Veria

High Kingdom of the Verian Isles Àrd Rioghachd na Eileanan Vèrannach (Àthaic)
Flag Royal Icon
Motto: "Urram agus Glòir" "Honor and Glory"
Anthem: "The Fian's Last Voyage" (Turas mu Dheireadh an Fhian)
Veria (top right) and Galemòr (bottom left) in green
Location	North Concordian Ocean
Capital	Ruinaith
Largest	Lotharne
Official languages	Àthaic
Demonym(s)	Verian
Government	Plutocratic monarchy
• High King	Artagan IV Taranìr
• Upper house	Noble Council (Comhairle Uasail)
• Lower house	Guild House (Taigh Guilidh)
Population
• 2023 estimate	17,400,000
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$748 billion
• Per capita	$40,000
Currency	Verian Aonad (🝪) (AON)
Calling code	+7
ISO 3166 code	VI
Internet TLD	.vi

Veria (Àthaic: Vèrinn), officially the High Kingdom of the Verian Isles (Àthaic: Àrd Rioghachd na Eileanan Vèrannach) is an island nation in the northern Concordian Ocean, located just west of Borea and east of Novaris, the latter of which it holds territory on through the Crown Colony of Galemòr. Veria shares no land borders with any other nation on Urth, and the only nation it borders by sea is Kurandia. The capital of Veria is Ruinaith, and its largest city is Lotharne.

History

Guilder Revolt

Historical Background

The Guilder Revolt of 1717 was a period of civil conflict centered around and resulting from the longstanding power struggle between guild and state. By the early 18th century the Verian guilds were a long-established force in both politics and government, and with the advent of the Industrial Revolution in Veria the so-called 'Guilder' class—a social strata of guild magnates—had risen significantly enough in station to rival the nobility in political influence and power. Though the guilds had held sway in the High King’s court since the 15th century, the advancement of the guild magnates was the first time in Verian history that they stood on equal footing with the nobility, and many among their ranks were no longer content to serve a noble as their High King.

Rise of the Lodges

Guilder society was unimaginably exclusive, as demonstrated by the Loidsean Guilidh (Guild Lodges), private societies formed from the only most privileged members of an already privileged class. The lodges were organized as secret meetings of the high society, and became hotbeds for philosophical and political debate among the most prominent guild magnates. At the fore of popular Guilder rhetoric was the concept of Tionnsgainneach Riaghailt (Magnate Rule), a political philosophy that advocated for the magnates, as the champions of the Industrial Revolution in an evolving society, to rule the nation at the head of the guilds, which themselves would act as bodies of governance. The concept, famously characterized as "a monopoly over the state" by Duke Íomhar Taranìr, advocated for a peaceful transfer of power from the nobility to the magnates through the purchase of titles. The common belief was that if the guilds could acquire the titles assigned to important court functions, they could take over the government like investors buying shares to acquire a company.