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Republic of Eskavia | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Capital and largest city | Alusit |
| Official languages | Waldish Eskavian |
| Recognised regional languages | 54 Regional languages |
| Ethnic groups (2020) | 41.5% White 25.7% Mixed 20.4% Eskavian 8.1% Black 4.3% Other |
| Religion (2020) | 81.9% Gregorian 11.7% Irreligious 6.5% Other |
| Demonym(s) | Eskavian |
| Government | Federal presidential republic |
| Espen Kilvükönit | |
| Legislature | Forbundsdag |
| Landsting | |
| Folksting | |
| History | |
| 19 June 118 (traditional) | |
| 15 August 1429 | |
| 2 August 1776 | |
• Annexation by the Grand Federation | 5 February 1785 |
| 7 January 1821 | |
| 13 September 1955 | |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 25,303,820 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $1.182 trillion |
• Per capita | $46,724 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | $714.479 billion |
• Per capita | $28,236 |
| Gini (2023) |  41.6medium |
| HDI (2023) | 0.878 very high |
| Currency | Daler (ESK) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +17 |
| Internet TLD | .ek |
Eskavia (Waldish: Eskland, Eskavian: Eskävisik), officially the Republic of Eskavia (Waldish: Republikken Eskland, Eskavian: Eskävisiküt Häkilnü), is a sovereign state in Elia Boreal. It lies between the Free States to the southeast and the Alconian Ocean to the west. Eskavia's capital and largest city is Alusit, with other major cities including Jansberg and Kalo. With a population of more than 25 million, Eskavia is the Xth most populous nation in the world.
Human habitation in Eskavia dates from approximately 12,000 years ago. The Tela River Valley, historically known as Telaland, has hosted complex societies since the emergence of the Attap civilization c. 2100 BCE, and is widely recognized as one of the world's seven independent cradles of civilization. The Attap were followed by a number of societies including the Kikla, Paklossu, and Ulko. The Telaic world underwent a rapid societal collapse c. 700 BCE, during which the Eska, from whom the modern Eskavic peoples are descended, migrated into the region. By the time of Calesian first contact in 1561, most of Sivotia was dominated by a loose confederacy of Eskavic city-states led by the hegemonic Kingdom of Alusit. Eskavia was one of the few indigenous societies in the Elias to avoid widespread settler colonialism during the early modern era, largely maintaining its independent social and political structures while adapting them to Calesian norms. Eskavia was quick to embrace Gregorianism and consolidate into a federated nation state, exploiting imperial competition between the Calesian powers in order to retain sovereignty over its core territory.
During the Revolution of Nations, colonial revolutionaries launched a failed invasion of Eskavia in order to facilitate future settlement in the Sivot Valley. Upon the war's conclusion in 1776, Eskavia was placed under the protection of Waldrich as a buffer to contain the newly independent Grand Federation. However, Waldrich was largely unable to project power in Elia Boreal following its military defeat in the Twelve Years' War, allowing the Grand Federation to annex Eskavia in 1785. The Confederacy continued to function as an autonomous state within the Federation, but was forced to cede much of its territory for settlement by Calesian Elians. Eskavia regained its independence in 1821 as a result of the Grand Federation's collapse.
Etymology
History
Prehistory
- Humans arrive at least 12,000 years ago
Early Sivotian civilizations
- Attap civilization emerges in the Sivot River Valley c. 2100 BCE, first of the Sivotian civilizations and beginning of Archaic Sivotia
- Kikla, Paklossu, and Ulko civilizations emerge between c. 1700 and 1200 BCE
- Archaic Sivotian collapse of 700 BCE results in the decline of the Attap, Ulko, and Paklossu civilizations, the Kikla are weakened but survive
Ancient Eskavia
- Preclassical Eskavia c. 700 BCE to 129 CE
- Formative Eskavia c. 700–300 BCE marked by warfare and general instability as Sivotian civilization recovers, Eska migrate into the Lower Sivot and settle, Kikla fragment into successor states, Vunu and Kapnam civilizations emerge
- Old Eskavia from c. 300 BCE until the end of the Eska–Kikla Wars in 129 CE, First Eskavian Confederacy established under Usevku hegemony
- Classical Eskavia 129–510, massive earthworks, sophisticated road network, colorful frescos, literary works, wars with the Vunu Empire as the Confederacy expands south
- Postclassical Eskavia 510–1352
- First Crisis period 510–744, Confederacy falls into civil war and dissolves, Vunu Empire gains territory in the Lower Sivot Valley and forces the Eskavians to abandon their southern settlements
- New Eskavia 744–1050, the region reorganizes in the Upper Sivot Valley, another flourishing of art and construction
- Imperial Eskavia 1050–1352, Livils unifies the region once again in 1050 under the Second Eskavian Confederacy, pushes Eskavia to its greatest territorial extent as the Confederacy retakes the Lower Sivot and pushes deep into the Borealian interior, unites the Sivotian world for the first time in recorded history and spreads Eskavian as the regional lingua franca
- Late Eskavia 1352–1561
- Second Crisis period sparked by the Catabole event of 1352, power struggle between Livils and Kaulut after confederate authority collapses, Vunu Empire fragments into successor states, wars with Kapnam over resources
- Third Eskavian Confederacy established in 1429, this time led by Kaulut
- Calesian contact in 1561