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In the early part of the 19th century, most of the former Pelaxian Empire overseas disintegrated. A tenuous balance between liberal and conservative forces was struck in the establishment of a republic in Pelaxia; this period began in 1852 and ended in 1922. Then came the dictatorship of General Benedicto Álvaro Camargo (1922-1932). His government inaugurated a period ruled by a militarist party, the Restauración Nacional Party, up until 1957. From 1922 the country experienced rapid economic growth in the 1940s and early 1950s. With the death of Federico Pedro Olmos in November 1956 Pelaxia returned to the Federal Republic. With a fresh Constitution voted in 1958.
In the early part of the 19th century, most of the former Pelaxian Empire overseas disintegrated. A tenuous balance between liberal and conservative forces was struck in the establishment of a republic in Pelaxia; this period began in 1852 and ended in 1922. Then came the dictatorship of General Benedicto Álvaro Camargo (1922-1932). His government inaugurated a period ruled by a militarist party, the Restauración Nacional Party, up until 1957. From 1922 the country experienced rapid economic growth in the 1940s and early 1950s. With the death of Federico Pedro Olmos in November 1956 Pelaxia returned to the Federal Republic. With a fresh Constitution voted in 1958.
==Antiquity (600 BC - 500 AC)==
=Antiquity (600 BC - 500 AC)=


The Cognati (from Latin: Cognatus) were a set of people that Caphirian sources identified with that name in the wester coast of Sarpedon over the Kindred Sea, at least from the 6th century BC. The Caphirian sources also use the term Pelagi to refer to the Cognati. The term Cognati, as used by the ancient authors, had two distinct meanings. One, more general, referred to all the populations of the cognatish valley without regard to ethnic differences. The other, more restricted ethnic sense, refers to the people living in the western and southern coasts of the Cognatish Valley, which by the 6th century BC had absorbed cultural influences from Vallos. This pre-Caphiravian cultural group spoke the Cognatish language from the 7th to the 1st century BC.  Cognati society was divided into different classes, including kings or chieftains (Latin: "regulus"), nobles, priests, artisans and slaves. Cognati aristocracy, often called a "senate" by the ancient sources, met in a council of nobles. Kings or chieftains would maintain their forces through a system of obligation or vassalage that the Caphirians termed "fides".The Cognati adopted wine and olives from the Vallosi. Horse breeding was particularly important to the Cognati and their nobility. Mining was also very important for their economy, especially the silver mines, the iron mines in the Montian valleys, as well as the exploitation of tin and copper deposits. They produced fine metalwork and high quality iron weapons such as the falcata.
The Cognati (from Latin: Cognatus) were a set of people that Caphirian sources identified with that name in the wester coast of Sarpedon over the Kindred Sea, at least from the 6th century BC. The Caphirian sources also use the term Pelagi to refer to the Cognati. The term Cognati, as used by the ancient authors, had two distinct meanings. One, more general, referred to all the populations of the cognatish valley without regard to ethnic differences. The other, more restricted ethnic sense, refers to the people living in the western and southern coasts of the Cognatish Valley, which by the 6th century BC had absorbed cultural influences from Vallos. This pre-Caphiravian cultural group spoke the Cognatish language from the 7th to the 1st century BC.  Cognati society was divided into different classes, including kings or chieftains (Latin: "regulus"), nobles, priests, artisans and slaves. Cognati aristocracy, often called a "senate" by the ancient sources, met in a council of nobles. Kings or chieftains would maintain their forces through a system of obligation or vassalage that the Caphirians termed "fides".The Cognati adopted wine and olives from the Vallosi. Horse breeding was particularly important to the Cognati and their nobility. Mining was also very important for their economy, especially the silver mines, the iron mines in the Montian valleys, as well as the exploitation of tin and copper deposits. They produced fine metalwork and high quality iron weapons such as the falcata.
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Due to their military qualities, as of the 5th century BCE Cognatish soldiers were frequently deployed in battles in Caphiria.
Due to their military qualities, as of the 5th century BCE Cognatish soldiers were frequently deployed in battles in Caphiria.


===Caphirian Pelaxia===
==Caphirian Pelaxia==


[[File:Roman bridge at night - Córdoba, Spain - DSC07251.JPG|thumb|Caphirian bridge at night in Valonia]]
[[File:Roman bridge at night - Córdoba, Spain - DSC07251.JPG|thumb|Caphirian bridge at night in Valonia]]
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Either within or outside the urban environment, these facilities became vital for the function of the city and its economy, allowing it to supply the most essential necessities; either water via aqueducts or food, supplies and goods through the efficient network of roads and bridges. '''In addition, any city of at least average importance had a sewer system for the drainage of waste water and to prevent tropical rains flooding the streets.''' Infrastructure for civilian use was built with intensity, roads that ran through the valley joining Villa Septintria to Termia and Albalitor to Montia: covering the coastal Kindred Sea through the already established routes. Along them a booming trade flowed, encouraging political stability of the territory over several centuries.
Either within or outside the urban environment, these facilities became vital for the function of the city and its economy, allowing it to supply the most essential necessities; either water via aqueducts or food, supplies and goods through the efficient network of roads and bridges. '''In addition, any city of at least average importance had a sewer system for the drainage of waste water and to prevent tropical rains flooding the streets.''' Infrastructure for civilian use was built with intensity, roads that ran through the valley joining Villa Septintria to Termia and Albalitor to Montia: covering the coastal Kindred Sea through the already established routes. Along them a booming trade flowed, encouraging political stability of the territory over several centuries.


====Caphirian recession and Kosal expansion====
==Kosal-Caphirian Wars==
===Caphirian recession and Kosal expansion===
[[File:Eurico, rey de los Visigodos (Museo del Prado).jpg|thumb|right|Evaristo, King of the Kosali]]
[[File:Eurico, rey de los Visigodos (Museo del Prado).jpg|thumb|right|Evaristo, King of the Kosali]]


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In 484 the Kosal established Agrila as the capital of their kingdom. Successive Kosal kings ruled Agrila as patricians who held imperial commissions to govern in the name of the Caphirian Consul. In 585 the Kosal conquered the Losa Kingdom of Montia, and thus controlled a third of Pelaxia.
In 484 the Kosal established Agrila as the capital of their kingdom. Successive Kosal kings ruled Agrila as patricians who held imperial commissions to govern in the name of the Caphirian Consul. In 585 the Kosal conquered the Losa Kingdom of Montia, and thus controlled a third of Pelaxia.
====Kosal-Caphirian Wars====
 
=====Kingdom of Agrila=====
=====Kingdom of Agrila=====


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