Bellogaard

Bellogaard, officially the Republic of Bellogaard (Bellogaardian: Republika Bielygaard), is a unitary constitutional republic located in eastern Avanor. Bellogaard is bordered to the north, east, and south by Novogaard, while Yurogaard lies to the southwest, and Cyrogaard to the west. The nation comprises an area of LAND AREA, and is home to 18'771'884 people according to the latest census data. The capital and largest city is Bellogaard, from which the Republic itself gains its name.

Describe national history

Bellogaard is a nation which gained independence and democracy nearly half a century ago, when the Soft Revolutions in eastern Avanor led to the independence of Cyrogaard, Yurogaard, and Olgengaard. Since its modern constitution was founded, the nation has become an emerging democratic power, and has become a tourist hub. According to the Avanor Union, the nation has a robust system of constitutional protections for its people, and systems in place to ensure the rule of law, and free and fair elections. The nation has become a center of development, with its main industries focused in high tech engineering, electronics, machine-building, steel production, automotive manufacturing, and the processing of pharmaceuticals. The nation, however, is primarily a service based economy, with a focus on research and development, software development, nanotechnology, and life sciences. Its main agricultural products are cereals, as well as various meads and other alcoholic beverages.

Etymology
The region we refer to as Bellogaard today gained this name early on, it is believed. When the Gaardic people inhabited the region in the late 200's BCE, it is believed that the lands were referred to as Bollygaard, meaning "beautiful land", and this evolved into Bielygaard, the modern Bellogaardian word for the nation, with the same meaning. The first written account using the name comes, not from the Bellogaardians themselves, but from the Imperials, where certain records from their military outposts in the east dating back to the 150s BCE referred to a people in the far east as Belligae (the Augustine word for Bellogaard), who produced a number of meads and lagers, for which they were given pelts and iron tools. The name Bellogaard was officially adopted when the nation was organized as an Imperial Duchy of the Novogaardian Empire in 1310.