Castellua

Divine Kingdom of Castellua Reino Divino de Castelhua
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Mãe-Lua, abençoe suas crianças com sua graça" "Mother Moon, bless your children with your grace"
Castellua, in the Continent of Madurin, in Teremara
Capital	Porto Leal
Largest city	Águasmornas
Official languages	Lusitanian Nordese Tartamese Leonian
Ethnic groups (2020)	33.5% Lusitanian 26.3% Interethnic 22.2% Nordese 7.6% Tartamese 4.1% Leonian 7.3% Others
Religion (2020)	48.4% Neo-Hellenism/Lunaism (Official) 10.6% Castellese Fay Church 9.4% Irreligion 8% Roman Catholicism 6% Druidism 4.9% Ásatrú 4.5% Other Christianity 3.2% Other traditional faiths 1.5% Judaism 3.5% Others
Demonym(s)	Castellese, Castellard
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Divine Queen	Ricardina das Asturias
• Minister-President	Solovico Resende Del-Duque
• Justice of the Royal Court	Catácia Vermelairo Ramalho
Legislature	Royal Parliament
• Upper house	Royal Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Establishment
• Kingdom of Portidoro	1205
• Unification of Castellua	1502
• Revolutionary War	August 10th, 1843
• Castellese Civil War	October 5th, 1910
• Castellese Civil War	February 1st, 2000
Area
• Total	267,150 km2 (103,150 sq mi)
Population
• 2023 estimate	49,892,883
• Density	186.75/km2 (483.7/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	$1.675 trillion
• Per capita	$33,589
Gini (2023)	36.3 medium
HDI (2023)	0.860 very high
Currency	Escudouro (E$) (CED)
Time zone	MWQ -2
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+800
ISO 3166 code	CS
Internet TLD	.cs

The Divine Kingdom of Castellua (Lusitanian: Reino Divino de Castelhua), more commonly referred to simply as Castellua (Lusitanian: Castelhua), is a medium-sized, partially industrialized nation in the continent of Madurin, in the region of Teremara. With a population of almost 50 million, it is bordered by Espicuta in the southwest, Austrakia in the west, Taranima in the north, and wildlands to the east. In the south it is bordered by the Lacetan Gulf, and to the southeast it also borders an important maritime canal. Its capital is Porto Leal, a bustling port famous for its tourist traps. The largest city is Águasmornas, a financial and industrial center. Castellua is composed of a political union among more than 30 provinces. These administrative units have their own customs, recognized languages, and political traditions, with their own elected representatives and local rulers.

The Castellese economy, worth almost 1.7 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. The average income is 33,589 U.S. dollars and is somewhat unevenly distributed, with a Gini Index score of 36.3, which puts Castellua as a country with "medium" income inequality. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost unknown, although the rates have grown in the last few years. Castellua's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

While fairly developed, with an HDI of 0.860 (categorised as very high), the Castellese economy suffers from chronic inequality, corruption, and badly administrated public resources. Despite such issues, Castellua has been "blessed" with an abundance of natural resources (such as iron, coal, and gold) and fertile soil combined with a temperate climate. Politically speaking, Castellua is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy, in which provinces are granted a high degree of political-economic autonomy, the parliament is democratically elected, and the monarch's powers and limits are written in law. However, the nation's most-followed faith, Lunaism (also known by its exonym, Neo-Hellenism) is the state's official religion. As such, it has a few privileges, such as tax exemption for Lunaist temples.

Etymology

The name "Castellua" is an English adaption of "Castelhua", which comes from Medieval Lusitanian "Castelloua". Castelloua was the name of the fortress founded by Dom Gesimundo de Abreiro in 1207, two years after he founded the Kingdom of Portidoro. Castelloua meant "Moon's Castle", as it was established near a crescent moon-shaped rock - by that time, the moon was already a very important symbol in Castellese symbology due to its association with the Owl, Athena's "spirit animal". Eventually, the name Castelloua came to denote the entire region at the vicinity of the Abelar River.

By the 17th century, most records used "Castelhua" to refer to the country. By the 18th century, Castelloua had fallen completely out of use.