General information (Pre-Great war):
Demonym: Lugrandon
Capital: Tarragoneth
Key cities: Brisandor, Druvalencia, Selmara and Marabryn
Official language: Moribryn
Total population: 202,444,245
Total land area: 1,275,334 km²
Currency: Lira
Government: Covenant of the Unending Path
The Presidential Relic (UNDERNEATH):
…Who was the gardener?...
Was she mystical, fictional, magical, or fantastical? Or was she being metaphysical, an illusory creature within the mind without a why? Will she exist, or persist to stay within the mist of one world?
…Why had the tree been planted?...
No one knows, no one saw it grow nor it outgrow. It was planted without a plan onto this planet.
…Will it ever be free?...
…(unavailable)...
Ontological status: The continued existence of the entity has been confirmed. A large community of survivors has been identified approximately 4,000 meters underground. Contact has been successfully established, and supply transfers to the survivor group are currently underway.
About Lugranda:
Between the 300s and 600s, Lugranda stood as one of the most powerful nations in all of Eldervale - not through conquest, but through connection.
Positioned along the northern edge of the Signing Sea, it became the beating heart of trade. Merchants, scholars, and travelers from distant lands passed through its ports, turning Lugranda into a thriving crossroads of culture, language, and ideas. Its cities were vibrant, its people diverse, and its influence unmatched.
But this golden age would not last.
On July 20th, 635, everything changed.
What became known as the Green Collapse marked the beginning of Lugranda's downfall. A chain of catastrophic events - still debated by historians - plunged the nation into chaos. For nearly thirty years, the land was torn apart by civil wars, uprisings, and internal strife.
Though stability eventually returned, Lugranda was never the same. For centuries, Lugranda had been locked in conflict with Askalton.
The rivalry began in the early centuries of the Common Era, when Askalton forces invaded and settled within Lugranda's territory - lands they claimed had been theirs for nearly 30,000 years. What followed was one of the longest and most grueling conflicts in history.
At its height, the war escalated into the Shattered Mirror Conflict, a brutal struggle that dragged on for nearly two hundred years.
And in the end? Neither side truly won.
The war ended in a stalemate. Askalton remained. Lugranda endured - but weakened, fractured, and forever changed. Many historians believe this prolonged conflict played a crucial role in Lugranda's eventual collapse in 635.
Lugranda was not only a center of trade - it was also home to one of the largest and most mysterious forests in the world.
Spanning nearly one million square kilometers, the forest continued to expand year after year. Within its dense canopy lived millions of species, many found nowhere else in existence. Some were beautiful. Others… less so.
Among its countless trees, one stood above all:
The Youngsprout Tree.
A symbol of Lugranda itself, this extraordinary tree grew at an astonishing rate while remaining in a perpetual juvenile state. Some reached heights of six kilometers, with trunks stretching eight hundred meters wide - living giants that pierced the sky.
Despite its beauty, the forest was feared.
From childhood, every citizen of Lugranda was given the same warning:
Never enter the woods at night.
When darkness fell, the forest became something else entirely. Light vanished beneath the dense canopy, leaving behind a suffocating, absolute blackness. Paths disappeared. Sounds twisted. And those who wandered too far often never returned.
It is estimated that millions have gone missing within the forest over the centuries.
Even in later years, when the government installed lighting systems and signposts, the woods remained dangerous. Travel within them was heavily restricted, and strongly discouraged.
Because in Lugranda, there was one truth everyone understood: If you entered the forest alone…You might not come back. Unless - A spirit chose to guide you.
Brief modern history:
THE GREAT DETERIORATION (Early 13th Century)
Lugranda entered a severe national collapse across economic, social, and political institutions. Causes: centuries of military engagement, civil war, foreign intervention, and chronic financial mismanagement. Allied aid proved insufficient.
Economic collapse: Poverty reached ~80% of the population. Commerce ceased. The state assumed sole responsibility for distributing food, water, housing, and household goods. Currency became nominal.
Social breakdown: Homelessness reached ~10% of the population. Mortality among the destitute was widespread and public. Literacy declined. Crime, substance dependency, and extralegal occupations increased materially.
THE BRANNICUS POLICY (c. 1210s)
Tirtanos Brannicus was elected as the polity sanctioned extraordinary measures.
Emergency provisions: Tiered distribution system. Comprehensive price controls. Hoarding a severe offence. Debt moratorium. State monopoly over essential goods. Absentee estates confiscated and redistributed to the homeless under conditional tenure.
Labour and coercion: Labour vouchers introduced. Controlled devaluation eliminated pre-existing debts. Universal national service. Public assembly suspended. Compulsory labour assignment. Individuals as young as thirteen formally entered the labour force. Compulsory labour battalions deployed.
Social engineering: Homeless populations relocated to rural agricultural communes. Cooperatives established for orphans and widows. Compulsory literacy for the homeless, incentivised by supplementary rations.
Foreign policy: Temporary national isolationism; allied aid suspended.
Outcome: By 1219, the economy recovered. Brannicus died 1225, leaving a contested legacy: indispensable saviour and architect of forced labour and minor conscription.
III. INTERWAR INSTABILITY AND FRAGMENTATION (1238–1252)
1238: Severe wildfire consumed 30,000+ square kilometres. Air unbreathable for two weeks.
1240–1244: Intermittent conflict with Kernevel over Tarnis Islands. Lugranda captured minor islands but failed to establish control.
1248–1249: Factional discord among Briga, Druneth, Insar, and Duma. The Twelve Conference (20 July 1248) degenerated into a physical melee after Insar threw a chair at Briga. All faction leaders were hospitalized. Duma elected Head of State (1 Jan 1249). Rival factions subjected her to sustained harassment, producing psychological deterioration and poor performance.
1251–1252: Scrap Paper Uprising (22 July 1251, Eastern sector). Druneth implicated as covert patron. Duma vacated office (20 April 1252). Druneth assumed power by unilateral declaration (22 April). Briga and Insar staged a failed armed counter-coup. By 30 April, the state fragmented into three regimes: Druneth (East), Briga (West), Insar (North). The Homeland Conflict commenced.
THE HOMELAND CONFLICT (1252–1276)
1252–1253: First major engagement at Ilerdunum (18 May 1252) - origin of the bush tactic (soldiers disguised as vegetation). Druneth captured Celtoria, Maxa, and Veka from Insar but suffered unsustainable losses. Druneth's advance halted at Dur Valley.
Battle of the Nemetis River (1252): Extraordinarily destructive riverine engagement between Briga and Insar. Drowning claimed more casualties than combat wounds. Inconclusive.
Battle of Nemetobriga (Dec 1252–Jan 1253): All three factions converged. After five weeks, city divided into three zones of control. Urban fabric was completely destroyed.
1253: Druneth deposed (8 Feb), replaced by Talaros Senvaros. Insar captured Nemetis River crossing from Briga (5 May). Fronts stabilised.
1254–1255: No significant territorial changes. Positional attrition. Insar's SEGEN Operation (1255) penetrated deeper into Briga and Senvaros territory, establishing Insar as the dominant force.
Battle of Brisandor (8 Dec 1255): Briga victory. Approximately 10,000 Briga soldiers reported missing without explanation.
1256: Senvaros regime collapsed. The Branthu rebel formation launched coordinated uprisings (27 March) against Senvaros, Insar, and Briga simultaneously. Within two months, Branthu captured Druvalencia. Senvaros withdrew to Eburion Island.
1256–1257: Briga and Branthu formed a temporary defensive alliance against Insar. Battle of Brin Talea (29 Dec 1256 – 10 Apr 1257): Forest entirely consumed by combat operations. Insar's expansion arrested.
Battle of Velunacara (1257): Alliance forces employed bush tactics in urban ambushes. Insar command ordered deliberate incineration of surrounding forest. The city fell to an alliance. Engagement weakened all parties. The Briga regime subsequently collapsed under Corlunos Segmar (Arcen clan). Emergence of Tarmar clan (Arbor Tirgen).
1258: Insar deposed (18 May) by Segara Duma, operating clandestinely since 1252. Insar withdrew to Velunai Island, allying with exiled Druneth. Duma initiated military reconstruction. Cold Morning campaign: Duma's forces advanced to within 10,000 kilometres of Branthu stronghold.
1259–1261: Stalemate. Ceasefire signed (early 1261). Hostilities ceased. All regimes imposed internal surveillance. Economic stagnation.
FIRST GREAT WAR OF ELDERVALE AND DEFEAT (c. 1270s)
Lugranda was drawn into war despite exhausted conditions. Askalton's digital entities proved devastating without Nav's intervention. Kernevel pressured the Northern front. Lugranda was reduced to tactical withdrawal.
20 December 1273: Tarragoneth - the true capital - fell.
1274: Lugranda surrendered, ceding approximately two-quarters of national territory. Profound humiliation. Resumption of open hostilities among surviving factions.
DUMA'S RECONQUEST (1274–1276)
1274: Duma initiated the final campaign. Battles of Morcan and Galeth (8, 12 Nov 1274): Destruction of Arcen and Tarmar clans; formal dissolution confirmed 3 March 1275.
Operation Red Nemeston: Deliberate forest destruction to enable advance into Branthu territory. The last Branthu mainland stronghold fell 2 January 1276.
20 January 1276: Final assault on Velunai and Eburion islands. Both were captured within five days. Fate of Insar, Senvaros, and Druneth never established. Homeland Conflict declared concluded.
Aftermath: Acute devastation. Wild fruits prevented famine. Duma's Recovery Plans, with Gordionis aid, achieved substantial recovery within five years.
1282: Duma died 22 October. Her rapid offensive doctrine was formalised. Her activities between 1252–1258 remain historically uncertain.
VII. INTERWAR PREPARATIONS (1280s–1290s)
Lugranda directed efforts toward civic improvement and military strengthening. Strategic planners assessed eventual conflict with Cloud Garden as inevitable.
VIII. SECOND GREAT WAR OF ELDERVALE (1292–1294)
1292: Lugranda entered war under Golden Syndicate banner (6 Jan). Employed rapid offensive doctrine. Reclaimed majority of occupied Southern and North-Western territories within four months. Simultaneously recaptured the majority of occupied Northern territories from Kernevel.
Battle of Brention (18 Oct 1292, Askalton territory): Last major engagement of initial Southern offensive. The enemy established the Rainbow Line, producing a stalemate.
1293: Several sectors lost to Askalton counter-offensive. Front stabilised. Battles of Valtanos and Belenum (8 Mar – 14 June 1293): Halted all further Askalton offensive attempts.
Battle of Lanvig (21 June 1292, Kernevel territory): Constantly shifting pathways exploited by repositioning ambulatory trees. Opened a corridor deeper into Kernevel.
9 October 1293: Assault on Myrkanthos - last Pyrrhassa stronghold. City fell on 9 November. The Pyrrhassa government collapsed.
Industrial campaign (Tremazan, Lantrugor, Plouvenn, 31 July 1293 – 7 Jan 1294, Kernevel territory): Exceptionally challenging combat within dense industrial architecture. Numerous soldiers lost in labyrinthine interiors. Advance halted at Sterland River - deliberately toxic and impassable.
Day of Walking Trees: Final major engagement. Minimal territorial gains. First deployment of third-generation ambulatory trees.
Ambulatory trees (general): Systematic deployment as heavy assault platforms. Controlled by acoustic command signal. Third-generation platforms demonstrated vertical displacement.
1294: Lugranda ratified Pax of Seraphic (5 July) - reluctant compliance. Institutional grievance against treaty terms.
THE LETONDI ADMINISTRATION (1302 onwards)
Turmoge Letondi assumed office (1 May 1302). Proposed mandatory complete removal of clothing. Public opposition. Amended to mandatory removal only on first and final days of each calendar year - adopted. Continued proposing radical policies.
ORGANIC TRANSITION AND MILITARY MODERNISATION (1310s–1340s)
1310s–1320s: Wild fruit formalised as a key agricultural resource. Mass cultivation while preserving organic character. Generated sustained economic expansion. Concurrent research improved ambulatory tree fire resistance.
1342: Lugranda declared successful completion of national organic transition - conceived in 1190. Over 150 years due to successive disruptions.
ROAD TO THE THIRD GREAT WAR (1349 onward)
11 October 1349: Sergovia Ambatuna selected as Head of State. Administration oversaw continued development until conditions leading to Lugranda's involvement in the Third Great War of Eldervale.
Idealology: Sylvenara
The true goal of Sylvenara is to venture into the unknown, guided by a mystery that the world calls dangerous, and to never cease the search even when the guide disappears. True discovery lies not in conquering the forest, but in surrendering to its wonders. The seeker does not demand answers from the wild; the seeker offers themselves to it, again and again, without condition.
Its highest value is the willingness to ignore the grim pronouncements of others, because personal experience will always outweigh inherited fear. It is love that continues even when the beloved vanishes, for to search for decades without certainty is not foolishness, but the highest form of fidelity. Sylvenara teaches that the most meaningful relationships often exist outside the approval of the community, thriving in the quiet space between two people who have chosen each other against all advice. To follow this path is the highest expression of self-determination: choosing what your life will orbit around, even when the world calls it foolish. Courage, in this creed, is not the absence of fear but the refusal to let fear set the course. Courage will lead you to places the fearful will never know.
The guiding principle of the ideology is this: when a guiding presence departs, the proper response is not resignation but continuation. Keeping one's word is the thread that connects the seeker to the eternal. The act of continuing the search, generation after generation, preserves the possibility of liberation. To abandon the search is to abandon oneself. And so the preservation of the unknown is not merely a personal virtue but a political imperative - a refusal to let the world be fully mapped, fully named, fully tamed.
On human nature, Sylvenara holds that every person begins with the capacity to enter the dark without trembling. That capacity is not earned; it is innate. Yet most people never venture beyond the edge of what is known, and their fear is not forced upon them from outside - it is a self-imposed prison, built brick by brick from comfort, consensus, and cowardice dressed as wisdom.
The ideal state of Sylvenara does not seek to replace the familiar world but exists alongside it. The familiar represents safety, repetition, and inherited wisdom. The wild represents discovery, risk, and personal revelation. Neither must destroy the other. Hidden sanctuaries are not to be mapped or commercialized; they are preserved by secrecy, known only to those who earn the right through courage and silence. The ideal is not arrival - the ideal is the pursuit itself. There is no "found." There is only the endless, sacred, and defiant act of still searching.
Addition:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/618752436374388411/ (The national flag)