Kingdom of Aurica

Aurica, officially the Kingdom of Aurica or Kongeriket Aurica was a nation in the Southern Drakesland. The nation has seen a plethora of different incarnations over it's history such as Neo Drakaes, Drakaar, the Smegan Shogunate and the Pirate Kingdom of Aurica.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
The Kingdom of Aurica has its origins in the city of Aurica, founded by Thomas Drake on 3 aTL. The city would be ruled as a monarchical state until the formation of the Drakaesland Autarchy on 10 aTL, when Thomas Draken was crowned as Autarch. The lands of the former High Kingdom of Aurica would expand and become its own arch-province within the Heartland region of the Drakesland.
With the fall of the Drakaen Concordat, Ocelton Fairfax, former ephor of the Concordat would proclaim himself King of the Drakaen Old Guard. He took the lands of Aurica and later merged with the Smegsland, forming the Drakaen Westlandes. Some years later it would expand further with the integration of Koingsburg, renaming again to Zie Drakaen Union. After having joined the League of Vircon, King Ocelton renamed the state once more, into Neo Drakaes, as per treaty with the Uraki Imperium, their new overlords. They would finally expand again with the integration of the state of Imperium Draconis, which had been occupying land in the Drakesland since the fall of the Concordat.
This low-populated Kingdom of Neo Drakaes would join the Kingdoms of Valreach, persuaded by Delta Aulian Canalopin. There it would be renamed to the Kingdom of Drakaes until its dissolution following the Constitution of the High Kingdom of Valreach. During the Valrean Civil War, a rebel faction led by Max Zhuteus and Garold Smegsint would proclaim the Smegan Shogunate and secede from Valreach with two of the provinces that composed the Kingdom of Drakaes. The Smegan Shogunate would be integrated into Irulan, but later would regain independence and go by the name of Pirate Kingdom of Aurica, with Max Zuhteus as king.
This Kingdom did not live for long, for King Max proclaimed the Third Holy Drakaen Empire. The country would be annexed by the Kingdom of Amarillo and considered an integrated province within the Kingdom. 
Under Amarillo, Aurica saw a large population resurgence, both from natural population growth and immigrants coming from Amarillo and Asylum seekers from Valreach. Soon enough, the Auricans began vying for greater autonomy again, citing their large cultural differences to the Amarillian mainland and the fact that it was almost on par in population at that point. Aurica became a separate kingdom within Amarillo. Garoldi Smegsint was elected as the king of this new Kingdom of Aurica, 
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