Caldan Union
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Caldan Union of the Resurgent Dream | |
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 Flag | |
Motto: Spem Reduxit | |
Anthem: "Caldas the Free" | |
| Capital | Tarana |
| Largest | Narich |
| Official languages | English |
| Recognised regional languages | Apatan, Arabic, Greek, Inuktitut, Scots, Welsh |
| Demonym(s) | Caldan |
| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Queen | Gwendolyn |
| Lola Foster | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Independent | |
• Coronation of Charles | 31 January 1788 |
• Union | 27 September 1839 |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 317 million |
• 2016 census | 302 million |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Per capita | S250,451 (2,813th) |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Per capita | S250,451 (2,813th) |
| HDI | .97 very high · 2,002nd |
| Currency | Caldan Sterling (CLS) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 to -8 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 to -7 |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy AD |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +9 |
| Internet TLD | .cu |
The Caldan Union of the Resurgent Dream is a nation in the Western Atlantic. It consists of fourteen provinces. Ten are located in Vasconia, including the original six. These ten are known as historic or contiguous Caldas. The other four are located further south. The Gulf provinces became dominions in the 19th century and provinces in the 21st after dominion status was abolished. Two are located in Ambara and two in the Gulf of Vasconia. The capital of the Caldan Union is Tarana and its other major cities are Narich, Caer Gawen, Merotte, Marea, Fath, and St. Casimir. The northernmost regions of the Caldan Union contain sparsely populated expanses of tundra and forest while 81% of the Caldan population is concentrated in urban and suburban areas. The Caldan Union's climate varies significantly over its territory. Three Caldan provinces are arctic and sub-arctic, while two are tropical and two are comfortably in the southern hemisphere. The national capital is Tarana and the financial capital and largest city is Narich.
The earliest human inhabitants of what is now historic Caldas were the Apatan who arrived from the Sabari Steppes before 300 BCE. There is also evidence of some Germanic settlements in southern Tasat as early as 300 CE, related to the first Knootians. Camveni arrived in Tasat from Excalbia in 595 CE. Their ancestors had come from the British Isles. Their leader, Maddan married Hoelun, an Apatan princess and the daughter of Setsen, the locally predominant Apatan chieftain. Inuit peoples first arrived in northern Caldas in the 11th century. English and Scottish settlement began in the 16th century. Around the same time, French-speaking traders and trappers from the Southern Low Countries began to establish permanent settlements along the shores of Lake Hesperia in what is today Arcadia. After the Glorious Revolution in England and Scotland, most Caldans remained loyal to the Jacobite cause, leading to the Jacobite Wars in Vasconia. This led to conflict with Knootoss and to the newly emerging nation of Laneria to the south. A century later, Charles, a natural child of Charles III by Elizabeth Elwell, was the beneficiary of a deathbed legitimation which was accepted by the Parliaments of Anata and New Arundel as making him the rightful King of England and of Ireland and by the Parliament of Edina as making him the rightful King of Scotland. He was also invited to a royal title by the National Assembly of Arcadia and, by virtue of his marriage to Gwenhwyfar, Duchess of Tasat, the Prince Consort of Tasat. Lands west and north of the first Caldan provinces were brought into the Caldan orbit by the Treaty of Albalon later incorporated as provinces and Caldas one control of Dana and Hipolis in the Caldan-Lanerian War. Finara was added through a dynastic union and Jagiella and Alekthos in the aftermath of the Third Ambaran War.
The Caldan Union is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy in the Westminster tradition as codified in the Constitution of the Caldan Union. The Head of State is the Queen and the Head of Government is the prime minister, who holds office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the elected House of Representatives. It is an ethnically diverse and multicultural nation, where pluralist values are strong. Its history, economy, and culture have been significantly influenced by its closest neighbours, Knootoss and Laneria.
The Caldan Union is a developed country with one of the largest economies in the region and a high nominal per capita income. The Caldan economy includes natural resources, extensive trade networks, as well as a strong service sector and significant manufacturing capability.
Etymology
The etymology of the name Caldas is uncertain. Some claim it was an ancient Apatan place name. Others say it is a shortened form of Caledonia, named for Scotland, or that it comes from the phrase "called us" in reference to the Jacobite cause. The Resurgent Dream originally referred to the Jacobite dream but it has since been read more broadly to refer to the dreams of all seemingly vanquished peoples who made a new destiny in the Caldan Union. The phrase features prominently in art and writings welcoming new immigrants to the country. This concept has sometimes been described as a deeply romantic element in Caldan national identity.
Early History
The first record of a human presence in what is now the Caldan Union comes from the Apatan, arriving from the Sabari Steppes sometime before 300 BCE. The early Apatan ruins at Kandalu and Ikhbalik are the oldest sites of human habitation in what is now the Caldan Union. The first Apatan were likely a few among many Sabari tribal groups. However, they consolidated into seven semi-nomadic tribes which ranged freely over most of what is now Vasconia. They had complex societal network and trading networks. They were also known as fierce warriors, both among themselves and when directed as neighboring peoples they felt had somehow insulted or cheated them. The Ogedit lived in what is now Cordelia. The Temudgit ruled Kingsland, Dara, and Arvana.