Caeledian Empire (Bhaadea)

Caeledian Empire Caeledian Empire (Olharian) Impero Celediano (Felathrian) 伟大的帝国 (Guanedian)
Flag of the Caeledian Empire
Territories of the Caeledian Empire
Location	Eastern Adhikend
Capital and largest city	Sonjen
Official languages	Ohlarian Felathrian Guanedian
Ethnic groups	Beastfolk Clockworks Cloud Fae Dwarves Elementals Elohim Elves Gnomes Hybrids Humans Illusionals Inteimals Merfolk Orcs Shadowlings Sheseirim Triclops
Demonym(s)	Caeledian
Government	Constitutional Monarchy
Legislature	Imperial Parliament
• Upper house	Imperial Senate
• Lower house	Imperial Chamber Of Deputies
Establishment
Time zone	CCT -3 to +2
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy CA
Driving side	right

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The Caeledian Empire (Olharian: Caeledian Empire; Felathrian: Impero Celediano; Guanedian: 伟大的帝国), colloquially known as Caeledia, is a sovereign multinational state located in western Adhikend, bordered by the Centauri Imperium in the west. Caeledia's territory is characterized by a wide range of vastly different geographies and climates, caused both by the empire's location and the intense concentration of environmental magical fields. Kustannuksa has a total area of km², and a population of 712 million (as of 1921), which makes it the x largest country by area, and the most populous in the world.

Kustannuksa is a constitutional monarchy. The country is divided into 40 Imperial Provinces, each with their own nobility, whose territories mostly match those of the many pre-existing states and kingdoms that were conquered by Caeledia in its past. Kustannuksa's capital and largest city is Sonjen, whose metropolitan area has a population of over 5 million people; other major population centers include the cities of.

Contemporary Caeledia is one of the world's most highly developed and industrialized nations, with an increasingly urban population and a longstanding tradition of vast welfare programs and extensive infrastructure networks. The Caeledian Empire is renowned world-wide for its advancements in magico-technological integration, as well as its broader technological and scientific prowess: the varied and ancient magical traditions and practices of the many peoples it rules over have allowed Caeledia to create a vast workforce of magicians specialized in anything from botanics and agriculture to ground-combat and aeronautical engineering. Caeledia is highly diverse, and inhabited by a wide variety of races and ethnicities. Partially due to the sheer complexity of the demographic mosaic that characterizes the empire, all imperial races share equal status with one another, and over the decades have thoroughly mixed: most communities and settlements within the empire are highly cosmopolitan and diverse, although certain races and ethnicities tend to be more prevalent in different provinces and regions. Apart from its native demographics, large populations of immigrants and refugees have developed permanent communities within Caeledian territory, thanks to the empire's expansive civil liberties and diverse society.

Etymology

Kustannuksa derives from the Old Meruken word "Kustannuksia", which can be best translated as "costs". However, while the etymology of the word is rather certain, it's meaning isn't: currently available records do not state why it was chosen as the name for the new Empire in the KOS, nor do they contain any hints that might lead scholars to formulate any truly meaningful hypothesis. Certain theories suggest that the translation could hint to the KOS being originally envisioned as an economic alliance, but this is fiercely disputed by most.

Geography

The Kustannuksan Empire's territories are located in northern Bailtem, between latitudes 5° N and 2° S, and longitudes 19° and 37° E. Kustannuksa's mainland is primarily centered around the eponymous Kustannan Gulf and the Koriane Bay, and is mainly delimited by the Sternjesti Cordillera, although a considerable portion extends beyond the mountain range into the large Pohkustan Valleys up north, reaching the Pacicaya Range. The empire's territories include multiple large islands such as Koriko and the Twin Emeralds, located in both the northern part of the Kustannan Gulf and the Koriane Bay, collectively referred to as the Gahan Archipelago. In the north Kustannuksa borders the Dacian Federation, New Altnavia and Amberholde, and Andrendia in the west.

The coastal and inland valleys of the empire are traversed by a large amount of rivers originating from the Cordillera, multiple of which descend into the Pohkustan Valleys as tributaries of the transnational Vannetsmor. The seaside areas of Kustannuksa are primarily mountainous, while the regions located deeper within Bailtem are characterized by tropical forests intercut by vast rolling plains. Similarly to the seaside, the islands of the Archipelago are also predominantly mountainous, with the Twin Emeralds islands being the only excpetions. The highest point in the empire are Mt. Block at 4820 m, closely followed by Mt. Sternje and Mt. Nud-Fipitele, both of which are shared with neighbouring countries. The lowest elevation is instead located relatively near the Itaakustannan coastline, a region known as the Forena Lowlands at around -3.2 m below sea level.

The total area of Kustannuksa's territory is 783,286 km² (302,428 sq mi), making it the South Pacific's second largest country by area.

The territory of Archothiria is located in northern Dracoris, centered around the Gulf of Aladreven and encompassing most of the Dragon's Eye Peninsula. Imperial territory also extends to cover three large islands in the Oskbaric Ocean relatively close to imperial shores, known as Hoopuni, Bashert and Zreiman. A portion of the empire's territories are situated below the waters of the Interria Sea, connecting the underwater city of Caenunoch to Archothiria's mainland, while another smaller portion is located above the terrestrial surface, on the floating archipelago of Aumeniel. Overall, Archothiria controls a total area of about 563.000 square toors, 2500 of which are located underwater and 500 are floating above the surface.

Archothirian terrain is extremely diverse, and highly characterized by "natural" and self-sustaining magical phenomena caused by the Fracture. As such multiple different geographical regions, each characterized by different phenomena, have formed: the ash-covered Ethereal Steppes, the bubbling magma lakes of the Foundry Badlands, the coral reefs and snow covered beaches of the Winter Litoral, and the floating islands of Aumeniel are some examples of this. However, much more mundane and "regular" areas are also present, with normal forests, plains, hills and mountains existing alongside magically-charged zones. The Crystalline Alps are the biggest mountain chain in Archothiria, located in the western regions of the empire, while the northernmost end of the much larger Dracorian Range is also present within imperial territory.

Demographics

Kustannuksa is the most populous nation in Bailtem, having an estimated population of 159,007,058 as of 2024, or 203 per square kilometer (525.8/sq mi). The annual population growth rate is between 0.4 and 0.5%, to which natural growth is the main contributing factor. Life expectancy at birth is very high in Kustannuksa: 82.4 for men, and 87.9 for women.

Kustannuksa is a very diverse nation, with many different ethnicities holding large fractions of the overall population. Immigration to the empire has historically been quite high, beginning all the way back to the latter part of the Late Colonial Age: this, coupled with its pre-existing diversity and its later colonial empire, gave Kustannuksa an amount of ethnic and cultural diversity that can rarely be encountered anywhere else in the South Pacific.

Urban Areas

74.6% of Kustannuksa's large population lives in urban areas. The empire has five metropolitan areas with over a million inhabitants, which are Pohjoinen (20 million), Itarannko (million), Kuninlah (million), Uusimak (million) and Terakvis (million).

Language

Thw two official languages of Kustannuksa are Vedangari and Kustannan, both thought in schools as primary languages and spoken with high proficiency by over 96% of the population. However, many other languages and dialects are spoken natively in differing regions of the country: some of these include Gujar, Nadakma, Xhoulu, Fewenon, Eyjamenn, Fjellspråk, C'ao, Appennise, Cimbrian, Finixi and many others.

Kustannuksa has a high proficiency level in Austral, which is the first secondary language taught in school from first grade.

Religious affiliation in the Empire, 2024 imperial survey.

  Atheism (34%)

  Buddhism (17%)

  Bharaism (13%)

  Mesopoism (10%)

  Celthroicism (9%)

  Christianity (6%)

  Islam (4%)

  Folk Religion (3%)

  Azaelism (2%)

  Other Religion (2%)

Religion

Free exercise of religion is guaranteed by the Imperial Constitution, which also forbids the Imperial Parliament from passing laws respecting its establishment. Religious practice is widespread, profoundly vibrant and among the most diverse in the South Pacific. The majority of Kustannuksans believe in a higher power or spiritual force, engage in spiritual practices such as prayer, and consider themselves religious or spiritual. The country has the world's largest Buddhist population, with more than 27 million active followers, and is the birthplace of many different local religions, as well as the three medium-sized religions of Bharaism, Mesopoism and Celthroicism.

Despite this, more than 34% of Kustannuksa is non-religious, mostly belonging to varying forms of atheism. After the Atheistic Wave of the 20th century, in which religiosity saw a very large decrease in its numbers from the previous 98%, the numbers of religion and irreligion in Kustannuksa are not currently following any increasing or decaying trends.

Culture

Public holidays

1 January: International New Year's Day

24 February: Imperial Foundation Day

31 December: New Year's Eve