Poldarias

The Kingdom of Poldarias de Koenigsa Poldarias
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Fau Gott, de Koenig und de Vollk For God, the King, and the People
Capital	Lyceum
Largest	Aubard
Official languages	Poldarish
Ethnic groups (2015)	97.6% Poldarion 1.8% Sudeeki 0.6% Aytherian
Religion	Kaloatism
Demonym(s)	Poldarion
Government	Unitary semi-democratic constitutional monarchy
• King	Edward IX
• Lord of the Privy Council	Francis Verschovanet
• Imperial Minister	Thomas Beesley
• State Minister	Archibald Crawford
Legislature	The Houses of Parliament
• Upper house	The House of the Privy Council
• Lower house	The House of the Common Chambers
Area
• Total Area	632,442 sq mi (1,638,020 km2)
Population
• 2020 estimate	142,109,783
• 2015 census	137,238,709
• Density	217/sq mi (83.8/km2)
GDP (PPP)	2015 estimate
• Total	Ŧ7.318 Trillion
• Per capita	Ŧ53,323
GDP (nominal)	2015 estimate
• Total	Ŧ4.219 Trillion
• Per capita	Ŧ30,742
Gini (2015)	26.4 low
HDI (2015)	0.930 very high
Currency	Thalar (THL)
Time zone	UTC+0 (PNT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	left

Etymology

The name Poldarias derives from the old Poldarish word 'Pold', meaning folk. This later developed into the inhabitants of the islands inhabitents referring to themselves, and in turn being refereed to as the Poldars. This too developed, with the island becoming known as Poldarias by the 11th century.

History

Pre-historic era (before the 6th century BC)

The earliest evidence of humans on Poldarias are footprints found to date from 500,000 years ago. In addition to these footprints, other evidence located has been concentrated in the southern regions and the Great Plains due to their more hospitable climate, with the earliest inhabitants being hunter-gatherers. Low sea-levels meant that Poldarias and Palosia were attached to the continent of Segoa for much of this pre-historic period, and varying temperatures meant that the islands have not always inhabited.

Since the end of the last ice age in around 9,000 BC and the beginning of the the Mesolithic era, Poldarias has been continuously inhabited. The end of the Ice age resulted in rapidly rising sea levels, destroying the thin land bridge which had connected Poldarias to Segoa, abd flooding thr Palosia Strait. The population by then was exclusively anatomically modern humans, and evidence suggests that their societies became increasingly complex and they were manipulating their environment and prey in new ways, possibly selective burning of then omnipresent woodland to create clearings for herds to gather and then hunt them. It is this which resulted in the Great Plains forming due to the large populous which resided in the area. Hunting was mainly done with simple projectile weapons such as javelin and possibly sling. Bow and arrow was known in Western Europe since least 9,000 BC. The climate continued to warm and the population probably rose.

The New Stone Age, or Neolithic era, began with the introduction of farming in around 4,000 BC. It is not known whether this was caused by a substantial folk movement or native adoption of foreign practices or both. People began to lead a more settled lifestyle. Monumental collective tombs were built for the dead in the form of chambered cairns and long barrows. Towards the end of the period, other kinds of monumental stone alignments begin to appear, such as Stonehenge; their cosmic alignments show a preoccupation with the sky and planets. Other discoveries have resulted in the theory that the population of Poldarias were already aware of god, or another similar being.

The Bronze Age began around 2,500 BC with the appearance of bronze objects. This coincides with the appearance of the characteristic Beaker culture; again this might have occurred primarily by folk movement or by cultural assimilation or both. The Bronze Age saw a shift of emphasis from the communal to the individual, with the rise of increasingly powerful elites whose power came from their prowess as hunters and warriors and their controlling the flow of precious resources to manipulate tin and copper into high-status bronze objects such as swords and axes. Settlement became increasingly permanent and intensive. Towards the end of the Bronze Age, many examples of very fine metalwork began to be deposited in rivers, presumably for ritual reasons which has facilitated their long term survival, giving historians a good understanding of the times.

Geography

Climate

The majority of Poldarias has a semi-continental climate (abnormal Cfb), however due to the size and landscape of the Island there are a number of nuances to this:

• Areas on the western cost have a strictly oceanic climate (Cfb)
• Palosia and the southern isles have a Mediterranean climate (Csa and Csb)
• The mountain (or alpine) climates (Highlands: Dfb, Dfc and ET) are confined to the mountains in the north of Poldarias