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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"
File:Faldarun map.png 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  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

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

Norse discovery and settlement

File:Discovery of Faldarun.jpg

Discovery of Faldarun by Ingrid Olafsdóttir

Early Modern

SO MANY IMMIGRATIONS ERMERGHERD

ALSO INDUSTRIALISATIONIMISMS

AND STUFF

Revolution

File:Battle revolution.jpg

Battle of Auðugurhöfn

Civil War

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.

Politics

Administrative divisions

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

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

Ethnicity

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

Norse Pagan: 36.4%

• United Pagan Church: 25.6%
  
• Cult of Þegen: 6.0%
  
• Unaffiliated Pagan: 4.8%
  

Christian: 29.7%

• Protestant: 17.3%
  
• Horizon Catholic: 7.2%
  
• Madarist: 2.1%
  
• Eastern Orthodox: 0.6%
  
• Other Christian: 0.5%
  

Other faiths: 7.9%

• Jewish: 3.3%
  
• Kelieski: 1.2%
  
• Muslim: 0.9%
  
• Hindu: 0.7%
  
• Other minor faiths: 1.8%
  

Irreligious: 25.5%

• Nothing in particular: 14.6%
  
• Agnostic: 6.3%
  
• Atheist: 4.5%
  

Don't know/refused answer: 0.6%

Important Faldarians

• Valdur Ingursson.png

  Valdur Ingursson, first settler and explorer of Faldarun

• Ásgeirr Hjálmarrsson.png

  Ásgeirr Hjálmarrsson, leader of the Second Expedition

• Ingimárr Snorrisson.jpg

  Ingimárr Snorrisson, famous Faldarunic varangaian raider

• Björn I.jpg

  Björn I, first king of Faldarun

• Ásbjörn II.jpg

  Ásbjörn II, first emperor of Faldarun

• Gebbert Björnsson.jpg

  Gebbert Björnsson, famous Marshal of the Imperial Army

• Emperor Aleksander I.jpg

  Aleksander I, 'the Great Liberator'

• Friðrik Douglassson.png

  Friðrik Douglassson, anti-slavery agitator and political theorist

• Yngvarr Heimirsson.jpg

  Yngvarr Heimirsson, famous classical composer

• Knútr Johnsson.png

  Knútr Johnsson, early anarchist philosopher

• Alf Brandrsson.jpg

  Alf Brandrsson, father of modern Democratic Confederalism

• Bjarni Ármannsson.jpg

  Bjarni Ármannsson, pioneer of the Faldarunic education system

• Emperor Vilhjálmur II.jpg

  Emperor Vilhjálmur II, last reigning monarch of Faldarun

• Dagur Ingolfsson.png

  Dagur Ingolfsson, the man who killed Vilhjálmur II

• Stefán Max Pétursson.jpg

  Stefán Max Pétursson, admiral of the Black and Red Revolutionary Fleet

• Kristjana Agnarsdóttir.jpg

  Kristjana Agnarsdóttir, co-leader of the Black Liberation Army

• Hjálmarr Vilhjalmsson.jpg

  Hjálmarr Vilhjalmsson, co-leader of the Black Liberation Army

• Gunnarr Þórirsson.jpg

  Gunnarr Þórirsson, commander of the Black Liberation Army

• Hallr Heimirsson.jpg

  Hallr Heimirsson, architect of the Confederation

• Gyða Jóhannsdóttir.jpg

  Gyða Jóhannsdóttir, first modern Lawspeaker of Faldarun

• Morten Leuthar Konungrsson.jpg

  Morten Leuthar Konungrsson, international anarcho-Christian preacher

• Mikaela Ólafsdóttir.jpg

  Mikaela Ólafsdóttir, current Lawspeaker of Faldarun