Nordennavic

Nordennavic National Flag

An old and ancient, physically divided nation that once harbored a strong populace of seaborne warrior clans that struck fear across the Anean continent and further to the shores of North Point. Modern day Nordennavic is home to the strongest social and economic policies in the world and large strides in local technological advancement has almost doubled its economic strength in the last few decades.

## History

### Pre 1200's

Sometime in the late 1100's, a collection of strong local tribes of the Anean continent banded together to create what is commonly known as Nordenn, with this merging of both economic and military forces, these forces also known as 'Vikings' made themselves a notorious reputation by raiding coastal villages and towns all around the Anean continent and even further ashore to places such as North Point and modern day Usea. Their way of life revolved around this marriage of sea and warfare, large fleets of longboats would raid and pillage whilst the larger navies of the other empires battled for supremacy among themselves.

### Establishment of a Monarchy

Raiding, Pillaging and Reaving was an unsustainable lifeblood, eventually those who were victims of such attacks managed to match the ferocity and might of the Nordenn warriors on land and on the water, longboat navies that were outmatched by larger and tougher classes of warship, with colonialism from empires such as North Point and Belka growing immensely the viking warriors found themselves in a state of decline. Eventually the more powerful clans transitioned into a monarchy like system not to different from those of North Point and Sapin, hopefully currying favor with those nations and to repair centuries of strained and damaged relations, instead of focusing on external scavenging for sustainment, the Nordenn people started mass production of agricultural technologies and pioneered fishing techniques that are still in use today.

### Osean War (1905-1910)

Nordennavic remained strictly neutral during the Osean Conflict, their military was only small and underdeveloped, yet several volunteer squadrons from the only just formed Nordennavic Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal Air Force) were shipped off to fight alongside Osean and allied forces and gained a notorious reputation on both sides of the war, nicknamed the 'Northern Winds' for their quick and swift attacks on enemy entrenchments.

### Cold War

Again, Nordennavic maintained a neutral standpoint during the rising tensions of the cold war between Yuktobania and Osea, their sovereign airspace was often ignored by both Yuktobanian supersonic bombers and Osean spy aircraft alike which saw a rise in production of supersonic interceptor aircraft to counter these threats, Saab industries pioneered the movement with the Saab 35 Draken and later on the Viggen and Gripen, but also trained special pilots to handle these new machines of war leading to the formation of several specialist squadrons such as Skidbladnir, Odin and Valkyrie squadrons.

### Four Islands War

Rapid modernization of the military and society in general was welcomed by many, but for the anti-royalists this only acted as a catalyst, the anti-royalists, self dubbed the Free Nordenn Army were of no threat and considered not even to be on terrorist watchlists, they were treated as common criminals, though with the rapid modernization of the armed forces, older weaponry and equipment was often sold off to private collectors or found their way into black market circles, major caches of weapons were seized by the Free Nordenn Army and used to arm their small militia. The Free Nordenn Army were mainly made up of younger, educated men and women who saw the monarchy as an oppressive tool that had no place in the modern world, though the bulk of forces were made up of poorer farmers and factory workers who saw the movement as an opportunity for increased living wages and better rights.

The 15th of August, 1985 was what many officially consider the start of the 'war', the island of Skjervatten, north of the mainland was subject to a series of brutal and lightning fast attacks, mainly targeting police stations and official government buildings, 34 Civilians and 12 police officers were killed when a truck full of improvised chemical explosives detonated next to a train yard, several more deaths occurred across the island in similar incidents, masked gunmen also stormed a local provincial government office and held several workers hostage over the course of four days which the media dubbed the 'Siege of Rackken', eight hostages were killed when special armed officers stormed the building through the roof and rear fire exit, all hostage takers were neutralized.

In the next month the attacks would only increase in scale, several occurring on the islands of Gottenberg, Skall and Valdagrimm in similar styles to the Skjervatten attacks, police checkpoints were bombed, officers shot dead and hostages taken in several high profile attacks. The critical point was reached where the police were outmatched and the army were called in to deal with the threat, by then several hundred people on both sides had been killed. The first major battle of the war was in the village of Osterbetten, a rural farming community that doubled as a staging post and storage facility for the FNA, the attack occurred at three minutes past midnight on the 18th of September, special troops of the 1st Reconnaissance Company had cleared a path for armored vehicles to deploy several squadrons of infantry which started a skirmish in the village, civilians still occupied the buildings and several were killed when stray fire and explosives damaged the wooden houses, eventually the battle ended in the destruction of the towns farmhouse which was hiding several hundred pounds of explosives, the blast leveled several houses and killed around two dozen civilians hiding in the nearby farmhouse.

The incident created an anti-royal sentiment throughout the four islands and ignited further conflict and caused the war to spiral out of control, a guerrilla conflict that spanned a year and several months and wound up with over two thousand dead on either side and soiled relations with major outlying communities throughout the nation, as for the FNA, several leaders were captured and incarcerated in a military prison, others escaped to Yuktobania and Indus to work as mercenaries for hire.

### Modern History

A progressive social and education system kick started a technology boom that put Nordennavic at the forefront of the developing world, it was - and still is - a global leader in medical and computer sciences and is home to the largest data server in the world. With progress comes great tension and the balance of powers is becoming unstable, because of this Nordennavic has rapidly used their technological advancement to invest in better equipment for its military, though still remains a strictly neutral power.

## Geography and Climate

Nordennavic is a physically divided nation in the fact that over half the landmass consists of islands seperate from the main Anean continent, in total there are three major islands, Skena, Lissange and Ostenland, and over 30 smaller landmasses each with their own capital town. The mainland is mainly consistent of large pine forests and low lying grassland towards the north eastern border with Emmeria, towards the west the land receedes into fjords and riverlands with scatterings of farmland and pine forest between.

Most islands are flat with the same pine and tall tree forests found on the mainland, towards the north west the islands become less densely vegetated and become more rocky and mountainous, the extreme norths are completely frozen over all year round due to bordering the arctic circle. The highest peak is on the island of Jattarberg, the mountain of Jattentopp is 7850ft above sea level.

## Notable Locations

* Fensalir (Capital)
* Ansall
* Ansall Air Force Base
* Vattjom Air Base
* Skena (Island)
* Lissange (Island)
* Ostenland (Island)

## Notable Characters

* Sven Christiansen
* Rachel Lakkonen

## Trivia

* Nordennavic is the Strangereal parallel of the Scandinavian region, taking inspiration from Swedish, Norwegian and Danish cultures.