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Grand Kingdom of Blayk
Rouoyaume Graund dé Blayc (Blaykish)
Flag of Blayk
Flag
Coat of Arms of Blayk
Coat of Arms
Motto: 
"Audeamus"
"May we dare"
Anthem: Trais Couronnes Unies
"Three Crowns United"
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Location of Blayk
Location of Blayk
Capital
and largest city
Montigné
Official languagesBlaykish
Vervillian
Recognised regional languagesLitavin
Sarbeliard Tyrnican
Demonym(s)Blaykish
GovernmentUnitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
• Monarch
Leopold III
Pierre Édouardais
LegislatureParlement
(Chambres des Députés)
Establishment
15th January 920
October 6th 1802
3rd February 1822
Area
• 
676,719 km2 (261,283 sq mi)
• Water (%)
1.34
Population
• 2020 estimate
81,652,690
• 2017 census
79,310,821
• Density
117/km2 (303.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2018 estimate
• Total
$3.570 trillion (4th)
• Per capita
$45,023
GDP (nominal)2018 estimate
• Total
$3.877 trillion (4th)
• Per capita
$48,893
Gini (2017)Positive decrease 29.1
low
HDI (2018)Steady 0.934
very high (6th)
CurrencyCommonwealth mark (CMR)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Western Auhr Standard Time)
Date formatdd-mm-yyyy
Driving sideleft
Calling code+06
ISO 3166 codeBLC
Internet TLD.blc

Blayk (Blaykish: Blayc, pronounced: /ˈblk/), officially the Grand Kingdom of Blayk (Blaykish: Rouoyaume Graund dé Blayc) is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy located in Western Auressia. The country extends from the Hesperian Ocean to the Khovaar Strait and borders Rythene to the north west, Avilême, Vervillia and the Imperial Confederacy to the south and is connected to Tyrnica through the Arden-Karsfjord bridge. Blayk consists of sixteen provinces further spilt into three hundred and nineteen electorates, covering a total of 676,719 square kilometres. It has the second highest population within Auressia with 79.31 million inhabitants as of 2017. Blayk's capital is Montigné, the country's largest city and main commercial and cultural hub. Other important urban centres include Elberné, Marbonne, Fluery, Alberrai and Arden.  

The present day state of Blayk has it’s origin in the 10th century Treaty of Breun, which established a Cuscaire hegemony over the region, co-ruled by Mathilda, Queen of the Blakes and William, Lord of the Cuscaires. Blayk would go on to secure it’s place as one of the leading Auressian powers through the middle ages, extending Blaykish influence to Rythene and the Northern Regions of Western Auressia, while contending with Tyrnica for control over the Strait of Khovaar. The early modern period saw the nation become the foremost naval power after the War of the Khovaarian league, the foundation of one of the world’s first colonial empires and the creation of the first Blaco-Vervillian union.

The eighteenth century saw the beginning of a period of slow decline in Blayk's influence with the collapse of the Blaco-Vervillian union, later followed by the costly War of the Tyrnican Succession and finally the end of the Phillipean line of Kings ultimately culminating in the Blaykish Civil War and the declaration of the Blaykish Republic at the turn of the century. The newly founded republic would later join other republican forces in waging war against Auressian monarchists during the War of the Commons, their defeat however would see the reestablishment of the monarchy in Blayk at the Congress of Vedayen and loss of it's vast colonial empire. Throughout the rest of the nineteenth century Blayk kept it's neutrality in foreign affairs and had limited success in regaining it's influence on the continent. Blayk once again fought alongside Rythene in the Great War, re-securing it's place as a Auressian power.       

In the 21st century Blayk is recognised as a great power. The country has the 4th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and is ranked highly in many international quality of life ratings such as civil liberties, education, life expectancy and human development. The nation was the first in the world to industrialise and remains an important exporter in steel, machinery and motor vehicles. Blayk also has a sizeable agricultural sector being one of the world's largest producers of many varieties of wines and cheeses.    

Etymology

Originally applying to whole northern region of the Holy Sabarine Empire, Blayk derives from the Sabarine Blacia or "country of the Blakes". The Tyrnican name Blachland and Litavin (Bro) Blaeg share the same meaning.

There are a few theories on the origins of the name Blake. Many have linked the word Blake to Rythenean black or bleak. The name Blake thus may have been adopted from proto-isaric *blakaz meaning dark or black haired, a trait noted by Sabarine writers or *blaikaz meaning pale perhaps meaning in contrast to the nomadic people who inhabited Central Auressia before the Isaric tribes.

History

Prehistory (Before 4th Century BC)

Antiquity (4th Century BC - 5th Century AD)

Early Middle Ages (5th Century - 10th Century)

Late Middle Ages (10th Century - 15th Century)

Early Modern Period (15th Century - 1799)

Blaykish Civil War (1799 - 1822)

With the outbreak of the War of the Commons in early 1799 and the subsequent death of Phillip III later that year, tensions were high in Blayk. Phillip III's only son had succumbed to dysentery in 1795, leaving the succession of the throne to Gilbert of Sarbeliard, his cousin twice removed, and a de facto vassal of the Tyrnican King. Gilbert ruled in stark contrast to Phillip, creating unrest by vetoing a constitutional draft proposed by Parliament and attempting to remove the large degree of autonomy granted to the Blaykish colonies.

Mathys de Garlande leading the 300 demonstrators out of Alberrai towards Elberné

The change of power and ongoing involvement in the war against Rythene saw riots and general protest from the Blaykish population culminating in the massacre at Ymonville in January of 1801. Demonstrators marching from Alberrai to Elberné, led by the Marquis of Garlande, a popular liberal leader, were shot down by the Royal Guards upon entering the town of Ymonville north of Elberné. The massacre marks the beginning of the Blaykish Civil War, as shortly after news of the massacre spread through the nation, the royal residence in Montigné was ransacked, mimicking the beginning of the Rythenean Revolution ten years prior.

The Liberals, generally referred to as 'Phillipeans' based themselves around the highly developed industrial cities and ports of the south and west, while the Absolutist 'Gilbertines' held power in the less developed north and east of the country. From the beginning the Phillipeans had the upper hand, the early months of civil war saw mass desertions from the Gilbertine forces, forcing them to desert Breun in October of 1801 and leaving a clear march to the capital. Gilbertine forces were only further demoralised when, fearing the approaching liberal army, the King fled Blayk for his native Tyrnica in the December of 1801.

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