Caluras

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The Kingdom of Caluras
Motto
"Progress is inevitable, it is best to get ahead"
National Map
National Map
Capital
and largest city
Branberg
Official languages Caluran(91%) Other(9%)
Ethnic groups (2018 Estimate) Caluran(93%) Other(7%)
Demonym Caluran
Government Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
 -  King Hadrian Ardan
 -  Chancellor Barric Fossoway
 -  High General Frederick Durwell
 -  Minister of Foreign Affairs Maldon Casswell
 -  Minister of Domestic Affairs Karlon Florent
Legislature Federal Senate
Population
 -  Jan. 2018 estimate 22,430,000
GDP (nominal) 2018 estimate
 -  Total $455,329,000,000
 -  Per capita $20,300
Currency Foron ц (CAL)
Date format MM/DD/YYYY
Drives on the the right
Calling code +96
ISO 3166 code CAL
Internet TLD .cal

The Kingdom of Caluras, more commonly known as Caluras is an old, but proud nation, located in the far north-western corner of the Yasterian continent, comprised of the entirety of the Ashan peninsula, the Saffron island chain, and the eastern portion of the island of Skarnor. Caluras borders the nation of Arrelak to the east, the Borean sea to the North, and the Yasterian sea to the west and south.

History

Age of Antiquity

The modern nation of Caluras may be fairly new, but the land's history stretches back thousands of years. Sarnean culture had already existed for thousands of years, with archaeological sites containing objects from 10,000 BC. But the first records of civilization date back to around 3,500 years BC in a region of Caluras called the “Norvaros Reach”, with the formation of a confederation of farming hamlets along the river Sarne, in northern Caluras. As time went on, the hamlets expanded into villages and towns, and new settlements along the river sprouted up. Trade and commerce stayed within the boundaries of the confederation, which came to be known simply as the Sarnean Civilization, and was led by a council of chieftains from each village and town. In 2,900 BC, records tell of the Sarneans coming into contact with a people from a neighboring river plain along the river Mander. Both sides initially believed the foraging parties to be bandits and hostility broke out, but a second encounter had better results and the two civilizations began to trade and cooperate. Due to the Sarnean population being much larger than the inhabitants of the Mander, and after much migration, the settlements along the Mander, now predominantly Sarnean, joined the Sarnean Confederation.

This civilization continued to expand, absorbing small hamlets and villages, and founding new outposts along the river. The confederation council was responsible for all aspects of administration, and even formed a militia force if levies from the many towns in the land. But, this system ended around 1000 BC, when the militia led a coup against the council and took control of the Confederation through force. This coup happened to coincide with the outbreak of Blackscale Plague, a deadly virus originating somewhere far south of Caluras, near central Yasteria. This virus wiped out half of the population of the region, and led to 50 years of chaos and instability. An entire generation of people born and killed in this time of turmoil.

First Unification Period

Around 950 BC, the first Norvarish Empire, named for the Norvaros Reach between the Mander and Sarne, emerged when a man named Allard Dayne, the descendant of a former council member, took control of the Reach with his splinter faction, and finally unified the region once more. This began the first monarchy of the region under the House of Dayne. Over some three hundred years, House Dayne oversaw a resurgence in regional control by the Sarnean people. The Norvarish Empire continued to expand past the borders of the Reach, eventually extending from the western to the eastern coastline of northern Caluras. This period of expansion came to an abrupt halt in 650 BC, when a rival family, descended from another Confederation council member, claimed the throne as their own, sparking the First Caluran Schism, which lasted a brutal 15 years, ending with the complete collapse of the Norvarish Empire.

Dynastical Period

By the year 620 BC, two main successor states of the Norvarish Empire had been formed, the Kingdom of Norvaros, and the Maurivian State. These two nations did not interact much at first, as they were still in a state of relative chaos from the previous war, but had settled down after several years. Both nations expanded aggressively over the next decades, with only small border skirmishes breaking out. Around this time, another nation had arose to the far north, the Kingdom of Borasvor, coming into contact with Norvarish explorers some time in the mid 400s BC. Due to growing discontent with the proto-feudalistic system in place in the southern kingdoms, many people migrated north to found several smaller states.

Middle Kingdoms Period

Various smaller states had sprung into existence by the year 620 AD, with various wars beginning and ending, and scientific advancement showing little progress for centuries. This halted in the year 1125 AD, when the ruling King of Norvaros died without an heir, leading to a succession crisis, starting the Second Caluran Schism, and embroiling most of the region in conflict. The war ended in 1189, when a Lord named Gerold Harroway ascended to the throne of Norvaros, and marrying the queen of the neighboring Maurivian State, finally reuniting the two separated nations, and brining a temporary peace to the peninsula.

This peace quickly disappeared with a new heir ascending to the throne of Borasvor, launching several assaults on a client state of Norvaros, instigating the War of Lundar Independence, lasting for 9 years and ending in 1201 AD, resulting in the loss of several pieces of territory by the Borasvor to the Norvarish, and beginning a period of warring again.

Kingdom of Caluras

In the year 1478 AD, the last King of the Norvar-Maurivian State died with no heir, leading to another succession crisis. A short civil war ensued, and ended with the first King of House Ardan killing the last members of House Crant, the main opposing faction, and solidifying House Ardan’s rule over the region for centuries to come, lasting even to this day.

In the following decades, several wars were launched against the northern Kingdoms to push Borasvor culture off the mainland, to the extent where genocide was even committed. These wars ended in 1583 AD, with the last territory being absorbed into Caluras.

A final war was launched by King Ballard II in 1598 AD, resulting in the complete destruction of the Kingdom of Borasvor, and the absorption of territory into Caluras, solidifying House Ardan’s rule over the peninsula in 1608 AD.

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