General information (Pre-Great war):
Demonym: Abernite
Capital: Caltrenn
Key cities: Ostravaleth, Mornagast, Skalbrith and Corthmael
Official language: Kravenmor
Total population: 135,637,682
Total land area: 562,819 km2
Currency: Skarnp
Government: Perpetual Autochthonous Mandate of the Generative Soil
The Presidential Relic (KEEP IT GROW):
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Ontological status: Available evidence suggests the entity migrated to adjacent islands as the mainland became severely uninhabitable due to lethal disease conditions. To date, all attempts to contact or verify survivors on the islands have failed, and communication remains unavailable.
About Abern:
No one is entirely certain where the ancestors of Abern truly came from. Some say they arrived from beyond Eldervale. Others insist they were always there, hidden in the wetlands long before history began keeping track. What is known is this: before settling in their current homeland, their ancestors were spread across much of the Far Western Eldervale. Why they gathered into one place remains a mystery - retreat, migration, strategy, or something else entirely.
What did survive the ages was their cunning.
Abern's early people mastered their environment not through brute force, but through intelligence. They turned wetlands into fortresses. They built traps disguised as landscapes. They made the land itself fight for them. Mud swallowed armies. Hidden channels misled invaders. Camouflaged pitfalls and collapsible terrain transformed entire battlefields into puzzles only Abern understood. Conquering Abern became a nightmare not because of numbers - but because nothing was ever quite what it seemed.
In the late 11th and early 12th centuries, Abern attempted something unusual. Tired of isolation and constant tension, it began adopting foreign values in hopes of forming alliances. Languages shifted. Customs softened. Traditions were diluted. The effort achieved little diplomatic success, but it produced something far more unsettling: a generation that no longer knew its own cultural roots. They were called the Null Generation - citizens untethered from memory.
The backlash was intense. Society fractured internally. Debates turned bitter. Eventually, by the latter half of the 12th century, Abern decisively returned to its traditions, embracing its original identity with renewed intensity - not gently, but deliberately.
Abern's external relationships were rarely peaceful. Its longest-running hostilities were with Toutanglom and Velbor. Their antagonism is said to stretch back nearly thirty thousand years - so long that the original reason for hatred has been forgotten. Ancient records suggest there may once have been a form of mutual coexistence, even cooperation. But as ambition grew and each state sought dominance, fear replaced balance. Fear prevented lasting peace.
The longest period without war between them lasted just over two centuries, from -618 to -409 (BCE). Then the cycle resumed. By then, the reasons no longer mattered. Thousands of grievances had layered over one another like sediment. Old anger was constantly renewed.
Major conflicts such as the Colonial System Conflict (562–575) against the Tanglomi-Dravic alliance and The Great Quadragenary (612–654) with Velbor marked some of the bloodiest eras. Limited wars escalated into total wars. Over time, Abern drifted into regional isolation - mistrusted, wary, and inward-looking.
Everything shifted after the First and Second Great Wars. Abern formed a close relationship with Hleidisland and together they established the Vanguard Faction, a strategic alliance that finally pulled Abern away from complete isolation and back into geopolitical relevance.
Across Ostravaleth and Mornagast stands a tree so immense it reshapes the horizon. Its name is Trovannic.
The trunk alone is wider than a fortress tower, its bark layered like stone cliffs carved by centuries. The upper branches are never fully visible from the ground; they rise into mist and sky until they disappear. Its canopy is so dense and luminous that, from afar, it resembles a second firmament suspended above the land. Branches stretch horizontally for impossible distances before curving upward again.
Its roots are colossal - mountain-like structures radiating outward, some arching above the earth before plunging back underground. Entire valleys form between them.
No one knows exactly how old Trovannic is. Some say it grew when Abern's ancestors first arrived; others believe it came later. What is certain is that the tree became the living symbol of Abern itself - rooted, enduring, and vast beyond immediate sight.
It is perhaps fitting, then, that Abern became masters of traps.
They can fashion traps from almost anything - terrain, shadow, pressure, even light. Wetlands become labyrinths. Reflections become misdirection. In war, traps are not secondary tactics but central doctrine. It is said they have devised more than five thousand types, many refined and upgraded over generations. An entire branch of government oversees the craft.
Since joining Vanguard and gaining trade access through Senas Tuath, Abern has developed rapidly. Yet modernization has not loosened its grip on tradition.
Like Trovannic, Abern remains deeply rooted - and far larger than it first appears.
Abern's authorities don't just police the shadows; they fund a monster to hunt them. That monster is Nemedon, an independent Task Force with a long reach and a very short temper. Operating both inside the city and beyond the border, they are the specialized scalpel used to cut out the darkest rot in society.
Their hit list is simple: human traffickers, sexual predators, child abusers, and the architects of the illegal trade, etc. They didn't just gain a reputation; they earned infamy. Nemedon is known for a brand of "aggressive efficiency" that most would call sheer brutality. They don't do sieges, and they don't do standoffs. They hit like a natural disaster - fast, loud, and final. While other units spend months building a case, Nemedon usually ends a criminal's entire career in under twenty-four hours. By sunrise, the doors are kicked in. By sunset, the targets are either in chains or erased.
Brief modern history:
I. THE COLLAPSE AFTER THE FIRST GREAT WAR (1274)
On 2 January 1274, Abern descended into constant internecine warfare following defeat against Toutanglom and Velbor during the First Great War. Drust map Talorc resigned two weeks after the war's conclusion. Canurix ui Nectovar assumed temporary control, inheriting a nation on the precipice of systemic failure.
Widespread civil unrest erupted. Nectovar's suppression attempts devolved into indiscriminate bloodbaths involving both security forces and civilians. Popular legitimacy evaporated.
II. THE PURPLE BANNER PROCESSION AND THE RISE OF UURGOST BROGDRIM (April 1274)
The Purple Banner Procession (11 April 1274) was organized by the political party Uurgost Brogdrim (UB), which had gained tremendous popularity capitalizing on post-war disillusionment. The march called for citizens to rise against the government. Despite brutal suppression, the demonstration achieved enormous popularity, transforming UB into a genuine revolutionary force.
III. THE LIBERATION OF GORTHELION AND THE DOCTRINE OF PALEO-NATIVISM (April–May 1274)
On 20 April 1274, Uurvathren mab Gorthelion - founder of UB - escaped imprisonment where he had been held for nearly a decade on extremism charges. From 21 April to 30 May, he disseminated his philosophy: Paleo-Nativism (Gorthelionism). The ideology demanded the state return to its "purest" primitive condition, characterizing modernization as a malignant tumor. It advocated radical cultural reversion, militant nativism, and systematic elimination of foreign influences.
The ideology resonated with a population traumatized by military defeat, economic collapse, and perceived betrayal. Within weeks, Gorthelionism transformed from fringe theory to mass movement.
IV. THE GORTHELIONIST COUP (June 1274)
On 3 June, armed confrontation erupted in the capital. The insurgent coalition, supported by sympathetic regime officials, initiated a military standoff. Nectovar refused to capitulate and ordered loyalist forces to open fire - escalating into full urban combat.
Gorthelion sustained non-fatal injuries. After two days of brutal street-to-street fighting, Nectovar was apprehended hiding in an apartment in the Northern district, attempting to flee. On 5 June 1274, Gorthelion was installed as head of state.
V. THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE STATE AND THE GORTHELIONIST REVOLUTION
The entire government underwent radical restructuring toward extremist orientations - synthesizing traditional Abernite practices with aggressive revanchist ideology. On 9 June 1274, the Bratharneth Cinn-Adrost (BC-A) was established as the primary coordinating body for post-war reconstruction, effectively becoming the administrative spine of the new regime.
VI. THE TANGLOMI PLAGUE AND HLEIDISLAND MEDICAL INTERVENTION
Toutanglom's biological agent caused skin to peel away after two weeks, exposing raw flesh that liquefied within another week, causing death through hemorrhaging and organ failure. Abern requested assistance from Hleidisland despite initial refusal. Through persistent diplomacy, Abern convinced Hleidisland to intervene. The first medical aid arrived on 20 June. The pandemic was contained by mid-July, though not before claiming thousands of lives.
VII. THE BRIGADETH UIDRON CAMPAIGN - REFORESTATION AND GUERRILLA PREPARATION (1274)
On 23 July 1274, Abern launched the Brigadeth Uidron campaign - systematic reforestation and improvement of guerrilla warfare doctrine. Sophisticated tunnel networks were excavated across the entire border region, supplemented by advanced booby trap systems designed to neutralize mechanized forces.
VIII. NATIONAL RECOVERY AND CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Under BC-A leadership, Abern achieved complete recovery to pre-war conditions within five years. The state systematically abolished all policies associated with the previous regime, replacing them with deliberately primordial structures.
State propaganda relentlessly characterized Toutanglom, Draviskas, and Velbor as "the filth of this world." The armed forces expanded with particular emphasis on guerrilla capabilities, chemical warfare defense, and exploitation of wetland terrain.
IX. THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF NECTOVAR (1281)
On 18 February 1281, Nectovar's trial commenced. The court declared him guilty of power abuse, unauthorized violence against civilians, and responsibility for the 1274 massacre. He was executed shortly thereafter.
X. THE MOR-CRED AND MORBRETH POLICIES - AUTHORITARIAN CONSOLIDATION AND HISTORICAL ERASURE (1282)
Under Mor-Cred, media, economic planning, legal interpretation, education, and cultural production were centralized under departmental control - all operating under indirect but absolute supervision by Gorthelion.
Under Morbreth (from January 1282), all written records from the pre-Gorthelion era were systematically rewritten, erased, or fabricated. Massive libraries underwent "verification" - euphemistic terminology for wholesale destruction and falsification of historical documentation.
XI. THE SENGARTH MOVEMENT AND THE MORBRITH GENN PROGRAM - SOCIAL ENGINEERING
The Sengarth Movement (March 1282): A state-sponsored cultural campaign calling upon citizens to embrace traditional practices and reject modernist influences. Any manifestation of foreign cultural tendencies constituted humiliation to the state's authentic character. Citizens were encouraged to self-police their own behaviors and those of their neighbors.
The Morbrith Genn Program (from 1280): Selected unmarried citizens were subjected to arranged marriages designed to optimize "genetic patriotism" - based on ancestry purity assessments and ideological reliability evaluations. The explicit objective was gradual creation of a generation of "pure Abernites."
XII. THE SECOND GREAT WAR OF ELDERVALE - ABERN THEATRE (1292–1294)
Opening Phase and Deliberate Withdrawal
Abern was drawn into renewed conflict with Toutanglom (30 April 1292). Draviskas joined shortly thereafter. Anticipating biological warfare, Abern accepted substantial territorial losses - drawing enemy forces into prepared kill zones where wetland forests grew increasingly dense.
Abernite guerrilla units conducted continuous hit-and-run attacks. Medical support from Hleidisland contained renewed biological weapons deployment.
The Battle of Morathdunscarith (8 June – 14 August 1292)
The most significant engagement occurred across thirty-two districts in Brathsenmor Prefecture, subsequently expanding into Dunared and Morvect. Combat occurred predominantly during nocturnal hours. The sophisticated underground tunnel network - engineered with tens of vertical layers - proved decisive. Toutanglom achieved negligible results attempting to destroy or infiltrate the passages.
Tanglomi forces experienced severe psychological strain from anticipating constant attacks. The entire operational zone was saturated with concealed booby traps integrated into civilian infrastructure. Abernite forces executed tactical withdrawal after accomplishing psychological warfare objectives. Brathsenmor Prefecture was liberated two weeks later. The Tanglomi advance was permanently halted.
The Battle of Talarith (26 October 1292)
The first engagement between Abern and Draviskas forces, occurring across extensive wetland forest terrain. Deliberate Abernite tactical withdrawal - continuing the pattern of drawing enemies deeper into unfavorable terrain.
Velbor's Entry and the Southern Front (December 1292 – January 1293)
Velbor entered the conflict (7 December 1292), deploying temporal manipulation technology - time-freeze weapons systems. The advance decelerated substantially upon entering dense wetland forests where guerrilla tactics and trap networks negated technological advantages.
Battle of Brithan Fortress (25 January 1293): Abern proved unable to maintain the defensive position and executed forced withdrawal.
Toll Skorveth and the Subterranean War
Abern deliberately lured Velbor forces deeper into the interior where more extensive trap configurations had been established. Toll Skorveth - a tunnel complex - functioned simultaneously as logistic distribution, covert troop movement corridor, and firing position for surprise attacks. Soldiers emerged through concealed apertures, discharged weapons, and immediately retreated underground.
The Seven Broceth Offensive (1 May 1293)
Tens of thousands of Abernite combatants launched coordinated offensive operations across multiple predetermined locations, marking a transition from purely defensive guerrilla operations to combined arms counteroffensive.
The battles of Lannbroc, Aberskor, and Druimveth persisted for two months. Lannbroc and Druimveth remained under Velborian control. Aberskor was recaptured despite catastrophic casualties on both sides. Velbor executed emergency withdrawal after Abernite forces interrupted reinforcement and supply corridors. Even Velbor's time-freeze technology proved ineffective against Abern's doctrine of continuous troop rotation and multi-position concealment.
The Tanglomi-Dravic Counterattack and Renewed Stalemate (May 1293)
On 18 May, the Tanglomi-Dravic front witnessed renewed enemy offensive operations. On 23 May, Abern launched a massive counterattack across Brathmore and remaining Brathsenmor territories. Substantial territorial reclamation was achieved, though both fronts subsequently reverted to deadlock - soldiers dying by hundreds for advances measured in meters.
The Siege of Caltrenn and the Battle for the Capital (5 July – 8 December 1293)
Velborian forces advanced toward Abern's capital, Caltrenn. The city fell one week after the initial assault. Both coalitions continued fighting for control in the most brutal urban warfare of the era.
The city was captured and recaptured multiple times - sometimes changing hands three or four times within a single day. Soldiers fought room-to-room, hand-to-hand. By mid-siege, nearly the entire city existed as ruins. The battlefield expanded northward, engulfing Maeltrann and Corvanneth.
The operational theater was saturated with Abernite booby traps: concealed charges detonating when weight shifted off them, sharpened stakes beneath false floors, tripwires connected to suspended logs studded with metal fragments, spring-loaded poisoned projectiles. Velborian soldiers developed severe psychological disorders. The battle concluded with Velborian withdrawal due to unsustainable attrition.
Strategic Stagnation (1294)
Both fronts exhibited minimal territorial fluctuation. Abern maintained relentless guerrilla harassment. Booby trap deployment reached epidemic density, generating profound psychological trauma among occupation forces.
The Battle of Torveth Hill (12 March – 15 May 1294)
The final major engagement against the Toutanglom-Draviskas alliance. Objective: destruction of a fortified enemy military installation atop the elevation.
Abern attempted complete encirclement but achieved only partial success. On 7 April, assault forces penetrated Sectors 243 and 621 after weeks of preparatory bombardment and multiple failed assault waves. Two additional sectors fell following brutal close-quarters combat. The Central Sector - stockpiled with weaponized biological agents - remained impregnable. Abern transitioned to standoff warfare.
The Hybrid Plague (10 May 1294)
Toutanglom deployed a new biological weapon in conjunction with Draviskas technological enhancement. Victims suffered catastrophic internal mutations: organs twisting upon themselves, merging into unrecognizable amalgamated masses, or transforming into structures bearing no resemblance to human anatomy.
External manifestations: flesh became puffy and distended; skin liquefied and sloughed off in translucent sheets. Most horrifyingly, infected individuals in proximity would begin merging with one another - their melting flesh flowing together, creating biomass amalgamations of multiple bodies fused into singular entities. After three days, the biomass would spontaneously detonate with tremendous force, spraying everything within fifteen meters with highly corrosive acid.
Pathological progression over one week: Days 1-2 - immense pruritus and sensation of something crawling within. Days 3-4 - rapid motor function deterioration; speech vanished. Days 5-6 - merging phase. Day 7 - detonation. No method of reversal was ever discovered.
Final Operations and the Pax of Seraphic
Abern signed the treaty on 5 July 1294.
XIII. THE PAX DEBATE - CONTINUATIONISTS VERSUS PRAGMATISTS
Continuationists argued Abern had successfully adapted to multi-front warfare, that guerrilla tactics were systematically degrading enemy capabilities, and that continued attrition would eventually force enemy withdrawal. They viewed the Pax as a betrayal of fallen soldiers.
Pragmatists emphasized that the hybrid plague represented an escalation Abern could not counter, that continued warfare risked complete demographic collapse, and that survival necessitated tactical acceptance of unfavorable terms.
XIV. POST-WAR DEVASTATION AND THE HLEIDISLAND EXCHANGE
Despite not suffering outright military defeat, massive devastation remained. The hybrid plague continued spreading. Abern requested medical assistance from Hleidisland in exchange for comprehensive instruction in booby trap engineering techniques.
XV. FORMATION OF THE VANGUARD ALLIANCE (1294 onward)
In December 1294, Abern proposed a formal military coalition to Hleidisland. Hleidisland consented. The Vanguard was designated; Senas Tuath, Lepondunon, and Morthen later joined.
XVI. RECOVERY, IDEOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION, AND THE THRANOK PROGRAM (1311 onward)
By 1311, the state had achieved substantial recovery. Thranok mandated monthly blood testing for all citizens to detect "foreign contamination." Individuals exhibiting "impure" markers were quarantined and subjected to "adjustment" procedures. All citizens were required to publicly recite their ancestral lineage extending back seven generations.
XVII. COSMETIC ENFORCEMENT AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONFORMITY (1319)
The state announced it would sponsor cosmetic surgical procedures to make citizens appear more traditionally Abernite. Facial features deemed foreign-looking were subject to mandatory surgical alteration.
XVIII. THE PATRIOTIC REFORESTATION INITIATIVE (1323)
Every family was encouraged to plant and maintain a minimum quota of trees as patriotic duty - framed as tribute to fallen soldiers. Forest coverage expanded dramatically. Double-plantation techniques created multi-tiered canopies of unprecedented density.
XIX. THE DEATH OF GORTHELION AND THE SUCCESSION OF NEHTANIA VERC DRES (1337)
On 12 January 1337, Gorthelion died after a prolonged battle against leukemia. Nehtania verc Dres was elected as head of state, pledging continuation of his ideological legacy.
XX. THE "PURE AND PRIMITIVE" DECLARATION AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT (1340–1361 and beyond)
Between 1340 and 1361, the state officially declared itself "pure and primitive," though authorities acknowledged that additional adjustments remained necessary. The state continued developing its institutions, military capabilities, and cultural programs until the outbreak of the Third Eldervale Great War.
Idealology: Brath-Ebaran/Gorthelionism
The ideological foundation of Abern is constituted by the convergence of two distinct yet interrelated doctrines: the philosophy of sanctuary and the doctrine of Gorthelionism. The primary objective of the first ideological framework is to cultivate a state of authentic sanctuary, operationalized both internally within the consciousness of the individual and externally within the communal structure. This conceptualization of peace is not passive but constitutes an active, defensive resilience predicated on constant vigilance and preparedness. The ultimate aspiration is the realization of symbiotic harmony with the natural environment, wherein the authentic self is simultaneously nurtured by and defensively fortified through its organic integration with the land.
The core philosophical tenets reject external determination of the self, positing the individual as an unbroken seed resistant to deformation by exogenous desires. This foundational principle establishes a reciprocal relationship between the individual and their community: one must tend to the collective and the earth to receive tending in return, operationalizing the axiom that one reaps only what they have cultivated. Sorrow and loss are reconceptualized not as vulnerabilities requiring suppression but as deep waters which, when properly honored, nourish the most resilient foundations of character. Epistemological priority is granted to what is termed the "sharp apprehension" of sensory experience and embodied knowledge over persuasive rhetoric or artificially induced states of calm.
The principal doctrine posits that authentic security derives from perpetual awareness combined with a profound compact between the individual, the community, and the land. The core self must be protected from external penetration, to be fractured before its organic flowering according to its own temporal framework. Justice is conceptualized not as an abstract human construction but as a natural consequence arising from the inherent order of existence. Enemies are not to be subjected to reformative processes or carceral containment but are to be extirpated and reabsorbed into the earth as a mechanism for restoring equilibrium. Human nature is understood as neutral potentiality requiring active cultivation to achieve flourishing; absent such cultivation, it becomes susceptible to parasitic infestation.
Within this framework, human nature is metaphorically conceptualized as a garden requiring stewardship. An untended garden risks colonization by parasitic elements or descent into barrenness. A garden coerced into monocultural production constitutes an act of violence against its essential nature. The purpose of existence is therefore the honest cultivation of this garden, acknowledging simultaneously the necessity of warmth and the capacity for defensive strength.
The ideal state manifests as a societal structure analogous to the mycelial networks connecting arboreal systems. Communities are interconnected through bonds of trust, shared historical memory, and mutual assistance. Legal principles are not codified in textual form but exist as understood precepts of reciprocity and collective defense. Upon detection of external threat, the entire network mobilizes as a unified organism, deploying collective resources to isolate and neutralize the danger. This societal model prioritizes the safety and authenticity of individual members as the foundational basis for collective strength.
Gorthelionism constitutes the second convergent ideology, advancing a powerful imperative for restoration to a primitive or traditional state of existence. This doctrine systematically rejects all foreign influences - cultural, technological, and philosophical - as contaminating elements requiring methodical elimination. The ideological framework centers upon the zealous protection of native-born Abernites, establishing that only individuals with demonstrable pure Abernite ancestry qualify as legitimate citizens deserving full rights and state protection. The ideology promotes intense nationalism integrated with systematic xenophobia, characterizing enemy states as "the filth of this world," thereby providing ideological justification for unlimited actions taken against them.
Addition:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/618752436374002497/ (The national flag)