Province of Sportannia

Map of Sportannia - Chronological maps

Zhayberne'an, Pictonian, Mannese, Universal Spore Language

### Largest City

**Cities:**Sporantum (4.32 million in the Sporantum-Solenn-Anglicovian metro area)

### Dominant races

Humans/Novmans, Walkers, Spores (nearly went extinct from 182 to around 200 ACC)

### Population

**Demographics of Sportannia**:4.1 Million (-254)
3.9 Million (-50)
5.4 Million (80)
8 Million (136)
 19 Million (171)
 22.4 Million (177)
 4 Million (186)
 13 Million (225)
 11 Million (233)

### Elevation

**Highest Elevation:**Snowdon (1,085 meters above sea level)
**Lowest Elevation:**
Ocean (0 meters above sea level)

### Historical events

**~341 BCC - 236 ACC:*** Conquest of the Elakyri Kingdom by the Novman Republic: 349-341 BCC
* Conquest of the Ardeconian Kingdom by the Novman Republic (Unification of Sportannia): 338-334 BCC
* Sportannian Anarchy: somewhere in the Novman Dark Ages
* Prismael du Niven takes power: 98 ACC
* Creation of Collectivism: 121 ACC
* Solenn du Niven takes power: 139 ACC
* Formation of the Parliament of Sportannia: 143 ACC
* Elenia splits from Sportannia: 169 ACC
* Sportannian War of Independence: 179-184 ACC
* Rango Reconstruction: 184-190 ACC
* Blazej Korda takes power: 198 ACC
* Second Sportannian War of Independence: 224 ACC-228 ACC
* Division of Sportannia into Dezatevia and Greater Burgondonia: 236 ACC

### Senators

**Most Notable/Honorary Senators of Sportannia:*** Georgius Taledon (first, 349 BCC-325 BCC)
* Ardius Calis (310 BCC-294 BCC)
* Ionius Teradon (94 BCC-85 BCC)
* Prismael du Niven/Parrig Spore (98 ACC-129 ACC)
* Zarandos du Niven (129-132 ACC)
* Solenn du Niven (139-180 ACC [longest ruling senator of Sportannia on record])
* Malte du Niven (180-184 ACC)
* Tarlupo Rango (184-190 ACC)
* Blazej Korda (198-210 ACC)
* Aurelien Deuris (224-231 ACC)
* Emile Lalande (231 ACC-236 ACC)

### Abbreviations

ST (2 letter)STN (3 letter)
SPTN (4 letter)

**The Province of Sportannia** (local name: Zoraunca du Sportanne *(Dezatevian, Coringlian, Kelonian, Faraisian)*, Zoranca du Sportanné *(Midlands)*, Zhoranca du Sportanne *(Burgondonian, Elenian)*), also known by the Novmans (officially) as the **Province of Nova Sportannia** (Zoraunca du Nou'a Sportanne) from 184 to 236, was a province in the Northwestern regions of the Novman Republic. It shared only one border with the Kingdom (and later Popular Republic) of Pictonia. Counting maritime borders, it shared borders with the Union of Spore Collectivist Councils, the Principality of Mann, and the Kingdom of Zhayberne'a, as well as the provinces of Karenesis and Bordernesis. It constitutes the namesake and starting point of the Sportannian Trade Spine, which extends throughout most of the Novman Republic. It was the second most developed province in the Western Novman Republic only behind the Core, and is mostly self-sufficient economically. Sportannia had among the highest population in the entirety of the Western Republic, especially during the Solenn era where, with its population of 22.4 Million (its highest on record), nearly surpassed even the Novatic Core before the War of Independence led to its reset. Sportannia is the Republic's greatest source of coal and industrial equipment (despite sympathies to Siberia, a major industrial rival of the Novmans), with the Midlands being among the most industrialized areas in the entire world (alongside Siberia, the Inater Plains, the Ruhr, and the Greater Beanville Area). Other major industries of Sportannia include agriculture, timber and lawnskin, as well as rare earth minerals following the discovery of the Ardin Patch. In addition to its industrial prowess, though, Sportannia was home to some of the most fearsome and well-trained armies and mercenary groups, such as the Foederati, Corps XXX United under Olivier, and the Sportannian Armed Forces. It (specifically Coringlia proper) is also the birthplace of Collectivism, an influential ideology in Sportannian, Galaisian, and more recently, post-Tylonoid politics with the teachings of Leopoldo Astiron continuing to influence many in the world (especially as he has ascended to martyrdom in Galais).

Sportannian (and later Dezatevian/Greater Burgondonian) culture is very vibrant, although the emergence of an independent Sportannian culture is rather recent (being formulated during the Solenn period), being very Neoclassical and Art Nouveau-esque in nature. Its cuisine (especially from the south) and literature (most notably the Sportannian Victory alternate history). Its politics are quite liberal compared to other provinces, with only moderate parties usually forming and the only term limit for provincial senators (3 terms/12 years, four years each) in the entire Novman Republic. This had led to various different candidates (usually on the left side of the spectrum) managing to secure power in Sportannia depending on the current political situation. These liberal policies and general liberalistic attitudes allowed its culture, literature, art and music to flourish in a way that many other provinces don't. As a result it had a generally amicable relationship with the Zelc states, who share a very similar ethic when it comes to both productivity and education. Many well known writers, senators, and more recently musicians have come from Sportannia and it is famous for its cuisine. Southern Sportannians are infamous for their egalitarianism, and they despise the Republic's social darwinistic ideals.

On the other end of the scale, Sportannia has been hotly contested over in recent years in two massive wars waged all over its territory which practically reset everything it had built up for entirely different reasons. The First War of Independence was predominantly marked by an invasion of the now deceased Anti-Spore realm, which led to the total obliteration and temporary dessication of both the North and Midlands in addition to the already massive devastation wrought by fighting by both sides. This devastation was further compounded by a shortage of manpower from the Great Exodus. The Second War of Independence was more of the same, except that Bean bombardments with recent airship bombers had led to even more devastation as a result of carpet bombing. For Walkers, the Second Sportannian War of Independence usually indicated deportation from the northern lands due to SAF policies (part of the reason the Spores got involved). The first war took 6 whole years of recovery, while the 2nd only took four. Thus, Sportannians are offended when referred to as 'weak', as most Novman provinces have not dealt with wars on this scale in recent memory (with the exception of the East, due to the Tylonoids, and the lands affected by the attack of the Freens) and many Sportannians consider the Sporantum Guard's presence to be despicable and against their goals of egalitarianism, atleast until its abolition in 251 ACC by Chancellor Carlos Neruguen.

Sportannian relations with other provinces vary significantly. Sportannia is mostly neutral, amicable or suspicious of other provinces with three notable groups of exceptions; the Ranglish Provinces are disliked by Sportannia due to their pervasive racism, refusal to change, and adoption of Degenerate ideals (which Sportannia considers terrorists). In addition Sportannians consider Ranglish politicians to be immature and prone to violence, a view which was only worsened by the Rangolan reaction to Gamilian pushbacks in the Gamilian-Rangolan Strait Crisis. Sportannians also heavily dislike Polymentaria, due to a housing crisis from real estate companies in the province, as well as other hostile political manuevers from Polymentaria. This has mostly been set aside though and Polymentarian-Sportannian relations are beginning to warm up. Finally, relations with Gamilia are outstanding. A Gamilian-Sportannian friendship started to arise during Solenn's secret assistance of King Funtime I, which slowly snowballed (with hiccups) into a powerful bond between the two provinces. Galais is also included, with Sportannia also being very friendly with that city as a city to emulate in their government and a last bastion of the now somewhat "redeemed" Nivenist ideals. Despite different ideals (Gamilians are usually fervent conservatives and royalists), Sportannians usually travel to Gamilia atleast once in their lifetime in a journey known as the 'Cordia', derived from the word 'cordial' which is usually reciprocated from Gamilia. The Queen of Gamilia is a Sportannian, Sportannia (and Dezatevia) firmly support Gamilia in the Strait Crisis, Sportannia provided the most funds and condolences to the Gamilian Royal Family after the Mallee Regicide, and Sportannia provided significant assistance and aid to the loyalists/pro-King forces during the Gamilian Civil War, which was also reciprocated when the Myegallo Royal Guard supported the Sportannian government in the Second Sportannian War of Independence against the exiles.

Sportannia was peacefully divided into Dezatevia and Greater Burgondonia in the Emile Bill of 236, after much popular support (the movement had been going on for decades) and several referendums by Senator Emile Lalande. This division has, however, been controversial among Northern Spores, who mostly agree with Southern ideals and are now a minority in a now majority-conservative North where they have very little voice. As a result, minority parties have formed in Greater Burgondonia advocating for more liberalization as in the South.

## Toponymy

Sportannia comes from a portmanteau of the words 'Britannia', and 'Spore' referring to the previous large population of the Spores on the island. It is also divided into multiple regions each with their own names; Dezatevia comes from the deity of Decism, 'Decon' along with 'tevas' which in Sportannian means 'land of scholars'. Thus, Dezatevia is known as the 'land of the scholars who follow Decon'. On the other hand, Burgondonia, and thus Greater Burgondonia, simply refers to 'Land of the Walkers' in Sportannian and is partly derived from the Ardeconian Kingdom's name, which also referred to itself as Burgondonia before the Novman conquest. Elenia (or Wales) comes from the name of 'highlands', and literally translates to 'People of the Highlands'.

In terms of other subdivisions, the Midlands is...well...the Midlands. Coringlia comes from the Coringlian peoples, who once founded an empire in around 726 BCC to combat the Spores which was eventually destroyed in 517 BCC. The city of Anglicovia is built on Medieval Age Anglicovia, the capital of the Coringlian Empire. The Coringlian peoples' names and origins are mostly unknown though, with multiple propositions as to why they were named such (the most accepted being that they simply named themselves the 'Water Peoples'). The Coringlians' projects of land reclamation dried up much of the Anglian territories to their modern maritime borders. Kelonia (or Kelon)'s name actually derives from a heavily distorted version of 'New Bordernesis' in Sportannian, but it directly actually translates to 'people of the sea border'. Farais refers to simply 'the grassland people' and was also a country pre-Novman era.

Many other names are derived from Spore cities; Sporantum (Sporaunton) is obvious. Nova Parreetown, located in modern Greater Burgondonia, comes from the Spore capital city of Parreetown, and due to its name invites many Spores. It is the only city in the North that was founded pre-Sportannian War of Independence to be mostly Sporified as its general policies, in comparison to other cities in the region, are favourable for Spore living.

## History

### Pre-Novman Sportannia (Prehistory-349 BCC)

#### Pre-Spore Golden Age & Earliest Periods (Prehistory-937 BCC)

The Pre-Spore Golden Age period of Sportannian History is mostly unknown. However, there is some information about that particular period. The island was solely inhabited by Walkers, who arrived some 175,000 years ago, pushing out humans and Spores to Pictonia. As civilization formed, very few human cells existed throughout, which mostly formed clans and tribes. These families were quite primitive early on, but towards the end of the Classical Period they started to organize into confederations and cultures with their own distinctive identities. The first nations are from this time, such as the Kayvarian Confederation, organized in modern-day Lighes (which is in the Northern Midlands). Religions were varied in this region, the majority of which being polytheistic. The tribes and later small nations of Sportannia before Spore raids began were actually somewhat peaceful despite their strength; after all they had no one to really compare themselves to except the Old Pictonians, who they mostly ignored and the Kibitans (old Sportannian Humans), which ended up being enslaved by some but left alone by others. The only known relics of this distant time were the Town of Faeranburg from where the modern town of Ny'ven is built on, and the Town of Karapix.

In 942 BCC, the 2nd North Sea Empire of Baas would conquer Pictonia and attack Sportannia, starting the Spore Golden Age as well as the North Sea invasion of Sportannia. The North Sea Empire, with its organized and much larger army, would manage to roll over most of Sportannia. This was only exacerbated by a Kibitan slave revolt that led to the establishment of the first human confederations in the region. In a 5 year campaign the region was left in utter ruins; Walker populations were utterly devastated allowing an opening for the Kibitan peoples to expand their influence and populations and the Satrapy of Kalevus was established in the modern-day Midlands and Burgondonia. This would cause Spores to flood into the northern parts of Sportannia where they would persist until the War of Independence. The violent nature of the conquest of Sportannia by the North Sea Empire would lead to enduring Spore-Walker hostility, being the spark that led to a Walker racial superiority complex against their new neighbors the humans in the south and the Spores to the east.

#### Spore Golden Age and Earliest States (937 BCC-517 BCC)

The 2nd North Sea Empire would eventually collapse following a large-scale invasion by a coalition on its homeland as the first did (the 1st North Sea Empire did not invade England in this timeline, only Scotland. It went after Ireland and then died). This would lead to the satrapy also collapsing into nothingness as well, although Spores did continue to persist in the region. The Spore invasion would cause significant technological and cultural regression of the area to the point where writing was nearly forgotten (and it was in several areas). A major language shift would begin in the territories, influenced by the Spore invaders from the north. This would introduce harsher sounds and pauses (') to the Sportannian alphabets. Recovery from the massive catastrophe would endure for around 100 years until the Sunglow Empire would launch a massive invasion of the territories in 821 BCC, subjugating it entirely under their rule in a 6 month campaign by Khagan Astvaldur (most of the confederations in the area surrendered before being killed). The Satrapy of Alb'yona would thus be established in Sportannia, becoming the first unified Sportannian kingdom in the region. Sunglow art, literature and ethics would be transferred to Sportannia as other regions of Europe faced the blunt of conquest without mercy for refusing to surrender. After Khagan Astvaldur's death, the Sunglow Empire continued to hold for 40 years until around 783 BCC when it collapsed. The Satrapy of Alb'yona would become the brief Kingdom of Alb'yona before it ended up collapsing on itself in a mere few years, tearing itself apart back into confederal systems of government once again. Pictonia would launch an invasion of the lands in 755 BCC but they would be repulsed by the Confederation of Kal'makia and their coalition. A tertiary Spore invasion by the Eyelactic Republic would follow suit in 739 BCC going through the Burgondonian region, however, an attack on the Eyelactic Republic by the Baa-Maa Union and its allies would force them to withdraw in 737. These attacks would lead to the first and most powerful major kingdom of post-Alb'yona (but pre-Novman), known as the Coringlian Empire. Formed in 726 BCC by a unification of East Anglian families under the prodigious Renouan dynasty, the Coringlian Empire would begin significant expansion into the lands of West Anglia and the Eastern Thames. King Toutain Gaudreau de Renou would conquer the Kay'kuk Confederacy in 721 BCC, dominant in the lands of Southern Mercia. In 719 Coringlia would establish the city of Anglicovia, which would become their capital. Gaudreau was satisfied for now for simply holding all of East Anglia as well as modern-day London and Southern Mercia and began significant development for his nation using the newfound riches from conquered confederations and tribes. Coringlia would create a new religion, a monotheistic imperial cult of sorts, known as Ardi'vanci, or Ardianism, which still has (very few) followers in modern-day Dezatevia. New naeons and naesovias were created in honor of the new Ardi'vanci faith, which spread like wildfire in the East from such a large polity controlling the lands. In 701 BCC the Great Naesovia of Anglicovia would finish construction, which still stands today though as a museum rather than a proper place of faith (although Ardian naeons still exist). This was followed by the death of Toutain in 698 BCC where he was succeeded by Dimitri Gaudreau. Dimitri, unlike his father, was not satisfied by the small territories of the Empire of Coringlia. A young prince (and now king) with significant experience in the military, he immediately went on campaigns in Northern Mercia, Southern Sportannia and even into Wales, all of which were highly successful. The might of the Coringlian army was demonstrated in the Battle of the Twin Peaks in 691 BCC, in Southern Elenia, leading to the crushing defeat of a larger Walker army in the hands of a smaller, more agile force led by Dimitri himself. This would lead to the utter disintegration of the Aedoron Tribe, being fully conquered by the Coringlians. In addition, many northern Walker confederations, afraid of the Coringlians, would decide to become their tributaries for fear of being conquered by the powerful country. Humans in the south were much more stubborn, but the Coringlians went after them when they refused leading to them becoming part of the Empire. By 686 BCC, the Coringlian Empire owned Southern Elenia, all of Mercia, East Anglia, most of Southern Sportannia (except Cornwall) and the entire Thames region. It had tributaries in Cornwall and Northern Elenia, and was very rich. However, Dimitri would while campaigning in Burgondonia be killed in battle in 684 BCC, which would lead to the retreat of the Coringlian attackers. As Dimitri was young, the throne was passed onto the only female heir, Genevieve Gaudreau. The years of the regency from 684 to 669 BCC would lead to the loss of the Northern Elenian tributaries, with the Walkers of the North no longer fearing the Coringlian Empire.

In 669 BCC, Genevieve would take power as Queen of Coringlia (the Coringlians, like the Spores who ruled prior, had no qualms with women on the throne). Early on, the Walkers of Southern Elenia would rise up in 667 BCC. Genevieve was not a military woman, but still went out to combat the threat. The Southern Elenian campaign would be successful, with the help of a strong general corp but Genevieve would be injured, thus making it the first and last time she would ever directly go to battle. Under her very long reign, Coringlia would turn into an economic powerhouse and instead of projecting power through conquest would project more soft power. This would lead to Burgondonia, Southwestern Zhay'bernea and even Southwestern Pictonia becoming tributaries of Coringlia, as well as the joining of Northern Elenia, Southeastern Zhayberne'a and Cornwall. Many new universities, cathedrals, and more were built, leading to Coringlia's largest and most powerful extent on the eve of Genevieve's death in 593 BCC (at the age of 94). Throughout, it managed to stand its ground from foreign invasions, most notably by the Ranglish, Walc Walkers and Spores, throughout her reign. Anglicovia reached 1.5 million people and its largest city extent. Genevieve is looked up to even in modern Sportannia, where Solenn is referred to as 'her second coming'.

After Genevieve though, calamity struck. Genevieve had four heirs, which led to a succession crisis between Dominique Gaudreau and a coalition of the other 3 heirs, known as Valery, Matthias and Clement. This would eventually lead into the Coringlian Civil War, lasting from 588 BCC to 575 BCC. The civil war would lead to a great shrinking and weakening of the country with it losing Burgondonia, Ireland, Pictonia, Elenia and Cornwall (which became the Kingdom of Farais) and it was left in utter ruins and weakened. Luckily, the victorious King Dominique didn't have many strong threats to worry about besides the Ranglish polities who had established ports for slave trading in Elenia and Southwestern Sportannia as Orcimandy was dealing with its own issues, as were the Spores. The Dominiquean reconstruction would begin, although rather slowly as he still had to manage a restless military and kingdom (especially in Northern Mercia which was still Walker). But the deal was sealed, and Coringlia would begin its collapse. After Dominique's death, squabbling within the military and among various nobles and kings would lead to the obliteration and dismantling of the Coringlian Empire in 517 BCC, replaced by the Kingdom of Sasarnia in East Anglia, the Kingdom of Farais in Cornwall, the Kingdom of Elakyri in Southern Sportannia, and the Kingdom of Ardeconia in Burgondonia. Sasarnia and Farais would be conquered by the Elakyrians in 495 BCC and 488 BCC respectively, who would become the 2nd most powerful pre-Novman Sportannian state only behind, well, Coringlia. Thus the last period of the pre-Novman era began.

##### Elakyrian Hegemony and Leadup to Novman Invasion (517 BCC-349 BCC)

The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Elakyria was primarily dominated by the Zaranian dynasty, which arose after the Elakyrian Succession Crisis of 471-469 BCC. King Elios would ascend to the throne of Elakyria, where he would wage war with the Burgondonian Ardeconian Kingdom. The Ardeconians would be defeated in the First Elakyrian-Ardeconian War of 463-460, which would lead to the long-lived Spore Revolt of Burgondonia in the north as well as Elakyria regaining Northern Mercia, lost in the Coringlian collapse. With the Ardeconians distracted, a period of Elakyrian hegemony would begin in the south, started by an aging King Elios. Elakyria still considered itself to be Coringlian, carrying and touting its language, traditions and religion even with it being a completely new state. An Elakyrian attempt to expand into Ireland would fail, a long war resulting in nothing but both Ireland and Elakyria growing tired. Ardeconia would take advantage and wage the Second Elakyrian-Ardeconian War in 438, which would lead to the death of King Elios and a significant Ardeconian victory in merely 3 years, leading to the loss of parts of East Anglia and all of Mercia from Elakyria. The new Elakyrian King Farasoi would manage to secure a truce and what was essentially a non-aggression pact with Ardeconia which worked out in the long term; Elakyria managed to rebuild its economy and military waging the Third Elakyrian-Ardeconian War in 430. Things would not go as planned, though, and Elakyria would fail to gain more than what it lost in the second war in a 5-year conflict, leaving both nations exhausted. The Orcimandians would sense opportunity, invading Sportannia once again in 422, but once again getting stuck in a 21-year long campaign as their homeland fell to a foreign Walc invasion as well as a civil war. The Orcimandians were forced to withdraw as a result, but the South was left devastated leading to a fourth conflict between Elakyria and Ardeconia in 398. Elakyria, though it lost at first, turned the tides with their new king Yanos, forcing a status quo. They would however be defeated by expanding Ranglish polities in the Elenian War of 388-387, losing Southern Elenia and much of its population (being exported for sale as slaves in Rangola), but recaptured them with little resistance in 385 as the Ranglish states were conquered by the Novman Republic. In 365 BCC, under Queen Ardiva the Ardeconians would attack the south. Though they were initially pushed back, poor Elakyrian supply led them to be pushed back to the border. The exhausted Ardeconian army was unable to lead its own assault past Southern Mercia, dealing with guerrillas in both its homeland and in occupied territories. They would peace out in 351 BCC, leaving the territories ripe for conquest by the expanding Novman Republic...

### Old Sportannia (349 BCC-92 ACC)

##### Novman conquest of Elakyria (349-341 BCC)

In 349 BCC, the Novman Republic would launch an invasion of the Kingdom of Elakyria. Though successful at first, it would soon get bogged down after their capture of the Elakyrian capital city of Anzonia in 348 BCC as they would move it further north into Mercia. Despite Novman numerical and technological superiority, the Elakyrians were very competent and would put up a significant resistance, moving their capital back to the now ruined (though somewhat rebuilt) Coringlian capital in Anglicovia. The Novman invaders would suffer very significant civilian resistance in their occupied regions. This resistance proved so troubling and so great, it would lead to the chancellor at the time, Markos Teladino, demanding the full resettlement or destruction of the pre-Novman Sportannian people and its resettlement by 'pure Novmans'. This would lead to the fall of Elakyria but at the cost of the razing of practically every city in Southern Sportannia, Anglicovia especially being reduced to ruins and rubble. In 341 BCC the Province of Sportannia would be created in the newly formed city of Sporantum. Georgius Taledon would become its very first senator, acting more like a military dictator/governor while new cities, ports and locations were built in the area. Around 1.9 million Sportannians would be sold to slavery in Rangola (where most of them were deliberately neutered so they died anyways) while 3 million were killed by the Novmans during or just after the conquest in the largest genocide in history up to that point. Ardeconia would become heavily demoralized, seeing what happened to their southern neighbor.

8,100 Pre-Novman Sportannians, would, as of the present day, survive the genocide after it was declared complete in 251 BCC, living as a minority within the Vaipura Queendom. They would have more offspring, of course.

##### Novman conquest of Ardeconia (341 BCC-334 BCC)

The Novmans would go after the Kingdom of Ardeconia in 338 BCC, however they would not use the same tactics they did (completely wiping the southern Sportannians off the map) previously, as only the Ardeconian Army put much of a fight on the ground and thus there was no need to. However, their capital city in Kardavira (modern day Elenburg) was razed to the ground, not rebuilt until the Solenn era, in favor of a Ranglish colonial city in the territory simply known as 'New Rangola', which would become the nexus for the Ranglish slave trade until the city was demolished again by Prismael du Niven in 97 ACC, remaining in ruins until Solenn took power in 139 ACC. The Novman invasion of Ardeconia was still rather slow due to significant resistance by the Spores, and attempts at cleansing them were often futile. Infact, they attracted an invasion by the Kingdom of the Pytonians in 336 BCC, though this was repelled in 2 years by 334 BCC it significantly hampered the Novman conquest attempt and forced them to stop the Spore cleansing. The Province of Sportannia would annex the entirety of Ardeconia, and there the Great Wall would begin construction to stop Pictonian raids.

##### Classical Sportannia (334 BCC-254 BCC)

After the two massive conquests in Sportannia, the development of the region would soon have to begin. In 333 BCC, Senator Georgius would work together with other senators in the Walc region, as well as with the current Chancellor Kavius Danton, to begin the Lydenburgh Plan to completely repopulate Southern Sportannia. Negotiations quickly fell apart as the Ranglish would begin to act hostile towards this new plan and the Walkers in the Walc region saught to populate the entirety of Sportannia with walkers, but with brute force the Chancellor would get the last laugh, and the Lydenburg Plan would begin in 331 BCC. As part of the plan, strongholds of natives were removed and the last native towns were razed to the ground, a vast majority of the riches in Anglicovia were moved to Nova (where they remain to this day) and Rangola would get the most significant labour boost since the integration of Walc only about half a century prior from now neutered pre-Novman Sportannians. As for the lands themselves, the plan found itself to be surprisingly effective mostly due to a population boom from the Novatic Core which enabled resettlement in the territories (often by force) and thus more labour and the construction of new towns. In particular, Georgius saw it important to make the city of Sporantum the nexus of Sportannia and a site of proper governance for two reasons; one, to prevent the second rise of 'undesirables' by having a strong center, and two, to properly govern the province. Thus, migration to Sporantum was encouraged and the city's development was often prioritized over other rising cities in the area such as Niven or Parreetown Nova. This would lead to the Lydenburgh Plan becoming only partially successful; the rest of the province would lag significantly behind Sporantum, which would turn it into a backwater in overall Novman affairs, seen as a frontier province only useful for providing slave labour to Rangola. After Sporantum reached 100,000 people, a significant amount of resources were to be dedicated to establishing defensive lines in the province in order to repel potential invasions from the Spore Mainland; these proved costly and only one was ever finished near the OTL city of Hull, as the senate refused to approve any other lines in the territory in fear of rising debt. Though it was likely he would've stayed longer in power, Georgius would get assassinated in 325 BCC by an operation assisted by then-Senator of Malatesta Kyros Dalatin, fearing that Georgius would attempt to crack down on the slave trade in Elenia. Sportannia would appoint a new senator, starting an initial low period in the areas as most senators didn't do much at all to improve things in the rest of the province. This would go on for around 15 years until northern-born Ardius Calis, the only major Walker senator of Sportannia (and Dezatevia, excluding Greater Burgondonia for obvious reasons) would take power. Ardius would for the first time since 325 BCC would push for radical changes to be made, such as development of the Northern regions of Sportannia, which proved partially successful; Parreetown Nova, Ireneeda and Yukapar (as well as to a much smaller extent, Niven) would become major cities in the lands of Sportannia during Ardius' reign. Ardius would also repel an invasion by the Eyelactic Republic against the Province of Sportannia from 301 BCC to 297 BCC. Unfortunately, he would be wounded during the war and the wound would get infected. The disease in question would not be noticed until it reached terminal stages, and Ardius would pass away in 294 BCC. In 291 BCC, succeeding senator Teradica Alavos would designate 5 cities as the 'major cities' of the province and would begin investing into the more rural and smaller cities of the area, hoping to turn Sportannia into something greater. Unfortunately, this would lead to him getting assassinated by pro-Ranglish forces AGAIN in 290 BCC. Succeeding senators would not match their greatness; 4 decades of economic mismanagement would ensue, proving to be a significant burden on the populace. Sportannia would become an emigration zone within the Novman Republic, with its population dropping from a peak of 2.3 million to a measly 1.9 million from 285 BCC to 275 BCC. It would later see improvement as birth rates drastically rose, however.

Attempts to improve Sportannia were often put to an end by Ranglish forces, who kept a close watch on both the Walc provinces and Sportannia, and assassinated anyone who dared to oppose their reign of slavery in those regions. But as the Novman Republic fell further into instability, the Ranglish Empire would be proclaimed in the west. The Province of Sportannia would slowly fall into instability in the 260s and 250s as well, with the populace growing increasingly disgruntled by the lack of change in the areas. Sportannia would attempt to abolish slavery for the first time in 258 BCC, which would lead to the Ranglish Empire declaring war on them. Led by Kadarus Vilicus, they would campaign into the weak backwater territories, launching what was almost a secondary genocide against their peoples. The Ranglish Empire would briefly occupy most of Sportannia before Novman relief aid arrived, turning the tides pushing the Ranglish Empire out of the territory in 255 BCC. However, refusal to pay the so called 'Lost Garrison of Sportannia' would lead to the areas completely losing contact with the Novman Republic only 1 year later in 254 BCC. The brief State of Sportannia would be established by the garrison forces, mostly fading into obscurity as time went on as they quickly became unstable.

#### Sportannian Civil War/Sportannian Anarchy (254 BCC-221 BCC)

##### Phase 1: Civil War (254-240)

The State of Sportannia would, in 254 BCC, be established by the Lost Garrison of Sportannia. It was led by a junta of generals, but they were mainly puppets of the ringleader of the revolt, Commander-in-Chief Innocente Fonza. De-jure it held the entire province, but most people refused to recognize its authority outside of Sporantum. This would lead to major uprisings across the Sportannian Mainland by nobles and popular militias against the Sportannian military and the State of Sportannia throughout the remainder of the 250s, mostly focused in the North. While the southern uprisings were mostly a united front to restore Novman control in the area, the northern uprisings had varying ideals; some wanted to restore Novman rule, while others wanted a different independent Sportannia or Burgondonia. The northern uprisings often conflicted with southern uprisings and each other as much as they did with the Sportannian state. In due time, though, the "Andreists", led by Andrea Anselmo, would win out in northwestern Elenia and unite a significant portion of the Walker uprisings in 249 BCC. With an actual organized movement forming against the Sportannian State, the Sportannian Civil War would break out in 249 BCC, but it wasn't much of a civil war at first. Order in the State of Sportannia would begin to collapse after the death of Innocente Fonza in the Battle of Ireneeda in 248 BCC, killed by Andrea's forces who then proclaimed simply the Andrean domains (contemporary sources know it as the Kingdom of Burgondonia), with Andrea I as King. Southern Sportannia would begin to collapse into anarchy as Andrea Anselmo would continue his march, taking Far Outpost from the stratocracy of General Ursmaro Montecalvo, and hanging him on the spot. Parreetown Nova, however, would be Andrea I's first defeat to a Spore confederation known as the Neuzian Confederacy, besieged by two generals (Aureliano Belfiore and Maurilio Campanile). This would stall his advance and force him to lay siege to the city. Meanwhile, conflicts between popular uprisings and general states would culminate in the Sacking of Niven by Osvaldo Mattiace, which would have the exact opposite effect as desired and lead to the first beheading of world history, as Osvaldo would be guillotined by popular leader Egisto Modafferi who would establish the Niven Popular Council. With Andrea distracted, the Niven Popular Council was mostly left alone after it decisively defeated Walker raiders from Elenia in the Battle of Carid Creek, who would later be finished off by Ezechiele De Stasio of the Andrean kingdom. By 246 BCC, Sportannia was left practically unrecognizable by three full years of total, battle-royale esque warfare while things worsened across the shore as order continued to collapse in the Novman Republic proper. But this was just the beginning. In the north, the relatively undermanned Great Wall of Pictonia would be breached by the Kardic Empire, its home in Northeastern Zhayberne'a. Having already conquered Pictonia and most of Zhayberne'a, and even colonizing small bits of Spore territory from a successful campaign against the Eyelactic Republic, Emperor Mykola I would launch a full-scale invasion of the Andrean Kingdom in 245 BCC, sacking Far Outpost in a relatively easy battle and campaigning throughout the coastline. King Andrea I was forced to abandon the siege in order to prevent Mykola from taking the Andrean capital of Yukapar, but Mykola I had other plans. Mykola's intelligence and scouts had already known that Andrea I would likely go to Yukapar, so Mykola decided to lead a fast charge in order to cut off Andrea's route to Yukapar, starting the Battle of the Sapphire Plains. Andrea I would suffer a decisive defeat, and Yukapar would fall relatively easily. Andrea would later be killed in the Battle of Densburg in 244 BCC by Mykola's forces, and in the span of only around 8 months the entire Andrean kingdom would be destroyed by the Kardic Empire and the lands became a vassal state. Later in 244 BCC, Mykola would capture Parreetown Nova himself, ending the siege and later decisively defeating both generals besieging the lands to conquer practically the entire North. Mykola however had no interest in expanding his dominion further south, so Dezatevia was left alone. Dezatevia was in utter anarchy; the Theophilean dominion of Farais led by President Théophile Bettencourt would manage to take over Farais in 243 BCC, while the Niven Popular Council took a few kilometers of land to its eastern border from General Palatino Muni. In 242 BCC, the city of Amptonium would be sacked by the general Bertoldo Adorno, starting its terminal decline and eventual dissolution in 145 BCC. Only 3 weeks later, though, Bertoldo would be killed in battle against Bettencourt's Farais. This would lead to General Norberto Consoli from Sporantum filling in the power gap, establishing a relatively strong power base in the Thames region of Sportannia. In December 241 BCC, a Novman attempt to reestablish contact with Sportannia would end in failure, as the vessels were sunk by Gigamouths in the English Channel. Thus, the Novman government would conclude that Sportannia was a lost cause to reclaim and thus not make any attempts to return there until 221 BCC, hence why Sportannia's Lost Garrison became known as a folktale until in 245 ACC when archaeologist and historian Jasmin Bonhomme would manage to piece together and chronicle the history of 'Lost Sportannia'. 240 BCC would see the rise of Norberto's power in the Thames territories after defeating a coalition of rival warlords in Southeastern Mercia, then again in the areas of modern day Oxford, allowing him to expand his territories and influence in those areas. He would be able to defeat the Faraisians later on in the year, however Bettencourt would escape alive and nearly wipe out Norberto's forces in that area in a secondary battle. This would lead to a great weakening of his lands, and soon his once loyal officers and generals would turn against him, murdering him and cutting up his lands once again dividing the country. This was only the first phase of the so called "Sportannian Anarchy", though, and many more conflict was to come...

##### Phase 2: Anarchy (240-233)

The Northern territories, held by the Empire of Kardia, would quickly become the most stable holdings in Sportannia, as massive fighting continued throughout the south. In Anglia, a Neo-Coringlian Empire (known in modern historiography as the Leucezian state) would briefly in 239 BCC by an insane woman claiming herself to be the reincarnation of Queen Genevieve. It would only last 2 months, however, as she would die in battle to a military confederation known as the Marinoians, leading to the disintegration of the empire soon after. In 238 BCC, Sporantum would face the first of many sackings during the Anarchy period as a Spore-led warlord confederation would enter and loot the city, leading to a significant drop in its population before they were kicked out by a popular uprising who was then promptly destroyed by a military invasion from Coringlia, led by self-proclaimed general Gioacchino Trento, who would later be usurped by also self-proclaimed Euseo Del Pizzo about 1 month later. In 237 BCC Euseo would be destroyed by yet another popular revolt in Sporantum, which was usurped by Odorico Taormina who was then betrayed by Deodato D'Angelo and his goons and killed in the Battle of Canford. D'Angelo himself would get betrayed by one of his own officers, losing the Battle of Amandica to Enzo Montalbano who would promptly take over his territories.

Meanwhile, in Cornwall, Bettencourt would continue to develop his lands, being relatively safe from the chaos that happened in the rest of Dezatevia. The Republic of Karandale would be proclaimed from the Theophilean domains in the area, with its capital being in the relatively small but well-defended fort city of Cadanis, located in the westernmost edges of Cornwall. There, he would decide to create the Ardicova Line separating his domains from the Dezatevian Anarchy, which would persist to this day (and was infact, to some extent, used during the Sportannian War of Independence by Revolutionary forces defending from the secondary Novman offensive to their south). Karandale would become the most stable area during the Sportannian Anarchy, primarily due to the military expertise of Bettencourt against his rivals and later its peaceful reaccession to the Novman Republic preventing any sort of bloodshed past the borders. Meanwhile, in Dezatevia itself, 236 BCC would see the loss of Girolamo Alessandro to Enzo Montalbano in the Battle of Tenford, thus breaking the cycle of successful betrayals in the Southern lands. The Niven Popular Council would also be overrun and destroyed the same year, with its leaders successfully fleeing to Karandale. The city itself was sacked by Enzo and he managed to establish his reign over much of Dezatevia...although, seemingly not for very long. In 235 BCC Enzo's generals would once again plot his overthrow, and it seemed that he would suffer the same fate as the others who tried to reunite Dezatevia. A civil war began in his domains, and after several bloody battles, Enzo would shockingly come out on top, executing most of the people who dared to oppose him. Thus, by 234 BCC he would successfully unify most of Dezatevia except for Kent, the Southampton regions and Cornwall which were all under the domains of independent kingdoms. A reign of peace was established in southern Sportannia, as in 233 BCC Enzo would resign from his position as the absolute ruler of the new Kingdom of Azatevia to become a major general in its ranks. Romano le Rose would take his position as king, and established non-aggression pacts with the kingdoms of Zania (Kent) and the Bettencourtian realm of Karandale. The Southampton area would however be conquered by Enzo's men later that year though it was not sacked unlike Niven as Enzo had eventually greatly calmed down from a barbaric man of war to a man of peace.

##### Phase 3: The Great Peace (233 BCC-221 BCC)

The Dezatevian states would begin pursuing healthy relations with their neighbor, Kardica, to the north. Mykola I was receptive to establishing further relations with the southern states, and thus would sign the Kardican-Azatevian Friendship Treaty with King Romano le Rose in 232 BCC. Another friendship treaty would be signed with Karandale's leader Théophile Bettencourt, which would be followed up with a Pictonian-Sportannian economic and migration treaty in 231 BCC. This would begin an era of harmony and prosperity; with the Novman Republic distracted by wars with the Empires of Telsica, Tanzania, Artica, Zapponia and Rangola, as well as an invasion by the Teutonnian Germans in the northeast, Sportannia began to flourish. The lands would rise to a population of around 5 million by the time the Novmans launched a second invasion in 221 BCC and their peoples would establish a harmonious brotherhood relationship of sorts which would last to this day. In 230 BCC, Enzo would tragically pass away by a sudden brain aneurysm, leaving the Azatevians without a good general to lead their forces. They didn't see it at the time as necessary, as their northern neighbors were pacified, the Spores were in utter decline and the Novmans were distracted by a dozen other conflicts in their lands. Thus, the Azatevian military greatly shrunk in size and the funds dedicated to maintaining the otherwise large military being dedicated and invested by Romano's command into the construction of new towns and the development of already existing areas. In particular, temples were constructed to the then Azatian faith by all 3 major nations in the area, the predominant Pagan religion of Sportannia at the time. The Kardican Empire slowly drifted toward atheism as time went by, as rationalistic thought began to prevail in that country. Mykola I's age continued to grow (he is 62 by 228 BCC, over twice Romano's age of 30 years old by that time), but he was still more than sane enough to go with the tide of rationalism that began to rise in Sportannia. The Kardican military would quickly grow to become a significant power, repelling a Spore coalition invasion in its lands from 227 to 226 BCC with the assistance of the southern kingdoms, and a Ranglish one in 224 BCC in order to overturn the abolishment of slavery enforced by Emperor Mykola. This was the last hurrah of the Ranglish, as immediately after the failure of their invasion they would get conquered by the Novman Republic, greatly turning the tides against Novman rebels and leading to the beginning of the end to the Dark Ages. The Novman Republic, however, was curious to find just what was across the channel in Sportannia. They knew it was likely nothing friendly, and so began mobilizing troops for a second invasion of Sportannia. In 221 BCC, the invasion would begin with the Novmans easily managing to force the Karandalean and Zanian states to surrender, and marching upon Azatevia. Kardica would jump to the defense of Azatevia, starting a bloody two year long Novman reconquest.

#### Novman reconquest and Dual Hostage period (221 BCC-94 BCC)

        The Novman reconquest of Azatevia would be led by a certain Elkainia. Whether he is actually the one of the Sovereign Order or just named after the same is somewhat hotly debated amongst people who do know about THAT one (i.e. the Vaipura Queendom). The Novman invasion did not take very long, though, as the Azatevian army was still very weak. The Kardicans were unable to mobilize enough men to save Sporantum from falling in the matter of a few months. The Battle of Sporantum was fairly easy, but was just a taste of what was to come for the Novman Republic's invading force, as Mykola I was still marching through Burgondonia at that point. The Azatevians would see a violent collapse in the matter of 6 months, and their leaders would be rounded up and shot by authorities in Nova. This mass execution would see the first use of muskets in executions (firing squads) in Mortalia. Kardica and Burgondonia, however, were much more difficult to subdue. Mykola I would hand defeats to invading Novman armies in the Battles of Warwick and Pozanoveau early on, and completely route a force in Vaina (now the city of Leopoldo). However, he wasn't able to be present everywhere at once, and he would suffer defeat in the Battle of Oakham to Elkainia himelf, which would force him to retreat from much of Greater Burgondonia, all the way to its capital city, which was then Yukapar. Ireneeda would be captured by the Novmans, and the rest of the conquest would be a relatively bloodless retreat from Greater Burgondonia. Conflicts would occur on the Kardican border for the rest of that time period, but the Novman Republic never managed a breakthrough. In 219 BCC, the Novman Province of Sportannia would be reestablished as a temporary military government. The lands annexed by Kardica, however, would end up not being retaken until 215 BCC, peacefully ceded up until the Great Wall by the Kardican government. Mykola I would die one year later out of a despair-induced disease, presumably caused from guilt from failure in the war and failure to save his people and brethren from the Novman Republic.

After the Province of Sportannia would be successfully reestablished, its temporary military reconstruction governor would be Hugues Hébras, the first native Sportannian to be established as a military governor or senator in the region since the inception of the province. Hugues would be mostly in charge of the reconstruction period, and the restabilization, as the Novman Republic remained unstable and stagnant. This reconstruction would be only partially successful, as Hebras would be assassinated in 214 BCC by a Sportannian political extremist. This would nearly plunge Sportannia into yet another civil war in an incident known as the Hardin Crisis, where two senators from the north and south would both claim leadership. This crisis lasted from 214 to 212 BCC, and led to violence in several areas of Sportannia. The Senator, Gabriel Quint, from the north eventually surrendered though, leading to the southern senator Néo De Guignes taking power and establishing a firm hold over the territory. De Guignes, would however begin an era of stagnation for Sportannia, mostly deciding to keep things as they were in a firm status quo to prevent another assassination. He ended up vetoing several bills to abolish slavery in Sportannia entirely in fear of Rangolan assassination, which led to the individual cities' mayors within the province getting increasingly discontented with him. He would be overwhelmingly voted out in favor of a new candidate from the southern elite known as Lucrèce Charpentier in 208 BCC, who would promptly do very similar policies to De Guignes (that being next to no change). Thus began a vicious cycle of electing 4-term-long senators who did next to nothing to improve things in Sportannia. After Lucrece came Lucien Niel, who did attempt to change things and made a significant infrastructure project in the North, of which Parreetown Nova's old city is actually based off of, but he would be assassinated by a Polymentarian noble in 206 BCC and would be replaced by a brief Polymentarian noble junta known as the Delari, ruled by Elvezio Zona, who monopolized Sportannian business under their companies (which would last all the way until the rule of Prismael du Niven). They would rule for only one year before being forced out by the Novman Senate and Chancellor despite protests from the Province of Polymentaria. In 205 BCC, Gustave Gaumont would be elected who did next to nothing. Gustave would last 3 years in office and would be known as 'the Coward', hiding and refusing to do any speeches. He is often known as one of the worst senators of Sportannian history as the country actually somewhat backslid under his rule. Gustave would be violently ousted from power in 202 BCC by the Sportannian military and executed for crimes against the people and Alexandre Vigouroux, who would refound the old city of Anglicovia, was elected. Alexandre would be one of the few senators of this time period to have more than 1 term; he had four and ruled from 202 BCC to 186 BCC. During this time period Sportannia would see some of the only growth it had; Sporantum, Parreetown Nova, Ireneeda and Niven in particular grew quite a bit in size, as well as the new city of Anglicovia. New technologies from the Core would be bought and imported, and slavery would start to be threatened by the new senator. Three Ranglish assassination attempts would fail; Sportannia would launch two retaliatory attempts and successfully claimed the lives of the senators of Leijo and Marjoria. This would lead to a political crisis between the two realms which would be defused by a Novman negotiated treaty known as the Treaty of Southgarf. In 189 BCC, Alexandre would be diagnosed with depression; this would be a contributing factor to his refusal to run in 186 BCC. In his final term, Sportannia would see the largest changes, especially in the much more impoverished north which would be invested in by the senator. In 186 BCC, the incompetent Axel Garreau would take power. He would once again do next to nothing in office except waddle in a bunch of money, especially with the framework that Alexandre had established for further construction of infrastructure in the lands, and only 6 months into his new term he would be assassinated. In 185 BCC, Germain Dieulafoy would be elected. Reforms were attempted but after nearly dying to a Polymentarian assassin in 184 BCC, they would be abruptly halted and Germain would slide back into the status quo mentality of previous senators of the province, which would lead to him getting voted out in favor of Martial Gachet. Martial would actually, true to his name, do significant reforms to the provincial militia and personal guard of the Sportannian province; this would lead to the old guard betraying and murdering him in 179 BCC with his reforms left incomplete. He would be replaced with Silvain Grandjean, who once again in his 4 year term would do next to nothing. Thus, in 175 BCC, Pierre-Marie Morel would be elected who would ALSO do nothing, once again in fear of being assassinated. Shockingly, he ws re-elected in 171 BCC, but ended up being assassinated anyway in 170 BCC. The Walkers in Elenia had enough, and launched the Icaparin uprising, which would last for 24 years due to guerrilla warfare in the territories and the general incompetence of the Sportannian militias in dealing with the rebellion. The rebellion would last all the way until 146 BCC. Meanwhile, Philippe Delcroix would be elected to power in 170 BCC, who did...guess what? Nothing. He was also extremely militarily inept which led to the Icaparin uprising controlling much of northern Elenia, including the city of Yukapar. The succeeding senator Christian Auguste, from 166-162 BCC was not much better at all, though he contained the expansion of the Icaparin rebellion he also continued to do next to nothing. This led to the Variko uprising in Burgondonia from 164-163 BCC, which was crushed in 1 year due to the disorganization of the rebellion. In 161 BCC the then-Brux family would move from the Empire of Rondocavia to the city of Niven, where its founder Mathijn Brux would become Mathijn du Niven. This would start a great political legacy, with the creation of the Du Niven dynasty/family. Hector Beauvilliers would take power in 162 BCC, and would be mostly successful in crushing much of the Icaparin uprising, but not entirely destroying it. He would manage to reverse much of the decline Sportannia underwent, but suddenly decided not to run for another term. The reasons why were unknown until recently, when it was discovered that he had smallpox towards the tail end of his first term and knew that he would die. Beauvilliers would be succeeded by Alceste Azaïs, elected in 158 BCC, who once again did absolutely nothing. This would lead to the resurgence of the Icaparin uprising in the north, and the town of Yukapar would nearly be recaptured by the rebels. In 154 BCC, he would be replaced by the two-term senator Jean-François Mossé who devoted most of his efforts to destroying the Icaparin rebellion. These efforts would prove successful, and the last rebel cells would be destroyed in the Battle of Cedir-Covia. Mosse would however choose not to run once the rebellion was destroyed in 156 BCC, despite popular acclaim to run as he had also greatly improved conditions in the north. Mosse would thus be replaced by Justin Castex, another two-termer. Justin would continue building on Mosse's framework, primarily in the North, which would become greatly caught up. Slavery would become threatened once again in Elenia, and would briefly be abolished under Justin's regime in 146 BCC. However, it would be overturned as illegal by the Novman senate just 1 year later in 145 BCC, which would lead to Justin leading a revolt against them. The Justinian revolt, primarily liberal and abolitionist in nature, would obtain widespread popular success, assisted by a slave revolt in Rangola, conquering the entirety of Sportannia before being crushed by a varied coalition of provincial militias in 141 BCC. Allegedly, it even managed to obtain the support of Chancellor Decals (atleast until it declared independence). Proponents of this belief believe that this support would begin the start of abolitionism in the East, which would eventually culminate in the abolition of slavery Republic-wide. Lasting 5 years, the Republic of Sportannia would be briefly established, although it would not be recognized. The Kardican Empire would collapse in 138 BCC, removing a major threat to the north. The same year, military occupation would end and Lucien Mace would take power, once again doing nothing. He would step down eventually as the north once again started to fall into decay, and in 134 BCC, Jordan Bousquet took power. He did...guess what? Nothing. This would lead to him getting forced out of power by another conservative candidate, Étienne Beauregard, who ruled from 130 to 126 BCC. Etienne did actually do a few things for a change, primarily investing and attempting to modernize Sporantum. However, he was unable to make much progress in doing so due to corporate strangleholds over the city, in addition to the already ongoing Dual Hostage Crisis, which would not be solved until Prismael du Niven's takeover of power in the territories much later. Thus, with this in mind, he was voted out and replaced with the last two term senator of the pre-decline era; Davy Beauchamp. Elected in 126 BCC, Davy was far more successful in modernizing the country, enacting trust laws in his province in order to have more government control. Sporantum would see a significant growth in population, as would the cities of Nova Parreetown and Anglicovia. This would garner him significant popularity, and he would be re-elected in 122 BCC by an overwhelming popular majority. Davy would convert to Decism in 123 BCC, being the first Decist Sportannian senator. Despite this, the religion did not gain much ground at all in Sportannia until the end of the War of Independence; instead the provinces would go on a mostly non-affiliated trend in terms of religion, acknowledging the existence of deities but either being incapable or actively refusing to worship. It was primarily due to Walker-introduced societal values that Sportannia remained the way it was, and once a radical liberal trend started during the late Zarandos era these shackles and burdens of ultraconservatism were finally lifted, leading to a true explosion in the prosperity of the nation. But that is for a much later time. After Davy left power, circumstances began to arise that would lead to the Sportannian Decline.

After Davy was Wilfrid Dutoit, who did nothing. He ruled from 122-118 BCC, and was eventually voted out. Serge Gérin was elected, ruling from 118-114 BCC. He primarily focused on the Greater Burgondonia region, infact, which led to him having to dodge several assassination attempts from the Ranglish, fearing their loss of slavery. This however would come at the cost of neglecting Dezatevia, which would result in the southerners voting him out and replacing him with Rémy Blaise who also did nothing and ruled from 114-110 BCC.

## Military

1. ↑ Dezatevian (and Sportannian) derive from Coringlian, hence the similar language
2. ↑ Sportannia doesn't use the traditional naming scheme of (Name) (roman numeral) for monarchs
3. ↑ churches
4. ↑ cathedrals
5. ↑ Anarchy-era Walkers are the only exception to Sportannians usually just using the person's name as their monarchical title (rather than [name] [roman numeral])

Eventually they stopped using that system as well.
6. ↑ Most of the actual generals in the area are dead
7. ↑ Refers to the time Sportannian senators actually tried to reform but were kept hostage by Polymentaria and Rangola and thus forced to do nothing.
8. ↑ Sportannian names emerged as early as 300 BCC, the actual language however wasn't exactly restored until the late zarandos and early solenn era
9. ↑ Netherlands
10. ↑ Atheism wouldn't really make sense