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{{Infobox country

{{Archive|status=done|nation}}{{Infobox country

|conventional_long_name = Archduchy of Nixium

|native_name = Ärkehärtigdömet Nixium (Isviking)

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|image_map = nixiumfantasymap.jpg

|map_caption = Territory of the Archduchy of Nixium

|capital = [[Port-au-Nixe]]

|capital = [[Archive:Port-au-Nixe|Port-au-Nixe]]

|largest_city = [[Isvik]]

|largest_city = [[Archive:Isvik|Isvik]]

|demonym = Nixian

|government_type = Feudal Monarchy

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|common_languages = Isviking, Common, Bastardo}}

Nixium, officially the Archduchy of Nixium, is a nation located on the [[Olarian Peninsula]], on the north-western portion of the continent of [[Prospit]].

Nixium, officially the Archduchy of Nixium, is a nation located on the [[Archive:Olarian Peninsula|Olarian Peninsula]], on the north-western portion of the continent of [[Archive:Prospit|Prospit]].

==Etymology==

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[[File:NixiumOath.jpg|left|thumb|An artistic rendering of local lords agreeing on the Nixium Oath, ca October 2021 |290x290px]]

After [[Prospitian Revolution]] where Isvik and Archivia covertly sided with the rebellion against Acquendavia, the two neighbouring settlements formed The Nixium Oath together by enshrining egalitarian principles and rights between member-towns in a Charter and formalising an Oath to which they abided for many winters. The core sentiment of the Oath was “all for one and one for all”. This took place in a solemn meeting in the dark forests between Archivia and Isvik, where the Oath was discussed for days before finally agreed upon and written down by the scholars of Archivia. Those present also agreed on the colours of the national banner which incorporated black, white, dark green and a tree to allude to the dark landscape.

After [[Archive:Prospitian Revolution|Prospitian Revolution]] where Isvik and Archivia covertly sided with the rebellion against Acquendavia, the two neighbouring settlements formed The Nixium Oath together by enshrining egalitarian principles and rights between member-towns in a Charter and formalising an Oath to which they abided for many winters. The core sentiment of the Oath was “all for one and one for all”. This took place in a solemn meeting in the dark forests between Archivia and Isvik, where the Oath was discussed for days before finally agreed upon and written down by the scholars of Archivia. Those present also agreed on the colours of the national banner which incorporated black, white, dark green and a tree to allude to the dark landscape.

Although the nation was formally egalitarian and rejected the notion of a chain of command with a leader at the top, instrumental to the creation of the Old Nixium Oath was the demonic Arch Archivist of Archivia, Zaktos - who became the de-facto leader and informal figurehead of the nation.

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=== Monarchy ===

[[File:Pzych Coronation.png|thumb|306x306px|The Coronation of Jarl Pzychosocial to Archduke, Colorised. |left]]

As the realm fell into disrepair and under management, the Jarl of Isvik [[Pzychosocial]] rose to prominence as the de-facto caretaker of the realm. Worried by the state of affairs and seeing how the Oath democracy slowed the decision-making effectiveness of the state, Pzychosocial sought support for running the entire nation as a monarch and was eventually crowned Archduke in the stave church of Isvik on the twentieth of January 2022.

As the realm fell into disrepair and under management, the Jarl of Isvik [[Archive:Pzychosocial|Pzychosocial]] rose to prominence as the de-facto caretaker of the realm. Worried by the state of affairs and seeing how the Oath democracy slowed the decision-making effectiveness of the state, Pzychosocial sought support for running the entire nation as a monarch and was eventually crowned Archduke in the stave church of Isvik on the twentieth of January 2022.

== Politics ==

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Nixium is divided into many different levels of lands held in fief by vassals to their respective overlords. These are classified into hierarchical levels: 1, 2, and 3 (where 1 is highest) and three categories or lines: A, B, and C.

C is the clergo-academical line of Archivia while A and B are both noble lines with the only distinction that A is exclusive to Isvik and B is generic for other noble houses and their fiefdoms. For this reason sometimes category A is known as the ''Jarl's Line'' because it theoretically grants faster succession rights to the crown. This arrangement came about since the [[Clan of Isvik]] was the first (and for a long time, only) noble house present in Nixium or on the Olarian peninsula as a whole and as one can only be knighted by another knight, it was only by the right of the blue blood of the Isviking nobility that they could create another noble title system parallel but separate to their own.

C is the clergo-academical line of Archivia while A and B are both noble lines with the only distinction that A is exclusive to Isvik and B is generic for other noble houses and their fiefdoms. For this reason sometimes category A is known as the ''Jarl's Line'' because it theoretically grants faster succession rights to the crown. This arrangement came about since the [[Archive:Clan of Isvik|Clan of Isvik]] was the first (and for a long time, only) noble house present in Nixium or on the Olarian peninsula as a whole and as one can only be knighted by another knight, it was only by the right of the blue blood of the Isviking nobility that they could create another noble title system parallel but separate to their own.

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|+Fief Structure and Fiefdoms

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There is no official language in Nixium due to the mix of cultures and for historical reasons as it has not been a centralized state for long. The main spoken language and de facto Lingua Franca is the Common Tongue (English), but Isviking (Swedish) is also widely spoken. The Common Tongue was mainly spoken by the archivists of Archivia, traveling traders and local Olarian villagers. When the Vikings settled however and founded Isvik, they brought with them both their daily language and elder language used for poetic or ceremonial purposes.

The scholars of Archivia also knew many languages that were taught to the vikings of [[Isvik]] and local Olarian villagers as well.

The scholars of Archivia also knew many languages that were taught to the vikings of [[Archive:Isvik|Isvik]] and local Olarian villagers as well.

The founders of Zusammenflossberg spoke a language that related to both the common tongue and isviking, but was generally not mutually intelligible without effort (German).

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==Gallery ==

==Towns==

*[[Archivia]]

*[[Archive:Archivia|Archivia]]

*[[Isvik]]

*[[Archive:Isvik|Isvik]]

*[[Port-au-Nixe]]

*[[Archive:Port-au-Nixe|Port-au-Nixe]]

*[[Zussammenflussberg (ZFB)|Zussammenflussberg]]

*[[Archive:Zussammenflussberg (ZFB)|Zussammenflussberg]]

*Araaqsal

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