Motto | |||||||
| Capital | New Aldur City | ||||||
| Largest city | Moranvil | ||||||
| Language official |
Canrillaise | ||||||
| others | Kreyòl Pinnois | ||||||
| Religion | Hosian | ||||||
| Ethnic Group | Pinnois | ||||||
| Demonym | New Aldurian | ||||||
| Government | Parliamentary republic under an interim military administration | ||||||
| President | Matthias Desramaut | ||||||
| Prime Minister | Gilbert Gueguen | ||||||
| Legislature | Parliament of New Alduria | ||||||
| Population | 25,894,356 (4743 estimate) | ||||||
| Independence | from Luthori Empire | ||||||
| declared | approx. 3664 | ||||||
| Currency | New Alduria Goud (NAG) | ||||||
| Drives on the | Right | ||||||
| Internet TLD | .na | ||||||
| Organizations | World Congress | ||||||
New Alduria (Canrillaise: Nouveau Aldurie; Kreyòl Pinnois: Nouvo Alduri), officially the Republic of New Alduria (Canrillaise: République de Nouveau Aldurie; Kreyòl Pinnois: Repiblik Nouvo Alduri) is country in northern Squibble. It is a country primarily populated by the descendants of enslaved peoples brought from the Esinsundu regions of Dovani as part of the intercontinental slave trade during the colonial period, forming a cohesive national identity today known as the Pinnois. The ancestors of the Pinnois were brought to New Alduria from modern-day Statrica and Ntoto via the slave trading port of Hraefnburg, Vorona. New Alduria would come under the domination of different imperial powers over the course of its history as a plantation-based slave colony, including the Luthorian Empire (XXXX-XXXX), the Lourennais Empire (XXXX-XXXX), and the Empire of Zardugal (XXXX-XXXX).
Etymology[]
The name of the country comes from Lourennais imperial viceroy Jérémy Renaudin, who believed that the the indigenous Zanyal people of the territory physically resembled the Anti and Imiri people of Alduria.
History[]
OOC: this is a rough outline, and is being continually updated as of 19 Jan 2024; information subject to change.
Pre-colonial history[]
Prior to colonization, New Alduria had been populated by a culture referred to as the Zanyals, thought to be related to the Anti and Imiri people of southern Seleya, particularly in the areas known today as Alduria. Early Lourennais colonists believed this to be the case based on the phenotypical characteristics of the Zanyals, leading the colonists to name the region "New Alduria."
Some scholars, particularly in Temania, dispute this account, arguing that the Zanyals were related to ancestors of the contemporary Mondesian and Nelayan ethnic groups of neighbouring Noumonde and Temania. However, the majority of historians and anthropologists reject these theories as a form of revisionist Temanian nationalism.
First Colonial era (2200 CE - 2600 CE)[]
In 2200 CE, Jean-Joël Simon claimed New Alduria, and all of continental Temania, for Canrillaise State of Lourenne. This was during a particularly violent period of Lourennais expansion and ethnic supremacism which included the Nojoch Matanza, or "Great Killing," a genocide of Lourenne's indigenous Orinco peoples.
Simon established the settlement of Roannois in 2202. During this period, the Zanyal people had settled across most of the northern region of the Temania and had established 13 city-states within it: Pratmois, Pikuh, Jeudun, Iosbo, Klaffo, Xoucqi, Esgi, Jewiq, Izteth, Ielhor, Dimphox, Wigim and Ufrug. Megedagik of Pratmois, the hegemon of the largest city-state confederacy, met with Simon and allied with the Lourennais in a brutal campaign that, when combined with the introduction of new diseases to the Temanian continent, saw the complete annihilation of the remaining 12 city-states between 2231-2244 CE. Realizing too late how these conquests reshaped the balance of power in the region, Megedagik would turn against the burgeoning Lourennais colonies, conducting raids of coastal villages and land-based trading routes. Legend maintains that during one raid, Megedagik killed Simon, who cursed him as he died; other historical narrative asserts Simon had been ill, and likely died of syphilis. His successor, Jérémy Renaudin, returned to Lourenne to convince the crown to devote more resources to the colonization of the island, and to send a flotilla of vessels to the island in order to support a final campaign against Megedagik. Renaudin would be successful, eventually capturing Megedagik during the Battle of Pratmois in 2277 CE. Megedagik was later sent to Lourenne where he would be exhibited, similar to other forms of colonial human zoos; his eventual fate is unknown.
First slaves in New Alduria (2303 CE)[]
The genocidal expansion of Simon and Renaudin would prove short-sighted, as the burgeoning Lourennais colonies depended on wood and meat supplied to them by Megedagik's confederacy, while the greatly reduced pool of available labour proved an obstacle to expansion. In order to resolve these issues, Renaudin and successive colonial administrations would expand agriculture, with slave labour sourced from Dovani primarily through the Free City of Hraefnburg, a slave trading port controlled by Great Deltaria. The first slaves would arrive in New Alduria on 4 July 2303. These slaves were recorded as "Asli in breed," captured and sold by the slaver port of Deltaria Nova, which sent slave ships along the Statrican, Talmorian, and Ntoto (which would become the Luthorian colony of Talmorschland) coastlines for centuries. Over time, New Alduria would become the most brutally productive slave colonies anywhere in the world.
Pinnois Revolution (~2600-)[]
Second Colonial era (-3651[]
Slavery would return and expand throughout the period of Luthorian colonization.
The colonial administration in New Alduria proclaimed its independence on 10 December 3646 following the fascist coup which took place across the Luthori Empire, known as the Glorious Luthori Revolution.[1] In the proclamation, the New Aldurian state banned slavery, transitioning to a form of racial apartheid. This was viewed by the framers of New Aldurian independence as both a necessary reform in order to quell dissent from the black majority, as well as a necessary concession in order to obtain aid from Yingdala in any future conflict with Luthori. This calculation would be correct, as in the subsequent Luthorian civil war, the newly established and reorganized Union of New Alduria (Canrillaise: Union de la Nouvelle Aldurie) was aided by Yingdala.
Union of New Alduria (3646-4404)[]
The Union of New Alduria was a series of apartheid states led variably by members of the Luthorian and Lourennais minorities over the subordinate black majority.
First Republic of New Alduria (4404-5000)[]
The first Republic of New Alduria was the first internationally-recognized Pinnois-led government in New Alduria, comprised almost exclusively of the mixed race elite.
Second Republic of New Alduria (5001-present)[]
The second Republic of New Alduria began with a coup, and has been characterized by dictators and military coups ever since.
Geography[]
New Alduria is a very rugged and mountainous country with areas of dense jungle vegetation, particularly in the south of the country along the border with Temania. Most people live in communities in the river valleys and along the coastline, which are intensely deforested and eroded. The climate is tropical.
Government and politics[]
Administrative divisions[]
tbd.
Foreign relations[]
New Alduria is a member of the World Congress.
Claim over Noumonde[]
Over the years, governments in New Alduria have laid claim to most or all of the territory of neighbouring Noumonde.
Military[]
The New Aldurian Defence Force is the combined armed forces of the Republic of New Alduria. The President of New Alduria is the Commander-in-Chief.
Economy[]
New Alduria is the poorest country on the Temanian continent, is one of the poorest countries in the world. The economy has not been able to significantly recover since the Pinnois Revolution, and has been greatly hindered throughout the centuries by the imposition of slavery, apartheid, and genocidal violence. Roughly a third of New Aldurians are subsistence farmers, another third are tenant farmers, with the remaining third comprised of urban-dwelling artisans, merchants, industrialists, state employees, and intellectuals.
Foreign aid[]
New Alduria's economy is heavily dependent on foreign aid, particularly as administered through the World Congress Nutrition, Food and Farming Organization.
Trade[]
New Alduria's main import partners are Temania, Yingdala, Tropica, and Lourenne. New Alduria's main export partners are Yingdala and Lourenne.
Energy[]
New Alduria produces less electricity per capita than any other country in Temania, and the energy sector overall is characterized by deep and dramatic shortages. There is no national electrical grid, though power is provided by the state-owned New Alduria Energy Corporation (~56%) with the rest of the power produced in the country though private generators. Some private energy companies have begun investing in power production in order to service wealthier gated suburban communities. New Alduria depends on imports of oil and coal for energy production.
Agriculture[]
Tbd.
Real estate[]
In rural areas, people generally live in clustered wood or mudbrick houses with corrugated tin or iron roofs and flattened earth floors.