Selengeria

Selengeria (Närangol:, Ikh Narangol Ulus, ), officially the Empire of Selengeria, is a sovereign nation in north eastern Kesh. It is bordered by the Tethys Bay and Tonkina to the north; Beifang to the west; Kodeshia and the Pearl Sea to the south; and Akiteiwa to the east. Selengeria covers 689,947 square kilometres and spans the majority of the Amur Valley and East Kesh Rift. The capital and cultural centre of the empire is Sukhbaatar while the largest city and economic centre is Kharakhorin.

Selengeria is the 5th most populous country in the world and one of the most densely urbanised. About a third of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 277.2 million around valleys and narrow coastal plains.

The Amur Valley has been inhabited by hominids for at least 700,000 years with the first archaeological evidence of being dated to 400,000 years ago. Agriculture and animal husbandry later emerged some time in the third millennium BCE among the Shuvgaar and Dungovid cultures, likely brought northward from Kodeshia. The growth and centralisation of these farming communities led to the development of the first settlements and civilisations in Selengeria. Successive kingdoms and empires would rule over the territories of modern Selengeria including the Jing Kingdom, Tang Kingdom, and Kyushu Empire. Starting in the 15th century, however, the pastoral Narangol under the command of Songoson left their foothill homelands and began a rapid conquest of lands around the Khovsgol Sea. Songoson founded Selengeria in 1577 following the defeat of the Zhu Kingdom. A succession crisis in 1632 saw most real political power become concentrated in the hands of the Yeronkhii and Jonon, a system which remained in place until being supplanted by the Imperial Directorate made up of members of the Blue Wheel Banner and the imperial court. The Directorate, despite fierce opposition from anti-reformist aristocracy, took an aggressive approach to modernising and liberalising the nation and and pursuing industrialisation. The dawn of the 20th century was defined by enormous socioeconomic upheaval and growing international tensions which would result in the Selengeria's entry into the disastrous Grand Campaigns. After suffering defeat in the war, Selengeria collapsed and splintered into a period of warring factions and states known as the "Gaigamshig". Khiyat Suudriin, the future dictator of Selengeria, rose to prominence during this time and would go on to lead his Undserkheg forces to victory in the Selengerian Civil War. The Undserkheg began consolidating the remains of the Selengeria into a totalitarian state and embarked on an ambitious programme of restoring pre-war borders and military strength. The return of an aggressive Selengeria alarmed the government's of Akiteiwa and Kodeshia and by 1954 the forced re-integration of the Republic of Toshu brought Akiteiwa and Selengeria into open conflict. The broader Kesh War soon expanded the front to the west with Kodeshia and Beifang declaring war on Selengeria in 1956. The tide of the war began to turn by the summer of 1957 and further devolved with Suudriin's death in 1955. The power vacuum that followed and prospect of a brutal protracted defensive war prompted Tiperyn to drop an atomic bomb on Kodeshia to force a ceasefire.

Etymology
Cantonese: Narangol > Nojangu Mandarin: Narangol > Narengu Cantonese: eastern barbarians > Dungji > Mandarin: eastern barbarians > Dongyi Mongolian: Gazar lit. "land" but ICly "realm" > Khazar ?` Japanese: 西戎 seiju no kuni > Frisian: syjonlan > English: zionland ? Mongolian: Kharmoriin > Cantonese: Galamaren / Japanese: Karamurin > Frisian: Karmoryn > English: Camorin/Camorinia Mongolian: Guurdan "people of the bridges" > Frisian: Kuerdania > English: Kordania