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The region which now contains Alva has been inhabited by hominid life for millions of years. Elves as well as humans, lupines, and vulpines have existed in northern Yasteria since prehistory. While the exact time and location of the first elven civilizations is disputed, it is known that inland north-east central Yasteria was predominately populated by elves by the mid-to-late Neolithic period. Inscriptions on stone tablets and in pottery as early as 3400 BC feature a kind of proto-writing that is today called the Urgabom Script, named after the city in what is now Alva where it was first discovered. Urgabom Script is the first script known to be created by elves, although it has not yet been translated and scholars disagree on whether it truly encodes a language. The Urgabom Script Civilization is believed to have begun to build urban-like settlements before a drought or other disaster severely reduced the population sometime around 2500 BC.
While there was always elven habitation of the region, none of the people there used writing for several centuries after the Urgabom Script writers disappeared. Instead, a largely nomadic society arose, with small tribes moving across the
[[File:GenghisKhan&BörteGenghisKhanEquestrianMonument.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Wax figures of Gunghris Khan and wife in the National Historical Museum in Alvakot. Gunghris was famous for taking human wives from lands he conquered.]]
By approximately 800 BC, texts found in what is now [[Packlivania]] refer to "the tribes of Alva," and a leaders who were known by the title "Kaan." This date is used by most international historians to date the first formalized Khanate of Alva. The title of Khan was believed to be martial in nature, rather than hereditary, which whichever chief who was able to marshal enough support among other tribes gaining the title. In this era, there were typically multiple Khans, with one Khan gathering power in one particular region and engaging in hostilities against other Khans. Power tended to fluctuate between tribes in the more arid east and the tribes on the west near the sea. While tribes in both areas were nomadic in nature, the tribes in the west tended to move between established settlements on a seasonal schedule, whereas the tribes in the east rarely settled in the same location more than once. The east, while less populous, had one resource the west lacked: horses. Wild stallions are native to eastern Alva, and the warriors of the eastern Alvan tribes were famous for their connection to and skill with their horses. Alvan archers were known worldwide for their ability to shoot while on horseback.
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In addition to fuel resources themselves, Alva is a net exporter of electricity to the region. Oil and nuclear power plants are common, as are wind turbines and hydroelectric power. Electricity is cheaper in Alva than in most neighboring countries, and even rural and nomadic areas have easy access to electricity.
While the more
===Income Inequality===
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==Geography==
[[File:Naadam rider 2.jpg|left|thumb|300px|A child in Alva learns to ride a horse in the central
Being located near the center of the continent, Alva would be significantly more arid than it is were it not for the Sea of Alva to its west. The sea moderates the climate and provides moisture to the area. Urgabom, the largest city in the country, is only one of several permanent or semi-permanent settlements that have existed on the coast of the Sea of Alva throughout history, and the attractiveness of this climate compared to the relative harshness of the east is part of what drove the traditional differences in culture between the two regions. Today, the west of Alva remains more populous and less mobile than the east. The Urgabom metropolitan area is home to approximately 4.3 million people.
The largest geographic region of the country is the central
The far east, and to a lesser extent the far north, is higher in elevation and more rough in terrain than the central
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