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==Etymology and title== | ==Etymology and title== | ||
Yonderre takes its name from the ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'' wherein the lands making up Yonderre are mentioned as ''Joanusterra'', "Joanus' land" from Latin ''Terra'', in reference to [[Joanus de Martigueux]], the first Crusader Grand Count of Yonderre. The styling of the name was changed over time, with the more Burgoignesc-sounding ''Yoansterre'' appearing side-by-side with ''Joanusterra'' throughout the sixteenth century. The present spelling of the name is first documented in the early seventeenth century and is thought to have replaced the others almost entirely by time of the [[Yonderian Peasants' War]] in the 1640s. Yonderre has sometimes historically been referred to as ''Jondaar'' and ''Jonderd'' in the [[East Gothic language]] after the Conquest of Joanusterre, although this name has amost entirely fallen out of use in favour of the official style. | Yonderre takes its name from the ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'' wherein the lands making up Yonderre are mentioned as ''Joanusterra'', "Joanus' land" from Latin ''Terra'', in reference to [[Joanus de Martigueux]], the first Crusader Grand Count of Yonderre. The styling of the name was changed over time, with the more Burgoignesc-sounding ''Yoansterre'' appearing side-by-side with ''Joanusterra'' throughout the sixteenth century. The present spelling of the name is first documented in the early seventeenth century and is thought to have replaced the others almost entirely by time of the [[Yonderian Peasants' War]] in the 1640s. Yonderre has sometimes historically been referred to as ''Jondaar'' and ''Jonderd'' in the [[East Gothic language]] after the Conquest of Joanusterre, although this name has amost entirely fallen out of use in favour of the official style. Prior to the [[Conquest of Joanusterra]], present-day Yonderre was often referred to simply as [[East Gothica]] or Gothica. This was due to the nature of the plethora of independent or semi-independent Gothic nations that existed between the [[Great Gothic Migration]] of the late sixth century and the [[Conquest of Joanusterra]], effectively making the borders of modern Yonderre a geographical region. | ||
The title of ''Most Serene Grand Duchy'' was conferred on Yonderre by Pope Gregory XIII in 1574 following lengthy negotiations. The Yonderian nobility had wanted the nation raised to the status of a Kingdom but due to stipulations in the ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'', Yonderre could not be made a Kingdom as it belonged to the Crown of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] de jure, despite the treaty having made Yonderre de jure autonmous and de facto independent in 1494. | The title of ''Most Serene Grand Duchy'' was conferred on Yonderre by Pope Gregory XIII in 1574 following lengthy negotiations. The Yonderian nobility had wanted the nation raised to the status of a Kingdom but due to stipulations in the ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'', Yonderre could not be made a Kingdom as it belonged to the Crown of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] de jure, despite the treaty having made Yonderre de jure autonmous and de facto independent in 1494. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Pre-history and antiquity (before the 6th century AD)=== | ===Pre-history and antiquity (before the 6th century AD)=== | ||
===Gothic middle ages (6th–15th century)=== | ===Gothic middle ages (6th–15th century)=== | ||
===Crusader conquest of Joanusterre | ===Crusader conquest of Joanusterre (1458–1474=== | ||
===Early modern period (Late 15th century–1820)=== | |||
====Wars of the early modern period==== | |||
In the period between the [[Conquest of Joanusterra]] and the [[Yonderian Golden Age]], Yonderre witnessed three major civil wars all of which were either based on or heavily influenced by cultural tension between the (typically) Gothic peasantry and the mostly Bergendii clergy and nobility. The first of these was the [[First Potato War]] which broke out in 1556. The war was named as such for the laws in effect at the time that forbade the growing of potatoes in Yonderre by the Gothic peasantry, but in reality the war is more likely an off-shoot of the concurrent [[Great Confessional War]]. The rebellion was struck down handily by the [[Knights of the Realm]] under [[Joanus II de Donne]] in 1557 who subsequently further limited the freedom and rights of the peasantry. | |||
Yonderre's second civil war, the [[Yonderian Peasants' War]], was a widespread popular revolt that broke out in 1641 led by disgruntled [[Knight of the Realm|Knights of the Realm]] against the Yonderian nobility. The war began with separate insurrections in [[Donne]] and [[Kubagne]] and soon spread to [[Amarre]]. The revolt incorporated some principles and rhetoric from the Protestant Reformation through which the peasants sought influence and freedom, and much of the conflict echoed the [[First Potato War]] and as such the [[Great Confessional War]]. Though the rebels were initially succesful, the war ended in 1643 with the decisive [[Battle of Stonne]] in which the peasant army was soundly defeated by loyalist [[Knight of the Realm|Knights of the Realm]] and levies. The end of the Yonderian Peasants' War led to an overall reduction of rights and freedoms of the peasant class, effectively pushing them out of Yonderre's political life until the [[Yonderian Golden Age]]. As a direct result of the war, the [[Custodes Yonderre]] was formed in 1643 as a police force to maintain law and order in major cities, while the plans for a new system of armed forces were finalized the next Summer with the creation of the [[Yonderian Defence Force#Grand Ducal Army|Grand Ducal Army]]. | |||
Yonderre was the main combatant of the [[Likedealers]] during the [[Golden Age of Vandarch Piracy]] in the late 18th century, policing the south [[Vandarch]]. The Likedealers were a loosely organized guild of pirates whose operations greatly affected maritime trade in both the [[Kestrel Isles]] and on the coasts of the greater [[Vandarch]]. The scourge of the Likedealers was finally brought to an end in a battle in 1785 that became known as the [[Last stand of the Likedealers]], in which the [[Marine Yonderre]] managed to entrap and destroy the Likedealers' leadership. The battle proved to effectively be the end of piracy in the [[Vandarch]]. Just two years later, the last of Yonderre's civil wars, the [[Second Potato War]], ended with the rebelling peasantry soundly defeated in 1788, but unlike the previous [[Yonderian Peasants' War]] of 1641-43, [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]] [[Auguste III de Somua]] made concessions to the peasantry, abolishing the highly unpopular [[Potato Laws]] that had caused the war in the first place and clearing the path for a period of societal reform that came to be known as the [[Yonderian Golden Age]]. | |||
===Yonderian Golden Age (1820–1900)=== | ===Yonderian Golden Age (1820–1900)=== | ||
{{main|Yonderian Golden Age}} | {{main|Yonderian Golden Age}} | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
[[File:Yonderre Topo.png|thumb|Topographical map of mainland Yonderre and surrounding states, borders outlined in black]] | |||
===Location and borders=== | ===Location and borders=== | ||
Yonderre is situated immediately on the historic border between [[Ultmar]] and [[Catholic Levantia]] | Yonderre covers 1,261,724 km2 (487,154 sq mi) and is situated immediately on the historic border between [[Ultmar]] and [[Catholic Levantia]], because of which it has enjoyed a status as a mercantile crossroads between the two since at least the Bronze Age. The western border of Yonderre shared with [[Eldmora]] runs along the [[Donne River]], while the eastern border with [[Anglei]] is made up of the [[Avonne River|river Avonne]]. Yonderre shares a border southwardly with [[Carna]] across the [[Gebirre mountains]]. The [[Yonderian Kestrel Isles]] constitute a Grand Barony directly under the [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]] and are situated immediately north of mainland Yonderre as part of the [[Kestrel Isles]]. | ||
The northernmost point of mainland Yonderre is the Pointe-du-Noque on the [[Vandarch]] coast, while the northernmost city is [[Famichez]] in [[Vandarcôte County]]. The southernmost point in Yonderre is a Mont Carrie, a rocky outcrop on the border between [[Anglei]] and Yonderre, while the southernmost settlement is Adrienville, [[Montgebirre County]]. Yonderre's westernmost city is [[Tamagne]] of [[Kubagne County]] and while the easternmost city is Ensing in [[Vandarcôte County]] bordering [[Hollona and Diorisia]]. | |||
===Geology, topography and hydrography=== | ===Geology, topography and hydrography=== | ||
===Climate and environment=== | ===Climate and environment=== | ||