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The '''arts and literature of Urcea''' are reflective of key social characteristics of the people of [[Urcea]] and the history of its cultural development, being primarily inclusive of greater [[Latinic people|Latinic]] traditions while incorporating some elements of [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] culture. Throughout its history, the written and visual arts of Urcea have been profoundly impacted by the role of the [[Catholic Church]] in Urcean society, with a preponderance of its great works containing or alluding to religious themes. [[Ómestaderoi]] living and concepts of the frontier - both the [[Urcean frontier]] and the historic discovery and expansion of the [[Latin Heroic Age]], and similarities between these eras - also feature prominent throughout literature, artwork, and in some cases architecture. The history of Urcea and its role in [[Levantia]] are also common themes.
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|title = Audonia<br>ال اودونيييا
|image              = [[File:NewAudGlob.png|220px]]
|area                = {{convert|1265709|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|population          = 2,856,697,318 (2028)<sup>wip</sup>
|density            = 2,426/km<sup>2</sup> (3,904/sq mi)<sup>wip</sup>
|GDP_nominal        =
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|demonym            = Audonian
|countries          = 27
|list_countries      = Audonia#Political Geography|List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Audonia
|dependencies        = 3
|languages          = {{wpl|Varieties of Arabic|Arabic}}, {{wp|Pashto|Pukhtu}}, [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]], and others
|time                = [[UTC-3:00]] to [[UTC+2:00]]
|cities              = Largest urban areas:<br />[[Peshawar]]<br />[[Amenhotep]]<br>[[Matsova]]
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==Art==
'''Audonia''' is a continent located in [[The Mashriq]], a region in the eastern hemisphere between the southern [[Levantine Ocean]] and [[Ocean of Cathay]]. Audonia is composed of three distinct regions: the southwest region of Daria, the northern region of Al'qarra, and the western portion of the continent known as Dolong. Audonia is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse regions in the world and has been considered "the melting pot of the world". The continent is home to some of the first human civilizations in the world and plays a critical geopolitical role in the Eastern world and globally due to its vast reserves of oil and natural gas.
The history of Urcean visual art is part of Levantine painting history. [[Levantia|Levantine art]] was influenced by earlier [[Adonerum|Adonerii]] civilization and can in part be taken as a descendant thereof. However, Levantine painting does have important unique characteristics. Such painting can be grouped into 4 main "styles" or periods, and may contain the first examples of trompe-l'œil, pseudo-perspective, and pure landscape.  


Panel painting became more common during the Levanesque period, under the heavy influence of [[Istroyan]] icons. Towards the middle of the 13th century, Medieval art and Gothic painting became more realistic, with the beginnings of interest in the depiction of volume and perspective in Urcea. From then on, the treatment of composition by the best painters also became much more free and innovative. Despite later adaptation of theme and subject, realistic painting has remained a popular form of painted art since the medieval period. Urcean art is centered around technical and realistic execution, retaining form while the content and how it is depicted has become more diverse.
To the southwest is Daria, often hailed as the cradle of Islamic civilization. This region serves as the cultural epicenter for the Dariac people and has significantly shaped the overarching religious and philosophical ethos of Audonia with its deep-rooted traditions and customs. Some of the earliest human settlements have been found in Daria, with its history going back as far as the Neolithic Revolution. As contact and trade emerged with the Occident world, Daria became an extremely wealthy region as the flow of goods flowed east to west. Notable countries located in Daria include [[Bulkh]], [[Pukhgundi]], [[Umardwal]], [[Battganuur]], and [[Battganuur]].
===Baroque===
[[File:Rembrandt Christ in the Storm on the Lake of Galilee.jpg|150px|right|thumb|''The Storm on the Sea of Galilee'' (1633) is among the most famous and impressively executed paintings from the [[Urcea]]n Baroque period.]]
Initially serving imperial, private, civic, and religious patronage, Urcean painting later found audiences in the aristocracy and the middle class. From the Middle Ages through the Renaissance painters worked for the church and a wealthy aristocracy. Beginning with the Baroque era, artists received private commissions from a more educated and prosperous middle class. These changes occurred in the contest of the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] victory following the [[Great Confessional War]] and rejuvenation of Catholic art and architecture as the aesthetic component of the {{wp|Counter Reformation}}. Accordingly, the demand for art across most of Urcean society was greatly enhanced during this period, leading to additional developments over time.
===Romanticism===
[[File:Thomas Cole - A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning (1844) - Google Art Project.jpg|150px|left|thumb|''A Traveler's View'' (1828) by [[Thomas Comhale]], Urcea's foremost Romantic painter, depicts the famous [[Ionian_Hotel_War#Velucian_Palace_and_beginning_of_the_rivalry|Velucian Palace hotel]].]]
Art in Urcea continued to develop out of purely theological and patronage-based systems. The idea of "art for art's sake" began to find expression in the work of the Romantic painters, the most famous of which was [[Thomas Comhale]], whose paintings of [[Ionian Highlands]] and scenes in the eastern [[The Valley (Urcea)|Urcean valley]] were embraced as a "uniquely Urcean artistic school" during the period of the [[Recess of the Julii]] and [[Aedanicad]]. During this period, ideas about subject in art began to diverge, with historical events and people giving way to a more freeform selection of abstract locations and objects painted in the Romantic style. Many of this period's landscape portraits also depicted scenes of the [[Urcean frontier]], extolling the virtues of [[Ómestaderoi]] living as part of a greater popularity of these themes and locations coinciding with the rise of Urcean frontier literature.


The Romantic art style remained popular in Urcea long after it had been supplanted elsewhere and it was valued as the "art of the common people and their inheritance in the land of Urcea", as Aedanicus VIII put it in 1863. Urcean Romanticism heavily featured both landscapes and historical scenes in addition to Biblical and pseudo-historical scenes, especially in the well known The Course of Empire series of paintings by Comhale which depict the rise and fall of a classic Latinic civilization. During the 19th century commercial galleries became established and continued to provide patronage in the 20th century. The Neo-Romantics resumed this style and genre of art following the victory of Urcea in the [[Second Great War]], peaking in the early 1950s.
The region of Al'qarra is located in the northern part of Audonia and is dominated by the Al'qarrai, an ethnocultural group related to the Dariacs. The early Al'qarrai practiced ritual sacrifice, had a social hierarchy consisting of warriors, clerics, and farmers, and recounted their deeds through poetic hymns and sagas. The use of herding is presumed to have been extensive: the climate that varies across the steppe is far from suitable for an agriculturally based society, and nomadic pastoralism provided a solution in both allowing for mobility and for the creation of social organization. As a result, agriculture has always been comparatively minor compared to nomadic pastoralism. There are over 18 Al'qarrai ethnicities, including Diwaisan, Çyrine, Zaclaric, Sainhahise, Akçadaghan, and Turuç. Al'qarrai culture has been extended, celebrated, and incorporated over time due mainly to its geopolitical conditions, and its intricate relationship between the Occident world and Islamic world. The most notable countries in Al'qarra are [[Kandara]], [[Soirwind]], and [[Zaclaria]].


===Skepticism===
The western portion of Audonia is called Dolong and is geographically distant and culturally exotic compared to the rest of the continent. The people of Dolong contain a diverse range of ethnolinguistic groups that share a common cultural heritage. Some groups, such as the Tiauska, Hurch, and Menzhou, were nomads who migrated into Dolong and mixed with the native Daxian, Rusani, Xingkai and Hao people. The [[Daxian people]] are the most populous ethnicity in Dolong and have shaped the politics, society, and history of the region. Daxia was a major regional power in Dolong and had exerted influence on tributary states and neighboring states, among which were [[Canpei]], [[Huoxia]], and [[Rusana]],. Daxian inventions influenced, and were in turn influenced by, innovations of the other cultures in governance, philosophy, science, and the arts. The written Daxian language became the regional ''lingua franca'' for literary and scientific exchange, and Daxian characters became locally adapted. Notable countries in Dolong include [[Oyashima]], [[Metzetta]], [[Yueguo]], and [[Daxia]].
[[File:IndustrialSkepArt.jpg|150px|right|thumb|''Progress, or the Grand Invention'' (1922) is typical and the most well known painting of the skeptical style.]]
In the early 20th century, Romantic and realistic scenes were replaced by artists with the "skeptical" style. This style is defined by semi-surreal scenes with otherwise identifable objects which includes a hidden criticism of contemporary society that is intentionally not evidently apparent by a plain viewing of the art. The Urcean skeptical style, which flourished between the [[First Great War]] and [[Second Great War]] was viewed by contemporaries as sophisticated and esoteric, while it was popularly and critically scorned as elitist and complex for its own sake. Due to the period in which it became popular, many of the famous skeptical works are veiled critiques at life in Urcea during the [[History of Urcea (1902-1955)|Restoration period]], focusing on social ills and the changes coming to the country as a result of a century of modernization.


===Factual surrealism===
The history of Audonia can be divided into 6 main eras: classical antiquity, the pre-Islamic era, the Islamic age, the post-Caliphate era, and the modern period. The classical antiquity period covers approximately x years, from X date to the 3rd century AD. This period saw increased contact with the Occident world through the Istroyan civilization, which led to a rise in wealth in the region. Many kingdoms rose to prominence and fought over control over key ports and trading outposts. This led to a deeper fusion of eastern and western culture and had a profound impact on the arts in Audonia, specifically in religion, philosophy, and visual arts such as sculpture and architecture. As Islam emerged in the 6th century from Daria, it rapidly spread throughout the continent and gave rise to the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in 624. The Oduniyyad Caliphate ruled for almost 900 years and engaged in constant conquest, expanding to include most of the Audonian continent and making its way west into Sarpedon. The Caliphate's massive empire helped spread Islam around the world and Audonian became the language of scholars alike. Dozens of mosques, madrasahs (colleges), hospitals, zāwiyahs, and caravansaries exist around the world, and there is a plethora of biographical dictionaries and encyclopaedias. The gradual collapse of the Caliphate beginning in the 11th century and complete by the 16th century briefly restored Audonia as a place of cultural interchange and wealth along with significant state competition and warfare. The arrival of [[Bergendii]] and other Occidental influences led to a general decline in western Audonia as {{wp|colonialism}} gradually diminished its economy and prestige. By the late 20th century, most of western Audonia had reestablished a degree of independence from the Occident, but significant colonial holdings and influenced states remain. By this time, the continent had become home to many proxy wars related to the [[Occidental Cold War]], and competing Occidental influences continue to play a major role in political divisions throughout the continent.
[[File:AssumptionArt.jpeg|150px|left|thumb|''Munificentissimus Deus'' (2006) depicts the {{wp|Assumption of Mary}} and is common of the factual surrealist style.]]
==Regions==
Factual surrealism is a style of art which depicts surreal abstractions of commonly accepted beliefs and orthodox teachings of the [[Catholic Church]], the preeminent social institution in Urcea. It depicts religious and historical scenes related to scripture or Urcean history, though many of the historical paintings are imbued with historic meaning. The factual surrealist style is intended, though with technical precision, to immerse the viewer in the "sense and glory" of the particular subject. Most artists of this style say they seek to capture the "perfect otherness" of the divine in their work.  


This style emerged in the late 20th century, developing out of a revival of the skeptical style of depiction but replacing the esoteric and secret meaning with more traditional themes and readily apparent meanings. One of the most famous contemporary Urcean artists, Téodóir Ludovictor, described the style as "the appearance of the Skeptical with the soul of the Baroque". Factual surrealism is conceived by many art critics as a summation of Urcean art throughout history, blending the topics of the Baroque period, the color, lighting, and technical execution of the Romantic period, and the uncertain form of the skeptical period.
=== Daria ===


==Architecture==
=== Al'qarra ===
[[Urcea]] has a long history of distinct architectural styles and innovation within architecture. The first of the "great" Urcean architectural styles were established just after the end of the [[Great Confessional War]] at the height of the {{wp|Counter Reformation}}: the {{wp|Rococo}} style of architecture, best expressed perahaps in both [[Electorsbourg]] and [[The Hermitage (Cálfeld)|the Hermitage]]. The long period of Rococo ubiquity ended in the first decades of the 18th century, and its opulance was replaced by the more restrained {{wp|Palladianism|Palladian style}}. Developing from Palladianism is among the most popular and commonly used kind of architecture in Urcea, the so-called {{wp|Federal architecture|Caroline architecture}} and associated pseudo-Caroline and neo-Caroline designs, which used brick and significant symmetry in its design. This style emphasized a type of humility and virtue in foregoing particular arthictectural and material excess in favor of sacrifice for both God and the nation, as was typical of the national awakening undergone in [[Urcea]] in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many great structures from this period are still extant alongside the Rococo masterpieces due to rapid growth during the early industrial revolution in the mid-18th century. An offshoot of Neoclassical architecture, Caroline architecture typically uses plain surfaces with attenuated detail, usually isolated in panels, tablets, and friezes. It also had a flatter, smoother façade and rarely used pilasters. It was most influenced by the interpretation of the ancient architecture of [[Great Levantia]], which was growing in popularity in the mid-18th century due to increasing interest in archaeology. Many of Urcea's great architecutral achievements were inspired by or are those of [[Great Levantia]], such as the construction of arches, domes and similar structures. The subdued Caroline style was replaced during the [[Aedanicad]] with {{wp|Gothic Revival}} as well as a renewal of Rococo architecture, which was intended to show the new grandeur and strength of the nation by calling back to earlier architectural glories.
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Campania Caserta2 tango7174.jpg|Rococo artchitecture in Urcea is perhaps best exemplified by [[Electorsbourg]].
File:Nave - San Giorgio Maggiore - Venice 2016 (2).jpg|Following the excesses of Rococo, more subtle Palladian styles became common in public and civic use, such as seen here in the interior of Cálfeld's Cathedral Basilica of St. Anne.
File:Hamilton Hall (Salem).jpg|Palladianism evolved into the even further restrained style of Caroline architecture, as exemplified by Melisbal Guild Hall, emphasizing virtue and humility.
File:Palace Justice(1).jpg|Urcea's newfound cultural and political heights lead to the adoption of Gothic Revival styles, as seen at [[The Praetorium (Urceopolis)|Urceopolis's Praetorium]] after its 1863 renovation, replaced the more subdued Caroline style.
</gallery>


==Literature==
=== Dolong ===
Urcean literature refers to the literature of [[Urcea]] as well as older literature written in the [[Lebhan language|Lebhan]] language. It may also refer to literature written by [[Urcean people|Urceans]] or Urcean emigres elsewhere, especially in [[Levantia]]. Urcean literature is considered to have begun in the 12th century when, in different regions of the Kingdom, the slowly standardizing Lebhan language started to be used in a literary manner. Urcean literature continued on past the adoption of [[Julian Ænglish]] as the national language.


The earliest literature which can be considered [[Urcean people|Urcean]] dates back to the centuries following the fall of [[Great Levantia]]. During this time, many iterative works of the Great Levantine period - especially [[Lebhan language]] treatments of stories of the [[Latin Heroic Age]] - were popular, as well as theological treatises dealing with the fall of Great Levantia. Much of Urcean literature through about 1700 focused on the nature of the divine and its relation to human life, and consequently some of the greatest works of {{wp|Christian devotional literature}}, including ''{{wp|The Imitation of Christ}}'' and ''{{wp|Dark Night of the Soul}}'' were written in [[Urcea]]. This focus on devotional literature set the foundation for later works in the Romantic period and specifically during the [[Aedanicad]], which is considered to be the golden age of Urcean literature. This period saw the increasing interest in establishing a uniquely Urcean literature style as opposed to the general cultural history and mores of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], from which Urcea found itself increasingly estranged from during the [[Recess of the Julii]]. With the desire to produce uniquely Urcean literature and culture, a number of key new literary figures emerged, including novelists such as [[Téodóir Dostovenus]], who wrote extensively about human nature and the duality of man, especially in works such as ''[[The Brothers Kerkinius]]''.
== Countries, dependencies, and other territories ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Region
!Country or territory
!Capital
!Population (2030)
!Population density (per/km<sup>2</sup>)
!Area (per/km<sup>2</sup> )
|-
|Dolong
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Canpei]]
| style="text-align:left;" |Brink
| style="text-align:left;" |32,152,365
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|62.90|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|511134|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Dolong
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Daxia}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Mirzak]]
| style="text-align:left;" |698,168,695
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|352.74|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|1979269|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Dolong
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Huoxia}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Nuran
| style="text-align:left;" |38,955,020
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
|Al'qarra
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Kandara}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Rakhmandi
| style="text-align:left;" |14,600,000
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|11.93|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|1223692|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Dolong
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Metzetta}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Hanzeong]]
| style="text-align:left;" |77,000,000
| style="text-align:left;" |93.78 (242.89)
| style="text-align:left;" |821,078 (317,020)
|-
|Dolong
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Oyashima}}
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |17,435,619
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
|Daria
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Peshabiwar}}
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |3,540,580
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|8.31|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|426079|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Daria
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Pukhgundi}}
| style="text-align:left;" | Sarkar
| style="text-align:left;" |42,600,400
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|40.65|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|1047909|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Daria
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Pursat}}  
| style="text-align:left;" |Durvud
| style="text-align:left;" |104,569,500
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|421.66|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|1196626|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Dolong
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Rusana}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Tabish]]
| style="text-align:left;" |54,650,440
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|68.78|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|794582|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Daria
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Tapakdore}}
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |74,605,870
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|115.58|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|645503|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Daria
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Battganuur}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Alihijan
| style="text-align:left;" |104,504,300
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
|Daria
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Bulkh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |al Qadria
| style="text-align:left;" |104,504,300
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|1.88|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|796939.342|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Daria
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Umardwal}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Asrabad
| style="text-align:left;" |143,889,290
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
|Daria
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Yanuban}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Muqadas
| style="text-align:left;" |359,955,560
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|4241.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{convert|84861|km2|sqmi|abbr=values|sortable=on}}
|-
|Al'qarra
|{{Flag|Zaclaria}}
|[[Bayen]]
|
|
|
|}


===Levantine and Medieval literature===
==History==
===Imperial and Renaissance literature===
{{main|History of Audonia}}
===Recess literature===
Audonia established ties with the [[Occident]] in the earliest part of {{wp|Antiquity}}, as advanced Audonian sailmaking techniques allowed Audonians to sail west across the [[Sea of Istroya]]; the return trip was much more difficult due to prevailing winds and was only mastered later in Antiquity. Through its connections east with [[Alshar]] and west with the [[Ancient Istroyan civilization]], Audonia became a wealthy trade hub which controlled the flow of both goods and knowledge between the far west and east. Audonia during antiquity became a place of relative diversity, and the lack of a single great empire in the continent during the period meant military, cultural, and economic competition between its many polities and city-states flourished.  
====Frontier literature====
During the 19th century, an influential genre known as "Frontier literature" developed out of the experience of [[Ómestaderoi]] novelists, depicting stories both from lived experience as well as the imagined historical experience of life on the [[Urcean frontier]]. These books explored human nature when isolated from the comforts of well-built societies and explored both the depths to which man can go as well as the furthest extents of deprivation that man can survive.
====The Great Novel====
During the [[Recess of the Julii]] period, the concept of the Great Novel was coined by scholars and critics. The Great Novel is a canonical novel that is thought to embody the essence of [[Urcea]], generally written by a [[Urcean people|Urcean]] and dealing in some way with the question of Urcea's national character. While the concept originated as a method of categorization, during the mid-19th century a preponderance of great works of Urcean literature were written, many of them attempting to become the quintessential Great Novel which truly explored the depths of Urcean identity and its relationship to the world through fiction.


===Restoration literature===
The [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] united most of the continent, excepting Siphost, by the end of the 7th century.
===War literature===
===Post-war literature===
===Contemporary literature===
===Regional & Vernacular literatures===
====Caneish literature====
====Gassavelian literature====
====Highlands literature====


==Theater==
The [[Audonian Golden Age]] was an era of unprecedented cultural and scientific flourishing in Audonia.
Theater in Urcea is based in the [[Occidental]] tradition and did not take on a unique dramatic identity until the 17th century, coinciding with the rise of Urcean theater music. Its history prior to the 17th century is somewhat obscured in the historical record, though most histories have included theater as a "minor" form of entertainment. Pre-17th century Urcean theater is typically presented as having represented many of the classics of antiquity, though considerable scholarly evidence in the 2020s suggested that the classic theatrical presentations of [[Great Levantia]] survived in greatly modified and adapted forms. Consequently, many early Urcean theatrical productions depicting events of the [[Great Interregnum]] and other events are now considered to be ahistorical, adapting earlier stories by placing them within the context of later historical events.


[[Category: Urcea]]
Audonia spent much of the {{wp|Age of the Sail}} as the object of {{wp|mercantilism|commercial and imperial}} competition between [[Burgundie]] and [[Kiravia]], in which Burgundie ultimately prevailed.
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===Religion===
Audonia is home to a broad range of religious denominations. Islam was founded in Audonia and spread by the expanding [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in the 800's and today both Sunni, Shia Twelver and smaller schools have large number of adherents in various parts of the continent. In similar fashion Christianity arrived very early in Audonia. Christians are divided between ancient practitioners and those of Levantine descent who arrived in the age of colonialism or were converted by colonial-era missionaries. Forms of animism and ancestor worship are widespread. [[Daxia]] enforces an almost blanket ban on all religions thereby being one of the only nations to have state enforced atheism.
 
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Revision as of 13:54, 3 October 2023

Audonia
ال اودونيييا
Area1,265,709 km2 (488,693 sq mi)
Population2,856,697,318 (2028)wip
Population density2,426/km2 (3,904/sq mi)wip
DemonymAudonian
Countries27
Dependencies3
LanguagesArabic, Pukhtu, Burgoignesc, and others
Time zonesUTC-3:00 to UTC+2:00
Largest citiesLargest urban areas:
Peshawar
Amenhotep
Matsova

Audonia is a continent located in The Mashriq, a region in the eastern hemisphere between the southern Levantine Ocean and Ocean of Cathay. Audonia is composed of three distinct regions: the southwest region of Daria, the northern region of Al'qarra, and the western portion of the continent known as Dolong. Audonia is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse regions in the world and has been considered "the melting pot of the world". The continent is home to some of the first human civilizations in the world and plays a critical geopolitical role in the Eastern world and globally due to its vast reserves of oil and natural gas.

To the southwest is Daria, often hailed as the cradle of Islamic civilization. This region serves as the cultural epicenter for the Dariac people and has significantly shaped the overarching religious and philosophical ethos of Audonia with its deep-rooted traditions and customs. Some of the earliest human settlements have been found in Daria, with its history going back as far as the Neolithic Revolution. As contact and trade emerged with the Occident world, Daria became an extremely wealthy region as the flow of goods flowed east to west. Notable countries located in Daria include Bulkh, Pukhgundi, Umardwal, Battganuur, and Battganuur.

The region of Al'qarra is located in the northern part of Audonia and is dominated by the Al'qarrai, an ethnocultural group related to the Dariacs. The early Al'qarrai practiced ritual sacrifice, had a social hierarchy consisting of warriors, clerics, and farmers, and recounted their deeds through poetic hymns and sagas. The use of herding is presumed to have been extensive: the climate that varies across the steppe is far from suitable for an agriculturally based society, and nomadic pastoralism provided a solution in both allowing for mobility and for the creation of social organization. As a result, agriculture has always been comparatively minor compared to nomadic pastoralism. There are over 18 Al'qarrai ethnicities, including Diwaisan, Çyrine, Zaclaric, Sainhahise, Akçadaghan, and Turuç. Al'qarrai culture has been extended, celebrated, and incorporated over time due mainly to its geopolitical conditions, and its intricate relationship between the Occident world and Islamic world. The most notable countries in Al'qarra are Kandara, Soirwind, and Zaclaria.

The western portion of Audonia is called Dolong and is geographically distant and culturally exotic compared to the rest of the continent. The people of Dolong contain a diverse range of ethnolinguistic groups that share a common cultural heritage. Some groups, such as the Tiauska, Hurch, and Menzhou, were nomads who migrated into Dolong and mixed with the native Daxian, Rusani, Xingkai and Hao people. The Daxian people are the most populous ethnicity in Dolong and have shaped the politics, society, and history of the region. Daxia was a major regional power in Dolong and had exerted influence on tributary states and neighboring states, among which were Canpei, Huoxia, and Rusana,. Daxian inventions influenced, and were in turn influenced by, innovations of the other cultures in governance, philosophy, science, and the arts. The written Daxian language became the regional lingua franca for literary and scientific exchange, and Daxian characters became locally adapted. Notable countries in Dolong include Oyashima, Metzetta, Yueguo, and Daxia.

The history of Audonia can be divided into 6 main eras: classical antiquity, the pre-Islamic era, the Islamic age, the post-Caliphate era, and the modern period. The classical antiquity period covers approximately x years, from X date to the 3rd century AD. This period saw increased contact with the Occident world through the Istroyan civilization, which led to a rise in wealth in the region. Many kingdoms rose to prominence and fought over control over key ports and trading outposts. This led to a deeper fusion of eastern and western culture and had a profound impact on the arts in Audonia, specifically in religion, philosophy, and visual arts such as sculpture and architecture. As Islam emerged in the 6th century from Daria, it rapidly spread throughout the continent and gave rise to the Oduniyyad Caliphate in 624. The Oduniyyad Caliphate ruled for almost 900 years and engaged in constant conquest, expanding to include most of the Audonian continent and making its way west into Sarpedon. The Caliphate's massive empire helped spread Islam around the world and Audonian became the language of scholars alike. Dozens of mosques, madrasahs (colleges), hospitals, zāwiyahs, and caravansaries exist around the world, and there is a plethora of biographical dictionaries and encyclopaedias. The gradual collapse of the Caliphate beginning in the 11th century and complete by the 16th century briefly restored Audonia as a place of cultural interchange and wealth along with significant state competition and warfare. The arrival of Bergendii and other Occidental influences led to a general decline in western Audonia as colonialism gradually diminished its economy and prestige. By the late 20th century, most of western Audonia had reestablished a degree of independence from the Occident, but significant colonial holdings and influenced states remain. By this time, the continent had become home to many proxy wars related to the Occidental Cold War, and competing Occidental influences continue to play a major role in political divisions throughout the continent.

Regions

Daria

Al'qarra

Dolong

Countries, dependencies, and other territories

Region Country or territory Capital Population (2030) Population density (per/km2) Area (per/km2 )
Dolong {{flag|Canpei]] Brink 32,152,365 62.90 (24.29) 511,134 (197,350)
Dolong  Daxia Mirzak 698,168,695 352.74 (136.19) 1,979,269 (764,200)
Dolong  Huoxia Nuran 38,955,020
Al'qarra  Kandara Rakhmandi 14,600,000 11.93 (4.61) 1,223,692 (472,470)
Dolong  Metzetta Hanzeong 77,000,000 93.78 (242.89) 821,078 (317,020)
Dolong  Oyashima 17,435,619
Daria  Peshabiwar 3,540,580 8.31 (3.21) 426,079 (164,510)
Daria  Pukhgundi Sarkar 42,600,400 40.65 (15.70) 1,047,909 (404,600)
Daria  Pursat Durvud 104,569,500 421.66 (162.80) 1,196,626 (462,020)
Dolong  Rusana Tabish 54,650,440 68.78 (26.56) 794,582 (306,790)
Daria  Tapakdore 74,605,870 115.58 (44.63) 645,503 (249,230)
Daria  Battganuur Alihijan 104,504,300
Daria  Bulkh al Qadria 104,504,300 1.88 (0.73) 796,939.342 (307,700.000)
Daria  Umardwal Asrabad 143,889,290
Daria  Yanuban Muqadas 359,955,560 4,241.7 (1,637.7) 84,861 (32,765)
Al'qarra  Zaclaria Bayen

History

Main article: History of Audonia

Audonia established ties with the Occident in the earliest part of Antiquity, as advanced Audonian sailmaking techniques allowed Audonians to sail west across the Sea of Istroya; the return trip was much more difficult due to prevailing winds and was only mastered later in Antiquity. Through its connections east with Alshar and west with the Ancient Istroyan civilization, Audonia became a wealthy trade hub which controlled the flow of both goods and knowledge between the far west and east. Audonia during antiquity became a place of relative diversity, and the lack of a single great empire in the continent during the period meant military, cultural, and economic competition between its many polities and city-states flourished.

The Oduniyyad Caliphate united most of the continent, excepting Siphost, by the end of the 7th century.

The Audonian Golden Age was an era of unprecedented cultural and scientific flourishing in Audonia.

Audonia spent much of the Age of the Sail as the object of commercial and imperial competition between Burgundie and Kiravia, in which Burgundie ultimately prevailed.

Audonian Christianity

Geography

Geology

Flora and fauna

Climate

Ecology

Demographics

Languages

Religion

Audonia is home to a broad range of religious denominations. Islam was founded in Audonia and spread by the expanding Oduniyyad Caliphate in the 800's and today both Sunni, Shia Twelver and smaller schools have large number of adherents in various parts of the continent. In similar fashion Christianity arrived very early in Audonia. Christians are divided between ancient practitioners and those of Levantine descent who arrived in the age of colonialism or were converted by colonial-era missionaries. Forms of animism and ancestor worship are widespread. Daxia enforces an almost blanket ban on all religions thereby being one of the only nations to have state enforced atheism.

Population

Cultural groups

Economy

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