Name of Nation:
Republic of Cruhanvor
(Poblacht na Chruithan Mhor)
Territory:
Description of Government:
The Republic is a descendant of the tribal system that the Galians had been using since before their unification, and evolved largely out of the necessity for a more organized form of governance after their expansion into the Island of Cruithan. The leader of the Republic is the Taoiseach (Chief in the Galian Language). They hold great power over all of the Galian Tribes, however, the Tribes may fight back, with the Dail na Thuatha (Assembly of the Tribes), with each tribe electing and appointing a representitive to discuss matters with each other and with the Taoiseach. The Dail has significant power, with the ability to oust a Taoiseach if they believe that they have become corrupt and work against the greater good of the people. Along with the Taoiseach and the Dail, there is the Sagart Ceann, the head of all religious affairs in the Republic, and answers only to central church officials for all nations. The Sagart Ceann is chosen by the Taoiseach.
Description of Economy:
The Power of Blue Coal was first harnesed when widescale mining began in Alba, the northern portion of Cruithan. This area had long been known for its fuel sources, such as Coal and Oil, but the discovery of vast reserves of Blue Coal had allowed Cruithan Mor to carve out a niche in selling high quality fuels.
These reserves have also nurtured a strong machinery industry, with iron deposits in Pridan and Cymru, as well as Copper and Silver in Eiren allowing the creation of great military and mining technologly.
Mining takes up the majority of the economy of Cruithan Mor, with Agriculture of Eiren's fertile plains and reselling of machinery taking up a close second.
All economic activity is regulated by the Ministry of Trade, a suboffice of the Dail na Thuatha. They keep track of all shipments going out and comming into the Republic, and enforce quotas, tariffs, and other trade regulations. They have been known to act as a kind of immigration regulators as well.
Description of Culture:
The People of Cruithan Mor are very tribal, even into the modern age. Family is very close knit, and families who comprised a tribe often live within close proximity to each other. It is not uncommon in the countrysides to find small towns inhabited by one or two tribes, and the multitude of clans that comprise them. Larger cities are less tribal but no less clannish, with close family members keeping in touch at all times, and things like blood feuds, and tribal vengeance being cited as common reasons for attacks and murders in the larger cities.
The primary language of the Republic is Galian, originally spoken by the people of Eiren and Alba, but later spread across the entire Island System after the Great Expansion
The Galians are a very warlike people, and always have been, as well as explorers. Tales tell of great Galian heros who are said to have wandered into far away lands (some say a Galian priest may have reached the New World before all else, but this is likely just folk lore). As such, the are naturally inclined to leave the shores of Cruithan and seek out new lands, such as what they've done with the strange, tropical land they call Ildathach (The Many Colored Land)
Description of Military:
The Military of Cruithan Mor had undergone massive reforms when the Republic was established. Orginally composed of Tribal Militias and levys, Taioseach Bhioctoria Matasan began the Victorian Reforms, which standardized the dress of the soldiers, provided standard issue gunpower weapons and melee weapson to replace the more traditional self-produced/bought Swords, Bows and Clubs, as well as comissioning a standardized drill to be used with all regiments, and the official registration of all military groups and all active soldiers.
The Typical vehicles of the Cruhanvorian Military are the Ean and Bean Si, with the former mostly a reconnaissance vehicle, and the later an all out assault craft, named for its horrid screeching when coming into battle.
Capalli are an elite, named for their use of horses/land vehicles, which were traditionally associated with the aristocracy, but now are widely available to any elite. The Red Dragons are a kind of elite fighting force that arose in Cymru, along with the Highlanders of Alba, and the Sons of Saxony. All three originated as partisan groups in the War of the Tribes, and evolved into special forces typically reserved for natives of the respective region (Capalli = Eiren, Red Dragons = Cymru, etc)
Each soldier is armed with a rifle, a steel club, a knife, and a bayonet. As well as a standard issue uniform
History:
The Galians had existed since before any semblance of a unified state would every begin to form in the Isles of Cruithan. Prior to their arrival, the Galians were
The History of the Republic can be said to begin with the Great Expansion; an event characterized by the mass migration of Galian tribes into Pridan, which at the time was mostly inhabited by Germanic invaders from across the sea. The Galians, a people following an early form of the monotheistic relgion that would later evolve into the distinctly galian Chriostaiocht, began missionary activity among the people they called the Sasanach.
While the Sasanach were a fierce, pagan people who followed a warlike religion at first, the Galian missionaries had a way of reaching into them, and finding how to appeal to their wants and needs. Over time, the Sasanach began converting en mass to Chriostaiocht, opening up the oppourtunity for a Galian Aristocracy and ruling class to take power in Pridan. States in Pridan, while having a Sasanach peasantry, were ruled over by a Galian nobility and clergy. Galian was promoted as the language of learning, and soon began to take root in young Sasanacha, with educated parents raising their children in the language of oppourtunity, and the Galians themselves establishing schools to educate the youth, in a Galian medium of course. Within 300 years of establishing their presence, the Sasanach were completely Galicized, with only vestigial remnants of their old ways hanging on, such as Sasanach names, old games, and some loan words. As well, the Galian states in Pridan began expansion into the areas of Cymru, conquring the Cymric Tribes, and bringing theme into the Galosphere. The Cyrmians were, however, a Celtic people themselves, and as the area had little to offer except in agricultural land, the Cymrians were left alone, and did not undergo the mass Galization of the Sasanach.
Unification would not happen for annother 200 years, in the year 1006, with the splitting of land between two brothers, Bréanainn mac Cennetig and Brian mac Cennetig, each declared the Kings of Conachta and Londain respectively. Their father, Cennetig, tecived the lands of the Kingship of Londain through the inheritence of one of his wives, and split the lands of Connachta and Londain betwen his sons, who made an agreement to pass their lands unto each other in the event of a death, and to begin total conquest of the Islands of Cruithan. The MacCennetig brothers began their 25 year conquest of the Islands, absorbing, annexing, forcing vassaliztion, and inheriting as much land as they could. By the end of it all, Breanainn had fallen to the wars of the Conquest, leaving Brian as the sole King of Cruithan.
The Kingdom of Cruithan was more a period of Stabalization. The King was necessary to shut down revolts and promote unity that would not be possible under a tribal council. The Kingdom of Cruithan lasted for another 800 years before the Republican movment began.
The Republicans, lead by the Alban born leader Bhioctoria Matasan, called for a fair, democratic system in the style of the old Tribal Councils. Thus began the War of the Tribes, lead by the Matasan Clan and other Alban Galians, and supporters from the Cymric people, and the Sasanacha, against a Royalist party primarily supported and and composed of the Eirean born Galians. The War changed favor many times, but ended with the end of the Kingdom, and the implementation of the Republic, with the first Taioseach being Bhioctoria Matasan. Her reign would be characterized by a mass endevor to modernized the military of Cruithan Mor from tribal militias to the standardized, professional militaries of the rest of Edoniras.
In 1775, Blue Coal deposits were discovered deep in the coal mines of Alba, finally allowing Cruithan Mor to compete militarily and colonially with the rest of Edoniras. By 1799, a team of explorers, lead by the ledgendary team of Padraig O'Chonchobhar and Llywelyn Terfel, discovered a land in the deep south west they refered to as "paradise", and implored the government to begin colonizing this bountiful land, to keep up with the rest of the world. As such, in 1803, the Colony of Ildathach was established along the Coastlines.
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