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Around 200BCE, a group of people arrived at the island that is now known as Nordail. They built a small settlement there and for almost 3 centuries, no one was aware of a larger island. Circa 120 was when the foreign settlers realised that the 'larger jungle area' was in fact a peninsula that was inhabited. The two groups of settlements slowly mingled. There was one peaceful empire with only two large settlements, mõnstæd and nordail. The Zeibear language, then known as Azana, had been fleshed out into a logo-syllabary. It's phonemes were very different and not many spoke it. Greater Alagad was thought to have been formed around the 870s making it one of the oldest cities in Zeiberland. The years until the early 800s were mostly uneventful, with the Zeibesh people expanding their territories. Then one day, a ship sailed into the region west of Mõnstæd. These were Salovian explorers who eventually brought with them human settlers. This also bought with them the religion of Thaerism. Those foreigners who hadn't joined the Zeiban(then called Seyban) settled north of the Hlu river. This gave rise to the Eizyue empire. The Eizyue empire was the only state in the history of the peninsula to have given attention to the race of its people. It was primarily humans and a supressed minority of elves. The Eizyue empire became a major threat to the Zeiban empire in the early 1200s. This caused a very big shift in the peninsula and thus began the age of conquest.

The peninsula was slowly divided into different kingdoms. There were three main kingdoms that would be prevalent until the early 1500s. The three were the Eizyuez, the Zeibans and the Leshmans. These emipres were fairly peaceful other than minor conflicts until 1367 when the Leshmans annexed a smaller state, Wañor(now Wagnõr) which put them in direct contact with the Zeibans. Wañor was protected by Zeiban and when it was annexed, Zeiban, with its then ruler, Queen Khanzada II, decided to end the years of peace and one of the most important wars in the history of the peninsula begun. It lasted for almost 10 years from 1368 - 1377. The Leshmans were far weaker in terms of military strength. However their then ruler, Babar Majide won over the town of Savigle and Nemar fort. He was regarded as a tactical genius. However, he grew severely ill and his brother, Baad saw this opportunity and together with the Zeibans, assassinated Babar in 1375. Baad then was crowned ruler of Leshman, and Wañor was returned to the Zeibans. However, Baad wasn't satisfying with this deal and pretended to retreat while secretly setting up his troops to launch an attack on the retreating Zeban forces. However, Khanzada expected this and surprised Baad and killed him in the second battle of Wañor in 1376. The Leshmans kept fighting, however they were quickly overwhelmed and surrendered 8 months later. Thus ended the Leshman empire. The Zeibans annexed all territory to the north of Kanghiz (Now north Katalania). The small region below was freed from Leshman rule and thus came the region of Resenbool. Meanwhile, Eizyue prepared to launch an attack on the Zebans with their armies focused on the south. However, the winter of 1377 stalled the Eizyue long enough for the Zebans to march their armies back north. The Eizyue attack was slowed. However the Zeibans were weakened from battle with the Leshmans. The Eizyue wanted to take advantage of this and lauch an attack. They did, in 1378 and the Eizyue annexed some territory south of the Hlu river. However, after the death of their ruler, Armain Yegar due to disease, the Eizyue signed a peace treaty. It was taken over by a peace loving pacifist, Eidam Yegar from 1379 -1407. He was disliked by his own people and was gotten rid of a few years later. Eizyue expanded northward while Zeiban annexed Resenbool and other smaller towns towards the centre. Only in 1508 did that peace shatter.

Zeiberland is located on an island in south-west Yasteria. Zeiberland is neighboured by [[Lazlowia|Lazlowia and]] [[United Socialist Provinces of Rumrari|United Socialist Provinces of Rumrari.]] Zeiberland is made up of two islands, the main island and Nordail. Zeiberland has 4 major rivers flowing through it: ''Je Syein'' which comes from the [[United Socialist Provinces of Rumrari|Rumrari]] strait, ''J'Elanõr'' which flows from the mountains in the heart of Zeiberland, ''Je Hangs'' flows through Mõnstæd and ''Je Hlu'' flows through Ostenvil. The Hangs and The Hlu have numerous settlements based on the river banks. The Hlu historically seperated the Eizyue empire from the Zebans.

Zeiberland is almost 70% Atheist. However, Maism and [[Thaerism]] (Thayrism) are still prevalent. However the state does not support religion and does not make any exceptions for religion. The laws against Thaerism, which were set up in 1857 and 1912, have been loosening since the 1970s. After 1969, the practice of Thaerism became legal once again. However, in some pockets of the country, Thaerism is socially rejected and in some towns, Thaerism prevails. All other religions are not socially condemned, however, it is legal to practice religion if it abides by all regular laws and does not disturb Atheists. Maism is the only religion that is considered socially appropriate. This hostility towards religion stems from two major incidents in 1857 and 1912.

=== Alagad battle 1857 ===

Greater Alagad was a small state that was formed in the 870s and lasted till 1572. There is a rather interesting and haunting story behind it: The people of Alagad, in 1671, were suspicious of their new ruler who was called, <s><u>'''''ẹ̴̈̆̉̐́̒é̸̜̩͚͌́̃͗͜'''þ̸̧̣̬̙͂̑͑"̵̢̪̞̃̍͑̈́͠ø̶͍̦͉̞̘̂́͐ç̶̧̼̤̯͍̃͐͊̀͘å̴̱̰̿ê̶̹̺̈́͗̅̃̚''</u></s>, as he supposedly had been involved with inhuman experiments. One day, a group of young salovian men decided to break into the kings laboratory. The things they found are unknown but they were horrible enough for the people of Alagad to revolt. Even the king's guards supported the public. The king was dethroned and was thrown in the prison in his own palace. A week later, the new king was crowned. The public breathed a sigh of relief. However, one night, the soldier meant to guard the former king's cell saw that he was gone. No break out, no attempt to leave, no body, just vanished. A few hours later, the palace was aflame. No one knew how the inferno started or whether anyone in the palace survived. The fires spread to nearby buildings at a rapid rate and people were ablaze. The account gets hazy after this. The next day, people were found dead in the hundreds due to an unkown disease. The waters turned crimson red. The nearby vegetation turned grey. The people who fled the city lived and called this the curse of Alagada. Very few of the remaining people lived and those who did, died a few years later. When the people returned to the city, they saw nothing. It was the same city except it was in ruins and there were no people. The palace seemed fine however. The people who stayed back and lived, said that they had seen the fallen god. The god that had come to punish them for killing the king. This is the Maist tale of the fallen king who still sits on the throne of Alagad in the palace even today.