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Imperial State of the Crown of Angvar | |
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Motto: Nacht sei mit uns "Night be with us" | |
Anthem: Lok'Ongvátar "Song of Angvar" | |
Badge of the House of Mordegard Insignien des Haus von Mordegard |
Angvar (/ˈɒŋvɑː/ ( listen); Angvarian: Ongvátar [ɔŋˈβʌtɑʀ]; Nemedian: Eisenheim [ˈaɪseːnhaɪm̩]), officially the Imperial State of the Crown of Angvar (Angvarian: Pórandor-búbhosh Ashdurbûzg Ongvátar; Nemedian: Kaisertum der Eisenheimʃes Reichskrone is a transcontinental sovereign state comprising of the mainland of the Cimmerian continent and its adjoined subcontinents of Acheron and Borania, most of Eastern Hyboria and northern Seria, numerous islands in the Atlantean and Lemurian oceans and various overseas territories and associated states. At 40,998,796 square kilometres (15,829,724 square miles), or three and a half times the size of Cimmeria, Angvar is the largest country in the world by area. Bounded to the north by the Boreal Sea, to the south by the Obrisian Sea, to the west by the Maulland Sea and to the east by the Kippon Sea, it borders Draconia and Ostenia to the west, Sylvania to the southwest, Obrisia, Berbania and Varkania to the south, and Seria to the east, while sharing maritime borders with the North Sea Realm and Kippon in the west and east, respectively. Via its overseas possessions, it borders the Ankin-Fúbù Union, Kaozhi, Liujiang, and Jianqing by way of the Legation Zones in Seria; Baqet, Lozi-Vulu, Kikivu, Ngubu and the Haziri Boqorate in Maurica; and New Zancora, Pregonia and New Tilgard in Upper Brenonnica. In addition to its 169 governorates, 49 of which are overseas; 18 internal and external territories and one capital district, there are two associated states, namely Gaietia in Auralia and Totenheim. The westernmost and easternmost governorates in the mainland are Weißeheldenburg and Vladivoyna, respectively, while the northernmost point overall is in the external territory of Kaiser Albrechts-Land in Borealia and the southernmost being the Los Island in the Auralian Ocean. With a population exceeding 1.27 billion people, 60.81 percent being ethnic Angvarians, Angvar is the second-most populous country in the world. Its capital and largest city, Mordegard, has a population of around 440 million residents; followed by other major cities such as Sankt-Ninuesburg, Valenborg, Balzhed, Drestholm, Nurnhalt, Skarbolg, Rabenraus, Hexentreffen and Lestatshafen.
Since prehistoric times, the continent of Cimmeria has been at first sparsely inhabited by anthropophagic cave-dwelling peoples whose descendants have come to be referred to as Wendol by classical and medieval writers.