Euclea

Euclea
Area	9,511,739 km²
Population	Template:Euclea-pop
Density	77 people per km²
GDP (nominal, millions)	$22,469,614
GDP per capita	$30,800
Time zones	UTC +2 to –4

Euclea is a continent located entirely in the Northern and Western Hemispheres of Kylaris. It is bordered to the north by the Pervovo Sea, Boreal Sea, Ghaillish Sea, and North Sea, to the east by the Florian Ocean and Gulf of Assonaire, to the south by the Solarian Sea and Mazdan Sea, and to the west by the Lumine Ocean. Coius lies to the south and east.

Euclea covers approximately one sixteenth of Kylaris's surface and is home to slightly over one fifth of its population. It is the world's second-most populous continent after Coius and is its richest on a gross GDP basis; nearly 40% of the world's aggregate GDP is generated in Euclea. Politically, Euclea is divided into approximately thirty states, twelve of which comprise the Euclean Community. Narozalica is the largest country in Euclea, and Gaullica is the most populous.

Etymology

The name Euclea comes from the ancient Piraean goddess Eukleia (Ευκλεια), the deity personifying glory and good repute.

History

Main article: History of Euclea

Prehistory

Animal cave art from Gennefort, Gaullica, dated to 16,000 BC

Various species of hominids lived in Euclea as early as 1.3 million years ago. The oldest attested Euclean inhabitants that belonged to the genus Homo is the archaic Homo antecessor, whose fossils have been found in Carvagna, Eturia and other trace regions around the Solarian Sea. Homo erectus migrated into Euclea from Badawiya or Bahia. Sometime around 150,000 BC, Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals) appeared around Cislania in Werania. The Neanderthals disapeared sometime around 28,000 BC. Contemporainously, the first anatomically modern humans emerged on the Euclean continent around 35,000 BC. These first humans also migrated from Coius and supplanted the Neanderthals. DNA evidence suggests that early Euclean humans may have interbred with the Neaderthals, as well as other hominids. The earliest habitats of early Euclean humans are recorded around Palestrina (Eturia), Llerta (Auratia) and Monroial (Gaullica). These first people were hunter-gatherers and nomads reliant on stone tools. Humans spread across Euclea and reached the western reaches of Narozalica by 10,000 BC.

A preserved neolithic settlement in Estmere

The Neolithic Revolution began in Euclea around the 8th millennium BC around Piraea and Etruria, influenced by agriculture's spread from Coius. During this time, many of Euclea's hunter-gatherer peoples became sedentary. Their lifestyles revolved around sowing and reaping crops as well as rearing domesticated animals. Around this time, Eucleans developed early social stratification and produced pottery. Large caches of Neolithic pottery dating to as late as 7,000 BC has been found in Werania and Azmara. This period also saw the development of primitive shipcraft that permitted the habitation of the Line Islands around 6,500 BC. Early Eucleans also built burial mounds (also known as kurgans) and megaliths (like dolmens).

The 5th century BC saw the migration of various peoples. The Satro-Euclean peoples migrated into Euclea around 4,000 BC and supplanted many indegenous peoples. Finno-Ugric peoples migrated into Caldia around 3,300 BC. They would later be supplanted by the Satro-Euclean Tenics around 1,000 BC. The last major expansion of prehistoric Euclean peoples occurred in 1,500 BC, when humans made landfall on the Geatish Islands.

Around 3,200 BC, bronze tools were spread from Coius to Euclea, beginning the Euclean bronze Age. The Euclean Bronze Age saw the rise of the Esorian civilization on the island of Emessa, described as the first true civilization of Euclean history. The Esorians developed an extensive trade network that linked Coius with Euclea. Merchants and traders would often make treatourous journies as far north as the tin mines in Werania to trade in the precious metal. The Minoans developed a heretofore undecifered writing system, a sui generis syllabary that was the first documented in Euclea. In Piraea, the Mycenaean civilization developed as an important trade route to West Euclea. Southern Euclea saw social statification comparible with that of the Ancient Near East, characterized by the development of primitive kingdoms with tribal, warrior, merchant and peasant castes. The Bronze Age of development and prosperity ended suddenly when mysterious seafaring peoples attacked various Aurean civilizations. The resultant collapse led to the Piraean Dark Ages and the cessation of international trade.

Modern period

Main article: History of modern Euclea (1488-present)

Geography

A climate map of Euclea

The Euclean climate is affected by warm currents that temper winters and summers for most of the continent, even at latitudes along which the climate elsewhere is severe. Seasonal differences are more noticeable farther inland than close to the coast.

Politics

Euclean is home to a number of regional organizations, most prominently the Euclean Community, which is currently the world's most fully realized supranational organization. Its member states have agreed to the free movement of goods, people, capital, and services, and have adopted a common currency, the euclo. Other major regional organizations include Samorspi, which brings together states that once comprised the Empire of Narozalica, the Aurean Forum, and the Northern Forum. The Community of Nations is headquartered in the Euclean country of Kesselbourg.

List of states and territories

Name	Capital	Population	Area (km²)	Head of State	Head of Government	Government type
Aimilia	Kakzazna	6,708,921	100,000	Kabentim Teguzboded	Manham Batsatindim	Parliamentary republic
Amathia	Arciluco	35,852,332	Area	Presidency of Amathia	Ramona Veleșean	Semi-presidential republic
Auratia	Cienflores	33,020,000	240,886	Enrique Santos Domínguez	Germán del Caserío	Parliamentary republic
Azmara	Aalmsted	10,029,100	43,018	Maarija Ryginsdohter	Eryk Jorśsun	Parliamentary republic
Caldia	Spálgleann	9,257,180	315,093	Kenneth IV	Stiofán Mac Suibhne	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
East Miersa	Dyńsk	21,740,000	197,568	Anna Wlodarska		Council republic
Geatland	Blåstad	6,192,106	90,819	Brunhild	Karl Nilsson Jung	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Estmere	Ashcombe	56,519,373	Area	Alice Roberts	Reginald Wilton-Smyth	Parliamentary republic
Etruria	Poveglia	65,596,083	909,388	Francesco Carcaterra		Parliamentary republic
Gaullica	Verlois	87,176,289	1,149,240	Jean Vallette	Hugo-Noël Devereaux	Semi-presidential republic
Hennehouwe	s'Holle	17,125,503	130,279	Adriaan Wilhelm Paulus	Rupert van Bleiswijk	Parliamentary republic
Kesselbourg	Kesselbourg City	1,424,500	8,000	William II	Emmanuel Schmit	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Lemovicia	Topagunea	2,502,577	41,834	Presidency	Sergiusz Galecki	Parliamentary republic
Montecara	Montecara	1,801,328	1145.43	Colegio		Directorial republic
Narozalica	Samistopol	88,081,653	2,985,973	Samuel Czenko		Presidential republic
Solstiana	Kvitastrott	27,003,197	884,477			Directorial republic
Piraea	Alikianos	13,284,889	Area	Pavlos Kassapidis	Maria Theopeftatou	Parliamentary republic
Radushia	Chrivotovo	4,193,694	8,646	Macarius II	Raman Yarmoshyn	Parliamentary constitutional theocracy
Vedmed	Tsivebi	10,578,243	149,023	Erekle Botkoveli		Parliamentary republic
Werania	Westbrücken	58,579,684	Area	Charlotte	Otto von Hößlin	Parliamentary constitutional elective monarchy
West Miersa	West Żobrodź	16,419,000	203,965	Sylwester Wrzesiński	Adrian Rozak	Authoritarian republic