Tybalteva

 Tybalteva , officially the Tybaltevan Republic (Tybaltevan:  Tyubalteavàento Repùbliki ), is a federal crowned republic of over 8.86 million people, and its territory - located in the Northern hemisphere - covers 243,610 square kilometers (94,058 sq mi). The majority of the population speaks Tybaltevan - the country's official language - as their native language. From one state to another, other languages are commonly spoken and considered semi-official at schools (English, French and Korean mainly).

Today, Tybalteva is a representative democracy consisting of five federal states. The capital and largest city, with a population exceeding 1.8 million inhabitants, is Gatineau, located in the French-speaking state of the country.

Tybalteva has developed a high standard of living in the 1960s by specializing in high technology, permaculture, metallurgy and waste recycling. Due to its strategic and attractive port towns, the country is internationally known for exporting rosewood, diamonds, salt and oil. Tybalteva has joined the United Coastal Nations in 1987 and signed the Venèse Agreement in 1994 to foster political stability in the region and establish long-term economical relationships with neighbouring countries.

The country gained the hosting rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics that took place from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Joekeong, state of Tàesegù, and the 2015 World Championships in Athletics held  from 22 to 30 August 2015 in Gatineau, state of Archeviers. In 2018, Tybalteva co-hosted the FIFA World Cup together with Solentoya and Tanoiro.

Etymology
According to several historical records, the name Tybalteva might come from the names of two heroes of legend: Tybalt Aedan The Brave, young heir of the region of Stonia who initiated the Exalted March in 1781 and fought against barbarians of the region to unite the dislocated territories under his banner, and Eva Swedan The Ruthless, his maid who took up arms and helped him to win the Great Battle of Vladopetrov, which ended by the surrender of the opposing forces. Their names might have been put together and chosen as a country name by the Royal Council of 1795 for people to remember who brought peace and freedom in a once very troubled place.

However, that explanation has been disputed in recent years by several historians who claimed Tybalteva was the result of successive misspellings of Tiaebaelta, an ancient city built on Chimera Island that was allegedly wiped out by an earthquake centuries ago.

Flag
The country's flag was created during the Second Congress Of People's Representatives held six months after the Second Unification process initiated in 1782. According to writings of Jeveto The Poet, the King Tybalt Aedan The Brave himself wanted to make sure his subjects would approve of the flag that was supposed to reflect "unity in diversity". Regarding the colours, yellow refers to "the sunny sky all men share, regardless of their origins", white represents four important values to mankind "faith, happiness, peace, freedom", and dark blue embodies the nourishing sea that gave the country its wealth. The black colour has been the subject of various interpretations over the centuries, many experts suggesting it symbolically referred to the dark ages of the region and the blood spilled to bring them to an end.

The heraldry in the white triangle on the left represents two keys, one for each of the heroes who brought peace with the pointy end of their swords: Tybalt Aedan The Brave and Eva Swedan The Ruthless.

History
In ancient times preceding the Middle Ages, the territory that is now Tybalteva was a very dense and large forest which was home to several Karmelitic tribes originally from the Eastern part of the continent. To date, the way of life of those primitive peoples is not well documented due to a lack of archeological discoveries and records from following centuries. Besides, the cause of their disappearance remains unknown.

In the 14th century, the exponential growth of trade by sea led thousands of merchants from the four corners of the continent to take the sea lane known as "route of Caperini" to connect all the provinces. Some merchants used to stop on the adjacent banks to mark a pause in their journeys, but as the maritime traffic increased, traders began to settle on the coast for the sole purpose of resupplying ships. From there, several port towns appeared and gained ground over the forest, each community managing a part of land and regarding it as their own property.

In 1652, Arthur Aedan of Tridenter, son of the King François IV of Tridenter - kingdom formerly located on an remote island in northern Galea - decided to both expand his influence overseas and establish his own domain in a less inhospitable place. As no authority had officially claimed property rights over the banks of Caperini, his army and he invaded the region, leading to the War Of The Two Hundred Days. Arthur proclaimed himself king of that newly conquered land called New Tridenter (Tybaltevan:  Neoà Triedeènterinerter ) after his father's kingdom. However, that sudden royal authority proved to be very unpopular despite Arthur' s attempts to subject the population to vassalage.

Several violent internal conflicts between communities erupted the following years and, as a devout man, Arthur started a Holy March in 1667 alongside the Catholic Church to convert nonbelievers and worshippers of wrong religions, which were allegedly the main impediments to the land stability. Therefore, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to embrace Christanity, while others were either chased or executed.

In 1709, Roman Aedan Of New Tridenter - Arthur's son - gave up on his father's wish to rule the land and focused on his servile French-speaking territory which he renamed Stonia. During his reign, he avoided confrontation with other communities that gradually grew stronger and demanded that the sovereignty of their own territories be recognized. New Tridenter officially broke up in 1755 when barbarians coming from Highwind by sea jeopardised the Crown's legitimacy by attacking several royal outposts. In 1756, at the age of 73, Roman sent his army to desperately unite the land at the request of the Stonian nobility. The royal army's progression led to the Great War in 1758, it was eventually defeated two years later by a coalition of local chiefs of communities. After Roman's death in 1770, Tybalt Aedan of Stonia, his youngest son, inherited a minor domain near the seashore in the northern part of Stonia while Tehnbard Aedan of Stonia, Tybalt's eldest brother, inherited the throne. Threatened again by opposing chiefs of Carpemtelonic and Destoric communities, the castle of Stonia was attacked and burned down in 1780. Tehnbard was caught and lapidated by the Carpemtelonic army that planned to annex Stonia. To save the kingdom, Tybalt decided to raise an army together with Eva Swedan, her young maid - and former disciple of the Order of Purple Knights - who helped him to leave his domain unnoticed during the offensive. The royal army finally succeeded in repulsing the assailants out of Stonia towards the end of 1780.

After that military success, Tybalt and Eva initiated an Exalted March in 1781 to pacify the region. Tybalt fought in the South to rally support from the most powerful opposing representatives of communities while Eva won decisive battles against barbarians in the Northeastern mountain range of the region. Victorious and genuinely ready to discuss with the other communities, Tybalt demanded a Second Unification in 1782 for the greater good. Every community was given an official status with equal powers and a state named after gods of ancient Tridenterian mythology: Sunaflowerù (God of Hope), Tàesegù (God of Prosperity), Asciùdaz (Goddess of Clear-sightedness), Petrà (Goddess of Harvests) and Archeviers (God of Might), formerly known as Stonia. The country was then named Tridenter, in rememberance of the long line of Aedan kings.

In 1795, Tybalt and Eva were poisoned by a spy of the Carpemtelonic army during a public banquet held in Gatineau to celebrate spring. The man responsible for their death was executed and Hadrian Aedan - Tybalt's cousin - alledgedly decided to change the country's name as soon as he became king, in tribute to those two valorous warriors. As a result, the name Tybalteva officially started to appear in business contracts and other legal documents.

Since then, the country ceased to be the theatre of major conflicts. In the 19th century, the population became aware of the benefits of cooperation and inter-state commercial partnerships soared. Institutions favoured legals ways of sorting out disagreements, which reinforced the stability of the system implemented during Tybalt's reign. In 1960, each state began to focus on its own natural resources and savoir-faire to make Tybalteva a commercial powerhouse at international level. Between 1965 and 1975, the country saw a twenty-fold increase in exportations of rosewood, sea salt, oil and processed metals, which has significantly improved people's general standard of living. In 1987, the King Anthelme Aedan of Tybalteva has publicly expressed its will to make the country a peace ambassador in the world and hailed the entry of Tybalteva in the United Coastal Nations.

In 1994, Prime Minister Ekko Mitulainen revealed the creation of the Venèse Agreement, which went even further in the areas of peace promotion and economical development at regional level. Since 2000, several neighbouring countries have resorted to Tybalteva's expertise in waste recycling, high technology and permaculture, which have become increasingly important and dynamic areas of research.

Federal States
Tybalteva has five federal states whose cultural, economical and political approaches differ greatly from each other. Due to its multiethnic nature and war-ridden past, the government established after the Second Unification in 1782 progressively opted for the constitution of a republic granting equal powers to each federal state, under the supervision of a neutral policy-making entity whose objective would be the greater good of the whole nation.

That superior entity is located in Gatineau, capital city of the country and main city of Archeviers state.