Trestkania

**Trestkania**, officially known as the **Trestkania Technocracy**, is a country located on the Ancrelian continent. It shares borders with Demiurge to the west and Yorselania to the east.

Trestkania is a highly developed country that possesses extensive infrastructure, advanced technology and a well-outfitted military. Its capital is Trentalia.

They have an ongoing rivalry with Demiurge due to their differences, one of them is Trestkania rejecting the concept of magic and the other desires otherwise. Though no bloodshed is seeping through their conflict, they tend to discriminate with one another when they make an encounter.

## History

### Dire Beginnings: (1412-1992)

Long ago, before the reign of Trestkania Technocracy, this nation used to be named Rivrera, a nation that aspired the concept of religion blessed by the gods. They prioritized practicing magic purely instead of trying to pursue technology. Due to this, Rivrera barely made it through their middling status and the nation is suffered from it's low military power and population in general.

When the 20th century is about to come, Rivrera had fallen to countless years filled with poverty had passed and the people in Rivrera were starting to lose faith to their idolized gods since they were not receiving any help in their times of needs, it had been estimated that Rivrera is going die in the next century. The country was beginning to fall apart, until 80 years later, a genius scientist appeared. **Andric Trest**, the greatest known scientist who wanted to do anything and everything scientifically possible by human hands, aspired to reach the far distant space and explore the unknown. He is the sole man who founded Trestkania with his pure, unwavering ambition.

Ever since he appeared, the people who followed him started to show signs of hope for their nation, The crops were revived with the invention of an automata that helped them do things more easily, and a very unproficient yet strong powered exoskeletons that has at least the strength of an adult man helped increase the workers productivity an incomparable amount of times their normal quota. Everyone who was inspired by the sudden upbringing and the workers also suddenly increased, and all of this change was caused by a single man, a prodigy and a genius or so they say. There were times where Andric had feared being prosecuted by the religious fanatics and considered escaping to follow his beliefs, but their religious antics died quickly and wanted to learn the ways of science instead. A supreme technological advantage.

### The Rise of Trestkania: (1992-2023)

During the early ages of Trestkania, a request was desired by his citizens to experiment magic alongside with the power of science. Andric Trest allowed the usage of magic on their own inventions since people found it more easily to use magic specifically on daily occurrences, like starting a fire and making water out of nothing. Even if this nation shifted to a country that wanted the peak of technology, the concept of magic still exists in the past and not utilizing it would be a waste. Yet Andric himself didn't use magic, he saw magic as an easy way out and didn't want that and decided to stick with his own beliefs, he desired that his own human hands would be able to reach the realm of the unknown, beyond the human limits.

25 years later, after he started leading the entire population of Trestkania, Andric's words echoed to the public's ears, "To invent, experiment, and create." Their heads were drilled by these same exact words and followed them ever since. No one had ever doubted him as he saved millions of lives suffering from poverty, his strong words itself made the country evolve into a powerhouse in such a short amount of time that it went recorded as the fastest rise of power in the world.

Of course, the neighboring nations took interest in the once weak nation and sent in their diplomats to make a peaceful agreement with one another. **Yorselania** gladly accepted the hospitality offered by them and even praised their kindness. On the other hand, **Demiurge**'s diplomats had a sour look on their faces. They asked why they no longer embraced magic as a whole and insulted their leader, the bystanders who heard this were enraged, but before things escalated for the worse, Andric came into the scene and defused the situation by making the diplomat leave the country without a second thought. The result of their trip to this nation is that Yorselania and Trestkania made great connections together, but Demurige now has a tense relationship with Trestkania.

### Heaven's Fall: (2023-2025)

Andric Trest, now at the age of 54, had finally succeeded in making the nation prosper in riches, especially its advanced technology. Everything was going in his way until his negligence finally reached its peak. Unnoticed due to their very well concealed location hidden under the capital **Trentalia**, there were heretics who still desired to worship their false gods and did everything in their name to revive them, resortinh to using the highest taboo magic despised by all, **Eldritch magic**. Eldritch magic is known for its forbidden techniques that are almost impossible to comprehend, and even if one did succeed, they will suffer from severe consequences. But, with enough sacrifices, or human sacrifices to be exact. a spell may be possible to chant with the repercussions directed to the dead bodies instead of the chanters. The occultists finally activated eldritch magic and attempted the resurrection, yet the worst nightmare began in Trestkania.

The resurrection powered by Eldritch magic went horribly wrong and instead started an outbreak that infected humans, morphing them into pitch black molting creatures and distorted their body. Their grotesque transformation made them extremely hostile and attacked any living entity on sight. From how sudden this news was, Andric immediately dispatched troops to dispose of all of the humans infected by the **Virus CERIS**, but they were all so strong that it sparked fear among the residents of Trestkania. At first Andric thought of curing the people infected by the virus, but the only thing he won't be able to decipher in his life is the concept of eldritch, a sinister power that must be cleansed away from this world.

This outbreak took a huge blow to their resources as this entire outbreak has already lasted for two years, all of the victims are locked inside of the capital Trentalia so it won't spread. The outbreak itself showed no signs of stopping and this left Andric in such distress that he almost took his own life trying to figure out a counter against the virus CERIS. Through countless, countless experiments and help from other scientists, they worked like their lives depended on it and some even died from the process alone. Two years of research, they finally found a solution. It's a machine that cancels out the magic in their body. They called it **Einherjar**, which means "in honor for those who fight alone." The problem with the use of Einherjar is that magic is the life force of all living beings and getting rid magic in the body for even a second will render them paralyzed depending on how strong their life force is, worst case scenario is that it could even kill 70% of the population and start a mass genocide. Hearing how bizarre this creation was, Andric's thoughts were simply satisfaction, something he can finally call the peak of technology he had always desired.

A few days after it's launch, every single infected swarmed all over the place directly to the Einherjar, since the people infected by virus CERIS are sensitive to their ears, they're directly lured into places where high pitch sounds are broadcasted. The plan was going as planned and everything will finally end, until a third party suddenly appeared and destroyed it all. In the end, Andric alone was forced to fend off against tens of thousands of infected and what stood before him is a cultist that has spread the word of their god, a cultist from **Morze**.

January 21, 2025, Andric Trest, the leader of Trestkania has died, sacrificing himself alongside with other great scientists to use Einherjar, neutralize everyone in Trentalia, the ones infected were turned to dust due to their deteriorated body because of the trait of Eldritch magic. Andric and the other scientist have lost their life force since they were extremely close to the machine, it was a tragedy. And yet, even until the end, people tried to find a glimmer of hope and attempted a search for the blueprint of Einherjar because it broke after a single usage, but it wasn't found. The people launched a funeral for their heroes and everyone was devastated by their great loss that may severely impact the nation as a whole. But instead of falling into despair, this only motivated them to work harder. "Invent, experiment, and create." These were the words that started the rise of Trestkania, everything by Andric Trest's will.

In 2026, a law was enacted that the use of magic is now strictly forbidden and may even lead to a death sentence.

### Participation in The Morze War: (2091-2108)

The starting point of The Great Morze Sweep was a brutal yet silent bloodbath to the point where South Trestkania was almost destroyed from day one. It killed nearly a hundred thousand civilians and soldiers alike in just a day as monsters appeared from every corner. The strength of the enemy monsters was simply overwhelming since normal guns can't lay a scratch on the monsters. The eldritch beasts were said to be similar to the infected during the incident Heaven's fall, where Virus CERIS infected and turned most of the civilians in Trentalia extremely aggressive, but this invasion is on a much, much stronger and bigger scale. This left South Trestkania in chaos that even the military struggled to fend off against the eldritch beasts since they were beyond what they could imagine. After a year of bloodshed, they won the war and reclaimed South Trestkania back but suffered devastating losses.

Following after all this bloodshed, this wasn't the end of the war. They had only won reclaiming their land, not directly defeating the one who had released a horde of eldritch beasts onto their land, Morze. They only found out about the culprit when there were also two other countries that were affected by the same country; **Celibus**, the nation that had their king disappear without a trace, and Yorselania, which had its land be erected by a heavy storm in the form of blood. Hearing of their individual stories. They all agreed to form an alliance and supplied Trestkania with food and weapons to start a war against the culprit of everything, Morze, the country that desires the end.

During the war, eventually every nation in the planet of **Lurra** joined the war to fight off against the greater evil Morze. So while they had enough time to fall into a grace period, they used that time to make a special unit with the aid of the alliance to rival against Morze's eldritch beasts. It was called **Project ANGEL**, an elite force that overhauled the use of prosthetics body parts alongside their innate talent of killing, they are a group of killing machines made to protect the nation from anything that stood their way. All of them are either hand picked by the government, or from the early stages of the Project ANGEL, children that were severely injured from the early days of war and were used as tools due to their promising talents. The government was planning to free them secretly from the public after finding out what atrocities the scientists had been doing to the kids, but some of them were kept after specific individuals still decided to fight for the nation. The rest of the kids are now freed from the laboratory but the willing kids that stayed turned into outstanding **ANGELs**.

After the war that lasted for decades, Trestkania suffered from severe losses. The remaining ANGELs and **SERAPHs**, an inferior version of ANGELs, were reduced to a mere 8 alive and their country is now extremely vulnerable to enemy attacks. So to fool the world and their citizens from conflict, they assured it's citizens a peace of mind by making everyone involved in the project ANGEL forcefully retire from the military. There are three reasons why they found this as the most logical choice; one is that they were too strong for normal tasks. Two is to assure the citizens that Trestkania is strong enough to disband the ANGELs. And lastly, three is to get rid of the fact that the mere existence of a SERAPH let alone an ANGEL can pose a severe threat.

## Geography

Trestkania’s land consists of running rivers and channels that split the nations apart, they specifically are divided into North Trestkania, which has a very optimal weather and is slightly more advanced than that of South Trestkania, where if it's summer it's temperature is normal, but if it’s winter, the temperature drops below 0°. South Trestkania has a lot of bridges since its lands are usually separated from one another.

While their lands are mostly covered by green plains, their forests are habitats for harmless animals. The government banned the killing of these animals unless you have a license to prevent them from becoming extinct. They used to hold the least amount of territory in the **Ancrel** continent, but ever since Andric's death, their territory expanded to the largest in Ancrel. Trestkania shares land borders with Demiurge to the west and Yorselania to the east.

## Politics

Trestkania has been a Democracy ever since the start of its reign. Ever since Andric died, the nation is not ruled by one but multiple governors. People liked to call them the **Overseers of Trestkania** who cooperated with one another to guide them on the right path.

## Economy

Trestkania's economy is relatively low since they spent gold on circuits for their evolution on technology, but it's still above average than most nations, their currency is ₹ or called Thel.

## Military

#### Project ANGEL

Project ANGEL is an organization formed in 2101 when a grace period occured during an all out attack against Morze due to their forces started to have an upper hand against them. In order to turn the tides of the war, Trestkania made Project ANGEL to stop this from happening, creating the **ANGELs** and the **SERAPHs**.

To find out more about Project ANGEL, click here.

#### Ground Forces

Trestkania possesses a sizeable army, equipped with the latest weapons technology, systems and each unit fully equipped. They have much in the field of railgun and hover technology, but mostly prefer to use the older but tried-and-true technology of chemical propellants and wheels.

* Wheeled
* Tracked
* Walkers
* Hover

## Trivia

* Einherjar's blueprint is not actually lost, but it's somewhere with Andric's hidden descendant. It's unconfirmed who they are, but it's better off not known since if Demiurge finds out about the existence of Einherjar, they will declare war with Trestkania immediately for blasphemy. The mere thought of erasing magic is severe, and it's been said to be one of the keys to access a realm as mystifying as **The Void**, **The Lands In Between**.
* The fake idols worshiped from the Rivrera era are named **Vrithkiel**, **Nvuthu** and **L'crhytl**. The three of them had animal parts on their body and were carved from the ancient era, Vrithkiel is the god of harvest, it resembles a Manticore but harnesses a human form, Nvuthu is the god of crows, it's a god with a human body but it's head is a crow's. And lastly L'chrytl, the god of diseases. It's been told that they wore a mask and had no face, a long white robe and a halo bigger than his entire body behind it's back.
* They reached the realm of space technology 20 years after Andric's death. The astronauts landed on the moon in honor of Andric and did it on his birthday. This day was one of the most special days Trestkania had and celebrated until tomorrow.