Pausania
Kingdom of Pausania Reino de Pausanía | |
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| Capital | Villafranca el Ternía |
| Largest city | Santiago |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Demonym(s) | Pausanian |
| Government | Unitary devolved parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• King | Isabella V |
| Fernando Gutierrez (PLD) | |
| Legislature | Cortes Generales |
| Chamber of Senators | |
| Chamber of Representatives | |
| Formation | |
• Collapse of the First Remanian Empire | 800-1200 |
• Warring Nations Period | 1100-1474 |
• First Kingdom | 1474-1743 |
• War of Succession | 1743-1747 |
• Years of Lead | 1876-1924 |
• The Restoration | 1924-33 |
| Area | |
• Total | 238,760 km2 (92,190 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2022 census | 95,975,424 |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Total | $3,125,670,000 |
• Per capita | $32,300 |
| Currency | Pausanian libra (PL) (PAL) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +36 |
| ISO 3166 code | PA |
| Internet TLD | .pa |
Pausania, officially the Kingdom of Pausania (Spanish: Reino de Pausanía), is a nation in southern Verdantis. Bordered by Attorlia, Daclara and Ollenia-Wellovia to the north, Terevas to the east, Avera to the south and Cumara to the west. Pausania's capital is Villafranca el Ternía, the country's second-largest city. Pausania's largest city is Santiago, and other large cities include Anagasto, Granada/Rinega, Bresinia, Santa Maria sur Elcano and Tauriga.
In early antiquity, the region that is now modern Pausania was inhabited my a multitude of peoples, mostly proto-Sartian peoples. By 100 BC a distinct Pausanian language and culture had emerged due to said Sartian peoples emigrating northward, replaced by nomadic tribes originating from northern Remania. In 431 AD the region was conquered by the First Remanian Empire, becoming part of the province of Terra Pausanius.
The First Empire collapsed rapidly from the 800s on, leading to many Pausanian city-states run by local tribes appearing. From the 1100s on, these states fought with each other to conquer the others by force and become the dominant power in a Pausanian state. Eventually, by 1470 Ternía had grown to unify the region by force, and in 1474 Juan I was crowned, beginning the First Pausanian Kingdom. Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the country would grow in stature, becoming a resurgent Remanian Empire's main regional rival. In 1743, the death of the last Ternian king, Carlos III, led to a war of succession between two families, supported by Volhyt-Tvarner and Remania respectively. Ultimately the V-T supported Anagofasta family won out, and their dynasty still holds power in Pausania to the present.
By 1860, Pausania was in a second golden age, with a rapidly industrialising economy and increased international trade. However, the political turmoil caused by multiple assassinations of high ranking political figures culminated in the 1876 assassination of Prime Minister Esteban Magiréz, leading to 40 years of political instability known as the Years of Lead, characterised by intermittent authoritarian strongman rule, emergency governance, weak governments and outright chaos in the streets. In 1924, the military, supported by the king and the other parties, intervened, suspending Parliament and setting up a constitutional comittee to draw up a new Pausanian constitution. The country economically recovered during the 30s, allowing for its participation in the Great War, and later its massive postwar economic and population boom. The country would also become the main regional opposition to socialist Baclia. (TBD)
Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Isabella V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.
Etymology
History
Main article: History of Pausania
Prehistoric Pausania
Evidence from prehistoric sites across Pausania shows that human habitation of the region began around 30,000 years ago, primarily on the coast. Many sites remain from said settlement, including the Gran Arcane Caves, containing many early Pausanian cave paintings. By 3200BC Sartian tribes had settled in the region and had established a proto-Sart state within modern day Pausania.
Said state would later fracture into minor warring tribes, as documented by Sart writer Janaticus around 1600BC in the Santa Isabel Manuscripts. This would precipitate the Great Emigration, where the Sart peoples emigrated northward and nomadic tribes from Remania would move in, laying the foundations for Pausania’s Romance language and culture. By 25 AD, the Pausanian tribes had joined together to form the Confederation of the Three Rivers, to defend their territories from Baclian and Sart raiders.
Remanian Pausania
In around 380 AD, Remanian legionnaires made first contacts with Pausanian tribes in the eastern part of the country, in what is now western Terevas.