Audonia
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Free Republic of Audonia Freie Republik Audunien (Tyrnican) | |
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 Flag
 National Cockade
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| Motto: "Esse quam videri" | |
| Anthem: Over the Hills "Over the Hills"  | |
 Location of Audonia (dark green) in Auressia (dark grey) | |
| Capital and largest city | Morriston |
| Official languages | Rythenean |
| Recognised regional languages | Tyrnican |
| Demonym(s) | Audonian |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic |
| Claude Abernaty | |
• Vice-President | George Muench |
| Legislature | Houses of State |
| House of the Republic | |
| Inspector's House | |
| Establishment | |
• Settlement of Audonia | 16? |
• Audonian Revolution | 7 April 1815 |
• Union Act | 2 Ocober 1860 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,379,006 km2 (918,539 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 70,864,348 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Per capita | $ |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Per capita | $ |
| HDI (2020) |  0.729high |
| Currency | Audonian Dollar (Ϻ) (COM) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy (CE) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +03 |
| ISO 3166 code | AUD |
| Internet TLD | .ad |
Audonia (Tyrnican: Audunien), officially the Free Republic of Audonia, is a sovereign state and presidential republic situated in southern Marceaunia Major. Bordered by the Rum Gulf, Adrienne Sea, and Hesperian Ocean, it's only land border is Nilasia to it's north-west. Comprised of 2,379,006 square kilometres of land, it is divided into three semi-autonomous regions, overseen by a central government situated in the nation's capital city, Morriston.
The region of northern Audonia was initially settled by Tyrnican settlers in the late 17th century, before the area began to be contested by newly founded Rythenian settlements in the region's south, renamed to Arabelline. The Industrial Revolution saw tensions rise between the traditional slave owning elite and a growing urban working class, exacerbated by the Rythenean Revolution that saw the Monarchy of Rythene overthrown, a popular move in Audonia. Resistance erupted against the restoration of the monarchy, culminating in the Audonian Revolution, establishing Audonia as an independent nation. Disagreements between the new state of Audonia and its ally, Confederation of Southern Marceaunia, led to the First Continental War and establishing Audonia as the preeminent power in the Rum Gulf.
Internal divisions between the Rythenean population and the Tyrnicans led to the First Reformation which created the semi-autonomous region of Friedland in northern Audonia, which coincided with Audonia's defeat in the War of the Arabelline Sea. A number of issues began to arise following the loss of Audonia's prestige, primarily revolving around the institution of slavery within the nation, in addition to the status of Native Marceaunians, whose territory the industrialising nation began to increasingly encroach upon.
By the turn of the 20th century, the nation had regained some of its national prominence, benefitting from its global position in facilitating trade, though this placed it in jeopardy at the outbreak of the First Great War in its refusal to partake or cease to trade with the Galene League, leading to a number of incidents where ships sailing under the Audonia flag would be attack or boarded by Coalition vessels. Though it had narrowly avoided taking part in the First Great War, the Second Great War could not be, as it aligned with its old enemy Albrennia in the campaign against Songha. Victory in the war solidified Audonia's place in the world. Post-war, racial issues within the nation began to rise again, necessitating the creation of the Ausser State, a semi-autonomous state in north-eastern Audonia.
Audonia is a developed nation, with the nth largest economy at TBA. A fouding member of the Assembly of Marceaunian States, Audonia is a member of numerous intergovernmental organisations, assisting in the goal of global security and international freedoms. Its economy has followed the trend of many western nations, transistioning from an industrial economy to one based primarily in international banking and finance, however the automobile industry remains an important pillar, in addition to its arms industry and international shipping.
Etymology
Etymologically, the name Audonia is descended from the Tyrnican Audunien, itself derived from the recently born Prince Audun (later Audun VII). The name Audonia was adopted during the early stages of the Audonia Revolution as a means to sever links with the Rythenean forces against which they were rebelling, in addition to attempting to sway the ethnic Tyrnicans to align with the rebels. Initially spelt as Audunia, when the change to its modern spelling occurred isn't well recorded, with the two spellings appearing in different rebel propaganda throughout the war and for some time afterwards, the spelling was finalised as Audonia in the Act of Naming Convention (1820) in 1820.
History
Pre-Settlement
-Native Marceanian settlement
-Auressian Contact
Early Settlement
The initial settlement of what became Audonia was overseen by the Sankt-Suibertsland-Gesellschaft (SSG), a Tyrnican venture that, after three previous attempts that ended in failure, settled the town of St. Suibert, from which the company and later colony was named, in 1710. Initially suffering from endemic shortages of food and outbreaks of disease, the colony began to recover and flourish when trade between natives and settlers was conducted, primarily the trade of Auressian weapons and goods in exchange for foods and native assistance in navigating the unfamiliar land. As the colony began to rise in wealth, eventually beginning to send valuable shipments of tobacco back to the homeland, the SSG was inevitably seized by the Tyrnican crown in 1750, renaming the colony Audunien after the newly born heir to the crown.
Twenty years following first settlement of St. Suibert, Rythenean interests in the New World began to be expanded upon. Previously a small trading post, Albert's Port, was renamed to TBA and the colony of Arabelline was officially founded. Quickly, the new colony began to experience a series of programs aimed at both the rapid expansion of the city and encouraging the growth of its population. Such campaigns proved to be successful, the city ballooning in size to compete with the previously dominant Audunien. Both colonies began a series of encroachment campaigns on native territory, plunging the peninsula into frequent warfare between the colonials and native populations.
The outbreak of the Eleven Years' War in 1748 saw open inter-colonial warfare breakout between Audunien and Arabelline for the first time after a series of antagonising incidents. Though the primary theatre of the war was in Auressia, the war in Marceaunia was no less vital. Enlisting the assistance of several tribal groups, the colonies battled it out, the balance of power frequently echoing that of the Auressian theatre. The annexation of Audunien by Arabelline signalled the end of the Eleven Years' War in Marceaunia, with the annexation being cemented in the peace talks.
The peace following the end of the war enabled the colony to follow the general trend of industrialisation, particularly around the north-eastern portion of the nation and the capital of TBA. In turn, however, tensions began to mount between the slave-owning elite of Arabelline and the burgeoning working class of the colony that resented the presence of slavery taking a number of labouring jobs. Additionally, a number of slaves had escaped to Audunien prior to the start of the Eleven Years' War and all were unwilling to be enslaved once again, forming a community in the north-west of Audonian which became known as Ausser Confederacy. The territory the Confederacy sat on was remarkably mineral rich and many slave-owners wished to regain their property, in addition to drawing attention away from the growing number of problems within the nation. The invasion of the Confederacy officially began the Ausser Wars, a series of conflicts that last from 1780 till 1803, the first war ending in 1784 and officially dissolved the Confederacy, annexing it into Arabelline. The influx of former slaves into the nation served largely to only inflame racial tensions in the nation, while an influx of intellectuals from Rythene began to spread republican ideals through the nation, finding purchase amongst the poorer classes.
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