New Republics

The **New Republics** (Nyralthingar) are a collection of nations located to the south of Baesorja and Paltirion, to the east of Marnos and the Tornarin Empire, to the north of Gimbarish, and to the west of Uvjora.

The region's old name was Rutulyra, the Bowl Land, shaped after it being a valley.

## History

The predecessors of the New Republic's Norse peoples were the Southlanders, a rebellion that broke out against the Rannarisk Empire. They were assimilated into Rutulyra's seventeen nations.

### Rutulyra

Centuries ago, the land of Rutulyra was ruled by six nations.

* Kalends
* Paltirion
* Pragaras
* Graunaland
* Ulfjalor
* Rysiena (near Uvjora)

Three more nations - Klastora, Vjarandron, and Laubaris - existed at around 5000 years before the Tornarin Bombardment, but they were later conquered or annexed by other nations. Laubaris was partitioned between Graunaland and Baesorja in 4982 BT.

Two of the largest and strongest of those were Kalends and Paltirion, both of which were dictatorships. Kalends was a militaristic nation that prided in its own form of nationalism, while Paltirion focused on being more "refined" and "cultivated", earning it the contempt of its more warlike neighbours. They and their neighbours were isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years, permitting only traders and travellers. In their isolation, many of them practiced authoritarianism and warrior cultures out of defiance against a world they condemned as "materialistic".

From 5279 to 5207 BT, Graunaland was ruled by an authoritarian communist government. In 5218 BT, a socialist party won the elections and took over the government of Ulfjalor, becoming a refuge for people who migrated away from Graunalandian suppression.

In 5200 BT, the nations of Kalends, Pragaras, and Graunaland launched purges against their own people. Kalends suspected that a tenth of its people have deviant genes; Pragaras sought to purge all "suspicious" elements from its society; and Graunaland blamed deviants for the three communist dictators. There, deviants were either forced to take the Rho-Pill or were beaten up by officers and vigilantes. The three nations sought to imitate the brutality of the Rannarisk Empire, spurred by militants and encouraged by a lack of opposition. Meanwhile, Baesorja during that time was ruled by a moderate monarchy, and its forces repelled any attempts by the three nations to impose a fascist government. To avoid any further raids and bombings by mobs from the three nations, the other countries put aside their rivalries and banded together.

In 4696 BT, the armies of Kalends marched south to Mannogard. They seized the province of Valkedar while Mannogard was under a civil war and slaughtered its people. For ten years they used the province as a fortress to train fanatical warriors in their war against Graunaland and Paltirion, until they were driven out by the warrior Lutoros and his army.

In 4500 BT, the nations of Vyrrotar and Perkunira were founded by a sdachel rebellion in the northwest. They fended off invasions from the warriors of Kalends.

In 4175 BT, Graunaland was attacked by fascist militants from other nations who sought to overthrow the government. While its rivals of Kalends and Pragaras welcomed other Rakolans and Norse to their realm, it had to fight back against five fascist armies that attempted to take over the country.

From 3500 to 1400 BT, the countries of Rutulyra were merged into a single dictatorship to challenge its rival Marnos in being a spacefaring power. Only socialist Ulfjalor and republican Rysiena refused to join them, and they helped Mannogard remain independent. Their warlike nature ended with the unification of the region, but in 1400 BT the dictatorship split apart in a succession crisis.

The six nations fell to King Borjas in 1200 BT. After the defeat of Borjas, they were liberated as monarchies, with the exception of Ulfjalor and Rysiena who emerged as republics.

In 526 BT, Rysiena switched to a democratic system, encouraged by Ulfjalor.

Rutulyra was one of the parts of Palkyras that remained unconquered by the Tornarin Empire, even though most of them were bombed -- when the Tornarins invaded Rutulyra, the six republics banded together to repel the Tornarin enemy. After the collapse of the Tornarin Empire, the republics celebrated and continued their autocracies, while Rysiena and Ulfjalor worked with Paltirion to advance themselves forward.

In 128 BT, a reformist movement emerged in Kalends, as its members were appalled that it was not as modern and developed as Marnos. It managed to win control of its western provinces, even in the face of assaults from militant squads. It survived the Tornarin Bombardment as it housed refugees from Marnos, and aided the Marnosyns in liberating their homeland. In 6 AT, two years after the collapse of the Tornarin Empire, it governed Kalends for fifty years and helped it become more peaceful.

In 100 AT, Kalends attempted a war against Marnos, after noticing that Marnos seemed weaker as it was rebuilding from the Tornarin Bombardment and conquest.

In 400 AT, Kalends and Graunaland waged wars against each other. Their leaders regarded Pragaras as a weak country because it attempted democracy, and they tore it between themselves. The Pragarasians fought back and liberated the southern part of their country, with the help of the Gimbarsians who wanted to stop the two dictatorships from invading Gimbarish.

### The New Republics

Rutulyra was conquered by the Baesorthar Empire in 835 AT. One of the most well-known events regarding the Baesorthar conquest of the region was the Fall of Kalends. Kalends used to be the most powerful nation in the region, rivalling Paltirion in military and economic might. Its wealth was the target of the Baesorthar Empire, and its capital of Dorvalin was bombed. The surviving inhabitants were forcibly assimilated into Baesorthar society, and anyone practicing their Rakolan cultures were swiftly punished.

Many of these republics were founded by Besotrosk who were defeated after their revolt against the Emperor of Baesorja. Some of them overthrew the existing countries and the Baesorthar colonial authorities with their numbers, creating their own democracies with a mixed Rakolan culture. Others were colonies conquered by earlier Baesorthar armies that sided with the republicans by establishing democratic systems in defiance to the Emperor's orders. A few nations survived and withstood the Besotrosk invasions, including Paltirion and Rysiena. Rysiena was saved from Baesorjan conquest thanks to the Heronoi.

Paltirion and the Thirteen Althings were known for allowing Ontemazei to live and work within their societies after fleeing from slavery, even though their neighbours condemned them for tolerating what they considered to be very dangerous. They were also one of the headquarters of the Seekers of Speki, especially after their group was suppressed in their homeland by the militarist government of Daleskarnia.

Although the Thirteen Althings built thriving, stable democracies, they were also opposed by clandestine supporters of the Rutulyrian regimes. They considered the Althings' Norse culture and their democracy to be an usurpation of their native societies, even though their native Rakolan cultures still existed without disturbance. These militants, known as Gardrondei, occasionally waged war against the Thirteen Althings.

Nine of the Gardrondei armies joined the Thralondian Empire after it conquered Gimbarish. The Gardrondei fought alongside the Thralondian armies during the siege of Paltirion. For their loyalty to the Thralondian Emperors, the Gardrondei were permitted to slaughter the Besotrosk and replace them with their cloned armies.

In 1678 AT, several Gardrondei bombed the Grand Temple of Baldr at Vængirstad. They attempted to take over the town of Stanivald as their capital, but before they were able to install a clone factory, they were defeated.

In 1782 AT, the New Republics were able to defeat the Gardrondei, pushing them southwards until they were forced to retreat to Gimbarish. The Gardrondei were finally defeated when Gimbarish revolted against the Thralondian governor after the Wraithstorm.

The New Republics and Paltirion repelled a large Baesorthar invasion, condemning the invaders as Terrans for their mission to exterminate the Free Norse as human sacrifices. The New Republics and Paltirion prevailed over the invaders and captured hundreds of men, who also surrendered and were allowed to live.

## List of countries

### Rakolan

* Paltirion - located at the centre
* Valexar
* Vyrrotar - located at the northwest
	+ A nation of fire sdachels to the east of Marnos.
* Perkunira - located at the north
	+ A nation of lightning sdachels to the east of Vyrrotar and south of Baesorja. Its people have wholly dedicated themselves to Perkunas as their national god.
* Rysiena - located in the east, just to the west of Uvjora

### Besotrosk/Norse

#### The Thirteen Althings

The Thirteen Althings are an alliance of republics that have become a travel and economic bloc, where citizens of these nations can freely travel and work within each other's countries. In spite of this, all of its member states remain independent nations, only being together in meetings and discussions.

* Varmdalr - Sulgobur - warm-valley
	+ Known for its tropical highland climate, its knowledge of the Tornarin Empire's plans and secrets, and salvaging technology from the Tornarins' and Technocrats' warlords.
	+ Its flag is orange and white.
* Bróðirlag - Fradurang - brother-league
	+ Considered the "unofficial capital" of the Thirteen Althings because it was the meetingplace of the alliance.
	+ Its flag is dark blue and white.
* Keldaburg - Flesartóss - fountain-town
* Ljósland - Genelár - light-land
	+ The Seekers of Speki chose the town of Valandrar as their new headquarters, as it was originally a university town. There, they shared thousands of ancient tomes to the eager students.
* Langroett - Vængirjor - long-lineage
	+ The Temple of Forbears, an azure hall of fountains dedicated to Baldr, the various ancestors of the rebel Besotrosk, and other heroes, is located at its capital city of Vængirstad.
* Meginborg - Garredóss - mighty-town
* Menborg - Sôntidóss - necklace/treasure-town
	+ The second-richest nation in the whole region, and the most wealthiest nation in the whole alliance. The sources of its plentiful wealth are its vast crystal deposits and spaceports to various nearby star systems, making it one of a few locations that still maintained contact with the rest of the Galaxy.
	+ When Bujan and Irajon revolted against the Wannaenid Empire, the people of Sontidoss funded the rebellions and helped their countries build and defend themselves against Wannaenid invasion.
	+ To the south of the University of Franestar is a golden statue of Baldr, one of the Nineteen Monuments of the alliance. It is a popular tourist attraction among travellers from all over the world.
* Tveirtré - Mergussar - two-trees
* Trollsuðr - Trôllstúr - troll-south
* Sirôskflendar, Siroskflen - seventy-fields
	+ Its capital city is Sylfarsid, a metropolis known for its plentiful silver, iron, and titanium deposits. Upon further investigation, the people of this city learned that its plentiful metals were the result of an ancient battle between several alien armies during the Tenth Age.
	+ As a result, this republic has become the third-richest nation in the whole region, below Paltirion and Sontidoss.

* Ulfandri - wolf-fork

* Rimerson - son of Rimer
* Kolgafjor - Kolga's valley
* Helinvor
* Vrysalk - tall trunked-trees

#### Other states

There were roughly 16 other countries around the Thirteen Althings.

* Efrireid - a land of citrus fruit.
* Silfyria - a land of plentiful silver
* Órien - a land of sun-worshipping knights

#### Minor neighbouring states

* Mannogard - a male enclave where every guest is a "brother". Popular among adolescent boys and men, and neighbouring Gimbarsians.
* Viderxel - an enclave to the east of the New Republics that was founded as a refuge for all non-heterosexuals.

## Trivia

* Although the New Republics' members were designed at around 2016-2017, they were given a remake at around 2021 after a conversation with a Twitter user suggested Daleskarnia should be a republic, complete with an Althing. The author took it further by having the New Republics as having their own thirteen Althing-parliaments.
* The dictatorships of Rutulyra, especially Kalends, Pragaras, and Graunaland, were influenced by right-wing subcultures on the Internet, especially those who use "based" and who proposed anti-democratic policies.
* One of their nicknames, the Thirteen Althings, refers to the thirteen nations that are strongest of the bunch. In some way, it also alludes to the United States, another nation founded by rebels against a tyrannical monarch.
* The Thirteen Althings may be inspired by the European Union. However, unlike the EU, they are neither a single government nor a bureaucracy, but only an alliance and an economic bloc.
* A person or anything from the New Republics should be known as "Nyralthian".
* As thirteen is an unlucky number in certain cultures, the Thirteen Althings mocked that superstition by using black cats and chamomile flowers (a symbol of Baldr) as their unofficial symbols of their alliance. This led to better and closer relations with Marnos, who made it easier for Nyralthians to travel to the westerly republic as tourists and students to share each other's technology, trade, and art.