Pavnosia

Pavnosia (/pɑvŋosiɐ/ , Classical Helitis: Pavnósia), officially The Republic of Pavnosia (Classical Helitis: Thió Demókratós di Pavnósia) is a state located in the northern part of the western continent in the sea of fangs. It borders Irinoslwen to the south and Numeor to the southeast. The country derives its name from the deified owl Pavnosia. The capital is Aretopolis. Pavnosia is a state republic led by an assembly of representatives from each region, county and settlement with city-status.

## History

The history of Pavnosia spans thousands of years and several stages.

**Pre-Heemiskó cultures**

The first people that would inhabit the land later known as Pavnosia were the mysterius, yet advanced **Cympatiós people**.The Cympatians were expert craftsmen and practiced early forms of agriculture known as **Proto-Agriculture**. The Cympatians lived in small villages usually focused around fishing or agriculture and the biggest one ever discovered in Thesaión is believed to have been home to around 600 inhabitands. Nothing is really known about the Cympatiós people since they had no written language and little to no outside contact with the rest of the world and their actual name being lost to history.

**Early Heemiskó period**

After the mysterious demise of the Cympatians, the **Heemiskó people** brought themselves into the lands of Pavnosia and with them introduced a written language by the name of **Proto-Helitis**. The Heemiskó culture practiced agriculture and they were expert stonemasons. The Heemiskó culture flourished as a result of trade and good soil and it prospered for a long time. The Heemiskó culture also practiced many early forms of Pavnosian culture like the similarities in their gods to the Pavnosians and an identical languages in the same language family.

**Late Heemiskó period**

The Heemiskó people collapsed gradually due to numbers of unknown factors. Many scholars have tried to put out an idea to what could've caused their demise but no one is 100% certain. Altough nobody really knows, the general consensus among scholars is that a chain of natural disasters and **outside invasions** caused the Heemiskó people to slowly die out and migrate to other lands.

**The first Pavnosians**

According to the founding myth, Pavnosia was established by Krenistos and namned after his beloved owl, **Pavnosos**. The first Pavnosians wrote in an earlier version of **Classical Helitis** and lived in small fortified agricultural and trading settlements were they slowly expanded to enter a new age of prosperity for Pavnosia. The early Pavnosians built many sanctuaries and libraries that still exist to this day. Many of the mythological tales and stories are usually from around this time period aswell.

## Geography

The geography of Pavnosia is mostly tropical forests and mild wetlands which allow for great agricultural practices. It also has a small amounts of hills and very few mountainscapes.

## Politics

Pavnosia is a state republic which means that each region and city has its own representatives with the matter of government being headed by the head representative from each region and a new leader chosen every year.

Government positions:

Hernastos: Head leader of the government and chosen representative.

Polmakios: Head leader of the military of Pavnosia, often 2 of these to make sure that no power goes to one Polmakios.

Hilotis: The main representative from each region.

Eskitos: A representative from each region.

## Religion and culture

**Art**

Is mostly known for expert craftsmanship and architecture with its weapons being renowned and its architecture grand. The architecture is known for its colourful nature and grand display of art in a very symmetrical order. The craftsmanship is known for its great quality and eccentricity. The nation is also known for its epic poems describing tales of heroes and gods like the **Tales of Ormenius**.

**Culture**

Pavnosia has a philosophical and joyous culture with many festivals being honoured to Pavnosian philosophy, history and religion. Some of the festivals include:

**Feast of Zeamnatos**: A yearly feast lasting 2 days dedicated to the god of Mountains, Zeamnatos.

**The hailing of Krenistos**: A yearly festival lasting a week dedicated to the mythical hero Krenistos and how he created Pavnosia.

**The festival of celebration**: A bi-annual festival dedicated to the beheading of the **Tyrant Hermophenes**.

(Other festivals are mostly regional or only celebrated from city to city, for example the **festival of hermistees** which is only celebrated in the city of **Herminotes**)

## Moral values and principles

Pavnosia is a deeply philosophical nation with many schools of philosophy with knowledge being priced over all else. Wars are seen as mostly unnecessary and it's only ever used when a neighbouring state threatens Pavnosia with action. Respecting the arts and philosophy is viewed as moral good while abandoning it is seen as treacherous. The state of Pavnosia is always open to alliances to see it prosper for the rest of time, however it is still very aware of people who want to take advantage of Pavnosia and it isn’t afraid to attack. Has a lot of hate and prejudice against primarily war-centered states and always likes when states are neutral or creating alliances. Likes to send aid to victims of war or disaster. Also likes states that are culture focused.