Aimilia
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Aimilia is a landlocked country in northeastern central Euclea. It has a population of 6.7 million and an area of almost 60,000 square kilometres. The official and most spoken language is Aimilian. The country is largely flat, of temperate climate, and touches two of the Eleutherian lakes.
History
The Aimilii peoples moved into the area around the time of the Solarian conquest of Gaullica. During Solarian fighting, various battles, costly for both sides, were fought around the modern territory of Aimilia. Eventually, the Aimilian peoples, organised as five tribes, agreed to become clients of a sort of Solaria. Over time, they were increasingly integrated, but by-and-large maintained the Aimilian language, culture and borders, fighting very successfully against barbarians to the west on behalf of Solaria.
When Solaria fell, the Aimilian subdivisions, known as Judicatures and ruled by a Judge, became independent. During the medieval era their basic units were preserved, but frequently ruled from abroad such as from Sunrosia or Gaullica, or were partially united by a local ruler.
At the time of the Great War, four of the five Judicatures were ruled by Gaullica, and one by Swetania, all fully integrated with their respective states. During the war, many Aimilians were conscripted by the Gaullican state, but some also joined an Aimilian Legion fighting against the Entente.
After the war, the Gaullican Aimilian territories were split off as the Aimilian Republic by the Grand Alliance as a buffer state and seeking to reduce Gaullica's dominance in Euclea. This new state's first action was to expel Gaullicans and encourage those abroad in Gaullica to return. However, many Gaullicans in Aimilia simply claimed to be Aimilian rather than leaving, and so stayed.
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