Albíon

The **United Realms of Albion and Eire** (Albíonese: **Régnum Unitúm d'Albíon y' Éire**), or simply **Albíon** is a country off and in the north-western coast of Continental Europe, it is compromised of Albíon (or Albá), Eire and Calaís. Albíon occupies the entirety of the Northern Islands and the coastal city of Calaís, where it shares a border with Francia, it also occupies multiple islands and archipelagos across the world, most notably Masáronn and Néur-Balanór. Albíon has an estimated population of 136 million people as of 2020.

...it has played a major role in the reformation of Francia during the invasion of Voronia from 1913 to 1923 after over 300 years of Voronian rule over Francia since 1548. Albíon has also played an important role in the colonisation of Aria, being the second European nation to land in the New World in 1512, colonising most of Aria and the Caribbean, alongside with colonising lands in Asia and most of Oceania. Being at times considered the largest empire in the world.

Albíon is a Semi-constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary state, its leadership is shared amongst the Parliamentary Council and Prime Minister, with the Monarch still serving a powerful political role, specially in international decisions, whilst being a driving force in the stability of Albíon. The capital of Albíon, and largest city is Londívia, a massive metropolis and one of the largest cities in the whole world, with its metropolitan area having a population of over 24 million people as of 2022. Other major cities in Albíon include Dublin, Calaís and Glasgow. Eire is a constituent part of Albíon, having its own autonomous government although being de jure a part of Albíon, having its own de facto President and Prime Minister. Albíon became the second country to become fully industrialised after Siberia by the 19th century, quickly becoming an unchallenged muggle state throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, remaining a powerhouse to this day in the 21st century, having significant political, economical, technological and military influence internationally.

Albíon is part of the Noobist International Council, being one of the founding members, alongside with also founding the International Council of Nations, alongside with other nations such as Luiskra, Francia, Declavans and the Arian Federation.

## Etymology and terminology

The name Albíon originates from Queen Alba (or Ałzaabann Cesko), meaning "Land of Alba" in Francian, originally applied to the entirety of the Northern Islands by the Francians following Alba's invasion of Francia in 351. The name Albíon would not be used by the Albíonese people until the Norman invasion in 848. The other demonym of "Anglos" originates from the Realm of Anglarann, which was the first kingdom conquered by the Normans during their invasion.

The name Albíon would remain being applied only to the Realm of Albíon until the union with Eire in 1653, where the name would start to be applied to both nations as with time the name Albíon, or United Realms, would start to be commonly used to refer to both nations.

### History prior to Qéltic Invasion (18,000-250 BD)

*Main pages: Pre-history in Albíon and Albíonese Antiquity*

Albíon was populated by demons for most of history and Spores first arrived in around 18,000 BD. For most of the ancient period Albíon was populated by Spores until 2,900 BD when the Gáelic tribes of Francia would cross the Channel and push back the Spores into the highlands, who eventually left to Sporia. The usage of iron in Albion began almost simultaneously with the Gáels in Francia in around 750 BD. For most of this period the Gáels would remain in relative peace except for the occasional Spore invasions, this is until the Qélticann tribes of Eire would be pushed away by the Éireann tribes coming from Sporia, the Qélts would therefore invade and conquer Albíon and the Gáels who would flee to Francia in around 250 BD.

### Early Qéltic period (250 BD - 528 AD)

*Main pages: Realm of Anglarann*

The Qélticann tribes would quickly adapt and settle in Albíon, but the Irish tribes to the north in the highlands would cause much conflict between the Qélts and Irish, in 162 BD the Qélticann tribes of Carnául would invade Francia and the Qélts would spread across most of Western Francia, they were led by King Mazárnun who's sucessor, King Arannin would lead the Carnáulian tribe to conquer most of Albion from 156 to 145 BD, alongside with defeating the Irish in Galiann and the Lowlands before his death in 145 BD, for another 4 decades the successors of Arannin would protect the acquired lands albeit losing Galiann and the Lowlands by 118 BD, and by 102 BD King Mathirann would die and the Carnáulian Kingdom would collapse, this period would see great advancements in technology coming from Francia and the foundation of the city of Lonnivia at the marshes of the river Tammus.

Following the fall of the Carnáulian Kingdom the Qélts would mostly settle into the 12 tribes spread across Albíon, notably the Tribes of Carnául, Sumoiirann, Lavarin and Umertann. The 12 tribes would primarily quarrel with each other for lands, but many would also suffer from invasions by the Irish primarily the ones bordering Galiann and the Lowlands, this resulted in mutual dislike for Eire. These tribes would be mostly led by descendants of Mathirann, resulting in many alliances amongst tribes but also conflict as tribe leaders fought with each other for either lands or to gain control of other tribes and reunify Albíon, but the latter would never happen as the tribes began to settle down and some would begin to be controlled by other families separate from that of Mathirann.

3 centuries would pass with this status quo, before the Noobs would cross the Channel into Albíon in the summer of 246, however unlike in Francia, the Noobs would adopt the Qéltic culture and the Qélts would start to slowly shift into being Noobs, this was followed by the formation of the Realm of Anglarann in 251 under the leadership of King Æzalón I, who would conquer most of southern Albíon, ending the reign of the 12 tribes, Æzalón would introduce some aspects of Francian culture and language to southern Albíon, especially form the Calaís-Flanders region, prominently the more Germanic characteristics of the region, the Realm of Anglarann would speed up the spread of Noobs and the Qélts would start to be pushed back. It wouldn't take long for Anglarann to enter in conflict with Eire, especially in Galiann, notably the War of Nælortiann from 289 to 296, where the first usage of mainland-styled siege weapons in Albíon would occur, and the first signs of Medieval warfare in Albíon would sprout.

In 327 Anglarann would enter a period known as the "3 Queens Reign" following the death of Æzalón II, this period would see greater conquests into central Albíon beginning with Queen Małtida, and the 2nd queen, Queen Alba or Ałzaabann, would invade and conquer great portions of northern Francia such as Normandíe and Calaís from 351 to 359, going as far as fighting the Acquitánians near Osigária in 358, before dying in the summer of 359 from dysentery from a contaminated blade after the battle of Neselorgvin, her sucessor, Queen Velimera would manage to pull back from Francia and continue further conquests in Central Albíon, she would notably begin the Golden Age of the Qélts with greater advancements both technological and economical, alongside with victories of the Irish, her reign would end in 371 and she would be succeeded by King Varlarann, who would finish the Qéltic conquest and unify Albíon for a short period, as his reign was short and following his death in 378 the northern regions of Anglarann would break off from the rule of his successor, Nargónn, never to be reconquered.

Anglarann would enter a period of stagnation for the next century, seeing action primarily only in Galiann and the occasional Qéltic revolts as Noobs spread throughout the country. In 482 the king of Anglarann, Ælerith III would die without any heirs, leading to a conflict between the other 2 major branches of the Mathirann dynasty, known as the Gesilerann and Belerginnan, the two dynasties would garner control over most of the north and south respectively, with the center of Anglarann being primarily controlled by other families and peasants, the Gesilerann would have control over the capital during this period, Brélienn, which gave them an advantage however the Belerginnan would garner support of the central families and some peasant armies, and some principalities in the northernmost regions of Anglarann. The existence of the territories in the centre led to a status quo where cities were juggled between both families before in August of 491 Areglirth of the Belerginnan would decisively defeat Lovarith of Gesilerann in Œterith, leading to a streak of victories and the eventual death of Lovarith in 493, leading the Gesilerann to escape to Normandíe in Francia. Areglirth would be crowned king in 495, starting a period of growth and prosperity to Anglarann, seeing the kingdom finally make peace with Eire and start to be more economically active in the Channel and the North Sea.

### Late Qéltic period (528 - 848)

*Main pages: Spore Invasions of Anglarann and North Sea Empire*

In 528, during the reign of King Alerith I, an army of Baas under Akashwyhn I would sail across the North Sea and land near the town of Ivergran, the Spores would quickly occupy the northernmost regions of Anglarann including Ivergran, before Alerith I would send an army to stop the Spore invaders in 529, leading to the battle of Meselirthann, resulting in the defeat of the Spores, although defeated the Spores would still control Ivergran but it was soon besieged by the Qélts, who would manage to finally free Ivergran by 532. This sudden invasion shook the Qélts who would decide to begin fortifying their nation and to strengthen relations with Eire in case any more invasions came. Albeit Eire would also suffer an invasion in 534, with the Spores reaching Anglarann in 536 from the north during the reign of Alerith II, resulting in the spores once again conquering Ivergran in 538, although the Qélts would manage to halt the Spore invaders near Meselirthann, this victory was short lived as the spores in western Sporia would unite in 539 in the North Sea Empire under Akashwyhn II, and soon enough in 540 Akashwyhn would arrive in Anglarann to continue the invasion and would lead the Spores to several decisive victories throughout 540 to 544, pushing the Qélts to Besallérn.

Besallérn would hold out under a siege from November of 544 to July of 545, Alerith II would then retreat further south to the Paaénade of Maarénn, but with the chasing army of Akashwyhn, Alerith would leave around half of his 14,000 men in the Paaénade, mostly swordsmen, as a distraction to Akashwyhn's army, in September of the same year, Akashwyhn would lay siege to the Paaénade which would prove to be enough time for Alerith to reach Brélienn, the capital of Anglarann, there he would gather over 12,000 swordsmen, half militiamen, alongside with his 4,000 cavalrymen in a span of 3 months, and in January of 546 Akashwyhn would defeat the soldiers in the Paaénade, although most would escape east, with some going south and giving the news to Alerith, who would soon set up camp around 15 kilometers north of Brélienn, and in the 18th of February Akashwyhn's army would set camp about 800 meters north of the Qélt's camp, and in the 20th, both armies would clash in what would be known as the Battle of Blarenn.

Although outnumbered the Spores were more trained and battle hardened, but with clever positioning and usage of long pikes and javelins combined with shields and swords, the Qélts were able to do significant damage and completely halt the Spore cavalry, and smaller regiments would exit from the nearby woodlands and distract the left flank of the Spores, alongside with the right flank, being bombarded by arrows and attacked by many soldiers, then Alerith's cavalry would sneak through the woodlands and land a fatal blow to the Spores by attacking their camp and burning most of it, caught off guard, Akashwyhn would be distracted long enough for him to be struck by an axe, what followed was a crushing defeat for the Spore army, which would be cut in half, leading to the death of many in one half on the marshes west of the battlefield, with the other half escaping from the Qélts through the woods.

The prince and heir of the Spores, Cynushturk, who was in northern Anglarann would manage to gather the fleeing army and return to Sporia in 547, the Qéltic victory established Alerith II as a great leader both in battle and in administration. But peace would not last as Cynushturk would invade Anglarann once again in the spring of 551, Alerith II, still in reign, would quickly head north to stop the Spores, who had already taken Ivergran, this led to a third siege of the city, but Alerith would not manage to defeat the Spores following reinforcements to the latter and a secondary invasion near Malergi Lavérnn. Alerith would retreat throughout the countryside of Mérquia and Lesquirannia before arriving at Samogórria in February of 552, where the second army of the Spores under Makyswyun III would arrive at in March, eventually leading to the Battle of Samogórria, seeing Alerith defeat the Spores and the death of Makyswyun. The fate of the second Spore army is unknown, believed to have scattered and failed to locate Cynushturk's army, eventually all killed by locals or escaping to Eire or Sporia. This victory would give enough confidence for Alerith to head back north to Meselirthann, where the Qélts would meet with Cynushturk's army in June.

The Spores would decide to stay inside the city to wait for reinforcements, however the North Sea Empire would soon be invaded by Parrees, delaying any reinforcements for a long time, but Cynushturk was not completely cut off from the mainland, so Alerith II would attack and destroy great portion of the port of the city and soon successfully lay siege to the city, the siege would last well over into 553, ending by September of that year, Cynushturk would surrender as most of his army succumbed to disease and starvation. He be soon executed, leading to the eventual downfall of the North Sea Empire 20 years later.

The little rest of Alerith II's reign and well into Alerith V's reign would see great economic growth of Anglarann, in a period known as the Asárpatiann Silver Age lasting over 150 years, this period also saw the conquests of most of Galiann and the short occupation of the Paraquát of Asamártara in Holandíe. Alerœth I would take the throne in 712, his reign would see the Matárquian Wars of Galiann, a crushing defeat to the Galiannese states, seeing Anglarann being kicked out of Galiann and Alerœth I's reputation and the stability of the Realm all falling profusely, resulting in the Bárquatian revolts from 738 to 747, resulting in Anglarann occupying only the southern region of Albíon now. Alerœth II's reign would not see many changes to the state of Anglarann, with the Carátoi of Galatór, the state formed north from the Bárquatian revolts, entering in conflict many times during his reign.

Anglarann would slowly reconquer parts of Mérquia with the reign of Alerith VI in the late 8th century, and soon all of Mérquia would be reconqured, and the reign of Alerith VII would see significant peace, that is until 848.

## Government and politics

### Mainland administration

Albíon is primarily divided into 2 nations, Albíon and Eire, alongside with the archipelago of Nerserenna under jurisdiction of the Parliament, each region has certain autonomy to its administration, primarily Eire, which has its own Presidential Chamber and Prime Minister, albeit with less power than the Monarch and Prime Minister of Albíon, with people from Eire also having citizenship of Albíon and vice versa. Albíon and Eire are both subdivided into Duchies, Provinces and Special Municipalities, with Nerserenna being a Special Municipality by itself.

### **Duchies**

    Albíon and Eire are composed of 11 and 8 duchies respectively, with Nerserenna being a duchy itself, each duchy is led by a local government under a Duke, the title is hereditary however under the constitution the population and High Council, which the Dukes are part of, can, following poor leadership or criminal activity, choose to replace the current royal line or give it to one of the 2 major houses in Albíon, the Monarch's house, that of Mérquia-Hasel or of the Prince of Eire, Bregan-Corquenn. Each Duchy has its own local administration and serves to manage the local Provinces and Municipalities, Dukes primarily have control over Unitary Provinces in their land.

### Provinces and Municipalities

All Duchies are divided into Municipalities and Provinces, all having different distinctions from one another. Municipalities can be either a normal or special one, normal Municipalities are administered by the mayor of the, commonly, largest city of the municipality, also the one which gives its name, Special Municipalities on the other hand have a mayoral council that leads the Municipality, these are sometimes called Metropolitan Municipalities, the mayoral council is primarily composed of one mayor and 4-10+ borough or town representatives, with boroughs having certain local autonomy with their own emergency services and administration of schools, hospitals, parks and public transport, one of the best examples is the Municipality of Londívia with 28 boroughs and 4 surrounding towns, the most of any other Special Municipality.

Provinces on the other hand are either led by a council of mayors or by the direct administration by the Duke's Office, those being respectively, Semi-Unitary and Unitary Provinces, Semi-Unitary Provinces commonly cover regions past or in the suburbs of a metropolitan region, where smaller towns can be found, commonly covering industrial regions, Unitary Provinces commonly either cover large swaths of land with lower population in the Albíonese island, or divide industrial, agricultural and populated centers in Eire. Special Provinces are those under special jurisdiction of the Parliament, there is currently 5, each being a military testing zone, being split into smaller regions of populated regions except for the Agamánn Testing Zone in northern Eire, one of these provinces, the province of Anérgornn in the south of Eire is where Soviet Cat INC.'s headquarters are located, alongside with a submarine harbour and shipyard.