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Republic of Eskavia | |
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 Flag | |
| Capital and largest city | Alusit |
| Official languages | Waldish Eskavian |
| Recognised regional languages | 54 Regional languages |
| Ethnic groups (2020) | 42.5% White 24.7% Eskavian 21.4% Mixed 7.1% 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 | |
| Independence from the Grand Federation | |
• Declared | 19 June 1807 |
| 2 April 1884 | |
| 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 has hosted complex societies since the emergence of the Seluga civilization c. 2100 BCE, and is widely recognized as one of the world's seven independent cradles of civilization. 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 1536, most of the Tela Valley was dominated by a loose confederacy of Eskavic city-states. 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 Tela 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.