Kugelland

Kugelland, officialy named "Deutsches Königreich Kugelland" (German Kingdom of Kugelland), is a small nation located mainly in modern day Austria, with colonies on America and a city on Spain.

They came from a tribe that once lived in Scandinavia, but went south to escape from the norse. One of the most important values on Kugelland is loyalty. Kugelland has an expansionist policy, and will attack any other state when they're weak, but most of the time will annex a nation peacefully or colonize uninhabited lands.

While the government has neutral relations with Mongolia, the people have a disliking to the Mongolian people, mainly because of the Spider Silk Stealing and the Chinese Crisis.

Kugelland is composed of five cities, the capital Stadtburg, Generischesdorf, Zweibach, Nienstadtburg, and [SECRET] (The name only known to the Kugellandians)

## **History**

The people of Kugelland once lived in Scandinavia, but fled from the Norse after they massacred many of their cities. The Kugellandians explored the lands of central Europe, fighting the mainland Celts before settling in modern-day Linz, forming the city of Stadtburg.

As an expansionist nation, Kugelland's first years were based around the research of weaponry and improvements of the quality of life, soon after their formation Zweibach was established.

While a new city was created, Stadtburg faced several problems, the main one being a crop failure, which was followed by a contamination of crops. Zweibach did not have those problems, so the land of Stadtburg was seen as cursed.

As the population of Kugelland grew, their army did too, and after years of existence, an international crisis sparked the Mongolian-Bananaramian War. Kugelland threatened Bananarama with invasion, but sent no men to the war.

As Bananarama's capital, Musa Sapientum Fixa, was captured by the mongolian force, Kugelland discovered a Bananaramian Colony in Europe. Seeing the chance to gain territory, they declared war on Bananarama, and sent their army to the colony. Before the army mobilized, a disease started spreading on Stadtburg, the Kugelland Plague. A quarantine was established by the nation, blocking contact with Stadtburg, and isolating Kugelland. The research of a cure for this plague started, and while it was being developed, multiple nations sent aid to Kugelland, including soap, medicine, and hospitals. When the plague was just starting Mongolia decided to steal Kugelland's most valued possession, the silk spiders. This had enraged Kugelland's government, but no action has been taken.

Eventually, the plague was cured, and Kugelland could develop again. The first action taken by Kugelland after the plague was to help Hollow Sands, another nation affected by the plague, but when Kugellandian medics got there, the cure had already been discovered, so Kugelland moved it's focus west.

A fleet went onto deep ocean, searching for answers to an ancient question, "What lied on the other side of the ocean?", and after months of traveling, the fleet landed on an island, inhabited by the Arawaks. Kugelland had discovered America￼, and they quickly established a city.

While the colonization of America was starting, mainland Kugelland was having an population boost, doubling it's population in just 50 years, and that just went quicker, as in the following 50 years the population tripled, this was caused mainly by Kugelland entering Federacia. As time went on, Mongolia was angered at Britannia for making China join Federacia, and it seemed like a war was going to break out. Kugelland has tried to settle this conflict, but has not achieved their objective.

## **Technology**

Kugelland once was an underdeveloped nation, but now, after years of crisis, it's development has skyrocketed.

The Kingdom of Kugelland was the first nation to invent spider silk and spider silk cloth, and they also invented the sky lantern.

The most important inventions of the Kingdom were the spider silk, the first silk accesible to Europe and Africa, spider silk cloth, a material used for clothing in Kugelland, and the sky lantern, the predecessor to the Hot Air Balloons.

Concrete also originates from Kugelland, and is the most common material for buildings in Kugelland.

They have up-to-date technology, namely iron weapons and muskets, but also seem to be developing a steam engine. The use of it by Kugelland is still unknown.

### **Religion**

The religion of Kugelland has influenced Mongolian religion, and originates from the germanic religion, with greco-roman influences.

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## **Politics**

Kugelland is an expansionist state, and will go to war if their expansion is hindered, but most of their expansion has been achieved by colonizing South America and claimed lands in Europe.

The Royal Family is the center of power on Kugelland, and their decisions drive the nation forwards. Stadtburg is the capital of the kingdom, but there have been talks to make Zweibach a second capital, and attempts at making it an international hub of diplomacy and trade have been made. The Zweibach Talks were an event with the purpose of solving the Chinese Crisis, though no solution has been achieved.

Recently, Generischesdorf has become one, if not the most important cities of Kugelland, and as such, it gained the title of "Great City".

## **International Relations (Federacia)**

**Good:**

Celts

Wilhenks

Indus

Gojoseon

Semetica (Phoenicia and Hollow Sands)

Tarkahmehd

**Neutral:**

Mongolia

Mexica

Arawaks

**Bad:**

None

**Unknown:**

Neanderthals