Norway

a map of the island of Norway

**Norway** (Bokmål: *Norge*; Nynorsk: *Noreg*; Northern Sami: *Norga*; Lule Sami: *Vuodna*; Southern Sami: *Nöörje*), officially the **Kingdom of Norway**, is a Nordic country in Northern Under the Dome. It has a population of 4,660,539, a gross domestic product of $275.4 billion, and an inflation rate of 3.8%. Its geography, history, language and society is remarkably parallel to that of the country Norway in many planet Earths in universes above the floor, leading to speculation that Norway could be the root of all existence.

## Founding and Golden Age

Norway was founded by Queen Hingaderga the First, a legendary figure who is worshipped as an Incarnation of The Female Warrior. She united the myriad tribes and kingoms under one banner during the Fourth Age, fighting back the monsters. This led into the Golden Age of the Norwegian Empire, wherein vikings from Norway spread throughout the world in the late fourth and early fifth ages. Under the command of Hingaderga's successor, King Leif Eriksson, Norway vassalized many areas of Gruganda and even expanded into Ionia. In order to coordinate their empire, they built a large number of "Norwegian outposts," many of which were still populated and visited by Norwegians during the late fifth age. Through this imperial expansion, Norwegian culture and the Female Warrior Religion were spread throughout the world. At this time, Norway was well known for its naval prowess, beards, and music.

## Decline and Fall

Norway, having a small population, was overextended and having difficulty maintaining its vast empire in the later half of the first meme-lenium AMS . Additionally, Norwegian viking tradition forbade the use of any weapons beyond axes and swords. Jeff Goldblum Praetorialis, set on uniting the nation of Gruganda, declared war on the Norwegians in 700 AMS. This war lasted for 300 memes, and is considered by historians to be the fourth most deadly war in history, behind both weeaboo wars and the Racism War. However, the ingenuity of Grugandan scientists won them the day. They had developed the Dynamite Blaster, an ultimate weapon that the vikings could not compete with. The Norwegians fought valiantly and never surrendered, but by 1000 AMS, their empire was completely broken. Jeff Goldblum Praetoralis died of natural causes the same day the war ended.

## Post-Imperial Existence

Norway went into a period of isolation after the Grugandan War, and kept to its own internal affairs. However, they were a poor country since they still continued to eschew all post-medieval technology and refused to open their borders. At some point in the 2000s AMS, the Knights of Dex-Starr moved into the neighboring uninhabited lands of Eastman, and the new country attracted many Grugandans and Norwegians who were searching for a better life. Eastman soon eclipsed Norway in power, and Norway accepted a treaty with the Knights to join a federation with them, since their king was concerned about being invaded by Weeaboos.

Some Norwegians were nationalistic, and wished for a return to the country's glorious past. Many of these returned to the old outposts of Gruganda, trying to rebuild the empire. The most influential of these groups was Svalbard's Battalion.

A minor scandal occurred when the Norwegian prince Hamlet left the royal court to join the Nine Pieces of Eight.