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The Federation of Nordhavn is a nordic country in the north eastern Thuadia in a region called Kittauhriya, with a population of 12 milion. It shares borders with [[Lost Astoria]] on the south, along with the [[Union of Sivuk Workers' Republics|Union of Sivuk Workers' republic]] on the south-eastern border. On the north-eastern side of the country it borders [[Neuewland]] and [[Aleni]], maintaining control of the Darkwater Bay (Nord "Mørkvann vik"). Nordhavn also possesess an island called Stor øy ("Large Island") located northwest of the country in the [[Paisi Ocean|Paisi]] ocean, named in Nord ''"Hvitt Hav"'', meaning "White Ocean" due to it's waters freezing in the winter. Nordhavn has an extensive coastline facing the Arunnathrerys bay (in Nord named "Mørkvann vik", english 'Darkwater bay') and a large chunk of the country is bordered by the [[Paisi Ocean|Paisi]] ocean, allowing for an effective set of ports to function in the country. Nordhavn is a federal parliamentary republic with the capital being Stormvik. | |||
The unified country of Nordhavn, kingdom of Nordhavn, first emerged in 637 AD after unifying all the various city states and existed continously up untill present days, altough with some territorial changes. While for the majority of it's history remaining a monarchy, in 1855, during the ''Sivil revolusjon'' ''(Civilian revolution),'' the Nordhavnish revolted against the tyranny of king Halfdan I., executing him, which lead to the creation of the first Constitution, and mainly the Senate, where regions (the former city states) of Nordhavn finally got the representation they sought for over three centuries. | |||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== | === Prehistory === | ||
The first archeologic traces of settlemnet in Nordhavn, originating in 9000 BC, have been found in the city of Isedal in the northern part of Nordhavn near the region of Iskysten (''"Ice coast")'', where likely explorers from -- (TBA) came in search of new fertile land to escape the poverty of their home country. What bolstered the settler's succesfull attempts was the thawing of the Nord iceberg after the first ice age, which happenned around 5000 BC, leading to influx of population which explored more and more south in order to find viable living conditions. By 4000 BC all of Nordhavn has been in some form settled, altough the density of population likely did not surpass 10 people / km² (the equivalent of two families per kilometer), | The first archeologic traces of settlemnet in Nordhavn, originating in 9000 BC, have been found in the city of Isedal in the northern part of Nordhavn near the region of Iskysten (''"Ice coast")'', where likely explorers from -- (TBA) came in search of new fertile land to escape the poverty of their home country. What bolstered the settler's succesfull attempts was the thawing of the Nord iceberg after the first ice age, which happenned around 5000 BC, leading to influx of population which explored more and more south in order to find viable living conditions. By 4000 BC all of Nordhavn has been in some form explored and coastal parts settled, altough the density of population likely did not surpass 10 people / km² (the equivalent of two families per kilometer), with the exceptions being slowly the emerging settlements of the many Nordhavnish tribes (called the O''ppgjør'') near coast and in the fertile lands of Børdalen ("Fertile valley"), Åkerlyst ("Field of plenty") or Livsmark ("Land of life"). It was also during this time a number Nordhavnish turned to Stor øy, settling there after finding rich open pit deposits near it's mountains and fertile land along the coast. | ||
In the middle of third and second millenia, metallurgy was discovered and became a widespread craft throughout the country, resulting in the start of the first, yet only open, pit mining ,in the Høytfjellene and Tindefjellene mountains in mainland and in the Frostfjellenne on Stor øy to satisfy the growing hunger for copper, iron, silver and mainly gold. Some of the mines have yielded enough rare metals that some tribes started exporting these goods, leading to the establiishment of Stormvik as the main trade center not only of the country, but also of others due to it's coastal location. | |||
=== Metal ages (500BC - 4th century) === | |||
During the 5th century BC, Nordhavnish had settled vast majority of it's countries' unforgiving terrain and with metallurgy being widespread and agriculture, withing the limits of the climate, blooming, along with fishing, the first city states were starting to take shape. The most powerful of them being Stormvik due to it's strategic location in the Storfjord, gifting it the ability of natural harbour protection and fertile lowland of Børdalen around the city, resulting in population boom, thus becoming the largest city state to exist in that time, holding its importance to this day. | |||
With the development of agriculture, the Nordhavnish could focus more on honing their sea conquering skills, not only by fishing and around 400BC succesfully whale fishing, but also by exploring nearby territories. Altough only a handful of ships were fitted to sail out on Hvitt hav, some attempts were succesfull, with the Nordhavnish explorers sailing to the north of [[Aleni]], to Soleidae Aquas and to [[Hatstheput]] , usually only with one or a few ships with trade purposes. This however allured to the Nordhavnish, who started focusing more and more on the possibillities that the sea travel offerred. | |||
=== Raiding era === | |||
With this realization, the city states started investing into their early fleets, leading to yearly raids sometimes between each other and to nearby territories , mainly [[Aleni]], led by the need for slaves to work in either agriculture, mines, or crafts needed to make raids possible, such as helping with boatbuilding by cutting down trees or sail making. By the 4th century the Nordhavnish were a known threat in the region, taking ransom in form of slaves and precious metals to keep the target city intact, altough oftentimes the ransom did not seem to match the specified price and the place was ransacked nonetheless. Along with taking ransom, Nordhavnish were feared warriors, leading to them being used as elite mercenaries in foreign affairs due to their unprecedentet close comba as well as archery skills and naval combat tactics when no raids were taking place. | |||
In the early 7th century, the city states came to the F''avtalen om felles mål'' (in English "the common goal agreement"), the essence of which was that each of the seven city-states would contribute to the building of a large fleet for the purpose of exploring and undertaking raids, with the earl of Bølgenstad, Harald Strerk, being this agreement´s most notable proponent, even traveling to cities that originally rejected it to convince them otherwise . These proved to be succesful, starting with ransacking neighbouring countries completely and then turning their attention towards the south, raiding Sherita, later Killowat and after 2 years of the initial F''avtalen om felles mål'' raid, succesfully raiding the Praban islands in 636 AD. The raids were so succesful that the city states decided to unite behind the man orchestrating them, Harald Sterk, electing him as the first king of united Nordhavn in 637. | |||
During his reign, Harald strenghtened his country´s defenses and started keeping a permanent fleet that could be used to raid or defend Nordhavn on sea. He also rejected the idea of Herredømme etter førstefødselsrett (meaning rule by birthright), keeping true to the original values of equality ensuring that each earl of a city state could be elected in a vote held after either abdication or death of a monarch. In order to be elected, candidate had to have majority, which usually wasn´t an issue due to seven people having a vote with the right to vote for oneself if he had assurance of support of at least three other earls. Elected king also automatically accepted the candidate who came second as his advisor, leading to strenghtening the country´s unity since very little plots over power on the national scale were happening. | |||
Elected king also automatically accepted the candidate with the second most votes as his advisor, thus strenghtening the nation since ambition would no longer drive the less succesful earl to plot and cons | |||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
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=== Tectonic activity === | === Tectonic activity === | ||
Due to Nordhavn being situated on the Stor tallerken tectonic plate, it harnesses geothermal energy from the still active tectonic area, vastly contributing to the fact that | Due to Nordhavn being situated on the Stor tallerken tectonic plate, it harnesses geothermal energy from the still active tectonic area, vastly contributing to the fact that Nordhavnish ports do not freeze during the winter, making trade and mining operations possible throughout the year. On the western coast of the Islandet peninsula, geysers are a common sight, resulting in the creation of multiple spa centers and national parks. | ||
=== Administrative divisions === | === Administrative divisions === | ||
Latest revision as of 09:00, 6 January 2025
Federation of Nordhavn Nordhavn Føderasjonen | |
|---|---|
| Motto: Frihet fremfor alt "Liberty Above All" | |
| Capital and largest city | Stormvik |
| Official languages | Nord |
| Recognised national languages | Nord |
| Demonym(s) | Nordhavnish |
| Government | Federal Parliamentary Democracy |
| Area | |
• | 906,114.14 km2 (349,852.63 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 12 000 000 |
• Density | 13.243/km2 (34.3/sq mi) |
| Currency | Nordhavnish Tolar |
| Time zone | UTC -8 |
| Date format | DD-MM-YYYY |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +122 |
| ISO 3166 code | NH |
| Internet TLD | .nh |
The Federation of Nordhavn is a nordic country in the north eastern Thuadia in a region called Kittauhriya, with a population of 12 milion. It shares borders with Lost Astoria on the south, along with the Union of Sivuk Workers' republic on the south-eastern border. On the north-eastern side of the country it borders Neuewland and Aleni, maintaining control of the Darkwater Bay (Nord "Mørkvann vik"). Nordhavn also possesess an island called Stor øy ("Large Island") located northwest of the country in the Paisi ocean, named in Nord "Hvitt Hav", meaning "White Ocean" due to it's waters freezing in the winter. Nordhavn has an extensive coastline facing the Arunnathrerys bay (in Nord named "Mørkvann vik", english 'Darkwater bay') and a large chunk of the country is bordered by the Paisi ocean, allowing for an effective set of ports to function in the country. Nordhavn is a federal parliamentary republic with the capital being Stormvik.
The unified country of Nordhavn, kingdom of Nordhavn, first emerged in 637 AD after unifying all the various city states and existed continously up untill present days, altough with some territorial changes. While for the majority of it's history remaining a monarchy, in 1855, during the Sivil revolusjon (Civilian revolution), the Nordhavnish revolted against the tyranny of king Halfdan I., executing him, which lead to the creation of the first Constitution, and mainly the Senate, where regions (the former city states) of Nordhavn finally got the representation they sought for over three centuries.
Etymology
History
Prehistory
The first archeologic traces of settlemnet in Nordhavn, originating in 9000 BC, have been found in the city of Isedal in the northern part of Nordhavn near the region of Iskysten ("Ice coast"), where likely explorers from -- (TBA) came in search of new fertile land to escape the poverty of their home country. What bolstered the settler's succesfull attempts was the thawing of the Nord iceberg after the first ice age, which happenned around 5000 BC, leading to influx of population which explored more and more south in order to find viable living conditions. By 4000 BC all of Nordhavn has been in some form explored and coastal parts settled, altough the density of population likely did not surpass 10 people / km² (the equivalent of two families per kilometer), with the exceptions being slowly the emerging settlements of the many Nordhavnish tribes (called the Oppgjør) near coast and in the fertile lands of Børdalen ("Fertile valley"), Åkerlyst ("Field of plenty") or Livsmark ("Land of life"). It was also during this time a number Nordhavnish turned to Stor øy, settling there after finding rich open pit deposits near it's mountains and fertile land along the coast.
In the middle of third and second millenia, metallurgy was discovered and became a widespread craft throughout the country, resulting in the start of the first, yet only open, pit mining ,in the Høytfjellene and Tindefjellene mountains in mainland and in the Frostfjellenne on Stor øy to satisfy the growing hunger for copper, iron, silver and mainly gold. Some of the mines have yielded enough rare metals that some tribes started exporting these goods, leading to the establiishment of Stormvik as the main trade center not only of the country, but also of others due to it's coastal location.
Metal ages (500BC - 4th century)
During the 5th century BC, Nordhavnish had settled vast majority of it's countries' unforgiving terrain and with metallurgy being widespread and agriculture, withing the limits of the climate, blooming, along with fishing, the first city states were starting to take shape. The most powerful of them being Stormvik due to it's strategic location in the Storfjord, gifting it the ability of natural harbour protection and fertile lowland of Børdalen around the city, resulting in population boom, thus becoming the largest city state to exist in that time, holding its importance to this day.
With the development of agriculture, the Nordhavnish could focus more on honing their sea conquering skills, not only by fishing and around 400BC succesfully whale fishing, but also by exploring nearby territories. Altough only a handful of ships were fitted to sail out on Hvitt hav, some attempts were succesfull, with the Nordhavnish explorers sailing to the north of Aleni, to Soleidae Aquas and to Hatstheput , usually only with one or a few ships with trade purposes. This however allured to the Nordhavnish, who started focusing more and more on the possibillities that the sea travel offerred.
Raiding era
With this realization, the city states started investing into their early fleets, leading to yearly raids sometimes between each other and to nearby territories , mainly Aleni, led by the need for slaves to work in either agriculture, mines, or crafts needed to make raids possible, such as helping with boatbuilding by cutting down trees or sail making. By the 4th century the Nordhavnish were a known threat in the region, taking ransom in form of slaves and precious metals to keep the target city intact, altough oftentimes the ransom did not seem to match the specified price and the place was ransacked nonetheless. Along with taking ransom, Nordhavnish were feared warriors, leading to them being used as elite mercenaries in foreign affairs due to their unprecedentet close comba as well as archery skills and naval combat tactics when no raids were taking place.
In the early 7th century, the city states came to the Favtalen om felles mål (in English "the common goal agreement"), the essence of which was that each of the seven city-states would contribute to the building of a large fleet for the purpose of exploring and undertaking raids, with the earl of Bølgenstad, Harald Strerk, being this agreement´s most notable proponent, even traveling to cities that originally rejected it to convince them otherwise . These proved to be succesful, starting with ransacking neighbouring countries completely and then turning their attention towards the south, raiding Sherita, later Killowat and after 2 years of the initial Favtalen om felles mål raid, succesfully raiding the Praban islands in 636 AD. The raids were so succesful that the city states decided to unite behind the man orchestrating them, Harald Sterk, electing him as the first king of united Nordhavn in 637.
During his reign, Harald strenghtened his country´s defenses and started keeping a permanent fleet that could be used to raid or defend Nordhavn on sea. He also rejected the idea of Herredømme etter førstefødselsrett (meaning rule by birthright), keeping true to the original values of equality ensuring that each earl of a city state could be elected in a vote held after either abdication or death of a monarch. In order to be elected, candidate had to have majority, which usually wasn´t an issue due to seven people having a vote with the right to vote for oneself if he had assurance of support of at least three other earls. Elected king also automatically accepted the candidate who came second as his advisor, leading to strenghtening the country´s unity since very little plots over power on the national scale were happening.
Elected king also automatically accepted the candidate with the second most votes as his advisor, thus strenghtening the nation since ambition would no longer drive the less succesful earl to plot and cons
Geography
Environment
Altough primarily a rocky northern climate, Nordhavn has three large fertile lowlands: Børdalen ("Fertile valley"), Åkerlyst ("Field of plenty") and Livsmark ("Land of life"). On the northern side of the country on the Islandet peninsula, from the Iskysten to Nordlys regions of the country, there are Tindefjellene ("The peak mountains) mountain range, spannning from Iskysten, continuing north in Nordlys near the coast and finally taking a turn south towards the Børdalen ("Fertile valley") region.
In the southern part of Nordhavn in the Steinkysten (English "Rock coast") region with the Høytfjellene (English: "The High Mountains") mountain range, which stretches almost from the coast and leads north east, partly creating a natural border with Aleni.
The Hvitt Hav
Hvitt Hav is the nord term for the Paisi ocean. The ocean envelopes the Islandet Peninsula as well as the coastal parts of Livsmark and Steinkysten, providing a valuable source of fish and fish related industry for the country. During winters, it has been observed that the water north of Stor øy freezes, thus leading to the name of "White Ocean", as the snow covered ice resemles an endless ocean of white.
Tectonic activity
Due to Nordhavn being situated on the Stor tallerken tectonic plate, it harnesses geothermal energy from the still active tectonic area, vastly contributing to the fact that Nordhavnish ports do not freeze during the winter, making trade and mining operations possible throughout the year. On the western coast of the Islandet peninsula, geysers are a common sight, resulting in the creation of multiple spa centers and national parks.
Administrative divisions
Nordhavn is a federation of 6 metropolitan states / regions (in Nord named "Fylkes") and one overseas state on Stor øy. The mainland Fylkes consist of: fylke Børdalen , fylke Åkerlyst, fylke Livsmark, fylke Iskysten, fylke Steinkysten and fylke Nordlys, while the overseas state bears the name of fylke Havsøya.