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Eulumia, officially the Federal Republic of Eulumia, is a country consisting of Metropolitan Eulumia located within the Larusian region of Isteroxe and several overseas territories. The Metropolitan area of Eulumia stretches from the Dracohr Ocean to the Atonix Ocean, and from the Virago Rainforest to the Cerean Mountains. It borders Cereus to the north, Verall to the east, Eshvar to the southeast, Nirusia to the south, Cirraine to the southwest, and complete encircles Corsa D'Lorro and Khrysm City. The nation's overseas territories include: Notúves Islands, St. Constella Chaste Isles & Swea-Swille, Lei Mavé and Frire Isles, Farwest Cays, Illa Don & Qèsell. Eulumia's 11 integral regions span Larusia from as far south as the Amdovan sea to the the high plateaus in the eastern fringes of the Baphara region of Central Isteroxe. Eulumia straddles the equator, lending it a mostly tropical climate with its extreme northern regions having a more subtropical or humid subtropical climate, giving the nation wet and dry seasons, with the northern regions seeing more rainfall during mild winter months and scorching heats in the summer months.

Various tribes, kingdoms, fiefdoms, principalities, matriarchies, and a variety of other types of geopolitical entities have inhabited the areas of modern day Eulumia since antiquity in around the year -1,900. The entirety of modern day Eulumia, its borders states and much of Baphara were once under control of the vast Empire of Versienna, starting out of the region now known as Larusia. Versienna dominated the continent in antiquity until eventually falling into disarray, leading to the founding of the first Republic of Eulumia in 1114. The Republic grew in size and eventually became the dominant nation of Larusia once more, leading to the merger with Harbitros, creating the Eularbian Commonwealth superstate that spurred on the advancement of technologies across the globe until its schism in ideology with the Eulumian half embracing communism. Annexing several neighboring states and forming the Union of Larusian Socialist Republics and went on to conquer and subjugate the Isteroxean continent and several nearby continents as well until multiple revolutions caused by unrest several decades later led to its downfall. Various nations sprung into existence following the dismantling of the ULSR including the modern iteration of Eulumia, and Eulumia went on to become a founding member of the Isteroxean Union, a supranational organization across Isteroxe.

Today, Eulumia is classified as a federal parliamentary republic led by a grand chancellor. Eulumia is the largest nation in both the Isteroxean Union and on the continent of Isteroxe itself in terms of population, economy, and land area. Eulumia is often labelled as a Great Power due to its domineering capabilities and great influence across the globe both physically and culturally. It is the world's third largest exporter and fourth largest importer of goods, and its capital city is Versienna however the largest city is Boz Piti with roughly 17 million people living within the metropolitan area. As a highly developed nation, Eulumia offers various services and institutions to its citizens including a universal healthcare system, social security, environmental protections, and tuition free universities. Known for its long and rich history, Eulumia is home to a plethora of world heritage sites and remains as the world's top tourist destination; and is additionally renowned for its strict environmental laws and globally influential green politics.

Etymology
The name "Eulumia" has no clear or distinct origin, it is thought to be an endonym of the "Eulu" tribe that can be traced back thousands of years to the southern valleys of Larusia just north of the Virago rainforest, near modern day Corsa D'Lorro. This particular tribe conquered and assimilated various other tribes into itself over centuries, indoctrinating the customs, cultures, and most importantly language of their people unto those they had conquered, wiping out an estimated 273 regional variations of the Laruse. Ancient Laruse is thought to have been a continuum, with regional variants being mutually intelligible to those immediately around it, but distinctly different from variants further away to the point of non mutual intelligibility. However it is believed that the first example of linguistic standardization occurred as the Eulu tribe continued their conquest and assimilation of surrounding tribes, continually expanding their borderlands to impose their language upon those that came under their control and influence. Around the year -2350, the first known documented term of "Eulumia" came from a bordering state, Verall, referring to the expanding powers of the Eulumia, meaning land of the Eulu people. From that point on, Eulumia became the widely used term to describe those from the lands controlled by the ethnic Eulu people, and has been used for millennia since, up until modern day.

History
Though Eulumia has existed for millennia, it has not always been known by the name "Eulumia". The people, culture, and nation itself all originate from the ancient citystate of Versienna, which was constructed around -1,900. After the construction of the Versiennan citystate -- and centuries of expansion and accumulating influence -- it became a regional player in Larusia. By -1,000, the Versiennan citystate and several other Larusian citystates and tribes converged to form the first complex governmental system on Isteroxe -- the Republic of Versienna. From this time until around -100, the Versiennan Republic experienced centuries of advancements in art, science, technology, and culture. By -100, however, the Hundred Years Desolation began when the Gugadesh ransacked and invaded the citystates and tribes in ancient Espinthela. Survivors fled to Versienna to tell the Larusians that the Gugadesh would come to Versienna next.

After 100 years of fighting between the Larusians and the Gugadesh left the latter annihilated and extinct. This event later was adopted as "Year 0" -- the basis for the standard year system on Junope. The century of death and war left Versienna, as a whole, different -- and thus the republic of Larusia's unitary sovereign state began to crumble. Around the year 500, the republic was overthrown by military-nobles who aimed to restore the richness and leisure of the old Versienna. However, another century of war came about from this change when newly formed Versiennan Empire initiated the Great Inquisition in 506. The Inquisition ended in 601, resulting in the extinction of the Nephilim -- a race of giant humans. This mass extinction was done for "the safety of all Larusia and Versienna". After this event, however, Versienna did enter several more centuries of luxury and success.

The final days of Versienna came about in the year 1111, when the Versiennan Empire -- under the leadership of Emperor Anteon Chapelle -- defended against invading forces from Azium's Hassock Empire. The two sides fought most of their confrontations around or on the Cape of Rhapsody. However, after the Hassock forces retreated -- Anteon Chapelle followed them across Crims' Expanse and began a campaign to conquer the Cadary States. Chapelle's men then committed mutiny and abandoned him on a small Azian island and returned to Isteroxe. With the Empire of Versienna leaderless, chaos began to ensue -- as Chapelle had no heir. A radical ideologist named Scimar Varniche declared that he was worthy of becoming Versienna's new ruler. After he and his supporters attempted a coup in the city of Versienna -- and temporarily succeeded -- the entire empire erupted into war and civil discord.
Eulumian Revolution

Following the events that occurred by the hands of Scimar Varniche and the Larusian rioters, all of Larusia erupted into civil war and chaos. The entire region was torn asunder between clashing social and economic classes -- as well as conflicting interests and beliefs. It was not until 1114 that any sign of order was seen again in Larusia. In this year, the Eulumian Matriarchy was established by a Larusian noblewoman who had lost her father, brother, and son in the revolution. She and her followers were able to completely seize and defend the city of Versienna from rioters and adversaries. Slowly, the political boundaries of Eulumia expanded outward from the walls and rivers of Versienna through central and western Larusia. The second sovereign state to come out of the revolution was that of the Verallian Monarchy, which was founded in 1119. The Eulumian Revolution, itself, finally ended in 1128, when northern Isteroxe and Larusia now divided into several sovereign states -- almost all being based upon royalty and despotism. The Matriarchy of Eulumia reigned from the 1110s until the late 1700s. During this period, Eulumia made great strides in advancing its understanding of science and technology, as well as refining its culture and society. The religion of fatalism -- which had been founded only approximately 100 years before the revolution -- had swept through all of Larusia during this time period. Fatalism's capital city -- Khrysm City -- was then instated as a sovereign state inside the borders of Versienna -- defended by the military of the Eulumian Matriarchy.

Eularbian Commonwealth
In the later 1700s, traders from the newly formed country of Harbitros sailed from the continent of Avarice to Larusia. Their cargo ships were then guided to as far inland as they could go. Once there, the traders followed Eulumian guards on foot to the capital city of Versienna, where the Harbians were astonished and were eager to trade. Interested by the trinkets, treasures, and resources brought by the travelers -- Eulumian Matriarch Asandra Suminya signed an agreement with the Harbians that would allow regular trading between the two nationstates. After several decades of increasing relations, Eulumia offered rulership over the Aristocracy of Harbitros. The latter refused, and instead requested that the two sovereign states converge to form a joint government. After several years of compromises and meeting, Harbitros and Eulumia converged to form the Eularbian Commonwealth. During this new era, great strides were made in technology, science, art, and culture. The Eularbian Industrial Revolution forever changed the face of Junope, allowing faster travel between locations via steam locomotives and railcars, speeding up the means of production, and creating leisure time for most Eularbian civilians.

Eularbian Divergence
In 1919, however, the Eularbian Commonwealth diverged into Harbitros and Eulumia after several years of subversive communist propaganda spread throughout the Eulumian side of the Commonwealth. After the divergence, Eulumia became the world's first communist state -- the Soviette Eulumian Republic. Harbitros, however, reformed into the first privatized government -- a corporatocracy -- and isolated itself from the world as it dealt with the Great Harbian Depression. Following the declaration of being a communist state, Eulumia had undergone militarization, preparing to invade neighboring nations. Beginning with the invasion of Cereus. Following Cereus came Roulasvia, Adharma, and the Virago States. Following the Soviette invasion of Verall, theovarists that fled the newly announced communism Eulumia were forced to flee to Isla Sador off the Verallian Coast, founding the nation of Tierra del Sador. With these new border expansions, the super nation renamed itself the United Soviette Republics, and began the annexation of the rest of Isteroxe, crushing any and all resistance. However, not stopping at just Isteroxe, communism over time had complete control of the Western Isles (before New Vaeulia and Zeiifunder broke away), Machinam, North Drushia, a third of Azium, half of Aphrostan, and large portions of Hyperbea. After emerging from isolation, Harbitros and the USR faced off in a global war of idealologies, testing each other to see which was superior: communism or capitalism. Whilst communism seemed very attractive to much of the world, the realities of communism were not. Any and all of whom opposed it were forced to work in intensive labour camps, often worked to the death. Any civilians who were known to break even the smallest of rules were hunted down and murdered by the Soviette Regime Police.

An underground resistance movement that started in Lumos Duos, Eulumia, began to travel around the USR to avoid detection. Led by Eulumian Katherine Elouise, the opposition movement began to gain a huge popularity, threatening the current regime in place. As the Cold War dragged on, the USR began to experience famine, disease, lack of any vital supplies, instead focusing on the military. As the screws of the USR began to rattle lose, and the opposition movement gained power, the USR was on a path to eminent collapse. Within less than a decade, the USR had collapsed, and both new and old nations sprang up as democracies, republics, and federations. Humanitarian aid from Harbitros flooded in, helping the former Soviette peoples until they could handle it themsleves, relying on Harbitros for nearly five years. Eulumia had elected Katherine Elouise as the first Chancellor of Eulumia -- again a real republic.

21st Century
During the Global War on Terror, Eulumia followed Harbitros' lead to fight against terrorism after the events of Dolor Friday. Though Eulumia did not enter any conflict or campaign as the Eulumian Federation, many Eulumians volunteered to fight as part of the AoH Peacekeeping forces. During the Mercenary Wars, Eulumia was ravaged by several terrorist attacks and battles, most notably the 2047 Insurrection of Tarquona, when a group of Extrema Caeli personnel temporarily took control of the Eulumian city of Tarquona.
Fall of the Isteroxean Union

As the Global War on Terror came to an end in the mid-2050s, the Isteroxean Union began to experience a gradual decline in economic prospertiy, mostly brought on due to a continental shift towards socialism or mixed economies. The Eulumian Federation did not necessarily support this shift in economics, but it did nothing to stop or deter the IU's changes. In 2071, the Isteroxean Union was crippled by the unexpected eruption of Mt. Höllenkurier, which caused trillions of dollars in damage and cost the lives of over 200,000 Isteroxeans. The Eulumian economy entered a depression at the turn of these events, and many Eulumians began to demand reforms and changes. In 2083, the Cascade of Terror and Operation Black Deluge caused the end of the Isteroxean Union, and left the Eulumian Federation -- and most of Larusia -- in shambles. The Corporatocracy of Harbitros, in an effort to stabilize the region, occupied the nations most damaged and broken by the conflicts.

Geography
Straddling the Equator, bordering two oceans, and being bounded by a massive mountain range to the north and the world's largest and densest rain forest to the south, Eulumia has been blessed with a wide variety of geography, much of it unique to the Larusian region of Isteroxe. Being labelled as a "megadiverse" country, Eulumia is home to well over half of all known plants and animals on Junope, as well as harboring a large number of endemic species, making the nation an ecological paradise of sorts, thanks in large part to its strict environmental conservation laws and traditional attitude towards the environment.

Government and Politics
Classified as a presidential representative democratic republic, Eulumia has become a regional hub of democracy, presenting itself as an icon of prosperity for much of Isteroxe after the fall of communism throughout the continent.

Eulumia is made up of 14 provinces, one of which having special status due to being the capital region hosting Versiena, 4 overseas territories, and 2* disputed territories.

Provinces:
Teretazza, Azulon, Borgona, Morgana, Boz Piti, Versiena, Sorenno, Ragos, TBD1, Umbria, Glaceado, Marino, TBD2, and Virago.

Disputed Territories:
Cruale - an outlying set of islands of the Marino Province; unilaterally declared independence, and is unrecognized by Versiena

Dagio - a former province of Eulumia, de facto independent following the collapse of communism. Located in the extreme northwest of Eulumia in the Cerean Mountains and bordering Teretazza and Borgona Provinces of Eulumia, as well as Cereus and Roulasvia, Dagio is extremely mountainous and difficult to access. The lack of a centralized Eulumian military upon the declaration of independence from Versiena has allowed Dagio to remain independent; many in Eulumia still lay claim to Dagio, although the de facto situation is an independent Dagio

Cirraine

Corsa d'Lorro -

Economy
Demographics
Culture
Largest Cities:
Yerbana
Duron
Lumoda
Nettoyante
Boz Piti
Dagio
Tarquona
Versienna

Provinces:
Teretazza
Azulon
Borgona
Dagio* - Defacto independent, unrecognized by Eulumia
Morgana
Sorenno
Altea
Agamar
Marino
Cruale* - Autonomous subdivision of Marino Province
Vilesia
Versiena* - Autonomous Capital City
Ragos
Umbria
Glaceado
Leste Virago
Oste Virago
Cirraine* - Autonomous Port City

Overseas Territories:
• Notú Notú
• Ives Isles
• Eulumian Chaste Isles
• Eulumian Farwest Cays

Associated Nations:
• Corsa D'Lorro (enclaved)
• Khrysma City (Enclaved within Versienna; home of Fatalism)