Kaltland

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The **Kaltic Empire**, commonly known as **Kaltland**, is a country primarily located in Western Alluvion. It consists of ten municipalities, a federal district, a joint-administered territory with Cevania, three minor unincorporated territories and four colonial territories with limited autonomy. It is the largest country by both land and total area. Kaltland shares land borders with The Exclave in a northern island, The Lowlands in the former Raakut territories and Cevania in a southern island as well as maritime borders with The Exclave, Furion and The Lowlands. It has a population of over 21 million, and is the sixth most populous country in the world. The national capital is Weissberg, and the most populous city and financial center is Sturmkassel.

Various Kaltic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Kaltland since classical antiquity. A region named Kaltia was documented before AD 300. In the 17th century, Kaltic tribes unified under the Elbemann Dynasty. Following the Kaltic War and the dissolution of the Proto-Kaltic tribes that had surrounded Kaltland in 1899, the Kaltic Empire was formed after. Kaltland was attacked by P.I.N.E-controlled Chaotistan in 1917 who attempted to re-establish their mainland in the Rohol Shores but emerged victorious which resulted in the end of the war. This marked the end of Kaltic neutrality and Kaltland began expanding its empire and influence afterwards.

Kaltland is a federal monarchy with two separate branches of government. It is an absolute monarchy with a market economy. It retains capital punishment and lacks Porb and LGBT rights.

Kaltland is a highly developed country and a founding member of the Agricultural Research Organisation and Civilian International Research Organisation, and a member of the Global Community.

## Etymology

The first known use of the name "Kaltland" dates to 1640, when it appeared in a letter written by then-Kaiser Richter Elbemann to Prince Ernst Elbemann, his son. Kaiser Richter expressed his wish to "Establish a union of all Kaltic tribes" to prevent another tribal war from occuring. The first known publication of the name "Kaltland" was in the "Kaltic Proclamation" made by Kaiser Richter to declare the establishment of Kaltland.

## History

### Indigenous peoples and pre-Kaltic history

The Proto-Kaltic Tribes were present in Kaltland over 130.000 years ago. The Kaltic tribes that diverged later are thought to date from the Kaltic Bronze Age. From rivers in West Kaltland and northern East Kaltland, they expanded south, east, and west, coming into contact with the Griechisch Tribes and Angle Tribes.

### Kaltic Tribes and the Merkian Empire

In 8 AD, Chief Marker formed a coalition among the Kaltic Tribes and invaded the Griechisch Tribes and Angle Tribes, launching a campaign of forced integration which failed after a few decades due to the large population of the Griechisch and Angles which resulted in a forced merging instead.

Marker established the Merkian Empire with the aid of an allegedly unrecognisable individual in 23 AD and launched a military campaign against the Proto-Kaltic Tribes surrounding the Merkian Empire. This resulted in the defeat and disestablishment of the Merkian Empire and the Kaltic Genocides which resulted in more than 60% of the Kaltic population being massacred by the Hesse, Lichers and Kanos peoples.

### Kaltic Tribes and the Warring Tribal Period

Kaltic Tribes were forced northwards and retained little to no contact with the south. By 580 AD, when Mausen wrote Kaltia, Kaltic Tribes had settled along the coastal regions of West Kaltland. In 671 AD, the tribes had begun expanding east and west coastally, taking up a majority of the coastal regions of East Kaltland. Around 800, Kaltic Tribes launched an invasion of the Proto-Kaltic Tribes and massacred approximately 50% of their population, forcing them to retreat south behind the Great Wall of Malevolence.

In 804, Kaltic tribal leaders disagreed and engaged other Kaltic tribes in conflict due to a famine resulting from heavy flooding which many historical documents claim were foretold by an unrecognisable prophet. Subsequently, the Elbe Tribe emerged victorious in 1033 AD.

### Wars of Unification

In 1040 AD, the Elbe Tribe requested the aid of an unrecognisable alchemist to produce potions of flame, modern historians identified their descriptions as a rudimentary incendinary device consisting of a crude glass bottle filled with crude oil which soldiers would set ablaze using lit torches. By 1060, the Elbe Tribe would conquer most of modern East Kaltland before being drawn into conflict with the Kingdom of Gleeser, a rival nation that also launched its own unification campaign among the Kaltic Tribes.

In 1078, the Wars of Unification would end with the Elbe Tribe emerging victorious. The Kingdom of Gleeser would be annexed and the Kingdom of Elbe would be formed.

### Heretical Period

During 1079 to 1106, the Kingdom of Elbe would begin a series of brutal and violent purges across the Kingdom due to the presence of numerous non-state mandated religions. The unrecognisable alchemist who had helped them would go into hiding during this period due to the numerous attempts on his life by King Alder Elbe.

Members of the Elbe royal family found to practise different religions would be ousted but not executed due to their status as members of the royal family. The ousted members of the Elbe Dynasty would change their last names to Elbemann and incite rebellions and revolts across the kingdom, culminating in the Dagonese Religious Wars of 1107.

### Dagonese Religious Wars

During a solar eclipse in 1107, the Kingdom of Elbe faced separatists across the entire kingdom that threatened its stability. This resulted in a campaign of warfare which spread across the entire kingdom with an estimated death toll of 1.3 million. In 1115, the Elbemann Rebellion emerged victorious and denounced all religion which led to further revolts by religious and occult organisations within the new Kingdom. The wars lasted for 20 years and in 1135, the Kingdom of Elbemann lost multiple states which broke away, leaving the kingdom to Weissberg and Sturmkassel, which was the capital of the Kingdom of Elbemann.

The worshippers of Dagon dominated the religious landscape of the Kaltic states until 1303 when the rise of numerous religions, foreign and local, resulted in the near-total extermination of the Religion of Dagon and reduced it to minor cults scattered across the Kaltic states. The Sacred Theocratic State of the Sefirot would be formed in 1357 when foreign missionaries of an unknown religion would spread a new pantheist theory which would result in the unification of multiple religions through a theory of a divine tree which would unify all religions. The deity, Adam Kadmon, would be introduced to the Kaltic states at this time through the religion of Sefism.

### Occult Renaissance

In 1409, the Theocratic State of the Sefirot began a conquest of faith throughout the Kaltic states and fought the Kingdom of Elbemann. There are accounts of an unrecognisable alchemist producing new siege weapons, formulating strategies and designing fortifications for cities which had prevented the numerically superior Sefist state from conquering the Kingdom of Elbemann immediately.

However, the Theocratic State of the Sefirot conquered numerous neighbouring states and was only stopped by a large push by the Elbemann Coalition which forced them to withdraw in 1461. The result of this war was the decrease in Sefist belief and the Kingdom of Elbemann would receive significant amounts of support after the war.

From 1462 to 1600, occult organisations with no affiliations to existing religious organisations would spread. These occult organisations would build schools and institutions for the study of natural phenomena with subjects such as alchemy, natural philosophy and crude physics observation experiments. Due to the lack of results, most superstitious beliefs and religions declined in popularity as larger amounts of people began to doubt the authencity of the occult due to a lack of actual results.

### Kaltland Unification

In 1605, The Kingdom of Elbemann started a conquest of the Kaltic states and fought the Sacred Theocratic State of the Sefirot which had faced a severe decline during the centuries. They had launched a total invasion due to Proto-Kaltic Tribal invaders attacking the Kaltic states. However, the war lasted until 1640 when a decisive assault in Dilos resulted in a decisive Elbemann victory. The rest of the Kaltic states, severely weakened, were forced into submission and the Elbemann Dynasty established its claim over the Kaltic peoples. Kaiser Richter Elbemann would make the Kaltic Proclamation a few months after to establish the state of Kaltland.

### Elbemann Crisis of Succession

In 1699, the Elbemann Dynasty found itself in a crisis of succession due to infertility resulting in inbreeding from royal bloodline laws preventing members of the royal family from marrying outside of the royal line without giving up their royal status. Thus, the Ebermann family found itself taking over the dynasty due to the familial ancestor of the Elbemann and Ebermann families being half-siblings.

Thus, the succession was passed over to the Ebermann Dynasty in 1700. Kaiser Volker Ebermann would abolish royal inbreeding laws immediately afterwards much to the displeasure of the Elbemanns.

### Kaltic Restoration

In 1883, Kaltland began working towards the revitalisation of the nation's science and technology. Kaiser Hansel Ebermann elected to improve Kaltic infrastructure and scientific research, successfully bringing Kaltland out of a state of squalor.

### "Alte Kameraden" Policy, Kaltic War

Hessefeld, Südlichtland, Ankrit, Freischaf, Kanos, Mausen, Theses, The Anglies, Der Stein and Baum were forcibly included in the Kaltic's ambitious "Alte Kameraden" Policy which declared Kaltland the enforcer of the "Alte Kameraden" Policy. Südlichtland, the Anglies, Hessefeld and Mausen were voluntary members. The rest of the tribes were involuntarily included.

The "Alte Kameraden" Policy dictated that all members of the Policy would be protected by Kaltland in the event of an invasion. Kaltland would establish trade with the tribes and outlaw all forms of slavery and cannibalism to all deemed Kaltic. The tribes would be banned from engaging in warfare, skirmishes or other acts of violence against one another and would be partially subjected to Kaltic Civil Law. Temporary courts were built in the tribes with armed contigents to protect the judges and lawyers. Member states were only allowed to fight in self-defence or in a coalition to punish offending members.

Baum decided to cannibalise multiple members of the other tribes in protest which led to a coalition of Kaltland, Theses, Der Steine and the Anglies which led to Baums defeat. Baum was completely annexed by Kaltland which led to protests from the Anglies, Theses and Der Steine.

The Kaltic War began when Der Steine refused to cooperate with Kaltland and began expelling and executing Kaltic officials. Kaltland declared war on Der Steine and Südlichtland agreed to aid Kaltland. When Kaltland neared the Anglies-Der Steine border, the Anglies, Ankrit and Theses declared war on Kaltland and Südlichtland. Kaltic forces dug in to prepare for a prolonged war as Theses and the Anglies used their experience and knowledge working alongside Kaltic forces in the Baum war to attack Kaltic trench exits and entrances.

The Arztkorp is granted permission to deploy chemical weapons for the first time in a war and mustard gas is unleashed into the trenches, killing tribal troops en masse. Hessefeld condemned the Arztkorp and Kaltland and declared war on Kaltland. Kanos also joined the war against Kaltland. Hessefeld and Kanos managed to overrun large portions of East Kaltland using numbers and sabotuers from Hessefeld sabotaged Kaltic railways, resulting in a derailment that killed 3k Kaltic troops.

Kaltland began a naval bombardment of Hessefeld and Ankrit's settlements. Ankrit would surrender within the next week and Hessefeld lost its only wooden vessel which had served as its lone naval vassal. The Kaltic air force used its recently invented triplanes to deploy mustard gas on Hessefeld. HSMSI field hospitals in Hessefeld were held under siege but unbeknownst to the Kaltic government, the HSMSI conducted the largest unrecorded human experiment to date by deploying the HS-2 virus across Hessefeld from the field hospitals. This event would be recorded as a sudden outbreak of Polio and as of 1920, no one knows why the outbreak happened.

The Abwehrtruppe was deployed to eliminate Kanos with [UNKNOWN]. However, due to a severe misunderstanding of [UNKNOWN]'s thought process, Kanos was completely massacred in what may as well have been a genocide. [UNKNOWN] was eventually reprimanded but due to his unrecognisable nature, could not be arrested.

Thurndorf, the capital of Hessefeld, was placed under siege and King Andreas of Hessefeld would commit suicide as Kaltic troops would overrun the castle. The Kaltic War ended with the annexation of all of Kaltland's neighbouring Proto-Kaltic tribes, Kaiser Hansel's abdication and the formation of the Kaltic Empire.

### Kaltic Empire Period

The Kaltic Empire established multiple colonies such as Tierschuleland, Fucking, Ahuitzotl Island, Zcerneboch Chains, Southern Colonies (Unnamed) were also taken for their cryolite deposits and to establish a south Alluvion Kaltic presence.

### Green War Involvement

The terrorist organisation P.I.N.E was official re-designated by the mad Kaiser and Head Doktor of the Hans Schmidt Medical Sciences Institute, Hans Schmidt, to P.E.N.I.S after his first encounter with a P.I.N.E operative, Dr. Eriksson. Chaotistan, under P.I.N.E control, would launch an invasion of the Kaltic Empire, attempting to capture the Rohol Shores through the inciting of a rebellion with P.I.N.E agents. The war turned south as the Kaltic Empire launched an invasion of Chaotistan-held Raakut and began invading northern Chaotistan.

Chaotistan decided to re-establish its mainland in the Kaltic Empire as Kaltic troops launched a massive rush to capture all of mainland Chaotistan. However, the entire Coalition League joined the battle and the Rohol Shores were liberated through the use of Coso-Cola with Cocaine included and chemical, biological weapons. Chaotistan lost the war and was overrun, the Kaltic Empire and the rest of the Coalition League began splitting the overseas holdings of Chaotistan and multiple occupation zones were established. The Kaltic Empire claimed the northern half of Chaotistan.

### Kaltic Civil War

4 organisations formed in the Kaltic Empire: Kaltland, which claimed to be the successor to the original Kaltic state before the empire proclamation and was backed by the Isolationist Party, Kaltia which claimed that modern technology was sullying the Kaltic way of life and attempted to bring the Kaltic tribes back, the Licher Remnant which laid claim to the Proto-Kaltic Tribes massacred in 800 AD and demanded reparations in gold or Kaltic blood and the Sefir state which laid claim to the Sacred Theocracy of the Sefirot and was attempting to gain independence.

Due to the nature of the rebellions and local displeasure, the rebellion was easily crushed through Kaltia and the Licher Remnant fighting each other and the Kaltic army and police force launching a massive peace-keeping operation to quell riots. Kaltland had attempted to seize the original Kaltic territories as of 1883 but could only cause large riots of varying densities which were eventually quelled with mass arrests and the disbandment of the Isolationist Party.

# Geography

The 11 municipalities of Kaltland and the federal district of Weissberg occupy a combined area of 3.400.000 km^2 (1.300.000 sq mi). Of this area, 1.700.000 km^2 (650.000 sq mi) is contiguous land, composing 61% of total Kaltic land area. About 15% is occupied by Tierschuleland, a municipality taking up the entire island east of the Kaltic mainland, with the remainder in Fucking, a municipality taking up the entire island south of Tierschuleland, Ahuitzotl Island, a municipality taking up the entire island south of Fucking, and the Zcerneboch Chains, a municipality taking up the entire island chain southwest of Fucking and northwest of Ahuitzotl Island. Measured by only land area, Kaltland is the largest in size behind Cevania and the Exclave, although the statement regarding the latter is unconfirmed.

Kaltland is the world's largest nation by total area (land and water). The ranking varies depending on how the total size of Kaltland is measured and how oceanic territories between Kaltland and Cevania are counted,

Kaltland is bordered by the North Argen Sea and at the southern colonies, by the Kaltic Sea. Elevation ranges from the Great Wall of Malevolence (Highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963m or 9,721ft) in the middle-south of West Kaltland to the shores of the North Argen Sea in the north and the Kaltic Sea in the south. The forested uplands of West Kaltland and the lowlands of Neue Grenzen (lowest point: in the sub-municipality Krogernach at 6.31m or 20.7ft below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Eider, Main and White Main. Significant natural resources include iron ore, copper, magnetite, coal, pitchblende, natural gas, crude oil, salt, cryolite, potash, timber, lignite and nickel.

### Climate

Most of Kaltland has a temperate climate, including oceanic in the north and east, humid continental in the southeast, tropical rainforest in the colonies and tundra in the north and south. Winters range from the cold in the Great Wall of Malevolence to cool and are generally overcast with limited precipitation, while summers can vary from hot and dry to cool and rainy. The northern mainland have prevailing easterly winds that bring in moist air from the North Argen Sea, moderating the temperature and increasing precipitation. Conversely, the colonies and the eastern mainland have more extreme temperatures.

Municipalities surrounded by the ocean are prone to hurricanes and storms. The highest temperature ever recorded in Kaltland was 38.8 °C on 16 January 1900 in Thuringen and the lowest was −53.8 °C on 2 March 1895 in Atykara.

### Biodiversity

The territory of Kaltland can be divided into 13 terrestrial ecoregions. There are 6 Kaltic mainland bioregions: Western Kaltic mixed forests, East Kaltland temperate grasslands, Neue Grenzen steppe, Neu Mausen und Ankrit mixed hilly forests, Eastern Kaltic Broadleaf forests and Rohol montane forests. There are 7 colonial bioregions: Tierschuleland temperate forests, Fucking coastal forests, Fucking coastal forest mosaic, Ahuitzotl peat swamp forests, Ahuitzzotl rain forests, Zcerneboch islands. As of 1920, 57% of the Kaltic Empire's land area is devoted to agriculture, while 30% is forested and 12% is covered by settlements or infrastructure.

Plants and animals include those generally common to northern Argen. Beeches, oaks, and other deciduous trees constitute just over 50% of the forests; roughly 50 % are confiers, particularly spruce and pine. There are many species of ferns, flowers, fungi and mosses. Wild animals include roe deer, wild boar, mouflon, fox, badger, hare, and small numbers of Finned Crocodillians. The Edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale) is a Kaltic national symbol.

The 18 national parks in Kaltland include the Zcerneboch National Park, Thurndorf National Park, Neu Mausen und Ankrit National Park and the Ebermann National Park. In addition, there are 14 biosphere reserves and 150 nature parks. More than 290 zoos and animal parks operate in Kaltland. The Zoo Weissberg (Weissberg Zoo), which opened in 1885, is the oldest in Kaltland, and claims the most comprehensive collection of species in Kaltland.

### Politics

Kaltland is a federal, semi-parliamentary, semi-constitutional monarchy kingdom. Federal legislative power is vested in the Reichstag (Imperial Diet) and the Bundesrat (Federal Council), which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system and universal male suffrage. The members of the Bundesrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the 11 Kaltic municipalities. The Kaltic political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1640 Kaltic Proclamation. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Bundestag and the Bundesrat with approval from the Kaiser; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The Kaiser, as of 1920, currently Hans Ebermann, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is appointed through the Ebermann Dynasty, a bloodline of the monarchy since 1700 AD. The second-highest official in the Kaltic order of precedence is the Minister-President who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the Bundespräsident who is elected by the Bundestag. The chancellor, as of 1920, currently Dietrich Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his cabinet.

The party system has been dominated by the People's Progress Technocratic Party and the Kaltic Elite Party.

### Constituent States

Kaltland is a federal state and comprises ten constituent municipalities. Each municipality has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

### Law

Kaltland has a civil law system based on the "Kaltic Proclamation" with some references to archaic Kaltic law. The *Bundesverfassungsgericht* (Federal Constitutional Court) is the Kaltic supreme court responsible for constitutional matters, with power of judicial review. Kaltland's suprme court system is specialised: for civil and criminal cases, the highest court of appeal is the Kaiser, and for other affairs the courts are the Federal Labour Court, the Federal Social Court, the Federal Finance Court and the Federal Administrative Court.