Neralia

Neralia, officially the Directorial Republic of Neralia, is a country primarily in Western Europe with some small territories located across the Indian Ocean. Its European territory is located on the Nerarva peninsula, and its overseas provinces comprise the Socotra Island, New Hebrides Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Musandam and Qeshm province. Neralia is bordered in Europe by Spain to the South, while in Asia it is surrounded by the United Arabs Emirates. Its European territory covers 524,965 km2 (326,198 sq mi) and 539,110 km2 counting all of its provinces. With a population of 156,162,717 inhabitants (155,311,922 in Europe), Neralia is the most populous European country and the ninth most populous in the world. The capital and largest city are Berblecow with a population of 17,5 million inhabitants.

Neralia has been for centuries a centre of art, science, and philosophy. Neralia was the world's first industrialised country and has been considered a great power as early as the 14th century, having the 4th largest military expenditure and being considered an official nuclear-weapon state. It is the second-largest country by national wealth. It is the country with the largest economic surplus by current account balance. It has the largest foreign-exchange reserves and the third-largest economy by GDP at market exchange rates. It is a highly developed country with a high/income economy. It continuously ranks high in measures of socioeconomic performance such as life expectancy, quality of life, healthcare, and education.

Neralia is a member of numerous international institutions, including the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, the Council of Europe, the G7, the G20, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Interpol, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and many more.

Prehistory and antiquity
It is believed anatomically modern humans came in large waves to the Nerarva Peninsula around 48,000 years ago. The Gataganean culture, a Bronze age culture that inhabited the entirety of the peninsula, is believed to represent the first indications of human settlement. The Gataganeans would form city-states near and throughout the coast of the Bay of Biscay around 1700 BCE. Neralia would be the home of the Sea people, warriors from the Gatagan states who would take long maritime travels to raid the Eastern Mediterranean, they would eventually be a big factor for the Late Bronze Age collapse (1200–900 BCE). Celtic people would come in the 6th century and mix with the inhabitants living in the eastern regions of Neralia.

Niorlendan league and Roman Criltania
Romans would inadvertently invade the Neralian city-states located in the current-day province of Criltania in 172 BC. This event would lead to the creation of the Niorlendan league, a military and economic union to avoid any further Roman expansion into their territory and defend more effectively against Yibutian horse raids. It was during the Roman Iron Age of Europe when the Neralians culture, philosophy and science would start flourishing. Despite the Roman attempts to conquer the rest of Neralia, the Niorlendans and Yibutians managed to successfully defend themselves from the Romans on every occasion, maintaining the same borders until the Niorlendan invasion of Crilatania in 413 BCE.

Sildaphrian period
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, the Yibutians would gradually sedentarize, joining or getting conquered by the Niorlendans. While there was not a set ruler, the house of Sildaphria, dukes of Tarep, would eventually become the most influential state and de facto leaders, making Tarep being a center of economic and political affairs; they would also lead the invasions towards Yibutian tribes, as well as helping to protect the rest of states against the multiple Viking and Christian attacks.

This period would be characterized by its isolationism, as well as the rejection of Christianity among the northern lands which opted to continue following their own pagan religions, nevertheless, Christianity was still admitted and largely followed by those living in the past province of Criltania. The historical importance and catholic demographic of Criltania caused a tense relationship with the Christians, culminating in several wars between the Niorlendan states and a series of catholic orders that aimed to reconquer the region of Criltania and fully Christianize the Nerarva peninsula. Most of these wars were a resounding success for the Niorlendans who managed to successfully defend themselves. The embarrassing losses and the provocative impalation of crusader knights near the coast of the Biscay Bay would result in a full-scale invasion of the Niorlenda league, in which most of the prominent catholic states of the time such as the Kingdom of France, the Papal States, the Holy Roman Empire, the kingdom of Sicily or the Kingdom of Navarre among may other, would all get involved in this war. While it was a long and bloody war, it ended in a Crusader Victory and the establishment of the Kingdom of Neralia.

Neralian Kingdom
The crusader state of Neralia was established in 1311, it would be historically known for being a highly decentralized feudal kingdom ruled by a Latin aristocracy, and in which the authority of the king was barely felt. The forceful introduction of Christianity and the efforts to repress the Yibutian rebellions led to the beginning of the Neralian Dark Age, which was characterized by the impoverishment of the population as well as the loss of most of the ancient culture and Philosophic and Scientific Knowledge that was forcibly displaced by Christian values.

Secret societies and sects would start emerging across cities, these would generally oppose Catholicism and the ruling system, and would also think of the Niorlendan period as a "Golden Age" when the culture, arts and sciences of Neralian society were at their peak in contrast to the oppressing and detached kingdom they were living in. These groups would keep and preserve ancient greek and early roman scripts, several of which were later considered important historical records for the re-construction and understanding of the Ancient Greek philosophy, society and culture, and the ancient Mediterranean in general.

Neralian revolution and Council
The imposition of Christianity, the impoverishing feudal system, and the forced acculturation of Yibutians and Anglo-Celtics would all leave to heavily deteriorate the social situation, resulting in general unrest in the Kingdom. The deadly Black Plague was the last straw for the peasants who began multiple risings across the Kingdom between 1359 and 1366, these against the dominant aristocrat group. The rebellions turned out to be a resounding success since the vast majority of the royal army were serves themselves or were not paid enough, resulting in a lack of support towards the Feudal Lords and nobles. This revolution would be one of the most deadly in history, lasting 4 years and resulting in nearly all of the aristocrats and counterrevolutionaries killed. A brief period of anarchy would take effect after the execution of the King of Niorlenda; Nevertheless, as soon as the revolutionary process was over and the situation stabilized, inhabitants from the eastern cities of the kingdom, inspired by the ideas of Greek Democracy, accorded for each city, former rural fiefdom, or tribe, to bring two representatives who would represent their respective interests in the new Neralian Council; this charge was honorific and to be renewed every 3 years. The council of representatives found a shared interest in abolishing the tributary system (replaced by a tax system that saw more efficient management of the stored wealth, mostly destined for constructing roads and forming a competent army). In addition, there was a common objective in stopping the Latinization process and introducing concepts such as "Modern Democracy", "Freedom of Speech", "Freedom of religion", "equity before the law". While this system firstly showed numerous flaws, the economy and the condition in which people lived, increased exponentially. This revolution and the innovative ideas it brought would be a significant factor for the later Rennaisance, French revolution and Revolutionary Waves of the XIX century.

In its social regard, there was a huge loss of ethical and moral codes in the Neralian society, with elements like religion, manners, etiquette, social norms and folkways essentially missing; It started to be fairly common for people to only wear their undergarments during hot days or even the practice of masturbation or sexual intercourse in the streets. Although on the other hand, the revolution resulted in a strong rise of Neralian nationalism, being one of the first cases of this in all of Europe.