Staynes: Difference between revisions

|established_event2 = Ascendancy of the [[Morstaybishlian Empire]] over the [[Kormistazm|Kormistazmic Empire]]

|established_date2 = 1575

|established_date3 = 6 Jun 1975

|area_km2 = 2286850

|iso3166code = STA

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The area now called Staynes was first inhabited by modern humans known as the Strathipolic people around 52,000 years ago, but takes its name from the Staynnica, the most prosperous kingdom during the time where the second kingdom of Maltervenia fell and the "third" kingdom of Maltervenia (Kingdom of Staynes) rose. Staynes became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The Staynish language, the [[Thaerism|Thaerist]] Church, and Staynish law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in Staynes, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been adopted by a respectable count of other nations.

Staynes' terrain mostly comprises low hills and plains, especially in central and western Staynes. However, there are uplands in the south (for example, the [[Zycannes]] and the mountainous Petenta District) and in the southwest (Zycannes). The capital is [[Sani Bursil]], which has the largest metropolitan area in both Great Morstaybishlia and the world. Staynes' population of over 155 million comprises 32.8% of the population of Great Morstaybishlia, largely concentrated around Sani Bursil, the West Coast, and conurbations in the Midlands, the Far North East, and Horkalo, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.

 

 

Staynes is a [[wikipedia:Developed country|developed country]] and is considered to have a [[wikipedia:World Bank high-income economy|high-income economy]] and is categorised as high in the [[wikipedia:Human Development Index|Human Development Index]]. There is a total GDP per capita of $40,597 in Staynes and its dependencies. Staynes has remained as a highly influential [[wikipedia:Core countries|core country]] especially influencing events in [[Aurora]]. It is a recognised nuclear weapons state.

Plague erupted in the region on multiple occasions, wiping out nearly a third of the population at the turn of the 7th century. Returning epidemics would rise and fall in the next thousand years, most notably in 795 and 812.

 

 

===Era of Changes (890 CE - 972 CE)===

[[File:970 Aurora snip.png|right|thumb|450px|Aurora circa 970 CE. Maltervenia in dark green and descending levels of linguistic, economic or cultural dependence/ties to Maltervenia in other greens, other spheres of influence in grey.]]

 

 

The first grandson of Egbert, King Ræulf, sailed to Aetern in 965 and met with the kings of the Kingdoms of Dovia, Laulia and Calthia. Unhappy with how they were treated under their economic dependency of Maltervenia, the four kings planned military strategies and came to an agreement. News caught wind in Maltervenia and Ræulf’s boat was sunk on its return voyage, though survivors managed to escape and return the plans and news of his death to his brother Rænnulf who was a revered military commander. Rænnulf became king, and declared war on Maltervenia.

 

Rænnulf marched his armies into Maltervenia and was met at Verns Bridge, near Gastony, and was killed in the subsequent battle. The throne passed to his younger brother Rænouart, who continued and won the battle and was later crowned king. Rænouart died a year later of dysentery, and the crown passed to the fourth brother [[Pip the Gallant|Þipæ]], who in 972 defeated King Botulf of Maltervenia and declared himself King of the Staynes. Honouring the agreement laid out with the kings of the other three kingdoms, Staynes relinquished any claim of land east of Lake Newton, something that still exists today.