Nridusian Federation

6.979.431 km²

(excluding the JPC DMZ)

(including the JPC DMZ)

• 183.034.000 (A.A. 151)

• 272.720.660 (A.A. 201)

(excluding the JPC DMZ)

The **Nridusian Federation**, most commonly known as **Nridus**, is a medium sized country located on the South-Western side of the Campestrian continent, bordered by the Alcora Straight to the south, and a land border with Paltinau to the north. Officially forming with the signing of the Treaty of Malsaile and the Nridusian Constitution on November 28th, 109, the former states of Noswait, Ostsrait, Ushhal, Yessnia, and Malsaile forming together to become the Nridusian Federation.

The Nridusian Federation is a federal republic and a direct, liberal democracy, consisting of three branches of government and a unicameral legislature.

## History

   The first peoples to settle the sub-continent came across the Halder mountain range and through the Vault Pass, and was one of the first areas in the world where agriculture first developed between the Mystwire and Surside Rivers, leading to large population booms in the very early years of civilizations.

Despite this early start, the subcontinent remained divided and mostly isolated from the outside world, with the Halder range and the Alcora straight keeping trade mostly within those natural borders. Many states and Empires would rise and fall over the thousands of years, the largest and most successful being Equatorial Vatan, managing to rule the whole area for over a decade before collapsing into the five states that would eventually form the Nridusian Federation thirty years later.

The first cries for a democratically united country came with the start and rapid rise of the Originism movement in the 80's. While mostly being a religious movement, the belief of democratic government and representation. This started a wave of demands for democratic reform, and the religion becoming official in, and improving the legitimacy of, the already democratic states. This came to a head in 103A.A, when a group of militias comprised of various communist and fascist elements invaded the capital and several cities in Ushhal, starting the **Ushhal Civil War** and wider **Kunsfelt Rebellion**.
At the wars conclusion, which had involved all five nations of the continent, the nations all agreed to convene in Malsaile in 107, which led to the the signing of the Treaty of Malsaile, the drafting of the Nridusian Constitution, and official formation of the country of Nridus in 109.

## Geography

The Halder mountain range, one of the largest on the continent, forms the northern land border with Paltinau, along with containing the highest point in the country, Planttite mountain. These mountains also form the headwaters of most rivers in the country, the largest and most important being the Mystwire and Surside Rivers, flowing from north to south and both ending in Finders Bay, effectively splitting the county into east and west. The west consists of temperate forests, rolling hills, and wide, slow flowing rivers, with the terrian getting more varied the closer to the mountains you get. As you move eastward, the forests grow thinner, eventually giving way to wide, open fertile arable land along the banks of the Mystwire and Surside. The eastern coast of the country is covered in coastal deserts, and just north a small tropical rainforest, before giving way to the hills and mountains of the Halders even further north.

## Military

The Nridusian Armed Forces has around 1 million active duty personnel, with another and is separated into three main branches and two sub branches, the Nridusian Army, the Nridusian Air Force, and the Nridusian Navy, each with their own internal divisions and structure, with the sub branches being the Nridusian Defense Forces and the Nridusian Guard.

The Nridusian Army is the largest branch, consisting of regular standing army at 430 thousand personnel, divided into infantry and armored divisions, and helicopter squadrons. Helicopter squadrons are divided into attack, transport, and utility squadrons, each doing specific roles, while armored and dragoon battalions are usually intergraded into infantry brigades for better support.

The army is divided into two armies in peacetime,