Northland

Northic Highlands

Other Enerian 18.4%,

Ningpayan 5.7%,

El khabirian 21.8%,

Guinean 10.8%,

Other 20.8%,

### Economics

Estimated GDP: 8.038.860KrEstimated GDP Per capita (Real population not Lore): 8.391Kr

> "It is currently not in our interest to start an armed conflict with the Naragnin, have patience my friend and you shall see them burn soon enough, but for now stay low and let my niece do her thing"
>
> -Castor frànen to Georges Sparre Arholte 1884

Northland (Norwegian: Nordland) Officially the "Empire of Northland" (otherwise known as The Dominion of the Northern royal confederacy of the Imperial united Naragnin great states.) is a Country located in Central Eneric with multiple Colonies on nearly all continents. It is the largest of 16 constituent countries that make up the empire. Northland itself consists of 22 provinces these are Skogsmarken, Lunsle, Fjälldren, Hav, Dafnig, Søsnig, Vidd, Inns, Lutne, Walt, Skog, Nord Bakkeland, Sør Bakkeland, Fjell, Trozich, Vann, Fløvne, Northolm, Skøgne, Gipfell, Östvene and Fjallenberg. The Northic mainland borders multiple countries these being the skovnic states, The Southern Osconian empire, Fjallsmarken, the Second Runick empire, the Munzig reich, United Botrumian Low countries, the Kingdom of Etelia, Kingdom of Beetaly and skogland.

## Origins

The foundations of the Northic empire were built in 1539 when the Rikkedømmet Bakkeland started aggressively expanding its power across Eneric where they fought several wars with the Herredømme Skogmark over the Northern Territories. It eventually gained these territories in 1598 where they created the Kingdom of Northland which would fight several large wars like the Second Sargonic war and more importantly for Northland the Northic-Oscon war where they gained control over the Naragnin speaking world creating the Northic empire or the "The Dominion of the Northern royal confederacy of the Imperial united Naragnin great states" and turning Northland into a hegemonic power.

## The 22 Provinces

The Northic mainland is divided up into the 22 Provinces these are: Skogsmarken, Lunsle, Fjäldren, Hav, Vidd, Dafnig, Søsnig, Inns, Walt, Lutne, Skog, North Bakkeland, South bakkeland, Vannholm, Fløvne, Fjel, Trozich, Fjallenberg, Östvene, Gipfel, Skøgne and Northolm.

### Vannholm

Arguably the most important province in Northland The city of Vannholm being the capitol is its own province governed by the King personally. Next to being the countries capital Vann is also the richest City/province of all Northic Cities and Provinces.

### Northern Northland

Northern Northland is made up of the provinces Lunsle, Skogsmarken, Dafnig, Søsnig and a Northern walt. Northern Norhland's biggest trade is in Timber and hunting though mining also makes an appearance here. The North is Known for its dense spruce forests and cold environment with a thick pack of snow every season. In the North they speak Northic, Naragnin and Dafnisch.

### Western Northland

Western Northland is made up of the provinces Fjälldren, Hav, Vidd, Inns and Lutne. Its mostly known for the Hindrun though its fish market is one of the biggest in the country coming in second place with overall export. They speak Northic and a mix of Beetalian and Runick.

### Central Northland

Central Northland is made up of the provinces Skog, Vann, Nord Bakkeland, A part of Sør Bakkeland, Fløvne and The Siëni part of Gipfell. Probably the most well known and richest part of Northland containing the cities of Vann, Lutne and Ryggholm. Central Northland is the center of its trade (no pun intended) their trade includes Mining, Fishing, Timber and Animal export. The region makes up what we call the Northic Highlands. They speak predominantly Northic.

### North eastern Northland

North eastern Northland is made up of just two Provinces being Lunsle and two islands belonging to Walt. North eastern Northland is probably the least populated of all the regions and for good reason. North eastern Northland is a dense snowy forest with large mountain ranges forming a natural buffer with the Munzig reich. They Speak Northic though predominantly Munzigian.

### Eastern Northland

eastern Northland is made up of the provinces the largest part of Sør Bakkeland, Fjell and Trozich. Eastern Northland is one of the latest additions to the mainland being annexed from the Osconians in 7 BBS after the Northic-oscon war. Because of the Osconian ownership the region speaks predominantly Osconian. The region terrain is predominantly mountainous with some pine forests in the North and birch hills on the border with fjallsmarken. Its mountains is the reason for the regions Large Mining industry export predominantly coal.

### Southern Northland

Southern Northland is made up of the provinces a part of Sør Bakkeland, Fjallenberg, Östvene, Main land Gipfell, Skøgne and Northolm. They speak a mix of Northic and Fjordansk. Southern Northland is Covered in red wood and pine forests creating its Wood export.

## Etymology

The Name "The Dominion of the Northern royal confederacy of the Imperial united Naragnin great states" was first used in 1826 after the Northic victory in the Northic-Oscon war; This after the Naragnin states united under one state and banner. Despite this Unification several Naragnin Kings were kept in their positions with the Emperor having complete control over the Northic Kings.

## Northic Colonial empire

### Achia and Raphara

Northland first gained influence in Achia in the form of trade deals with the Huacheng dynasty of Quang and the Kamigawa shogunate in 1612 when the first Northic traders started to flow into Achia and Raphara. Northland started by selling the Achians Guns and scientific books and equipment which they would later use to war with each other. Between 1612 and 1833 Northland Managed to gain about 2 dozen trading posts throughout the New world which they would use to their advantage in trade.

In 1783 Northland Expanded their territory in The El Khabirian sultanate by expanding past their originally agreed borders with the sultanate. By using Methods and tactics they had used in the expansion into Thandorikar they were able to take complete control over El Khabir after 6 years of war.

In 1833 Local unrest in the Kamigawa shogunate transformed into the First Seihonese Civil war. Northland looking to destabilize and take control over Seihon quickly sent an expeditionary force and military aid to the Seihon imperialists. Despite the Northic support however the Imperialists were decisively crushed in the battle of Quan du in 1834, after which the Northic Expeditionary force had to retreat into the Northic occupied El Khabir. After a second revolt in 1842 however, Kamigawa Nationalists gained control over the military and capitol forcing the Shogun into a ceremonial position forming the Ottayamen confederacy. After this revolt Northland quickly put together a second expeditionary force comprising of many men of the first expeditionary force, This time however they also recruited men from the western El khabirian and Umbralan Territories to fight in the Jungle conditions. They invaded in 1844 where the newly modernized force quickly drove towards Quang tum wich they captured in 9 months dissolving the confederacy and creating the Northic colonial vassal state of Seihon.

In 1721 Northland colonized eastern Raphara on the Northern Rapharan subcontinent. This to influence the Gold, wood and fur trades the continent had to offer. This inevitably lead them into several border disputes and skirmishes with the Runick Arvora colonies. These border disputes would be resolved later on when Northland would enter the Central entente alliance.

### Thandorikar

In 1489 The Rikkdømmet Bakkeland started to create trade deals with the Different Thandorikaran states where they would eventually Colonize the coast of guinea and umbral for themselves.

Between 1860 and 1899 Northland started an aggressive colonization campaign in Thandorikar eventually managing to win 9 out of 10 wars they started on the continent expanding their dominance across the Thandorikaran continent. Northland eventually came into conflict with the local Agrics. These were descendants of the Runick Colonial settlers who had lived their since the Runick colonization attempt in 1405 but had left to start their own corporations and countries when the Runick government backed out of Thandorikar. In the Northo-Agric wars Northland would kill between 12.000 and 22.000 Agrics and sent a majority of the remaining Agric population to the first concentration camps in history. These "wars" would later be called the Agric genocides and would leave a bad taste in the mouths of Runick civilians.

### Rivalries with other Enerian Powers

During particularly the Northo-Guinean wars and the Northic expansion into Raphara Northland started rivalries with other Enerian powers including Runick, Monta Blanca, The Osconian Empire, Fjallsmarken and the Munzig reich. These rivalries would rise tensions in Eneric, starting several wars in Eneric including the war of 1762 and the Northic-Oscon war.

### White stone Colonization attempts

In 1598 the Chiefdom of White stone sent out 2 expeditionary forces to explore and claim the territories of Achia, Raphara and Thandorikar. They would settle territory on the Raphocheng subcontinent and in Central Umbral though both were abandoned by 1612 following the Koroma-white stone war and the White stone Mixocan colonial revolt, which would both leave the Chiefdom without any colonial possessions. It does however leave a relatively large population of White stone Naragnin in these areas.

## The Second Sargonic War

Northland, which was still fairly small and fractured, was starting to appear on the map as a relatively dominant power. Just two years before in 145 BBS king Anik Ødenberg had risen to power after the death of his father Oscar the Ist. The Second Sargonic war was an awakening for Northland. The Northlanders Realised they needed to modernize their army if they wanted to stay on the map.
For Northland the Second Sargonic war lead to the Naraganan dream to unite the Northic Kingdoms into one United Kingdom. For King Annik the 1st it was his first real taste of war and it physically and mentally changed him for the rest of his life. He later vowed to never allow for such an awful tragedy to occur again

## Abolition of Slavery

The Empire of Northland formally outlawed slavery in 1848 though there were accounts of Slave traders in Raphara and Thadorikar untill atleas 1865. The abolition movement gained traction in 1841 after the Brownsson's ranch massacre in Raphara where slave traders tortured and killed between 150 and 230 slaves after a small uprising. After the formal formation of the movement it gained the support of Oscar III who eventually managed to abolish it in 1848.

## Northic Imperial age (1830-1926)

### Rivalry with Runick

After the Third Sargonic war Northland was sucked into the war of the Runick succession which they fought against Runick nationalists, Runick Sargonist remnants and the Konidium Kingdom. The start of this war was so close to the end of the third Sargonic war on the time scale Northland, Munzig and the Runick Monarchists Managed to keep their war economies running the same way it did against Sargon. Keeping intact the anti Sargon war economies of these states against a minor power in Eneric was like killing a house fly with a canon; And the Runick Monarchists supported by Northland and Munzig were able to defeat the Konidium kingdom and the Runick sargonists placing Castor Frànen on the throne.

Castor had other plans however as he reformed the now 3rd Runick Empire into the Runick Republic. Northland hadn't expected this and was angered by this move as in their eyes they had fought so hard for something Castor now just gave away to a Republic of all things. This started a long rivalry with the the Runick republic which would eventually erupt in the Six year war.

### Rivalry with The Ozogians

The Rivalry with the Ozogians started after the Third Sargonic war where the Ozogians would take advantage of the weakened Eneric and rapidly expanded across Eneric. This brought them to the Skognic Border where their presence was viewed with mistrust by Skogland and Northland. This would spark and arms race between The Ozogian empire and Northland which would eventually erupt into the two Ozo-Northic Wars which the Ozogian empire would both win; Formally forming the Ozogian empire after the first and annexing the Etelic confederacy after the second.

### Northic west Achia Company

The Northic west achia company was formed by Jens Ødenberg to monopolize on the Achian and Rapharan Oil, Rubber, spice and gold trades. THe Company was directly owned by the Government and had its own subdivisional army under the Monarch.

### Changing relations with the colonies

In 1882 Nora I ascended to the throne and immediatly started to stabilize the empire by selling certain colonies she didn't need including East Bãssar and east Chungnam to the Osconians. She also Formed the Empire of Seihon which acted as an independant state under the reign of Nora I, She also Granted independance to the Federal States of Raphara.

## The Central Entente

In 1820 Northland signed the Central Entente agreement together with Fjallsmarken and the 2nd Runick empire. The agreement disbanded the former Runo-Northic alliance in favor of creating a new alliance between Northland, Fjallsmarken and the 2nd Runick Empire. In the agreement the Entente powers promised to defend on another in any defensive wars and agreed to send military aid and supplies to one another in time of need.

The Central entente was Last enacted in 1871 during the Third Sargonic war after which it expired in 1876 and was formally disbanded in 1879 after the war's end. After it ended it wasn't renewed however as the negotiations for the renewal of the alliance were cut short by the war for the Runick succesion and the following formation of the Runick Republic which was viewed with mistrust by Northland.

## The Quadruple Alliance

After the end of the Central entente agreement, Northland saw itself being distanced from the rest of Eneric due to the formations of the Runick Republic and Ozogian empire. Northland Worried little about the new Runick Republic however as the Ozogian empire was more dangerous to their power. To keep their power and to stay within the world's political game, Northland sought out the other remaining major empires those being: The Osconian Empire, The Munzig Reich, The Ardeliman Empire and the Kingdom of Monta-Blanca. Monta-Blanca Declined as they sought to remain neutral in the current world of politics for their own safety. The other three states signed the treaty and officially formed the Quadruple Alliance, In this new treaty each party agreed to: defend one another in time of war, recognise and justify a deceleration of war by one of the members on a state which had been attacked by one of the other member states, Send military aid, personnel and money to a member state in time of need (for example a rebellion or revolution). And most importantly agreed to a Mutual aggression pact where each member state would declare war on the Ozogian empire even if one of the member states attacked first.

## International affairs

Northland is one of the Dominant powers in Eneric and beyond giving it a lot of power but also a lot of rivals. The central entente is a defensive pact between Northland, The Kingdom of Fjallsmarken and the Second Runick Empire. However this alliance is not just because of strategy however, the families of Ødenberg, Annen and Frànen are related by a few generations making their bond even stronger. Then there's the Beetalo-Northic love-hate relationship. Northland and Beetaly (before the Fall of beetaly) were allies in foreign affaires but were also fierce rivals which can be seen in the events of the December Crisis which almost lead to war between Beetaly and the Central entente. Then there are countries such as Boterbloemenland and the Northic principality of Skogsmarken who's independence are both guaranteed by Northland.

## The Northic Military

The professional Northic army is surprisingly small for such a large empire employing around 743.820 active personnel and 396.900 reserve personnel and a further 100,000 unregistered tribal members and militia. But it is to note that the empire strongly depends on local colonial armies to fight colonial wars and suppress rebellions. In theory the army only has to intervene when the colonial armies cant hold out any more.

Militias aren't necessarily used to replenish Northic front lines but rather as specialized infantry that know the surroundings at an expert level.

There are multiple Northic armies and military branches these themselves contain divisions and Battalions.

Northic Imperial army

The Northic army is fairly modern employing "armored" cars and modern breach loading rifles and canons.

## Culture

The Northlanders or Naraganans as they're sometimes called have a distinct history and culture. Their main religion is Nystheism. The religion itself originating from Northland and the Naraganans.

**Food**

the Northlanders eat different meals including various soups, stews and hotchpotch. The Northlanders usually eat some fish here and there as wel because of their fish market.

## Foreign relations

Kingdom of Fjallsmarken,
2nd Runick Empire
 Treaty of Kunnersdorf
Munzig Reich
 Treaty of Lutne
Boterbloemenland,
2nd runick empire
 The Quadruple Alliance | * Northic Empire
* Ardeliman Empire
* Osconian Empire
* Munzig Reich
* Defensive pact