Gelenia

Gelenia, officially the Gelenian Federal Republic is a federal parliamentary republic located in western Avanor. The nation is bordered to the north the Northern Sea, to the east by Strandlaand, to the south by Caliane, and to the west by the Adriantic Sea. The nation has a population of 131’988’461 people, and an area of LAND AREA square kilometers - making the nation the most densely populated on Avanor. The nation is divided into nine federal states, and has numerous dependencies throughout the world from its colonial period. Major cities in the Federation include the capital and largest city, Wellington, as well as Hamilton, Umbridge, Rowe, Endsbury, and Ascot - alongside others.

Throughout the dark ages, Gelenia had been home to numerous petty kingdoms fighting for dominance over the other. This changed with the rise of King Edwyn I, who conquered all Gelenian kingdoms and united the realm under his rule from Wellington. His line would rule Gelenia for centuries afterwards, ruling as absolute monarchs through numerous wars with Caliane to the south and the Midlands to the east. When these wars bankrupted the realm too much for the nobility to bear, they demanded the right to form the House of Lords and control the monarch's spending - becoming the first parliament. Further, the Edict of Ascot became the first document which ensured the civil rights of people in the nation during the period of the Great Reformation. As colonization brought in massive amounts of wealth to the nobility and the monarch through their holdings in Korasha, Asania and North Larania, the peasants felt increasingly destitute and numerous riots and revolts were staged throughout the 1600's and 1700's. It was not until the notoriously weak King Robyn II that the Summer Revolution began, which saw the peasants unite behind popular general Olivar Royce and orator and lawyer Nathaniel Cabot, and launch a rebellion which overthrew the monarchy in 1777. Afterwards a republic was established, with Nathaniel Cabot serving as the first President. A further constitutional reform was passed in 1801 and a parliamentary democracy was founded.

Gelenia is a world Great Power, and is the world's largest and most advanced economy. The capital, Wellington, serves as a global hub of innovation, diplomacy, and finance, while other major hubs such as Endsbury, Hamilton, Rowe, and Umbridge serve to boost the economy through manufacturing, agriculture, and service industries. Gelenia is also a global leader in democratic and human rights, first having established a democracy after the Gelenian Revolution in the 1560's. After the Great War, the nation emerged as a powerful player on the world stage, and became active in worldwide organizations such as the Union of Nations, the Avanoran Union, and even formed the Gelenian Association to unite former colonial states of Gelenia. The nation maintains military bases on 5 of the world's 6 continents, and has diplomatic missions to every recognized sovereign government. It is often said that the Prime Minister of Gelenia and the Prime Minister of Caliane are the two leaders of the free world.

Prehistory
Gelenian history largely begins with the migration of the first Thanic peoples into the peninsula, likely between the 12'000s BCE and the 6000s BCE. These Thanic peoples were largely isolated from the peoples of the rest of the continent, with important settlements and cultural sites located in cities like Leister, Rowe, Umbridge, Glimmerden on the Honeywine, and Endsbury. During the classical period, the Imperials set up several trading posts on the peninsula, though refrained from outright colonization of the peninsula: with Gelenian clans retaining large authority of their own affairs. As such, however, Imperial standards and cultural attributes such as religion, measurement, and the written word spread into Gelenia from the city of Wellington, which acted as a major trading hub and population centre for the Gelenians and Imperials to interact in.

Late Middle Ages

 * It is said that during the Classical period, the Gelenians traded with the Imperials for their timber, bronze, and tin, and as such the city of Wellington was actually a trading outpost of the Imperials which attracted numerous ancient Gelenian peoples.
 * The Divine Sanctum spread from Wellington to the rest of Gelenia through trade with the Imperials beginning in 500s BCE
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Politics and Government
Gelenia is a federalized parliamentary democracy with a constitutional government.