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I don’t really mind about being Full or Ambassadorial so I will let you admins decide. This is also so I can have a nation that isn’t locked in war and the Berg Civil War can continue without limiting my role-play capacity. So on with my second nation
Basic Facts
Full-form: Federated Empire of Kallvarde
Short-form: Kallvarde
Capital: Kallburg
Largest City: Kalltine
Demonym: Kallvard
Languages: Kallvard (Slovak)
Anthem: The river brought us success, now we must maintain it.
Government
Government: Federal Monarch
Legislature: National Council
Emperor: Peter IXX
Consul: Markoff
Other Facts
Population: 17,363,763 (2010)
GDP (Nominal)
• Per Capita: 27,736 USD
HDI: .801
Currency: Ќ KaK
Drives on the: Left
Time Zone: AUT +2 +3 +4
TLD: .kak
History: (with Litheniant)
456BC is the first time we can see any evidence that the Kallvard tribe existed. We know this due to pottery with segments of the lion, of which is on the flag to this day. The pottery was carbon dated to 456AD. The pottery was found 40 miles from the mouth of the Kallvard river. The next record of the tribe is in 10AD, a preserved tapestry was found in 1972 in an old monestry. Of what remained the tapestry depicted a battle between the Kallvards and Littens, a coastal tribe at the mouth of the Kallvard river.
In the year c.300 the first real evidence of today’s society becomes apparent. The construction of the first Kallvard River boat was key in the nations next 1000 years. We know this due to remnants of a boat being discovered on a riverbank. The wood that was retrievable is now in the national museum under strict conservation costing millions of Enieo.
The boats were relatively wide but very shallow bottomed with ores and one large sail. This river boat could travel up river while carrying Ballista to aid ground attacks. Litheniant a newly formed kingdom at the mouth of the river formally named litten was the main enemy but they could not chase the Kallvard up river without a trek across the land while under Kallvard fire.
The Kallvard over the 6th,7th,8th,9th and 10th century started to expand their river dominance, the ships got a little bigger and the Ballista were replaced with canon. The boats arrived fired on the occupants and then charged and killed off the remaining part. In the latter part of the 9th C the Kallvard (Now an empire) started to place cavalry on the boats to scare the enemy but it was not continued as it was impractical, more of an hindrance than a help.
In 1301 a Bergenstein fleet arrived on the Litheniant coast, they had arrived in the hope of finding new ways to develop their economy. At the time a swolen Kallvard Empire owning 1/3 of the river shores was at war with the small but well defended Litheniant. Litheniant had constructed many defensive walls to protect itself which Kallvard artillery struggled to blast through. The Bergenstein fleet offered a proposal that if Litheniant joined Bergenstein then they would assist in the war. Thus Litheniant joined out of fear of Kallvard occupation. The war was a violent one, the Bergenstein armies mis judged the power of the Kallvard but Kallvard ships could not venture far into the sea.
They war was too costly for Bergenstein and collapsed into separate nations, Litheniant was left vulnerable, so sued for peace, the price was too high which left Litheniant now a Grand Duchy plunged into poverty. Kallvard now with no war to deal with in the lower course turned its attention to the expanding front of the Empire.
Huge fortresses were constructed along with smaller ones that housed the cities villages and homesteads. Virtually all of the populace lived in or near fortifications in fear of outsider attacks. The forts are for the defence of the people and the river boats to actually fight. The system worked well especially for the survival of the people.
When the Kallvard reached shallower river the boats got smaller and smaller. An then in 1499 they could boat no more. At that point it was decided to continue to the source of the river. Troops with extremely light artillery (basically muskets) started to advance. The mountains were relatively unpopulated. The area proved to play hoast of all sorts of different types of wildlife.
The word Kallvard had an e added on the name at the end after the completion of the empire along the full length of the river. The e came from the Kallvard word efikasitet (efficiency). The exact reasons were never really found but it is rather explainable. Major celebrations happened.
In 1588 a massive improvement to the fortresses took way making the security of the empire many times stronger. When it was finished, well the first phase, a program for the construction of more riverboats and new sea going boats to avoid the same problem as what occurred with Bergenstein.
In 1603 a massive fleet of Berge (not Bergenstein) ships arrived, yet again in search of new land to prosper upon, which easily took over Litheniant and started to march into Kallvarde, they easily took the towns by the mouth but when they left the initial urban areas they fell victim to the riverboat’s bombardment. When they reached an open area surrounded by trees about a square mile large they set up camp. At noon the following morning they were showered by artillery and then at midnight they were overrun by armed populace that had retreated a mile ahead of the advancing Berge armies. It was the turning tide of the war, which led to a full Berge withdrawal.
After the war two major events occurred, the first was the amendment of the constitution stating that all were part of the military from the second they are born, all men must be armed and women prepared for movements are caring of the soldiers. (This was again amended in 1970 to make sure all people are armed no matter their sex.) The second major change was Kallvarde making alliances with countries that opposed Berge.
In the late 1700s Kallvarde became ever more concerned by the now huge Relastovan Empire, their fear was confirmed in 1790 when the Relastovan armies decided to march into Kallvarde. Kallvarde could hold them off, but struggled when there were no rivers for the riverboats to attack from. It was this time that Etrusque was looking for Slavic allies to help them against the mighty Relastova, so an alliance was formed. The war ended soon after but Kallvarde was forced to pay dearly.
Many years later when the founding treaty of Bergenstein was drafted Kallvarde was asked if they wanted to join, the aristocracy voted and declined on becoming a member but instead became a special member like Grand, and Abbassid.
Hostilities with Relastova were reconfirmed again in 1866 when yet again they sent an army in. A well thought out plan ambushed the army causing them heavy losses and a retreat was called for. In retaliation Relastova attacked a navel port belonging to Kallvarde, the town was heavily damaged, the arrival of an Etrusqueco-Kallvard fleet was too late for the town, the battle the followed lasted two whole days ending in an indecisive victory but forced Relastove to retreat. The following days Etrusque deployed thousands of troops in Kallvarde which ended in a peace treaty.
As the Empire progressed the nation only got more secure though in 1879 it realised that the old fortifications were outdated so new fortifications were built. The size and complexity of them has meant that there were not finished until 5 years before GAW. Even then new ones were planned.
In the Last Internal War in Bergenstein Kallvarde did stay out due to the vicious fighting but was a major supplier of hardware. In 1920 as the world changed Kallvarde signed a deal with Relastova to form an alliance. This alliance was in the nave of the Slavic people. Following this the alliance with Etrusque was cut.
When Bergenstein was invaded and occupied by Brullen Kallvarde helped evacuate many troops to Litheniant and Kallvarde. Though when the GAW actually officially broke out Kallvarde joined the side with Brullen and the Imperials and against the Allies but continued to attempt to argue with Brullen to free Bergenstein on the condition they allied with Brullen, this unfortunately was not going to work, Brullen was very stubborn about that. Nevertheless Kallvarde helped thousands of Bergenstein soldiers to Danksmarkensweg and freedom. Kallvarde did not take part in the invasion of Litheniant but did hold the role of occupying it. During the occupation Kallvarde did let the underground movements do whatever along with putting very few restrictions on the populace.
After the war the alliance with Relastova ended and Kallvarde focused more on the ever collapsing Bergenstein.
In 1990 a movement started in Kallvarde which supported an end to the monarchy and a new Republic of Kallvarde but the movement ran out of steam and fizzled away due to lack of support with content citizens and little hope of any major improvements.
However in 1995 the Empire’s ruling class decided that major decisions were to be voted on by the public but this is seldom used.
Pictures:
Basic Facts
Full-form: Federated Empire of Kallvarde
Short-form: Kallvarde
Capital: Kallburg
Largest City: Kalltine
Demonym: Kallvard
Languages: Kallvard (Slovak)
Anthem: The river brought us success, now we must maintain it.
Government
Government: Federal Monarch
Legislature: National Council
Emperor: Peter IXX
Consul: Markoff
Other Facts
Population: 17,363,763 (2010)
GDP (Nominal)
• Per Capita: 27,736 USD
HDI: .801
Currency: Ќ KaK
Drives on the: Left
Time Zone: AUT +2 +3 +4
TLD: .kak
History: (with Litheniant)
456BC is the first time we can see any evidence that the Kallvard tribe existed. We know this due to pottery with segments of the lion, of which is on the flag to this day. The pottery was carbon dated to 456AD. The pottery was found 40 miles from the mouth of the Kallvard river. The next record of the tribe is in 10AD, a preserved tapestry was found in 1972 in an old monestry. Of what remained the tapestry depicted a battle between the Kallvards and Littens, a coastal tribe at the mouth of the Kallvard river.
In the year c.300 the first real evidence of today’s society becomes apparent. The construction of the first Kallvard River boat was key in the nations next 1000 years. We know this due to remnants of a boat being discovered on a riverbank. The wood that was retrievable is now in the national museum under strict conservation costing millions of Enieo.
The boats were relatively wide but very shallow bottomed with ores and one large sail. This river boat could travel up river while carrying Ballista to aid ground attacks. Litheniant a newly formed kingdom at the mouth of the river formally named litten was the main enemy but they could not chase the Kallvard up river without a trek across the land while under Kallvard fire.
The Kallvard over the 6th,7th,8th,9th and 10th century started to expand their river dominance, the ships got a little bigger and the Ballista were replaced with canon. The boats arrived fired on the occupants and then charged and killed off the remaining part. In the latter part of the 9th C the Kallvard (Now an empire) started to place cavalry on the boats to scare the enemy but it was not continued as it was impractical, more of an hindrance than a help.
In 1301 a Bergenstein fleet arrived on the Litheniant coast, they had arrived in the hope of finding new ways to develop their economy. At the time a swolen Kallvard Empire owning 1/3 of the river shores was at war with the small but well defended Litheniant. Litheniant had constructed many defensive walls to protect itself which Kallvard artillery struggled to blast through. The Bergenstein fleet offered a proposal that if Litheniant joined Bergenstein then they would assist in the war. Thus Litheniant joined out of fear of Kallvard occupation. The war was a violent one, the Bergenstein armies mis judged the power of the Kallvard but Kallvard ships could not venture far into the sea.
They war was too costly for Bergenstein and collapsed into separate nations, Litheniant was left vulnerable, so sued for peace, the price was too high which left Litheniant now a Grand Duchy plunged into poverty. Kallvard now with no war to deal with in the lower course turned its attention to the expanding front of the Empire.
Huge fortresses were constructed along with smaller ones that housed the cities villages and homesteads. Virtually all of the populace lived in or near fortifications in fear of outsider attacks. The forts are for the defence of the people and the river boats to actually fight. The system worked well especially for the survival of the people.
When the Kallvard reached shallower river the boats got smaller and smaller. An then in 1499 they could boat no more. At that point it was decided to continue to the source of the river. Troops with extremely light artillery (basically muskets) started to advance. The mountains were relatively unpopulated. The area proved to play hoast of all sorts of different types of wildlife.
The word Kallvard had an e added on the name at the end after the completion of the empire along the full length of the river. The e came from the Kallvard word efikasitet (efficiency). The exact reasons were never really found but it is rather explainable. Major celebrations happened.
In 1588 a massive improvement to the fortresses took way making the security of the empire many times stronger. When it was finished, well the first phase, a program for the construction of more riverboats and new sea going boats to avoid the same problem as what occurred with Bergenstein.
In 1603 a massive fleet of Berge (not Bergenstein) ships arrived, yet again in search of new land to prosper upon, which easily took over Litheniant and started to march into Kallvarde, they easily took the towns by the mouth but when they left the initial urban areas they fell victim to the riverboat’s bombardment. When they reached an open area surrounded by trees about a square mile large they set up camp. At noon the following morning they were showered by artillery and then at midnight they were overrun by armed populace that had retreated a mile ahead of the advancing Berge armies. It was the turning tide of the war, which led to a full Berge withdrawal.
After the war two major events occurred, the first was the amendment of the constitution stating that all were part of the military from the second they are born, all men must be armed and women prepared for movements are caring of the soldiers. (This was again amended in 1970 to make sure all people are armed no matter their sex.) The second major change was Kallvarde making alliances with countries that opposed Berge.
In the late 1700s Kallvarde became ever more concerned by the now huge Relastovan Empire, their fear was confirmed in 1790 when the Relastovan armies decided to march into Kallvarde. Kallvarde could hold them off, but struggled when there were no rivers for the riverboats to attack from. It was this time that Etrusque was looking for Slavic allies to help them against the mighty Relastova, so an alliance was formed. The war ended soon after but Kallvarde was forced to pay dearly.
Many years later when the founding treaty of Bergenstein was drafted Kallvarde was asked if they wanted to join, the aristocracy voted and declined on becoming a member but instead became a special member like Grand, and Abbassid.
Hostilities with Relastova were reconfirmed again in 1866 when yet again they sent an army in. A well thought out plan ambushed the army causing them heavy losses and a retreat was called for. In retaliation Relastova attacked a navel port belonging to Kallvarde, the town was heavily damaged, the arrival of an Etrusqueco-Kallvard fleet was too late for the town, the battle the followed lasted two whole days ending in an indecisive victory but forced Relastove to retreat. The following days Etrusque deployed thousands of troops in Kallvarde which ended in a peace treaty.
As the Empire progressed the nation only got more secure though in 1879 it realised that the old fortifications were outdated so new fortifications were built. The size and complexity of them has meant that there were not finished until 5 years before GAW. Even then new ones were planned.
In the Last Internal War in Bergenstein Kallvarde did stay out due to the vicious fighting but was a major supplier of hardware. In 1920 as the world changed Kallvarde signed a deal with Relastova to form an alliance. This alliance was in the nave of the Slavic people. Following this the alliance with Etrusque was cut.
When Bergenstein was invaded and occupied by Brullen Kallvarde helped evacuate many troops to Litheniant and Kallvarde. Though when the GAW actually officially broke out Kallvarde joined the side with Brullen and the Imperials and against the Allies but continued to attempt to argue with Brullen to free Bergenstein on the condition they allied with Brullen, this unfortunately was not going to work, Brullen was very stubborn about that. Nevertheless Kallvarde helped thousands of Bergenstein soldiers to Danksmarkensweg and freedom. Kallvarde did not take part in the invasion of Litheniant but did hold the role of occupying it. During the occupation Kallvarde did let the underground movements do whatever along with putting very few restrictions on the populace.
After the war the alliance with Relastova ended and Kallvarde focused more on the ever collapsing Bergenstein.
In 1990 a movement started in Kallvarde which supported an end to the monarchy and a new Republic of Kallvarde but the movement ran out of steam and fizzled away due to lack of support with content citizens and little hope of any major improvements.
However in 1995 the Empire’s ruling class decided that major decisions were to be voted on by the public but this is seldom used.
Pictures:
Last edited by Agunter999 on Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:58 pm; edited 8 times in total
But I am not allowing this app to go to vote until that location is changed.
Some rearranging needs to be done with that map, but it can work. I think we are all being fair as we have our reasons to say no to the app.