Scovern

Kingdom of Scovern Kongeriget Skoverne (Mescon) Kongeriket Skogerne (Vestelian) Konungsríkið Skóþjóð (Frellandic)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Fra bjerg til hav har, vi fremgang" (Mescon) "Fra fjell til sjø, vi trives" (Vestelian) "Frá fjalli til sjávar dafnar okkur" (Frellandic) ("From mountain to sea, we prosper")
Anthem:  Vores land, vores stolthed (Mescon) Vårt land, vår stolthet (Vestelian) Landið okkar, okkar stolt (Frellandic) ("Our land, our pride") Royal anthem:  Kongens march (Mescon) Kongens marsj (Vestelian) Kóngsganga (Frellandic) ("King's march")
Scovern (dark green) shown within the Euclean Community (light green)
Capital and largest city	Rimso
Official languages	Mescon Vestelian Frellandic
Recognised regional languages	Western Annic (Eyrar, Haukadalur, Kleppur, Kletta, Lauve) Northern Annic (Mosfell, Vogar)
Ethnic groups (2014)	86% Scoverne ––43% Mescon ––31% Vestelian ––12% Frellandic 14% Other
Religion (2014)	65% Sotirianity ––58% Catholic ––7% Amendist 30% Irreligious 5% Other
Demonym(s)	Scoverne Scovernish (rare)
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Henrik
• Premier	Ine-Linda Nesby
• Speaker of the Rigsdagen	Herman Andresen
Legislature	Rigsdagen
Area
• Total	884,477 km2 (341,498 sq mi)
Population
• 2021 estimate	27,003,197
• 2014 census	25,611,882
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Total	€1.181 trillion
• Per capita	€43,752
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	€1.144 trillion
• Per capita	€42,363
Gini (2020)	28.1 low
HDI (2020)	0.941 very high
Currency	Euclo (€) (EUC)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Euclean Standard Time)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+99
Internet TLD	.sk

Scovern (Mescon: Skoverne, Vestelian: Skogerne, Frellish: Skóþjóð), officially the Kingdom of Scovern (Mescon: Kongeriget Skoverne, Vestelian: Kongeriket Skogerne, Frellandic: Konungsríkið Skóþjóð) is an island country in Northern Euclea. It shares maritime borders with Caldia to the east and Werania to the south. With a population of around 27 million, it is Euclea's ninth most populous country, and its fourth largest by area. More than half of the population live in Mesconia, one of Scovern's three constituent nations, where the capital, Rimso, is also located.

Humans first migrated to Scovern from Werania in 7000 BC, with the Stoense and Warnitz cultures. Petty kingdoms did not emerge until around 200 BC, and had limited contact outside their local area. First major contact with mainland Euclea began during the Marauder Age, where Scovern became a notable centre of both marauder raids and their settler kingdoms. The largest of these kingdoms, Connland, encompassed much of modern-day Mesconia. In the 9th century, the Sixtenite Kingdom under Sixten Agnarssun came to dominate North Sea affairs, and was based in what is now Istebjerg. The fall of the Sixtenite Kingdom gave way to feudal and mercantile states, which firmly established Mescon as the dominant language of trade in Scovern. Some of these states eventually joined the Rudolphine Confederation for protection. The Frellish Crusade in the 13th century eliminated the last vestiges of paganism in Euclea.

Olav II, who had unified southern Scovern in 1570, led a bloody unification campaign that coincided with the Amendist Wars. The growth of absolutism and Taenarianism in Scovern led to it becoming one of few Catholic states to fight against the Confederation during the wars. It doing so, it eliminated the final Rudolphine states on the isle, and Scovern entered a period of isolationism that was not broken until the 19th century. This isolationism stifled the spread of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, but its proximity still saw it adopted relatively quickly. The Euclean Spring introduced parliamentarianism and representative democracy in 1840, eventually expanding to universal suffrage in 1911. Scovern participated in the Great War with the Grand Alliance, where many Scoverne soldiers died. The war prompted a national debate as to the future of the military, and eventually it was scaled down massively to just a small land force and navy. Federalisation of Scovern began in 1961 under the administration of Vestelian premier Frank Kristan Sandberg, and ended in 1980 with full federalisation.

Scovern is a highly developed state, with an advanced high-income economy, a large welfare state, high rates of unionisation and low income inequality. Scovern consistently ranks highly on measures including democracy, education, equality, healthcare, press freedom and political transparency. Scovern is a member of many international organisations, including the Association for Economic Development and Cooperation, the Community of Nations, the Euclean Community and Euclean Common Defense Treaty Organisation, the International Council for Democracy, the Global Institute for Fiscal Affairs and the Northern Forum.

History

Marauder Age

Main article: Marauder Age

Culture

Music

Scoverne musician Elena Rohde wearing the swan dress during the 1994 Euclovision Song Contest, which she won with "Jóga".

Music has been present in Scoverne society for thousands of years. The Annic joik was one of the first styles of music played on the island. The Ghailles placed a large emphasis on musical tradition when they settled in Scovern in the 9th century, introducing the bagpipes and forming the basis of much of traditional Scoverne music in later years.

Due to its geographical and political isolation from mainland Euclea, classical music in Scovern took time to develop and popularise in Scoverne society. Famous classical-era composers from Scovern include Sven Aune, Paul Ekern, Guðni Hildingsson, Mathias Høgh and Arthur Sørensen. Most of these composers were active in the 19th and 20th centuries, and composed a great number of symphonies and operas.

Contemporary and popular music became common beginning in the 1960s. Scovern is particularly known for its downtempo scene, which emerged in conjunction with the development of electronic music in major cities in the 1990s. Groups such as Cosmogramma, Dødssynder and Flintinge were pioneering in the genre, attaining domestic success in the early 1990s, though it was ultimately Elena Rohde who brought international recognition and acclaim to the genre. Blending it mainly with art pop, she gained worldwide fame during the decade, and won the 1994 Euclovision Song Contest with "Jóga".

Other genres in which Scovern is a notable exporter include alternative rock, ambient, black metal and house and shoegaze. Notable acts from these genres include Bloody Mary, Dauðaleið til Borgarness, Double Hélice, Flotteurs, Moonrocks and Neðanjarðar.