2nd Kingdom of Æelostium

Bountiful trade vessels off the coast of Yuhalthor Province.

**Æelostium**, officially the **2nd Kingdom of Æelostium**, is a nation located on the continent of Espos. The current reigning leader is Grand Chieftain DoDo XXVIII. Æelostium is comprised of 5 main provinces, being Yuhalthor, Paladonia, Ecobah, Oculum and Engokai. Æelostium is known throughout Espos as a very cultural nation, and thought throughout its history it has been caught up in or declared wars, Æelostium generally is regarded as a relatively peaceful nation. Æelostium is also known as the de facto economic superpower of the Espos continent, this title only being challenged a few times in Æelostium's history by the Sakaran Imperium and some other nations.

## History

### After the Succession War (410 BNC -372 BNC)

#### War of the Æelostian Succession

xenopho died, bozos cried, power divide, war far and wide

### Dissolution

After the surrender of Æelostium in December 1033, Viveky forces quickly overran through the rest of the nation. Small pockets of resistance remained, but most of the Imperial Æelostian Army had either dissolved or retreated to the north in the Dominion. Emperor Pavan ordered brutal suppression of any holdouts, for an Æelostian rebellion would be disastrouys for the Viveky Empire.

## Military

Compared to the other nations of Espos, Æelostium's military is far from the most powerful. Before the First Ophelian War, there were around 650,000 people serving in the Æelostian military (470,000 in the army, 180,000 in the navy) This number may seem large for peacetime, but tensions before the war were already boiling, and nations such as the Viveky Empire and the Sakaran Imperium had over a million soldiers in their militaries. Ever since the fall of the Æelostian Empire, Æelostium has never been a militaristic nation, so its military mainly serves to defend the nation and its interests, rather than invade others.

### Imperial Æelostian Army

As stated, the army of Æelostium far from the strongest on Espos, but still is a strong fighting force. Before the Ophelian War, the

## Economy

### National Economy

Before the First Ophelian War, Æelostium had the highest GDP of any nation in Northern Nissaria and Espos. Its GDP per Capita was also within the top 10, only being beaten by microstates and smaller nations such as Rynia.

The vast economic wealth of Æelostium is mostly due to the massive amounts of trade which come through its ports, along with an intricate and highly developed export system. In 587 ANC, Grand Chieftain Halmaloa III saw the huge amounts of resources that needed to exit the Felian Valley and the other landlocked nations of Espos. As a result, he created the Æelostian Transfer Tax, and rapidly built up infrastructure and ports in Æelostium. Since the infrastructure of Æelostium was now much better than their rival in the Viveky Empire, the landlocked nations of Espos chose Æelostium for easy transportation of their goods to Æelostian ports, and then to the rest of the world. The transfer tax placed on these goods brought in massive amounts of money to the Æelostian economy.

Aside from the Æelostian Transfer Network, Æelostium also exports some natural resources. These include:

* **Seafood** (caught by fishers all along the Æelostian coastline daily)
* **Wheats and Vegetables** (grown in large plantations in the mostly uninhabited interior of Æelostium (such as Eastern Oculum and Southern Ecobah))
* **Animals and Livestock** (Large farms in the Æelostian interior are also home to various livestock, which is mainly killed for meats and wool, though some are live exported to other nations.)
* **Ores** (although the mining industry is small, Æelostian miners harvest many ores such as iron, coal and gold, from the areas below and surrounding Mount Vigilanto
* **Education** (Æelostium also happens to have a high literacy rate, and its cities are home to many scholars, educators and philosophers (due to its freedom of speech))

## Notable Figures

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**It is a nation built upon the seas, a culture like no other, a bountiful land free of the darkness which clouds the world. *-Elohan Estebon***