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Érevon


Érevon (/'âr ǝ vǝn/ Kiltic: Éiremhón ['aɪ rǝ ˌːn]), officially the Ancient Imperial Kingdom of Érevon,1 but universally recognized in modern times as the Kingdom of Érevon (Kiltic: Ríoght Éiremhónaigh), is a country located in eastern Heremonia. Encompassing an area of 3,866,699 sq. wmi., Érevon is bordered to the north by Velandriault and the Neander Lands, with a 128.5 wmi. coastline on the Gulf of Alavor at the port of Dúnthuaidha. It borders Rionnagan, the Erdini and Aerghidros to the east, the Dal Riada, Bréifne and the Palatine Duchies, as well as Lough Lurney and Lough Seolta to the south, and the Agnomain, Lesteunia and Vorgia to the west.

Érevon is a Kiltic nation state with one of the longest documented histories of any country in the world, tracing its heritage in the Corrail River valley to the second millennium BCS. As the oldest country in Heremonia, it is credited with establishing the first advanced culture outside of Heberia, and often described as the "cradle of western civilization." Ancient Érevon gave rise to some of the earliest developments in writing, agriculture, organized religion and centralized government, and the country is home to some of the world's oldest continuously occupied cities. Érevon's long and rich cultural heritage forms the foundation of its national identity, which has over many centuries endured and assimilated a wide variety of foreign influences.

The modern Kingdom of Érevon was established in 1527 by the Conradh Nuaghráinseach (Treaty of Newgrange), which ended the Wars of the Eastern Kiltic Succession, formally recognized the dissolution of the Mílesean Empire and divided the United Kingdoms of Érevon and Bréifne into separate independent states. Since then Érevon has developed into one of the world's leading military and economic powers. Throughout its history, Érevon has been recognized as a major contributor to the development of science, technology and the arts.

Érevon is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, with the Ríard (High King) acting as head of state, and also retaining extensive political power and control within the government. The nominal head of government is the Príomhaire (Prime Minister), who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the High King. The reigning monarch is Cennétig VI,2 who has ruled since 1958. The current Prime Minister is Sir Desmond Breen, appointed 12 Naoimonat 1983.

The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions: Tyruallia, Cogatha, Barantain, Tyronia, Podo Ratha, Talerney, the Aduain, the Márselacha and Caibec. The capital and royal court of Érevon is at Lantara, a global city and international cultural and educational center with an urban population of 3,536,540. Érevon's most populous city and financial hub is Ballmargath,3 located in the southern region of Talerney at the mouth of the Bith River on the north shore of Lough Lurney. Other major cities include Beldoran, Dúnthuaidha, Galblayney, Lishconnor, Naus and Tulladarna.

Érevon is considered a leading Great Power among the world's nations, exerting considerable cultural, scientific, technological, economic, political and military influence worldwide. It is a highly developed country with a strong economy. Érevon accounts for approximately one fifth of global gross domestic product (GDP) and is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and the second largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). As a global leader in several industrial, scientific and technological sectors, Érevon is the world's largest importer and second-largest exporter of goods.

Érevon is a member state of the See of the Holy Saints. It played a leading role in the development of the Eichebourg Conventions of 1873 and the Roosenveen Conventions of 1888 and 1896. Érevon is also a charter member of the Council of Nations and a permanent member of the World Security Council, as well as a signatory state to the Tellurian Trade Treaty, the International Dispute Resolution Protocol, the General Accord on the Treatment of Prisoners and the Uniform Monetary Agreement. In addition, Érevon is also a member of the Kiltic Economic Union and the Kiltic Mutual Defense Organization.

Etymology

The name Érevon is a derivation of the Kiltic Éiremhón, which is in turn derived from Éremon/Heremon, the mythical founder of the first Kiltic kingdom in Heremonia, the western continent that was named for him. The mythical founder's name is based upon the Proto-Kilto-Agnomic hegem (leader) from heges (to lead) from the Shino-Carmanic (Isthmic) heg (front/ahead).

History

Main article: History of Érevon

The Érevish people and the modern Kingdom of Érevon trace their history to the prehistoric tribes who accompanied the mythical Prince Heremon out of the east and into the new western continent which now bears his name. Beginning with a succession of three dynastic kingdoms, interrupted by periods of transition which included the world's first republic, the country grew into the Mílesean Empire, the largest and most successful empire in history, which lasted (nominally at least) for nearly two thousand years.

Prehistory


The archiological evidence indicates settlement in the Corrail River valley by siminid humans occurred in waves beginning some 30,000 years ago, displacing the Fear Bolg whose ancestors had previously occupied the region for over two million years. Some time before 4000 BCS, neolithic Kiltic settlers introduced cereal cultivation, domesticated livestock including cattle, sheep and swine, and began constructing large timber buildings and stone monuments. The oldest known field system in the world, consisting of small divisions separated by low dry-stone walls, was under cultivation in Upper Tiramwal for several centuries between 3500 BCS and 3000 BCS, with barley, oats and wheat being the principal crops. The Érevish Bronze Age began late in the third millennium BCS, heralding new technologies such as the wheel, the yoking of oxen, textile weaving and the brewing of alcohol, as well as the development of skillful metalworking, giving rise to new tools, weapons and fine gold and silver decoration and jewelry.

Founding Myth


According to An Scéal Faoi Thógáil Érevonaigh (The Tale of the Taking of Érevon),4 Prince Heremon, the mythical founder of the Kiltic Race, led his clan and a “mixed multitude," along “with their captives (slaves), flocks and herds,” out of prehistoric Heberia on a three year journey across the Great Isthmus into the new continent that is now named Heremonia in his honor. After defeating the Fear Bolg at the First and Second Battles of Talafuil in 1699 BCS, Heremon claimed kingship over the country and established his capital on an island in the Corrail River which the Fear Bolg called Pavitra Balut, meaning “Sacred Oaks.” The Kiltoi called the place Oileán Darach (“Oak Island”), which became “Elondairagh” and in modern times has become “Lantara.” Heremon had four sons - three with his first wife Odhbha, and one with his second wife Tí. Their names were Muimne, Daithí, Laighean and Irial. The reign of Heremon and his progeny is considered the beginning of the First Érevish Kingdom.

The Archaic Period


The earliest known Érevish historical records are derived from Ogham Stones dating to as early as 1500 BCS. The historical record derived from Ogham Stones is augmented by the thousands of Saolanna, detailed obituaries written in the Ogham alphabet along the edges of clay tablets, which have been discovered within Early Archaic Period tombs throughout the Corrail Valley.

The First Kingdom

The historical record derived from these ancient sources confirms the existence in the 16th century of a unified Kiltic kingdom in the Corrail River valley, ruled by a King known as Eochaid Faobharglas ("Greenblade"). King Eochaid is the first5 of a long list of historical figures who led a succession of dynasties that ruled in Érevon for nearly two millennia. Érevish culture flourished during this long period and remained distinctively Kiltic in its language, religion, arts and customs.

The period known as the First Kingdom (sometimes the "First Golden Age") lasted over four hundred years from 1699 BCS until 1283 BCS. It is perhaps best known for the Tombs of the Kings, megalithic passage graves containing grand burial chambers, which were constructed during this period. The most magnificent of these can be found in the Gleann Ríoga (Royal Valley) on the east bank of the Corrail River south of Lantara.

The Warring Time

The First Kingdom collapsed in 1283 BCS, leading to a "Dark Age" in ancient Érevish history known as the Idirríocht (Interregnum). Spanning approximately two hundred twenty years from 1283 BCS until 1064 BCS, it was a period of political fragmentation, social disunity and internal warfare leading to foreign invasion.

The Second Kingdom

The Second Kingdom, also known as the Athaontú (Reunification), lasted from 1064 BCS until 715 BCS. As the Interregnum progressed, rule over Érevon became roughly equally divided into two competing power bases, splitting the country between east and west. In time, the hostilities between these two kingdoms erupted into open warfare, resulting ultimately in the reunification of the country under a strong king of the Irialean line known as Eochaid Ollamhaidh.

Characterized by a stabilization of central government, increased crop production and reconquest of lost territories, the Second Kingdom reached its peak during the reign of Rothechtaid Rotha (896 – 865 BCS). A period of gradually increasing tyranny by the Muimnean kings of the Fifth Dynasty, ultimately resulted in the popular uprising that brought down King Cainneach Deascach (727 - 715 BCS) and established the world's first known republic in 715 BCS.

The Commonwealth
Main article: An Comhlathas (The Commonwealth)

In response to decades of oppressive misrule by the tyrannical Muimnean despots, aggravated by extended famine, the nobles and the people of Érevon rebelled. The king and his family were deposed, and a new form of government was established by the nobility and the ruling clan chieftains, which they called An Comhlathas (The Commonwealth). Although only a small number of powerful families (called Uaisle) wielded real power during the Commonwealth period, most historians consider it to be the world's first example of representative government.

A Frankish invasion from the north in 621 BCS led to a crisis in government that set the ruling Seanad against a popular Irialian prince who had driven the invaders out of the country. The crisis was resolved when the people sided with the charismatic leader against the nobility and Prince Eochaid mac Feidlimid Ó hAnnagáin was eventually acknowledged as king by both the Seanad and the Tionól Treibhe in turn, founding the Sixth Dynasty and establishing the Third Kingdom.

The Third Kingdom

The Third Kingdom (c. 621 – 473 BCS) marked the rise of Érevon as an international power. During the Third Kingdom, Érevon's political control expanded outward from the four Codanna of Tyruallia, beginning the process of expansion that culminated in the largest empire the world has ever known. By the beginning of the sixth century BCE, Érevon was a kingdom that stretched from the Koubou River in the north to Timreal and Covania in the south, and from the Torrean Sea in the east to the Bith River in the west, and the new office of Lámhanrí (Provincial Governor - literally "arm of the king") was established to bring the king's rule to the conquered provinces.

Internal tensions challenged the kingdom's institutions as well. Having enjoyed an active role in the government of the country for nearly a century, the Érevish nobility and the clan chieftains struggled to retain their power in the face of the restoration of royal rule. The tremendous influx of foreigners, particularly slaves, from the conquered provinces enriched the aristocrats but ruined the peasants and urban workers. The exploding slave population also led to a series of slave revolts, the last of them in 493 BCS. The later decades of the Third Kingdom witnessed the rise of great generals, who exploited their military conquests and the factional intrigue at court to gain control of the political system.

The Mílesean Empire


During the reign of king Seachlann Bródúilas (493 – 482 BCS), Cearbhall Anuasal, a noted general and statesman from Cuid Daitheagh, was appointed to lead seven military campaigns across the Bith River against the Jarmenic tribes of the west.

To be continued...

Geography

Érevon is located in east-central Heremonia, occupying all of the Great Plain of Andawan between the Bith and the Neimheadh Rivers. The Everlian Mountains (part of the Dromadaraí Range) separate it from Velandriault to the north, and its borders with Vorgia and Lesteunia run along the ridges of the Ardagan Reeks. In the south, the narrow waters of Lough Lurney and Lough Seolta provide access to the Torrean Sea. Érevish territory covers 3,866,699 sq. wmi. It is the third largest country by area in Heremonia, and the fourth largest in the world.

The land is roughly equally divided between its wooded mountainous north and the rolling fertile lowlands of its southern tier, which is itself evenly split between forest and field, although rapidly expanding urban development has led to increasing deforestation in recent decades. Elevation ranges from 6,769 yds. at the peak of Mount Áitna to sea level at the shores of Lough Seolta in the southeast and Lough Lurney in the southwest.

The Corrail River flows down from the shoulders of Mount Áitna through the center of the Andawan Plain into the reach of Lough Seolta. To the west, the River Bith forms the greater portion of the border with the Agnomain as it flows from Lake Nascamal in the Ardagan Reeks southeasterly into Upper Lough Lurney. In the east, the Bóchra River winds through the foothills of the Everlians before joining the Neimheadh River, which separates Érevon from the Erdini before it turns to the northeast and pours into the Gulf of Barchu. Several north-flowing rivers begin on the northern slopes of the Everlians as well, including the Pheno, the Hypanis, the Koubou and the Larise.

Climate


Most of Érevon has a temperate climate, varying from continental in the north to semi-humid tropical in the south. Some of the higher peaks of the Everlians exhibit glacial conditions year round. In the center of the country the climate tends to be transitional and can be either continental or semi-humid subtropical depending upon the general weather conditions of the season.

Winters in Érevon are generally overcast, ranging from extremely cold with heavy snowfall in the northern mountains to very mild with limited precipitation in the south. Summers can vary from hot and humid in the plains to cool and rainy in the higher elevations.

Although the Érevish climate is rarely extreme, occasional spikes of heat or cold are not unknown. Winter temperatures can sometimes reach forty degrees below freezing for several days at a time, while summer conditions can produce heat waves lasting for up to two weeks.

Politics

Érevon is a Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy.

To be continued...

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1 The name used in the 1527 Conradh Nuaghráinseach (Treaty of Newgrange).
2 Officially styled: His Imperial Majesty Cennétig mac Stiofán óConnchobhar, by Divine Grace High King of Érevon, of Tyruallia and of the Seven Provinces King, and Lord of All Lochtee.
3 1980 census: 7,577,563.
4 Traditionally attributed to King Eochaid Ollamhadh. Preserved in Glasléad of Galney's first century history An Bunú na Ríochta (“The Founding of the Kingdom”).
5 Many historians consider his father, Eochaid Denéadaí, to be the founder of the Second Dynasty.

Imperial Kingdom of Érevon

Ríocht Impiriúil Éiremhónaigh (Kiltic)

NATION STATE


Érevon Flag.jpg

National Motto:
"Érevon Forever!"
"Éiremhón go Bráth!"

National Anthem:
"Land of the Ages"
"Tír na n'Aoiseanna"
Capital:
Lantara
Largest City:
Ballmargath

Official Languages:
Pantellurian
Eastern High Kiltic

Demonyms:
Érevish, Érevonean

Ethnic Groups:
73.7%
Kiltic
11.4%
Jarmenic
9.7%
Frankish
3.3%
Rionnan
1.9%
Other

Major Religions:
77%
Sancist
12%
E.R. Sanctist
6%
No Religion
4%
Other Religions
1%
No Response

Government:
Unitary Parliamentary
Constitutional Monarchy
- Monarch:
Cennétig VI
- Prime Minister:
Sir Desmond Breen

Legislature:
Parlaimint na hÉiremhónaigh
- Upper Chamber:
Teach na dTiarnaí
(House of Lords)
- Lower Chamber:
Teach na Teachtaí Coitianta
(House of Common Deputies)

Formation:
- First Kingdom:
1699 BCS – 1283 BCS
- Idirríocht
(Interregnum):
1283 BCS – 1064 BCS
- Second Kingdom:
1064 BCS – 715 BCS
- Comhlathas
(Commonwealth):
715 BCS – 621 BCS
- Third Kingdom:
621 BCS – 473 BCS
- Mílesean Empire:
473 BCS – 275 CA
- Rump Empire:
275 CA – 1527 CA
- Conradh Nuaghráinseach
(Treaty of Newgrange):
7 Dàmonat 1527

Area:
3,866,699 sq. wmi.

Population:
- 1985 Estimate:
237.985.790
- 1981 Census:
229,894,753
- Density:
61.54/wmi.2

GDP (PPP):
- Total:
§5.339 trillion (2nd)
- Per capita:
§22,434 (5th)

GDP (nominal):
- Total:
§5.339 trillion (1st)
- Per capita:
§22,434 (3rd)

Currency:
- Modern (aft. 1948):
Simoleon (§)
- Previous: (1793 - 1948):
Óirmona (Ƣ)
- Traditional: (bef. 1793):
Airgidmona (Љ)

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National Flag of Érevon

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