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only distantly related to the surrounding Gaelic populations, Caergwynn has a long history and a complex form of government, | only distantly related to the surrounding Gaelic populations, Caergwynn has a long history and a complex form of government, | ||
in which democratic and aristocratic | in which democratic and aristocratic features interact within a ''de facto'' republican framework. Although for much of its history Caergwynn | ||
has been a fairly marginal factor in Levantine affairs, it has always had a strong maritime tradition, and with industrialization in the late 19th century, | has been a fairly marginal factor in Levantine affairs, it has always had a strong maritime tradition, and with industrialization in the late 19th century, | ||
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the nation became a major trading power with its strategic location controlling the southern Nordskan straits. Caergwynn is now among Levantia's most advanced economies, | the nation became a major trading power with its strategic location controlling the southern Nordskan straits. Caergwynn is now among Levantia's most advanced economies, | ||
but Caeric international relations are marred by a bitter, centuries-long feud with its neighbor [[Faneria]].{{Infobox country | but Caeric international relations are marred by a bitter, centuries-long feud with its neighbor [[Faneria]], and milder tensions with most of its other neighbors. It is a member of the [[League of Nations]] and the Kilikas-Boreal Cooperative Zone, as well as being an observer state of the Council of Gaelic Peoples. | ||
=== Etymology === | |||
The name "Caergwynn" has a straightforward etymology, deriving from the Caeric words "caer" (fort) and "gwynn" (white, or shining)-creating the compound "Caergwynn", meaning "shining fort" (which in modern Caeric orthography would instead be Caergwen). Though the precise origin of this designation for the land of Caergwynn is impossible to verify, the traditional consensus has been that it refers to the snowbound and fortress-like peaks of the coastal ranges. This is dramatized in the Caeric national epic, ''Tywysog o Llongau'', "The Prince of Ships", in the story of Madoc I spying a "shining fortress" as the first glimpse he saw of Caergwynn from shipboard. | |||
The capital, Dol Awraidd, has a similarly descriptive origin, as it refers to the Caeric "dol" (valley), and "awraidd" (golden), for a combined meaning of "Golden Valley." In contemporary Caeric, "Awraidd" would be rendered as "Euraidd" (an Ænglish version of "Dol Awraidd" with a similar level of archaism would perhaps be "Goldenvale"). Though this name too has a supposed epic origin (attributed to one of the followers of Madoc), the city is situated in a warm and fertile valley in the coastal mountains, and the label of "golden valley" could have arisen quite naturally. {{Infobox country | |||
|conventional_long_name = The Land of Caergwynn | |conventional_long_name = The Land of Caergwynn | ||
|native_name = ''Gwlad Caergwynn'' (Caeric) | |native_name = ''Gwlad Caergwynn'' (Caeric) | ||