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|leader_name1                = [[Renée Mitterrand]]
|leader_name1                = [[Alessandri Guzmán-Varga]]
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|leader_title2              = [[Prime Minister of Alameda|Prime Minister]]
|leader_name2                = [[Oconostota]]
|leader_name2                = [[Menewa Palma Yahalgi]]
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|established_event2          = [[Asherionic Occupation of Alameda]]
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|established_date2          = 1805
|established_event3          = [[War of Arossagunticook-Étienne]]
|established_event3          = [[Alamedan Wars of Independence]]
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|established_date3          = 1811-1830
|established_event4          = [[Penobscot Conventions]]
|established_event4          = [[East Alamedan Annexation]]
|established_date4          = 1914
|established_date4          = 1837
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|established_date4          = 1842
|established_event4          = [[Alameda-Rökkurlynd Archipelago Conflict]]
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'''Chenes''', officially the '''Republic of Chenes''' is a sovereign nation located in Norumbia. It borders [[Moxaney]] and [[Awasan]] to the north, Mniohuta to the west and [[Gristol-Serkonos]] to the south. It is bordered in the east by the North Thalassan Sea. The capital of Chenes is [[Ville de Augusta]], with [[Piscataquis City]] as the most populous city. Chenes is geographically divided between [[West Chenes]] and [[East Chenes]], both of which have vastly different climate conditions, economic development, flora and fauna. [[Ville de Augusta]] serves as the capital of Chenes with [[Piscataquis City]] serving as the most-populous city. The population of Chenes is approximately 19.7 million people, with over 82% of which live in East Chenes. The majority of people self-identify as [[Chênique people|Chênique]].
The area known as Chenes first began as the homeland of two primary indigenous groups, the Tsalagi and the Wαpánahki. There were many other different tribes but the largest tribes often engaged in proxy wars with these tribes. The two most dominant tribes were the Tsalagi tribe of the Quanassee and the Wαpánahki tribe of Androscoggin. This changed when the [[Company of New Augusta]], a group of Audonic settlers, landed on the shore of modern day Ville de Augusta. Ville de Augusta was established as the first settlement under the private ownership of the Company of New Augusta. The Audonic settlers were welcomed by the Wαpánahki tribe of Winnibisauga.


During the founding years of Chenes, the country was not a unified entity but various merchants, tradesmen and civilians that began to dot the area with various small trading posts. The only central locations during these times were the coastal cities of Ville de Augusta and Ville de Amiens. The only other inland location that served as a central location for the Audonic settlers was [[Vignobles]], which existed in the land of the Wαpánahki tribe of Amaseconti. In 1813, the [[Augusta Assembly]] was held between the Audonic settlers and representatives from the Androscoggin and Quanassee. The Augusta Assembly created the [[Confederation of Chenes]], which was a very loose union between the Audonic settlers, now called the Chenique; and the Androscoggin. The Quanassee delegates abandoned the Assembly midway due to disagreements.
'''Alameda''', formally the '''Republic of Alameda''' ({{wpl|Spanish Language|Alamedan}}: ''Republica del Alameda'') is a sovereign nation located in Norumbia. It borders the countries of [[Rökkurlynd]] and [[Awasin]] to the north, [[Mniohuta]] to the west and [[Gristol-Serkonos]] to the south. Its eastern coastline leads to the North Thalassan Sea. The capital of Alameda is [[Cuidad Augusto]] and the largest city is [[Hortensia]]. Alameda has been historically defined into two [[Grand Divisions of Alameda|Grand Divisions]], [[West Alameda]] and [[East Alameda]]. These two areas are politically, culturally, economically and linguistically distinct. The population of Alameda is approximately 19.7 million people, with around 72% of which live in East Alameda. Alameda is a multi-cultural country, and has four constitutionally recognized constituent groups: [[Alamedines]], [[Chuscos]], Muskogee and Anigiduwagi.  


The Quanassee and the majority of smaller Tsalagi tribes later declared war on the Confederation of Chenes in the [[War of Androscoggin-Etinne]] in 1824. The war saw the eventual inclusion of the Quanassee and Tsalagi tribes under the Confederation with almost free-reigning autonomy. In 1914, the [[Penobscot Assembly]] was held which federalized the confederation and saw a stronger central government with weaker state governments. The Penobscot Assembly also resolves to recognize the Quanassee as a singular political entity that participated within the federal government and held free reign as an almost entirely separate country under the protection of Chenes.  
Alameda has been inhabited since the last ice age, with evidence of habitation dating back to 10,000 B.C.E. Alameda is considered to be the homeland of two indigenous Norumbrian groups: the Serkonian Anigiduwagi and the Muscogeans. Both of these groups have settled throughout Alameda, utilizing a tribal system which established two large, influential [[Great Tribes of Alameda|Great Tribes]] and various [[Lesser Tribes of Alameda|Lesser Tribes]]. Since the 15th century, the two Great Tribes of Alameda were the Muscogean Tallapoosa and the Anigiduwagi Qanasi. While hostilities between these two tribes have ended since 1824, the Muscogeans and Anigiduwagi still have various societal and civil issues that have flared up, most notably the [[1975 West Alameda Riots]] and the [[1962 Anigiduwagi Boycott]].  


Chenes is currently a federal semi-presidential republic. The country's head of state and head of government are the President and Prime Minister, respectfully. The President of Chenes is popularly elected with the power to appoint the Prime Minister. Chenes is officially trilingual at a federal government level, with states being able to choose which languages to represent as their official language. Chenes has historically been a nation that focuses on railroad and transportation as an economic option, and is a founding member of the [[Commercial Railway Company]] that serves [[Moxaney]] and [[Gristol-Serkenos]]. Chenes is strictly an unaligned nation and refuses to engage with international conflicts that do not threaten Chenes. As a result, Chenes military is extremely small and only contains one branch, the [[Border Guard of Chenes]].  
In 1625, the [[Province of the New Frontier]] was chartered and established by the [[Garzan-Latium Norumbrian Company]] with the founding of [[Ciudad Augusto]], originally founded as [[Costa de Augusto]]. New settlers to the colony primarily spoke {{wpl|Spanish Language|Garzan}}, with [[Standard Latin language|Latin]] being used for nomenclature until independence. The new colonial province and its settlers were initially welcomed by the Muscogean tribe of Coosa, which was aligned with the Tallapoosa.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The term '''Chêne''' comes from the Audonic word for oak tree. The land that the Tsalagi inhabited were dominated particularily by white oak trees, which the new Audonic settlers named the land after. The Alnôbak, one of the major tribes in the area concentrated in the east translated this name to '''Wachilmezi''' which remains their official name for the country. The Tsalagi, the dominant tribe in the west rendered the name as '''ᎠᏓᏯᎯᎢᎾᎨᎢ''' (''Adayahi Inagei'')
"Alameda" as a name can be traced to the poem, ''[[Niños de Roble]]'' by [[Rosalía Castellanos]] that was published in 1672 in the colony. The name itself derives Castellanos admiration at the Muscogee's complex system of trails and roads that extended throughout East Alameda. During the time, the colonial province was looking for a new name to replace the name New Frontier. Settlers at the time felt that the name New Frontier related closer to the colonial company's identity over the settler's new identity intermingled with the Muscogee.
 
The term Chênique was initially proposed during the Augusta Convention in 1813, but was rejected in favor of pionnièrs/pionnières. Audonic settlers and their descendents were self-referred to as pionnièrs/pionnières until the [[Penobscot Mercantile Revolution]], a cultural and societal revolution that sought for the integration of the Tsalagi and the descendants of the Audonic settlers in 1823. The Chenique are called ᎠᏂᏓᎨᎢ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ (''anidagei aniyvwi'') by the Tsalagi.
==History==
{{Main article|History of Chenes}}
 
===Pre-Audonic History===
This section will serve to explain history of the Tsalagi before the introduction of the Audonic settlers. The general area this takes place is West Chenes with potential involvement of neighbors. Alongside this is a primary focus on the expansion of Tsalagi and their existence during the expansion of Chenes.
 
===Audonic Colonization===
This section will serve to explain history of the Audonics, a brief summary of their actions before leaving Belisaria and the afterwards sailing from any of the countries from Belisaria. The general area from there will be in East Chenes, specifically on the East Coast. Much of the colonization will further go into a large center, Ville de Augusta. Afterwards, different trade outposts will be set up along the East Chenes Coast and trading posts along the Sagadahoc network of roads.
 
===Augusta Convention & Penobscot Mercantile Revolution===
This section will serve to explain the Augusta Convention and the establishment of East Chenes. The cultural divide between the Sagadahoc-Chenique and the Maskwacis becomes more and more expanded, until the Penobscot Mercantile Revolution which serves to fully unify the Chenique and Sagadahoc as a single nation.  
 
===War of Androscoggin-Étienne===
This section will serve as a brief explanation of the Maskwacis attack on the Chenes border as a reaction to what they believed to be a cultural invasion that violated the Agreement of Augusta, the only treaty that the Maskwacis, Sagadahoc and Chenique agreed to sign. Eventually the Maskwacis would attend the Penobscot Convention and the Penobscot Agreement as they began to lose different tribes in their alliance. They lost those allies to the Chenique and Sagadahoc during the war, and eventually they agreed to a ceasefire and seceded control and influence over several different eastern and central Tsalagi tribes.
 
===Golden Era of the Merle===
This section will serve as an explanation of the era, the Golden Era of the Merle, alternatively the Industrial Revolution.
 
===Asherionic Wars===
This section will serve as an explanation of Chenes during the Asherionic Wars and under Asherion's control. Under Asherion's control many of the Abenaki, Creole and Chenique communities suffered from the ordinances that were placed upon them, especially the Chenique.
 
===Reformative Era===
This section will serve as an explanation of Chenes in the aftermath of the collapse of Asherion's Empire. Much of Asherion's brief conquest embittered the Chenique and Creole factions who were subject to Asherion's relocation policy on children. Much of the Reformative Era is marked by quickly entering and exiting presidents, often without an election as Chenes attempts to reform their country.
 
==Geography==
===Physical Geography, Geology & Hydrology===
===Climate===
===Biodiversity===
 
==Government & Politics==
===Administrative Division===
Chenes is divided between West Chenes and East Chenes. The borders between the two were determined by the Penobscot Assembly and are governed separately. West Chenes is governed by the [[Government of Quanassee]], which retain free reign to the country. East Chenes is governed by the current government, and is subdivided by states. States do not have sovereignty but retain self-governship and are somewhat independent from the federal government. States are divided further into regions, and the subdivided into departments, which is the smallest level of local government.  
 


==Government==
The Republic of Alameda and its [[Constitution of Alameda|constitution]] were initially drafted by the [[Alamedine-Muscogee Free Government]] in 1807, and was eventually signed in 1830 at the end of the Independence War. Alameda is a {{wpl|Federal state|Federal}} {{wpl|Presidential system|Presidential}} {{wpl|Republic}} under the constitution. Alameda has was founded and has been governed under the principles of [[Alamedine-Muscogean Concordance]], which dictated much of its early legal principles.
===Military===
{{main_article|Armed Forces of Alameda}}
The Armed Forces of Alameda are administered under civilian control by the [[Department of Defense (Alameda)|Department of Defense]], with chief power to remove the {{wpl|commander-in-chief}} given to the President. The Department of Defense has jurisdiction over the [[Alamedan Army]], the [[Alamedan Navy]] and the [[Alamedan Air Force]]. The [[Department of Public Administration (Alameda)|Department of Public Administration]] has jurisdiction over the [[Carabineros Nacionales de Alameda|National Carabiniers]] and the [[Gendarmeria Nacionales de Alameda|National Gendarmerie]]. Unlike the Department of Defense, the Department of Public Administration can be overruled by the Legislature of Alameda and control over the Carabiniers and Gendarmerie can be transferred to a committee established by the Senate.


===Administrative Divisions===


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! Flag !! State !! Capital City !! Largest City !! Governor !! Population
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|| || Augusto || Cuidad Augusto || Cuidad Augusto ||  || XXXX
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|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Augusta || Sitigu (ᏏᏘᎫ) || Passadumkeag || Ville de Augusta || Ville de Augusta || Jacques Santerre || 1,000,000
|| || Vicuña || Rennes  || Rennes || Hélène Myriam || XXXX
|-
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Penobscot || Chatuga (ᏣᏚᎦ) || Penobscot || Ville de Penobscot || Ville de Penobscot || TBD || 1,000,000
|| || Urquídez || New Calais || Machias || Donatien Ludovic ||
|-
|| || Adelantado || Vignobles City || Vignobles City || Cédric Dieudonné ||
|-  
|-  
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Androscoggin || Talikwa (ᏖᎵᏉ) || Androscoggin || Île de Androscoggin || Île de Androscoggin || TBD || 1,000,000
|| || Aguileña || Ville de Amiens || Ville de Amiens || Barnabé Édouard ||  
|-
|| || Santa María || Évreux || Évreux || Maxence Gauthier ||
|-
|| || Montepaz-Coushatta || Épernay || Épernay || Éliane Simone ||
|-
|| || Tallapoosa || Penobscot || Penobscot || TBD ||
|-  
|-  
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Montgomery || Itsati (ᎢᏣᏘ) || TBD || Ville de Itsati || Tanasi (ᏔᎾᏏ) || TBD || 1,000,000
|| || Coosada || Île de Androscoggin || Île de Androscoggin || TBD ||
|-
|| || Wetumpka || Île de Winnibisauga || Île de Winnibisauga || TBD ||
|-
|| || Tuscaloosa || Île de Piscataquis || Mérignac || TBD ||
|-  
|-  
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Quénnebec || TBD || TBD || Vignobles || Cité du Tabac || TBD || 1,000,000
|| || Opelika || Île de Souhegan || Périgueux || TBD ||
|-
|| || Quanassee || TBD || TBD || TBD ||
|-
|| || Sitigu || TBD || TBD || TBD ||
|-  
|-  
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Nouveau Calais || TBD || TBD || Nouveau Calais || Machias || TBD || 1,000,000
|| || Talikwa || TBD || TBD || TBD ||
|-
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Watagi || Watagi (ᏩᏔᎩ) || TBD || TBD || Eaux Maléfiques || TBD || 1,000,000
|| || Esseneca || TBD || TBD || TBD ||
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Nanrantsouak || TBD || Nanrantsouak || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Skowhegan || TBD || Skowhegan || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || Chalonnes || TBD || TBD || TBD || Sokokis || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-  
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-
|| [[File:Flag of Maine.svg|75px|frameless]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 1,000,000
|-  
|-  
|| || Chatuga || TBD || TBD || TBD ||
|-
|| || Tuckasegee || TBD || TBD || TBD ||
|-
|}
|}


===Parties & Elections===
==Geography==
===Foreign Relations===
Alameda is located on the eastern corridor of Norumbria, abutting the North Thalassan Sea to the east. Alameda shares land borders with [[Mniohuta]] to the west across the {{wpl|Appalachian Mountains|Osowanon Mountains}} as well as a small border with [[Awasin]] to the northwest; [[Gristol-Serkonos]] to the south; and [[Rökkurlynd]] to the north. It maintains a maritime border with Rökkurlynd across the [[Magellan Channel]] with the Rökkurlynd Archipelago.
==Economy==
 
==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
===Rail Industry===
===Energy===
===Water Supply===
===West Chenique Infrastructure===
==Demographics==
===Ethnic Groups===
===Language===
===Education===
===Health===
===Major Cities===
==Culture==
==Culture==
===Art & Architecture===
{{main_article|Culture of Alameda}}
===Literature===
Alameda from its inception has been a cultural fusion of [[Alamedines]], {{wpl|Muscogee}} and {{wpl|Cherokee|Anigiduwagi}} culture with significant influence from Belisarian settlers. Modern Alamedan culture consists of Alamedine and Muscogee culture, with Anigiduwagi culture being more prevalent in West Alameda than East Alameda. Much of its architecture and city construction takes from various Belisarian cultures with Muscogee elements. In the aftermath of the Asherionic occupation of Alameda, Alamedine and Muscogee cultures have taken the forefront of Alameda's mixtures with many Anigiduwagi influences often being ignored. Alameda's [[Department of Culture (Alameda)|Department of Culture]] is responsible for the promotion of Alamedan architecture, art, cuisine, cinema, dance, literature, history, and music.
===Mathematics & Sciences===
 
===Music===
Historically, Alameda has stuck out as an odd country within Norumbria for its culture. It is the only country within the entire continent to speak Garzan and one of the few to have promoted the idea of cultural intermingling between Belisarian settlers and the Muscogee natives. After the East Alamedan Annexation of Anigiduwagi lands, the [[Alamedine-Muscogee Renaissance]] occured between 1840 to 1929, which saw the promotion of Alamedine and Muscogee culture in the country.
===Cuisine===
===Society===

Revision as of 18:32, 27 March 2024

Republic of Alameda
Coat of arms of Alameda
Coat of arms
CapitalCuidad Augusto
Largest cityHortensia
Ethnic groups
(2019)
Alamedine, Chusco, Muscogean, Anigiduwagi
Demonym(s)Alamedan
GovernmentFederal presidential republic
• President
Alessandri Guzmán-Varga
Menewa Palma Yahalgi
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
National Assembly
Establishment
1625
1805
1811-1830
1967
CurrencyAlamedan Peso (ALP)
Date formatMM/DD/YYYY
Driving sideright
Calling code+56
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Alameda, formally the Republic of Alameda (Alamedan: Republica del Alameda) is a sovereign nation located in Norumbia. It borders the countries of Rökkurlynd and Awasin to the north, Mniohuta to the west and Gristol-Serkonos to the south. Its eastern coastline leads to the North Thalassan Sea. The capital of Alameda is Cuidad Augusto and the largest city is Hortensia. Alameda has been historically defined into two Grand Divisions, West Alameda and East Alameda. These two areas are politically, culturally, economically and linguistically distinct. The population of Alameda is approximately 19.7 million people, with around 72% of which live in East Alameda. Alameda is a multi-cultural country, and has four constitutionally recognized constituent groups: Alamedines, Chuscos, Muskogee and Anigiduwagi.

Alameda has been inhabited since the last ice age, with evidence of habitation dating back to 10,000 B.C.E. Alameda is considered to be the homeland of two indigenous Norumbrian groups: the Serkonian Anigiduwagi and the Muscogeans. Both of these groups have settled throughout Alameda, utilizing a tribal system which established two large, influential Great Tribes and various Lesser Tribes. Since the 15th century, the two Great Tribes of Alameda were the Muscogean Tallapoosa and the Anigiduwagi Qanasi. While hostilities between these two tribes have ended since 1824, the Muscogeans and Anigiduwagi still have various societal and civil issues that have flared up, most notably the 1975 West Alameda Riots and the 1962 Anigiduwagi Boycott.

In 1625, the Province of the New Frontier was chartered and established by the Garzan-Latium Norumbrian Company with the founding of Ciudad Augusto, originally founded as Costa de Augusto. New settlers to the colony primarily spoke Garzan, with Latin being used for nomenclature until independence. The new colonial province and its settlers were initially welcomed by the Muscogean tribe of Coosa, which was aligned with the Tallapoosa.

Etymology

"Alameda" as a name can be traced to the poem, Niños de Roble by Rosalía Castellanos that was published in 1672 in the colony. The name itself derives Castellanos admiration at the Muscogee's complex system of trails and roads that extended throughout East Alameda. During the time, the colonial province was looking for a new name to replace the name New Frontier. Settlers at the time felt that the name New Frontier related closer to the colonial company's identity over the settler's new identity intermingled with the Muscogee.

Government

The Republic of Alameda and its constitution were initially drafted by the Alamedine-Muscogee Free Government in 1807, and was eventually signed in 1830 at the end of the Independence War. Alameda is a Federal Presidential Republic under the constitution. Alameda has was founded and has been governed under the principles of Alamedine-Muscogean Concordance, which dictated much of its early legal principles.

Military

Main article: Armed Forces of Alameda

The Armed Forces of Alameda are administered under civilian control by the Department of Defense, with chief power to remove the commander-in-chief given to the President. The Department of Defense has jurisdiction over the Alamedan Army, the Alamedan Navy and the Alamedan Air Force. The Department of Public Administration has jurisdiction over the National Carabiniers and the National Gendarmerie. Unlike the Department of Defense, the Department of Public Administration can be overruled by the Legislature of Alameda and control over the Carabiniers and Gendarmerie can be transferred to a committee established by the Senate.

Administrative Divisions

Flag State Capital City Largest City Governor Population
Augusto Cuidad Augusto Cuidad Augusto XXXX
Vicuña Rennes Rennes Hélène Myriam XXXX
Urquídez New Calais Machias Donatien Ludovic
Adelantado Vignobles City Vignobles City Cédric Dieudonné
Aguileña Ville de Amiens Ville de Amiens Barnabé Édouard
Santa María Évreux Évreux Maxence Gauthier
Montepaz-Coushatta Épernay Épernay Éliane Simone
Tallapoosa Penobscot Penobscot TBD
Coosada Île de Androscoggin Île de Androscoggin TBD
Wetumpka Île de Winnibisauga Île de Winnibisauga TBD
Tuscaloosa Île de Piscataquis Mérignac TBD
Opelika Île de Souhegan Périgueux TBD
Quanassee TBD TBD TBD
Sitigu TBD TBD TBD
Talikwa TBD TBD TBD
Esseneca TBD TBD TBD
Chatuga TBD TBD TBD
Tuckasegee TBD TBD TBD

Geography

Alameda is located on the eastern corridor of Norumbria, abutting the North Thalassan Sea to the east. Alameda shares land borders with Mniohuta to the west across the Osowanon Mountains as well as a small border with Awasin to the northwest; Gristol-Serkonos to the south; and Rökkurlynd to the north. It maintains a maritime border with Rökkurlynd across the Magellan Channel with the Rökkurlynd Archipelago.

Culture

Main article: Culture of Alameda

Alameda from its inception has been a cultural fusion of Alamedines, Muscogee and Anigiduwagi culture with significant influence from Belisarian settlers. Modern Alamedan culture consists of Alamedine and Muscogee culture, with Anigiduwagi culture being more prevalent in West Alameda than East Alameda. Much of its architecture and city construction takes from various Belisarian cultures with Muscogee elements. In the aftermath of the Asherionic occupation of Alameda, Alamedine and Muscogee cultures have taken the forefront of Alameda's mixtures with many Anigiduwagi influences often being ignored. Alameda's Department of Culture is responsible for the promotion of Alamedan architecture, art, cuisine, cinema, dance, literature, history, and music.

Historically, Alameda has stuck out as an odd country within Norumbria for its culture. It is the only country within the entire continent to speak Garzan and one of the few to have promoted the idea of cultural intermingling between Belisarian settlers and the Muscogee natives. After the East Alamedan Annexation of Anigiduwagi lands, the Alamedine-Muscogee Renaissance occured between 1840 to 1929, which saw the promotion of Alamedine and Muscogee culture in the country.

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