Altenahnenwalde

Altenahnenwalde (/ altənahnɛnwald / alt-en-ahn-en-wald), is a sovereign territory covering an extensive region to the south-west of Akarv and Llysos. Altenahnenwalde proper used to cover most of the continent until an ancient period of deforestation and land degradation, resulting in the large desert separating the three countries.
Altenahnenwalde is ruled by the Kings of the Wilderness, an army of warriors made up of minor landowners and the free men of the country, who legislate in an open forum administered by Egon der Streitbare, the Lawspeaker of the Thing, and law is enforced by the Chief of the Thing, the foremost among the Kings of the Wilderness. The populace of Altenahnenwalde is most densely concentrated in the towns of Altentad and Austlengst, but the majority are cottagers working the land and forest of the country.
The people of Altenahnenwalde are called Llysovians in the common tongue, as they are a distant cousin to the Llysians, and they speak an archaic language thought to be an early form of common. They are generally known to be brutish and prone to violence and vice, and are commonly denied entry from towns due to their drinking and gambling. The countryside provides a varied and hearty diet of cereals and game along with an abundance of coastal fishing grounds, and the people are known to grow tall and strong and be of such hardihood that none other can withstand them.
==Etymology==
The etymology of Altenahnenwalde is primarily centered around wald, which refers to the forest that covers much of the landscape, and the words alt and ahn meaning ancient ancestors. The first recorded use of the word Altenahnenwalde was on a stone dating from when Cuthwulf the Miser became the Lawspeaker of the Thing.
==History==
The capital in Altenahnenwalde is the town of Altentad, which has been burned down numerous times. The Streunseelesaal was most recently rebuilt 112 years ago, when it began keeping records of official meetings, though it is believed to have been operating as the the assembly hall for several hundred years. In the eastern plain is the town of Austlengstad, which has recently expanded to feed a burgeoning population and to focus the increasing trade activity away from the capital. Artifacts dredged up in fishing nets that are believed to be Llysovian in origin are made from a netheren material that hasn't been available in the region for thousands of years. The people of Altenahnenwalde are notoriously insular, so compiling historical information is difficult.
In 76 AE, Altenahnenwalde performed a terrorist attack on the nation of Akarv, and the following year, the two nations entered into a war, known as the Akarv-Alten War, or Akarv-Llysovian War. This war would ultimately be lost by Alten, leaving much of its military and government dead or imprisoned. The following occupation would oversee the insurgence of a new population of Alten, comprised mostly of immigrants, and the reformation of its government. Akarv would not leave Altenahnenwalde until year ninety-three.
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