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===Ancient Kostuvia===
"Kostuvian" is an umbrella term that includes a multitude of peoples, thethat Tuvalts,would Kostroms,eventually andmake Baykals beingup the largest of thoseSalovian groupsethnicity. Initially, the Kostuvian tribespeople had settled in the southern lakes of Aurora that are currently split between Ethalria, Xagrurg, and Tuvaltastan. For at least 15,000 years, the Kostuvian tribes spent much of their time within the plains and forests of what is now Ethalria, Xagrurg, Caltharus, Tuvaltastan, and Baykalia. The tribespeople for this period of time followed a system in which each tribe was led by a clan leader. The clan leader was determined initially by the ability to overthrow the pre-existing clan leader, but later was determined by family ties.
The first mention of a unified KostuvastanKostuvia dates back as far as 3,500 B.C.E. on the coast of Slovan Lake, with the discovery of a mosaic portraying a crude map with Slovan Lake as the center, with land surrounding it. This is believed to be the oldest map of Aurora. The settlement the map was found in was destroyed and abandoned because of an earthquake of 8.2 magnitude, according to geological studies of the area. For another 1,800 years, the continent of Aurora consisted of numerous tribes, until another re-unified region formed in 1,700 B.C.E. that sprawled throughout the continent. This ancient empire is the direct predecessor of the modern-day nations Tuvaltastan, Kostromastan, Tivot, and Baykalia.
[[File:Kostuvian Empire.png|thumbnail|left|Territorial Height of The Kostuvian Empire 1,100 B.C.E.]]
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