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knockoffmordred · 2 years ago

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The hexagons are not actually mobile cities, but the territories each country has. Also, a sign that Kazdel is significant is that it took a coalition of world powers to bring them down, and said coalition do not want an intact and united Kazdel. IIRC, it was explained how Kazimierz turned into an oligarchy, in that the knight-nobles of old were tyrants, only out to exploit their subjects. During Terra's industrial revolution, however, a knight-retainer (basically a knight serving a noble) bought up the assets of a dead knight-noble and became new money, then other knight-retainers followed suit. This left the old aristocrats virtually penniless and the new money basically became new merchants. Then the retainers rebelled against the nobles and overthrew them. This violent transition eventually led to the formation of the powerful corporations that now hold immense amounts of power within Kazimierz. Kazimierz is also inspired by Poland, it being Honse Poland might be inspired by Poland's history with Knights, especially with stuff like the Winged Hussars. Hell, Mob, an announcer in the Kazimierz Major and a secondary character has the wings the Hussars wore in battle.

The Nearls seem to also have a history that references the Hussars' claim to fame.

During a war against Ursus, Kazimierz is on its last legs, only one stronghold between them. The grandfather of Margaret and Maria Nearl, Kirill Nearl, rallied 7 other Knights and went on to fight off Ursus units and save other Knights, rescuing 30 other Knights. Their numbers eventually increased to 41 and went on to kill around 3000 of Ursus' best and turned the tide. Out of the original 8, only Kirill Nearl and Ioleta Russell survived, and their organization, the Silverlance Pegasi, honors this event by engraving the Nearl motto on their shields and weapons: "Fear neither hardship nor darkness." This possibly references the Siege of Vienna, where primarily Polish forces led an attack on the Ottomans laying siege on Vienna to relieve the forces trapped in the city. The Ottomans were forced to retreat. In this battle, it was noted that this is the battle where the largest cavalry charge in history took place, 18000 horsemen charged down the hills surrounding Vienna, 3000 of them are from the Winged Hussars.

Honse Poland also explains the hard to pronounce names. Finally, Rosmontis.

it is me, the arknights geek Rabbit and i'm back at the nations.

grandma, is Higashi tiny to you? Please wait until you see Kjerag and Kazdel.

btw if i write short for any countries, it's either the stuff about that country is too long or it's too short... Or I just don't like talking about that country lmao.

Kazdel

Originally called Teekaz from ancient times. Kazdel is a nation that was ravaged by war and has never truly experienced peace.

Ruled by a Monarchy system, the top of it all is the Sarkaz King, Theresa. However, the one currently leading this nation is Theresa's brother, the regent, Theresis. (Theresa is "dead")

This nation consists solely of the Sarkaz race. In history, the Sarkaz was feared and discriminated against by the rest of Terra because of their brutal cultural practices (cannibalism is an example) and fearsome Arts.

The outsiders think like that of Kazdel, but the Kazdelians do not think of the outsiders in any more good light. They believed that the rest of the world are invaders and that the Sarkaz was the original inhabitors of Terra (or as they prefer, Teekaz).

Kazdel's history is awash in war and bloodshed. Civil wars, three times of disintegration because of attacks from other nations... The third time, Kazdel faced a very heavy attack from an allied force of many other countries, which caused its already disintegrating size to lessen even more.

Although the Royal Court kings tried their best to defend, destruction was inevitable. Now, Kazdel mostly lies dormant. Not for long though.

There was a recent civil war in Kazdel, involving the usurpation of the Sarkaz King, Theresa (led by Theresis, her brother). It only ended after Theresa's organization of her loyalists, Babel, was sieged and Theresa's assassination.

Kazdel is a very significant nation in the game's story and Theresa, the former Sarkaz King plays a very vital role in this game's backstory, even if she's "dead".

Kazimierz

Horses!! Horses!! Kazimierz is a corporatocratic oligarchy nation that is inspired by Poland.

A nation that's native to the horse hybrids, Kuranta. Its previous rulers prior to the rise of capitalism were the Pegasi subrace of the Kuranta, who were famed for having extremely good eyesight .Kazimierz's history was famed for its knightly traditions, even dubbed as "Land of the Knights". However, present day Kazimierz is dominated by capitalism.

Other than some various major capital city where it's a major metropolis (and it reeks of capitalism), the rest of Kazimierz are remote sedentary villages. The stark difference between everything is baffling.

The Land of the Knights now has lost its meaning of a true knight. Kazimierz has a triennial jousting event named Kazimierz Major, however the event is heavily commercialized because, well, capitalism!

Land of the Horses is also known for its institution of slavery. It's not as brutal as Earth's slavery tales, but it's still slavery. Most of the slaves are the Infected. The Infected can be knights as well, but they are not allowed to participate in official tournaments, instead being forced into violent fights to the death before they can join official tournaments.

There is also the urban legend, the Armorless Union. This union actually exists and consists mostly of talented archers who conducts assassinations on possible threats of the Kazimierz General Chamber of Commerce such as defected knights for the K.G.C.C.

Of course there still are true knights remaining in this place, like Margaret Nearl, of the most popular noble Nearl family.

The string of events called Kazimierz Major (Consisting of the three events: Maria Nearl, Pinus Sylvestris and Near Light) takes place in Kazimierz and is possibly currently the longest ever event series in game.

Also, Kazimierz names are hard to pronounce and to spell as fuck.

Columbia

A federal republic nation located further to the west. I don't know what country Columbia is based on, but I'm guessing that it's America.

Originally a colony of Victoria (a country based on England, you can probably tell why I guessed Columbia is the US by now), but during an invasion to Victoria by Gaul, this colony took the chance to declare its independence. Due to the invading Gaul's pressure, Victoria had no choice but to retreat its forces from Columbia and approve of its independence.

Columbia's citizens are interracial, meaning there's no real race that is native to this place.

The very thing that sets Columbia apart from other nations is how they treat the Infected. Their treatment of the Infected is way, way, way better than most other nations, being willing to give the Infected jobs and a place to stay and work. However those who emigrate to Columbia has to work for a while in order to earn their citizenship there.

However true that the Infected's lives in Columbia is way better than say, Ursus, in comparison, but it's not like there's no discrimination. The higher-ups in Columbia thinks of the Infected as nothing but a cheap labour force, but effectively, it's a win-win situation for the nation and for the Infected.

The Infected workers however, have to be separated from non-infected living places and work separately. They essentially live and work in restricted areas compared to the non-infected.

Columbia is trying to race against major nations such as Ursus, Leithania (we'll get to these goats later) and Laterano (also later) in an arms race. In order to gain technological supremacy, some factions in Columbia are rumoured to partake in many unethical experiments. Do you remember Rosmontis? She was a subject of one of the many unethical experiments, having her brother killed and having his consciousness implanted into her brain, giving her powers akin to Lucy's powers in Elfen Lied.

Despite everything, Columbia's culture can't be denied of its vibrancy. It's colorful culture was spread around Terra. Movies, music and sports, all countries around Terra was exposed to them all. Some conservative nations even went through culture shock.

Columbia is where the event Mansfield Break takes place, the Mansfield State Prison in Columbia, to be precise.

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7 down, 10 more countries to go :sob:

What the fuck?! Does each hexagon represent one of the moving cities? To think that place of all places is heavily lore important hm *strokes chin* But such a small country ruled by a monarchy and eaten up by civil and foreign wars geezus - oh wait those places exist today nvm

Ohhh land of knights turned to capitalism, that was quite the whiplash haha which makes me curious how it transpired to that - the knight and horses being related is a funky touch but the fact that slavery is rampant there is very ironic cuz you know, horses. I can also see the struggle with the names haha

Columbia?! Oh lol yeah I guess it makes sense especially with the Victoria thing - upon reading further, yeah this is definitely the US. This is really just the American dream but tweaked, but I definitely like the Infected life there, it's still sensible and within reason. *googling Rosmontis* I've never seen this girl in my life but I get the picture

My grandchild, I have zero clue what these events are so you'll need to give a bit of context every time you mention them haha

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