Elwynn

Elwynn
Motto:	"Elwynn Prevails"
Feudal Status:	Imperial State
Capital:	Eliria
Largest Cities:	Ardashirshahr, Anun, Caligae, Eliria, Fjǫrleifsbýur, Rǫvarsbýur
Local Leadership Title:	Prince
Local Government:	Republic
Current leader:	Liv Dravot
Local language:	Præta Sxiróþes Istvanistani Elw language
Local Religion:	Bovic Faith Holy Church of the Divine Icebear Treesian Unorthodoxy Zurvanism

The political map of Elwynn Proper as it was in the year 1640.

A political map of Elwynn Proper which was gifted to King Noah in the year 1644 by his noble cousin Her Imperial and Bovic Highness Gwyneth Angus-Moonoak of Waffel-Paine, Crown Duchess of the Marches and the Princely Isle.

Elwynn Proper after the partition of the Union by the victorious Imperial Republic in the year 1651.

Elwynn (Elw: Еӆуенууеқ, Elluenuueq [əɬuənuːəχ]), officialy the Elwynnese Republic (Elw: Еӆуенууех енуеқавеқ, Elluenuueh enueqaveq [əɬuənuːəh ənuəqaβəχ]) is an Imperial State of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, located on Benaciaand situated between the two arms of the River Elwynn before they merge at Shirekeep. The name Elwynn comes from a goddess with the same name who originally hailed from the Treesian pantheon. The Elwynnese Republic is noted for its violent and complex history, its significant minority populations, and for its long period of independence from direct Imperial control.

Geography

Elwynn has a diverse geography. The North of Elwynn is characterised by mires, thick forests and long mountain ranges. The Counties of Cimmeria and Cape Farewell are partly covered by permafrost. Great forests, such as Phoenix forest, gradually evolve into plains and fields when one travels to the South. The Capital city of Eliria, and surroundings, has a mild inland climate. In the South, steppes and plains dominate the landscape, with mountain ranges and even deserts occuring in Alalehzamn.

The most striking feature of Elwynn is the river of the same name, which provides both a natural resource of fresh water, as well as an opportunity for trade.

History

See also: Duchy of Elwynn

See also: History of Elwynn

See also: The Modern History of Elwynn

Government

Between 1562 and 1612, Elwynn was ruled as a oligarchic republic by an elected Prince. After the communist revolution the Senate, which had been the mainstay of the republican government, collapsed utterly and was swept away by the Ayreon-Kalirion Restoration, also known as the Nathanielian Restoration, after 1618 which introduced a new constitution with an absolutist form of monarchical government.

After the end of the Froyalan era, Elwynn reorganized itself as the Elwynnese Republic with a new constitution.

Demographics

Subdivision	Citizens	Denizens	Loyal Subjects	Community Servitors
Alalehzamin	482,247	40,111,222	0	0	40,593,469
Eliria	304,104	9,188,991	0	0	9,493,095
Iserdia	270,057	25,888,199	0	0	26,158,256
Utasia	189,155	18,991,001	0	0	19,180,156
Agnesia	182,712	18,513,458	0	0	18,696,170
Cape Farewell	105,808	9,846,340	0	0	9,952,148
Araxion	97,153	10,192,888	0	0	10,290,041
Automatica	83,290	8,199,991	0	0	8,283,281
Cimmeria with Illumination	76,863	9,877,991	0	0	9,954,854
Vattnaland	60,328	6,406,145	0	0	6,466,473
Raikoth	30,176	2,001,002	0	0	2,031,178
Total	1,881,893	159,217,228	0	0	161,099,121

Language

See Elw language for more details.

Elw is the language of the indigenous eponymous ethnic group that comprises the largest segment of the population. Owing to the significant ethno-cultural diversity of the immigrant and regional populations of Elwynn there are a great variety of other languages spoken within the Elwynnese Union, these include Babkhi and Kalasperin, Farewellish, and Wintergleamish as well as various Norse dialects.

The Common Tongue serves the necessary purpose of a lingua franca for government business, commerce and day to day living.

Culture

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Names of Elwynn

For more information on the names for Elwynn as given in the Elw language, see the article Elw titles.

Elwynn has acquired a variety of names over the course of its existence owing not only to the variety of peoples that call it home.:

• Alvýnalann;
• Flower of the North: The name Flower of the North alludes to both the White Orchid Goddess and to Elwynn's geographical location as nothernmost of Shireroth's original three duchies;
  
• Joijnie d'l'Elwyjn: This name means "Elwynnese Union" in old Amokolian;
• Lands of the Two Sacred Rivers: This name gives account to the River Elywnn, with its two branches that flow through Elwynn, the Blue Elwynn and the White Elwynn;
• Lirikoth: This name means Elwynn in Hyperborean;
• Northshire: The Duchy of Elwynn was intially known as the Duchy of Northshire, deriving its name from a fortified pale (area enclosed by a palisade) around Shirekeep, which is not to be confused with the village of the same name;

During the independence era, independent Elwynn was often called West Elwynn, and the Shirerithian Duchy of Elwynn was called East Elwynn. However, for political reasons, independentist Elwynn termed the East "Feudal Elwynn" and itself as Free Elwynn. East Elwynnese authorities called the West Lirikoth Moivaster ("Elwynn that has strayed") or simply "The Eliria Clique".