Wallenland

The United Kingdom of Wallenland Jal Reiño Unido za Walénhátao
Flag of Wallenland Flag
Motto: ¡Libínas jía Iniftina’ōllojas!
Anthem: The Fatherland's Chant
Capital and largest city	Vao'okò
Official languages	Wallen
Recognised regional languages	Qoati Walā-emēri
Religion	50.3% None 32.4% Christianity 28.5% Verdusan Catholicism 3.9% Other Christian 11.6% Islam 5.2% Sidíf 0.5% Other
Demonym(s)	Wallen, Wallern/Waller (archaic) Wallenat (archaic)
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Logulika hō Walén Lo'ánma Vaopō Alo'ōpoita
• Prime Minister	Kahia'ika Alo'abàkradíno
Legislature	Grand Assembly
• Upper house	Higher Assembly
• Lower house	Lower Assembly
WIP
• Quetanan colony	mid 1500s
• Skithan-Quetanan dominion	1734
• Quetanan dominion	1878
• Independence	14th of November, 1957
Area
• Total	45,200 km2 (17,500 sq mi)
Population
• 2022 census	11.36 million
• Density	25/km2 (64.7/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$86.530 billion
• Per capita	$16,423
Gini	29.5 low
HDI (2021)	0.839 very high
Currency	Wallene Pekasdořon (WP)
Time zone	UTCUTC-1
Date format	mm/dd/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+49
Internet TLD	.wal

Wallenland; officially known as the United Kingdom of Wallenland, or by its native name Walénhátao, is a multi-island country situated in the Cantalle Ocean and the Catahle Sea to its west, sharing a maritime border with Baystate to the south-west and geographically close to Terehan to the east and Kahului-Kanau to the south-east. The capital and largest city, Vao'okò, serves as the main commercial and political centre, thanks to its geographic position in the resource rich Hoħoàkap Gulf and historic significance.

Etymology

The title Wallenland or Walénhátao originally derives from the Walīne, a chiefdom that had dominated much of the islands from the early 1700s to around the beginning of the 1800s with the name roughly translating from the Old Wallen big turtle and the suffix -land later added by Skithan cartographers and state-officials. Other variations include the Qoati Wallenlândia.

History

Beginnings (Before 900)

Main article: Pre-Colonial Wallenland
Wallenland is theorised to have been inhabited by humans who migrated around 5 KYA - 3 KYA from South-Eastern Adula, the Wallene islands were separated into several independent chiefdoms governed by a fajè who often gave tribute to a greater authority to the fajèkap, who would serve as a major religious and political figure who was given the powers of a mediatator of petty rivalries to conflicts between the chiefs. This relationship of tribute-giving from the chiefs and loyalty (to a certain extent) and in return, the fajèkap's would recognise the legitimisation of the chiefs and maintain religious power.

Emmirian Contact and Growth of Power (900 - 1500)

Main article: Colonial Wallenland (900 - 1878)
Then, by around the early to middle 900s, Emmirian merchants began to visit the islands to trade for goods and slaves and establish ports along the western coast. These merchants and their future generations would gradually etch themselves into Wallene society and dominate much of the Wallene islands, able to maintain power over the trade routes with a more developed military and introducing Islam and its standards and the Emmirian language would weaken the traditional fajèkap authority. This would bring about the chiefs' increasing independence from the fajèkap and eventually, disregarding the old guard which saw the fajèkaps' influence dwindle until the title was nothing much but meaningless. The more wealthier and powerful Emmirians then began to establish sultantes and emirates after the significant losses of Emmirian land and power in the 1300s, overseeing the spread of Islam throughout the archipelago - an action that still resounds in modern-day demographics

Colonisation and settlement (1500 - 1841)

Quetanan contact would occur in the early 1500s as Quetanan navigators such as Almirian Gamor and Miguelito Passos began to use the islands as stop-over and progressively, the Quetana Empire began to send settlers and establish settlements. Gradually, victorious through the multiple conflicts between Quetana and the Wallens in the 16th Century would lead to the beginning of Quetanan domination for over 400 years, which saw the introduction of Quetanan culture and Verdusan Catholicism and military and maritime advancements.

Proprietary Colonisation

At first, Quetanan colonisation was several private companies were able to govern their own ports and send off expeditions to establish reliable settlements which saw minimal imperial regulation and intervention for much the middle to late 1500s until the creation of the Companhia Imperial das Ilhas das Especiarias Quetanan; the CIIEQ in 1603 which was to be governed by a director, selected by the Quetanan emperor. This system oversaw the taming of the islands, wielding a joint imperial-private army and a formidable navy of their own. The company became rich from acting as a stop-over for other Quetanan vessels from other colonies trading between the Wallens for spices, fabrics, and slaves and shipping these goods to be sold in the Quetanan mainland despite the hostilities between the native Wallens and the Quetanans and was a geographically important point, linking to the Quetanan colonies in the Southern Cantalle Ocean and Quetanan Adula. This saw large amounts of slave labour being transported to the islands as plantations were built to farm for sugar and other crops.

Skithan Interests in the 18th Century

The Skithan vassalisation of Quetana in 1709 during the Skithan Expansionist War saw the loss of autonomy of the CIIEQ in the and relinquishing three ports: Porto de Nova Ledua, Porto de Novo Vongane, and Porto da Vitória Tarijar. This and along with the establishment of the more favoured Skithan Spice Islands Royal Company; the SSIRC in the same treaty would bring the CIIEQ into economic decline until its closure in 1841. Though the coastal regions were mostly dealt with and loyal colonial settlements were built, further inland still existed the chiefdoms - fighting and trading amongst each other along with Quetanan and now Skithan traders and entrepueners. Raids were common amongst the chiefdoms, however, as authority and military strength weakened in the Quetanan territories and the SSIRC employed less prepared volunteers into militias, the raids expanded to Quetanan and Skithan holdings which would hinder both economically, so, a decision between the two companies following a meeting in Skithiana was made to establish a greater dominion through the few loyalist chiefdoms with the more stronger and formidable Walén and their chief, Logulika hō Walén Dulá Līne'erena Lenàkiona being chosen.

The Walén waged several wars against other neighbouring chiefs and with the aid of the companies, had soon dominated Lenàjāp by 1757. After fifty years, much of the islands had now been Conquered by the Walén and were administered as a joint Skithan-Quetanan zone governed by the Logulika dynasty. This co-existence would only last for less than 40 years with the occurrence of the Barretoan Wars. At first, the Skithans held regular sieges against the Quetanan and vice versa without an end and the Walīne staying neutral until the Lanbà’iliop Massacre which brought Walén warriors to join the Quetanans and fight off the Skithan forces, sealing the Skithan fate after the Quetanan victory at the Battle of the Passos Channel.

Path to Dominionhood (1841 - 1878)

Main article: History of Wallenland (1841 - 1878)
After the Barretoan Wars and the dissolution of the CIIEQ in 1841, Quetana began to set up the Wallene islands as a proper colony and even into the proper state. However, the years of self-governance from minimal foreign interference led to the now Wallens protesting against this integration, preferring the minimal interference from Quetana and recognised autonomy - this disagreement often lead to conflict between the two sides until the signing of the Treaty of Porto de Nova Ledua in 1878. The treaty would have had Quetana officially establish a dominion - the Dominion of Wallenland with Fajè Ula'adàn Dū'akar Logulika hō Walén, grandson of Dulá Līne'erena Lenàkiona Logulika hō Walén as regent of the dominion of Wallenland with the Quetanan monarch as the main head of state.

Self-Governance and Rise of Wallene nationalism (1878 - 1912)

Main article: History of Wallenland (1878 - 1912)

Civil War (1912 - 1917)

Main article: The Wallene Civil War (1912 - 1917)

Question of Wallene independence and the Golden Age (1917 - 1950)

Main articles: History of Wallenland (1917 - 1954) and Golden Age of Wallenland

World War (1950 - 1954)

Main article: World War (Iearth)
On March 5th 1950, Quetana declared war against Drambenburg after several accounts of Drambenburgian warships and submarines attacking and sinking shipping and civilian ships. Blue Eye Harbour was used by the Allies due to its strategic and closed location in the Cantalle theatre. Nonetheless, several Drambenburgian and, to a lesser extent, DSC vessels continued to terrorise the Cantalle Ocean. Naval skirmishes occurred around the islands and air raids on Wallene towns and cities saw frequent destruction, though this lessened into the later stages of the war.

Conscription of Wallene men into the Quetanan Armed Forces was received harshly by Wallens with attacks and riots directed towards the drafting offices, though some (especially the pro-independence groups) saw it as a golden opportunity to train the men in case of a bloody war of independence. Over 20,000 eligible Wallene men were conscripted into the segregated Wallenland Regiment, divided into 20 divisions. The regiment saw minimal fighting and were stationed in mainly other Quetanan overseas territories and proper Quetana until their deployment in Vulkaria in Operation Pelican Spanning and the liberation of Haduastan - overall, an estimated 8,038 were killed in combat and a further 129 civilian casualities between 1950 and 1954.

Contemporary Wallenland (1954 - present)

Main articles: History of Wallenland (1954 - 1968), 1968 - 1971, 1971 - 1978, 1971 - 1995, 1995 - 2009 and The Red War (Wallenland)
Post-war Wallenland saw the return of the independence question, with Wallene nationalism and revivalism reaching its third peak. Pro-independence protests erupted across the dominion, often ending in violent put-downs by colonial authorities and even the military, though this only seemingly fuelled the independence movement. Many pro-independence figures were arrested and entire organisations were shut down, though they still maintained a regular presence. Eventually, in late March of 1957, the Libínas hō Walénhátao Protests occurred following mass unemployment rates, declining quality of life, declining work standards, corruption in the government, decreasing popularity of Logulika hō Walén Farañja Dūlén Asa'ovlioká, military and police brutality, imprisonment of several pro-independence figures and the decades-long discrimation and segregation of native Wallens. The protests were led by a coalition of pro-independence groups, involving students; workers; farmers and the ordinary citizen that lasted for more than 63 days, with rallies dealt with violent proficiency and the killings of several important officials, then the abolishment of the Grand Assembly. However this would only strengthen the independence movement, resulting in the penultimate Freedom March of August