th century, more Kasmiy lived in Navalaca than in Valmae. Most Kasmish immigrants moved to the Central Kuthernburg, with a large population in Spandard, with a few others moving to other parts of the Kuthernburg and Asendaviaas.

Despite the slow rate of industrialization into the 19th century, many important changes were taking place in the agrarian economy due to constant innovations and rapid population growth. These innovations included government-sponsored programs of enclosure, aggressive exploitation of agricultural lands, and the introduction of new crops such as the potato. Because the Kasmish peasantry had never been enserfed as elsewhere in Yasteria the Kasmish farming culture began to take on a critical role in Kasmish politics, which has continued through modern times with modern Grarian party (now called the Centre Party). Between 1870 and 1914, Kasmiyland began developing the industrialized economy that exists today.

Strong grassroots movements sprung up in Kasmiyland during the latter half of the 19th century (trade unions, temperance groups, and independent religious groups), creating a strong foundation of democratic principles. In 1889 The [[Kasmiyland Social Democratic Party]] was founded. As the Industrial Revolution progressed during the 20th century, people gradually moved into cities to work in factories and became involved in socialist unions. A communist revolution was avoided in 1917, following the re-introduction of parliamentarism, and the country was democratized.

Following the war, Kasmiyland took advantage of an intact industrial base, social stability, and its natural resources to expand its industry to supply the rebuilding of Gordic Nations. Kasmiyland received aid under the Harold Plan and participated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). During most of the post-war era, the country was governed by the Kasmiy Social Democratic Party largely in co-operation with trade unions and industry. The government actively pursued an internationally competitive manufacturing sector of primarily large corporations.

Kasmiyland like countries around the globe entered a period of economic decline and upheaval during the 70s. In the 1980s pillars of the Kasmish industry were massively restructured. Shipbuilding was discontinued, wood pulp was integrated into modernized paper production, the steel industry was concentrated and specialized, and mechanical engineering was robotized.

Between 1970 and 1990 the overall tax burden rose by over 10%, and the growth was low compared to other countries in Yasteria. Eventually, the government began to spend over half of the country's gross domestic product. Kasmiyland GDP per capita ranking declined during this time.

A policy switch from anti-unemployment policies to anti-inflationary policies resulted in a fiscal crisis in the early 1990s. Kasmiyland GDP declined by around 5%. In 1992, a run on the currency caused the central bank to briefly increase interest rates to 500%.

The response of the government was to cut spending and institute a multitude of reforms to improve Kasmiyland competitiveness, among them reducing the welfare state and privatizing public services and goods. In 2006 Kasmiyland got its first majority government for decades as the center-right Alliance defeated the incumbent Social Democrat government. Following the rapid growth of anti-immigration Kasmiy Democrats and their entrance to the Valmäe in 2010, the Alliance became a minority cabinet.

Kasmiyland is militarily aligned with the [[NSTO}, and actively has joint military exercises with Asendavia and some other countries, in addition to extensive co-operation with other Yasteria countries in the area of defense technology and defense industry. Among others, Kasmish companies export weapons that were used by the [[Atiland]] military in South Atiland. Kasmiyland also has a long history of participating in international military operations, including most recently, Latianburg, where Kasmish troops were under the NWA command.

In recent decades Kasmiyland has become a more culturally diverse nation due to significant immigration; in 2015 it was estimated that 15 percent of the population was foreign-born, and an additional 5 percent of the population was born to two immigrant parents. The influx of immigrants has brought new social challenges. Violent incidents have periodically occurred including the 2016 Valmäe riots which broke out following the police shooting of an elderly Kuthern immigrant. In response to these violent events, the anti-immigration opposition party, the Kasmiy Democrats, promoted their anti-immigration policies, while the left-wing opposition blamed growing inequality caused by the center-right government's socio-economic policies.

In 2016 [[Stean Löfe]] won the General Election and became the new Kasmish Prime Minister. The Kasmiy Democrats held the balance of power and voted the government's budget down in the Valmäe, but due to agreements between the government and the Alliance, the government was able to hang onto power. Kasmiyland was heavily affected by the 2017 Latianburg migrant crisis, forcing the government to tighten regulations of entry to the country, as Kasmiyland received thousands of asylum seekers per week during the autumn, overwhelming existing structures.