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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Over the course of its history, the territory today known as Anglei was given various official and unofficial names including Angla, Ænglaland, Ænglia, and Ænglasmarch/Ænglishmarch, the origin of the modern state of [[Ænglasmarch]] in [[Urcea]]. All of these names were used in official titles during the Kingdom period, with the simplified ''Angla'' being the most common. For historiographical purposes, "Ænglishmarch" became the common term to refer to the march period and "Angla" to refer to the Kingdom period, but these historical conventions largely began in the mid-20th century. The term ''Anglei'', the [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] term for the area, entered common use following the partition of the unified Ænglish state in the [[Nordmontaine War]]. The term, originating in neighboring [[Yonderre]], became the conventional name for the area due to both local acceptance as well as common map appellation by the mid-1700s. Although the official name of the country is the "United Angle States", in part not to indicate greater territorial claims to Ænglish irredenta, the term "Anglei" remains the common shorthand name of the country and has been increasingly used in official correspondence since the end of the [[Second Great War]]. | Over the course of its history, the territory today known as Anglei was given various official and unofficial names including Angla, Ænglaland, Ænglia, and Ænglasmarch/Ænglishmarch, the origin of the modern state of [[Ænglasmarch]] in [[Urcea]]. All of these names were used in official titles during the Kingdom period, with the simplified ''Angla'' being the most common. For historiographical purposes, "Ænglishmarch" became the common term to refer to the march period and "Angla" to refer to the Kingdom period, but these historical conventions largely began in the mid-20th century. The term ''Anglei'', the [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] term for the area, entered common use following the partition of the unified Ænglish state in the [[Nordmontaine War]]. The term, originating in neighboring [[Yonderre]], became the conventional name for the area due to both local acceptance as well as common map appellation by the mid-1700s. Although the official name of the country is the "United Angle States", in part not to indicate greater territorial claims to Ænglish irredenta, the term "Anglei" remains the common shorthand name of the country and has been increasingly used in official correspondence since the end of the [[Second Great War]]. | ||
During the medieval period, the Kingdom took on the nickname the "White Kingdom". This nickname originated from traveling [[Gothic people]] entering the Kingdom due to the polished limestone exterior of the [[Anglasweorc]], which would be visible from some distance and also very memorable. The "White Kingdom" is sometimes used in both a poetic or ironic sense to refer to modern Anglei. | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Anglei occupies a roughly "L"-shaped position between [[Urcea]], [[Yonderre]], and [[Hollona and Diorisia]] and has two primary sections, one of which running approximately north to south between Yonderre and the Vandarch Republic and one of which running east to west between Urcea and Yonderre. The predominant geographical feature of the country is [[Carolina-Grand_Canal#Lake_Roseney|Lake Roseney]], which bisects northern and western Anglei and historically served as a major commercial center as well as the southern terminus of the [[Anglasweorc]]. The nation's borders are primarily riverine and is bounded by the [[Carolina-Grand Canal]] and its associated rivers to the west. | Anglei occupies a roughly "L"-shaped position between [[Urcea]], [[Yonderre]], and [[Hollona and Diorisia]] and has two primary sections, one of which running approximately north to south between Yonderre and the Vandarch Republic and one of which running east to west between Urcea and Yonderre. The predominant geographical feature of the country is [[Carolina-Grand_Canal#Lake_Roseney|Lake Roseney]], which bisects northern and western Anglei and historically served as a major commercial center as well as the southern terminus of the [[Anglasweorc]]. The nation's borders are primarily riverine and is bounded by the [[Carolina-Grand Canal]] and its associated rivers to the west. | ||