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Known historically by the residents of so-called "[[Catholic Levantia]]" as [[Gothica]] and as part of the greater concept of [[Ultmar]]. Central Levantia is typically understood to mean the territory west of the [[Deric States]], north of [[Urcea]] and south of the [[Vandarch]]. Gothica was historically relatively isolated from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], both by a series of mountain ranges between the Vandarch and the [[Odoneru Ocean]] and by the native Gothic peoples' stubborn military resistance to Levantine-Catholic encroachment. This stalemate was only broken in the fifteenth century, as a [[Conquest of East Gothica|crusade]] saw [[Joanus de Martigueux]] installed as the ruler of the new state of [[Yonderre]]. Yonderre has served as a bridge between the Catholic Levantine sphere and the Gothic world to this day, while its southern neighbour [[Carna]] - likewise a fusion of Gothic and foreign cultures, although in this case Ænglish and Gaelic rather than Yonderre's East Gothic and [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] - has often acted more as a barrier against [[Urcea|Urcean]] expansion westwards. | Known historically by the residents of so-called "[[Catholic Levantia]]" as [[Gothica]] and as part of the greater concept of [[Ultmar]]. Central Levantia is typically understood to mean the territory west of the [[Deric States]], north of [[Urcea]] and south of the [[Vandarch]]. Gothica was historically relatively isolated from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], both by a series of mountain ranges between the Vandarch and the [[Odoneru Ocean]] and by the native Gothic peoples' stubborn military resistance to Levantine-Catholic encroachment. This stalemate was only broken in the fifteenth century, as a [[Conquest of East Gothica|crusade]] saw [[Joanus de Martigueux]] installed as the ruler of the new state of [[Yonderre]]. Yonderre has served as a bridge between the Catholic Levantine sphere and the Gothic world to this day, while its southern neighbour [[Carna]] - likewise a fusion of Gothic and foreign cultures, although in this case Ænglish and Gaelic rather than Yonderre's East Gothic and [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] - has often acted more as a barrier against [[Urcea|Urcean]] expansion westwards. | ||
Beyond the hybridised states of the borderlands, Gothica remains thoroughly Gothic. The southern Vandarch states of [[Hendalarsk]] and [[Eldmora-Regulus]] were never conquered by Latins, and evolved in their own ways. Hendalarsk is home to a heavily syncretic version of Christianity, known as the [[Hendalarskara Catholic Church]]<ref>Latin Catholics emphatically reject the Hendalarskara Catholic Church's claim to be "Catholic".</ref>, the legacy of an incomplete Christianisation by Latin Catholic missionaries, while [[Hendalarskisch|its native Gothic language]] has undergone far more influence from [[Khunyer | Beyond the hybridised states of the borderlands, Gothica remains thoroughly Gothic. The southern Vandarch states of [[Hendalarsk]] and [[Eldmora-Regulus]] were never conquered by Latins, and evolved in their own ways. Hendalarsk is home to a heavily syncretic version of Christianity, known as the [[Hendalarskara Catholic Church]]<ref>Latin Catholics emphatically reject the Hendalarskara Catholic Church's claim to be "Catholic".</ref>, the legacy of an incomplete Christianisation by Latin Catholic missionaries, while [[Hendalarskisch|its native Gothic language]] has undergone far more influence from [[Khunyer language|Khunyer]] and the autochthonous [[Nünsyi language]] than any Latin tongue. | ||
The Vandarch Gothic states have largely kept their distance from the wider Urcean sphere through the centuries, although in recent decades this has begun to change. This process was accelerated by the opening of the [[Carolina-Grand Canal]] in the nineteenth century and the [[Grand Vandarch Canal]] in the twentieth and an attendant integration of the entire Vandarch littoral into the international system of trade. Yonderre has latterly become the first state outside the bounds of the Holy Levantine Empire to join the [[Levantine Union]]. The Odoneru Gothic states had undergone this process of integration long before, a consequence of their easy access to the great sea lanes between [[Kiroborea]] and [[Sarpedon]]. Carna forged a continental empire in [[Crona]], eventually birthing the nation of [[Arcerion]], while Carnish troops even fought alongside Urcea in a brief rapprochement during the Second Great War, although this thaw was thoroughly reversed by the subsequent [[Carnish Revolution]]. | The Vandarch Gothic states have largely kept their distance from the wider Urcean sphere through the centuries, although in recent decades this has begun to change. This process was accelerated by the opening of the [[Carolina-Grand Canal]] in the nineteenth century and the [[Grand Vandarch Canal]] in the twentieth and an attendant integration of the entire Vandarch littoral into the international system of trade. Yonderre has latterly become the first state outside the bounds of the Holy Levantine Empire to join the [[Levantine Union]]. The Odoneru Gothic states had undergone this process of integration long before, a consequence of their easy access to the great sea lanes between [[Kiroborea]] and [[Sarpedon]]. Carna forged a continental empire in [[Crona]], eventually birthing the nation of [[Arcerion]], while Carnish troops even fought alongside Urcea in a brief rapprochement during the Second Great War, although this thaw was thoroughly reversed by the subsequent [[Carnish Revolution]]. | ||