Capricon

**Capricon**, officially the **Principality of Capricon**, is a city-state in central Cartonia, home to a majority of the goat species. Once known officially as the **Great Kingdom of Capricon**, the principality was a Kingdom of Cartonia until 711. In 721, the former capital was converted into an autonomous principality with ties to Vulpus.

Before the War, Capricon was a landlocked kingdom with the most borders of any other Cartonian kingdom. It stretched across the center of the continent but never touched ocean. However, the Cartonian River ran through it. Capricon bordered Simeone, Phantine, Canis, Bovo, Leprolia, Felexa, and Willie. This would contribute to its demise, as six of its seven neighbors were hostile toward them during the War. After the War, Capricon was reduced to only its capital city, Baahaa.

## Geography

Pre-War Capricon was sparsely populated due to its size and general harsh climates that are sporadically located within the nation's borders. Grazing fields were in rapid decline due to deforestation. The majority of settlements, including the capital of Baahaa, were located along the Cartonian River. Following the establishment of the Principality of Capricon, the geography was limited to just the city of Baahaa.

## History

Capricon pledged allegiance to the Harmony Crown in the Year 1, thus uniting the Cartonian continent. It follows Bovo and precedes Scuridiae in the rotation.

Capricon is the only nation to use agnatic primogeniture, by which only males can inherit royal titles. As such, there has never been a Queen regnant of Capricon.

At the outbreak of the War in 708, Capricon declared neutrality. This changed in February 709 when Queen Vixen VII of Vulpus abolished the Harmony Crown. Though four neutral nations immediately joined the Granite Bloc alliance in opposition to the Vixen Queen, Capricon sided with newcomers Psittancyna and Cervidium in league with the Vixen Queen's Summer Sun alliance. Capricon thus dragged its closest ally Felexa into the Summer Sun as well.

With six of its seven neighbors aligned with the opposing alliance, Capricon quickly fell under occupation. The capital, due to its strategic location at the nation's center, remained standing as the rest of the kingdom crumbled. By summer 711, over 90% of the country was under enemy occupation. In the final months of the kingdom's existence, four primary members of the royal family died. Three sons of William X perished while trying to defend their castles, and William himself succumbed to an infection. His eldest son, Edward XIV, ascended the throne. However, the final King's reign lasted only ten days. Capricon unconditionally surrendered on September 13, 711. The Hornover royal family was stripped of all power and placed under house arrest in Baahaa. Capricon was divided into six occupation zones, administered by Willie, Simeone, Phantine, Leprolia, and Canis. The remaining Hornover family members were nearly all exterminated by the War Plague in 713 and 714. Only Harald Hornover, Shiree Hornover, and Eva Hornover survived.

At the 719 Summer Sun summit in Vulpus, the four remaining leaders of the alliance devised a plan to give the city of Baahaa to Harald Hornover, the last surviving male member of his dynasty, as a principality. The rest of the nation would be divided between Vulpus and Cervidium.

By 720, nearly all of Capricon had been recovered by the Summer Sun, save the Canisian-occupied sector.

In 721, Capricon's capital city Baahaa was separated from the rest of the former nation and given moderate independence. The city, which followed the Granite Bloc's occupation borders, was made an autonomous principality. Capricon was subjected to Vulpine interference, but Harald Hornover was released from house arrest and proclaimed the first Prince regnant of Capricon. Male-preference inheritance was abolished in favor of cognatic primogeniture.

## Trivia

* Capricon is named after the collateral adjective for goats: "caprine."
* The flag of Capricon is purple and yellow, and shaped as a pendant. It is the only Cartonian flag that is not in the shape of a rectangle.
* The capital of Baahaa is supposed to sound like the sound a goat makes (bah).
* The royal House of Hornover is named after the House of Hanover, a British and German royal family.
* The Jewel is loosely based on the Palace of Versailles.