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[[File:Boston Massacre, 03-05-1770 - NARA - 518262.tif|thumb|The [[Gledworth Massacre]] in 1795 is widely considered to mark the beginning of the [[Cuthish Revolution]].]]
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'''Eskavia''' ({{wp|Norwegian language|Waldish}}: ''Eskland'', [[Eskavian language|Eskavian]]: ''Eskävisik''), officially the '''Federated States of Eskavia''' ({{wp|Norwegian language|Waldish}}: ''Forbundsstatene Eskland'', [[Eskavian language|Eskavian]]: ''Eskävisikut Häkilnu''), is a {{wp|Sovereign state|sovereign state}} in [[Elia Australis]]. It lies between the [[Medan Ocean]] to the west, [[TBA]] to the northwest, [[TBA]] to the northeast, the [[Alconian Ocean]] to the west, and the [[X Ocean]] to the south. Eskavia's capital is [[Alusit]] and its largest city is [[Mariesfjord]]. Other major cities include [[Fossenvik]], [[Sankt Halvard]], and [[Kalonak]]. With a population of more than 137 million and a total area of XXX,XXX square kilometers, Eskavia is the Xth most populous and Xth largest nation in the [[Teleon|world]].


The second partition had left the Cuthish Empire a state of economic and social disarray.  Cenhelm I died in 1780, leaving the throne to his son, Edmund IX.  Edmund IX attempted to pay off the debts that had been incurred over decades of war and economic malaise by levying a highly regressive tax regime from which the nobility and clergy, who collectively represented the first estate in feudal Cuthland, were exempt. This enraged the second estate of burghers, who bore the brunt of Edmund IX's new taxes, and led to an increasing acceptance of {{wp|Liberalism|liberal}} and {{wp|Republicanism|republican}} ideals associated with the {{wp|Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment}} among the lower and middle classes.  These ideals were most notably promoted by the [[Council of Reason]], a society led by enlightenment thinkers such as [[Alfred Harwood]] and [[Dunstan Millard]] that published various articles and pamphlets between 1790 and 1795. The publication of ''[[Just Governance and the Rights of Man]]'' in 1795 proved particularly controversial for its denouncement of the Cuthish monarchy, and led Edmund IX to order the arrests and executions of both Harwood and Millard for treason. The executions led to a rapid deterioration in relations between the estates, culminating on 10 October when a group of demonstrators protesting the executions were fired upon by soldiers of the [[Royal Guard (Cuthland)|Royal Guard]] in front of [[Gledworth Palace]] in Kingsham. The soldiers killed 14 demonstrators in what became known as the [[Gledworth Massacre]], leading to waves of riots and unrest across the nation and signaling the start of the [[Cuthish Revolution]].
Humans have inhabited Eskavia for at least 12,000 years. The first [[Calesia]]n explorers arrived in 1510, after which both [[Falland]] and [[Waldrich]] established colonies in the region. In 1718, Waldrich annexed [[Fallish Eskavia]] as a consequence of the [[Waldish–Fallish War (1712–1718)|Waldish–Fallish War]] and consolidated the region under its control. Independence movements began to gain traction following the [[Revolution of Nations]] in [[Elia Borealis]], culminating in the failed [[Nybyggerkrigen]] of 1803. The movement began to recover in the 1860s, when the [[First Cuthish War]] severely weakened Walrich's ability to administer its Elian colonies. In 1868, a [[Eskavian Revolutions|revolutionary wave]] swept through [[Waldish Eskavia]] and ultimately brought an end to Waldish rule in continental Elia Australis. Frequent [[Eskavian Border Wars|border wars]] between the newly independent polities prevented the former colonies from taking steps towards [[Unification of Eskavia|unification]] until 1887, when Waldrich attempted to [[Hisuka War|militarily repatriate]] the [[Free State of Hisuka|Hisuka]] peninsula. The war prompted the creation of the [[West Eskavian Confederation]], a defensive alliance between several of the region's most powerful states. In 1903, the Confederation [[Lapik War|invaded]] the Waldish-held [[Lapik Islands]] in support of a [[Lapik Rebellion|nationalist rebellion]]. In the war's aftermath, the Confederation was [[Acts of Federation|consolidated]] into a federal state and reorganized as the Federated States of Eskavia.


The Gledworth Massacre caused outrage in the [[House of Burghers]], an advisory body to the Cuthish monarch which represented the second estate in the [[Wittenmoot]].  In March 1796, members of the House of Burghers established the [[Popular Committee]] with the intent of organizing revolutionary activities in Cuthland. The Popular Committee issued the [[Declaration of Rights and Liberties]] on 19 May, which condemned feudalism and absolute monarchism in Cuthland as infringements on the {{wp|Natural rights and legal rights|natural rights}} of man.  The Declaration was accompanied by the [[Petition of the Burghers]], which asked Edmund IX to abolish feudalism and the privileges of the first estate and to provide for {{wp|Representative democracy|representative government}} based around the Enlightenment concept of {{wp|Popular sovereignty|popular sovereignty}}.  The King attempted to quash the nascent revolution by sending soldiers to arrest the members of the Committee on 3 June, leading to a violent confrontation known as [[Bloody Monday]] when the soldiers clashed with peasant militias that had been raised to defend the Committee against royal interference. News of Bloody Monday led Cuthish soldiers assigned to the garrison at [[Leihstead-on-Fen]] to [[Leihstead mutiny|mutiny]], occupying the city for 10 days until a contingent from [[Edgton]] was dispatched to restore order.
Eskavia fought several further [[Eskavian Wars of Unification|wars of conquest]] during the early 20th century to unify the historic Eskavian territories, culminating with the [[Onutälpi Annexation Act|annexation]] of [[Onutälpi]] in 1911. During the [[Great War (Teleon)|Great War]], Eskavia initially remained neutral but joined the [[Transmedan Powers]] after the [[Nadauro|Nadauran]] [[Terrafirma campaign|invasion]] of [[Terrafirma]]. The conflict established Eskavia as a {{wp|Regional power|regional power}} in Elia Australis and paved the way for a major [[Post–Great War economic expansion in Eskavia|economic expansion]] in the post-war era. In the 1950s, Eskavia and Nadauro fought a brief and decisive [[Twenty Day War|war]] against neighboring [[X]] which solidified the former two nations as the leading military powers on the continent. Since the end of the 20th century, relations with Nadauro have begun to deteriorate as Eskavia has adopted an increasingly aggressive foreign policy stance.


Fearing that the mutiny in Leihstead would spread, Edmund IX's advisors recommended that he accept the Popular Committee's demands in order to avoid a military coup d'état.  After months of negotiations, Edmund IX signed the [[Cuthish Constitution of 1796|Cuthish Constitution]] on 17 September 1796, officially abolishing feudalism in Cuthland and reorganizing the Wittenmoot as a legislative body. However, the monarch retained substantial powers, including the ability to veto legislation and appoint government ministers. These powers enraged the more radical members of the revolutionary movement, who had advocated for the monarchy to be abolished completely in favor of a republic. The schism between the republicans and constitutional monarchists became increasingly evident at the first meeting of the Wittenmoot, when radical leader [[Harold Blace]] famously denounced the body before storming out of the House of Burghers with 162 other republican members.
Eskavia is categorized as both a {{wp|Regional power|regional power}} and a {{wp|Middle power|middle power}}, and is sometimes considered to be an {{wp|Emerging power|emerging}} {{wp|Great power|great power}}. It is a {{wp|Developed country|developed country}} that ranks highly in measures of {{wp|Quality of life|quality of life}}, {{wp|Health|health}}, {{wp|Education|education}}, and {{wp|Economic freedom|economic freedom}}. It is a high-income economy which is the second-largest economy on the continent by total nominal GDP. Eskavia is generally considered to be among the most mature {{wp|Liberal democracy|liberal democracies}} in Elia Australis, with strong protections for {{wp|Civil liberties|civil liberties}} and high {{wp|Political stability|political stability}}. Eskavia possesses the Xth largest military force and Xth highest defense budget in the world, and is in the process of developing a {{wp|Blue-water navy|blue-water navy}} with global power projection capabilities. The nation is a founding member of the [[United Congress]], [[TBA]], [[TBA]], and [[TBA]].


Tensions came to a head on 26 August 1797, when Edmund IX dismissed five republican ministers appointed by the Wittenmoot.  Outraged by what they viewed as an undemocratic exercise of royal power, republican revolutionaries led by Blace staged an [[September Uprising|uprising]] in September that ended with Edmund IX's arrest.  Edmund IX was subsequently tried for treason and famously [[Execution of the Haltboruh family|executed]] along with his family in front of Gledworth Palace on 10 September.  The republicans subsequently abolished the Wittenmoot and replaced it with the newly established [[Popular Council]], which [[Declaration of the Cuthish Republic|declared]] the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the [[First Cuthish Republic]] on 6 October, with Blace as the new government's first [[President of Cuthland|President]].  The republicans subsequently rounded up and executed suspected counterrevolutionaries in the [[Republican Terror]], killing over 30,000 royalists, constitutional monarchists, moderate liberals, and remaining members of the nobility over the next three years.
==Etymology==
==History==
===Prehistory===
{{main|Prehistory of Eskavia}}
* Humans arrive at least 12,000 years ago


Edmund IX's brother, [[Algar III]], met with [[X]] of Dulebia and [[X]] of Mascylla during the winter of 1797-8 in order to organize a coalition to intervene in the revolution and restore the Cuthish monarchy.  Algar III offered significant territorial concessions as compensation for their assistance, granting the two nations many border territories and colonial possessions that would bring Cuthland to a historic territorial nadir and effectively end the Cuthish colonial empire.  The negotiations produced the [[Ulich Agreement]] in February 1798, which led to the outbreak of the [[Cuthish Revolutionary War]] in the spring of 1798 when the Dulebian and Mascyllary armies launched a two-pronged invasion of the Cuthish Republic.  Fighting spread to the Cuthish colonies during the summer, beginning with the Mascyllary invasion of [[X]] in June and spreading to Alvinia and eastern Pamira during the fall.  Initial gains made by coalition forces in continental Cuthland stalled following a decisive Cuthish victory at the [[Battle of Crestwick]] in December, giving way to a Cuthish counter-offensive in the spring of 1799 that pushed coalition forces past the antebellum borders and resulted in the sack of several major Mascyllary and Dulebian cities in August and September.  However, the tide turned with [[X]]'s entrance to the war the next spring at the request of Algar III and the coalition powers, securing a decisive victory at the [[Battle of Edgton]] in May 1800 that allowed coalition forces to advance on Kingsham.  The increasingly dire situation for the Cuthish revolutionary forces, coupled with rising public disenchantment with the authoritarianism of the Republican Terror, contributed to a strengthening reactionary movement in Cuthland that opposed the republic and advocated for the return of the monarchy.  Internal instability led to a [[Coup of 30 June|military coup d'état]] by royalist sympathizers on 30 June that overthrew the republic and invited Algar III to return to Kingsham, ending the war and [[Haltboruh Restoration|restoring]] the Cuthish monarchy.
===Colonial period===
* [[Calesia]]n contact in 1510, [[Falland]] establishes the [[Colony of Eskavia]]
* [[Waldrich]] establishes the [[Colony of New Forsmark]] in 1549
* Several colonial wars as both [[Fallish Eskavia]] and [[Waldish Eskavia]] expand
* [[Waldish–Fallish War (1709–1721)]] breaks out over colonial tensions, Falland cedes its possessions to Waldrich
* Independence movements gain traction after the [[Revolution of Nations]] and [[Twelve Years' War]], but are setback after the failed [[Nybyggerkrigen]] of 1803
* Waldish defeat in the [[First Cuthish War]] reignites the sovereignty movement and leads to a [[Eskavian Revolutions|revolutionary wave]] in Waldish Eskavia
* Revolutions run from 1868 until 1870, with all 9 former colonies gaining independence as sovereign states


As a consequence of the war, Algar III became the first Cuthish monarch since 1444 not to hold the title of Emperor.  The new Kingdom of Cuthland was reduced to a {{wp|Rump state|rump state}} in the nation's [[Third Partition of Cuthland|third partition]] since 1715, which ceded significant territories to the victorious coalition powers in keeping with Ulich Agreement.  The [[Treaty of Swithtun]] granted independence to Waldrich and allowed Mascylla to annex [[X]], while Dulebia took control of [[X]] and [[X]].  [[X]], which was not a part of the original Ulich Agreement, was nevertheless ceded the territory of [[X]] separately in the [[Treaty of Bloomford]].  In addition, the remnants of the Cuthish colonial empire were divided among Dulebia and Mascylla, with Dulebia taking control of Cuthish colonies in eastern Pamira while Mascylla was granted the remaining Cuthish possessions in Alvinia and northern Pamira.
===Early independence period===
* Several wars between various states over border disputes
* [[Hisuka War]] of 1887 sees Waldrich attempt to reconquer the [[Free State of Hisuka|Hisuka]] peninsula, Eskavian states establish the [[West Eskavian Confederation]] as a defensive alliance
* The Confederation repulses the Waldish invasion, several other states join during the 1890s and gradually begin to integrate
* A [[X Rebellion|rebellion]] breaks out in 1904 on the Waldish islands of [[X]], West Eskavia invades in order to expel Waldish colonial rule
* The Confederation is victorious and is [[Acts of Federation|consolidated]] to form the Federated States of Eskavia


While the failure of the Cuthish Revolution was widely seen in Cuthland as a repudiation of republicanism as a form of government, the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment had left a permanent impact on Cuthish society.  As such, Algar III attempted to rule as an {{wp|Enlightened absolutism|enlightened absolutist}}, taking advantage of the centralized state apparatus established during the revolutionary period to modernize the country.  He implemented economic reforms that brought the {{wp|Industrial revolution|industrial revolution}} to Cuthland, devoted public funds to the arts and sciences, and became one of the first world leaders to abolish capital punishment.  Algar III also sustained many of the social conventions brought about by the revolution, upholding civil liberties and maintaining a merit-based system in public service.  His highly popular rule restored the image of the monarchy in the eyes of the Cuthish public and ushered in a brief era of stability known as the [[Finest Era]].
===Post-unification history===


Algar III's death in 1817 left his son, Edmund X, as the successor to the Cuthish throne.  In contrast to his father, Edmund X's rule was highly conservative, keeping many staunchly royalist members of the nobility in his closest group of advisors.  Consequently, Edmund X stripped back many of the reforms made during his father's rule, controversially reinstating capital punishment for certain crimes committed against members of the clergy and nobility.  These revisions of the post-revolution social order were seen as highly regressive, once more turning public opinion against the monarchy.  In April 1822, [[Newbridge riots of 1822|riots]] broke out in [[Newbridge]] after a mob stormed a jailhouse in order to free two brothers who had been sentenced to death for burning a noble's field.  Edmund X sent imperial troops to Newbridge to quell the unrest, resulting in a confrontation with rioters that resulted in nearly 60 fatalities and marked the start of the [[April Revolution]].  The growing unrest quickly spread to Kingsham, leading Edmund X to abdicate his throne on 29 April and flee to Ochoccola.
* Joins Transmedan Powers after [[Nadauro]] invades [[Terrafirma]]
* Post-war economic boom
* Socialist revolution overthrown the government of neighboring [[TBA]], joint invasion with Nadauro


The Revolution resulted in the creation of the [[Second Cuthish Republic]] as the Wittenmoot announced the abolition of the monarchy for the second time in three decades.  However, the Second Republic quickly fell into instability.  The Dulebian Empire invaded Cuthland during the fall, sparking a [[Karsk Sea War|three year long war]] which resulted in the cession of much of the [[X Peninsula]] in 1825.  The war left the fledgling republic in heavy debt, which was exacerbated by the inability of the national government to raise its own taxes.  Instead, the [[Cuthish Constitution of 1823|1823 Constitution]] had made the national government dependent on the [[Shires of Cuthland|shires]] for financial support, leaving it severely underfunded and unable to pay off its war debts.  The financial crisis particularly enraged elements of the military, many of whom had still not received pay after years of war.  The crisis culminated in January 1828, when a group of disenchanted soldiers led by General [[Ecgfriþ Garfield]] staged a [[Feirford Rebellion|rebellion]] and seized [[Feirford Arsenal]].  The national government found itself unable to raise an army to suppress the rebellion as unpaid soldiers nationwide began to mutiny, allowing Garfield and his army to march into Kingsham unopposed.
==Geography==
===Climate===
===Environment===
===Biodiversity===
==Government and politics==
===Political culture and elections===
===Administrative divisions===
States:
* New Forsmark
* Hisuka
* Onutälpi
* Kilvokenit
* Seluga
* Lapik Islands
* Alusit
* Arvesen
* New Jarnland
* Vestkarinland
* Østkarinland
* Gunnarsland


Garfield subsequently suspended the Constitution and declared himself President, establishing a military junta that temporarily stabilized the country.  However, the failures of the Second Republic had spawned a strong reactionary movement that supported the restoration of the monarchy.  [[House of Alhstead]], a {{wp|Cadet branch|cadet branch}} of the House of Haltboruh, staged a [[Alhstead Revolution|popular uprising]] against Edmund X in March 1830.
New Falland?


The uprising led to [[Edwin III]] being crowned Emperor of a restored [[Second Cuthish Empire|Cuthish Empire]] and established a unique form of {{wp|Constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchism}} in Cuthland, termed [[Alhsteadism]] by political scientists.  Instead of turning powers over to democratically elected officials, the [[Cuthish Constitution of 1830]] created legal bounds within which the sovereign could exercise his power.  The Constitution codified many of the enlightened absolutist practices normalized by Algar III, creating a bill of rights for the people and formally stripping the nobility and clergy of special privileges.  The [[High Court]], the highest judicial body in Cuthland, was granted the power of {{wp|Judicial review|judicial review}} over the monarch's actions in order to maintain {{wp|Constitutionality|constitutionality}}.  The 1832 Constitution also expanded the power of the Wittenmoot, requiring the approval of both houses in order for the monarch to amend the constitution or appoint new judges to the High Court.
===Foreign relations===
===Military and law enforcement===
==Economy==
===Tourism===
===Science and technology===
===Energy===
===Transport===
==Demographics==
===Largest cities===


==History of Cuthland-Waldrich==
{{Largest cities
| name = Largest metropolitan areas of Eskavia
| class = info
| kind = metropolitan areas
| country = Eskavia
| stat_ref = Eskavian Statistics Bureau, 2020
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| div_link = States of Eskavia{{!}}State
| city_1 = Mariesfjord
| div_1 = Nye Forsmark
| pop_1 = 13,402,975
| img_1 = Detroit Skyline from Windsor - L'horizon de Detroit la nuit - panoramio.jpg
| city_2 = Fossenvik | div_2 = Arvesen | pop_2 = 5,360,639 | img_2 = Seattle skyline.jpeg
| city_3 = Alusit | div_3 = Alusit | pop_3 = 4,887,092 | img_3 = St Louis night.jpg
| city_4 = Sankt Halvard | div_4 = Gunnarsland | pop_4 = 4,429,412 | img_4 = Duquesne Incline (50076338942) (cropped).jpg
| city_5 = Kalonak | div_5 = Nye Jarnland | pop_5 = 3,364,552
| city_6 = Nye Alsvik | div_6 = Vestkarinland | pop_6 = 2,830,347
| city_7 = Viklastu | div_7 = Hisuka | pop_7 = 2,793,322
| city_8 = Gregorianstad | div_8 = Arvesen | pop_8 = 2,584,289
| city_9 = Lakuka | div_9 = Onutälpi | pop_9 = 2,235,980
| city_10 = Håpakin | div_10 = Nye Forsmark | pop_10 = 1,874,018
| city_11 = Knutsen | div_11 = Seluga | pop_11 = 1,659,987
| city_12 = Audsby | div_12 = Gunnarsland | pop_12 = 1,625,664
| city_13 = Jelpikastu | div_13 = Kilvokenit | pop_13 = 1,389,153
| city_14 = Miläsjastu | div_14 = Østkarinland | pop_14 = 1,162,034
| city_15 = Gretasberg | div_15 = Nye Forsmark | pop_15 = 922,480
| city_16 = Selvikano | div_16 = Hisuka | pop_16 = 919,492
| city_17 = Nordhavn | div_17 = Vestkarinland | pop_17 = 884,037
| city_18 = Ispalovipe | div_18 = Seluga | pop_18 = 838,381
| city_19 = Alfredsvik | div_19 = Arvesen | pop_19 = 822,954
| city_20 = Jorunstad | div_20 = Nye Jarnland | pop_20 = 818,472
}}


* '''Pre-6th century:''' Tribes and stuff from prehistory until circa 6th century
===Ethnic groups===
* '''6th century:''' Various petty kingdoms, duchies, etc. emerge and dominate throughout early medieval period
===Language===
* '''6th-11th centuries:''' But oh no, they keep getting fucked by Mascylla from the east and the Nordics from the west
===Religion===
* '''11th century:''' Probably better if we unite into two kingdoms instead, Cuthland and Waldrich
===Education===
* '''15th century:''' Yeah this is pretty cool but Masc keeps fucking us so let's form a political union and totally not rip off Poland-Lithuania in the process
===Health===
* '''15th-17th centuries:''' Wow I like this whole empire thing let's go invade not!Scandinavia and maybe parts of Mascylla as well
==Culture==
** We should also be artsy and shit while we're at it
===Art===
* '''17th century:''' Oh never mind this is actually completely unsustainable, ethnic tensions are sucky and our economy is in the shitter
===Architecture===
** Guess we better partition the G L O R I O U S E M P I R E and return to getting railed by Mascylla
===Literature===
* '''1818:''' Lol jk we're getting the band back together
===Philosophy===
* '''19th century:''' Oh look, industry and colonies
===Music===
** Oh awesome now Dulebia wants in, maybe we can challenge Lavarian/Mascyllary dominance and in no way collapse spectacularly in the process
===Cinema===
* '''Great War:''' Oh wow that was shockingly predictable guess we suck again
===Media===
* '''1920s:''' Yep we definitely suck, Masc took our monarchy and now the commies want in
===Cuisine===
* '''1930s:''' But what better cure for communism than a return of the monarchy, this time with double the oppression
 
* '''1930s:''' Guess we should invade/annex Waldrich again, as is customary
[[Category:Eskavia]]
* '''1930s-1970s:''' Oh wow this is much better than before, we're actually kind of feared
* '''1970s:''' Whoops maybe economics aren't our thing, the people are restless again
** Okay we'll give you more capitalism but the monarchy stays
* '''1980s-2000s:''' Mmm yes the sweet taste of cold hard cash
* '''2000s-present:''' Wow we're actually developed as fuck for once

Latest revision as of 05:23, 2 December 2024

Federated States of Eskavia
Forbundsstatene Eskland (Waldish)
Eskävisikut Häkilnu (Eskavian)
Flag of Eskavia
Flag
Coat of arms of Eskavia
Coat of arms
CapitalAlusit
Largest cityMariesfjord
Official languagesWaldish
Eskavian
Recognised regional languagesFallish
Seluga
Kilvokenit
Ethnic groups
(2020)
43.5% Indigenous
26.7% Mixed
17.4% White
8.3% Black
4.1% Other
Religion
(2020)
78.1% Gregorian
18.2% Irreligious
3.7% Other
Demonym(s)Eskavian
GovernmentFederal presidential republic
• President
Espen Ruud
Karl Losjåpal
Mats Halvorsen
LegislatureForbundsdag
• Upper house
Statsrådet
• Lower house
Folksrådet
Establishment
13 September 1904
2 April 1905
7 August 1911
Population
• 2023 estimate
137,403,820
• 2020 census
135,246,022
GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $7.785 trillion
• Per capita
Increase $56,659
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $4.605 trillion
• Per capita
Increase $33,512
Gini (2022)Positive decrease 41.6
medium
HDI (2022)Increase 0.924
very high
CurrencyDaler (ESK)
Driving sideright
Calling code+17
Internet TLD.ek

Eskavia (Waldish: Eskland, Eskavian: Eskävisik), officially the Federated States of Eskavia (Waldish: Forbundsstatene Eskland, Eskavian: Eskävisikut Häkilnu), is a sovereign state in Elia Australis. It lies between the Medan Ocean to the west, TBA to the northwest, TBA to the northeast, the Alconian Ocean to the west, and the X Ocean to the south. Eskavia's capital is Alusit and its largest city is Mariesfjord. Other major cities include Fossenvik, Sankt Halvard, and Kalonak. With a population of more than 137 million and a total area of XXX,XXX square kilometers, Eskavia is the Xth most populous and Xth largest nation in the world.

Humans have inhabited Eskavia for at least 12,000 years. The first Calesian explorers arrived in 1510, after which both Falland and Waldrich established colonies in the region. In 1718, Waldrich annexed Fallish Eskavia as a consequence of the Waldish–Fallish War and consolidated the region under its control. Independence movements began to gain traction following the Revolution of Nations in Elia Borealis, culminating in the failed Nybyggerkrigen of 1803. The movement began to recover in the 1860s, when the First Cuthish War severely weakened Walrich's ability to administer its Elian colonies. In 1868, a revolutionary wave swept through Waldish Eskavia and ultimately brought an end to Waldish rule in continental Elia Australis. Frequent border wars between the newly independent polities prevented the former colonies from taking steps towards unification until 1887, when Waldrich attempted to militarily repatriate the Hisuka peninsula. The war prompted the creation of the West Eskavian Confederation, a defensive alliance between several of the region's most powerful states. In 1903, the Confederation invaded the Waldish-held Lapik Islands in support of a nationalist rebellion. In the war's aftermath, the Confederation was consolidated into a federal state and reorganized as the Federated States of Eskavia.

Eskavia fought several further wars of conquest during the early 20th century to unify the historic Eskavian territories, culminating with the annexation of Onutälpi in 1911. During the Great War, Eskavia initially remained neutral but joined the Transmedan Powers after the Nadauran invasion of Terrafirma. The conflict established Eskavia as a regional power in Elia Australis and paved the way for a major economic expansion in the post-war era. In the 1950s, Eskavia and Nadauro fought a brief and decisive war against neighboring X which solidified the former two nations as the leading military powers on the continent. Since the end of the 20th century, relations with Nadauro have begun to deteriorate as Eskavia has adopted an increasingly aggressive foreign policy stance.

Eskavia is categorized as both a regional power and a middle power, and is sometimes considered to be an emerging great power. It is a developed country that ranks highly in measures of quality of life, health, education, and economic freedom. It is a high-income economy which is the second-largest economy on the continent by total nominal GDP. Eskavia is generally considered to be among the most mature liberal democracies in Elia Australis, with strong protections for civil liberties and high political stability. Eskavia possesses the Xth largest military force and Xth highest defense budget in the world, and is in the process of developing a blue-water navy with global power projection capabilities. The nation is a founding member of the United Congress, TBA, TBA, and TBA.

Etymology

History

Prehistory

Main article: Prehistory of Eskavia
  • Humans arrive at least 12,000 years ago

Colonial period

Early independence period

  • Several wars between various states over border disputes
  • Hisuka War of 1887 sees Waldrich attempt to reconquer the Hisuka peninsula, Eskavian states establish the West Eskavian Confederation as a defensive alliance
  • The Confederation repulses the Waldish invasion, several other states join during the 1890s and gradually begin to integrate
  • A rebellion breaks out in 1904 on the Waldish islands of X, West Eskavia invades in order to expel Waldish colonial rule
  • The Confederation is victorious and is consolidated to form the Federated States of Eskavia

Post-unification history

  • Joins Transmedan Powers after Nadauro invades Terrafirma
  • Post-war economic boom
  • Socialist revolution overthrown the government of neighboring TBA, joint invasion with Nadauro

Geography

Climate

Environment

Biodiversity

Government and politics

Political culture and elections

Administrative divisions

States:

  • New Forsmark
  • Hisuka
  • Onutälpi
  • Kilvokenit
  • Seluga
  • Lapik Islands
  • Alusit
  • Arvesen
  • New Jarnland
  • Vestkarinland
  • Østkarinland
  • Gunnarsland

New Falland?

Foreign relations

Military and law enforcement

Economy

Tourism

Science and technology

Energy

Transport

Demographics

Largest cities

 
Largest metropolitan areas in Eskavia
Eskavian Statistics Bureau, 2020
Rank State Pop. Rank State Pop.
Mariesfjord
Mariesfjord
Fossenvik
Fossenvik 		1 Mariesfjord Nye Forsmark 13,402,975 11 Knutsen Seluga 1,659,987 Alusit
Alusit
Sankt Halvard
Sankt Halvard
2 Fossenvik Arvesen 5,360,639 12 Audsby Gunnarsland 1,625,664
3 Alusit Alusit 4,887,092 13 Jelpikastu Kilvokenit 1,389,153
4 Sankt Halvard Gunnarsland 4,429,412 14 Miläsjastu Østkarinland 1,162,034
5 Kalonak Nye Jarnland 3,364,552 15 Gretasberg Nye Forsmark 922,480
6 Nye Alsvik Vestkarinland 2,830,347 16 Selvikano Hisuka 919,492
7 Viklastu Hisuka 2,793,322 17 Nordhavn Vestkarinland 884,037
8 Gregorianstad Arvesen 2,584,289 18 Ispalovipe Seluga 838,381
9 Lakuka Onutälpi 2,235,980 19 Alfredsvik Arvesen 822,954
10 Håpakin Nye Forsmark 1,874,018 20 Jorunstad Nye Jarnland 818,472

Ethnic groups

Language

Religion

Education

Health

Culture

Art

Architecture

Literature

Philosophy

Music

Cinema

Media

Cuisine

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