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=Terminology and Etymology=
The term "South Hills" stems from "sørlige åser," literally meaning "southern hills," the name used in the Jarldom of Eyjaria to refer to the regions of the nation that existed on mainland Concord. The term came to represent the three Ulvrikian Kingdoms that later formed out of the Jarldom by the rest of the ulvrikian-speaking people. The term spread into the Vistari-speaking and Staynish-speaking populations, and is now the colloquial term to refer to the UCCS as a whole.
=History=
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===The War of Wojali (1768-1779)===
The people of southwestern Concord (referred to as the Ladoese) reformed into a major political adversary to Elishan after Wojali the Unifier conquered the three Ladoese nations of Gideuella, Canuweya, and Arsquella to form the despotic Kingdom of Wojauella in 1762. This new empire began encroaching upon the Chincuatlan and Elishan empires, proving to be an existential threat to the two. In the 1790's, War of Wojali was significant and devastating enough that the Elishan empire met with South Hills to negotiate the Elishan Compromise of 1772. This treaty re-incorporated South Hills into a much larger but weaker political entity, now including the Elishan as a region of the nation. This new South Hills, reconfigured into the official name of the United Confederation of Concordian States, had doubled in size, stretching from the Eyjarian Sea down to the Mantlitoyatl, a major river that served as the boundary with the Chincuatlan Empire. By reincorporating, both the semi-independent Elishan region and South Hills provided a significant enough resistance against Wojauella to prevent their expansion. In 1779, Wojali the Unifier died of injuries sustained in the Battle of Cozochtli, ending the war and the expansionist efforts of Wojauella.
===Incursion of <Insert General name from Southern Coast> (1782-1789)===
Napoleon-not-Napoleon invades northern South Hills to get at Norgsveldet militarily. South Hills be like "yo wtf"
===The Elishan Integration of 1797===
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==Biodiversity==
===Sentient Biodiversity===
Concord is notable as a major crossroads for a number of different sentient species for thousands of years, including humans, elves, and tieflings, among others. As a consequence, South Hills is in turn notably diverse in its hosting of sentient life, considered among the most diverse on Urth.
=Politics and Government=
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The justice system of the Elishan was very decentralized, with each city (and in some larger cities, each borough) maintaining an arbiter elected by the local population and approved by the overseeing Csvin. The arbiter serves the role of judge and jury. The system is often criticized for its lack of checks and balances within South Hills and the larger world.
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We got Humans, Tieflings, and Elves, small but significant populations of Gnomes, Symphs, Lupines, Vulpines, and Felines (will make a cool chart here one day)
===Language===
Codexian is the primary ''lingua franca'' of South Hills, being the language of business and universities among its various states. The official languages of South Hills are Codexian, Stayno-Codexian, Impelanzan, Norgsveltian, Ulvrikian, Vistari, Ngodian, and
===Religion===
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=Culture=
South Hills, being a continent-sized nation, is host to a diverse array of varied sentient cultures, including but not limited to the Ulvirikian, Codexian, Elishan, Vangdrish, Modish, Chincuatlan, Wojauellan, and the cultures of the Gnome, Elf, non-Elish Tiefling, and Symph populations.
=References=
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