Hadria (country)

The Republic of Hadria (official: Hadrian Republic of Two Houses), also the Republic, the Nation of Two Houses, or just Hadria, is a country primarily located in western Sarvet. Home to 351 million people (Census of 1112), the Republic is the largest nation in history. It is divided into two houses and one capital district. The two houses, the House of Hackthlon and the House of Pearsall, act as quasi-independent sovereign nations, under most circumstances being the highest legislative and judicial powers. The central Hadrian government enacts powers only applicable to all sub-states and territories.

## Republic of Hadria

A patriotic ethnic map of the Republic (August 1099)

### Capital

Hackthlon (40-755)
 Urova (756-present)

### Head of State

Joint-President
 House presidents

### Governing bodies

Congress of Hackthlon
 Congress of Pearsall
 Congress of Two Houses (main)

### Preceded by

Kingdom of Two Houses

The Republic of Hadria is made up of four primary ethnic groups: the Alhonians, Holonians, Oburnians, and Pearsallites, who all have inhabited the land one way or another since prehistoric times. Separated from the rest of Archaeon by the Great Divide, Hadria developed cultural, scientific, and technological advancements much later than the rest of the world. While the world-spanning Nichollattean Empire was at its height the tribes of Hadria were just beginning to understand irrigation systems. Hadria did not have horses or other heavy draft animals until the 100s PCE when a Nichollean expedition gone awry inadvertently released them into the lowland fields of Hisburn.

For most of history the territory that would belong to the Republic laid in the hands of many different tribes and small kingdoms, principally the Oburnian Empire and Bagghian Empire. By the 700s PCE most Holonian and Alhonian peoples came under the Kingdom of Hackthlon. The Bagghian Empire, which had been harassing Hackthlon and the southwestern Kingdom of Pearsall for generations, was eventually absorbed and eliminated by Hackthlon and Pearsall together, and the three regions together came under the newly formed Kingdom of Three Houses, all independent but electing a king for life to mediate economic and military deals between the two. Eventually the House of Bagghia was integrated into the House of Hackthlon and the capital, which jumped between the city of Hackthlon and the city of Whitesea every five years, was put in Hackthlon permanently and the Kingdom of Two Houses was fully formed.

For over one thousand years the Kingdom lasted in one form or another until the War of Hirenian Aggression and the Hirenian conquest of Hisburn and Gall in 751. After this invasion the government reworked itself, incorporating further integration between the houses and the elimination of the monarchy, becoming, effectively, the same government system it has today. What followed the great war was the Aureal, and Hadria which had been a far-behind benign trade power became second-to-none in importance and strength, equal only to Hirenia. Hadria reigned supreme in the War of Global Hegemony (971-977) that blazed across every nation on Archaeon. Hadria and the Arnhassian Republic redrew the world map after the war, awarding themselves modest additional territories (in Hadria’s case almost exclusively what it had lost in the War of Hirenian Aggression) and forming the UECSR. Hadria endured the depression of the 1070s and the subsequent war with the UECSR and the nuclear bombardment that followed.

Today Hadria remains as the world’s sole superpower, a giant amongst the many small nation-states of the world, and remains as a bastion for the worlds freest and most secure nation despite the constant plague of terrorism across Archaeon. Contemporarily, Hadria has been increasingly criticized for its role as the world’s police force, which has seemingly both failed and infringed on local hegemony.

## NAME

The official name of the Republic is the Hadrian Republic Of Two Houses. The name “Hadria” dates back to the 300s PCE when modern language forms took hold. The meaning of the name is unknown but experts theorize it could mean something such as “green plains” or “wet plains.” Today it refers to the land mass between the Sea of Hadria and Lake Alhon, up to Winsor Bay and down to Hisburn. It is the primary common land mass for both houses, split down the middle east-west, and is also home to the capital district of Urova. The name was officially adopted in 1CE with the formation of the Kingdom of Three Houses.

## POLITICS AND ECONOMY

HH 47

HP 33

81 total

## GEOGRAPHY

The Republic Proper, including the Western and Pearsall Archipelagos, covers 2,023,198 square miles. Of this, 1,998,626 square miles or 98.7% is contiguous mainland. Including overseas territories which are member counties of the two houses, total area is 2,102,226 square miles, making the Republic of Hadria the largest contiguous nation in history, and largest nation overall in history.

Hadria includes most global climates, ranging from boreal forests in the north to subtropical plains, marshes, and forests in Rhymia, Risonia, and Tssisalonia, as well as the temperate steppes of Kkaddebet and arid desert grasslands in inner Risonia. The core of the Republic, i.e. the Alhon Valley that makes up eastern geographic Hadria and the western foothills of the Great Divide, is made up of temperate deciduous forest fed by rivers rising from the Divide and the Hassocks.

The Great Divide makes up roughly 26% of the mainland of the Republic proper. Its highest peak of 34,000 ft, many parts of it are mostly uninhabitable, uncultivable, and non-traversable even by some airlines, isolating Kkaddebet and other eastern territories further from the rest of the nation. However, Hadria’s extensive road and train network through the region, mostly laid down during the Aureal, makes getting through the mountains far easier and allows for tourism and inhabitance in some areas, as well as decreasing shipping time from one side to another from days down to hours.

Hadria produces a majority of the world’s natural resources, and a large plurality of its agricultural production. Most farmland is located in the Alhon Valley and Hisburn. Modern nitrate and irrigation techniques have allowed for cultivation in Risonia in recent decades, as well as some parts of Kkaddebet. 19% of total land is pasturage, with an additional 21% for all other agricultural production. Another 13% is developed land, including housing, urban and industrial areas, and highways. The remaining 47% is undeveloped land, 26% of which is the Great Divide and 7% is national parkland.

The largest urban area in the Republic is the Hackthlon-Holocene Metro Area, making up .3% of total land area and 23% of all non-agricultural developed land. 37% of all citizens live in the area, which is the capital of the House of Hackthlon and the former capital of both houses.

## CULTURE

The Republic of Hadria is home to a plethora of different cultures and ethnicities ranging from the three main tribes of the original homeland to the many others acquired by territorial expansion over time.