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==Etymolgy== | ==Etymolgy== | ||
"Pelaxia" derives from the latin word "Pelagia", which "pertains to the open sea", in reference to the Kindred Sea where the Pelaxian Coast lies. | "Pelaxia" derives from the latin word "Pelagia", which "pertains to the open sea", in reference to the Kindred Sea where the Pelaxian Coast lies. | ||
==History== | |||
See also:[[History_of_Pelaxia|History of Pelaxia]] | |||
The history of Pelaxia dates to the Antiquity when the pre-Caphirian peoples of the Kindred coast of the Pelaxian Valley made contact with the Kosalis and the first writing systems known as Paleopelaxian scripts were developed. In 1685, Jerónimo de Garza, the Grand Duke of Agrila, unified Pelaxia as a dynastic union of disparate predecessor kingdoms ; its modern form of a republic was established in 1852. After the completion of the Union of Termia, the Crown began to explore across the Kindred Sea, expanding into Vallos and marking the beginning of the Golden Age under the Pelaxian Empire. The kingdoms of Pelaxia were brought in personal union under Garza rule in 1516. Until the 1650s, Garza Pelaxia was the one of most powerful states in Sarpedon. | |||
During this period, Pelaxia was involved in all major Sarpedonian Wars, including the Kindred Wars. Pelaxian power declined in the latter part of the 17th century. | |||
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. | |||
==Geography and Climate== | ==Geography and Climate== | ||
Pelaxia is located in Western Sarpedon It shares its northern borders with [[Cartadania]], borders [[Caphiria]] at the East and shares its southern border with [[Klyganoragh]]. Its coast rests on the Kindred Sea. It extends around 1,614,728 square kilometers. | Pelaxia is located in Western Sarpedon It shares its northern borders with [[Cartadania]], borders [[Caphiria]] at the East and shares its southern border with [[Klyganoragh]]. Its coast rests on the Kindred Sea. It extends around 1,614,728 square kilometers. | ||