Tyrenes

Tyrenes (Tyrenian: Tyreni), officially the Tyrenian Empire (Tyrenian: Imperii Tyrenian) is a Ventismarian nation consisting of a peninsula surrounded by several islands. The nation borders Aborzhenia to the north and shares maritime borders with Orilya, Pantorrum, and North Rukonia. Located in the Centismar, Tyrenes is known for its warm Centismarian climate. The nation is home to over 60 million people.

Tyrenes’ geographic location has made it the center of much of Sunalayan classical history and many various cultures and people. The Tepos people were the first to inhabit the peninsula, forming many city states across Tyrenes and eventually colonizing further out into the Centismar. The Ilyesian Empire emerged from the Tepos and dominated much of the Centismar during the classical era up until it’s demise in the 500s A.D. Known for their disciplined legions and grand architecture, the Ilyesians The Ilyesians spread their culture, architecture, and technology throughout Ventismar, Sunafrica, and even parts of Ophion, with their impact on the globe still heavily seen through culture and language.

Following the liberation of the Tyrenian peninsula in 1489 many small kingdoms and duchies were formed. Ilyes, being one of the state’s, spearheaded the Tyrenian Unification Wars, eventually unifying the peninsula and forming Tyrenes in 1804. In 1920 the Tyrenian Socialist Republic was formed through peaceful revolution. For the next several decades Tyrenia began to industrialize and grow into one of the strongest economies in Ventismar.

In 2006 Commander Tullus Arvina lead a coup against the government and took power without firing a single shot. Arvina has assumed the position of Duce and has declared Tyrenes an empire. Arvina leads alongside the Ilyesian Council. Tyrenes is now known for its strict laws and authoritarian government lead by Arvina. Communist support still remains present in the north and has lead the nation to some instability in recent years.

Tyrenian Empire Imperii Tyrenian
Capital and city	Ilyes
Official languages	Tyrenian
Recognised national languages	Etrasian
Ethnic groups (2018)	91.5% Tyrenian 8.5% other
Religion (2018)	74.4% Tyrenian Catholicism 22.6% irreligious 3% other
Demonym(s)	Tyrenian
Government	One-party totalitarian dictatorship
• Duce	Gacchi Arvina
• Chairman of the Council	Tullus Bestia
Legislature	Imperial Council
Formation
• Unification	1804
• Tyrenian Socialist Republic	1920
• Tyrenian military coup	2006
Population
• 2018 estimate	60,483,973
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$2.442 trillion
• Per capita	$40,206
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$2.026 trillion
• Per capita	$33,353[
Gini (2018)	32.7 medium
HDI (2018)	0.880 very high
Currency	Aurei

History

Antiquity

Ancient Tyrenes was inhabited by the Cyrenoan, Ilyesian, Praetavalli, Vellan, and Benevilla peoples, several groups of Ventis-Ophionite people who inhabited the Tyrenian peninsula. Many live in small towns and villages with several groups forming city states after several centuries. Between the 17th and the 11th centuries BC ancient Tyrenian began to make contact with other Centismarian cultures, primarily those in modern day Rukonia and Orilya.

Ancient Ilyes

Ilyes was a city settled by the Ilyesian people along the Nira river in 704 BC. The city began as a small commercial hub but grew quickly as contact with other cultures and cities increased within the Centismar. In 499 BC the Ilyesians expelled their final king and formed into an oligarchic republic.

Ilyes began its conquest of the Tyrenian peninsula with a war against their southern neighbors, Praeta. The kingdom of Praeta had grown from a small city state into a major player in the Centismar through military conquest. Praeta has begun to threaten Ilyesian commercial power in the area. Praeta was conquered in 440 BC, resulting in Ilyes controlling almost half of modern day Tyrenes. By 243 BC the Ilyesian Republic had control of the entirety of the Tyrenian peninsula and parts of modern day Orilya.

Through consolidation of power and a swift military coup Ilyes became know as the Ilyesian Empire in 204 BC. The leader of the coup and the first emperor, Octavius Caesar, lead conquests in to much of western Ventismar and even reached as far as Eikkangard. By 56 AD the Ilyesian Empire has become one of the largest empires Sunalayan History, reaching as far north as Eikangaard, west as Mackenzie and Athabaska, east as modern day Ophioneus, and even had much of the Sunafrican northern coast under it’s control.

The Ilyesian Empire was among the most powerful economic, cultural, political and military forces in the world of its time, and was also one of the largest empires in Sunalayan history. Ilyesian technological, architectural, and military innovations are still widespread and used across the world today. At it’s height the Ilyesian Empire covered over 5 million square kilometers. Ilyes spread its language, alphabet, technology, and religious beliefs across much of the western world. It’s impact can be seen today across the majority of Sunalaya.

In the 4th century AD Ilyes began to experience a slow decline in power. By 376 AD Ilyes had lost all territorial possessions in Sunafrica, northern Ventismar, and Ophion. By 400 AD AD Ilyes only remained in control of the Tyrenian Peninsula. In 479 AD the nation collapsed under foreign invasion and fragmented into several kingdoms and duchies, with the Kingdom of Ilyes remaining the last true remnant of the Ilyesian Empire.