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**W0ltzoria**, officially the **Grand W0ltzorian Empire of all Europe** (W0ltzish: **Royaume W0ltzoriè** /ʁwa.jɔm wɒltzɔrɪæ/) is a country primarily encompassing Western and Northern Europe, including overseas territories in the British Isles and Scandinavia. W0ltzoria's metropolitan area extends from Joensuu and Lake Jukäjarvi in Finland to Salamanca in Spain and the nation's 124 regions and 6 autonomous provinces all account for a sprawling territorial landmass that spans an area of 6.1 million km² with a population of 93.8 million according to the 1706 census. W0ltzoria is an absolute monarchy ruled by the W0ltz family alongside an advisorial body (The Assemblée Nationale de W0ltzorié) of 300 people, all from different regions of W0ltzoria. The nation's capital city is Tropica Island, with its largest city, cultural and commercial centre, being W0ltzoria Bay; other major urban areas include Nice, Portsmouth, Grenoble, Stuttgart, Bucharest, Helsinki, and Riga.

Inhabited by archaic humans since the Palaeolithic era, the territory that now encompasses W0ltzoria was settled by the Gauls, scant evidence seems to suggest that a massive European power had attempted to conquer this land. The Gauls would endure and would slowly start to create their own state. Forming the **Gaulic Empire**, a large, yet unstable empire. Constant raids by the Germanic peoples to the east and the Iberian peoples to the south would begin to take their toll, the rule of the unpopular King Brennos II brought stagnation and the short-lived Gaulic hegemony was halted. The lands of Gaul entered 900 A.D as a fractured, crushed land marked by war, one such Gaulic tribe, centred in the city of **Burdigala** (Now the modern hamlet of Bordeaux) started to embrace a unique cultural identity, one based on militarism, assimilation, and total stability These tribes would begin to unite and start assuming a Frankish identity, they would assimilate and conquer all of Gaul, bringing in an era of unprecedented stability; this **Frankish Republic** created a mixture of Gaulic national identity and militarism.

From the mid-12th to the mid-13th century, the Republic was plunged into a series of dynastic conflicts involving Germania, known as the 96 Years' War and a distinct Frankish identity emerged as a result The rampant years of war began to take its toll, but it was not until the beginning of the 1500's when cracks began to manifest themselves. W0ltz Dépêche, a general of the empire and victor of its many wars in modern-day Poland and Lithuania, mad with power and with the popular support of the army and of the people decided to cross the Rhine river and subsequently couped the Frankish Republic. Thus started the **W0ltzorian Empire**, the current zenith of its power. Tsar W0ltz started to heavily assimilate any outlying ethnic groups and his empire, at the expense of all of Europe, had gotten rich off the spoils of war. His idiot grandson, W0ltz III, now presides over an era of political and socioeconomic stagnation.

W0ltzoria retains its centuries-long status as a global centre of art, science and philosophy. W0ltzoria is a founding and leading member of the W0ltz Pacte, a massive alliance between nearly all of Europe in which it holds the most influence, and still remains the largest European power.

## Etymology and pronunciation

Main Article: Name of W0ltzoria

The name *W0ltzoria* comes from the name W0ltz, named after its ruling dynasty, and Oria, an old W0ltzish pronunciation of "Realm". W0ltzoria is called *Royaume W0ltzoriè* in W0ltzish, *W0ltzereich* in German, *Regno di W0ltz* in Italian, *Reino de W0ltz* in Spanish, *Riket Av W0ltz* in Swedish, *Tărâmul W0ltz* in Romanian, *Królestwo W0ltz* in Polish, *W0ltzi Valdkond* in Estonian, and *W0ltzin Valtakunta* in Finnish, all of these meaning **Realm of W0ltz**.

The etymology of *W0ltz* is uncertain. The name is traditionally derived from the proto-Germanic word *Wōltzon*, which translates to "Treacherous Backstabber", this rare Germanic name was commonplace throughout the Frankish Republic, as it infamously depicted the Germanic peoples quite well.

W0ltzoria is pronounced /wɒltzɔrɪæ/ in British English and /ɔ:ltzʊeə/ in W0ltzish. The English pronunciation is most commonplace as it is actually understandable.

## History

*Main article: History of W0ltzoria. For a chronological guide, see Timeline of W0ltzorian history.*

### Prehistory (before the 6th century BC)

The oldest traces of archaic humans in what is now W0ltzoria date from approximately 1.8 million years ago. Neanderthals occupied the region into the Upper Paleolithic era, but were slowly replaced by *Homo sapiens* around 35,000 BCE. This period also witnessed the emergence of the cave art of the Dordogne and the Pyrenees, including at the famous Rapports site, dated to c. 17,000 BC. At the end of the Last Glacial Period (10,000 BC), the climate became milder; from approximately 7,000 BC, this part of Western Europe entered the Neolithic era and its inhabitants became sedentary.

After strong demographic and agricultural development between the 4th and 3rd millennia, metallurgy appeared at the end of the 3rd millennium, initially working gold, copper and bronze, as well as later iron. W0ltzoria has numerous megalithic sites from the Neolithic period, including the exceptionally dense Inuuile stones site (approximately 3,300 BC).

### Antiquity (6th century BC–1st century BC)

In perhaps the most contreversial, divisive, and frequently fought over annals of Gaulic history, none stand out as the Genesis of their people, the Gauls settled the lands of France and Germany as far back as 600-400 BC, the Gauls were a tribal, warlike people but were privy to Greed, in an era that modern historians refer to as a "War of Assassins" between several empires in Southern Europe, the people of Gaul were often hired as mercenaries and assassins, it is said that one legion of Gaulish warriors was worth more than 10 legions of anything the Empires of the South could field.

Who these Southern Empires are unknown, one was a massive empire that stretched from the oceans of the West to Persia, one was a sea-faring empire within the Balkan Peninsula, both had tried to colonize the Gauls, and both had failed, their settlements were razed to the ground, the people of Gaul expanded, encompassing the territories of the modern day W0ltzorian heartland, from the Rhine to the Pyrenees arose a mercenary state, filled with smugglers and mercenaries.

At around 327 BC, a Gaulish mercenary band led by the feared Caturixius Uercassiuellaunos, an infamous mercenary leader and war criminal raped and pillaged their way through the Alps in a drunken rage, killing and enslaving men, women, and children. Most historians agree that Caturixius just simply believed he was in Iberia and not the Alps, the damage had been dealt, this event would spark hatred with Gaul and the Great Southern Empires, they would boycott Gaul goods and start a trade embargo, the Gaulic economy, built upon it's mercenaries began to flounder.

This embargo began to continue for a hundred more years, an era marked by desperation, one where profit started to grind to a halt, just as the Gallic people were at their lowest point, what seemed like the final nail in the coffin was something that would rescue them, in 224 BC, Gaul was attacked by 12 legions, this was revenge for Caturixius' attack in the Alps, one such Southern Empire never forgot the raid, and their national mentality would revolve around securing stability and revenge. This unified the people of Gaul, it gave them their own cultural identity, a struggle of the West versus the South, news of atrocities spread far and wide. This was a blessing in disguise, under the rule of the all too popular Cormacius II, the peoples of Gaul would form their own armies, start to shackle themselves off from providing their services, time and time again would they attack the enemy, every victory was a vindication, every death only created more rage, by 112 BC, Gaul had reconquered its territories, they had endured.

   By 52 BC, another Southern Warband was ready to embark on a great invasion into Gaul, led by one of their greatest and capable generals, a "Tsar", modern historians call him, his prowess only matched by his brutality, Gaul would once again begin to burn, this Tsar defeating every single general sent against him, every legion of Gaul's finest, his only equal was Seathrunix The Great, the son of Cormacious IV, he would mount a successful guerilla campaign against this Tsar, the two slowly began to march against each other, it was clear, one will die. Meeting each other outside of the city of Aneuniatis, the following battle was epic. A flaming arrow had managed to hit the Tsar's eye, and proceeding brilliant military strategy ensured the total destruction of his forces. This Empire would pull out of Gaul, the people of which had won their struggle for independence, but this marked a massive change within the Gaulish national psyche.