Obellius

The Union Of Obellian Principalities, commonly referred to as Obellius is a polyarchy located in northeastern Artemia and comprised of NUMBER principalities, each of which has a significant degree of autonomy and was, prior to The 1968 Treaty Of Obellian Unity, considered a seperate nation. It has a population NUMBER million people, making it the Xth most populous country. The location of it's capital is a subject of significant contention with separate official cultural and administrative capitals.

Proto-Obellian Expansion
While various tribes and city-states have existed in the region since at least the year 2500BC the first people which are identifiable as culturally Obellian didn't appear until roughly 800BC along the coastline near what is now the city of Gessorium. While little is known about the specific history of this period the art and tools of these new proto-Obellians was markedly different from that of the Fjollan tribes which inhabited the region, suggesting foreign contact, and over the next 200 years they spread to control much of modern-day Obellius. This is widely believed to have been a result of technological advantages such as their knowledge of iron smelting. =The First Warring Cities Period (~600-229BC) WIP= Warring states shenanigans to be written later.

The Hispellian Empire (229BC-04AD) WIP
The city-state of Hispellium conquers most of it's neighbors and grants it's leader the title of Imperator. It experiences a long and prosperous reign before a major succession crisis occurs and the land is divided between a large number of generals and claimants.

The Second Warring States Period (04-157AD) WIP
The various new nations battle not just for power but to proclaim themselves the rightful successors to the empire. Many regional powers are established and/or come close to unifying the continent but they also break up from either more succession crises or internal unrest.

The Hispellian Union (157-843AD) WIP
Various states band together to form a central council where various conflicts and treaties can be discussed. Not exactly stable or consistent but it does maintain a rough semblance of peace and unity in the region. Ends when one nation effectively ends up in control of the whole thing and uses it to enact their agenda, making the others so upset a war happens.

Other Stuff (843-1850sAD) Very WIP
I'm tired of writing medieval stuff from CTW and don't like building anything between medieval and proper artillery so this section will have to wait.

The Obellian Union (1850s-1912AD) WIP
Taking the name of the ancient term "Obellia" which was used to describe the region, the Obellian Union arose as a result of early nationalist movements which sought to unify the region under a single government. While initially successful in practice it did little to unify the various nations which composed it and, following a series of border intrusions by the southern Obellian nations against their northern neighbors, was dissolved.

The Obellian Civil War(1912-1942AD) WIP
Several southern Obellian nations march ceremonial troops along the borders they share with their northern neighbors as a show of force following a proposed set of laws which would heavily reduce their autonomy. One accidentally crossed over the border and was ambushed, sparking a long civil war between the two factions. Due to the mountainous terrain and significant defensive works built by both sides any offensives resulted in failure and the war consisted mainly of the two nations involved making aerial attacks and border raids. This extremely prolonged stalemate ended in 1940 when various northern pro-unification forces, which had secretly begun producing large numbers of self-propelled artillery vehicles and assault guns, launched a surprise assault along the eastern border. At the same time 3 newly developed ErB-7 heavy bombers which were, for the first several months following their development, able to fly above the maximum altitude of all existing south Obellian interceptors, began heavily bombing enemy rail lines. This slowed the enemy response to the point where most enemy fortifications, which were heavily concentrated near the front, were be destroyed or overrun within the next four months, although it took another year for all remaining south Obellian cities to officially surrender. =The Union Of Obellian Principalities (1942-Present Day) Very WIP= What even are modern-day politics.

Politics
Obellius is governed by a governing council comprised of the monarchs of the principalities which make up the nation and a senate comprised of three elected representatives from each principality.

Economy
The economy of Obellius is primarily centered around the mining and refining of various minerals such as rare earth metals, lead, mercury, uranium, and aluminum. While it lacks any significant deposits of iron it still has a significant iron smelting industry as it is cheaper to import bulk pig iron and process it into steel and various other alloys using local resources than to import them pre-processed. Many of it's coastal regions derive most of their income from trade but due to the nation's large and mineral-rich interior this only accounts for a small portion of the overall economy.