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Confederation of Faldarun
ᛒᛆᚿᛑᛆᛚᛆᚵ ᚡᛆᛚᛑᛆᛋᚱᚢᚿᛁ
Bandalag Valdasruni
Flag of Faldarun Seal of Faldarun
Flag Seal
Motto: «ᚠᚱᛁᛆᛚᛋ ᚮᚵ ᛋᛆᛘᛂᚿᛆᚧᛁᚱ»
«Frjáls og Sameinaðir»
"Free and United"
Anthem: "Marsérafólksins"
Location of Faldarun (green) in X_Continent (grey)
Capital
and largest city
Auðugurhöfn
Official languages None
Widely used
languages
Faldarunic, Faldarunic Sign, others
Ethnic groups (2012) 61.7% White
13.2% Black
8.5% Hispanic
6.4% Osovan
5.8% Native
3.3% Multiracial
1.1% other
Demonym Faldarunic
Government Direct democratic confederation of freely associated communes
 •  Council of Representatives Lars Ragnarsson
Elisif Peturdóttir
Geir Olvirsson
Jóhanna Davíðsdóttir
 •  Lawspeaker Mikaela Ólafsdóttir
Legislature Alþingifólksins
Formation
 •  Settlement late 700s 
 •  Commonwealth 910–1190 
 •  Colony of X 1190–1517 
 •  Kingdom 1517–1760 
 •  Empire 1719–1917 
 •  Revolution 18th February 1917 
 •  Civil War 21st March 1917 
 •  Confederation 13th June 1919 
Area
 •  4,674,996 km2
Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",". sq mi
Population
 •  2016 estimate 51,190,000
 •  2014 census 48,782,901
Gini (2014)11px 19.5
low
HDI (2014)11px 0.944
very high
Currency Faldarunic króna (FDK)
Time zone FUT (UTC-1)
Date format dd/mm/yyyy
or yyyy/dd/mm
(CE; OC)
Drives on the left
Internet TLD .fd
Valdarssrunn (English translation: "Valdar's grove")
Auðugurhöfn (English translation: "Affluent port")

Faldarun (Faldarunic: ᚡᛆᛚᛑᛆᛋᚱᚢᚿ, tr. Valdasrun), officially known as the Confederation of Faldarun (Faldarunic: ᛒᛆᚿᛑᛆᛚᛆᚵ ᚡᛆᛚᛑᛆᛋᚱᚢᚿ, tr. Bandalag Valdasruni), is a collection of roughly 350,000 communes in X_Continent in Ordis. It has an estimated population of 51 million, and spans a vast area of roughly 4,674,996 kilometres squared. Faldarun is a direct democratic confederation of freely associated communes; this system of government was established after the revolution in 1917, which established a society based on principles of direct democracy, gender equality, social justice and sustainability. Faldarun is managed on the confederal level mostly by the Lawspeaker, Mikaela Ólafsdóttir, and represented on the international stage by the Council of Representatives, which currently consists of Lars Ragnarsson, Elisif Peturdóttir, Geir Olvirsson and Jóhanna Davíðsdóttir.

According to Sagaokkarfólk, the settlement of Faldarun began in the year 771 CE when the Norse chieftain Valdar Ingursson led a group of disgruntled settlers from their homeland in search of new lands and opportunities. In the following centuries, many Norsemen from across the Nordic world settled Faldarun, bringing with them thralls of differing origins. From 910 to 1190, the settlements were ruled as a commonwealth, with each citizen having a voice in the Althing. In 1190, however, an army from [X_Homeland] arrived in order to recapture the 'lost colony', and so Faldarun became a colony of [X_Homeland]. In 1517, however, Faldarun was able to successfully overthrow its suzerain, and a kingdom was established until 1760, when Ásbjörn II proclaimed the foundation of the Faldarunic Empire. The history of Faldarun changed forever when, on the 18th of February 1917, Vilhjálmur II was assassinated and dethroned in the Faldarunic Revolution, and after a civil war, a loose confederation of communes was established. Nerotysia was the first nation to recognise the new government.

Despite officially not being a state, Faldarun is widely considered one at least in practice. As such, Faldarun ranks highly in measures of income equality, human development and quality of life. Faldarun is, albeit reluctantly, a member of the Ordic League, having joined in 2001 despite disagreements over the influence held by the superpowers and over the Ordic League Charter, which makes references to all members as 'states'. The Confederation is also a founding member of the Nordic Community, along with Meriad, Skogkläddaberg and other Nordic nations.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Faldarun, the main English word for the nation, is derived from the Old Norse name for the country; Valdarssrunn (in Runic script, ᚡᛆᛚᛑᛆᚱᛋᛋᚱᚢᚿ), which literally means "Valdar [Ingursson]'s grove", as it is named for the man who discovered Faldarun, Valdar Ingursson. The modern Faldarunic name, ᚡᛆᛚᛑᛆᛋᚱᚢᚿ or Valdasrun, is also a derivative of the Old Norse name, and developed over time from a word of meaning to a mere name deriving enough meaning from its context. After the Faldarunic Revolution, there was speculation that the name of the country would be changed to something with less individualistic and bourgeoisie connotations, but the motion never gained much traction. Proponents of this movement, however, sometimes refer to Faldarun simply as the Confederation, or in Faldarunic ᛒᛆᚿᛑᛆᛚᛆᚵ or Bandalag.

History[edit | edit source]

Prehistory[edit | edit source]

Norse discovery and settlement[edit | edit source]

File:Discovery of Faldarun.jpg
Discovery of Faldarun by Ingrid Olafsdóttir

Middle Ages[edit | edit source]

Enlightenment Era[edit | edit source]

Early Modern[edit | edit source]

SO MANY IMMIGRATIONS ERMERGHERD

ALSO INDUSTRIALISATIONIMISMS

AND STUFF

First Endwar[edit | edit source]

Revolution[edit | edit source]

Civil War[edit | edit source]

Main article: Faldarunic Civil War
File:People's protection units.png
Anarchist militia patrol the streets of Vesturfalla

Following the revolution and assassination of Vilhjálmur II, a civil war broke out over the direction of the country. On the one side stood the anarchist and libertarian socialist communes which had sprung up following the revolution, in addition to various left-wing and democratic militias and armies, not least the Black Liberation Army, which was the largest of the leftist armies and essentially led the movement. On the opposing side stood a coalition just as diverse, the members ranging from imperialist aristocrats distraught at the murder of Vilhjálmur to radical fascists, such as Benedikt Mikaelsson, a former artist and train conductor who lead the nationalistic and antisemitic Army for National Brotherhood, the largest army of the nationalist forces. Additionally, a third faction roughly encompassed the armies of foreign powers which had their own aims and objectives.

International opinion was divided, however many begrudgingly sided with the leftist forces mainly due to the abhorrent and wide-spread war crimes and atrocities committed especially, but not exclusively, by the fascist elements of the national forces. The foreign intervention was widely regarded to be a failure, and the fact that the foreign powers had interfered in the affairs of a sovereign nation would stir somewhat of an international controversy. At the end of the conflict, hundreds of thousands of people lay dead, though the leftist forces had emerged victorious. Out of these, the Black Liberation Army had the most support, and called for a constitutional convention to determine the country's future. The convention was, for the most part, attended by the victorious leftists, but many former aristocrats and conservatives also attended. The end result was the New Social Code, the closest thing Faldarun has to a constitution, which established the current democratic confederalist structure of the nation as a collection of communes.

Second Endwar[edit | edit source]

Post-War and Modern Era[edit | edit source]

Politics[edit | edit source]

Government (???)[edit | edit source]

Direct democracy[edit | edit source]

Administrative divisions[edit | edit source]

The Confederation of Faldarun consists of 36 cantons/provinces/whatever: THESE ARE WIP

Faldarunic cantons (WIP)
Canton ID Capital Canton ID Capital
14px Auðugurhöfn 1 Auðugurhöfn 14px TBD 7 TBD
14px TBD 15 TBD 14px TBD 6 TBD
14px TBD 16 TBD 14px TBD 14 TBD
14px TBD 13 TBD 14px TBD 5 TBD
14px TBD 12 TBD 14px TBD 11 TBD
14px TBD 2 TBD 14px TBD 17 TBD
14px TBD 10 TBD 14px TBD 20 TBD
14px TBD 25 TBD 14px TBD 21 TBD
14px TBD 8 TBD 14px TBD 4 TBD
14px TBD 18 TBD 14px TBD 23 TBD
14px TBD 26 TBD 14px TBD 22 TBD
14px TBD 3 TBD 14px TBD 9 TBD
14px TBD 24 TBD 14px TBD 1 TBD

10 Regions (???) <--- Maybe?
36 Cantons/Provinces/Something???
600 "Mini-cantons/provinces/whatever" <--- Maybe?
3,000 "Ultra-mega-communes" <--- Maybe?
11,000 "Super-Communes" <--- Maybe?
165,000 Communes

Foreign relations and military[edit | edit source]

hates the superpowers, likes smaller nations, soft spot for nerotysia?, leading non-aligned, nordic community, ordic league
"skeleton military", people's protection units, everyone has a gun?

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Population[edit | edit source]

Ethnicity[edit | edit source]

Race/Ethnicity (2010 Census)
By race:
White 70.2%
Black 13.2%
Osovan 6.4%
Native 5.8%
Multiracial 3.3%
other 1.1%
By ethnicity:
Hispanic (of any race) 8.5%
Non-Hispanic (of any race) 61.7%
File:Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County.svg
Largest ancestry groups by county, 2000

Religion[edit | edit source]

Norse Pagan: 36.4%

Christian: 29.7%

Other faiths: 7.9%

Irreligious: 25.5%

Don't know/refused answer: 0.6%

Language[edit | edit source]

Important Faldarians[edit | edit source]