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| data3  = 16.18/km²
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| label4 = Countries and territories
| label4 = Countries and territories
| data4  = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cassier.png}} [[Cassier]]<br>{{flagicon image|Eldmark.png}} [[Eldmark]] <br>
| data4  = {{flagicon_image|Ardesiaflag.png}} [[Ardesia]]<br>{{flagicon image|AFR Flag.png}} [[Asterian Federative Republic]]<br> {{flagicon image|Flag of Cassier.png}} [[Cassier]]<br>{{flagicon image|Eldmark.png}} [[Eldmark]] <br> {{flag|Imagua and the Assimas}}<br>{{flagicon image|Nuxica.png}} [[Nuxica]] <br> {{flagicon|Rizealand}} [[Rizealand]]<br>{{flagicon image|SCflag.png}} [[Sainte-Chloé]] <br> {{flagicon image|ProperVinalianFlag.png}} [[Vinalia]]
{{flag|Halland}} <br> {{flag|Imagua and the Assimas}}<br>{{flag|Maracao}}<br>{{flag|Marirana}}<br>{{flagicon image|Nuxica.png}} [[Nuxica]]
| label6 = Nominal GDP
| label6 = Nominal GDP
| data6  = $8.751 trillion
| data6  = $8.751 trillion
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| data8  = UTC+8 - UTC+13
| data8  = UTC+8 - UTC+13
| label9 = Capital cities
| label9 = Capital cities
| data9 = {{nowrap|{{flagicon image|Flag of Cassier.png}} [[Nouvelle-Rayenne]]}}<br>{{flagicon image|Eldmark.png}} [[Hammarvik]]<br>
| data9 = {{nowrap|<br>{{flagicon image|AFR Flag.png}} [[Assunçã]]<br>{{flagicon|Rizealand}} [[Camden]] <br>{{flagicon|Imagua and the Assimas}} [[Cuanstad]]<br>{{flagicon image|FlagofHammarvik.png}} [[Hammarvik]]<br>{{flagicon image|FlagAlexandria.png}} [[Lafayette]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Cassier.png}} [[Nouvelle-Rayenne]]}}<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Nadur.svg}} [[Port de la Sainte]]<br>{{flagicon_image|Ardesiaflag.png}} [[Rémont]] & [[São Agostino]] <br>{{flagicon image|ProperVinalianFlag.png}} [[Vinalinsk]]
{{flagicon|Halland}} [[Avelon]] <br>{{flagicon|Imagua and the Assimas}} [[Cuanstad]]<br>{{flagicon|Maracao}} [[Porto Leste]]<br>{{flagicon|Marirana}} [[Aquinas]]<br>{{flagicon image|Nuxica.png}} [[Nuxica City]]
| label10 = Dependencies
| label10 = Dependencies
| data10 = {{flagicon|Gaullica}} [[Îles de Saints]]<br>{{flagicon|Narozalica}} [[George Ruset Land]]<br>{{flagicon|Halland}} [[St. Ellen]]
| data10 = {{flagicon|Gaullica}} [[Îles de Saints]]<br>{{flagicon|Narozalica}} [[George Ruset Land]]<br>{{flagicon|Rizealand}} [[St. Ellen]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_St_Roberts_and_Fleming.png}} [[St Roberts and Fleming]]
}}
}}


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Though continually inhabited following transcontinental migrations approximately 40,000 to 17,000 years ago, the continent was only encountered by Eucleans and Coians in the late 1400s, leading to it and its neighbour, Asteria Inferior, being dubbed 'the New World'. The ensuing transvehemenic migration and colonisation has markedly impacted Asteria Superior, the modern population of which reflects interactions between Euclean colonists, indigenous peoples, Bahian slaves and their descendants.
Though continually inhabited following transcontinental migrations approximately 40,000 to 17,000 years ago, the continent was only encountered by Eucleans and Coians in the late 1400s, leading to it and its neighbour, Asteria Inferior, being dubbed 'the New World'. The ensuing transvehemenic migration and colonisation has markedly impacted Asteria Superior, the modern population of which reflects interactions between Euclean colonists, indigenous peoples, Bahian slaves and their descendants.


In the modern period, the continent is divided into nine sovereign states (more if the nearby Arucian is considered), four of which are members of the [[Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation|AFDC]]. The [[Cassier|Republic of Cassier]] is the largest country on the continent, spanning 9,405,868 square kilometres, though [[Nuxica]] is the most populous, with a population of 77,895,231, 24% of the continents total.
In the modern period, the continent is divided into nine sovereign states (more if the nearby Arucian is considered), four of which are members of the [[Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation|AFDC]]. The [[Cassier|Republic of Cassier]] is the largest country on the continent, spanning 9,405,868 square kilometres, though the [[Asterian Federative Republic]] is the most populous, with a population of 80,484,000, 24% of the continents total.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==


Alongside [[Asteria Inferior]], the continental name ''Asteria'' is derived from the name of [[Assim Asteris|Hashim ibn Ashtar]], a {{wp|Arabs|Badawiyan}} explorer in the service of the [[Monarchy of Glytter|Crown of Caldia]], who is lauded with having first chartered the Asterias, opening the continents up to [[Euclea|Euclean]] colonisation. His {{wp|Latinized|Solarianised}} name of ''Assim Asteris'' therefore gave rise to the name Asteria. The northern continent, being the larger and more widely populated of the two, was christened with the {{wp|Latin|Solarian}} suffix ''Superior'', indicating its greater size.
Alongside [[Asteria Inferior]], the continental name ''Asteria'' is derived from the name of [[Assim Asteris|Hashim ibn Ashtar]], a {{wp|Arabs|Badawiyan}} explorer in the service of the [[Monarchy of Caldia|Crown of Caldia]], who is lauded with having first chartered the Asterias, opening the continents up to [[Euclea|Euclean]] colonisation. His {{wp|Latinized|Solarianised}} name of ''Assim Asteris'' therefore gave rise to the name Asteria. The northern continent, being the larger and more widely populated of the two, was christened with the {{wp|Latin|Solarian}} suffix ''Superior'', indicating its greater size.
 
==Extent==
Geographically, the Asteria Superior continent has many regions and subregions. These include cultural, economic, and geographic regions. The Arucian islands, are depending on definition split between Asteria Superior, and Asteria Inferior. Usually islands east of Satucin are considered part of Asteria Superior, and islands west of Satucin are considered part of Asteria Inferior. In some countries the idea of separate Asterian continents does not exist.
 
The continent can be split into 3 pieces, the western region composed of western Cassier, Rizealand, AFR, Eldmark, and Ardesia. The eastern region sometimes called Asteria-Soravia includes the western parts of Cassier, the [[Soravia]]n dependecy of [[George Ruset Land]], Chistovodia, and Vinalia. The 3rd region is sometimes called Arucian Superior, although this term is not commonly used or accepted, which includes the Arucian dependecies of Eldmark, Aucuria, the countries of Sainte-Chloé, Imagua and the Assimas, and Bonaventura.


==History==
==History==


===Pre-Asteris period===
===Pre-Asteris period===
[[File:Alexandre_Cabanel_-_Árabe.jpg|170px|left|thumb|[[Assim Asteris]] was the first Euclean to discover the Asterias.]]
===Colonial period===
===Colonial period===
Asteria Superior was first discovered by [[Assim Asteris]] in 1488. Over the course of two decades, Asteris chartered much of north-western Asteria Superior, including the [[Barrier Islands]] and much of the [[Halland|Hallandic coast]]. He claimed much of this land for the [[Monarchy of Caldia|Crown of Caldia]], who had funded his expedition to the continent initially. Torán on the coast of [[Fáel]] is regarded as the first Euclean colony on the continent, founded in the late 15th century by Caldian explorer [[Rian MacCathal]]. Caldia began consolidating various western Asterian islands, including [[St. Ellen]], into its colonial holdings, and with the success of the expeditions now being felt in the Caldish economy via trade with Asterian natives as well as religious and cultural prestige, many other Euclean nations sought to establish their own colonies on the continent.
[[Gaullica]] was the first Euclean state to begin colonisation after Caldia, launching a major expedition that landed in the island of [[Sanslumiere]], establishing the city of [[Decouverte]] in 1507. The [[Exalted Republic of Poveglia]], based in modern-day [[Etruria]], was the next state to launch its own expedition. Under the explorer [[Angelo Bastin]], Poveglia gained a foothold in what would become the Arucian trade by exploring the southern coast of the mainland continent in 1523. After a year of tense relations, Poveglia [[Poveglian conquest of the Tzapotlan Empire|began to conquer the native Tzapotlan Empire]] in 1524. Caldish explorers discovered and settled the island of [[Imagua]] in 1533 while Iustian explorers founded [[Porto Leste]] in 1545. [[Eric the Great]] of [[Geatland]] commissioned [[Hans Hammer Adelström]] to begin settling the Horn of Asteria for the Crown of Geatland, eventually becoming the [[Eldmark|Viceroyalty of Eldmark]] in 1542. [[Auratia]] began colonisation of [[Nuxica]] in 1553 under admiral [[Miguel Andradas y Santmartí]]. Despite proximity, the Arucian was discovered and charted to a more extensive measure than north-western Asteria Superior, where Gaullica became the first nation outside of Caldia to set up colonies in the area with the settlement of Nouvelle-Gaullica in 1561. [[Kingdom of Estmere|Estmere]] began to settle the Hallandic coast north of [[Fáel]] beginning in 1578. In the east, [[Grigori Kosh]] settled [[Fort Ruda]] in [[Chistovodia]] under the [[Soravian Empire|Crown of Soravia]], later establishing the [[Colony of Chistovodia]].
[[File:LordNelsonByJohnHoppner.png|200px|thumb|right|[[Edward Marlin]] was the principal figure behind Hallandic independence, and served as its first president from 1766 to 1773.]]
Colonial conquests began in 1563 as [[Geatland]] seized [[Imagua]] and the [[Assimas Islands]] from [[Caldia]], administering them from [[Hammarvik]] as an extension of the Viceroyalty of Eldmark. The [[Transvehemens slave trade]] began as colonial powers began purchasing slaves from the traditional rulers of [[Bahia]] in the late-16th century. The Arucian and the western coast of the mainland were the main hotspots for the import of slaves, mainly due to their ideal climates for crowing {{wp|cash crops}} such as {{wp|coffee}}, {{wp|cotton}} and {{wp|sugar}}. In the east, [[Slavery in the Soravian New World colonies|slavery in the Soravia New World colonies]] focused mainly on a predatory contract system with the native population as well as serfs imported from Narozalica. The [[Yellow Tree War]] began in 1619, vastly expanding Narozalica's hold over Chistovodia. The 17th century was characterised mainly by Euclean expansions inland at the expense of the native groups in the continent. [[Harald's Rebellion]] in [[Eldmark]] eventually improved taxation conditions for settlers in the colonies in the 1650s. The [[Asterian War of Secession]] began in 1764, where the [[United Colonies]], consisting of New Estmere, Fáel and Nou Remana, declared their independence from the [[Empire of Gaullica]], who had been granted ownership over the colonies during the [[Gilded Wars]]. Lasting seven years and involving many pluricontinental Euclean powers, the United Colonies were granted their independence in the [[Treaty of Vicalvi]] in 1771. [[Rizealand]] and [[Asterian Federative Republic]] formed shortly after the war's conclusion following a brief civil war. [[Vivien Gérin-Lajoie]] was unsuccessful in securing Cassien independence as the lead figure of the [[Patriotes]] during the war. [[Eldmark]] also secured its independence in 1771 in a separate revolt against the Blostlandic crown. The [[Etrurian Revolution|Etrurian]] and [[Paretian Revolution|Paretian]]  revolutions led to [[Ardesia]]'s independence in 1813 under a republic.
Through direct consequence of the [[First Soravian Civil War]], [[Chistovodia]] and [[Vinalia]] declared their independence in 1861, eventually uniting into Chistovodia. [[Cassier]] had achieved self-determination and major autonomy within the Gaullican Empire by 1900, but did not formally declare its independence until the conclusion of the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]] in 1936. Cassier was the last mainland colony to declare independence from a Euclean nation and the declaration's ratification signalled an end to Euclean colonial hold over the Asterias. The Arucian decolonised over the next twenty years, mostly due to the [[Solarian War]].
===Modern period===
===Modern period===


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===Regions===
===Regions===
===Status of the Arucian===
===Status of the Arucian===
The status of the island nations in the [[West Arucian Sea]] and [[East Arucian Sea]] is controversial, as due to their location along the boundary between Asteria Superior and [[Asteria Inferior]], it is unclear whether those islands belong in the former or the latter.
Geographically, most of the Arucian lies on the TBD tectonic plate, along with the southern regions of Asteria Superior, while the southern Arucian islands lie on the TBD and TBD tectonic plates, which comprise Asteria Inferior: thus, many geographers suggest that the Arucian are part of Asteria Superior. Some geographers, such as TBD, have suggested partitioning the islands based on geographical fault lines.
Culturally, the Arucian is often considered to be part of Asteria Inferior, due to cultural connections with the Asteria Inferior, in addition to linguistic connections (as many countries there speak a {{wp|Romance language|Solarian language}}). In addition, a handful of islands, such as the [[Aucuria|Aucurian]] islands of [[Saint Casimir Island|Saint Casimir]] and [[Saint Catherine Island|Saint Catherine]], and the [[Satucin|Satucine]] islands of [[Parane]] and the [[Îles Émeraude]], belong to nations who belong to Asteria Inferior.


==Politics==
==Politics==
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! Head of Government
! Head of Government
! Government type
! Government type
|-
| {{flagicon_image|Ardesiaflag.png}} [[Ardesia]]
| {{flagicon_image|RemontFlag current.png}} [[Rémont]] & {{flagicon_image|SaoAgostino flag.png}} [[São Agostino]]
| 54,335,102
| 1,494,868 km<sup>2</sup>
|  colspan=2| <center>[[Frédéric Ardila]]</center>
| style="background:#5c5ecc; color:black"| Presidential republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|AFR Flag.png}} [[Asterian Federative Republic]]
| {{flagicon image|AFR Flag.png}} [[Assunçã]]
| 80,484,000
| 1,660,825.6 km<sup>2</sup>
|  colspan=2| <center>[[Tomas Pereira]]</center>
| style="background:#5c5ecc; color:black"| Presidential republic
|-
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Cassier.png}} [[Cassier]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Cassier.png}} [[Cassier]]
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| colspan=2| <center>[[Jean Tremblay]]</center>
| colspan=2| <center>[[Jean Tremblay]]</center>
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|- 
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chistovodia.png}} [[Chistovodia]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chistovodia.png}} [[Misto Myru]]
| 61,109,847
| 2,781,444  km<sup>2</sup>
| [[Viktor Martynenko]]
| [[Angelika Cuvillier]]
| style="background:#ff0000; color:black"| Council republic
|-   
|-   
| {{flagicon image|Eldmark.png}} [[Eldmark]]
| {{flagicon image|Eldmark.png}} [[Eldmark]]
| {{flagicon image|Eldmark.png}} [[Hammarvik]]
| {{flagicon image|FlagofHammarvik.png}} [[Hammarvik]]
| 34,764,129
| 34,764,129
| 1,614,037 km<sup>2</sup>
| 1,614,037 km<sup>2</sup>
| [[Thyri I]]
| [[Thyri I]]
| [[Tyra Brahe]]
| [[Eno Ahaloke]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flag|Halland}}
| {{flagicon|Halland}} [[Avelon]]
| 63,873,808
| 1,831,549.44 km<sup>2</sup>
| [[Arthur Quinn]]
| [[Sean Mac Dónaill]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
|-
| {{flag|Imagua and the Assimas}}
| {{flag|Imagua and the Assimas}}
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| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
|-
| {{flag|Maracao}}
| {{flagicon|Rizealand}} [[Rizealand]]
| {{flagicon|Maracao}} [[Porto Leste]]
| {{flagicon|Rizealand}} [[Camden]]
| 3,497,281
| 64,571,281
| 40,140 km<sup>2</sup>
| 1,831,549 km<sup>2</sup>
| [[Adão Costa]]
| colspan=2| <center>[[Barbara Ward]]</center>
| [[Julio Fonseca]]
| style="background:#5c5ecc; color:black"| Presidential republic
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
|-
| {{flag|Marirana}}
| {{flagicon image|SCflag.png}} [[Sainte-Chloé]]
| {{flagicon|Marirana}} [[Aquinas]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Nadur.svg}} [[Port de la Sainte]]
| 48,455,700
| 10,456,998
| 1,494,868 km<sup>2</sup>
| 120,982 km<sup>2</sup>
| [[Dario Lorenzin]]
| [[Michel Thiele]]
| [[Enzo Alfano]]
| [[Genevieve Chevallier]]
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
|-
| {{flagicon image|Nuxica.png}} [[Nuxica]]
| {{flagicon image|ProperVinalianFlag.png}} [[Vinalia]]
| {{flagicon image|Nuxica.png}} [[Nuxica City]]
| {{flagicon image|ProperVinalianFlag.png}} [[Vinalinsk]]
| 77,895,231
| 24,632,731
| 2,705,741 km<sup>2</sup>
| 510,917 km<sup>2</sup>
| [[Zacarías Figueroa]]
| [[Ersnt Rupold]]
| [[Florencio Resende]]
| [[Omelyan Pavlov]]
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
|-
|}
|}
[[Category:Asteria Superior]]
[[Category:Asteria Superior]]
[[Category:Continents (Kylaris)]]
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 2 December 2023

Asteria Superior
Astérie Supérieure
Astèria Superior
Asteria Superiore
Asterika Verkhnyaya
Seiriceá Móra
Ästeria Överlägsen
Astéria Superiore
Asteria Superior orthographic projection.png
Location of Asteria Superior (dark green).
Area20,062,748 km²
(7,746,270 sq mi)
Population324,611,244
Density16.18/km²
Countries and territories Ardesia
Asterian Federative Republic
Cassier
Eldmark
 Imagua and the Assimas
Nuxica
Rizealand Rizealand
Sainte-Chloé
Vinalia
Nominal GDP$8.751 trillion
GDP per capita$26,958
Time zonesUTC+8 - UTC+13
Capital cities
Assunçã
Rizealand Camden
Imagua and the Assimas Cuanstad
Hammarvik
Lafayette
Nouvelle-Rayenne

Port de la Sainte
Rémont & São Agostino
Vinalinsk
DependenciesGaullica Îles de Saints
Narozalica George Ruset Land
Rizealand St. Ellen
St Roberts and Fleming

Asteria Superior is a continent located entirely in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres of Kylaris. The vast continent is bounded by the bustling Vehemens Ocean to the west, the frigid Florian Ocean to the north, the extensive Lumine Ocean to the east, and the smaller Arucian Sea to the south, which separates the continent from its closest neighbour, Asteria Inferior.

The continent is second only to Coius in land area, covering 20,062,748 square kilometres. Though a highly populated continent, home to a population of over 324 million, it has a relatively low population density for its size. Climate on the continent is markedly variant, with continental biomes ranging from frozen tundra in the north to tropical rainforests in the south.

Though continually inhabited following transcontinental migrations approximately 40,000 to 17,000 years ago, the continent was only encountered by Eucleans and Coians in the late 1400s, leading to it and its neighbour, Asteria Inferior, being dubbed 'the New World'. The ensuing transvehemenic migration and colonisation has markedly impacted Asteria Superior, the modern population of which reflects interactions between Euclean colonists, indigenous peoples, Bahian slaves and their descendants.

In the modern period, the continent is divided into nine sovereign states (more if the nearby Arucian is considered), four of which are members of the AFDC. The Republic of Cassier is the largest country on the continent, spanning 9,405,868 square kilometres, though the Asterian Federative Republic is the most populous, with a population of 80,484,000, 24% of the continents total.

Etymology

Alongside Asteria Inferior, the continental name Asteria is derived from the name of Hashim ibn Ashtar, a Badawiyan explorer in the service of the Crown of Caldia, who is lauded with having first chartered the Asterias, opening the continents up to Euclean colonisation. His Solarianised name of Assim Asteris therefore gave rise to the name Asteria. The northern continent, being the larger and more widely populated of the two, was christened with the Solarian suffix Superior, indicating its greater size.

Extent

Geographically, the Asteria Superior continent has many regions and subregions. These include cultural, economic, and geographic regions. The Arucian islands, are depending on definition split between Asteria Superior, and Asteria Inferior. Usually islands east of Satucin are considered part of Asteria Superior, and islands west of Satucin are considered part of Asteria Inferior. In some countries the idea of separate Asterian continents does not exist.

The continent can be split into 3 pieces, the western region composed of western Cassier, Rizealand, AFR, Eldmark, and Ardesia. The eastern region sometimes called Asteria-Soravia includes the western parts of Cassier, the Soravian dependecy of George Ruset Land, Chistovodia, and Vinalia. The 3rd region is sometimes called Arucian Superior, although this term is not commonly used or accepted, which includes the Arucian dependecies of Eldmark, Aucuria, the countries of Sainte-Chloé, Imagua and the Assimas, and Bonaventura.

History

Pre-Asteris period

Assim Asteris was the first Euclean to discover the Asterias.

Colonial period

Asteria Superior was first discovered by Assim Asteris in 1488. Over the course of two decades, Asteris chartered much of north-western Asteria Superior, including the Barrier Islands and much of the Hallandic coast. He claimed much of this land for the Crown of Caldia, who had funded his expedition to the continent initially. Torán on the coast of Fáel is regarded as the first Euclean colony on the continent, founded in the late 15th century by Caldian explorer Rian MacCathal. Caldia began consolidating various western Asterian islands, including St. Ellen, into its colonial holdings, and with the success of the expeditions now being felt in the Caldish economy via trade with Asterian natives as well as religious and cultural prestige, many other Euclean nations sought to establish their own colonies on the continent.

Gaullica was the first Euclean state to begin colonisation after Caldia, launching a major expedition that landed in the island of Sanslumiere, establishing the city of Decouverte in 1507. The Exalted Republic of Poveglia, based in modern-day Etruria, was the next state to launch its own expedition. Under the explorer Angelo Bastin, Poveglia gained a foothold in what would become the Arucian trade by exploring the southern coast of the mainland continent in 1523. After a year of tense relations, Poveglia began to conquer the native Tzapotlan Empire in 1524. Caldish explorers discovered and settled the island of Imagua in 1533 while Iustian explorers founded Porto Leste in 1545. Eric the Great of Geatland commissioned Hans Hammer Adelström to begin settling the Horn of Asteria for the Crown of Geatland, eventually becoming the Viceroyalty of Eldmark in 1542. Auratia began colonisation of Nuxica in 1553 under admiral Miguel Andradas y Santmartí. Despite proximity, the Arucian was discovered and charted to a more extensive measure than north-western Asteria Superior, where Gaullica became the first nation outside of Caldia to set up colonies in the area with the settlement of Nouvelle-Gaullica in 1561. Estmere began to settle the Hallandic coast north of Fáel beginning in 1578. In the east, Grigori Kosh settled Fort Ruda in Chistovodia under the Crown of Soravia, later establishing the Colony of Chistovodia.

Edward Marlin was the principal figure behind Hallandic independence, and served as its first president from 1766 to 1773.

Colonial conquests began in 1563 as Geatland seized Imagua and the Assimas Islands from Caldia, administering them from Hammarvik as an extension of the Viceroyalty of Eldmark. The Transvehemens slave trade began as colonial powers began purchasing slaves from the traditional rulers of Bahia in the late-16th century. The Arucian and the western coast of the mainland were the main hotspots for the import of slaves, mainly due to their ideal climates for crowing cash crops such as coffee, cotton and sugar. In the east, slavery in the Soravia New World colonies focused mainly on a predatory contract system with the native population as well as serfs imported from Narozalica. The Yellow Tree War began in 1619, vastly expanding Narozalica's hold over Chistovodia. The 17th century was characterised mainly by Euclean expansions inland at the expense of the native groups in the continent. Harald's Rebellion in Eldmark eventually improved taxation conditions for settlers in the colonies in the 1650s. The Asterian War of Secession began in 1764, where the United Colonies, consisting of New Estmere, Fáel and Nou Remana, declared their independence from the Empire of Gaullica, who had been granted ownership over the colonies during the Gilded Wars. Lasting seven years and involving many pluricontinental Euclean powers, the United Colonies were granted their independence in the Treaty of Vicalvi in 1771. Rizealand and Asterian Federative Republic formed shortly after the war's conclusion following a brief civil war. Vivien Gérin-Lajoie was unsuccessful in securing Cassien independence as the lead figure of the Patriotes during the war. Eldmark also secured its independence in 1771 in a separate revolt against the Blostlandic crown. The Etrurian and Paretian revolutions led to Ardesia's independence in 1813 under a republic.

Through direct consequence of the First Soravian Civil War, Chistovodia and Vinalia declared their independence in 1861, eventually uniting into Chistovodia. Cassier had achieved self-determination and major autonomy within the Gaullican Empire by 1900, but did not formally declare its independence until the conclusion of the Great War in 1936. Cassier was the last mainland colony to declare independence from a Euclean nation and the declaration's ratification signalled an end to Euclean colonial hold over the Asterias. The Arucian decolonised over the next twenty years, mostly due to the Solarian War.

Modern period

Geography

Regions

Status of the Arucian

The status of the island nations in the West Arucian Sea and East Arucian Sea is controversial, as due to their location along the boundary between Asteria Superior and Asteria Inferior, it is unclear whether those islands belong in the former or the latter.

Geographically, most of the Arucian lies on the TBD tectonic plate, along with the southern regions of Asteria Superior, while the southern Arucian islands lie on the TBD and TBD tectonic plates, which comprise Asteria Inferior: thus, many geographers suggest that the Arucian are part of Asteria Superior. Some geographers, such as TBD, have suggested partitioning the islands based on geographical fault lines.

Culturally, the Arucian is often considered to be part of Asteria Inferior, due to cultural connections with the Asteria Inferior, in addition to linguistic connections (as many countries there speak a Solarian language). In addition, a handful of islands, such as the Aucurian islands of Saint Casimir and Saint Catherine, and the Satucine islands of Parane and the Îles Émeraude, belong to nations who belong to Asteria Inferior.

Politics

List of states and territories

Name Capital Population Area Head of State Head of Government Government type
Ardesia Rémont & São Agostino 54,335,102 1,494,868 km2
Frédéric Ardila
Presidential republic
Asterian Federative Republic Assunçã 80,484,000 1,660,825.6 km2
Tomas Pereira
Presidential republic
Cassier Nouvelle-Rayenne 39,689,032 9,405,868 km2
Jean Tremblay
Parliamentary republic
Chistovodia Misto Myru 61,109,847 2,781,444 km2 Viktor Martynenko Angelika Cuvillier Council republic
Eldmark Hammarvik 34,764,129 1,614,037 km2 Thyri I Eno Ahaloke Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
 Imagua and the Assimas Imagua and the Assimas Cuanstad 1,306,505 24,085 km2 Edmondo Privitera Douglas Egnell Parliamentary republic
Rizealand Rizealand Rizealand Camden 64,571,281 1,831,549 km2
Barbara Ward
Presidential republic
Sainte-Chloé Port de la Sainte 10,456,998 120,982 km2 Michel Thiele Genevieve Chevallier Semi-presidential republic
Vinalia Vinalinsk 24,632,731 510,917 km2 Ersnt Rupold Omelyan Pavlov Parliamentary republic