Styrkuria

Flag of Styrkuria

### Motto

"Jag kommer aldrig att förgås. Inte heller ska jag falla." (Swedish)"Ek mun aldreg forast. Ek âtti helle ekki ad dett." (Styrkurian)

"Ég mun aldrei farast. Ég ætti heldur ekki að detta." (Icelandic)

"I shall never perish. Nor shall I fall." (English)

### National Anthem

Marš afroma, Stérkuríngi! (Vajacki marš) (1830–1926)
Stíga, Stérkuríé! (1987–present)

## General Information

### Capital City

Siglufjörður (1830–1896)
Akureyri (1896–1926, 1987–present)

### Official Languages

Styrkurian
Icelandic
Swedish

### Religion

Protestantism, mostly Stérkurskorkâ
Asatru

### Government

Unitary Presidential Republic (1830–1926, 1987–present)

### Leaders

Örn Gunnarsson (1830–1843)Gunnar Trausti (1843–1886)

Björn Gylfason (1886–1926)

Eyjólfur Páll Jónsson (1987–2018)

William Rivera Espanto (2018–present)

### Writing System

Latin
Futhark *(de facto)*

### Membership

World Assembly
AEATO
Afro-Eurasian Union
International World Union
Nordic Council

## Historical Information

### Establishment

* August 6th 1830 (First Republic)
* February 8th 1987 (Independence from USSR)

### Preceded by

* Iceland
* Styrkurian SSR

**Styrkuria** *(Styrkurian: Stérkuríé, ᛊᛏᛁᚱᚲᚢᚱᛁᛁ, Icelandic: Styrkuríu, Swedish: Styrkurien)* officially the **Nordic Republic of Styrkuria** *(Styrkurian: Norduslédveldid âf Stérkuríé, ᚾᛟᚱᛞᚢᛊᛚᛁᛞᚢᛖᛚᛞᛇᛞ•ᚨ'ᚠ•ᛊᛏᛁᚱᚲᚢᚱᛁᛁ, Icelandic: Norðurlýðveldið Styrkuríu, Swedish: Nordiska Republiken Styrkurien)* is a nation in Northern Europe, located in the northern part of the Icelandic Island, bordering with Iceland at the south. It existed from August 6, 1830, up until October 12, 1926, and regained independence on February 8, 1987. Styrkuria was originally founded as a Division State by the Swedish Empire after conquering the northern part of Iceland. It remained unrecognized until it became independent from the Soviet Union in 1987.

William Rivera Espanto, the current president of Styrkuria, is known to be the first foreign non-white person elected president of a country, and the youngest person in world history to become a leader, at 25 years old (excluding monarchs).

Its capital and largest city is Akureyri *(Styrkurian: Akurkída).*

## Etymology

The name "Styrkuria" roughly comes from the portmanteau of two words: "styrkur", an Icelandic word meaning "strength" representing the country's colonial success, and "maria", a Latin word meaning "on the seas", symbolizing the country's geography. The Atlantic Ocean surrounds Styrkuria's coastline.

## History

### Foundation

The Nation that makes up most of modern-day Styrkuria was originally part of Scandinavia, and after Scandinavia was dissolved in 1523, the nation of Iceland was under Danish-Norwegian rule, until Swedish Expansion in 1611.

In 1830, the Swedish Imperial Military invaded Northern Iceland and colonized it, declaring it Styrkuria, it was not recognized as a nation by the majority of Europe, in 1834, Icelandic Revolutionists declared an Independent Akureyri as a protest against the new colony.

### The First Styrkurian Republic

Styrkuria escaped Swedish Colonialism and stayed as its own country. Örn Gunnarsson was appointed as President of Styrkuria in 1830, and he led the nation as a Great Leader and he befriended anyone who was willing to run for Parliament.

He was shockingly shot in 1843 at age 56 by Akureyrian Spies, they were deported by the government afterwards.

Gunnar Trausti became the new President after Gunnarsson died.

Trausti, who was a Conservative, made some Economic and Religious Reforms in Styrkuria, he was however criticized for being too Conservative.

When the Stockholm Blood Bath War began in 1854, Trausti wanted Styrkuria to stay neutral, but the Italian Formosa launched an Invasion and killed thousands of Styrkurians, Trausti then entered the war, and with the help of the Swedish Empire, the Italian Formosa surrendered in 1866.

Trausti died in Office 20 years later after The War.

Björn Gylfason became the new President after Trausti's death.

Gylfason wanted to modernize Styrkuria with Industrialism, he defeated the Republic of Akureyri in 1896 after signing the Styrkurian Land Claim Expansion Treaty to annex the ROA. Shortly after its expansion, the former capital, Siglufjörður, was moved to Akureyri, the capital city of the annexed ROA.

In 1914, the first World War had begun, and Sweden had joined the Central Powers, he kept Styrkuria neutral and instead focused on developing Styrkuria to a new age.

In 1926, 8 years after WW1 ended, Gylfason was overthrown by Vladimir Durzhovskiy and Styrkuria was annexed into the USSR.

Gylfason died in 1928 at age 88, and Styrkuria became an SSR of the Soviet Union.

### Soviet Era

*Main Article: Starvation of Men*

Shortly after Styrkuria became a Soviet Socialist Republic, Vladimir Durzhovskiy committed the Starvation of Men, and over 18,000,000 people died as the death rate grew quicker.

2 years later while Durzhovskiy was going to a Meeting in Yugoslavia, he was assassinated by Igor Milovanovich, Styrkurians thought this would be the end of Tyranny, yet they were proven wrong.

### WW2

in 1939, the second world war had begun, and The Soviet Union had de facto been neutral, until 1942 when Stockholm was bombed by Nazi Germany, Germany had also Occupied Styrkuria 2 years prior and installed Kristofer Vigfússon as Puppet Leader, and he was very pro-nazi, his reign was short-lived as in 1944, Germany became unstable, and Styrkuria was seceded back to the Soviet Union afterwards.

### "World's Worst Reconstruction"

As 1955 came, Ivan Zhanov was elected as General Secretary of the Styrkurian Communist Party, and he made the genocide in the Styrkurian SSR much worse, 192,000,000 people starved to death, many of whom were children.

Zhanov spent much of his time in a lavish lifestyle and silenced the protests. As Styrkuria was getting the lowest life-expectancy rates in Europe.

### Independence and Reconstruction

When Zhanov died in 1987, The Soviet Union began collapsing. The Styrkurian SSR became the first to secede in 1987, and the newly-elected President Eyjólfur Páll Jónsson took over in charge of Styrkuria. He convinced other countries to start exporting food and seeds for agriculture to Styrkuria, and by July 15th, 1994, the genocide ended.

Eyjólfur Páll Jónsson would continue fixing Styrkuria after being under Soviet control for 60 years. He started re-establishing the parliament and wrote a new Constitution in 1997.

Eyjólfur started bringing back Styrkurian Culture as time went on, and switched the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet. He also removed Russian surnames and patronyms from the country and transformed into Styrkurian names, so as to Westernize Styrkuria.

Until 2004, Iceland was the only country that refused to recognize Styrkuria, and instead called it Northern Iceland, when Frosti Brynjólfursson became President of Iceland, relations were established and Iceland recognized Styrkuria.

### The New Generation Styrkurian Republic

By 2018, Jónsson announced he would leave office, and the election was held after. William Espanto then became the new president of Styrkuria, marking himself as the youngest leader in modern world history to not be a monarch, and the first foreign non-white person to become a leader of a country.

William had changed the structure and personality of Styrkuria, such as removing the Styrkurian Autocracy Law that was set up by the Soviet Union and improving the country for high economic advancement.