Alharu

Alharu

Area	32,400,000 km2 (12,500,000 sq mi)
Demonym	Alharun
Countries	List of countries in Alharu
Languages	List of languages
Time zones	UTC-8 to UTC-2
Largest cities	Bogd Gioro, Maurotopia, Ferrefaaierhafen, Grootwaterflakte

Alharu is a continent of Eurth, situated close to the continents of Argis, Thalassa and Aurelia, with which it shares a land border. Much of the Alharun coast was colonised, though parts of it did manage to resist and prosper under indigenous cultures, such as the southern highlands and the massive inland desert. Alharu can be classified as a second-world region, with an average GDP per capita of less than $25,000.

Etymology

The first people to arrive in Alharu are likely the Azano-Marenesian explorers. It is unknown how they called this land, since the scarce textual sources have not been translated.

The name Alharu is the Sahrabic word for "hot" or "warm place". This is a reference to the warm temperatures in the tropical and desert regions. It is believed that Sahrabic traders visited the continent in the classical period. They were the first Europans to bring back stories about Alharu. And so their name for the continent was used in later descriptions and maps.

One alternative and controversial theory claims that the continent was actually named after the Soluk explorer Álvaro or Al-Bar. (1239-1287).

A single written source from Orioni describes how in 1028 the explorer Esra Tabor (c. 993-1042) sailed east and arrived in a place he called Iruk’i. Linguists doubt this description, since it likely just originated from the generic description iruk’i merēti (Oharic: faraway land).

History

Ancient Era

Portrait head of pharaoh Akhenaten III in Per-Aten

• 20,000-12,000 BCE : Paleo-Cashari peoples first arrive to what is today Aurora on Cashari Island
• 1,200 BCE : Formation of the Kingdom of Per-Aten
  The Soluk subjugate the Indiense in their vicinity as a second class of slave labourers in modern Verde
• 320 BCE : Sjådska presence on the banks of Manamana Bay attest to an active passage of this people. The Sjådska used the bay for trading and travel.
• 200 BCE : Rise of the Yellow Empire
• 100 BCE : The area now known as Greater Fulgistan is first conquered by the Toujian Emperor of the Yellow Empire, Fulgistan becomes one of the core provinces of the Yellow Empire
• 131 CE : Return to Atenic Rule of Per-Aten

Pre-colonial Era

Chávanan jar, between 1100 and 1200

• 700 : Rise of the Guaruma Empire in modern Pecario
• 900 : Traders from Sa Hara begin visiting Fulgistan, importing both art and architecture, as well as Salam
  Fall of the Guaruma Empire probably due to environmental factors or socio-political upheavals
• 1000-1200 : Golden age of the Chávanan culture in modern Pecario
• 1041 : The Saermaðr Sjådska fleets reaches the Cashari peninsula, trading with the Madronians and departing once more
• 1200 : Creation of the Confederation of Mascuyo in modern Pecario, regrouping several city-states
• 1250 : Rise of the Tuachecs in the Confederation of Mascuyo, emerging as a powerful state with their capital in Tualcacán
• 1400 : The Tuachecs take over the Mascuyo Confederation and begin to expand further in Mesothalassa
• 1428 : Hoscos invasion in Tuachec lands in modern Pecario
• 1430 : Tuachec emperor Pómatec I drives the Hoscos out of the Tuachec Empire
• 1465-1629 : Reign of the Seven Good Emperors / Golden Age of the Tuachec Empire

Colonial Era

• 1523 : Mantellan colonisation of modern Ocraly
• 1545 : Collapse of the Yellow Empire
• 1587 : Exploration of the Saint-Elme river's delta by the Lysian explorator Florent Bouvier
• 1595 : The "Décret Royal sur la Florentie" claims the Cashari Island as the rightful possession of the King of Lysia, and the Governorate of Florentia is created
• 1599 : Europans first land in modern Aurora in 1599, with the arrival of Juan Luis Cárdenas de Tavares’ southward expedition as part of The Gran Viatge
• 1623 : Teobaldo Franco Cabeza del Toro abandons Deiargon’s colony at Providencia and leads his followers to Aurora beginning large-scale colonization
• October 1630 : Stillian conquistador Diego de Montega lands with his men on the coast of modern Pecario. He is one of the migrants who was part of the Gran Viatge fleeing the Iberic Empire
• 1630-1652 : Iberic conquest of the Tuachec Empire
• 1633 : Lysian explorer Jean de Léry found the lysian colony of Côte d'Émeraude
• 1645-1650 : La Gran Peregrinación in Pecario
• 1649 : Unification of Ymutztlaclan and Mizlan
• 1650 : Eirran colonizers establish settlements along the northern coast of the Cashari Island
• 1655 : The Sultanate of Fulgistan is established. The Sultanate is the first nation in eastern Alharu to practice Salam as a state religion
• 1687-1689 : Emerald War in modern Pecario

Signature of the Treaty of Santa Borbones, ending the Pecarian War of Independence

• 1691-1721 : The Pirate Republic of Alcazara established in the Manamama Bay disturbs greatly the trade between the Tpyhon Sea and the Lotus Sea.
• 17th June 1707 : Iberic-Soluk War
• 28th March, 1708 : Secession of Soluk Dominions to the House of Borbon, end of the Soluk dominance in the region and result in their dispersal as a diaspora and assimilation by the freed Indiense and Iverican people
• 1717 : Signature of the treaty of Gorgia, Pecario becomes an Iveric corregimiento
• 1748 : Lysia buys the islander part of the Vice-Royalty of Cashar, renamed Lasoda, from Iberica
• 1750 : The Eirrans conquer present Aurora from a failing Iberic Empire
• 1752-1760 : Pecarian War of Independence
• 1760 : Iverica recognizes Pecario as an independent state, creation of the United Confederation of Mesothalassa under Alejandro Miralba
• 1767 : The Lysian royal family flees the Lysian Revolution and come to Florentia, where the local authorities and the population are still loyal to them. Louis-Ambroise of Asmavie is crowned as Louis XI of Lysia
• 1768 : Failure of the United Confederation, Manamana gains its independence but returns to "Iveric" dominion out of desire for stability and fear of its neighbor
• 1770-1771 : Lysia tries to take back Florentia but fails, despite superior numbers and equipment
• 1771 : Signature of an armistice between the Lysian Republic and the Kingdom of Lysia. Louis XI decides to settle the Lysian monarchy in Florentia and is elected by a referundum as Emperor Ambroise I of Florentia
• 1795 : The Governor of Ocraly declares the independence of the Ocralian Republic, supported by Florentia, start of the Ocralian War of Independence
• 1797 : The Mantellan crown is forced to recognize the new independent state of Ocraly

Early Modern Era

Auroran and Gaellician naval vessels join in fleet in the Hei Sea during the Orange Blossom Revolution.

• 1800 : Aurora faces a century-long struggle with the Florentian Empire for sovereignty and power in the Hei Sea region
• 1801 : Florentia invades Ocraly, creating the first Kingdom of Ocraly
• 1802 : Louis-Philippe d'Asmavie is crowned King Luigi I of Ocraly
• 1810 : Aurora gains independence following the Orange Blossom Revolution
• 1815 : Atenic Reconquest of the Lower Kingdom in Per-Aten
• 12th June 1824 : First Constitution of Ymutztlaclan-Mizlanuzco
• 1844 : An anarchist terrorist attack kills every member of the royal family of Ocraly except Adriana. Adriana becomes "The Red Queen" of Ocraly
• 13th June 1873 : The Kertic Confederation is formed in modern Kertosono
• 1877-1885 : The Emperor tries to outlaw Florentian slavery. Nine of the twelve states secede from the Empire : beginning of the Civil War in Florentia
• May 1878 : Coup d'Etat in Ocraly committed by colonel Basiliu di Campana. The Queen is exiled while the new Ocralian junta declares independence from Florentia
• June 1878 : Proclamation of the Second Ocralian Republic
• 1883 : Deportation of the Cashari minority in Ocraly to the neighboring Florentia.
• 1885 : The slave states of Florentia win. The victorious states write the "Confederal Act", reducing the power of the Emperor while giving total autonomy to the states
• 1897 : Drafting of the "Charter of the Master and the Slave" in a few Florentian states, guaranteeing the first rights to slaves and greatly limiting the punishments given by the masters

Contemporary Era

Middola after its capture by Auroran forces during the War of the Quadruple Entente

• 15th May 1901 : The treaties of union are signed by 32 kingdoms, duchies, and other polities, founding Kertosono
• 1907-1912 : War of the Quadruple Entente
• 25th February 1922 : Basiliu di Campana dies from a heart attack in Ocraly
• 1923 : In Fulgistan a student groups, dissatisfied with the overwhelming economic presence of foreign powers in the country, as well as unrepresentative rule by the Sultan's Sa Haran-speaking government, organize themselves into a loose communo-syndicalist group that was then dubbed the Fulgistan Liberation Front, led by the political theorist Jian Bozaan. In the months and years that follow, Fulgistan will see the overthrow of the Sultan, the expulsion and seizure of foreign businesses, and the creation of an entirely new government
• 10th January 1923 : Failed coup d'Etat in Ocraly led by Field marshal Marziale Marziale sparks the first Ocralian civil war
• 1924 : Florentia invades Ocraly and esthablishes the Second Kingdom of Ocraly. Louis-Orphée d'Asmavie is crowned Orphée I of Ocraly
• 7th September 1925 : Serene Emperor Suun is executed on the orders of the Mitonese controlled government in 1925 in Esonice
• 1930-1950 : In Fulgistan the communist government viciously suppress any dissent
• 1935 : Arturo Gabriel Vizcaíno found the Partido Popular which quickly gains popularity and control of insular Aurora
• 1938 : Signature of the Maruguchi Agreement in Esonice
• July 1939 : Start of trials of several former government officials from the Mitonese controlled government working from 1922 and Serene Emperor Tomihito
• 7th September 1939 : Execution of Serene Emperor Tomihito in Esonice
• 1941 : Coup d'état in Aurora by General Arturo Gabriel Vizcaíno
• 1941-1947 : The regime of General Arturo Gabriel Vizcaíno leads to numerous atrocities in Aurora
• 15th February 1945 : Orphée I of Ocraly abdicates
• June 1947 : Vizcaíno's regime is finally ousted with the Liberation of Aurora
• 1948 : Salvatore Digolla becomes Prime Minister of Ocraly
• 1949 : Independence of Manamana
• 1958 : Maimedo Riots in Esonice
• 1961 : The dark horse Ismail Tunyaz becomes General Secretary and begins immediately working to bring order in Fulgistan
• 1964 : Beginning of the Manamana Canal construction
• 1971 : Coup d'etat in Pecario by General Arturo Gómez
  A military coup led by General Éktoras Lýkos oust the government of President Rivera in Manamana
• 1975 : War on drugs in Manamana and Pecario
• 1978 : The Manamana Canal is finally completed
• 1990 : The Green Revolution bring an end to the Gómez regime in Pecario
• 2nd April 1990 : Captain Símon Kókkino leads a peaceful coup in Manamana
• 1995 : Fulgistan is rocked by the Lihun Clique scandal
• 14th February of 1996 : A group of five adolescent high school students from Okado, Kyutsu province commit suicide on school grounds leaving behind suicide notes and a letter with their collective experience within the Esonian educational system marking the beginning of the Hakusha revolution. This leads to mass protests in Esonice. The repeated brutality of Esonian riot police against protestors televised by news outlets turn protests into violent riots with protestors resisting and beginning violent confrontations with police.
• 10th Septmember 1996 : The Esonian prime minister and head of the federal police both resign in disgrace
• 2007 : Manamana found itself at the heart of a global scandal following the release of the Manamana Memos
• 2019 : Major slave revolt in Florentia
• 2022 : Florentia and the slave revolt sign an armistice, but are technically still at war with each other

Countries

Alharu is home to a diverse group of countries and regions.

Arms	Flag	Country	GDP (per capita)	Area (km²)	Population	Year	Capital
		Aurora	$49,956	42,346	14,650,803	2023	Tavares
		Esonice	$42,289	354,835	34,708,538	2022	Maimedo
		Florentia	$GDP	325,747	25,020,000	$year	Montcharmin
		Fulgistan	$12,375	352,840	32,000,000	2018	Bogd Gioro
		Itza	$4,897	344,600	38,761,957	2020	Itzal
		Pecario	$9,995	324,700	22,658,480	2022	Santa Borbones
		Per-Aten	$18,500	250,000	28,000,000	2020	Akhetaten
		Variota	$37,914	380,970	41,910,000	2020	Ferrefaaierhafen
		Verde	$47,955	23,262	10,009,200	2020	Porto Verde
		Ymutztlaclan-Mizlanuzco	$?	424,472	30,428,363	2018	Ferrescan