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'''Blayk''' ({{wp|Norman_language|Blaykish}}: ''Blayc'', <small>pronounced:</small> {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|l|eɪ|k}}), officially the '''Grand Kingdom of Blayk''' ({{wp|Norman_language|Blaykish}}: ''Rouoyaume Grand de Blayc'') is a {{wp|sovereign state}} and {{wp|constitutional monarchy}} located in Western Auressia. The country extends from the Western Ocean to the Khovaar strait and borders [[Rythene]] to the north west, [[Vervillia]] and the [[Imperial Confederacy]] to the south and the city state of [[Avilême | '''Blayk''' ({{wp|Norman_language|Blaykish}}: ''Blayc'', <small>pronounced:</small> {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|l|eɪ|k}}), officially the '''Grand Kingdom of Blayk''' ({{wp|Norman_language|Blaykish}}: ''Rouoyaume Grand de Blayc'') is a {{wp|sovereign state}} and {{wp|constitutional monarchy}} located in Western Auressia. The country extends from the Western Ocean to the Khovaar strait and borders [[Rythene]] to the north west, [[Vervillia]] and the [[Imperial Confederacy]] to the south and the city state of [[Avilême]] to the east. Blayk consists of fifteen provinces further spilt into three hundred and nineteen electorates, covering a total of 542,093 square kilometres. It has the second highest population within Auressia with 79.31 million inhabitants as of 2018. 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]]. | ||
During the {{wp|iron age}} the area that now makes up Blayk was inhabited by a collection of {{wp|Celts|Rubic}} tribes. The [[Sabarine Empire]] annexed the region in 60 BC forming the province of [[Vervillia (Sabarine Province)|Vervillia]], holding onto it until the arrival of the {{wp|Germanic Peoples|Isaric}} [[Blakes]] who created the [[Kingdom of Blacia]] in 470 and later the [[Second Sabarine Empire]]. The Treaty of Breun in 920 spilt the Kingdom into the {{wp|normans|Cuscaire}} dominated, independent, Kingdom of Blayk and the Sabarine Kingdoms of Vervillia. Blayk became one of the leading powers in Auressia during the late middle ages, and secured it's self a foremost naval power after the War of the Khovaarian League. The early modern period saw the nation enter union with Vervillia and the creation of one of the first overseas empires. | During the {{wp|iron age}} the area that now makes up Blayk was inhabited by a collection of {{wp|Celts|Rubic}} tribes. The [[Sabarine Empire]] annexed the region in 60 BC forming the province of [[Vervillia (Sabarine Province)|Vervillia]], holding onto it until the arrival of the {{wp|Germanic Peoples|Isaric}} [[Blakes]] who created the [[Kingdom of Blacia]] in 470 and later the [[Second Sabarine Empire]]. The Treaty of Breun in 920 spilt the Kingdom into the {{wp|normans|Cuscaire}} dominated, independent, Kingdom of Blayk and the Sabarine Kingdoms of Vervillia. Blayk became one of the leading powers in Auressia during the late middle ages, and secured it's self a foremost naval power after the War of the Khovaarian League. The early modern period saw the nation enter union with Vervillia and the creation of one of the first overseas empires. | ||
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Grand Kingdom of Blayk Rouoyaume Grand de Blayc (Blaykish) | |
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Motto: "Audeamus" "May we dare" | |
 Location of Blayk | |
| Capital and largest city | Montigné |
| Official languages | Blaykish Vervillian |
| Recognised regional languages | Litavin Sarbeliard Tyrnican |
| Demonym(s) | Blaykish |
| Government | Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy |
• Monarch | Leopold III |
| Pierre Édouardais | |
| Legislature | Parlement (Chambres des Députés) |
| Establishment | |
| 15th January 920 | |
| October 6th 1802 | |
| 3rd February 1822 | |
| Area | |
• | 542,093 km2 (209,303 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 1.34 |
| Population | |
• 2017 census | 79,310,821 |
• Density | 146/km2 (378.1/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) |  29.1low |
| HDI (2018) |  0.934very high · 6th |
| Currency | Commonwealth mark (CMR) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Western Auhr Standard Time) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +06 |
| Internet TLD | .blc |
Blayk (Blaykish: Blayc, pronounced: /ˈbleɪk/), officially the Grand Kingdom of Blayk (Blaykish: Rouoyaume Grand de Blayc) is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy located in Western Auressia. The country extends from the Western Ocean to the Khovaar strait and borders Rythene to the north west, Vervillia and the Imperial Confederacy to the south and the city state of Avilême to the east. Blayk consists of fifteen provinces further spilt into three hundred and nineteen electorates, covering a total of 542,093 square kilometres. It has the second highest population within Auressia with 79.31 million inhabitants as of 2018. 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.
During the iron age the area that now makes up Blayk was inhabited by a collection of Rubic tribes. The Sabarine Empire annexed the region in 60 BC forming the province of Vervillia, holding onto it until the arrival of the Isaric Blakes who created the Kingdom of Blacia in 470 and later the Second Sabarine Empire. The Treaty of Breun in 920 spilt the Kingdom into the Cuscaire dominated, independent, Kingdom of Blayk and the Sabarine Kingdoms of Vervillia. Blayk became one of the leading powers in Auressia during the late middle ages, and secured it's self a foremost naval power after the War of the Khovaarian League. The early modern period saw the nation enter union with Vervillia and the creation of one of the first overseas empires.
The beginning of the 19th century saw a period of great unrest after the death of Phillipe III, culminating in the Blaykish Civil War and the creation of the Blaykish Constitution. The War of the Commons saw Blayk, Rythene and other minor republican and liberal forces band together against invading coalition forces intent on establishing Autocratic rule in Western Auressia. The end of the war in 1816 saw the restoration of the monarchy under the rule of Gilbert II. Gilbert II proved to be an unpopular King and he was exiled to Tyrnica by Phillipean Rebels in 1822, who then raised Leopold I, a distant relative of Phillip III to the throne. The Chaudoir Restoration was the end of the great period of civil unrest in the country. Blayk was a major combatant in the Great War, during which it was allied with Rythene.
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 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.
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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.
In February of the next year the Tyrnican forces stationed in eastern Blayk received new orders, under the Burgrave Clausbruch they were to change their focus from preparing a naval invasion of Rythene to defeating the Phillipeans. There was a general stalemate for the next few months, with small skirmishes occurring around the Auvonne. It wasn't until a Phillipean-Rythenean alliance was established that the stalemate was broken leading to a successful summer campaign ending with the Tyrnicans being pushed out of Montigné by both a rebelling populace within the city and a approaching Phillipean force outside in late August.