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The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr
- Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah
- Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy
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Vahltor is the capital city of Harthera (also: Vultor, Vuhltore; archaic names: Biyahl, Bahl Dorr, Buldoya). It is one of the grandest, wealthiest and most powerful cities in the world, but its surrounding walls limit the city's expansion, creating cramped streets, oppressive towers, poor housing, poverty, disease and squalor in its poorest quarters. It is colloquially known as BMEBMEHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHarther… - Foundation: 1 MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigME
ME is short for Modern Epoch, the modern method of numbering years. (Traditional) - Religion: Church of Hartrahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChurch of Hartrah
The Church of Hartrah is the state religion of Harthera. It faith combines ancestor worship with the principle of the god, Hartrah, who is the spiritual fusion and synthesis of all the righteous ancestors of the nation who have gone before. Upon death, your spirit begins its ascension and merging with the Godhead. During the lifetime of the family, spirits are still present and contactable, so they can provide guidance and support, and intercede with God to provide strength an… - Language: Hartraanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartraan
Hartraan is the official state language of Harthera. All Hartheran citizens are expected to speak Hartraan for official and public use, but in practice most rural people in central and southern Harthera speak local languages as their first language, have only limited exposure to the languagelanguagelanguageHartheralanguage (official), also Saloyanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaloyan Language
Saloyan is an Eloyoun language, the principle language of the former Grand Palatinate of Saloya in northeastern Anásthias. A great many dialects existed, several of whom are still spoken in the Salyoan highlands. The majority of people in the region now have Hartraan as their first language.
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Rouvawetig, also called Old Ravorran, is an Eloyoun language spoken by the Rouvawhi people of Ravorr, in central Harthera. Historically the local Eloyoun dialect was heavily influenced by Iskean, particularly the more clipped and gutteral Junda pronunciation, though its vowel inflection is much simplified and its case structure is significantly different.languageEloyounlanguage, Jundaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Language
Junda, often called Old Junda, is an Iskean language which was once spoken throughout the Junda Isles, Perudd and the Junda Coast.
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Isolated dialects are still spoken in remoter parts of the Junda Isles, but it has largely been replaced by languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguageHartheraHartheranlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage
History
The province name derives from the EnSanni imperial province of Gedoq, which existed from around 280 BME. The imperial stretched from Alonorr (modern Harlon) in the east, westward along rugged coastline, past the northern foothills of the Dun Jaen to the imperial homelands in the west.
The decline of imperial influence began with the Saloyan conquest of Emanuné in 30 BMEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBME (Before Modern Epoch)
Used to date years Before the Modern Epoch.. Troops began withdrawing from Gedoq around 40 MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Epoch (ME)
The Modern Calendar is a dating system acknowledged throughout the Civilised World. It numbers years from the Modern Epoch, abbreviated ME and BME (Before Modern Epoch). It is also called the Modern Era.
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The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr cordrome in 103 ME.
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Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage has been the subject of ongoing tension. Iskean settlers in the Ororran province have rebelled numerous times seeking to join Harthera.
Geography
The north of Gadok is low-lying rocky coastline prone to floods and storm tides, with miles of treacherous rock-beds exposed at low tide, hazardous to shipping. It has always been sparsely inhabited though there are some towns on higher ground, and a few ports in the rare accessible harbours. Historically the coast was thick with dragora and imble trees, merging into dense viridplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid
Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life. jungle stretching all the way to the mountains. Deforestation during the imperial period led to serious erosion of the coast, with storm tidesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStorm tides
Storm tides are particularly high tides, often accompanied by storm surges and dangerous flooding, which occur on Helevos every 1.3 solar years when Helevos comes into conjunction with the giant planet Kwato'or. Storm tides are at their peak within a two week period, and at their most severe when accompanied by natural storms. scouring former swamps down to bedrock and showing storm surges to flood far inland. However much of the virid jungle has been replaced with greenwood plantations and the little subsistence farming that is possible in the region's thin soil.
Gedoq provides some few economic resources, notably timber, salt, dried greenfish and artefacts made from shells and other products from the sea. Due to its lack of ports and neglected roads, it remains a poor and underpopulated region.