Karidia

**Karidia** is a sovereign nation that formed in North America after Armageddon. It took 7 years for ten tribes to come together and form a united nation under the rule of Katerina Budzika. The nation is currently ruled by Viessa of Emanicaya who usurped it from Elana Terrick, eightieth Premier, and Blaire Houston who won the 19th Culling and the current reigning Premier. The capitol is location in Kesimie in the city of Barouge.

## History

For presumably the majority of its existence, Karidia has been government by an benevolent dictatorship started by Katerina Budzika and her followers. Katerina started expanding from Barouge and settled tribes in a small area of North America that was still able to recover from Armageddon. Throughout the years, tribes have left and rejoined the nation several times and it's boarders shift as outlier nations move around. Most of the time, all ten tribes have remained in unity, but not all ten tribes have been entirely at peace with each other. Some tribes have better or worse relation with others than they do. It was always the Premier's job to keep the tribes from going war, or if they couldn't, the Premier would have had to chosen a side.

There are many other nations and groups in the continent as well and the Premiers of Karidia have maintained a relationship with them. The relationships varied with every Premier.

## Location and Geography

Karidia is located in mostly southern North America, with Kanaska Dega expanding north and Teskian expanding into the Atlantic ocean of the East. Karidia is located at the heart of where most acid rainstorms and hurricanes hit, and has various climates depending on the area. Scarin En, Colizona and some parts of Arois are very dry and drought ridden. Most of Arois is covered in farmland and plains. Kesimie is covered in forests which carries into Ostrum, which is covered mostly by swamps and marshland near the coast, and they control the trade route along the black river. Some parts of Kesimie has Glowing Forests which is what Ahlumina protects but due to it being such a low amount, they let Kesimie handle it. Ahlumina protects the glowing forests at the edge of Kesimie which is also where the entrance to Krubera is. The Krubera live in the deepest caverns on the continent.

## Religion and the Culling

The people of Karidia worship Katerina and the Premiers. They believe when Katerina was killed, her soul was purified and so was her choses. The Premier is symbol of power and strength, only the strongest wins the Culling and ascends. The ceremony to determine the next Premier after one dies or retires is called the Culling, a ultimate battle of strength that takes place on the island where Katerina was killed. It's most sacred and tense ritual that will ever take place in Karidia.

## Language

**Main Article : Katnaituhng**

**Katnaituhng** (KAT-Na-Ta-Ung) is the native langue of those who were born in the Tribes of Karidia. It isn't the only language they use but it is their primary one. It was accidently created by Kreibeka as a young child struggling to learn English.

## Premiers

* Katerina Budzika † (1st)
* Tony Craft † (2nd)
* Lilrya Lerdidorn † (5th)
* Alfred Dahler † (10th)
* Sara of Ahlumina † (12th)
* Leiv Magnus † (15th)
* Ivar of Arois † (17th)
* Elana Terrick † (18th)
* Blaire Houston (19th)
* Viessa † (usurper)