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Lupine settlement in the area dates to at least two thousand years before the present. When they reached the area, they encountered ursines migrating eastward, believed to have ultimately originated in [[Asendavia]], who had been present for some centuries already and were moving eastward. These ursines would eventually settle primarily what is today [[Lunaeria]]. There was some violence between lupines and ursines during this period, and while the two species generally kept to their own communities, evidence of interaction is indicated by linguistic similarities between Vesienvällic and modern Asendavian. Ursines generally elected to continue migrating rather than remain in what is now Vesienväl, although there are still significant ursine communities today in the far northeast, near the border with Lunaeria. The ursines brought with them their [[Ademarism|Ademarist]] faith that did influence some lupine communities; however, the traditional Vesienvällic lupine animist faith remained predominant.

[[File:Casco y collera de lobo tlingit (M. América, Madrid) 01.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A helmet and collar used in battle by a Vesienvällic lupine in the Ursine Wars.]]

 

The power of the Vesienvällic monarchy grew and waned variously over time, but as in the case of most monarchies, the office of the monarch eventually lost power as an elected legislature grew in power. In 1805, a constitution was ratified that codified the supremacy of the ''maapäivät'', or Parliament, over the King. The maapäivät consisted of two houses: a lower chamber of elected representatives and an upper chamber consisting of the landed nobility, whose titles were hereditary and granted by the monarch. Originally in 1805, only men could vote in elections. A suffrage movement for women began in the early 20th century, with women granted the right to vote in 1930 after more than two decades of concentrated political effort and many marches and other public demonstrations by women and by men. The primary impediment had been the upper house of Parliament, whose membership was significantly more conservative than the lower house and the population as a whole. While more leftward parties, focused on improving conditions for the working class, began to gain power in the lower house, the upper house remained solidly conservative because it was unelected.