Novia

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The **Novite Totsunate** (Latsan: *Novit Totsu* [noβit tot͡su]), or simply **Novia**, is a country located in northern Notsu in the Halin subcontinent. Novia borders Somvi and Noma in the north via the Molovi mountain range, Dhezha in the west via the Great Notsu Wall, and Queterra in the south.

## History

### Prehistoric to classical history

The Notsu people are the first humans to arrive in Notsu around 2000 years ago, using Mols as transport. They came there looking for more arable land in the rivers and brought their language, Proto-Notsu. They abandoned their nomadic lifestyle because of their new environment and started cultivating land and developing new techniques to maximize crop yields.

With the influence of the Thocin religion from the southwest with the arrival of traders from trade routes, religiously inspired structures emerged made from natively growing trees, and small clans began to form and fight for power over the basin in the 500s.

### Feudal era

Following the unification of most of northern Notsu by the Latsa clan, centered in the city of Latsa, in 1020, Novia entered a period of great wealth inequality, with most of Novia's population working as a farmer ruled by a feudal landlord.

The Qxalin Empire began to skirmish with rural towns on the western border in 1456, and Latsa built the Great Notsu Wall, but it led to a full-on invasion, and the empire conquered almost the entirety of Notsu by 1458. After 34 years of occupation, the Qxalin Empire dissolved in 1492, which led to a power vacuum in the region and eventually unified in 1584.

### Empire era

In 1678, crown emperor Vadzin completely revamped the Novite army and laws regarding the emperor's powers. Novia saw a massive territorial expansion under his reign, annexing states as far west as Makha and later establishing colonies in Northen Odhathi.

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## Geography

The country mainly lies on the Rola river basin, spanning most of its territory and giving home to sizeable arable land. One of its other notable geographical features is the Neoci mountain range, almost spanning the entirety of the western region, with glacier-covered peaks of up to 6200 meters.

### Climate

Novia has a temperate forested climate in the east, but temperatures can reach as low as -40 °C, and a thick layer of snow can cover cities in the winter. In the far west, near the subcontinent's interior, Novia has a mostly dry and even cold desertic climate where Mols and Mucis, known for their extreme habitat, can live.

## Culture

### Cuisine

The building blocks of Novite cuisine are the cultural and religious traditions of the Notsu people combined with the cold but arable land. The most widely consumed dishes have meats, doughs made from the crops, and vegetables. But the most extensively eaten Novite dish globally is *tapei*, made with baked jeko dough filled with tei fruit, grated tei leaf, and meats such as fish.

### Media

Novia's 210 million people reported to used Koruka, making up 30% of Koruka users. Novite media, and the greater Notsu region, have a powerful cultural impact on popular culture, with a large portion of images, texts, and videos in Koruka originating in Novia.