Adrinian

The Republic of Adrinian La Republica de Adrinían
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Motto: With the pen and the sword, we are mighty
Capital	Adrinian City
Ethnic groups	80% Adrinian 20% Tianssoulesse
Demonym(s)	Adrinian
Government	Parliamentary Republic
• President	Zephyros Enseñador
• Prime Minister	Ana Solamon
Population
• Estimate	19,900,100
• Density	26.2/km2 (67.9/sq mi)
Currency	Marks
Driving side	right

Adrinian, also referred to as the Republic of Adrinian, is a small, tropical nation in the southern Aestes Sea region of Anteria. The republic's 19.9 million inhabitants reside within eight distinct provinces and one federal district. The nation is dominated by lush rainforests and stunning beaches, and is governed by the relatively small capital Adrinian City.

History

The First Confederation, 1699-1750

Founded in 1699, the First confederation of Adrinian was composed only of the northernmost three provinces, Puerto de Arcos, Nueva Imperia, and Vendria. These three states unified primarily due to monetary reasons, with each province wishing to gain more influence in the Aestes Sea trade network. The nature of the confederation was an interesting one, with each province sending ten delegates to a yearly council in Plantania to discuss trade and monetary policy, but with each province governing itself completely separately from the others. The most notable action taken by the First Confederation was the conquest of Las Islas Pacificas in 1725, in an attempt to gain control of the then booming sugar trade centered on them. This effort was incredibly costly, and exposed deep divisions within the Confederation as infighting broke out over how the spoils of war were to be divided. In 1750, Nueva Imperia and Vendria. Simultaneously announced their departure from the confederation, leaving Puerto de Arcos alone to govern Las Islas Pacificas. This break-up was largely due to the members seeing no more benefit in continued cooperation and competing interests, with Nueva Imperia in particular seeking to expand further south and west into the interior of the continent.

Southern Expansion Period, 1750-1823

This period saw great competition between Nueva Imperia and Vendrian, with both seeking to exploit the resources rumored to lie in the interior. The two states would establish rival colonies, with that of Vendrian eventually becoming Platalta and that of Nueva Imperia becoming Tierra Worden. While the militaries of Nueva Imperia and Vendria frequently skirmished with one another in frontier territory, the settlers of each colony got along fairly well despite different backgrounds. Despite trade being officially prohibited between the two colonies by their respective governments, this decree was largely ignored by the populace simply due to the fact that trade was necessary for each to survive the frontier environment. Plataltan beef was traded for Wordenese coffee and cocoa on a thriving black market that only grew when colonial authorities attempted to stomp it out. This interference would end up being a large contributor to the First Adrinian Civil War.

Notable figures of the Southern expansion period include Pedro Worden, who is credited with being the first person to explore through the interior to the Fresian Gulf. He would go on to extensively map the gulf as well as the land between it and Nueva Imperia, and is also thought to be the first leader to meet the Tianssoulesse in an official capacity. These numerous feats would earn him a permanent spot in history as the land he explored would eventually be name after him.

The First Adrinian Civil War, 1823-1830

Though technically not a civil war as the provinces were not unified at the start, this is universally referred to by historians as Adrinian's first civil war. The war began after a body of respected citizens, the Congress of Platalta, declared independence from their colonial overlords on September 21st and elected to join together in The Republic of Worden.

Though unified, the colonials were significantly outnumbered. The first four years of the war were largely defined by guerilla actions by the colonials meant to delay and dissuade the Vendrian and Imperian armies. For their part, the colonizers at first refused to work together, but soon realized that their efforts would be more fruitful if they set aside their differences. In 1827, thier combined army swept through Platalta, capturing the congress and laying waste to the capital Ausable. Negotiations began then, but were not concluded until the summer of 1830. Sporadic fighting continued in Tierra Worden, but lack of leadership caused most actions to fizzle out. The war ended with each colonial power resuming control of their respective territory, but citizens of each region had found a new sense of unity.

The Congress of Worden City and the Second Confederation, 1870-1918

In the year 1870, representatives from the each part of the nation, including Tianssoul and Angelesca, which had previously only been in on the fringes of regional dialogue. The congress was the culmination of continued efforts by colonial subjects in Platalta and Tierra Worden as well as intellectuals in Puerto de Arcos to establish a new confederation stretching from the Aestes Sea to the Fresian Gulf. The congress believed the united overland route would allow the confederation to dominate regional trade as well as provide more equitable treatment to the different regions. The congress began on February 15th, 1870 and lasted through December.

The Second Confederation was far more centralized than the first, with a permanent capital being placed in Nueva Imperia and a Confederate Council that was bale to collect and impose certain tariffs, using them to invest in different areas of the economy. Another aspect of centralization was a much smaller ruling council; each of the seven provinces sent two representatives, one appointed by the governor, the other by popular vote. Ideally, this smaller body would have been able to coordinate much better than its predecessor, but ultimately proved no more effective. Additionally, the advantage of controlling the land corridor between the Aestes Sea and Fresian Gulf never proved to be substantial, and trade continued to be focused on the north. This lead to some northern provinces, primarily Vendria and Nueva Imperia to form separate trade agreements and directly ignore the decisions of the Confederate Council. In order to preserve their economies, the southern and central provinces These differences would eventually boil over into a Second Civil War, causing untold destruction and the nation to splinter once more.