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|largest_settlement = <!--Name of largest settlement--> | |largest_settlement = <!--Name of largest settlement--> | ||
|official_languages = [[Hendalarskisch]], [[ | |official_languages = [[Hendalarskisch]], [[Lagyar language|Lagyar]] | ||
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|regional_languages = [[Upper Hendalarskara]], [[Pentapolitan Argot]] | |regional_languages = [[Upper Hendalarskara]], [[Pentapolitan Argot]], [[Mountaineer language|Mountaineer]] | ||
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* | *65% [[Hendalarskara people|Hendalarskaren]] | ||
* | *20% [[Lagyar people|Lagyars]] | ||
* | *6% [[Pentapolitan people|Pentapolitans]] | ||
* | *5% [[Mountaineer people|Mountaineers]] | ||
* | *4% Other | ||
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|demonym = Hendalarskara | |demonym = Hendalarskara (m), Hendalarskarin (f), Hendalarskrö (n) | ||
|government_type = Federal Archkingdom | |government_type = Federal Archkingdom | ||
|leader_title1 = [[Archking of Hendalarsk|Erzkönig]] | |leader_title1 = [[Archking of Hendalarsk|Erzkönig]] | ||
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|leader_name2 = [[Andreas Haller]] | |leader_name2 = [[Andreas Haller]] | ||
|leader_title3 = Thearch | |leader_title3 = Thearch | ||
|leader_name3 = [[Franciscus IV]] | |leader_name3 = [[Franciscus IV]] Lajos | ||
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Historically centred on the [[Zalgistal]] around modern-day [[Frehmenwerth]], Hendalarsk took its current shape during its Golden Age (c.1450-1650), with its modern borders largely those "natural bounds" reached during the Great Campaigns of [[Archking Maximilian II]] in the later 16th century. The 21st century has nevertheless seen its economic and cultural centre of gravity shift towards the [[Vandarch]] littoral - and particularly to the northern metropolis of [[Zalgisbeck]], which is the nation's largest city. | Historically centred on the [[Zalgistal]] around modern-day [[Frehmenwerth]], Hendalarsk took its current shape during its Golden Age (c.1450-1650), with its modern borders largely those "natural bounds" reached during the Great Campaigns of [[Archking Maximilian II]] in the later 16th century. The 21st century has nevertheless seen its economic and cultural centre of gravity shift towards the [[Vandarch]] littoral - and particularly to the northern metropolis of [[Zalgisbeck]], which is the nation's largest city. | ||
The Most Serene Federation is a geographically and culturally diverse nation, noted in modern times for its extraordinary and relatively unspoilt natural beauty. Mountain ranges, such as those which mark the nation's southwestern and central frontiers, give way to extensive tracts of arable lowland and, in the west, substantial areas of virgin forest, while large rivers such as the [[Zalgis]] have played an often crucial role in shaping Hendalarskara history. Historically dominated by its Hendalarskara ethnic majority, recent decades have seen a pronounced increase in the influence of | The Most Serene Federation is a geographically and culturally diverse nation, noted in modern times for its extraordinary and relatively unspoilt natural beauty. Mountain ranges, such as those which mark the nation's southwestern and central frontiers, give way to extensive tracts of arable lowland and, in the west, substantial areas of virgin forest, while large rivers such as the [[Zalgis]] have played an often crucial role in shaping Hendalarskara history. Historically dominated by its Hendalarskara ethnic majority, recent decades have seen a pronounced increase in the influence of Lagyar and Pentapolitan culture, as well as the gradual penetration of Junglish through modern communications and mass media. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Hendalarsk is divided into two broad geographic zones by the [[Kupferberg]] massif in the centre of the country. The west is dominated by the Zalgis watershed, with only the westernmost [[ | Hendalarsk is divided into two broad geographic zones by the [[Kupferberg]] massif in the centre of the country. The west is dominated by the Zalgis watershed, with only the westernmost [[Lagyar people|Lagyar]]-dominated areas of the country and the great primeval woodland of the [[Großwald]] lying outside its influence. While the old Hendalarskara heartland is on average at a much higher elevation than the rest of the country's urban areas, it is kept arable and fertile by the flow of the Zalgis and irrigation from [[Lake Helawara]]. The Zalgis lowlands from [[Schullerhausen]] northwards are the breadbasket and industrial core of the contemporary federation, although the great river itself is prone to flooding. | ||
The eastern half of the federation is geographically and climactically distinct. The Kupferberg massif renders the east both wetter and cooler than the west, trapping low pressure from the Vandarch on its north and high pressure from the [[Odoneru]] and the Fröse valley on its south and west. This flatter, cooler, wetter landscape has given rise to a major area of wetland centred on [[Bernstadt]], whose biodiversity and unusual makeup render it a site of considerable scientific interest. The littoral of the region is similarly shallow and low-lying, which has historically protected it against seaborne aggression; its few deepwater harbours and channels are consequently of great strategic value, and undergird the rise of the [[Pentapolis]] from the 12th century onwards. | The eastern half of the federation is geographically and climactically distinct. The Kupferberg massif renders the east both wetter and cooler than the west, trapping low pressure from the Vandarch on its north and high pressure from the [[Odoneru]] and the Fröse valley on its south and west. This flatter, cooler, wetter landscape has given rise to a major area of wetland centred on [[Bernstadt]], whose biodiversity and unusual makeup render it a site of considerable scientific interest. The littoral of the region is similarly shallow and low-lying, which has historically protected it against seaborne aggression; its few deepwater harbours and channels are consequently of great strategic value, and undergird the rise of the [[Pentapolis]] from the 12th century onwards. | ||
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|[[ | |[[Lagyar March]] | ||
| | |Lagyar Állam | ||
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|[[ | |[[Márványfalak]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Mezönyékvár]] | ||
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The three Marches (''Marken'') are a legacy of the early modern period, when their purpose was to ensure a flexible and agile response to any military threat against the nation's long terrestrial frontiers, in return for which their military governors were granted significant autonomic leeway in how they organised their territories. Attempts to undo this autonomy ''in toto'' have caused serious political turmoil, particularly in the | The three Marches (''Marken'') are a legacy of the early modern period, when their purpose was to ensure a flexible and agile response to any military threat against the nation's long terrestrial frontiers, in return for which their military governors were granted significant autonomic leeway in how they organised their territories. Attempts to undo this autonomy ''in toto'' have caused serious political turmoil, particularly in the Lagyar March, where such efforts have traditionally been perceived as an attack on the history and culture of the Lagyars; it is nevertheless the case that the contemporary Marchmasters (''Markmeister'') have considerably less autonomy than in the golden age of their predecessors. | ||
In addition to the three 'formal' marches, the Pentapolis was historically regarded by the Archkings as a fourth, naval march, responsible for the security of the Vandarch, but unlike the case of the landward marches this principle was never formally enshrined in law and administrative practice. | In addition to the three 'formal' marches, the Pentapolis was historically regarded by the Archkings as a fourth, naval march, responsible for the security of the Vandarch, but unlike the case of the landward marches this principle was never formally enshrined in law and administrative practice. | ||
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The dominant religion in Hendalarsk is the [[Hendalarskara Catholic Church]], a faith which is rooted in the [[Levantine Catholic Church]] but not considered in communion with it. Catholic missionaries reached the lands of modern Hendalarsk by the fourth century AD but, without military force at their disposal to subjugate the local pagan polities, conversion was slow and fitful. The only native group to convert to the Levantine rite were the [[Agarii]] but, when their chief [[Agnauts]] attempted to destroy his people's former sacred grove in 621 AD, he was killed and the missionaries expelled in the resulting tumult. The Christianity which developed in the region, once the advantages of an institutionalised faith became clear to secular rulers, was instead a strongly syncretic one. While retaining the orthodox conception of the Trinity and the seven sacraments, Hendalarskara Catholicism retains pronounced elements of nature worship - even urban churches typically possess a sacred grove in their churchyard. Pagan river worship has also endured in an abstract fashion, with rivers (particularly the Zalgis) understood as God's instrument for giving and maintaining life rather than deities in their own right. The Hendalarskara Catholic Church is therefore a powerful landowner, with large swathes of the nation's woodland legally recognised as falling under its guardianship. | The dominant religion in Hendalarsk is the [[Hendalarskara Catholic Church]], a faith which is rooted in the [[Levantine Catholic Church]] but not considered in communion with it. Catholic missionaries reached the lands of modern Hendalarsk by the fourth century AD but, without military force at their disposal to subjugate the local pagan polities, conversion was slow and fitful. The only native group to convert to the Levantine rite were the [[Agarii]] but, when their chief [[Agnauts]] attempted to destroy his people's former sacred grove in 621 AD, he was killed and the missionaries expelled in the resulting tumult. The Christianity which developed in the region, once the advantages of an institutionalised faith became clear to secular rulers, was instead a strongly syncretic one. While retaining the orthodox conception of the Trinity and the seven sacraments, Hendalarskara Catholicism retains pronounced elements of nature worship - even urban churches typically possess a sacred grove in their churchyard. Pagan river worship has also endured in an abstract fashion, with rivers (particularly the Zalgis) understood as God's instrument for giving and maintaining life rather than deities in their own right. The Hendalarskara Catholic Church is therefore a powerful landowner, with large swathes of the nation's woodland legally recognised as falling under its guardianship. | ||
Aside from the Hendalarskara Catholic Church, Levantine Catholicism is a relatively popular minority faith in the | Aside from the Hendalarskara Catholic Church, Levantine Catholicism is a relatively popular minority faith in the Lagyar areas of the country. Traditional pagan cults claim many adherents in Mountaineer communities across the [[Kupferberg]], while the Vandarch littoral (and in particular the Pentapolitan city of Hukenen) is also home to a notable Protestant minority, the descendants of refugees who fled the [[Great Confessional War]]. Around 20% of the population self-defined as "unbelievers" in the 2015 census, while the nation's most cosmopolitan cities (principally Zalgisbeck and the Pentapolis) are home to small diasporic communities of other faiths from around the world. | ||
===Cuisine=== | ===Cuisine=== | ||
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===Overview=== | ===Overview=== | ||
Since reaching its "natural bounds", Hendalarskara strategic thinking has remained remarkably consistent across differing governments. First formally articulated by Marshal [[ | Since reaching its "natural bounds", Hendalarskara strategic thinking has remained remarkably consistent across differing governments. First formally articulated by Marshal [[István-Urbanus Kovács]] in 1913 in a paper of the same name, "Counterpunch Theory" is nevertheless recognisable in almost every major strategic decision undertaken since Maximilian's Great Conquests brought the bounds of Hendalarsk to defensible frontiers. Counterpunch Theory can, ultimately, be summed up in three precepts: | ||