Sparkalia

Sparkalia

Satellite photo of Sparkalia
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 1600 AR
Orbital period	365 d (12.0 months)
Physical characteristics
Surface temp. min mean max Celsius −89.2 °C 14.9 °C 56.9 °C Fahrenheit −128 °F 58.7 °F 134.3 °F
Atmosphere
Composition by volume	78.08% nitrogen (N2) (dry air) 20.95% oxygen (O2) 0.930% argon 0.039% carbon dioxide (climate-variable)

Geography

Continents

	Name	Most populous country	Total population	Largest city
	Pelia	S'Lanter	101,432,390	Akan'aktid
	Dacia	Lurynia	29,325,480	Luchica
	Pythia	Ariseo	121,400,000	Hyeangseul
	Ilus	Ardenarai	61,400,000	TBA

History

Sparkalia is believed to have seen the first sign of intelligent, sentient life 500,000 years prior to the Era of Renewal. Due to events that took place in the Era of Ruin, much of the history during and before this period of history on Sparkalia is still being pieced back together and interpreted by scholars and historians alike.

Era of Ruin - 985 BR to 0 BR

The Era of Ruin is the period of Sparkalia in which war and the near complete destruction of the planet and her people came about. Tensions were high and various weapons of mass destruction were built and completed, some within moments of being used before the great mage shuffled and reset the planet.

The Great Restart

Sometimes also referred to as the Great Shuffle, this was the event in which the Great Mage wielded enough magic to shuffle the entire planet to look more like the present day planet of Sparkalia. During this event, people did not die, but forgot many of the reasons and selfish justifications to destroy each other and ruin the world permanently. Society changed, mountains moved, false faiths from the time wiped entirely. Only some had their memories preserved, put into a deep sleep until the Kethites determined their knowledge and teachings were necessary to advise the renewal of Sparkalia. Kethes claims that this lasted a period of nearly 30 days, some believe it may have been closer to 90 days by inferring from how some smaller events within the restart are referenced. The telling of the Great Restart and subsequent verification for those to see is known as the Founding Truth.

Era of Renewal - 1 AR to approximately 1384 AR

The Era of Renewal is the period referenced from the first year that the planet was restarted by the Great Restart about until some time after the arrival of the First Unknown in 1362 AR. Much of the Era of Renewal consisted of the refounding of states and establishment of new faiths as old ones were lost to the memory wipe done by the Great Restart. The first empires would rise, and the Founding Truth would spread, becoming ingrained in some faiths and ideologies to prevent the mistakes seen in the Era of Ruin that forced the coming of this new era. Perhaps most notable was the rise of the Calestelian Kingdom during this period as it took to the seas with the Kingdom of Prestore. Magic flourished and began to be learned once more.

Late in this era would see the arrival of the First Unknown in 1361 AR. The First Unknown were no different from humans native to Sparkalia and far kinder, hoping to start anew and in harmony. With them, they brought technologies that were never seen before. Some would begin to adopt them in trade with them and make their own. The new knowledge brought by the unknown of the newly founded Nourevian Chancellery in various fields improved life, something even welcomed by the Kethites of the time. It only became of worry when some began to drop the tradition of magic and even ignore the Founding Truth despite it being a proven fact. It became clear a new era may be dawning and that perhaps more mages of the past should join to advise against the actions being taken by other nations, marking the end in 1384 AR.

Era of Blemish - 1384 AR to Present

The Era of Blemish came about as the technology and science of other civilizations from completely different worlds spread across Sparkalia. Magic began to be neglected and nations drifted away from the very thing that had lifted them up and could continue doing so. In 247 years, there were few even magic dominant societies that didn’t have some influence from the new foreign concepts in technology introduced to them. Only one mage remained preserved in magic: The Great Mage.

Countries

Magic Oriented

Flag	CoA/Seal	Short and formal names	Capital	Population	Government
	TBA	Bugwe Horde The Holy Confederated Tribes of Bugwe	(no capital)	4,376,122	Tribal Confederation
		Choslow The Matriarchal Society of Choslow	Dziewanna	46,376,000	Absolute Monarchy
		Indefinite Color   The Season of Indefinite Color The Season of the Unbound Rainbow The Chromafey Season The Color Season	Prisma Spectra	~ 5 million	Feudalistic Oligarchy
	N/A	Kaidokoku The Kaidojin Confederation	Kurogomonoshita	9,127,345	Left-Libertarian Confederation
		United States of Kalestya   The United States of Kalestya	La Valdinia	35,728,514	Single-Party Capitalist Republic
	TBA	Lurynia The Lurynian Magocracy	Luchica	28,376,122	Magocracy
		Magia Regnum The High Magical Girl Realm of Magia Regnum	Emicity	949,358	Theocratic Magical Girl Timocracy
	TBA	Regeliana The Magocracy of Regeliana	Regalia	TBA	Magocracy
		Ardenarai The Sacred Kingdom of Ardenarai	Deschareis	61.4 million	Kraterocratic Magocracy

Tech Oriented

Flag	CoA/Seal	Short and formal names	Capital	Population	Government
		Ariseo The Empire of Ariseo	Hyeangseul	~121,400,000	Unitary Parliamentary Semi-Constitutional Monarchy
		Dairana The Holy Kingdom of Dairana	Šaja	5,152,874	Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
	TBA	Ekena The Republic of 'Ēkena	Leiko	8,937,748	Federal Parliamentary Republic
	TBA	Metamora The Megalopolis of Metamora	Metamora	~8,280,000	Technocratic City-State
	TBA	Nova Solarius Federal Republic of Nova Solarius Respublica Foederalis Novae Solariae	Sol	35,377,830	Federal Republic, Constitutional Monarchy
	TBA	Ostrov	Southport	63,000	Parliamentary Republic
		Prestore   The Kingdom of Prestore	Cambrigh	TBA	Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
	TBA	Tepror   The Grand Republic of Tepror	The Ministry	91 Million	Totalitarian Council
	TBA	Warsky The Warskian Council The Warskian Cities	TBA	TBA	Theocratic City-State Council
	TBA	The Wullfolk The Nomadic Peoples of the Wullfolk	Yeorood	3,100,000	Seminomadic Elective Monarchy & Heredrity Citystates
	TBA	Yulsan Republic of Yulsan	Yul Gyeong	120,385,045	Presidential Republic
	TBA	Zÿlwahl   Expeditionary Brigade Headquarters of Zÿlwahl	C.C. (Central Command.)	120	Brigade Command

Mixed/Other

Flag	CoA/Seal	Short and formal names	Capital	Population	Government
	TBA	Ambriya The Supercolony of Ambriya	Tri-Tzi	34 million	Eusocial Commonwealth
		Japuile The Grand Duchy of Japuile	Artane	40 millions	Enlightenment absolutism
		Kerussiria The Republic of Kerussiria (RoKS)	Ķëdnśtäl	17,300,000	Parliamentary Republic
		Kethes   Heavenly Kethite Matakahnate	Olatu	33,129,510	Constitutional Monarchy/Elective Representative Republic
		Kyldigard   The Commonwealth of Kyldigardian Cantons	Muremysct	~27,000,000	Syndicalist Republic
	TBA	Mushakan   The Kingdom of Mushakan	Mukas	37,570	Theocratic Monarchy
		S'Lanter The Okur-Federation of S'Lanter The S'Lanter	Velmegun	101,432,390	Unitary Semi-presidential One Party Republic