Aesidia

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**Aesidia** - officially the **Federative Realm of Aesidia** (Aesidian: *Aesidiens federativa rike*), is a sovereign country spanning the (x) archipelago in Nordica and overseas territories in the (x) and (x) oceans. It's mainland portion is situated squarely in the northern hemisphere of Elparia, granting the country a reputation for a temperate yet crisp climate. As of today, nearly one hundred and five million people reside in her borders across multiple continents and climates; ranging from subtropical, continental to arctic. Aesidia is a federal semi-constitutional monarchy led from it's historical capital in Sollefterness, the country's second largest city and main commercial/technological center; major peers including the cities of Kaldaross, Bitra, Kerseyrr, Myrka, Nautabu, and Mostr.

The country is generally appraised as one of the world's oldest civilizations, home to an uninterrupted series of dynasties and sovereign governments all laying claim to Aesidian heritage for the better half of two-millennia. This itself is a source of great pride for the geriatric nation, though winds of change have ensured a dynamic and open-minded national identity in spite of it's antiquity.

Aesidia is considered a developed country, hosting the world's fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP, and eighth richest economy by GDP-per-capita. In recent years, it's risen to Great Power distinction in global affairs,

## History

### Prehistory

The first recorded human activity on the (x) archipelago began during the Viksø oscillation at around 12,000 BC; rising temperatures contributing to a more favorable seafaring climate in the far north. Late Paleolithic seal-hunting camps emerged the edge of the ice in what is now the country's westernmost mainland province, (x); now considered to be offshoots of anatomically modern humans present in Remus around 17,000 to 12,000 years ago. Neolithic farming culture became established along the western regions around 4000 BC, but spread further east much later. Towards the end of the 4th millennium BC, these early peoples were overrun by new tribes who many scholars think spoke Proto-Indo-European, the Logboat culture. This new people advanced down to (x) and the (x), and they probably provided the language that was the ancestor of the modern Nordic languages. The Logboat culture also appeared to possess knowledge of early sail construction, widely credited for the transmission of metallurgy to southern (x).

The Logboat culture ended around 2300 BC. It was eventually succeeded by the Nordic Bronze Age, which appears to be a fusion of elements from the Logboat culture and early native peoples - leading to the rise of increasingly complex tribes like the (x), and (x).

### Nordic Bronze Age

Peculiarly, (x) peoples joined the Bronze Age cultures fairly early through trade from Remus. (x) traders introduced sophisticated sailing technologies to Remus, facilitating an earlier example of intercontinental maritime trade than otherwise thought possible by scholars. The speculated extent of this trade was strengthened further by the recent discovery of (x) sites in present day Aesidia; which presented rich and well-preserved objects made of wool, wood and imported Remus bronze and gold. The (x) were known to the Remus world as suppliers of sturdy timber, black fox skins and, according to (x), had very fine horses. During this period (x) gave rise to the first known advanced civilization in this area following the Nordic Stone Age.