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===Pre-Independence===
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Norograd was conceived in 1923 after a popular vote resulted in the renaming of the western Morstaybishlian principality of Kormistazm. This happened after years of cumulating spite towards the overarching, oppressive Morstaybishlian monarchy, and the rising popularity of prominent communist and socialist philosophers in Kormistazic society. When realising the threat to their
===Auroran Imperial War===
During the war, Norograd constructed a tactical orbital nuclear weapon known as Kevatuul, named after the Kozam god of chaos. It was Intended to be used to destroy Morstaybishlian military installations and infrastructure whilst obscuring the distinct electromagnetic characteristics of the blast from spotter satellites. The project saw many delays as interest with Norogradian high command piqued and waned, though it was eventually built and assembled in orbit by late 1974. It's first mission was intended to be a supporting role in either a second attempt to reach the interior Staynish oilfields, or an invasion of South Staynes. Both were put on hold due logistical issues, though the south Staynish plan was approved for after the alliance with Ethalria was withdrawn.
However, beforeBefore it could be used, however, three Emberitian intelligence agents were discovered after attempting to sabotage the weapon via an undisclosed method. As Ethalria-Norograd relations were decaying rapidly with Norograds withdrawal and the fact that the agents were female, it was falsely assumed that the agents were Ethalrian. This caused a major panic in the military command structure, and thus the officer in command of a command site put through an order to drop all eight rods onto the Ethalrian city of Rivendale and sever military installations. This was later found to be against the orders of Keit, who had made no assumptions as to the identity of the agents, and those close to him have claimed he intended to strike parts of Emberwood as revenge instead. Of the four rods aimed at Rivendale, three detonated fully, with the fourth one suffering from a fizzled yield reduction of several orders of magnitude. The explosions caused the earth around the impact sites to rise approximately twenty feet, pulverising concrete foundations and collapsing underground metro lines, basements and bunkers where many had hid after the first rod impacted. The seismic shockwaves caused a few skyscrapers to collapse, though in the aftermath many others were condemned after the damage done to their foundations. The death toll in the city was in the tens of thousands, and the military bases struck fared no better either. A cease fire was declared immediately afterwards, during which the source of the attack was determined to have been a satellite, and Norograd was quickly blamed. The attack shocked the world, and within a few days motivated the wipbeginning of the Weyrcliff peace talks and the end of the war.
Norograd faced international embarrassment for the internal blunder which had led to them attacking their recent ally, and the loss of national integrity led to [[Quartz Fern Coast]] and [[Lyrevale]] seceding from the nation, the latter quickly succumbing to internal tensions and spitting in two. With Emberwood coast later admitting involvement, the blame was spread between the two and Norograd regained cohesivity
=== Reunification with Lyrevale ===
[[Lyrevale Civil War]]<br />[[Lyrevale Continuation War]]
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