Kingdom of Alstin
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Kingdom of Alstin | |||||||||
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| 1565 AD-1688 AD | |||||||||
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Motto: "One Nation, United" | |||||||||
 Location of the Kingdom | |||||||||
 Alstinian overseas possessions in 1682 | |||||||||
| Capital | Alstin | ||||||||
| Official languages | Alstinian Ænglish | ||||||||
| Religion | Chantry of Alstin | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Alstinian | ||||||||
| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||||||
| King of Alstin | |||||||||
• 1565-1573 | Alstanus | ||||||||
• 1573-1584 | Martin | ||||||||
• 1584-1589 | Tyrios | ||||||||
• 1589-1621 | Douglas | ||||||||
• 1621-1631 | Richard | ||||||||
• | Julius | ||||||||
• 1682-1685 | Stephan | ||||||||
• 1685-1688 | David | ||||||||
• 1688 | Geoffrey | ||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
| Currency | Royal dollar | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Alstin was a sovereign state encompassing what is now the Inner Islands of the Alstinian Isles from 1565, when Alstanus Ryefield was formally proclaimed as its first King, to 21 April 1688, when a Republic was proclaimed at the end of the Alstinian Civil War. The Kingdom of Alstin was among the most powerful states in Crona during the early modern period.
Initially founded a as a myriad of refugee colonies for Levantine Protestants fleeing persecution during the Great Confessional War, the settlements in and around the Altaic Sea united under the banner of Alstanus Ryefield, ruler of city of Alstin, formally establishing the Kingdom and beginning a century-long reign by the House of Ryefield. Throughout the remainder of the 16th century, the Kingdom experienced a remarkable rate of growth as Alstinian society developed and flourished as a result of its position at critical crossroads of traffic and trade routes on the Isles, while also slowly yet gradually expanding its domain in every direction across the Inner Islands; By 1600, the Kingdom had, during the reign of Douglas Corvinus, gained full control of the region.
Over the course of the subsequent eighty years, the Kingdom experienced a period of relative peace and internal stability, as the Alstinians experienced an unprecedented amount of economic growth from its position at the crossroads of sea-based trade in the Orixtal Sea. This, combined with considerable scientific advances and cultural progress, would later become known as the "Long Peace". At the same time, Alstin engaged in series of conflicts in and around the lands of the Azure Sea, the Orixtal Sea, and the Sea of St. John, from the Islevyny Archipelago to the shores of Deralveca, in an effort maintain the stability of the region.
In 1682, following a costly decade-long war with the Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC), the Kingdom of Alstion into civil war which culminated in the death of Geoffrey Ryefield on 4 July 1689, ending the House of Ryefield. Nine months later, on 21 April 1689, the United Republic of Alstin, one of the first federal republics in the history of the world, officially came into being with the ratification of the Constitution, and the unanimous election of Marcus Alanson as the first President of the United Republic.
Etymology
The nation's name derives from the city of Alstin. The city's name itself, according to its founding myth, is believed to have been derived from the city's founder and the first king of Alstin, Alstanus Ryefield.
The standard way to refer to a citizen of Alstin is as an "Alstinian."
History
Main Article: History of Alstin
Origin
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Reign of the Founder King 1565-1573
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Sons of Alstanus 1573-1589
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Age of Corvinus 1589-1621
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The Ursinus Decade 1621-1631
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The Julian Age 1631-1682
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The Alstinian Civil War 1682-1688
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Government
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Economy
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Society and Culture
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