Lunderfrau

The Matriarchy of Lunderfrau
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Motto: "Alle Mutter Führen Uns." "All Mother Guide Us."
Capital	Labenhugel
Largest	Salzewinde
Official languages	Lunder
Religion	Theoin
Demonym(s)	Lunder/Lunderfrausian
Government	Matriarchal Absolute Monarchy
• Kaiserin of Lunderfrau	Elise Von Strauss
Establishment
• Establishment	1412
Population
• Census	55,914,129
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	฿631,388,752,057
• Per capita	$11,500
Currency	Lilimark
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.Lnd

Lunderfrau, officially the Matriarchy of Lunderfrau, is a country in the northwest corner of Lira. It is bordered by the Aurum Ocean in the west, Grenzeria to the east, Winst and Mèronie to the south, and by the Esketres Sea in the North. Lunderfrau has 55,914,129 inhabitants.

The earliest known evidence of humans in what is now modern day Lunderfrau date to between 70,000 and 60,000 years ago. Isolation due to glaciation during the major ice ages is believed to have contributed to the fact that Lunderfrausian women average 6ft 2 inches (1.88 meters) while men average 5 ft 7 inches (1.7 Meters). Ancient human settlements have been found mostly hugging the northern coast, archeologists and anthropologists believe that early Lunderfrausians more than likely clustered around the deciduous forests of the north as well as the warmer climate near the coast.

With the arrival of Beonin missionaries from Winst in the 800s, Lunder society quickly shifted from a tribal agrarian society to a collection of fuedal states. The Lunder Warring Period would see the area through to the late 1300s ending with the Unification War in 1384. When the War concluded in 1412, the Duchess of Eiswasser, Kristina had subjegated nearly all of the duchies and baronies in Modern day Lunderfrau. With the support of the Ardalite Church, she was crowned the "Queen of the Lunders"; officially becoming the first Kaiserin of the Matriarchy of Lunderfrau. The next century saw a rapid expansion of Lunder territory, occupying parts of modern day Grenzeria in 1453, all of Winst and parts of Mèronie in 1477 and Arideo in 1517. Lunder expansion was finally halted by Parthonopian forces at the seige of Lepanto in 1529. By 1580 Lunderfrau had been thrown out of Modern day Parthonopia and Arideo. The 17th and 18th centuries saw little conflict for the Matriarchy, the only two major wars being the Produz-Eske War of 1620 and the Esketres War between 1710-1716. As republicanism and revolution swept across Lira in the early 19th century, the Matriarchy suffered a humiliating defeat in the Wintonian Revolution of 1828, losing its Wintonian holdings in the process. Bitterness over the defeat would hang in Lunderfrau for almost a century, culminating in the decision to invade Winst in 1916 adding another theater to the ongoing olympic war. After nearly a decade of trench warfare and little to no gains, Kaiserin Glenda Von Strauss abdicated the thrown in favor of her daughter Caroline. Lunderfrau was forced to withdraw from Grenzeria as part of the treaty, establishing its modern day borders.

Today, Lunderfrua remains a Matriarchal Absolute Monarchy. The current monarch is Kaiserin Elise Von Strauss, who succeeded her Mother in 2015.