Leedonia

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**Leedonia** (officially the **Kingdom of Leedonia**) is a country owned by KingCrafterino, with PurpleMops acting as queen consort, and JeremiahLH9978 acting as prime minister in real terms. The country is estimated to have been founded in November or December of 2019, along with the city of Foxborough, the country's largest and oldest city. The nation's capital is Nouvarcha, a city located in northern Ellerton. The country is almost 4 years old, making it the second oldest extant country just behind Blueland, and the 4th oldest country over all, behind Tochenio and the Independent State of Pinedale. The country is also the largest in terms of area, with that area being split into 9 provinces. Leedonia is located in the western part of the world, and more specifically in the West-Central Quarter. Leedonia stretches from Geministan in the west to Blueland in the east. From north to south it stretches from Englancia to Naroslavia. Leedonia borders 7 countries by land, but in total, Leedonia borders 10 countries if maritime borders are accounted for. Lorewise, Leedonia is a developed nation, though corruption and wealth inequality remain major issues. In real terms, Leedonia is one of the three highly developed countries, with Blueland and Geministan having similar levels of development.

## History

### Real

Leedonia began as an idea for a country when KingCrafterino got tired of having to build and live in Blueland, a country he didn't own or have any say in, so he wanted independence. KingCrafterino began exploring and following an eye of ender to a stronghold, where he found a nice area to start a country. Leedonia was originally supposed to be Canadian based, because at the time new countries were supposed to be in the style of a country, with no two countries having the same style. However, a few months later, that rule was lifted and countries were then free to choose whatever building style for whatever country. Since then, Leedonia has been a mashup of American and Canadian culture with a little bit of Mexican and Italian culture included.

## Lore History

### Early history

The land now known as Leedonia was first settled in around 1000 BC by the same nomadic peoples who settled the area of modern day Beverly in Geministan.

In around 500 BC, the first civilizations started appearing around the modern day provinces of Fraeland and Dreyton, where the first cities of Makheria and Hodurnus were established as the centers of two important kingdoms, the Lacatus and Getaria kingdoms respectively.

In 138 BC, the Getarian Kingdom attacked Geminorum due to conflicts over controlling land by modern day Lake Holland. The Getarians sent in their cavalry to attack Geminorum after realizing the low number of guards Geminorum had to defend their empire. However, after the cavalry was sent in, the queen of Geminorum drafted those at the bottom of the social pyramid to defend the empire, and they successfully repelled the Getarian attack, and the Getarians were forced to retreat to the northernmost parts of the lake. After this failure, the Getarians decided to expand eastward instead, and the Lacatans did the same.

### Eastward expansion and merger

In the 200s up to the 1100s, the Getarians and Lacatans expanded slowly eastward, attacking tribes and having large conflicts with other kingdoms and empires until they reached the modern day Valletta Sea. It was in 1120 when the leaders of both former kingdoms, now empires, decided to talk with each other in Makheria. The leader of the Getarians, Emperor Ikaida II, voiced concerns to leader of Lacatus, Emperor Frimbian, about being invaded by external empires and wanted to talk about possibly merging with Lacatus. After all, the Getarians and Lacatans were great allies and trading partners, and movement between the two was frequent. Emperor Frimbian liked the idea, as Gemini (modern day Geministan) was getting rather hostile about land to the west, and Ikaida II was concerned about the Anglanci empire frequently attacking land in the south. After this discussion, the emperors decided to jointly rule one empire, the newly formed Getaria-Lacatus Empire. Also after this merger, Ikaida II’s daughter, Aphra I, and Frimbian’s son, Baltasar III married, solidifying the merger permanently.

In 1125, Aphra I gave birth to a son, Lee I, whom she and Baltasar loved and cared for very much, as this was their first child.

In 1140, Emperor Frimbian passed away from illness, leaving Ikaida II, who was older and more vulnerable to disease, and Baltasar III, to rule over the empire.

In 1148, Ikaida II went out to battle the Anglancians near the modern day Courmayeur Sea. during this battle, a flurry of arrows were shot and hit Ikaida II right in the head, leaving him permanently injured until his death later that year after retreating from the battle. After Ikaida II’s death, Baltasar III and Aphra I were left to rule the empire, with Lee I, who was 23 at the time, next in line.

### Reign of Lee I

In 1150, just two years after Ikaida II’s death, Aphra I quickly fell ill, and was bedridden until her death in 1151. Shortly after, Baltasar III also fell ill, as the 1150s were a dark time of fatal disease spreading to a majority of the world's population. Baltasar III would ultimately survive the illness, though he would be unable to rule the empire due to the critical state the illness had left on him. So then, Lee I, who was 25, took over as emperor.

In 1154, Lee I decided to rename the empire after himself, due to him not liking the name. Getaria-Lacatus was then promptly renamed to the Leedonian Empire.

In 1156, Lee I decided to negotiate with the Anglancian empire’s leader over land by the Courmayeur Sea. During this discussion however, an Anglancian soldier fired a shot at a Leedonian soldier, causing a conflict. Lee I quickly fled the building and officially declared war on the Anglancians after the failed peace talks. Lee I had experience fighting the Anglancians when he was younger under his parents’ rule, and identified their general strategies. Lee I quickly defeated the Anglancians at the Battle of Courmayeur, and forced them to flee all the way to their capital. After taking away most of their land, by 1157, the Anglancians surrendered, and decided to join the Leedonian Empire.

### Middle ages

In 1244, the Buskantani kingdom was invaded by the Leedonians. The Buscantanis tried hard to repel the attack, but they were extremely outnumbered. The two merged, and by now, Leedonia was the largest empire in the world ahead of their rival, Gemini.

In 1352, a trade treaty was signed with Vortesia that formally established trade with them. Relations with Vortesia then proceeded to strengthen.

In 1464, the Leedonians invaded modern day Naroslavia to the north. With their success in conquering, the Leedonians decided to sail out to lands to the east to try to gain influence in that part of the world. So in 1466, Leedonia took over the area of modern day Idalia, establishing Fort Plymouth in the area of modern day Narokai.

In 1584, the Bilurians started invading the area around modern day Foxborough, and took over almost the entire landmass that makes up the city area today before being stopped by the Leedonian army. The recently founded Geministani Republic, seeing opportunity, invaded modern day Helado, taking it from the Leedonian Empire. The Leedonian empire, being so huge, was unable to send its army out there in time, and the area around modern day Helado was annexed into Geministan.

In 1645, the Leedonians started a long campaign to try and push the Bilurians out of modern day Foxborough, but they fought ferociously, and the Leedonians struggled to push them out for years. By 1652, 7 years after the campaign started, the Leedonians finally won a key battle which forced the Bilurians to abandon Foxborough.

In 1690, Leedonia and Blueland, along with Elisia, officially allied together against the Bilurians, and started pushing them out of modern day southern Elisia and Omarali. The Bilurians were then pushed out of the area, with the Leedonians and Vortex Republic reigning victorious.

In 1769, industrialization spread from the Vortex Republic to Leedonia, and the nation began to quickly industrialize afterwards.

### Modern era

In 1943, the nation of Englancia, along with Naroslavia and Biluria, declared war on Leedonia and its neighboring countries. This was from a desire between the countries to end colonialism and to unite their people. Leedonia was seen as an evil empire that mistreated the Englancian and Naroslav peoples living there. They felt that the people of Leedonia needed to be punished, and formed a triple alliance against Leedonia. Seeing this, Blueland joined the United Front consisting of Leedonia, and Cortana. Together, they fought the Triple Alliance. The United Front reigned victorious in the battles, however, Leedonia decided to give Englancia and Naroslavia independence due to not wanting to deal with endless rebellions, and Englancia and Naroslavia’s citizens overwhelmingly also wanting independence. After the war, seeing the failures of the previous laws of the land, a new constitution was written under King Alexander, which then established new, modern laws and a new capital, Nouvarcha. However, it actually became the capital in 1951 after fighting ended.

In 1956, King Alexander died of natural causes, giving rise to King Jason I.

In 1964, Buskantan was given its independence from Leedonia after a referendum was held and determined that 95% of Buskantanis wanted their own independent state.

In 1976, Idalia was given its independence from Leedonia due to its isolation and constant rebellion against the Leedonian government. After tolerating this rebellion for decades, the Leedonian government decided it wasn't worth it to keep the land, and held a referendum. 99% of Idalians wanted an independent state.

In 2011, the nation was the victim of a terrorist attack. This was an attack launched by the terrorist organization named MACELO, who bombed the Foxborough News building, causing it to partially collapse and be irreversibly damaged. This was one of the largest terrorist attacks in the history of the country. In response, Blueland, along with Cortana and Geministan, joined Leedonia and launched a war in Mexicalpa, where the headquarters of MACELO were located. This resulted in a major defeat for MACELO, and they were forced to flee the country.

In 2019, King Jason I died peacefully in Foxborough. The people were shocked of the news, and the nation mourned his passing. Shortly after, his son Matthew Jason ascended to the throne and became King Jason II.

## Geography

Leedonia has a vast land area, so it has large variations in its topography and geography. About half of Leedonia's area is made up of large oceans or lakes, depending on your definition of them. A lot of central Leedonia is very cold, reaching temperatures of below freezing during winter, and often having snow layers during spring and fall. Central Leedonia is also home to the Dipper Mountains, the tallest mountain range in the world. A lot of Leedonia is covered by huge bodies of water, separating a lot of the landmasses of the country, but at the same time allowing maritime travel to prosper.

## Government and Politics

### Monarchy

#### Real

The head of the Leedonian monarchy as of now is KingCrafterino, with PurpleMops as queen consort and JeremiahLH9978 as prime minister.

#### Lore

King Jason II has been the head of the Leedonian monarchy since 2019, succeeding his father King Jason I.

### Senate

The Leedonian Senate is made up of 1 representative from every province, no matter the population of it. The Senate handles more international and diplomatic affairs, and more pressing national issues. The Senate also holds some power within the monarchy, as it is their job to recruit Prime Ministers. If ever necessary, the Senate has the power to bring the current Monarch out of power with a vote of no confidence, and instead be replaced by either the Monarch's consort or a Regent. However, this power has never been used before, as the current Leedonian Constitution is fairly new.

### House of Commons

The House of Commons is slightly larger than the Senate, having one representative plus one per every 500K residents of each province after initially achieving a population of 500K or more. As such, Abenaki and Candelia have the highest influence in the House, with each having 2 representatives, which every other province has just one representative.