Federation of the Provinces of Norlas

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The **Federation of The Provinces of Norlas** is a country in Eastern Islai.

## History

### Early History

In the land currently known as Norlas, there has been a variety of nations. In early times the people known as Olbee inhabited the area. It is these people who would evolve into the Norlans today. In 768 AD The kingdom of Olba was founded incorporating the northern lands of the Modern country. It was at this point that House Jalag became Monarchs. In the south, the grand duchy of Rohyk was founded in 843 with house Veiliv ruled. in 989, Rohyk and Olba were united under one monarch with the marriage of Lokif of Jalag and Magare of Rohyk. At this point, there were still 2 separate kingdoms.

### Middle Ages

In 1002, Lokif's son, Lokif II was mysteriously killed. This sparked a war between his illegitimate son,Fedig and his first cousin, believed to have orchestrated the murder, Alek This war lasted until the battle of Monig in 1005 where Alek and his army were brutally killed meaning Fedig was crowned as Fedig I.

During the 1100s religious tension rose between the monarch and the church in regards to church property, eventually rising to a tipping point when Archbishop of Kiligsburg declared that the king was unfit to rule and had the pope excommunicate him in 1167. During this period, many foreign invaders tried to conquer the kingdoms but were unsuccessful. The conflict ended when King Lokif IV signed the charter stating that all property of the church was to be governed by it but subject to the laws of the people. This agreement is known as the *Kugkomprim(Church compromise)*.

The 13th century was marked by the country being renamed the United Nolbean Duchies consisting of Olbee(Nolbe), Rohyk and smaller duchies. This was led by the Grand duke(king) or elected by the duchies while the other duchies would keep a leader. A Parliament, consisting of the dukes, was formed and was given powers to propose laws. The grand duke still had absolute power though.

By 1340, many of the duchies in the UND had had enough of the church governing land which wasn't theirs. However, some wanted to still adhere the Popes teaching. When a law was passed that ignored the Kugkomprim, these southern duchies including Rohyk triggered them to declare independence from the UND, refounding the Grand duchy of Rohyk. Due to the weakened state of the army, Grand duke Lokif IX left them to leave.

In the latter parts of the 14th century, the UND had started to become more centralised and in 1389, Grand duke Johann proclaimed himself as the King of Nolbe without consulting Parliament. This triggered lots of rebellions however due to the now king building up a large army they were crushed with relative ease. In Rohyk, the Kugkomprim was causing tension in the nation as many landowners didn't want to have to pay taxes to the church which meant that a neal deal was reached with the church. This was known as the Neukugkomprim and stated that the Church couldn't raise taxes on its property and the only power it had in the country was owning the churches. this agreement would only last for the next century

### Renaissance

The 15th century was a peaceful time when the two nations prospered however, it was coming apparent that Rohyk was starting to take over Nolbe militarily and technologically and had a larger economy than Nolbe. This is because it contained cities such as Fjiska and Kiligsburg which were thriving at the time. The end of the century would bring a stark change as the unmarried King of Rohyk was assassinated. This incident was blamed on the Nolbeans and after a few years of preparation, the Norlan domination war was started. This brutal war caused the death of 160,000 people lost there lives. It also contained the abuse of Kilisburg where civilians were burnt raped and tortured by Nolbean soldiers in order to demoralise Rohyk. However the war ended in a stalemate. This war ended peaceful relations between the two nations.

### Reformation

The 1500s brought about rapid change to both Nolbe and Rohyk, mainly the Eskireformasjon, in which the Archbishop of Kiligsburg publicly denounced the catholic church and declared himself the head of the new Eskiist Church of Rohyk. It was soon followed by the archbishop of Lansk. During the latter half of the century the two Churchs merged laying out the foundations for the reunfication of Nolbe and Rohyk into a single nation. Another notable change was the moving of the capital of Nolbe to Lansk and renaming their royal family to the House of Yalag-Lansk. Rohyk continued to assert its dominance in the Norlan region, while Nolbe still continued to lag behind in technology and economic.

### Unification

Grand Duke Alek III of Rohyk signed a deal in 1623 to marry Queen Mariana of Nolbe. They were officially married in 1625 and had their first child Petig. Queen Mariana died of Childbirth leaving the Kingdom of Nolbe under a regency headed by the Grand duke. This meant that both Rohyk and Nolbe would be in the same hands for the since the 14th century. Following Alek's death in 1640, Petig officialy took the throne of both Nolbe and Rohyk. Styling himself as the King of the Norlans, however he didn't officially merge the 2 titles together. That was the action of his son Petig II who was crowned the King of Norlas by the archbishop of Fjiska, cementing his authority over the archbishop of Lansk in the Norlan church(Norlekug).

### **Prosperity**

The country which was now not fighting between itself for once was now staring to enter a golden age during the latter 17th and early 19th century. In this age technological and ecenomical inprovemens were made. The now famous composer Kian Jalag(a distant descendant of the house of Yalag), wrote many pieces especiallly for the Norlekug which popularised churhc music within the country

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