Waldrich

Waldish Confederation ᚡᛆᛚᛚᛋᚴ᛬ᚠᚮᚱᛒᚢᚿᛑ (Waldish) Vallsk Forbund
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: ᛋᛐᛦᚱ᛬ᚿᚮᚱᛑᛂᚿ (Waldish) Styr norden "Rule the north"
Anthem: ᛂᚱᛁᚴᛋᛋᛆᚿᚵᛂᚿ (Waldish) Erikssangen "Erik's Song"
Capital and largest city	Alsvik
Official languages	Waldish
Recognised regional languages	Cuthish Eldseyan
Ethnic groups (2020)	87.1% Waldish 0.7% Cuthish 0.1% Eldseyan 12.1% Other
Religion (2020)	84.3% !Christianity 78.9% Northern Apostolic 5.4% Other !Christian 10.2% Irreligious 5.5% Other
Demonym(s)	Waldish
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional elective monarchy
• Foresitter	Mats II
• Lawspeaker	Anders Kjeldsen
Legislature	Bundsdag
• Upper house	Landsting
• Lower house	Folksting
Establishment
• Waldian Empire	13 September 759
• Svallandic Empire	2 April 1031
• Old Waldish Confederacy	7 January 1487
• Federal state	19 June 1821
• Current constitution	15 August 1866
Area
• Total	648,557 km2 (250,409 sq mi)
• Water (%)	2.2%
Population
• 2020 census	62,775,800
• Density	96.8/km2 (250.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$3.536 trillion
• Per capita	$56,320
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$2.837 trillion
• Per capita	$45,192
Gini (2021)	35.7 medium
HDI (2021)	0.921 very high
Currency	Pund (VLP)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Central Calesian Time, CCT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (Central Calesian Summer Time, CCST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+39
ISO 3166 code	VL
Internet TLD	.vl

Waldrich (Waldish: ᚡᛆᛚᛚᛂᚱᛁᚴᛂ, Vallerike), officially the Waldish Confederation (Waldish: ᚡᛆᛚᛚᛋᚴ᛬ᚠᚮᚱᛒᚢᚿᛑ, Vallsk Forbund), is an island country and sovereign state in the Svallandic archipelago of northern Calesia. It lies between the X Ocean to the north, the X Ocean to the east, and the Svalish Sea to the southwest. The nation shares maritime borders with X to the southeast, X to the west, and Falland to the south. Alsvik is Waldrich's capital and largest city, with other major cities including Hellnafjord, Strandhavn, Kongsheim, and Hovberg. With a population of approximately 63 million and a total area of 648,557 square kilometers, Waldrich is the Xth most populous and Xth largest nation in Teleon.

Humans first settled Waldrich between the 10th and 11th millennia BC, at the end of the last ice age. During late antiquity, the Waldic tribes inhabiting the region began to migrate south into mainland Calesia, invading and ultimately destroying the Cambran Empire. These tribes organized into petty kingdoms during the early middle ages, unifiying to form the Waldian Empire in 759. At its height in the 9th century, the Waldian Empire controlled all of Svalland and much of continental northern Calesia from its capital in modern-day Falland. During the late 10th and early 11th centuries, Waldian imperial rule began to weaken as a result of overextension, administrative mismanagement, and external pressures resulting from !Slavic and !French invasions of its continental territories. The empire ultimately collapsed in 1031 after the !French capture of !GermanicRome, forcing the imperial government to relocate to Alsvik. The Waldians continued to rule from Alsvik as a rump state known as the Svallandic Empire, which maintained control over Waldia's insular possessions. The Empire stabilized during the high medieval period, undergoing a golden age in which Alsvik emerged as a significant cultural and economic hub in northern Calesia. However, Svalland was thrown into turmoil by the Catabole and subsequent global crisis, which caused significant societal upheaval and killed nearly half of the Empire's pre-impact population. The !Reformation of the 15th century further divided the realm along religious lines, with !Protestantism taking hold in the southern kingdoms in defiance of the Northern Apostolic Church. Increasing repression from Alsvik prompted the !Protestant nobles to revolt against imperial rule, causing the empire to collapse and fragment in 1487.

The northern Waldish kingdoms were subsequently reorganized into the Old Waldish Confederacy to fill the power vaccuum left by the collapse of Svalland. Nominally a defensive alliance between independent and co-equal kingdoms, the Kingdom of Jarnland established de facto hegemony over the Confederacy as its largest and most powerful constituent state. Jarnland also emerged as a major colonial power beginning in the 17th century, ruling over much of Razan and northern Elia Boreal at its height in the late 18th century. Jarnland lost most of its colonies as a consequence of the X War during the early 19th century, which caused significant destruction throughout the Confederacy and prompted its centralization into a federal state. After a brief period of stability during the mid-19th century, Waldrich was defeated by Falland in the First Cuthish War of 1866. The defeat sparked widespread unrest, culminating in the Waldish Revolution. Foresitter Karl II instituted liberalizing reforms in response, resulting in the end of absolutism and the ratification of a democratic constitution. After a half-century long arms race with Falland, war again broke out betweent the two powers in 1919. Waldrich's victory in 1921 caused support for nationalist and revanchist political elements to rise in Falland, allowing national syndicalists to take power in the 1925 elections. The continued spread of national syndicalism worldwide throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s set the stage for the outbreak of the Great War in 1934, which pitted Waldrich and the X Powers against Falland and the Y Powers. The Y Powers surrendered unconditionally in 1940, with Waldrich and its allies occupying Falland.

Contemporary Waldrich is a great power, wielding significant regional and global influence in economic, cultural, diplomatic, and military affairs. It is a founding member of the Nordbund and X Economic Partnership, and holds a permanent seat on the X Security Council. Waldrich is a developed country, with a high income economy that ranks as the Xth largest in the world. Its economic system, known internationally as the Waldish model, combines high economic freedom with a strong social safety net centered around a universal basic income. Waldrich is a recognized nuclear weapons state under the Treaty of Hellnafjord and possesses the Xth largest military in the world, with a blue-water navy that allows it to project power globally.

Geography

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  TBAfjord in Skerland

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  TBA National Park

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  TBA volcano in Eldsey

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  Lake TBD in TBD National Park

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  The TBA river in TBA

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  The TBA mountains in TBA

Politics

Administrative divisions

Main article: States of Waldrich

See also: Free states of Waldrich

Waldrich is divided into 17 states (lander), including three kingdoms (kongedømmer), one grand duchy (storhertugdømme), two duchies (hertugdømmer), four jarldoms (jarldømmer), three principalities (fyrstedømmer), three free states (frilander), and one free city (friby).

Flag	Name	Capital	Population	Form of government	Official language(s)
	Alsvik	Alsvik	2,594,236	Free city	Waldish
	Aursdal	Kongsheim	8,714,043	Kingdom	Waldish
	Cuthland	Alderham	412,710	Free state	Cuthish
	Eldsey	Klettvik	44,382	Free state	Eldseyan
	Forsmark	Forsheim	1,786,199	Jarldom	Waldish
	Geirfold	Hallstrand	13,595,418	Kingdom	Waldish
	Hovberg	Hovberg	634,807	Principality	Waldish
	Jarnland	Hellnafjord	18,402,789	Kingdom	Waldish
	Kolhavn	Kolhavn	244,210	Principality	Waldish
	Lyngmark	Fagerheim	1,837,005	Duchy	Waldish
	Malmstad	Malmstad	79,303	Principality	Waldish
	Coshaqua	Mariesfjord	1,352,640	Free state	Waldish
	Revsdal	Erikshavn	130,271	Jarldom	Waldish
	Røkkerland	Flesanger	4,647,180	Duchy	Waldish
	Skerland	Skervik	1,892,276	Jarldom	Waldish
	Strandhavn	Strandhavn	1,123,945	Jarldom	Waldish
	Vegsdal	Heggersund	4,284,386	Grand duchy	Waldish