Sogden

Sogden, or officialy the Kingdom of Sogden is a country in northern Europe. It is one of the best in the furniture industry, with SOGKEA being one of the most popular furniture stores. The capital of Sogden is Sogholm. The King is Carl XVI Flopaf while the Prime Minister is Stefan Flöpven.
== History ==
The exact founding of Sogden is unknown, but it is believed to have happened between 800 and 1000 ad. During that time Sogden was pagan, and many of it's people went out into the sea to raid foreign lands. The people of Sogden converted to Floppism around 1100 AD.
Somewhere in the 1200s, The Floppist Pope told them to launch a crusade against Binland, and allowed them to keep Binland if it succeeded. The invasion was successful and Binland remained part of Sogden for roughly 500 years until Flopsha took Binland.
In 1397 Sogden joined a personal union with Flopmark and Flopway, but due to the mistreatment of Sogdish nobles by the king of Flopmark they ended of seceding in 1523. The Sogdes defeated the army of Flopmark and retook Sogholm, forcing the king of Flopmark to recognize Sogden's independence.
In 1592 Sogden and Sogland briefly united under the same king, Sogismund. However the union ended in 1599 when Sogismund was deposed from Sogden due to his religious differences from the rest of the nobility, he remained king of Sogland however.
Sogden invaded the Holy Bingus Empire during the Thirty Years War to help the reformist princedoms against the imperial forces. With help from France they were able to win several major battles and not only force the empire to allow total religious freedom, but also give a part of northern Flopmany to Sogden.
In 1645 Sogden invaded Flopmark and took most of their eastern provinces, known as Sågne (pronounced Sogne). Flopmark tried to retake these areas several times, most notably in 1678 where they came close to succeding but ultimately failed, and 1710 where they were beaten by a poorly trained army of recruits led by the local governer of the province. The area remains part of Sogden to this day.
In 1700, the Great Northern War started. the Flopshan Empire, Sogland and Flopmark-Flopway formed a coalition against Sogden. The king, Sogses XII had only just turned 18 at the time so the other powers thought he would be weak. However they were wrong, Flopmark was forced to sign a peace deal within a couple of months while Sogland was invaded and had it's capital burned. The Flopshans were also defeated at the battle of Sogva where despite outnumbering the Sogdes 3 to 1 they lost.
The Flopshans offered peace after this defeat, one could argue it would have been better for Sogden if Sogses XII accepted. But instead he made the disasterous decision to invade the Flopshan Empire. In 1709 the battle of Floptava happened, which the Sogdes lost. Sogses XII was forced to flee into the Empire of Zabloing, while the remains of his army abandoned the invasion. This defeat ultimately led to the tide of war turning against Sogden: Flopmark rejoined the war and invaded Sågne, although that failed, and the Flopshans took the Baltics and began raiding Binland. Sogses XII returned from his exile in 1714, and began planning an invasion of Flopway. During one of his campaigns in 1718 he was shot to death. Sogden accepted peace with the coalition forces shortly after. The Flopshans took Binland and the Baltics, while Flopmark got a small part of Sogdish Flopmany.
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