Larkkia

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**Larkkia** is a country on the Autmong Realm. Its capital is Verdenville. It is located south of Spawn, past Delphine Village. Larkkia consists of five (formerly thirteen) different provinces, and has two oversea territories used for additional construction, outside of the nation's mainland. It is the second richest country in all of Autmong, behind the Dragon's Smoke, in terms of recourses. It was established on November 17, 2020.

According to the Town Hall of Autmong, Larkkia was the fourth region established on the realm. It is also the third largest nation on the realm, though it was originally the largest altogether before the nation was completely reworked in 2022. Larkkia is also the southernmost nation in Autmong. Larkkia is one of five regions in Autmong to be connected to the Autmong International Destinations Service: its station is called the Verden Station.

On Autmong 2.0, it was succeeded by New Larkkia. New Larkkia shares many place names with the previous iteration of the nation.

## History

### Backstory

Larkkia, like Trollfacebawe, was created on November 9, 2020 on the website NationStates. There, it was known as the **Republic of Larkkia**, rather than the Larkkian Republic. The Larkkian flag was created on the same day. That same month, Larkkia was brought over to the Autmong Realm, as the first major nation on the realm (not including Dragon's Smoke and Spawn, which weren't called "nations" until after Larkkia was founded), and the second region to be created separate from Spawn and the Town, after Delphine Village. The nation's capital city, Verdenville, is named after a previous NationStates country. Both NationStates pages have since been taken down due to inactivity.

### On the realm

#### 2020-2021

Larkkia was established on the realm on November 17, 2020, to the far south of Spawn, past Delphine Village. The first building erected in the nation was the Burj Khaleafa, then known as the Burj Khawheata. Shortly after, more buildings were constructed, starting with the Core House, before more farms, eventually leading to there being so many buildings that the metropolitan region rivalled the Town in scale. Around December 2020-February 2021, many divisions were established in the nation, and Larkkia received its own Nether Portal. Larkkia originally used polished andesite for its paths, but it was soon changed to deepslate tiles following the release of version 1.17 to make Larkkia appear more different compared to the Town on any maps.

Larkkia is often attributed for the eventual inactivity on the realm, mainly due to its location resulting in users being more separated. Despite this, Larkkia remains one of the most actively visited (behind Spawn and the Town), and updated places on the realm during the realm's most active periods.

#### 2022-present

In October 2022, the nation was dramatically revamped, with new borders for its provinces, also resulting in the nation's borders changing entirely. The border changes resulted in Larkkia being approximately halved in size. Before the changes, Larkkia was the largest nation on the realm, however, after the changes it was reduced to the third largest, being overtaken by Trollfacebawe, which became the second largest nation, and Baos, which became the largest on the realm. Following the changes, the number of provinces was reduced from thirteen to just five.

Also as part of the revamp, all lore relating to Larkkia was also retired and retconned, freeing the realm from any lore. Following the revamp, a book called the *Constitution of Larkkia* was burnt in Trollfacebawe on November 2, 2022. On November 10, 2022, a week long celebration of Larkkia's two year anniversary begun. Many decorations were put up for the event, many new buildings were built and many changes were made to pre-existing Larkkian areas.

## Notable landmarks

* Bad Ben
* The Burj Khaleafa
* The Core House
* Verdenville Gate

## Divisions

Larkkia is divided into several districts, called provinces. Each district has its own flag, purpose and name. Below is a full list of the districts created for Larkkia, with images of flags and maps. The six districts consist of four provinces and two cities, Verdenville and Peckerwood.

Additionally, Larkkia has a territory overseas, named Uslum Isles.

## Geography

Larkkia is mostly made up of forest biomes, however the north-west, and far north-east are both swamp biomes. Larkkia is very hilly, and originally contained a lot of forestation, due to the biomes it was built on. Larkkia's west border is entirely surrounded by taiga biomes, the north-west border leads to a dark oak forest. The entire northern and western coastlines are formed by river biomes, and water formed from the swamp. The southern border is a land border that leads for more forest.

The eastern border is formed by a windswept hills region and a river. Beyond the river at the eastern border is a birch forest.

## Renaming

There have been numerous attempts to rename Larkkia, all of which are based on the word "Lark" in different languages. Notable examples include Alaudia (from Latin) and Korydallos (from Greek). All have failed.

## Flag

Larkkia's flag is a horizontal tricolour with a red chevron. The tricolour consists of (from top to bottom) purple, black and yellow. Within the red chevron is a white five pointed star. The flag was made for the NationStates version of Larkkia, however it was not the first flag considered for the *Minecraft* version.

Originally, the Autmong version of Larkkia was going to have a new flag, a white flag with a white cross that has a blue outline. This flag appeared on Autmong 2.0, but did not represent anything.

## Other appearances

### Autmong 2.0

Larkkia had a successor on Autmong 2.0, aptly named New Larkkia. However, in a bedroom inside the Skankius Tankius, there was an original Autmong Larkkian banner. Several other old Larkkian banners appeared across the realm inside chests and barrels, however the one in the bedroom was the only one placed down in the world.

### *Top Trumps: The Autmong Realm*

Larkkia does not appear in the Tabletop Simulator release of *Top Trumps: The Autmong Realm*, due to an oversight. A card was made, however, with the image showing Chropshire. Larkkia is the only nation that does not appear in the deck. The flag of Larkkia appears on the cover of the deck, and on all Larkkia-related cards.