Nicoletiane

Commonwealth of Nicoletiane
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Gateway of the Gladiators"
Anthem: The Hills Will Never Yield
Capital and largest city	Ruesville
Official languages	Estmerish
Recognised regional languages	Esmeiran
Ethnic groups (2020)	79% Non-Esmeriano White, 12% Esmeriano, 3% Native Asterian, 6% Other
Demonym(s)	Nicoletianan, Gahadaghean
Government	Unitary Unicameral Republic
• Rector	Leader Name
• Chairman	Leader Name
Legislature	Senate
Independence from insert
• Battle of Laurel Run	dd/mm/yyyy
• Treaty of Ruesville	dd/mm/yyyy
Area
• Total	166,709 km2 (64,367 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 census	6,122,009
• Density	36.72/km2 (95.1/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$214,882,515,900
• Per capita	$35,100
HDI (2020)	0.791 high
Currency	Rizal
Date format	yyyy.mm.dd
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.nic

Nicoletiane, officially the Commonwealth of Nicoletiane, also known as Gahadaghea, is a country in central Asteria Superior. It is bordered by Rizealand to the north and insert to the south. With an estimated population of around 6.1 million, it is the least populated country on the Asteria Superior mainland. Nicoletiane is a representative democracy. Its capital and largest city is Ruesville.

History

The Gahadaghean Range has been populated by the (Joneganoh people since prehistory. After the Gaullican conquest of Estmere’s colonies in Asterias Superior, the region was nicknamed Nicoletiane after the consort of then-King Louis VI of Gaullica, whose marriage occurred only a few years after the colonies were signed over. By this time, the Gahadagheans were still free of Euclean colonists due to treaties with the Joneganoh people.

During the Asterian War of Secession, the Joneganoh were allied to the Gaullicans against the United Colonies. The Fáel descendants of 16th century Caldian Solarian Catholic immigrants entered the region, pushing aside the native Joneganoh as their ability to repel such invasions was sapped by the Colonial armies. By 1780, the Euclean (of both Caldian and Estmerish) population of Gahadaghea numbered in the tens of thousands and already outnumbered the native Joneganoh.

In the Treaty of Vicalvi, the mountains were ceded to !Marchenia, as existing Caldian settlements in the region were illegal and seen as illegitimate. By this time, the coal reserves present in the Gahadagheans were already seeing their value realized in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution. Caldian-descended miners in the region found themselves in increasing conflict with Esmeiran-descended migrants. This economic competition between groups of disparate background came to a fever pitch at the !1800 Battle of Laurel Run, after which point !Marchenian troops began a violent campaign against Caldian-descended miners. Paramilitary groups, including the Free Mountain Gang, fight an active campaign against !Marchenian troops. Rizealand, pressured by internal support for ethnic Caldians and increasing dependence on Gahadaghean coal, began a military presence in the mountains soon after. The crisis ends in the Treaty of Ruesville, whereby Nicoletia finds independence from !Marchenian control.

The Treaty of Ruesville included provisions that altered the boundaries of Ghahadaghean claims. The Eastern Joneganohan Reservation was created out of the former Gallant and Victor Counties, an establishment enforced by Rizealand as part of their Native Asterian protection campaigns. In exchange, Rizealand ceded to Nicoletiane fertile farmland in the Mooreland Purchase.

In the early 20th century, waves of labor strikes gripped the nation. Insert Coal Wars analogue labor movements. Chistovodian/Kirenian support? Rizealand intervention? Socialism does *NOT* take hold.

Early 20th century, New Free Mountain Gang is a racial supremacist group. Anti-Esmeriano, pro-Estmerish-Caldian White.

Geography

Politics and government

Local Government

Nicoletiane's first-level administration is dominated by a system of 31 counties and one Native Asterian reservation.

List of Nicoletianan Counties

Region	County	Establishment	County Seat	Population	Area	Map
West	Hobbes	date	Chapel	147,847	area
West	Stone Wall	date	Redmont	126,726	area
West	Stag	date	Grainmarket	84,484	area
West	Love	date	Lane	49,282	area
West	Jordan	date	Sanity Hill	98,564	area
West	King Louis	date	Glendale	337,935	area
West	Crockett	date	Fort Defiance	225,290	area
West	Pontiff	date	McCoy’s Gap	176,008	area
West	Chuckaboo	date	Journeyman	161,927	area
Mooreland	Saint Bono	date	Liberty	416,297	area
Mooreland	Nativity	date	Peony	312,222	area
Mooreland	Moore	date	Holyhead	187,333	area
Mooreland	O’Brien	date	Bouley	166,519	area
Mooreland	Young	date	Green Land	124,889	area
Mooreland	Lower Fork	date	Wendy	270,593	area
Mooreland	Ruesville	date	Ruesville	603,630	area
Mountain	Hidden Valley	date	Mountain City	165,294	area
Mountain	Collier	date	Twin Peaks	146,928	area
Mountain	Limestone	date	Sharprock	110,196	area
Mountain	Upper Fork	date	Sheffield	192,843	area
Mountain	Neylan	date	Fairview	82,647	area
Mountain	Stoker	date	Pine Knob	64,281	area
Mountain	Cattle Run	date	Gulley Ridge	55,098	area
Mountain	Sawnendahdee	date	Serendipity Junction	101,013	area
N/A	Joneganoh	date	N/A	183,660	area
Transgahadaghea	Stalnaker	date	Stalnaker Courthouse	229,575	area
Transgahadaghea	Sharon	date	Strawberry Hill	260,185	area
Transgahadaghea	Clarion	date	Decanter	290,795	area
Transgahadaghea	Little Heaven	date	Irvine	489,761	area
Transgahadaghea	Hardy	date	Goose Creek	153,050	area
Transgahadaghea	Twaskoh	date	Willey	107,135	area

Military

Nicoletia maintains a standing army, but suffers in its dated technology. One year of military service is required by law of all adult men. The Nicoletian Guardsmen number approximately 100,000, with 2% of the national GDP being spent on defense. Nicoletia has no permanent ability to export military force internationally. Nicoletia maintains no navy, and the air force numbers fewer than 50 aircraft.

Economy

Transport

Demographics

Religion

Solarian Catholicism arrived in the Asterias soon after the Amendist Schism. Religious pilgrims from Caldia, settled in the Fáel region since the 16th century, flooded Gahadaghea after the Asterian War of Secession. Insert reason for this flood here later. Solarian Catholicism thus accounts for the majority of modern Nicoletiane’s religious makeup, aided further by !Marchenia’s local Catholic population. Irreligion has been relatively contained, accounted for by only 20-30% of Nicoletianans.