Tretrid

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Kingdom of Tretrid ᚦᚱᛖᚾᛁᚪ ᚱᛁᚳᛖ (Tretridian) Þrenia Rīce
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Ǣfrelīce forþweard" "Forever forward"
Anthem: Lēoþ fore Þrenia ("Song of Tretrid")
Location of Tretrid
Capital	Cynebury
Largest	Sigested
Official languages	Tretridian
Recognised national languages	Staynish
Religion	49.3% Irreligious 44.0% Asatruar 1.6% Ademarist 1.3% Akronist 1.0% Thaerist
Demonym(s)	Tretridian
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• King	Ælfric III
• Prime Minister	Eoforwine
Establishment
• Norþrenia	924-1256
• Tretrid Proclaimed	1256
• Colonial Empire	1400-1650
• Constitution Established	1726
Area
• Total	1,352,790.112 km2 (522,315.182 sq mi) (11th)
Population
• Estimate	115,000,000 (11th)
• Density	85/km2 (220.1/sq mi) (88th)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$2,875,000,000,000
• Per capita	$32,400
Currency	Tretridian Pound (TRP)
Time zone	UTC-7
Antipodes	Staynes
Driving side	right
Calling code	+128
Internet TLD	.tr

The Kingdom of Tretrid is a nation located in southern Novaris. It is located north of Lapinumbia and south of Transnalpia.

Tretrid was a member of the South-East Pacific Coalition and is an observer of the North Shield Treaty Organization and a founding member of the League of Novaris.

Its government is a constitutional monarchy. The King nominally gets the final say in laws, but in practice the legislature, the Witenagemot, unilaterally passes laws. The current King of Tretrid is Ælfric III, while the Prime Minister is Eoforwine. The capital of Tretrid is Cynebury.

Tretrid has been a colonial empire for most of its history, starting in the 15th century with the establishment of Tretridian West Novaris. After the War of the Tretridian Succession, in which Tretridian West Novaris was partitioned by Norgsveldet and Asendavia, Tretrid maintained a colony in the form of Tretridian Nordenpunto, and later established Transnalpia as a means to easier access Nordenpunto. However, in 1981 Nordenpunto gained independence, seemingly marking an end to the Tretridian Colonial Empire. However, Tretrid still has Transnalpia as a dependency.

Etymology

The term for Tretrid in its native language, Þrenia, derives from the name of the Yuserist god Thret, or Þret. This dates back to the ancient belief that the land was sacred to Thret.

The name "Tretrid" was largely coined by Staynish explorers, deriving from the Impelanzan Trétid.

History

The Triarchy

Around the 11th century, a series of wars erupted in Norgsveldet which led to the creation of the kingdoms of Riksheim and Novreheim. Many people fled Norgsveldet, and some of them crossed the Concordian Ocean and settled in places like modern-day Valkerus.

Other Norgsveltians settled in Tretrid, bringing Norgsveltian culture and Asatru to Tretrid. As they assimilated into Tretrid, Tretridian culture started to have certain Norgsveltian influences to them, and Asatru soon replaced Yuserism as the dominant faith in Tretrid.

The migrations of Norgsveltians displaced some of the people already living there, which lead to a wave of migrations throughout Tretrid, as well as a series of wars. The balance of power was severly disrupted, and by the end of the 11th Century, three kingdoms, Norþrenia, Easþrenia, and Suþrenia had consolidated power and become the dominant powers in Tretrid.

The period from the 11th Century to the unification of Tretrid in the 13th Century has been named the "Triarchy" by historians.

Empire

See also: Tretridian West Novaris

War of the Tretridian Succession

Main article: War of the Tretridian Succession

Great War

Main article: Great War

Decolonization

The end of the disastrous Great War put an end to any dream of retaking any of Tretrid's lost colonies, and the war caused disinterest in Tretridian colonialism. As a result, Nordenpunto was granted dominion status in 1919, and Transnalpia was granted dominion status in 1926. Dominions were largely allowed to govern domestic affairs, but had to send goods back to Tretrid and were not allowed to declare wars or carry out diplomacy with other countries.

The increased autonomy in the colonies bolstered independence movements, and calls to make Nordenpunto fully independent from Tretrid slowly grew. As a result, a referendum was held in 1980, and Nordenpuntans voted to become independent from Tretrid. Talks ensued, and the request for Nordenpuntan independence was granted in March of 1981.

Four Days' War

Main article: Four Days War

Tretrid joined the South-East Pacific Coalition in December of 2016, just as tensions between the SEPC and the Fire Pact Alliance ramped up due to allegations of human rights violations on the part of the FPA. As a result of this, war broke out on December 11 after SEPC ships started to blockade Celannica, an FPA member.

Asendavia, a member of the Fire Pact, sent a fleet to Novaris to attack Tretrid. What resulted were a series of naval engagements off the coast of Tretrid with no decisive outcome.

Tretrid attempted to disable the Fire Pact's orbital weapons platform and space station, the Eternal Wrath, with an ASAT weapon. In response, the Eternal Wrath fired upon and destroyed the SEPC's space station, Myriad Station. The debris from these events are agreed to have been what caused the ablation cascade that ensued shortly after, making much of space near Urth useless. As a result of this, powers like the Veridian Union intervened, threatening diplomatic sanctions against SEPC and FPA nations, unless peace talks ensued. Due to this, a ceasefire was signed and came into effect on December 14.

The Treaty of Aura was signed on January 31, 2017. All nations involved had to pay reparations, but especially Tretrid, since it was the nation that fired the ASAT weapon in the first place.

On Feburary 2, the Witenagemot voted on a motion of confidence due to the government's conduct in the war. As a result, Prime Minister Æthelred was forced to resign, and was so replaced by Eoforwine.

Auroran-Pacific War

Main article: Auroran-Pacific War

In late May of 2017, King Lambertus VII of Great Morstaybishlia held an emergency meeting, in which Tretrid reaffirmed its alliance with the empire. The Oan Isles, Axdel, Kuthernburg, and Stratarin also allied with Great Morstaybishlia. However, during this meeting, Mikhail Starikov took power in Stratarin, leaving the previous Strataric Premier, Viktor Drugov, stuck in Sani Bursil. Starikov renounced Stratarin's allegiance with what came to be known as the "Allies". This event is considered to be the start of the Auroran-Pacific War.

After this meeting, the SEPC Security Council, of which Tretrid was a part, held a meeting concerning these new developments. However, any attempts to make SEPC align with the Allies were stonewalled by Stratarin, as Starikov's government made it clear that they had no interest in aligning with the Allies. Stratarin would later ally with Ethalria, splitting the once mighty Coalition into two.

After Ethalrian agents attempted to assassinate Lambertus, instead killing the Morstaybishlian Crown Prince Thadeus, Tretrid declared war on Ethalria, citing both Thadeus's death and Tretrid's alliance with Great Morstaybishlia.

In the war, Tretrid sent soldiers to Aurora to aid in the war effort, but most of Tretrid's effort was focused on the Pacific Theater, where Tretrid and the Oan Isles opposed Stratarin's attempt to invade Aurora.

Puntalian Incident

In June 2020, when Rufunia supported a coup d'etat in the neighboring country of Puntalia, the UCA and the NSTO acted immediately, deploying forces in Puntalia. Tretrid worked with the NSTO in deploying forces, including 30,000 Tretridian soldiers and a naval task force that included an aircraft carrier. Tretrid also successfully petitioned the League of Novaris to condemn Rufunia. However, the seemingly inevitable war was halted when Great Morstaybishlia's Prime Minister, Franklin Bavarta, threatened both sides in the crisis with sanctions unless they would sit down and talk. Tretrid was one of the signatories of the "Puntalian Compromise," as it would become known.

Irnac War

Main article: Irnac War

Following an incident on the border between Durakia and Vakarastan on July 15, 2020, Tretrid publicly declared support for Durakia. They deployed 50,000 soldiers and a naval task force. Several other nations, including Arkalarius, Norgsveldet, and Meagharia also declared their support for Durakia.

Geography

Tretrid is mainly situated on the Tretridian Peninsula, and is southeast of the Nalpian Mountains. Tretrid is surrounded by the Bay of Atlantia.

Climate

Tretrid's climate ranges from temperate to subtropical, as its southern regions experience a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) while the northern parts of Tretrid experience an oceanic climate (Cfb).

Politics

Government

The King is the head of state, and gives royal assent to all laws passed by the legislature. However, in practice, the king does not hold very much sway over Tretridian politics.

The Prime Minister is the head of government, and is elected by the legislature. The legislature makes use of a parliamentary system.

Tretrid has a federal government, and so is divided up into provinces. These provinces are governed by folkmoots, but are also ceremonially lead by eorls, in the same way the King ceremonially rules Tretrid as a whole.

Law

Tretrid's body of law traces its history to the common law passed by the Witenagemot in medieval times. For most of Tretrid's history, law came in two forms: common law, passed both locally in cities and across the kingdom, by the Witenagemot; and royal law, passed by decree from the monarch.

In the 17th and 18th Century, a series of reforms that moved power from the King to the legislature, eventually effectively abolishing royal law.

Foreign Relations

Tretrid is a member of the League of Novaris and an observer state of the North Shield Treaty Organization, and was a member of the South-East Pacific Coalition. Tretrid holds an alliance with Great Morstaybishlia and with Kuthernburg, and have been friendly with both Morstaybishlia and Kurthernburg since the 17th century. Tretrid also maintains a very cordial relationship with its southern neighbor Lapinumbia, and the two nations have open borders with each other. Tretrid also maintains close ties to Nordenpunto and Lissia, its former colonies.

Military

The Royal Tretridian Armed Forces has about 300K active soldiers in peacetime. The RTAF currently receives about 80 billion SHD in funding.

Demographics

Ethnic groups

Tretrid is mainly dominated by Tretridian people, though there is a small minority of Lissians throughout the peninsula. In the eastern regions of Tretrid, there are significantly more ethnic Norgsveltians.

Religion

About 44% of Tretridians are of the Asatru faith, as that religion was brought over by Norgsveltian settlers in the 11th century, and slowly became embedded in Tretrid over time. When Gustaf II of Norgsveldet made himself the head of the Asatru religion, the Tretridians following the Asatru faith rejected the authority of the King and instead continued following the Gothirs.

In recent decades, Tretrid has become increasingly irreligious, and an estimated 49% of Tretridians do not identify with any religion.

About 1% of Tretridians are Thaerist, as Thaerism spread to Tretrid as a result of increasing interaction with Great Morstaybishlia. Around 1.6% of Tretridans are Ademarist, and around 1.3% of Tretridians are Akronist.

See also

Tretrid in the 2199 Alternate Universe