New Illyricum

Not to be confused with New Kingdom of Illyricum.

United Socialist States of New Illyricum Soçaelestoes Unitoes Estatoes de Novo Elyreco
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Toto Soper Uno (All Above One)
Anthem: Masima Aquela
Territory controlled by New Illyricum shown in green
Location	Ecros
Capital	Porto Enateo
Official languages	Illyrian Iberic
Recognised national languages	Romanyan Iberic, Gaúcho, Eisylian Iberic, Pensulian Iberic
Ethnic groups	Illyrians 81.5% Crabins 6% Eisylians 3.5% Vaktrians 3% Mateians 2.5% Araucarlians 1.5% Kavardans 1% Ajaks <1% Cherzians <1% Zloveshchiyans <1% Baltanian <1% Other <1%
Religion	86.6% Non-Religious 12.4% Catholic 0.76% Protestant 0.24% other
Demonym(s)	Illyrian, Illyric (singular) Illyrians, Illyrics (plural)
Government	Unicameral federal dominant party state
• Grand Marshall of the Union	Ernesto Luçeo AP
• Marshall of Congress	Marius Montus AP
• Marshall of War	Gnaeus Patius Maximus AP
Legislature	Congress of New Illyricum
Establishment
• Old Kingdom	c. 2400 BC
• Romanyan Occupation	197 BC
• New Kingdom	636 AD
• Viceroyalty	1666 AD
• Illyric Revolution	1783 - 1799 AD
• First Republic	1799 AD
• Second Republic	1818 AD
• Current government	1848 AD
• Current borders	1956 AD
Area
• Total	641,049 sq mi (1,660,310 km2) (21st)
Population
• 2023 estimate	42.5 million (20th)
• Density	66.13/sq mi (25.5/km2)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	CQS₵ 472.5 billion (24th)
• Per capita	CQS₵ 11,117 (29th)
Gini (2023)	4.7 low
HDI (2019)	0.722 high
Currency	Denareo (D) (DNE)
Time zone	AMT-4, -3 (New Illyrian timezones)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy, BC/AD
Driving side	right
Calling code	+339
ISO 3166 code	NOE
Internet TLD	.ne

New Illyricum, officially known as the United Socialist States of New Illyricum (Illyrian Iberic: Soçaelestoes Unitoes Estatoes de Novo Elyreco, Romanyan Iberic: Foederatae Socialesticae Novae Illyrici) is a communist nation on the southwest of Ecros led by Grand Marshall of the Union Ernesto Luçeo. It borders the Andaluzian Sea to the west and Terranihil to the north. New Illyricum also borders Pavulturilor to the east and Tyrandor to the south. New Illyricum has a population of 42.5 million people, making it the seventh largest country by population in Ecros, most of whom live in western and northern Illyricum. The city of Porto Enateo, New Illyricum's capital and most populous city, serves as the cultural and political capital of New Illyricum and has since its rechristening from Illyricus to Porto Enateo in 1848 at the founding of New Illyricum. Several other major cities, including Etruricum, Turis, Secundia, Marinicum, Andrafolia, and Ferunia lie in the central region of Illyricum. New Illyricum spans 1,660,308 square kilometers (641,049 square miles) and is split into 20 states each of which maintains a large amount of regional autonomy from the larger union.

Around 2400 BC, King Illyrioc I unified several tribes on the Illyric peninsula and founded the Old Kingdom of Illyricum around the city of Illyricus. The Iberic tribes came upon the Kingdom of Illyricum in 1488, and a group of them, led by Titus Julius, and defeated Baregenioc III at the Battle of Cerberonia before capturing Illyricus. The Kingdom, now ruled Iberics, lasted until 197 BC and the Romanyan conquest of Illyricum, when the Romanyan Republic, led by Sejanus Brutellus, defeated the Kingdom of Illyricum and killed King Gnaeus III at the Battle of Marantus River.

Romanyan power lasted until 636, when after a long era of political turmoil, civil strife, and foreign invasions, the Northern Romanyan Empire lost hold of Romanyan Ballacia and Illyricus to a group of rebels led by Cornelius Appius. Cornelius reestablished the Monarchy of Illyricum and founded the New Kingdom of Illyricum. The Kingdom struggled with political turmoil and with numerous invasions and incursions by neighboring nations which lasted well until the First Italian War and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate. In the Illyrian War of Succession, the atheist forces, led by Severus I fought the Catholic Church of Illyricum backed Julia II. Severus emerged victorious, however this victory only brought disorder and chaos upon Illyricum, which fell under the rule of Appius Carrentus, who committed a series of massacres against the Catholic and Cauvunianist population of Illyricum.

The instability in power and the religious and political divisions in Illyricum allowed the nation to become susceptible to foreign invasion, which came in the War of the Trout against the Empire of Montcrabe who invaded in 1660 with aid from the Viceroyalty of Ilírica, and would eventually capture Illyricus in 1666 and overthrow the Illyrian government and establish the Viceroyalty as rulers of the land. The Viceroyalty ruled as an extension of the Montcrabin rule which lasted until 1783, when a wide scale revolution began to wrest power away from the Viceroyalty. After seven years of turmoil, war, and religious conflict, the Montcrabin forces were ejected from Illyricum, and the country fell into disrepair. In 1799, Lucio Lento took power and established the First Republic of Illyricum. The Republic remained in power until 1819 when a coup led by Romulonysyos Anyastynaxos Maximus established the Second Republic. The Second Republic's rule was marked with oppression and war, as Tito Moceo led the Illyrian Socialist Revolutionary Coalition in the Illyrian Communist Revolution against Romulonysyos. After the Battle of Armorolaus the coalition took Illyricus, renaming it to Porto Enateo, and the coalition founded the United Socialist States of New Illyricum, with Tito Moceo winning the 1848 New Illyrian marshall election.

In 1852 Tito Moceo commissioned Luçeo Alo to lead an expedition to capture the Protestant Republic of The Eisley, and in 1854 he established the Socialist Republic of The Eisley, which was forcibly economically tethered to New Illyricum by the Marinicum Accords. The Second Călăneasan War would last from 1859 to 1860 and end with the September Agreement, which allowed New Illyricum to annex much of its eastern territory in wake of the war. In the 1880s the New Illyrian depression racked the country, before Poleo Çarçeo led the nation out of the depression in the late 1890s. In 1945 New Illyricum joined the South Ecros War and led the Călăneasan Offensive into Pavulturilor, however communist forces were defeated and New Illyricum was forced to pay significant reparations by the Treaty of Lavignole. The Eisley struggled to repay their reparations and collapsed into civil war, which would only end in 1956 when New Illyricum annexed The Eisley. New Illyricum remained mostly peaceful in terms of wars until communist extremists instigated the Ferunian Separatist War from 2006 to 2008, which ended in an eventual New Illyrian victory.

Etymology

The name of New Illyricum, (Illyrian Iberic: Novo Elyreco, Romanyan Iberic: Nova Illyrica), is an Iberic version of the Illyric word "Illyriocus", referring to the city of Illyricus and the nation as a whole. "Illyrica" was used throughout the Old Kingdom of Illyricum during the Aemellian Dynasty, however it was used only to refer to the Illyric Peninsula during the Romanyan control of Illyricum. Following the Appian Rebellion, the Kingdom of Illyricum was reestablished and Illyricum has referred to nation ever since.

History

Main article: History of New Illyricum

Old Kingdom of Illyricum

Main article: Old Kingdom of Illyricum

Painting of Queen Julia I who reigned from 995 to 950 BC.

Around 2500 BC on the Illyric peninsula tribal chieftain Illyrioc brought together a group of tribes to form a city on the central islands in a swamp which stood at the edge of the Andaluzian Sea and the Bay of Fish. According to Illyrian mythology the spot was chosen because of a prophecy issued by the Oracle at Sino saying that "In the place of a thousand rivers is where the city of kings shall be made." The city of Illyricus was constructed on the central island and quickly became the most powerful force on the peninsula, and under the leadership of the early Kings of Illyricum the kingdom expanded and began to make technological advancements.

Early Illyrian history was recorded through mostly through art, as the early Illyric writing system used Hieroglyphs and only names and key dates were recorded. Archaeological sites such as Priogorgiocus are used by historians to try and reconstruct much of the lost history of early Illyricum. Archaeological evidence shows that Celebrauc I, the fourteenth King, defeated a group of enemy tribes on the Tudino peninsula, near modern Tudino, and established a firm Illyrian hold on the whole of the Illyric peninsula.

The Kingdom of Illyricum remained mostly stable throughout the next seven centuries, with a strong power base centered at Illyricus and no real foreign threats the country flourished and began to construct urban improvements and ceremonial buildings, including the Renegioc Tower, which still stands as one of the oldest monuments in Ecros, at around four thousand years old. The Iberic migration began around 1500, and large numbers of Iberics came northeast from Ancient Romanya, fleeing famine, drought, and other calamities, which threatened the balance of Illyrian power over the region. Iberic chieftain Titus Julius led a united force against Illyric King Baregenioc III after Baregenioc expelled the Iberics from the peninsula. At the Battle of Cerberonia in 1488 BC Titus and the Iberics overwhelmed the Illyric forces and killed Baregenioc, after which Iberic forces took Illyricus and established Titus as the first Iberic king of Illyricum.

The Iberics introduced the writing system into Illyricum with their conquest, as well as supplanting Illyric with Ancient Iberic as the dominant language of the region. Early Iberic rule was heavily turbulent, however despite quick turnover of power and rulers the Kingdom began to expand into modern day Armorolaus as well as to the northeast. In 1019 BC Julius Aemellius defeated Epheus I at the Battle of the Via Samallia and established the Aemellian Dynasty. Julius would later capture the city of Turis, fracturing the Kingdom of Etruricum, the only major threat to Illyrian power in the region. Julius would also move the imperial capital away from Illyricus to the city of Julianerea which he had constructed. Following Julius, daughter Julia I would become the first Queen and she and her husband Julianinus Porcellus would cement Illyrian power in the north after their victory in the Traulauphian War.

The Aemellian dynasty fully established Illyricum as the most dominant power in southern Ecros, and Julianerea with heavily fortified walls was the most powerful city in the country, as well as the most rich. Most of the riches in Julianerea came from plentiful gold mines in the Andaluzian Mountains, which had been captured from the Kingdom of Etruricum. Eventually in 563 BC, King Horatius II finally captured Etruricum after eleven different assaults over the course of the previous century, which almost doubled the size of the Illyrian treasury and formed it as a trade center in southern Ecros. However in the following centuries Illyrian power began to erode and in 386 BC, tribal chieftain Peccatorius led an invasion force from modern day northern Tyrandor. Peccatorius and his force erupted into southern Illyricum and in 385 the army reached Julianerea and were only stopped by the city's large walls, however Peccatorius led his army on a campaign of destruction throughout the countryside. Eventually Illyrian King Silenus II decided to pay off Peccatorius in order to end the destruction, after which Peccatorius and his army withdrew into The Eisley and established the first settlements around modern day Alo Rio.

Romanyan Control (197 BC - 636 AD)

Main article: Romanyan Ballacia

Late Antiquity (636-870 AD)

Illyrian surrender at Italus in 655 to the Radishun Caliphate

In 636, Cornelius Appius drove out the Romanyan forces from Illyricum and established the New Kingdom of Illyricum, with intent to reconstitute the kingdom and bring it back to its full power.

Cornelius set out with his most accomplished general, Quintus Nonus, in 638 and began his campaign to reconquer the Kingdom, capturing Secundia, Turis, Etruricum, and eventually reaching Italus, the traditional edge of Illyrian civilization in 650. Cornelius then returned to Illyricus with his riches, acquired largely from gold reserves in the Andaluzian Mountains, leaving Nonus in the east. After the death of Nonus in 652, Publius Capitolus, an Illyrian noble, organized a plot in 653 and overthrew Cornelius.

The Rashidun Caliphate saw this instability, and also knowing of the gold reserves in the Andaluzian Mountains, invaded. Publius and his forces rode out to Italus, and were handily defeated at the Battle of Panthus. The kingdom was forced to surrender Italus to the Islamic forces, which signaled a downward spiral in the recently created Kingdom. Publius would die in 660, and his two sons would be assassinated in succession, which led to a series of weak leaders. These weak leaders would be unable to maintain the Kingdom, as Islamic forces would threaten from the east, the Kingdom of Ferunia and Trurnia rose up in the south, and the Kingdom of Andrafoliam took power in the north.

In 751 Marcus VI claimed the throne and established the Augustine Dynasty, which coincided with the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate, allowing Marcus to reconquer Turis, Etruricum, and Italus from the muslims. However the Abbasid Caliphate arose soon after, and the two nations would conflict over the following centuries. Livius I led the nation for forty five years from 863 to 908, and during his reign he defeated the Abbasid Caliphate at the Battle of Parlas, forcing them to the negotiating table.

The Medieval Era (870-1500 AD)

Thirteenth century manuscript depicting Marius IV

Continuing conflicts with the Kingdom of Ferunia and Trurnia forced the Kingdom to extreme lengths to fund their army, launching raids into the Terranilian Kingdom and the Abbasid Caliphate. In King Alexander II rode out 1178 to raid the Kingdom of Pavulturilor and was ambushed and killed by raiders, forcing his infant son Phillipus II to take the throne. Phillipus was murdered by his courtiers a year later, ending the Augustin Dynasty.

Catellus Umbrius took power and struggles ensued over the following century, with the First Călăneasan War erupting in 1186, which heavily threatened Illyricum's power in the east and control over trade. Illyricum would be defeated, and would continue to deteriorate after the Sixteen Years War against Ferunia and Trurnia.

The war would last from 1197 to 1213, and end with the Battle of Tertius Hortus, an ignominious Illyric defeat. Stemmed by defeats and by tyrannical rulers, the Illyrian Popular Revolt burst out in 1218, which led to large scale death and conflict throughout the country for over a decade. In 1229, Livius Claudius was crowned and he established the Claudian Dynasty.

Livius and his successors were much more successful over the next two and a half centuries, conquering the Kingdom of Alephonia and gaining back land from Ferunia and Trurnia in the Daurian War. Under the Claudian dynasty culture and refinement soared, in an era known as the Claudian Renaissance, and trade kept the Kingdom relatively well off.

The Late Medieval Era (1500-1667 AD)

Battle of Hadrianicum in 1557 AD

Following the war, Illyricum fell into a century of instability and religious strife after Cauvunus, a major Protestant thinker, spread his ideals throughout much of the county, destabilizing the devoutly irreligious government. The Cauvunianist Refomation, as it was termed, came to it's crowning moment in 1618 when Alexander II died, leaving his 8 year old son Octavus I, as king. Mercius Parnethus, a major protestant figure, was soon named regent, and effectively ruled the kingdom until 1624. In 1624, a group of revolutionaries led by Appius Carrentus, stormed the palace, killed Parnethus, and declared Carrentus as the new regent. Carrentus then ordered a systematic cleansing of all protestants in Illyricum. Thousands were massacred in the streets and after three months Carrentus declared famously to "Interfecete omnes qui adorant!" (Kill all who worship), which led to the executions of thousands of Catholic civilians. Over 35,000 died in the year long genocide, before Carrentus was assassinated on order of King Octavus on May 3, 1625. Octavus would rule for six more years before dying unexpectedly in a fire at the royal palace.

The United Socialist States of New Illyricum (1848-)

After the death of Romulonysyos, Tito Moceo quickly moved with his force to capture Illyricus, which they did on August 26 with little resistance. The communist forces took over the city and immediately began deploying troops to the outer regions of the country to counter the large anti-communist uprisings and pro-second republican militias being formed. On August 30, the First New Illyrian Congress convened and established the Constitution of New Illyricum, dividing the former lands of the Second Republic into 5 states all joined in one socialist union. Illyricus was renamed to Porto Enateo and Tito Moceo won the 1848 New Illyrian marshall election and was named as the first Grand Marshall of the Union.

New Illyrian reconstitution

Main article: New Illyrian reconstitution

Luçeo Alo

In a period known as the Second Illyrian reconstitution, from 1848 into the next decade New Illyricum expanded back to reclaim land lost in the collapse of the Second Republic. In 1850 New Illyricum annexed Turisicum and Etruricum which had separated from the Republic in 1832 and 1836 respectively. New Illyricum also had annexed Romanum SS and Apollonia SS in 1849.

In 1852 the New Illyrian Congress sent an expedition under the command of Luçeo Alo to capture Marinicum and the Protestant Republic of Marinicum, and after a two year war Illyrian forces captured Marinicum. However Alo and the rest of his troops decided to take power for themselves, Alo was elected President of The Eisley and founded the Socialist Republic of The Eisley. The Congress of The Eisley, however, were forced by New Illyrian troops to sign the Marinicum Accords which effectively removed most of The Eisley's autonomy and self-governance.

In 1858 New Illyrian troops marched into Menon and annexed Italia Occidentalis SS, which sparked tensions with Pavulturilor which had previously laid claim to that land. Pavuluturilori King Ariel Melekh VII began marshaling forces on the border and on January nineteenth, 1859, the Second Călăneasan War began when Illyrian forces fired on Pavulturilori troops near Italus. New Illyrian forces, under the command of Araeno Faeo captured Italus and began an offensive into Western Călăneasa. After a disastrous defeat at Zamnescita, Illyrian forces were driven back to Alphovus, a major Illyrian fort at the foot of the Andaluzian Mountains. Pavulturilori forces besieged the fort for over five months before on November 15, 1860, continued supply problems on both sides and the war's deadlock forced both sides to sign the November Agreement, which established the current New Illyrian-Pavulturilori borders.

Following the war, with the November Agreement in place, New Illyricum added the states of Italia Orientalis SS, Pensuliam SS, Alephonicum SS , Tuscinum SS, and Uralis SS. In 1864, New Illyricum annexed Zapolonia SS, and in 1867 to finish the reconstitution, the region of Armoria SS was annexed.

Political Reformation and Economic Collapse

Main article: New Illyrian reformist movement

Main article: New Illyrian depression

Post-reconstitution the New Illyrian government turned their attention to domestic policy, and quickly polarization began to form, with the 1864 New Illyrian legislative election being the first to have official political parties. The Reformist Party of New Illyicum (RP) won 89 seats led by Marcelo Alore, while in opposition the Counter-Reformist Party (CRP) would win 83 under the leadership of Gaeo Noceo. Throughout the 1870s and 80s both parties conflicted, while Moceo refused to become aligned with either party, declaring in one address "We are united in one nation, so why must we be divided into two parties?" The two parties mostly conflicted on military and economic issues, which came to a head in 1883 when the New Illyrian economy crashed.

New Illyrian officials had not foreseen the massive collapse, which crippled the entirety of the New Illyrian economy and unemployment rates skyrocketed. The economy struggled throughout the late 1880s and into the mid 1890s with neither the RP or CRP being able to offer solutions. In 1897 Moceo passed away after fifty-one years of service, leading to the 1897 New Illyrian marshall election where by just two votes RP delegate Poleo Çarçeo beat out Luçeo Monocolo of the CRP.

Çarçeo introduced a slew of political reforms and economic reforms which combated the New Illyrian depression, however despite the success of the reforms the CRP kept large traction mostly due to lack of public support for Çarçeo's administration and personality. In the early 1900s the Vanguardist Party (AP) began to gain significant power, gaining control of the Congress in the 1906 New Illyrian congressional election. In 1908 due to failing health Çarçeo stepped down, and in the tense 1908 New Illyrian marshall election AP candidate Polaenino Marcelo defeated Monoculus and RP candidate Marco Apelo by a total of just 14 votes.

Economy

Main article: Economy of New Illyricum

The Economy of New Illyricum is one of the largest economies in southern Ecros, with a gross domestic product measured at 472.5 billion QBC (803.25 billion Denareos), and a GDP per capita of 11,117 QBC. The economy is centrally planned according to the tenets of communism and is administrated by Marshall of Domestic Affairs Tereo Graco.

Agriculture

Main article: Agriculture in New Illyricum

Culture

Main article: New Illyrian culture

Art

Main article: New Illyrian art

Illyric drawing depicting Illyrioc I and his son Harunioc, c. 2500 BC

Much of New Illyrian culture revolves around art and artistry, as the Museum of Art at Porto Enateo possesses one of the largest collections of art in the world, with over 5000 works of art, foreign and domestic. However most of the foreign art in New Illyricum comes from prior to the founding of the United Socialist States of New Illyricum, as now most countries refuse to sell their art to a communist country. Prior to the coming of the Iberic peoples from the southwest (c. 1400 BC), most Illyrian art used bright designs and relied on intricate lattices. The utilization of the art also shifted with the coming of the Iberics, as prior to the Iberic Migration art was used almost solely to communicate history, while after the Iberics came, art became much more common and no longer detonated history. During the Old Kingdom of Illyricum and the Romanyan Empire art was mostly mosaic and mural art, much of which is still we preserved in sections of southwest and northern Illyricum. However after the end of the Romanyan Empire, Illyrian people went through a series of massive changes in culture, language, and especially art. Art became not only much more sparse, but it also transitioned to much more religious themes.

Nos Mater by an unknown author, c. 700 AD

This era of New Illyrian produced many of the pieces that occupy museums around New Illyricum and Neosur, and influence from Surian art can be traced clearly, especially from Montcrabe and Salisford, whose influence carried over through the Savottan Empire. This era lasted well though the Middle Ages as Catholicism was the dominant religion of Illyricum. However, as Illyricum and much of the world moved into a renaissance era, Illyrian art experienced a shift towards portrait art and a much brighter, less religious style. Around 1570, a painting style came to the scene, Gothic Art, a art style championed by Julian. Gothic art quickly began to dominate the art scene in Illyricum, and it perfectly reflected to dark political times of the era.

Agro villae, as painted by Denir Drǎča, 1611 AD

Gothic art would be the leading style in Illyricum for around 300 years, until several Neosurian painters, including Gnaeus Lujus, helped lead the Impressionist movement, which quickly became immensely popular amongst Illyrians.

Literature

Main article: New Illyrian literature

Evidence of the first beginnings of Illyrian literature can be found in Armorolaus, where early inscriptions on grave markers in the Illyric Script can be found, dated to about 2500 BC. However only around 1050 BC can the first records of free-writing been seen in Illyricus, where drama and poetry began to flourish in Early Classical Period of Illyricus. The Illyric Manuscripts

Music

Main article: New Illyrian music

New Illyrian music is generally divided between that of the western coastal styles and the more eastern styles. Since the large influence of Catholicism on medieval Illyricum, great religious orchestras arose in the Middle Ages. Among the leaders of this was composer, Marcius Flaccius, known for his arrangement of Ave Maria and for numerous other compositions. The introduction of surian influences in the eighteenth century led to a revival of orchestral music, which had fallen away after the conflicts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Ave Maria was used a symbol of the revolution in Illyricum due to its Illyric origins, and was sung at the establishment of the Republic of Illyricum in 1799. The song has become synonymous with the struggle and hardship of the Illyrian people and in spite of religious meanings it is often performed throughout New Illyricum to this day.

In addition to this orchestral music, there were also a plethora of operas composed throughout the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, including Mane, which composed by Johannus Bullus in 1797 has been performed over 150 times by the New Illyrian National Orchestra. However since the establishment of New Illyricum, orchestra music and operas have become more and more forgotten under the communist regime, replaced by nationalist songs broadcast throughout the nation.

Architecture

Former Romanyan Temple of Augustus Maximus, now Church of St. Lucius of Vesevio

Through New Illyrian architecture can be most clearly seen the influence of Romanya and of Montcrabe as much of New Illyrian architecture derives from both cultures. From the Romanyan Empire and the establishment of Romanyan Culture deep in the roots of New Illyrian culture can be traced the origins of medieval New Illyrian architecture, which was mostly urbanized theaters, living quarters, and bathhouses. With the colonization of Illyricum by the Empire of Montcrabe in 1666, much of Illyrian culture was transformed, especially architecture. Influenced by great Montcrabin architects of the Montcrabin Renascimento many Illyrian architects morphed their styles to more into the realm of Neoclassical architecture and much limestone and other Surian materials were imported by the Viceroyalty of Ilírica in order to emulate Montcrabin styles.

After the end of the Montcrabin occupation of Illyricum and after the violent political and cultural upheavals of the early to mid 1800s New Illyrian culture formed under the banner of communism and New Illyrian architecture began to move into more Industrial Age themes. These themes can be especially seen in cities such as Gaelici and Napellia which are filled with many remnants from this Industrial Age. New Illyrian architecture had transitioned more back towards the Neoclassical realm since the mid twentieth century and many great feats of New Illyrian architecture are the rebuilt Churches of the Catholic Church of Illyricum.

Cuisine

Main article: New Illyrian cuisine

A bowl of Lobster Macaroni and Cheese, a very popular dish in coastal New Illyricum

New Illyrian cuisine combines a blend of Andaluzian cuisine along with Surian cuisine while also utilizing several influences from Araucarlia and Ostlandet. Due to New Illyricum's large immigrant population, much of Illyrian cuisine varies based on the influences of the immigrants, however overall many trends can be seen in New Illyrian cuisine. Due to New Illyricum's massive cheese industry much of it's cuisine involves cheese especially melted cheese which is utilized heavily on Pans (unleavened flat bread, similar to a Tortilla). New Illyricum's massive fishing and seafood industry also contributes to seafood, especially lobster and crab, being very popular in New Illyricum.

Steak Kebabs

While seafood is most popular on the coast of New Illyricum foods such as steak and lamb are very popular more eastward where livestock are abundant. While steak is still a rather costly food, it has become much more available to everyone due to the abundance of cows and the recent relaxation of many anti-hunting laws in several states. In eastern Illyricum through influences from Pavulturilor and Sconia kebabs are immensely popular with use of steak, lamb, sometimes pork along with various fruits including grapes, watermelon, and imported fruits such as pineapple.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of New Illyricum

Population

According to the 2022 census, New Illyricum has a population of 42.5 million, a ___ from 2012. New Illyricum's population has steadily risen since 1848 due to the country's high intake of foreign immigrants, large birth rates, and its low average marriage age compared to other nations. New Illyricum holds censuses every 10 years which are administrated by the Chamber of Domestic Affairs and whose record's are kept in the New Illyrian National Archives.

The first census, administrated in 1848 shortly after the end of the Illyrian Communist Revolution and after the overthrowing of the Second Republic of Illyricum, measured the population at 19,654,331, over doubling the previous census held by the Viceroyalty of Ilírica in 1775 prior to the Illyric Revolution.

Ethnic Groups

Ethnic composition of New Illyricum in 2022

  Illyrians (81.5%)

  Crabin (6.0%)

  Eisylians (3.5%)

  Vaktrians (3.0%)

  Mateians (2.5%)

  Araucarlians (1.5%)

  Kavardans (1.0%)

  Zloveshchiyan (0.3%)

  Ajaks (0.2%)

  Cherzians (0.2%)

  Baltanian (0.2%)

  Other (0.1%)

New Illyricum contains a multitude of ethnic minority groups, and most of the nation is constituted by native Illyrians who have inhabited the region for over three thousand year and make up 85% of the population. The largest ethnic group aside from Illyrians are Crabins who make up 6% of the population, totaling around 2,550,000 people who mostly live in Perfuliam SS and Andrafoliam SS. These Crabins are mostly descended from Montcrabin migrants from the seventeenth and eighteenth century, while a small part are migrants from the twenty-first century during the Creeperian Civil War who were fleeing prosecution for their communist views. There are also large numbers of Araucarlians and Mateians who left Araucarlia in the _____ avoiding the prosecution of the Coalition for Cooperation and Development totaling over 1 million people. There are also contingents of Ajaks, Baltanlans, and Zloveshchiyans who left their home nations for similar reasons to the Araucarlians. 3% of the nation is also of Vaktrians decent, and 1% are Kavardans who fled across the border from Terranihil into northern Illyricum.

Languages

Illyrian Iberic and Romanyan Iberic are the two most commonly spoken languages in New Illyricum, with 98.5% of the population speaking either, and Illyrian Iberic is used for all business, education, and politics and has been fully standardized in the Illyrian Iberic Marean Dictionary, written by nineteenth century Illyrian linguist Mareo Porfereo. On account of the standardization of Illyrian Iberic, other dialects such as Etrurian Iberic and Italian Iberic have mostly died off, with less than 0.25% of the country speaking either. Outside of Iberic, the most commonly spoken language is Gaúcho, owing to the large Crabin and Araucarlian population, and Gaúcho is offered in most schools and is spoken by around 12 million citizens. In The Eisley SS and several of the northernmost provinces, including Pensuliam SS and Alephonia SS, dialects of Illyrian Iberic are spoken. Vaktrian is also spoken by a marginal amount of the population along with Vechiy and Slavic.

Religion

Main article: Religion in New Illyricum

Nostra Mater de Lacrimas, Trurnia

New Illyricum is a mostly Athiest country with over 85% of the country being irreligious, which is due to the country's communist government which discourages religion.

Outside the large atheist community the religious scene is dominated by the Illyrian Catholic Church which has existed since the fifth century AD and has a following of around 5,800,000 people. Due to religious conflicts in the nineteenth and sixteenth centuries the Catholic church lost traction amongst the government and populous and many Catholics have been persecuted in New Illyricum since it's founding.

In the early 1600s the Cauvunian Protestant Revolution changed the religious scene in New Illyricum as many Protestants quickly rose to power championed by Mercius Parnethus who ruled as regent of the Kingdom from 1618-1624. However a coup d'ètat led by Appius Carrentus in 1624 overthrow the protestant regime kickedoff a series of mass executions and large scale religious reforms in the Carrentian Massacres, which decimated Protestant population and power. The protestant community mostly died out by the end of the Montcrabin colonization of Illyricum in the late 1700s, but a small group of Protestant separatists escaped the persecution of the government and founded the Protestant Republic of The Eisley, which would form the basis for the last safe haven for Protestants and most modern Protestants live in Marinicum and in The Eisley SS.

Largest regions

The figures below are the 2022 census estimates for the twenty most populous cities.

Politics & Government

Main article: Politics of New Illyricum

Ernesto Luçeo, the Grand Marshall of the Union

New Illyricum is a one party parliamentary federal republic based on the Constitution of Illyricum, led by the Grand Marshall of the Union who acts as the head of state, and as the military supreme commander. The nation is run by the Vanguardist Party, a communist party which controls both the Congress of New Illyricum, the main governing bodies of New Illyricum.

The main governing bodies are the Congress, formed of 199 delegates. The Congress of New Illyricum is elected through proportional voting by state and each serve two year terms. The Congress legislates all national laws and approves all members of the New Illyrian National Military Council, the top military council which administrates the New Illyrian Armed Forces.

In order to end the Aberso–Illyrian War, New Illyricum signed the Pretoria Peace Accords which have now forced New Illyricum to pass a fifteenth amendment which now legalizes open expression of capitalist and anti-governmental opinions, something previously highly punishable. New Illyricum is also scheduled to have the 2024 New Illyrian congressional election and the 2024 New Illyrian marshall election completed by April of 2024, as per the Pretoria Peace Accords. These elections will be monitored by the New Illyrian Political Freedom Assurance Committee, which is comprised of delegates from Montesayette, Kivu, Tirol, Entropan, and Jackson all working together to assure the full political freedom of all voters in these elections.

Foreign relations

Main article: Foreign relations of New Illyricum

New Illyrian troops near Hafnir during the 34 Day's War

Due to New Illyricum's long standing communist regime and its recent denial of the Shaoyu Island genocide many nations do not hold political relations with the country, including Kivu, Monsilva, and Baltanla. However unlike its communist ally Zloveshchiy, New Illyricum has been a member of the Terraconserva Council of Nations since 1993 and it is a member of the Terraconserva Vanguard Union, a pro-environmental organization, and was a founding member of Communist International. Despite its major disenfranchisement by much of the world, New Illyricum has forged strong political bonds with several nations, including Zloveshciy, Montesayette, Tumland, and Terranihil, and formerly Morova and Ajakanistan.

New Illyricum has long instituted pro-active international policies geared towards strengthening, aiding, and defending other communist nations, a policy which began in the early 20th century with New Illyricum's aid to the Barobarī rebels in Rakhman. New Illyricum deployed their 10,000 strong Foreign Army to fight in the Rakhmani Civil War, which would last from 1917 to 1924 and result in a communist defeat. New Illyricum also aided communists in Fieri in the 1920s. In 1933 with the outbreak of the Creeperian Civil War, New Illyricum sent significant aid to the National Council, and in 1944 New Illyrian troops would be sent to aid in the effort, and would fight mostly in La'Libertad and La'Unión until their withdrawal in 1948. New Illyrian troops would later serve in Reykanes, Saratov, and Baltanla as well.

Administration

Main article: States of New Illyricum

New Illyricum is divided into twenty States, each further divided into a total of fifty-five departments. Each state is governed by a popularly elected Congress and a State Marshall which make decisions regarding state policy. By the consitution states are given relative autonomy, however due to state corruption in the 1980s and political turmoil in practice much of that autonomy is gone.

A map of the 20 states of New Illyricum

Military

Main article: New Illyrian Armed Forces

New Illyrian infantry during the Ferunian Separatist War

The New Illyrian Armed Forces (CNI) are divided into four major branches, the New Illyrian Navy (NNI), the New Illyrian Army (LNI), the New Illyrian Air Force (VNI), and the New Illyrian Special Forces (NCNI). The armed forces are run by the New Illyrian National Military Council, consisting of five elected Marshalls and chaired by Marshall of War Gnaeus Patius Maximus. New Illyricum currently supports 775,000 active troops and 1,750,000 reserve troops, placing it among the largest armed forces in Terraconserva. The nation also spends around 76.5 billion Denareos (42.25 billion QBC) on the military along with enforcing a mandatory two year conscription for all citizens which must be completed by the age of 28.

New Illyricum has a long history of being highly militarized and proactive in foreign countries and conflicts, mostly due to its longstanding conflicts with all of its neighbors. New Illyricum uses about 5% of its GDP on military spending and most of its equipment is produced nationally by several companies including Domus de Telis Nova Illyrica, Gaelici Vendoration de Mechanicalia, New Illyrian Navigandum Vendoration, Nova Illyrica Domus de Volatis, and TEVM. However internationally New Illyricum does have several military contracts including with Montesayette, Ajakanistan, and Zloveshchiy.

Geography

Main article: Geography of New Illyricum

New Illyricum is the twelfth largest nation in Ecros, spanning 1,660,308 km2 (641,049 mi2). While much of the country is flat, the Andaluzian Mountains run down from Terranihil into central New Illyricum, with the highest point being at Mount Titanus near Marino in Tuscinum SS standing at 5,103 meters (16,742 feet) tall. New Illyricum borders Terranihil to the north, Pavulturilor to the east, Tyrandor to the south, and the Andaluzian Sea to the west.

Mountains and rivers

Most of New Illyricum is dominated by great jungle rainforests, which stretch from the western coast well into central Illyricum, and there is only one major mountain range in New Illyricum, the Andaluzian Mountains. The Andaluzian Mountains stretch down from central Terranihil into New Illyricum through Tuscinum SS, Italia Occidentalis SS, Etruricum SS, Turisicum SS and reach their apex near Marino in Tuscinum SS. The mountains are relatively short compared to other Ecrosian ranges, and even at their peaks are still warm year round.

In western Illyricum, large rivers snake through the jungle including the Ferunalo River which is the largest in the nation, stretching from the Andaluzian Mountains in western Italia Occidentalis to Vesevio in Apollonia SS, over ____ k2 (_____ m2). Most rivers come down from lakes in the Andaluzian Mountains to the Andaluzian coast, flowing east to west.

Climate

Climate map of New Illyricum

New Illyricum spreads across five different climate zones, including tropical savannah (Aw), tropical monsoon (Am), cold subtropical highland (Cwc), hot semi-arid (BSh), and ice cap (EF) according to the Brauner Climate Classification. The region is warm year round, with the coldest temperature at the Porto Enateo Observatory being recorded at 281°K (7.85 °C, 46.13 °F) and the warmest at 315.5°K (42.35 °C, 108.23 °F) and an average temperature of about 290.5°K (17.35 °C, 63.23 °F).

The Andaluzian coast is a monsoon climate, with the Porto Enateo Observatory recording 78.5 inches (199.4 cm) of precipitation throughout the year, the most of any region in Ecros. The high precipitation rates on the western coast help fuel a large jungle with covers the Illyric Peninsula and the Apollonian coast, in some areas so dense that it is impossible to proceed through.

Fauna

A Stitchus, the national animal of Illyricum

New Illyricum is a heavily biodiverse nation, with most of the diversity coming from the Illyrian rainforest, where many animals, including New Illyricum's national animal the Stitchus, reside. New Illyricum leads Ecros in number of endemic species and through its historical pro-environmental laws preserves large stretches of untouched nature. Another marvel of New Illyricum is the extensive The Eisley Savannah in the The Eisley SS which contains the Andaluzian Lion, the Andaluzian Elephant, and the Illyric Cheetah.

In northern Illyricum the Terranihillian Camel is the most prominent animal, historically utilized by most nations in the area for transportation across the wide semi-arid region. Due to the low population density outside of Etruricum and Turis, in this region is where much of Illyricum's biodiversity takes root. There is also a small population of Caelean Lynx living across the mountains in Uralis SS, which is the only major animal found on the eastern side of the Andaluzian Mountains in New Illyricum.

In recent years due to New Illyricum's increasing population and the increased industrialization of the nation many acres of rainforest and savannah have been cleared to make way for arable land and factories to help fuel New Illyricum's economy. This change in policy has resulted in a marked decline in animal populations, especially in Zapolonia SS where significant portions of land have been cleared to make way for munitions factories.

See Also

• List of sovereign states
• Outline of New Illyricum