Nauplio

Kingdom of Caria
Kingdom of Caria Βασίλειο της Καρίας
	Motto: «Ο σκοπός αγιάζει τα μέσα»
	Anthem: «Εμβατήριο των γαλανοχιτώνων»
Capital	Nauplio
Largest	Sounio
Official languages	Carian Greek
Ethnic groups	Carian 99.5%, Other 0.5%
Demonym	Carian
Government	Constitutional Monarchy
Legislature	Vouli (Parliament) of the Naupliots
Establishment

The Kingdom of Navplia (Carian: Βασίλειο της Ναυπλίας - Vasilion tis Nafplias), commonly known as Caria, Crown of Nauplio or Kingdom of the Carians (Carian: Καρία, Karia, Στέμμα του Ναυπλίου, Stemma tou Nafpliou, Βασίλειο των Καρών, Vasilion ton Karon) after the Carians, the people who live in and rule the realm, as well as from the name of its predecessor state, the Carian Despotate and the traditional-common name of the country, Caria, is an industrialized first world western nation in the region of Latinium in Europe.

History

3200 BC - 2000 BC First organized society in Caria appears near Navarino. Peaceful and isolated it is focused on trade. It communicates with older and greater civilizations of the area by sea trade. After a severe wave of earthquakes and an invasion from the north it is destroyed. 2700 BC - 1450 BC Another civilized society appears near Nauplio. It is much older but similar to the one near Navarino. It is also conquered by Northern Carian Tribes. These two civilizations are called Kolpic because they were both in bays, Kolpoi in Carian. 1600 BC - 1100 BC Northern Tribes take elements from the conquered Kolpic civilizations and those they trade with. They form their own civilization, the Doxian, from the Carian word Doxa which means glory. They establish most great Carian cities, like Nauplio,Avarinus and Naupactus. They too fall victim to invasions from Northern Tribes and the Thalassinoi pirate Carian tribes, meaning "Sea Peoples" in Carian. Avarinus is burned to the ground. 1100 BC - 800 BC Chaos and anarchy reign in central Caria with the Doxian Civilization having fallen. Refugess found settlements to the north or far south to escape the invaders and pirates. 800 BC - 480 BC Order is restored in Caria and civilization re-emerges. It is however changed and influenced by many external factors. Many city re-emerge and new ones are also founded. Avarinus is rebuilt, Nauplio and Naupactus re-grow and Antikyra emerges as a new city. Minor wars occur between the cities and external enemies but this age is somewhat peaceful. Carians re-establish contact with other civilizations. The words Caria and Carian first emerge in this period. New types of government emerge with the Tyrants and Aristocracy being the most common. 480 BC - 323 BC Nauplio establishes a Democracy and Oligarchies start taking over the Aristocratic Cities. Tyrants are still present but less. Nauplio establishes a hegemonic empire of the central Carian city states and Anavarinus establishes an oligarchic one in the south. Many great works of art and philosophy emerge during this period. A long civil war between the two hegemonic empires brings the Carians to their knees. The northern city state of Nikaia conquers all of Caria and unites the Carians into a Kingdom and expands Carian rule to many nearby lands. 323 BC - 30 BC The Nikaian Kingdom of the Carians splits into smaller Kingdoms. A new golden age dawns for Caria with Carian being an important trading language. A common Carian language and identity finally emerges. However the constant warring of the Kingdoms who seek to re-create the Nikaian Empire under their rule weakens them. Many fall to the Romans. The last Carian city, Avarinus falls to the Romans and is destroyed for resisting. 30 BC - 330 AD Caria recovers from the conquest. Carian becomes an official language of the Empire and Caria prospers under Roman rule without the fear of civil war ever again. For this the Carians thank the Tiburans who they see as good rulers. Later however the increasing Christianization of the Empire and its corruption anger the Carians who declare independence again. The Empire is too weak to stop them and the Carian Kingdom is established. They adopt the Carian Exatheon (see Religion below for details) as their new Religion. 330 AD - 1204 AD The Carian Kingdom manages to hold its ground against foreign invasion, including invaders from Újország. Brutal actions are done against Christians by the Carians in retaliations for their destroying Ancient Temples. While this enrages the Tiburan Empire it is too weak to act now. Later, when interna corruption and repeated invasions weaken the Kingdom, Sauerlandians and Emslandians conquer it. Kings of Újország invade southward into north Caria. The two Duchies conscript locals to help them fight off the invaders. Ultimately successful the Ducal Carian National Guard becomes a permanent force. 1204 AD - 1699 AD Caria is under harsh Sauerlandian and Emslandian rule. The conversion of Carian temples into churches officially, while they secretely still are used for the Carian Exatheon's worship. This helps them be preserved. However the Carians never miss a chance to revolt and always support their rulers' enemies. Except for invasions from the east like those of Eastern Tribes. In 1684 they take advantage of their opressors exhaustion from many recent wars and rebel. As a result the Carian city of Nauplio in 1699 becomes an Autonomous Free State. A Naupliot Aristocrat who aparently has claims to distant ancestry from the last Carian King becomes Archon. All Carian temples are reconverted to their original religion and the Carians are allowed to freely speak their language, which has changed greatly after all these centuries. The rest of Caria becomes two duchies in state unions with Sauerland and Emsland respectively. 1770-1775 AD Nauplio is an independent entity, and the rest of Caria consists of two duchies which are in personal unions with Sauerland and Emsland.From around 1750 onwards, the Duke of Sauerland comes under the influence of Enlightenment. He does not give up power, far from that, but he becomes an enlightened despot. Of course this has positive consequences for the parts of Caria under Sauerlandian rule. The Duke of Sauerland allows the Carian language, and allows freedom of religion. He allows a lot more, and the Sauerlandian part of Caria starts to develop. The Duke of Emsland, on the other hand, remains the same bully as he always was and maintains a harsh rule over the parts of Caria he governs. Of course the people in the Emslandian part of Caria see what happens in the Sauerlandian part of Caria, and want that as well. That leads to the revolt of 1770 in the Emslandian part of Caria. In the Sauerlandian part of Caria, things go in a more quiet way: People demand independence and support their demand by means of civil disobedience. The Duke of Sauerland initially tries to stop the "revolt" in his part of Caria, but soon realises that the developments cannot be stopped. He drafts a plan for a smooth transition into independence of the Sauerlandian part of Caria. That plan is accepted, and the Sauerlandian part of Caria becomes independent in 1772. The Duke of Emsland reacts in a different way. He sends in the army. That results in a bloody war lasting five years, ending with the battles of Navarino and Antikyra, the independence of the Emslandian part of Caria in 1775 and the complete exhaustion of Emsland, which would cease to exist seven years later. (Credit to @Eiffelland for this part) 1775 AD - 1798 AD After the victorious battles of Navarino and Antikyra the Carian cities are allowed to become independent. The "Royal" is removed from the title of the Carian National Guard, since the Dukes' authority over Caria is no longer recognised. All Despotates become great trading centres once again focused on peaceful progress. But for many Carians the dream of a united Caria is what they want most. The Free State of Nauplio seems like the best advocate for the cause. Slowly rebels in all cities along with Naupliot troops united the four Free States into the Cariot Tetrapolis, meaning "entity of four cities". The last city, Antikyra joins without even a revolution. The Free States are given great autonomy and in exchange recognize the Naupliot Archon as Despot, House based executive Monarch, of the Carians and are united in a federal-like state. Relations greatly improve with Eiffelland. 1799 AD - 1954 AD The Carian Armed Forces, which took a major role in the war of independence and the wars of unification replaces all seperate armies of the cities as the sole Military of Caria. Its branches are the Army of the Land and the War Navy. In 1913 the Military Aviation also emerges as the third branch. Caria once again focuses on trade and banking. Fishing and agriculture are its main production activites however. Deposits of precious metals, diamonds, gems and coal help enrich the poor country and natural gas in the sea also contributes to this. However the nation is still a middle sized economy focused on sustaining itself and givign its citizens a good level of life. It does have a large merchant fleet but not comparable to bigger ones of the heavy industrial nations. Just like in the previous period relations with Eiffelland improve. November-December 1954 The Carian Revolution begins in Sounio as a minor riot escalates into a protest for rights. After attempts at a violent supression it erupts in a massive violent uprising that results it the deaths of much of the city state's aristocracy, its Archon and his family and well as many Astynomia (Police) and Despotiki Politofilaki (Despotic Militia/Paramilitary) troops. It soon spreads to the Island of Elena across the Didyman straits and to the cities of Apolloneia, Pyrgos and Amarysia. The armed intervention of the nearby Archons who wish to retain their crowns results in the Carian Revolutionary War, the spreads to Nikaia, Demetrias and even Nauplio, the capital and dominant City State, whose crown is above all Archons (Lords) to whom they have sworn fealty and pay tribute. It ends with the deposition of the Despot and his Archons, their trials and the rule of democracy in Caria under the provisional government of the Executive Assembly until the Constitutional Assembly can draft a constitution. January-May 1955 The murder of Nikolaos Zorbas in Sounio, marks the rise of the vanguardists and the fall of the Prometheanist Social-Democrats in Sounio, Elena Island, Nikaia, Apolloneia and Demetrias. At the same time the Despot is found guilty of only Criminal Negligence, indifference toward his people and indirect responsibility for the war, while the Archons take most of the blame since they acted on their own accord, getting only ceremonial orders from the Despot. The Despot only gets sentenced to exile to Elios Island, which he wil rule as sovereign, and is deposed and stripped of his titles once more. An angry Nikaian vanguardist tries to murder to murder the judge who announced the decision as he exits the court when the Tribunal of Nauplio ends considering it too little, but the Despot gets in the way taking a bullet. He also wounds the youngest daughter of the Despotic family before being killed by the guards. The Despot succumbs to his wounds, with his last words being the name of his daughter. These events lead both the Despotist Naupactites, Eliots and Navarines to abandon attempts at a federal or unitary state. The reinforced Vanguardists also want this. The plan that Zorbas had been fighting to achieve collapses and instead four successor states are formed, with the new Carian Union being a mere market-economic-social union without much authority over the different federal entities that are free to have their own armies, diplomacy and systems. These four states fight a bloody war. Initially Sounio manages to establish hegemony over other vanguardist states making itself a hegemonic empire and annexes Amarysia and Antikyra from the Pelasgiot Republic. After a war a temproary peace is formed,sinc eit is a stalemate with Sounio winning at the sea and the others winning on land. Shortly after Sounio raises the massive "Grand Red Army of the Revolution", a force of 250,000 the same size as the pre-revolution united Carian army along with many ships and aircraft. It sets off the attack the other states and grab land through Demetrias, however it ends in a disaster with the death or capture of almost all of the army. The few survivors barricade themselves in Demetrias, most flee to Sounio where the government claims it was a great victory, while a few state and desperately defend Demetiras to thei death in a city of rubble. Progressively states revolt from Sounio and its enemies take lands until it is surrounded and blockaded and forced to surrendered, starving, bombarded and filled with disease. After the war the Panormines ensure that lenient terms are imposed on Sounio, and after discretely taking over Pelasgia with the help of its Junta and Tivyra with a minor coup, the new Kingdom of Navplia is established by the former Despot's son, who fought on the front line of the war and is greatly popular for his revolutionary benevolent policies in Panormus that helped rebuild the area. Caria now begins a period of rconstruction in speed, with revolutioanry policies, hard labour and help from inside and outside.

Government

The Government of Navplia is a complicated case, that one would expect to find in older times of monarchich power. The King rules over the Grand Duchy of Nauplio directly as well as being the Head of State of the entire Kingdom of Navplia. There are 10 Grand Dukes who rule over the other Grand Duchies of the Kingdom. These swear fealty to the King and are named Exarchs by him, in exchange for giving some of their power, troops and taxes to him, as described below.

Beyond formalities this means that the King has all executive powers in Nauplio while he has power over Defense, Diplomacy, the nationwide economy and generally all matters that go beyond individual Exarchates' authority. The Exarchates have authority of their internal economies, policing, education, healthcare etc. within guidlines set by the Kingdom's Constitution.

The Federal serivces, matters etc. are called Royal, while the Federal Government is reffered to as "The Crown of Navplia". There is a Parliament, with a Senate of 250 seats and a National Assembly of 500, and in both houses all state elect the same number of representatives, 25 Senators and 50 National Assembly Members. Individual Exarchates also have their own Parliaments, with much less authority than the Royal one.

Royal Judicial Officials, Judges, Prosecutors etc. on a Federal level, are appointed by the King with the approval of the senate, while Judicial Officials of each exarchate are elected by its people or appointed by its Exarch-Grand Duke depending on its constitution. The Royal Supreme Court is the highest court in the nation, made up of 500 Judges.

Foreign Relations

The Kingdom of Navplia enjoys good relations with nations such as Eiffelland, Tiburtina and Bourgogne, both fellow monarchies, as well as Arakan, Teloria and other republics.

Military

The Military of Navplio is called His Majesty's Armed Forces, made up of the Royal Army of the Land, Royal Navy and the Royal Aviation. All Navpliot Citizens and Subjects have to serve 6 months in any of the branches when they turn 18. People who do not want to serve in combat units are assigned to support roles. These forces however are meant for defensive purposes. For the offensive purposes there are the Carian Expeditionary Forces, made up of the 32nd and 33rd Marines Briagades, the 26th and 28th Airborne Brigades, the 21st and 22nd Mountain Rangers Brigades and the Special Forces command that includes the famous/notorious Submarine Raid & Sabotage Units (classified numbers) and other Special Forces units.

Navplio also employs some units called Argyraspides. These are the Argyraspides, state sanctioned mercenaries that can only be employed by the state or by emplyers the state approves for security or military purposes. They are a state adoption of the long Carian tradition of fighting as mercenaries for foreigners, since Carians themselves were always relatively peaceful, especially in the medieval times and renaissance. This along with Carians' prowess in trade and banking has earned them the syaing "No silver, no Carian" (Carian: Ουδέν αργήριον, ουδείς Καρ - Ouden argyrion, oudis Kar). Carian mercenaries were famous for not breaking under battle and never switching sides, always true to their original contacts, something that they continue to this day, as well as their legendary prowess, record of not harming or robbing civilians and their discipline, guaranteed through the strict punishments and regulations of the Carian Military Code. They are however also notorious for using force against their former masters if they fail to pay them as the contract prescribes, never switching sides but looting their former masters' subjects and holdings and then leaving the war altogether instead. Teh Argyraspides continue these pride traditions.

After the unification of the City States' forces into one entity Caria ended up with a massive army, navy and air force from all the military buildup of the Civil War. Caria in fact had to downsize the armed focres to bring them back to a normal, supportable size. This recent combat and reforms have given Caria an up to date military in all sectors, though small in size. In a way for what it lacks in quantity it makes up in quality and for all its expensive quality it is forced to be of small size.

Demographics

Carians are Caucasian (White), mainly belonging to the Mediterranean racial group, with some Nordics. Since Caria is made up of 99.5% ethnic Carians, only 0.5% do not fit this demographic and they come from a variety of countries and continents. Caria used to have very hard migration and citizenship laws. While they have been made lighter they still are much harder than those of most other nations.

Languages

The official language of Caria is Carian spoken by all Navpliot Citizens and Subjects. Most Carians also know Vittish, which tehy are taught as a primary foreign language in school, and Burgundian French, Tiburtinan of Eiffellander which they learn as secondray foreign languages. Some Tiburan Latin is taught while most Carians also know Ancient Carian, since modern and ancient Carian are not very different and both are compulsory school subjects.

Education

Education in Caria is provided by the state for free to all Navpliot Citizens and Subjects. It is compulsory from age 4 to the completion of high school. The educational system is divided in five levels - Nipiagogio (ages 4-6), Dimotiko Scholio ages 7-11), Gymnasio (ages 12-15), Lycio (ages 15-18) and Anoteri Ekpadefsi (ages 18-22 for Major, beyond for extended studies). It is also organized into four categories - Protvathmia/First Degree (Dimotiko Scholio), Defterovathmia/Second Degree (Gymnasio & Lycio) and Tritovathmia/Third Degree (Anoteri Ekpedefsi).

There are some private schools but generally most people (more than 95%) go to public schools. Another notable part of education is that many foreigners come to Carian universities, especially in cities that werre major centres in the ancient times and renaissance, to study. While Navpliot Citizens & Subjects are provided education for free, foreigners have to pay, generating a considerable income for the state, sicne universities are state owned. The main fields studied by foreign citizens are philosophy, psychology, mathematics, astronomy, history, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, economics and law (mainly banking, merchant or international).

Healthcare & Welfare

Caria provides free public healthcare, insurance and welfare to all citizens, as part of the Social State policy which is also secured by the Constitution, just like education.

Religion

More than 90% of Carians adhere to the Caric Exatheon, the nation's official religion, with religious minorities of Catholics, Atheists and other minor religions also existing.

Economy

Caria has a developped first world western economy with many branches. Caria got largely industrialized during Eiffellander rule and even after independence tha major industrial centers established with the blessing of the Eiffellanders continued to grow. Instead of a few very large industries Caria has many smaller ones. >Automobiles - Caria has a competitive automobile industry with three major companies in the sector. Caria recently expanded its sales beyond Eurodisney to Kanthe, through Arakan.

>Household Appliances - Another major industry of Caria, mainly produced by the same companies that produce automobiles and heavy machinery.

>Arms Industry - Caria has a modern arms industry that provides both Carian forces, private buyers and foreign nations with modern quality weaponry and military vehicles on both land and air. At the same time Caria's aerial vehicles are not very advanced and do not have many sales outside the country's armed forces or airline companies. In general Caria's industries in this secotr provide for internal needs and have some smal lto moderate exports because of their balance between quality-technology and price-quantity. >Pharmacutical Products & Medicine - Caria has laboratories and chemical companies that produce medical-pharmacutical products and medicine.

>Mining & Minerals - Caria has a rich ground that provides it with a major mining industry. Caria sells and exports the famous Sounian Marble, as well as other marbles, Gold, Diamonds, Silver, other precious metals and stones, building materials-rocks, industrial minerals and coal.

>Jewelry & Fashion - Directly linked to the previous category, Caria has jewelry and fashion goods known across Latinium, Gallo-Germania and even beyond them, mainly due to Carians' long history of making adn selling jewelry and clothing. Since these are luxury goods they do not have the high consumption of other categories but they make it up in price.

>Oil & Natural Gas - Caria has oil and natural gas reserves both on land and in the sea. While enough for Caria's internal consumption and for minor to moderate exports they are not very big on the international stage, mainly selling to Caria itself and other industrial countries in its immediate region.

>Tourism & Foreign Studies - Tourism is a massive part of Caria's economy, with hunderds of thousands if not millions of tourists visitng Caria's cities and countryside every year, both fore Caria's rich ancient heritage and modern Latinian-Gallo-Germanian culture, her mild weather, beaches and gorgeous scenery. Many foreign students also come the Caria's millennia old state-owned academies for various studies and since foreigners, unlike Carians, have to pay for tuition they generate income, though much less than tourism.

>Agriculture, Vineyards & Fishing - Not to be understimated, while Caria might have all of these fancy industries the base of the Carian economy is agriculture, vineyards and fishing. Cattle, crop growing and fishing are Caria's oldest and strongest economic sectors, far exceeding Carian demand and going into exports too. In the agricultural department Caria has may unique, patented products, like Feta Cheese, Mastika and others. Carian wine is known for its quality, Carians themselves have it as an essential part of their diet, and it rnages from cheaper to more expensive prices, all with great quality. From Red and White wine to Ouzo, Raki and Tsipouro Carians have a soft spot for alcohol.

>Trade - Caria has one of the biggest trade fleets in the world, as a traditionally seafaring nation. Trade is directly linked to all categories above, particularly fishing, and it is among the skills Carians are known for.

>Banks - Caria has a very old banking sector. While not a major or even large international player, Caria does have solid and relatively safe banks, mainly known within its immidiate region. This does involve both law-abiding citizens, rich foreigners and Carians and states storing money in them and notorious tax evaders and other people who want to hide their money, all mainly from the Long Sea nations, putting them in Carian banks. This is probably the first thing anybody from the Long Sea thinks about when tehy hear of Carian banks.

>Shipyards - Linked to both trade, fishing and the arms industry Caria has some of the largest shipyards in the long sea, producing many ships every year for Carian and foreign costumers.

>Mercenaries - The Argyraspides, state sanctioned mercenaries, work for the Crown and for foreign or Carian clients approved by it, famed for their discipline and loyalty in accordance with the strict Carian Military Code, they are among the few of their kind left in the world. Recently Argyraspides were part of a Carian Military Mission to modernize Arakanese Armed Forces. Apart from military duties the Argyraspides provide security duties for both private clients and states, this is their most common service in the modern world. The name comes from the Silver Shields they bore in ancient times from Argyros (Silver) and Aspis (Shield).

All of these smaller industries combine to form a multi-sided Carian economy of average size for southern Eurodisney and great for a nation of Caria's size. Caria experienced many difficulties from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, but with progressive measures and hard work Caria managed to overcome them and become even stronger and more competitive than it was before the crisis. The Carian currency is the Drachma, which replaced the old Tetradrachm in 1955 as part of the massive reforms to revitalize the economy.

Transport

Caria has train, tram and car networks. Public transport is used by many civilians and the good weather favours walking, but due to Caria having a car industry with relatively cheap cars, car sales in Caria are increasing. Caria has many port cities and islands so ships and boats are commonly used for transport too. Caria also has military and civilian, international and national, airports in accordance with modern western standards. In fact Caria has so many airports many are being closed down as they are not needed. This is mainly due to the era when Caria was divided and the aerial buildup of the individual city states during the Civil War.

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