Simeone

**Simeone**, officially the **Republic of Simeone**, was a nation of Cartonia, home to the monkey species.

Simeone bordered Ursus to the north, Phantine to the northeast, Capricon to the south, Willie to the southwest, and Scuridiae to the west. Simeone was the only nation to border Scuridiae. The Kingdom also managed to maintain two coastlines, one on the Unity Sea and the other on Amethyst Bay.

Until 710, Simeone was officially the **Sovereign State of Simeone** and a Kingdom with a monarchy. After the murder of the last Queen in 710, the nation was reorganized into Cartonia's first republic. However, in 725, the nation was reverted to a monarchy. It was absorbed into Vulpus toward the War's end in 726.

## Geography

Simeone was home to dense forests and jungles, suitable to the monkey species. Many lived in treehouses, and the government seat of Vinesteeple was situated on a mountain surrounded by lush greenery. Usage of the beaches on the Unity Sea and Amethyst Bay was for leisure and trade.

## History

Simeone pledged allegiance to the Harmony Crown in the Year 1, thus uniting the Cartonian continent. It followed Scuridiae and preceded Gallix in the rotation before the abolition of the Harmony Crown.

In 703, Queen Catherine I died and passed the throne to her young daughter, Jane III. Only three years later in February of 706, Jane died in childbirth, leaving an infant Ana III to assume the throne.

At the outbreak of the War in 708, Simeone declared neutrality. After the Vixen Queen abolished the Harmony Crown in February 709, eight further nations rushed into the conflict. Despite this, Simeone maintained its neutrality. Neutrality was challenged after the November 709 execution of the Galligasque Royal Family, but it held. In January 710, the Council of Chancellors feared that a skirmish at the southern Simenese border could threaten war. To protect Queen Ana III, the Council evacuated her to neutral Ursus. Along with her father, Prince Regent Tomasz Czerny, Ana was murdered in a torpedo attack from Vulpus. The death of the last Queen of Simeone and her father, the designated heir presumptive, precipitated a succession crisis. As war with the Summer Sun became impossible to avoid, the Council hastily sought to coronate another monarch. The only living Simour descendent known in the capital was Chancellor Ham Mercury. He rejected the throne, but was amenable to assuming power in an appointed office with term limits. The new republic therefore entered the war with Ham Mercury as the first Major of Simeone.

The nation was reorganized into a monarchy in 725, with Ham Mercury becoming King. The nation fell in 726, but Ham Mercury escaped, never to be seen again. The entire nation was absorbed into Vulpus.

## Trivia

* Simeone is named after the collateral adjective for monkeys: "simian."
* The flag of Simeone was modeled after the Japanese flag.
* The capital of Primatia is a reference to the primate monkey family.
* The Simour family is named after the Seymour family of Britain.
* Vinesteeple is based on Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England. It is the only royal residence to be based on a church because of the eponymous steeple in its title.
	+ Vinesteeple was originally based on Hohenschwangau Castle in Germany was replaced by Salisbury Cathedral to better align it with its name.