Antarria

The United Kingdoms of Antarria (Imperium Antarrium) is a nation on the Autemian continent, though it has colonies in Euonia. The country always has been densely populated, many settlements in the southern part of the nation who belong to some of the biggest cities of the universe. Antarria is a monarchy, with the King being in charge. The capital of the country is Regentenhof, and the country exercises a system with federal states, the federal states being Antarrialas, Klovenia, Akrostania, Lower Antarrialas and Rayla. The colonies are governed by a local governor, and the northern part of the country is under direct control of the King. The official name of the country is Antarria, although it may be unofficially referred to as Centralia.

## History

Antarria has been an international powerhouse since the founding of the country, and with that came a long history of these territories, located up north on the Autemian continent.

### Early History

In the year 238 BP the four kingdoms of Akrostania, Klovenia, Antarrialas and Rayla engaged in a Great War over the Antarrian territories, this civil war was ended by a decisive victory of the Krueger-Dynasty, of Emperor William Krueger V. Krueger ruled the Empire of Antarrialas. After Krueger started to lose ground he decided a new summer offensive was needed and all forces prepared to attack, when summer started, Krueger gave the signal to start and within several months the other Kingdoms were crushed, and the new nation of the United Kingdoms of Antarria was founded, spanning across all the territories of the old countries.

### Colonial Age

After the nation was rebuilt after the bloody civil war, the Antarrian traders began to point their eyes towards other continents, starting trade relations with different continents and setting up trade outposts all across the world, with the more famous outposts being Lanas and Antarrian-Euonia.

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When more and more traders started to trade with Euonian tribes, the government made the decision to form one trading company, the United East-Euonia Company (UEC) (Verenigde Oost-Euonië Compagnie), who mainly focused on oil trade with the desert sultanates of northeast Euonia and Lanas. Because the UEC was very succesfull, the government wanted to earn money from them too and because the company refused to pay taxes, the decision was made to nationalize the company on the first day of the year 126 BP, and with the company all the Euonian territories were also transferred to the Antarrian crown.

### Modern Age

After the nationalization of the UE Company, the country possessed a vast amount of overseas territories, and immediately being one of the biggest colonial empires, together with Visran. When the Governor-General Hendrik Willem van der Linden came to power, he gave order to build a lot of infrastructure, a university, schools and more to educate the people of Euonia. Due to this, in 64 BP, an anti-government organisation rose to power in Lanas called the Melewan Pemerintahja, literally meaning ''Against the government'' and they started a civil war, after which the Antarrian government came to an agreement with the MP and a new country called the Republic of Lanas was formed, which would be part of the Antarrian Crown, though they would have their own parliament.

Currently, Antarria is still one of the biggest countries in the world, possessing world's strongest armed forces, along with territories all across the globe.

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#### Koskinean War

In the year 4 AP the Antarrian King seeked for colonial expansion, and he pointed his eyes towards Koskinen. The relatively new country was crushed within days, with minor losses on the Antarrian side and the Dominion of Koskinen was formed. When Koskinen was defeated, the northern town of Maki declared independence and continued to exist.

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After this first war, Visran declared war on Antarria, which resulted in a defeat of the Antarrian military. This defeat also meant that Koskinen had to be given independence again, which sounded like a great idea to a lot of people, but in fact wasn't really good. Anarchy swiftly took over the country, as it erupted into civil war, which ultimately resulted in the communist forces taking over. Visran and Antarria, now allies, united against this communist threat rising over the planet, and invaded Koskinen. The country fell to coalition forces in mere weeks, and afterwards the country was turned into an Antarrian protectorate, to ensure stability and prosperity in the state.

For more information about the Antarrian interventions in Koskinen, see: Koskinean Wars

## Geography

Antarria spans across a vast amount of terrain, with mostly taiga forests and hills in the south and plains that are being bordered in the north by the ''Lindthorst'' mountain range. The colony of Antarrian-Euonia consists of desert and savanna biomes. The biggest cities are located in the plains area where the cities Maaraken, Regentenhof, Oldenburgh, Frederiksburg, Rheinfalen and Katharinenstadt are.

## Military

The Antarrian military is the biggest army in the world, counting over 40.000 soldiers spread across four branches. The Armed Forces are named in honor of the old Empire of Centralia, which was the predecessor to the United Kingdoms of Antarria.

For the main page, see; Armed Forces of Antarria

### Imperial Centralian Navy

The Imperial Centralian Navy (ICN) is named in honor of the old Empire of Centralia, which was the predecessor of the United Kingdoms of Antarria. The ICN is world's biggest navy and currently has over 30 active ships, with 4 aircraft carriers, 6 cruisers, 16 destroyers and several other smaller vessels such as frigates, support ships and others. The ICN also has its own airforce, called the Imperial Naval Aviation Service (INAS). The INAS operates several aircraft varying from fighter/strike aircraft operating from the aircraft carrier to helicopters and ASW aircraft.

The Navy has seen a lot of action during the Visran-Antarrian Punitive War, gaining a lot of experience from the combat. During this war almost all capital ships of the ICN were sunk, but the Navy was quickly rebuilt thanks to the big Antarrian naval industry.

### Imperial Centralian Marines Corps

This small but very mobile intervention force has been used as the infantry of the Navy, and are often called 'chameleons', because of their adaptivity to nature and their amphibious capabilities, using the Navy's ships to deploy via landing craft or helicopters.

During the Second Koskinean War, the Marines have seen a lot of combat, securing the towns of Koskinen with help of ICA gunships.

### Imperial Centralian Airforce

The Imperial Centralian Airforce (ICA) is just like the Navy, named in honor of the Empire of Centralia. The ICA is the second biggest airforce in the world, being just behind the Visranian Airforce. The Airforce operates 121 aircraft, including 53 fighter aircraft, 14 bombers, 50 helicopters and 4 transport aircraft.

### Imperial Centralian Army

The Imperial Centralian Army (ICAR) is also named in honor of the Empire of Centralia. The ICAR is smaller than the Airforce and Navy, but has probably seen the most combat of all branches, being used as a mobile intervention force troops in the Far East have secured Antarrian-Euonia, Koskinen and more. The army currently consists of 9 battalions in total, along with several support units.

In the Antarrian Civil War, the Army has shown its capability to quickly defend, and crush points of resistance. The high amount of training the troops get, along with their state of the art equipment, have, most probably, been the reason for this swift victory.

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