Enlightened Grevdom of Hyria

The Enlightened Grevdom of Hyria (EGH), also known as Hyria, was a member nation of the Imperial Republic of Calarith in Southwestern Rozakko'ra. Most of Hyria's territory lies between the Brood Coast, Najos river and the Silverspike peaks, With some islands in the Rhovanian sea and a small enclave in the east of the Ceydan peninsula. It borders the Kingdom of Rozow in the west and Northwest, the Crown of Yimmuralia in the north, and the Diarchy of the Dande and Wadiwaya in the east. Montrose was the nation's capital, while Carmen was the largest urban area.
==Etymology==
Hyria, from old Hyrian "Hirræi", meaning "cave place", or more specifically "place under the surface of the earth"
==History==
Founding and settlement 
Back in old Hyria, the ruling administration had been forewarned of the great catastrophe that would strike the world with the great comet months before it happened. With this foresight the Hyrian rulers wanted to ensure the survival of their people. They loaded up five large Imperial Bardonian trade ships they had captured months prior with the most important supplies and cultural items and tried to fit as many people as possible on board. Afterwards they set course northwest, to sail as far away as possible 
The ships encountered a catastrophically large storm halfway through their months-long journey, the storm had some mystical and unexplainable properties. Shortly after surviving the storm the fleet was met by calm and uncharted seas, which turned out to be a great new world barely settled by human civilization. Unfortunately two of the ships had lost contact with the main fleet somewhere in the storm (one of these would later strand in central Halinn and found the Hyprian Tussacks, the other one is thought to have shipwrecked somewhere off the coast of southern Talasi with no known survivors). The 3 remaining ships of the main fleet met shore on the Brood Coast in southwestern Rozakko’ra and quickly began setting up camp. Among the settlers were the majority of the living descendents of the Bythnia noble clan, including Lingua, Mars, Zane and Jonathan, and Zepellin the head of the minor noble house of Montrose. 
The group decided to carve up this large unclaimed landmass they had found into two countries: the Grand Duchy of Antebel, led by the Montrose dynasty, and the Republic of the Orchidean League (named in honour of the League of Orchids, which was a codename for the Florem Federation). Orchidea was further divided into the states of New Hyria and Sirea-canus, and was led by the Bythnias. A few days later however the Montroses joined forced with the Bythnias and made Antebel a state in the Orchidean Republic. Mars who had led the country for a short time period was somewhat controversially asked to step down and Zepellin Montrose was declared the first “Visgrev of Orchidea”. 
The founding of the cities
Montrose was the first town founded in what would become the Grevdom of Hyria. It was named after Zepellin’s dynasty and became the capital of the Grand Duchy of Antebel, and later the capital of Hyria. 
Carmen was founded quickly after, as the capital of the State of New Hyria, it quickly grew to become the largest city in Southwestern Rozakko’ra and would be the de facto capital of the country until Montrose was legally made the actual capital. 
The town of Rosei was founded on a mountain by Jonathan fain’Bythnia in the State of Sirea, it struggled with both growing its population and economy until it would eventually be completely abandoned. 
As more people migrated to the new continent, some towns were founded in the area by non-hyrians, but would quickly be incorporated into the country diplomatically, these towns were Kastoria, Astana and Copeville.
Ceypore would later be founded as an eastern trading port on the Rhovanion sea after Lingua fain'Bythnia claimed a previously unmapped peninsula to the east of Orchidea and managed to negotiate the surrounding states into recognising Orchidea’s claim over it. The town name is an abreviation of" Ceydanpore", or "Cheydangpuri", meaning "Ceydan-city" in Wadiwayan.
Confederacy of Free Nations 
Orchidea would later join the CFN (Confederacy of Free Nations), an organization meant to protect the newly founded states of Rozakko’ra from external threats, while giving them a democratic say in internal matters through a democratic vote. The Orchidean rulers thought this sounded like a good idea at first and joined, but over time they would come to experience the ineffectiveness and corruption of the organisation and the leadership decided to withdraw from the organisation. Lingua was quoted in saying, “It sounded good at first, but we simply outgrew it, Orchidea isn’t a pebble to be tossed around”. Orchidea would instead grow closer to Calarith and associated nations after leaving the CFN.
The Sirean Dispute
Hyprian Refugees
The Hyprian Tussacks had been founded by one of the other Hyrian shipwrecks in Halinn. Over time their state fell to internal turmoil and foreign pressure and many of the Hyrians who had made the area their new home fled southeast to Orchidea, who they had had some limited contact with. When they came they were welcomed as family and given a new area to settle in. Most of these Hyprian migrants came from the Blackstone noble clan, led by John Blackstone. The Blackstones secured power and built up an efficient and extremely lucrative arms and armory industry, both working directly for the Hyrian armed forces, but also selling products internationally. John would also oversee the founding of the “Blackstone Legion” a squad of elite cavalry soldiers within the armed forces. 
The Hyrian Resurgence
After the arrival of the Hyprian refugees, a wave of pan-Hyrian nationalism spread across the country, people called for a proper Hyrian state that represented the different groups’ shared culture and history, and most importantly, people wanted the country to be led by a “Grev” (old Hyrian monarch) 
The leaders of the country completely reorganised the state, renamed the country to the “Enlightened Grevdom of Hyria”, adopted a new flag using the pan-Hyrian colours of black and white, while Zepellin Montrose declared himself the “Grev of all Hyrians” 
==Geography==
==Politics==
==Demographics and culture==
The Grevdom of Hyria was culturally dominated by Hyrians, an ethnic group native to the Syltör region of the old world. The Hyrians were further subdivided into Antebellians, who live in the northern plateau, Hyrenheimers, descended from Hyprian refugees, who live in the central plains and on the island of Kastoria, and Orchideans or New-Hyrians, who live along the Najos river, as well as in Ceypore. There are also a fair share of non-hyrians living in Hyria, primarily in the towns of Astana and Copeville.
Most Hyrians speak basic, but some can also speak and write in the Hyrian language
==Economy==
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