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{{Infobox country
{{Infobox country
|native_name                = Okredesia
|native_name                =  
<small><small>{{ublist|{{MongolUnicode|𐐇𐐝𐐗𐐈𐐟𐐄𐐤𐐄}}{{MongolUnicode|𐐄𐐗𐐡𐐈𐐔𐐆𐐖𐐈}}}}</small></small>
Eskatona Okradisha ([[Okrish language|Okrish]])
|conventional_long_name      = Eschaton of Okredesia
|conventional_long_name      = Eschaton of Okredesia
|common_name                = Okredesia
|common_name                =  
|image_flag                  = Flag of Okredesia.svg
|image_flag                  = Flag of Okredesia.svg
|alt_flag                    =   
|alt_flag                    =   
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|alt_coat                    =  
|alt_coat                    =  
|symbol_type                = [[Seal of Okredesia|Seal]]
|symbol_type                = [[Seal of Okredesia|Seal]]
|national_motto              = "Beneath the pavement, the beach."
|national_motto              = {{ublist|{{MongolUnicode|𐐒𐐡𐐀𐐗𐐆𐐤}}{{MongolUnicode|𐐒𐐇𐐤𐐆𐐤}}{{MongolUnicode|𐐘𐐡𐐄𐐤}}{{MongolUnicode|𐐌𐐇𐐤𐐆𐐤}}}}<br>"''Breiking, berning, groing, yerning.''"<br>("Breaking, burning, growing, yearning.")
|national_anthem            =''Aaa''<br>[[File:MediaPlayer.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HICrqdBIL2I|210px]]
|national_anthem            = ''Ereynchment fer Aunted Tymes''<br>("Arrangement for Haunted Times")<br>[[File:MediaPlayer.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm83XqO30mU|210px]]
|royal_anthem                =  
|royal_anthem                =  
|other_symbol                =  
|other_symbol                =  
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|map_caption                = Map of Okredesia's metropolitanates
|map_caption                = Map of Okredesia's metropolitanates. Overseas exarchates not shown.
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|map_caption2                =  
|map_caption2                =  
|capital                    = Ys
|capital                    = [[Ys]]
|largest_city                = capital
|largest_city                = capital
|largest_settlement          =  
|largest_settlement          =  
|largest_settlement_type    =  
|largest_settlement_type    = <span style="font-weight: normal;">largest city</span>
|languages_type =  
|languages_type =  
|languages                  = {{wp|Ancient Greek language|Eresic}}, {{wp|English language|Okredesian}}
|languages                  = [[Okrish language|Okrish]], [[Ysic language|Ysic]]
|languages_sub              =
|languages_sub              =
|languages2_type            =  
|languages2_type            =  
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|ethnic_groups_year          =  
|ethnic_groups_year          =  
|religion = [[Ysology]] ({{wp|state religion|official}})
|religion = [[Ysology]] ({{wp|state religion|official}})
|demonym                    = Okredesian
|demonym                    = Okrish, Okrisher
|government_type            = {{wp|Anarchism|Anarcho-}}{{wp|totalitarianism|totalitarian}} {{wp|socialist}} {{wp|theocracy}}  
|government_type            = {{wp|Anarchism|Anarcho-}}{{wp|totalitarianism|totalitarian}} {{wp|socialist}} {{wp|theocracy}}  
|leader_title1              = [[Archon]]
|leader_title1              = [[Archon]]
|leader_name1                = Aaa
|leader_name1                = Aaa
|leader_title2              = [[Archprovost]]
|leader_title2              = [[Overprovost]]
|leader_name2                = Aaa
|leader_name2                = Aaa
|leader_title3              = [[Archstrategos]]
|leader_title3              = [[Stratarch]]
|leader_name3                = Aaa
|leader_name3                = Aaa
|legislature                = [[Archsynod]]
|legislature                = [[Megasynod]]
|sovereignty_type            = Formation
|sovereignty_type            = [[History of Okredesia|Formation]]
|established_event1          = Dagerby culture
|established_event1          = Dagerby culture
|established_date1          = {{circa}} 30,000 BCE
|established_date1          = {{circa}} 25,000 BCE
|established_event2          = Alweni migration
|established_date2          = {{circa}} 300 CE
|established_event3          = Valsian invasions
|established_date3          = {{circa}} 1300 CE
|established_event4          = Archimandry period
|established_date4          = 1673-1739
|established_event5          = Republic period
|established_date5          = 1891-1997
|established_event6          = Eschaton period
|established_date6          = 1997-present
|area_rank                  =  
|area_rank                  =  
|area_magnitude              =
|area_magnitude              =
|area                        =  
|area                        =  
|area_km2                    = 211,920
|area_km2                    = 437,220
|area_sq_mi                  = 81,823
|area_sq_mi                  = 168,811
|area_footnote              =
|area_footnote              =
|percent_water              =
|percent_water              =
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|area_label2                =
|area_label2                =
|area_dabodyalign            =
|area_dabodyalign            =
|population_estimate        = 157,836,567
|population_estimate        = 73,890,180{{efn|Population and area estimates do not include Okredesia's 23 [[Exarchates of Okredesia|exarchates]].}}
|population_estimate_rank    =
|population_estimate_rank    =
|population_estimate_year    = 2023
|population_estimate_year    = 2023
|population_census          =  
|population_census          =  
|population_census_year      =  
|population_census_year      =  
|population_density_km2      = 745
|population_density_km2      = 169
|population_density_sq_mi    = 1929
|population_density_sq_mi    =  
|population_density_rank    =
|population_density_rank    =
|GDP_PPP                    =  
|GDP_PPP                    = $3,124,372,371,120
|GDP_PPP_rank                =  
|GDP_PPP_rank                =  
|GDP_PPP_year                =  
|GDP_PPP_year                = 2023
|GDP_PPP_per_capita          =  
|GDP_PPP_per_capita          = $42,284
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank    =  
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank    =  
|GDP_nominal                = $7,974,376,874,541
|GDP_nominal                = $991,606,215,600
|GDP_nominal_rank            =  
|GDP_nominal_rank            =  
|GDP_nominal_year            = 2023
|GDP_nominal_year            = 2023
|GDP_nominal_per_capita      = 50,523
|GDP_nominal_per_capita      = $13,420
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank =  
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank =  
|Gini                        = 23.3
|Gini                        = 23.3
|Gini_rank                  =
|Gini_rank                  =
|Gini_year                  =
|Gini_year                  = 2021
|Gini_category              =
|Gini_category              =
|HDI                        = 0.855
|HDI                        = 0.855
|HDI_rank                    =
|HDI_rank                    =
|HDI_year                    =
|HDI_year                    = 2021
|currency                    = [[Okredesian sol|Sol]] (ᛋ)
|currency                    = [[Okredesian sol|Sol]] (𐤳)
|currency_code              = OKS
|currency_code              = OKS
|time_zone                  =
|time_zone                  =
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}}
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Rhowyden ({{IPAc-en|r|oʊ|w|ɪ|d|ɛ|n}} {{respell|ROH|wih|den}}), officially the Union of Rhowyden, is a sovereign country encompassing the continent of Rhowyden, the island of Sharlow, the smaller surrounding islands, and dozens of overseas autonomous territories. Most of its land area of 32,356,439 km<sup>2</sup> (12,493,000 mi<sup>2</sup>) is characterized by cold, wet, mixed forests, although the southern coast is warm year-round. It is surrounded by oceans on all sides. The {{wp|de facto}} administrative capital of Rhowyden is [[Gydenborg]], while its largest city is [[Mikelby]]. Other major urban centers include [[Lisitas]], [[Bramwin]], [[Leraster]], and [[Leander]].  
Okredesia ({{IPAc-en|ɔː|k|r|ɛ|d|iː|ʒ|i|ə}} {{respell|AW|kreh|DEE|zhuh|,_-|DESS|ee|uh}}) officially the Eschaton of Okredesia ([[Okrish language|Okrish]]: Eshadana Åkradeysha), is an island country in the Mazarine Ocean. Most of its land area of 437,22 km<sup>2</sup> (168,811 mi<sup>2</sup>) is characterized by cold, wet, mixed forests and rolling hills. It shares a maritime border with [[Orleóis]], which is also the closest other country to Okredesia, laying 450 kilometers to the west. Much of the population of 73,890,180 is concentrated in the north around the Foss Valley and Lake Sovereign. [[Ys]], the capital, is also the country's largest city. Other major urban centers include [[Elderon]], [[Elcho]], [[Erneburn]], and [[Phlox]].


Humans first arrived in Rhowyden around 30,000 CE during the last ice age Beginning in the 15th century, large numbers of [[Proto-Valsian]] peoples of undocumented origins began arriving by sea on the west side of the continent, conquering and assimilating much of the indigenous population by the beginning of the 17th century, leaving a plethora of large, independent warlord states in the wake of the campaign. In the 1640s, the [[Archimandry of Holburn]] was the first recorded great power on the continent, briefly conquering most of the continent’s eastern half, before collapsing during the [[Malachite Wars]] from 1719-1742. Industrialization of the continent began amid these conflicts, with the first commercial steam engines entering use in Leraster in 1732. The ensuing economic and technological boom led to dramatic urbanization and socioeconomic upheaval, until much of the continent began transitioning into a deindustrialized service-based economy in the mid-20th century. Rising discontentment due to precarious economic conditions, environmental degradation, and rising authoritarianism led to the [[Vital Revolution]] beginning in 1979, which eventually unified the continent into the modern polity of Rhowyden.
Okredesia was first inhabited during the {{wp|Last Glacial Maximum}}, with megalithic structures submerged in the Dagerby Sea and Great Bay dating to approximately 25,000 years ago. The archaeological record shows a {{wp|mass die-off}} occured around 13,000 BCE, leaving the island uninhabited again until the 4th century CE when the [[Alweni]] peoples arrived. The Alweni engaged in a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and built their own monumental structures. In the late 1300s, large numbers of [[Valsian people|Valsians]] began migrating to Okredesia from eastern Orleóis, conquering and eventually subsuming the Alweni population. During the centuries following the Valsian invasions, power coalesced around the petty kingdoms of [[Mallow]], [[Lasel]], [[Umber]], [[Begom]], and [[Floret]], which are historically referred to as [[the Pentarchy]]. Beginning in the mid-1600s, a religious reformation resulted in the entire island uniting for the first time under the [[Archimandry of Okredesia]] from 1673 to 1739 before dissolving upon the death of [[Saint Alinora]]. The endemic warfare resulting from the Archimandry's collapse fueled the island's industrialization, which in turn caused substantial sociopolitical upheaval. A series of military and political developments, [[the Convergence]], resulted in the formation of the Okredesian Republic in 1891. Rising discontentment due to precarious economic conditions, environmental degradation, and rising authoritarianism led to the [[Vital Revolution]] beginning in 1991 with the ensuing [[Okredesian Civil War]] ending in 1997 with the victory of the [[Eldritchites]].


Today, Rhowyden is a {{wp|libertarian socialist}} {{wp|Council communism|council}} {{wp|federation}} where the predominant political current is [[vitalism]]. It is divided into 6 [[Regions of Rhowyden|regions]], 42 [[Zones of Rhowyden|zones]], and 9,735 [[Autonomies of Rhowyden|autonomies]]. The federal government is based upon the [[Community for Equity, Research, Ecology, and Security]] (CERES), and a system of advanced {{wp|e-democracy}} is implemented at all levels. Rhowyden utilizes a {{wp|decentralized planned economy}} in which basic needs have been decommodified and all firms are either employee-owned or community-owned, with production coordinated through an advanced {{wp|decision support system}} named [[Decision Augmentation and Goods Distribution Array|DAGDA]]. Major industries and exports include foodstuffs, forest products, commercial vehicles, industrial machinery, telecommunications, and tourism. Rhowyden ranks highly in international measurements of political freedoms, government transparency, education, and quality of life.
Today, Okredesia is a {{wp|unitary state|unitary}} {{wp|socialism|socialist state}} that has been simultaneously described as an advanced {{wp|e-democracy}} and an {{wp|Mass_surveillance#Electronic_police_state|electronic police state}}, with low levels of {{wp|political transparency}} and {{wp|religious freedom}}, but paradoxically high rankings in {{wp|Human development (economics)|human development}}, {{wp|civil liberties}}, and {{wp|democracy}}. [[Ysology]] is the {{wp|state religion}}. Okredesia is divided into 13 [[Metropolitanates of Okredesia|metropolitanates]], which enjoy extraordinary {{wp|devolution|devolved powers}}, consisting of 256 {{wp|eparchies}} and 4096 {{wp|parishes}}, as well as 23 overseas [[Exarchates of Okredesia|exarchates]]. The country maintains a {{wp|decentralized economic planning|decentralized}} socialist economy in which {{wp|basic needs}} have been {{wp|Decommodification|decommodified}} and all firms are either {{wp|employee-owned}}, {{wp|Community ownership|community-owned}}, or {{wp|state-owned enterprise|state-operated}}. While its nominal GDP per capita is just $13,420, by {{wp|PPP}} measurements its GDP per capita is $42,284. Major industries and products include foodstuffs, {{wp|forest products}}, {{wp|commercial vehicles}}, industrial machinery, electronics, and {{wp|telecommunications}}.


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
The name Rhowyden is derived from the Middle Rhowysh word ‘’prowetinne’’ (“prophetess”). It first entered common usage in the mid-1700s as a derivation of Prowetinnesrewlm, referring to the Archimandry of Holburn and the wide-reaching influence of Archabbess [[Alinora the Most Holy]]. Though the “Prophetess’s Realm” dissolved in 1739, the name remained in use for at least a generation and began being used as a common name for the continent by the turn of the 19th century. Among speakers of Burnish and Merelandic, the word soon mutated into Rhowetinn, and eventually Rhowyden, following the establishment of standardized spelling by the now defunct Academy for the Rhowysh Language.
 
The origins of the name Okredesia are uncertain. It first emerged into the written record around 1400 CE as Okirdosia, possibly derived from the [[Italiot Greek|Middle Alweni]] word ''okkido'', meaning "to kill, ruin, afflict", and thus could be interpreted as meaning "ruined land" or even "land of the dead". The term was initially used to refer to the area around modern day Elderon and the Foss Valley, likely in reference the devastation wrought by the [[Valsian invasion of Okredesia]] which began roughly a century prior, and soon began to be used by the Valsians to refer to the entire island. The modern form, ''Okredesia'', only entered use in the early 1700s, coined and standardized by the govermnent of the Archimandry, and ending the use of other derived words such as ''Kidosa'' or ''Lithasia''. With the [[Great Okredesian Dialect Shift]] of the late 19th century and subsequent establishment of the [[Academy for the Okredesian Language]] in 1910, the native spelling was standardized to Akradeysha.


== History ==
== History ==


[[File:Biskupin_brama_od_zewnatrz.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Reconstruction of a Bronze Age Dagerby culture settlement.]]
referred to as the Paleopagian Period
 
=== Alweni period ===
 
=== Valsian invasions ===
 
=== Archimandry ===
 
=== Republic ===
 
=== Eschaton to present ===
 
== Geography ==
 
The total area of Okredesia, not including overseas exarchates, is 437,220 km<sup>2</sup> (168,810 mi<sup>2</sup>), consisting of the island of Okredesia and its outlaying islets. The island sits between latitudes 48°N and 36°N, and longitudes 92°W and 86°W. Its climate mostly consists of a {{wop|humid continental climate}}, which transitions into a {{wp|humid subtropical climate}} along the southern coast and around the piedmont of the [[Talbot Mountains]]. A small area of {{wp|warm-summer Mediteranean}} climate is found around [[Lerron Sound]] and the [[Cinder Islands]] in the southwest. The moderating effects of the Veta Winds and Thousand Lakes ensure that Rhowyden is unusually warm despite its high latitude, meaning that, even in some of the more northerly regions, productive agriculture is still possible during the short summers. Some regions, such as the Rawl Peninsula, can receive more than 400 cm in snow annually.
 
Okredesia's topography is defined by its three principle highlands regions: the [[Foglo Highlands]], the [[Puxen Mountains]], and the [[Talbot Mountains]]; and the three major rivers that characterize those regions, the [[Bera River]], [[Foss River]], and [[Wulf River]], respectively.
 
[[Mown Juni]], located in the eastern ridge of the Puxwen Mountains, is the highest point in Okredesia at 616 meters (2023 feet) above sea level. The lowest point in Okredesia is found at [[Stefapon]] in the [[Neverleighs]], at 13 meters (42 feet) below sea level.
 
The Great Bay, located on the west coast between Sharlow and Mereland, is notable because its water is nearly {{wp|fresh water|fresh}} due to the immense drainage of many rivers into it and more brackish {{wp|seawater}} being limited by the [[Dagerby Peninsula]] and [[Olan Islands]]. Aside from the area immediately surrounding the western boundary, the Great Bay's water has salinity levels that allow for safe human consumption. The Great Bay is linked to Lake Sovereign by the Foss River, allowing water travel between the coast and interior of the island.
 
[[File:Climate map of Rhowyden.png|left|thumb|250px|{{wp|Köppen climate classification|Köppen climate map}} of Rhowyden.]]
 
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== Politics ==
 
=== Law ===
 
=== Foreign policy ===
 
=== Military ===
 
=== Administrative subdivisions ===
 
=== Human rights ===
 
== Economy ==
 
=== Agriculture ===
 
=== Energy ===
 
=== Tourism ===
 
=== Transportation ===
 
=== Science and technology ===
 
== Demographics ==
 
=== Ethnic groups ===
 
=== Languages ===
 
=== Religion ===
 
=== Education ===
 
=== Health ===
 
== Culture ==
 
=== Architecture ===
 
=== Calendar ===
 
=== Cinema ===
 
=== Clothing ===


Rhowyden has been continuously inhabited by modern humans since at least 30,000 BCE, when it is hypothesized that {{wp|paleolithic}} fishermen reached the continent by sea while following seal populations. The oldest known evidence of human habitation is found in Haser on the northern coast of Sharlow, where a stone carving depicting a fish dating back to approximately 30,000 BCE was found in 1962. These indigenous inhabitants, who are called the Dagerby culture by modern historians, proceeded to spread out across Sharlow and then mainland Rhowyden. Humans are believed to have reached the southern coast by 15,000 BCE.  
=== Cuisine ===


Around 2,000 BCE, the first evidence of metallurgy appears in the archaeological record. The Sovereign Copper Culture, centered around Lake Sovereign (for which the historical group is named), began producing copper jewelry and later tools, eventually moving into bronzeworking by the 5th century BCE. Tools from this period are found throughout the Thousand Lakes basin and as far south as modern Lisitas. The Sovereign Copper Culture is believed to be the first major regional polity in Rhowyden.
=== Sports ===


By the 6th century CE, knowledge of advanced metalworking had disseminated far from Lake Sovereign and other groups began competing with the Sovereign Copper Culture for resources. The most successful of these rivals was the Aughton Confederation, named for the town of Aughton where ruins of their capital (whose name remains unknown) were discovered. This confederation spanned much of the southern Great Bay region in the early first millennium CE. In the 12th century, the eruption of the volcano Mt. Bedes in northern Sharlow caused a volcanic winter in much of Rhowyden, caused a tsunami which temporarily submerged the Dagerby peninsula, and cast a toxic cloud over much of the continent's eastern half that killed an estimated 20 million people.
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 BE



Eschaton of Okredesia
  • 𐐇𐐝𐐗𐐈𐐟𐐄𐐤𐐄𐐄𐐗𐐡𐐈𐐔𐐆𐐖𐐈
 Eskatona Okradisha (Okrish)
Flag of
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Motto: 
  • 𐐒𐐡𐐀𐐗𐐆𐐤𐐒𐐇𐐤𐐆𐐤𐐘𐐡𐐄𐐤𐐌𐐇𐐤𐐆𐐤

"Breiking, berning, groing, yerning."
("Breaking, burning, growing, yearning.")
Anthem: Ereynchment fer Aunted Tymes
("Arrangement for Haunted Times")
MediaPlayer.png
Map of Okredesia's metropolitanates. Overseas exarchates not shown.
Map of Okredesia's metropolitanates. Overseas exarchates not shown.
Capital
and largest city
Ys
Other languagesOkrish, Ysic
Religion
Ysology (official)
Demonym(s)Okrish, Okrisher
GovernmentAnarcho-totalitarian socialist theocracy
• Archon
Aaa
Aaa
• Stratarch
Aaa
LegislatureMegasynod
Formation
• Dagerby culture
c. 25,000 BCE
• Alweni migration
c. 300 CE
• Valsian invasions
c. 1300 CE
• Archimandry period
1673-1739
• Republic period
1891-1997
• Eschaton period
1997-present
Area
• 
437,220 km2 (168,810 sq mi)
Population
• 2023 estimate
73,890,180[a]
• Density
169/km2 (437.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
$3,124,372,371,120
• Per capita
$42,284
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
$991,606,215,600
• Per capita
$13,420
Gini (2021)23.3
low
HDI (2021)0.855
very high
CurrencySol (𐤳) (OKS)
Driving sideright
Calling code+23
ISO 3166 codeOK
Internet TLD.ok

Okredesia (/ɔːkrɛdiːʒiə/ AW-kreh-DEE-zhuh, -⁠DESS-ee-uh) officially the Eschaton of Okredesia (Okrish: Eshadana Åkradeysha), is an island country in the Mazarine Ocean. Most of its land area of 437,22 km2 (168,811 mi2) is characterized by cold, wet, mixed forests and rolling hills. It shares a maritime border with Orleóis, which is also the closest other country to Okredesia, laying 450 kilometers to the west. Much of the population of 73,890,180 is concentrated in the north around the Foss Valley and Lake Sovereign. Ys, the capital, is also the country's largest city. Other major urban centers include Elderon, Elcho, Erneburn, and Phlox.

Okredesia was first inhabited during the Last Glacial Maximum, with megalithic structures submerged in the Dagerby Sea and Great Bay dating to approximately 25,000 years ago. The archaeological record shows a mass die-off occured around 13,000 BCE, leaving the island uninhabited again until the 4th century CE when the Alweni peoples arrived. The Alweni engaged in a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and built their own monumental structures. In the late 1300s, large numbers of Valsians began migrating to Okredesia from eastern Orleóis, conquering and eventually subsuming the Alweni population. During the centuries following the Valsian invasions, power coalesced around the petty kingdoms of Mallow, Lasel, Umber, Begom, and Floret, which are historically referred to as the Pentarchy. Beginning in the mid-1600s, a religious reformation resulted in the entire island uniting for the first time under the Archimandry of Okredesia from 1673 to 1739 before dissolving upon the death of Saint Alinora. The endemic warfare resulting from the Archimandry's collapse fueled the island's industrialization, which in turn caused substantial sociopolitical upheaval. A series of military and political developments, the Convergence, resulted in the formation of the Okredesian Republic in 1891. Rising discontentment due to precarious economic conditions, environmental degradation, and rising authoritarianism led to the Vital Revolution beginning in 1991 with the ensuing Okredesian Civil War ending in 1997 with the victory of the Eldritchites.

Today, Okredesia is a unitary socialist state that has been simultaneously described as an advanced e-democracy and an electronic police state, with low levels of political transparency and religious freedom, but paradoxically high rankings in human development, civil liberties, and democracy. Ysology is the state religion. Okredesia is divided into 13 metropolitanates, which enjoy extraordinary devolved powers, consisting of 256 eparchies and 4096 parishes, as well as 23 overseas exarchates. The country maintains a decentralized socialist economy in which basic needs have been decommodified and all firms are either employee-owned, community-owned, or state-operated. While its nominal GDP per capita is just $13,420, by PPP measurements its GDP per capita is $42,284. Major industries and products include foodstuffs, forest products, commercial vehicles, industrial machinery, electronics, and telecommunications.

Etymology

The origins of the name Okredesia are uncertain. It first emerged into the written record around 1400 CE as Okirdosia, possibly derived from the Middle Alweni word okkido, meaning "to kill, ruin, afflict", and thus could be interpreted as meaning "ruined land" or even "land of the dead". The term was initially used to refer to the area around modern day Elderon and the Foss Valley, likely in reference the devastation wrought by the Valsian invasion of Okredesia which began roughly a century prior, and soon began to be used by the Valsians to refer to the entire island. The modern form, Okredesia, only entered use in the early 1700s, coined and standardized by the govermnent of the Archimandry, and ending the use of other derived words such as Kidosa or Lithasia. With the Great Okredesian Dialect Shift of the late 19th century and subsequent establishment of the Academy for the Okredesian Language in 1910, the native spelling was standardized to Akradeysha.

History

referred to as the Paleopagian Period

Alweni period

Valsian invasions

Archimandry

Republic

Eschaton to present

Geography

The total area of Okredesia, not including overseas exarchates, is 437,220 km2 (168,810 mi2), consisting of the island of Okredesia and its outlaying islets. The island sits between latitudes 48°N and 36°N, and longitudes 92°W and 86°W. Its climate mostly consists of a Template:Wop, which transitions into a humid subtropical climate along the southern coast and around the piedmont of the Talbot Mountains. A small area of warm-summer Mediteranean climate is found around Lerron Sound and the Cinder Islands in the southwest. The moderating effects of the Veta Winds and Thousand Lakes ensure that Rhowyden is unusually warm despite its high latitude, meaning that, even in some of the more northerly regions, productive agriculture is still possible during the short summers. Some regions, such as the Rawl Peninsula, can receive more than 400 cm in snow annually.

Okredesia's topography is defined by its three principle highlands regions: the Foglo Highlands, the Puxen Mountains, and the Talbot Mountains; and the three major rivers that characterize those regions, the Bera River, Foss River, and Wulf River, respectively.

Mown Juni, located in the eastern ridge of the Puxwen Mountains, is the highest point in Okredesia at 616 meters (2023 feet) above sea level. The lowest point in Okredesia is found at Stefapon in the Neverleighs, at 13 meters (42 feet) below sea level.

The Great Bay, located on the west coast between Sharlow and Mereland, is notable because its water is nearly fresh due to the immense drainage of many rivers into it and more brackish seawater being limited by the Dagerby Peninsula and Olan Islands. Aside from the area immediately surrounding the western boundary, the Great Bay's water has salinity levels that allow for safe human consumption. The Great Bay is linked to Lake Sovereign by the Foss River, allowing water travel between the coast and interior of the island.

Köppen climate map of Rhowyden.
  • Mown Juni is the highest point in Rhowyden at 616 meters.

    Mown Juni is the highest point in Rhowyden at 616 meters.

  • Winter on the shore of Lake Sovereign.

    Winter on the shore of Lake Sovereign.

  • Vineyards in eastern Avony.

    Vineyards in eastern Avony.

  • Cranes taking flight in a marsh in northern Mereland.

    Cranes taking flight in a marsh in northern Mereland.

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Economy

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  1. ↑ Population and area estimates do not include Okredesia's 23 exarchates.
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