Waldrich

Waldish Empire ᛡᚯᚤᚴᚮᚿᚵᛂᚱᛁᚴᛂᛐ᛬ᚡᚮᛚᛚᚱᛁᚴᛂ (Waldish) Høykongeriket Vollrike
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
• Emperor	Mats II
• Lawspeaker	Anders Kjeldsen
Legislature	Rikesdag
• Upper house	Landsting
• Lower house	Folksting
Establishment
• Waldian Empire	19 June 759
• Sack of Sydenham	5 February 1031
• Waldish Empire	7 January 1210
• Federal state	15 August 1552
• Current constitution	13 September 1821
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: ᚡᚮᛚᛚᚱᛁᚴᛂ, Vollrike), officially the Waldish Empire (Waldish: ᛡᚯᚤᚴᚮᚿᚵᛂᚱᛁᚴᛂᛐ᛬ᚡᚮᛚᛚᚱᛁᚴᛂ, Høykongeriket Vollrike), is an island country and sovereign state within 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 power began to weaken as a result of overextension, administrative mismanagement, and external pressures resulting from !Slavic and !French invasions of its continental territories. After the sack of Sydenham in 1031, Waldia retreated from continental Calesia and relocated its capital to Alsvik. 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. Emperor Alfríkr IV styled himself "Emperor of Waldrich" in 1210, an event that historians generally consider to formally mark the transition from Waldia to the modern state of Waldrich. In the mid-14th century, Waldrich's era of prosperity was cut short 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 eastern states that constitute modern-day X. Increasing repression from Alsvik prompted the !Protestant nobles to revolt against imperial rule in 1472, sparking a continental war that ended in defeat for Waldrich.

The war forced Waldrich to relinquish control over more than one-third of its remaining territories, exposing the increasing weakness of the Waldish emperor. In response, Emperor Halvard II introduced a series of administrative reforms during the first half of the 16th century, strengthening the government apparatus and transforming Waldrich from a loose confederation into a more centralized federal state. Halvard subsequently led Waldrich to victory in the X War, which restored the empire's image as a major Calesian power. Waldrich also emerged as a significant colonial player during this time and ruled over parts of Razan and northern Elia Boreal for much of the early modern period. However, Waldish colonial dominance ended with the outbreak of the Twelve Years' War in 1785, which forced Waldrich to recognize the independence of Razan and cede most of its colonies in Elia Boreal to other Calesian powers. The war sparked a gradual transition away from absolutism and towards a constitutional monarchy, culminating in the ratification of the current constitution in 1821. The nation reached its territorial nadir following the First Cuthish War in 1866, ceding the island of Cuthland to Falland. Waldrich and Falland fought a second war between 1919 and 1921, resulting in a Waldish victory and leading to the rise of national syndicalism in Falland. Continuing tensions between the two nations were a major cause of the Great War's outbreak in 1934, which pitted Waldrich and the X Powers against Falland and the Y Powers. After the defeat of the Y Powers in 1940, Waldrich solidified its position as the dominant power in northern Calesia.

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