Scandia

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**Scandia**, officially the **Republic of Scandia,** is a country in Grastica that is bordered by ****Koswavia**** to the West, by West Prussenland, Arvike and Stefania to the South and by the Scandian Sea to the North. The capital city, Moka is located in the eastern region of the country. Scandia is a powerful nation, in fact, it has nuclear weapons, a high GDP and a very good life quality. In term of international relations, it has very good relations with socialist and communist countries like Chernan, East Preussen or Russbania. Scandia also have good relations with some western and non-aligned countries like Koswavia. The Republic of Scandia is a member of the Second International and a member of the Grastican Economic Commonwealth.

## History

### Early History (???-1066)

Before 1066, Scandia was largely made up of small kingdoms. The inhabitants of these kingdoms, often nicknamed "Vikings", carried out massive raids and pillaging in the surrounding countries between 750 and 1066.

### Kingdom of Scandia (1066-1784)

The Kingdom of Scandia was created following the unification of the Scandian kingdoms. The first king of Scandia was William the First. From 1066 to 1784, the Kingdom of Scandia was often invaded by neighbouring kingdoms, but managed to repel them and even expand its territory. The Kingdom of Scandia disappeared completely in 1784, when it was completely invaded by Preussen after 4 years of war. Its last king was Olaf the Ten.

### First Republic of Scandia (1918-1940)

At the end of the First World War, Scandia gained its independence and received the territories it occupied and those of the Kingdom of Arvike before the War of 1780, and became the First Republic of Scandia in 1918. However, the government decided to grant independence to Arvike with the *Treaty of Arvike* in 1920. This treaty makes Arvike an independent Republic protected by the Republic of Scandia. During the inter-war period, The Republic of Scandia massively developed its military industry so that its army was equipped with modern equipment and could cope with a new invasion. The country also heavily fortified its towns, ports, coasts and strategic points to slow the enemy down as much as possible.

### Scandia during the Second World War

On 10 May 1940, the Neu-Preußen Order launched a surprise attack on Scandia. The Scandian Armed Forces reacted very quickly to the attack and managed to slow down the enemy. Unfortunately, they were quickly overwhelmed due to their lack of manpower. However, the Scandian soldiers fought extremely bravely to defend their country, and even managed to win a few victories. The Battle of Scandia ended on 20 November 1940 with the capture of Fort Kiruma, the last stronghold of the Scandian Army.

After the defeat, many Scandian civilians and soldiers fled to Russbania and even Koswavia where they created multiple units such as the "Flygande Leoparder", a famous Scandian fighter unit that fought in the Russbanian Air Force. These units fought alongside Allies’ soldiers for the rest of the conflict. In 1941, former soldiers and a few civilians created the Scandian Liberation Front, which throughout the war carried out sabotage operations against the enemy and gathered important intelligence for the Allies.

Scandia was completely liberated by the Allies on 8 June 1945, and became the Second Republic of Scandia.

### Post-war period (1947-1955)

From 1947 to 1955, Scandia was able to count on economic aid from its allies to rebuild its economy and industry. It was also during this period that Scandia was able to continue developing pre-war projects such as the J21R, one of the world's first jet aircraft. The Scandian Armed Forces were also able to recover a large amount of equipment abandoned by the Neu-Preußen forces.