Kernev

Principality of Kernev Pennsevigeth Kernev
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  Onen hag oll (Jackian: "One and all")
Anthem:  Kernev Ow Dhre (Jackian: "Kernev my home")
Capital	Lannstevan
Largest	Truru
Official languages	Kernevic Cantuath
Recognised regional languages	Kernevic Jackian
Religion	Clovity
Demonym(s)	Kernevic Kernowek Kernevek
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Corentyn Arthyen
• Prime Minister	Morwenna Pascoe
Legislature	Senedh Kernev
Establishment
• Settlement	22 AD
Area
• Total	5,177.92 km2 (1,999.21 sq mi)
Population
• 2022 estimate	596,277
• 2015 census	591,631
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	₵19.45 billion
• Per capita	₵32,621
Currency	Kernevic Tokyn () (KTK)
Time zone	AMT+14 (AOL)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy (CE)
Driving side	left
Calling code	+404
ISO 3166 code	KNV
Internet TLD	.kn

Kernev, officially the Principality of Kernev (Kernevic: ; Pennsevigeth Kernev), is an island country in the northern Kivu Ocean. Consisting of the main island, and a number of smaller islands, it is 512 kilometres (318 mi) from the Island of Môn and 1,226 kilometres (762 mi) from mainland Ostlandet. The island has been considered as part of the Arcraihb Isles, but more recently is considered a separate geographic entity. Its capital is the town of Lannstevan, though the largest town is Truru. There are no cities in Kernev.

The Isle of Kernev is believed to have been uninhabited until the mid first century BCE, when the first settlers from modern-day Paleocacher, arrived. Though the voyagse to the isle from Ostlandet were highly perilous, the settlers survived owing in large part to the highly fertile soils of Kernev. The isle became well-established as a centre of mining within the 1st century AD, producing large quantities of tin and copper.

Although most tin mines closed in the mid-20th century, the discovery of Lithium deposits in the east of the isle has resulted in proposals to reopen former mines across the isle. Mining still forms a significant part of the Kernevic economy, however since 1932, the largest sector of the Kernevic economy has been tourism.

The Kernevic language is endemic to Kernev, and is linguistically isolated from its nearest language, Cantuath, which is co-official for international affairs in Kernev. Kernevic Jackian is a recognised regional language, owing to Kivuan colonisation in X, most Jackian speakers are concentrated in the east of the country. Jackian in Kernev is characterised by differing spelling conventions, a prominent rhotic tendency and a number of influences from native Kernevek.

Kernev is a member of the Terraconserva Council of Nations and the Regional Organisation of the Kivu Ocean, and is an observer state of the Ostlandet Union. It is a signatory to a number of international agreements, and has bilateral agreements with the Ostlandet Union, the Alliance of Central Ecrosian States and EEFTA.

Etymology

The modern Jackian term Kernev is the endonym of Kernev, rooting from the Paleo-Gallaetic karnu (meaning horn or headland), the root of the Cantuath word ceann meaning 'head'. The name is believed to refer to the headland in Penntyr where the earliest record of human settlement has been found.

History

Early settlement

Menydh Dhu, an early burial chamber from the first or second century

The earliest evidence of settlement of Kernev is in the first century AD. Archaeologists found burnt grains of domesticated barley and peat ash deposited in two phases, the prior was dated to the first century BCE, the latter was dated between the first and second centuries CE. Early colonists are likely to have travelled from the Island of Môn, and early bronze works excavated in the Ryslegh Hundred from the late first to the early second century have displayed similar motifs and designs to contemporary Proto-Prydhenic examples. Likewise burial mounds from the period follow the long barrow linear model of Prydhenic structures rather than the annular model passage tombs common in the Goidelic kingdoms occupying modern-day Paleocacher and Hapatmitas.

Kernev had a rich mineral welath, and the early Prydhenic settlers used engineering technologies to extract large amounts of copper and tin. Due to this resource abundance, early Kernev became a centre for the production of bronze, which was likely sold to mainland Ostlandet. Kernevic bronzeworks have been discovered across modern Paleocacher and Hapatmitas, with more limited finds further afield, in Shaoyu and near Maojie, Monsilva.

According to Kernevic tradition, Kernev was initially ruled by the King Karadawc Arthyen, known as Arthyen Gernow, alongside the Arcraihb Isles (Kernevic: Enesow Prydhenek). The location of Karadawc's court has been the subject of substantial dispute with Kernevic claims that the court was on Kernev, at Yskynna, whilst Arcraihb Islanders have claimed the court was based in x. There is little historical evidence supporting the existence of Karadawc, or any monarchy in Kernev until the 2nd century, with the rule of Tegen I of Kernev. Recent historiography has suggested that there was no monarch prior to Tegen, as the title of Prince introduced under Tegen, as the principal ruler suggests there had previously been multiple rulers.

Culture

Public holidays

Lyoan name	Local name	Date
New Year's Day	Kalan Genver	1 January
Midsummer	Golowan	floating holiday (summer solstice)
Harvest Festival	Gool dheys	6 October
White Thursday	Gwynn dy'Yow	floating holiday (2nd Thursday of December)
Midwinter	Montol	floating holiday (winter solstice)