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{{Infobox country|demonym=Lydoneian|GDP_PPP=$20,525,000 {{increase}}|conventional_long_name=Republic of Lydoneia|motto=Semper Anticus, Lydoneia!|national_anthem=placeholder|capital=Haven|official_languages=Lydoneian, Naeturic|government_type=Republic|population_estimate=~50|GDP_PPP_per_capita=$56,180 {{increase}}|image_map=Lydoneiaworldwidemap1.png|map_caption=Lydoneia consists of areas highlighted in yellow|image_flag=Lydoneiaflagtrident.jpg|native_name=Républıyet Lydonéia (Lydoneian)|leader_title1=Prime Minister|leader_name1=[[Aurelius]]|religion=[[Havenian Pantheon]]|ethnic_groups=74% Lydoneian, 10% Icesteelan, 6% Arcadian & Kogongi, 2% Caelestian, 8% Other|established_event1=Crab declares himself Emperor|established_date1=July 13th, 2021|established_event2=Interim Government|established_date2=July 15th-July 23rd, 2021|legislature=National Assembly (HOR)|largest_city=[[Haven]]|established_event3=Declaration of Republic|established_date3=July 24th, 2021}}'''The Republic of Lydoneia''' (Lydoneian: [Ly-done-e-ia]) '''or''' (Natively: [Rae-pub-luhyet Ly-done-e-ia]), is a republic nestled in the Southeast of [[Koganon]], and is a free republic led by a ruling democracy, where the leader is elected and leads until he is removed by the house or steps down. The capital is the domain of [[Haven]].

Lydoneia was originally an avoided area, as the wall of tundra surrounding the taiga was deemed impossible to cross. Eventually, at an unknown date, however, historical record shows that a group of people now called "Pre Lydoneians" eventually ventured in by sea from [[Lothridge]]. On this voyage, the Caelistis[[Rynnth#Caelestis Isles|Caelestis Isles]] were also discovered, however no one settled on any of the islands due to the extreme cold. A generation after this discovery, however, the Pre-Lydoneians became a completely separate people from the [[Ashina|Ashinians]] before them, and the area which is in the modern day town of Fort Roberts was forgotten. Some time later, a man by the name of Hat_Crab refounded Fort Roberts and built up the area as the new capital of his nation, [[The Southern Union|The Southern Union.]]

The nation of Lydoneia was founded as [[the Southern Union]] by the before said Hat_Crab with the capital being Fort Roberts as a monarchal society with Hat Crab being the emperor of the country. Development was slow but steady and the southeast of Kogonon[[Koganon]] was eventually fully under his control. The young nation faced it's first big obstacle when it found itself bordering IcesteelIceSteel territory. IcesteelIceSteel was not happy about the newer claims on the northern rivers, and with the integration of new towns such as [[Haven]] and [[Iskandar]].

The nation, after the annexation of [[Hanau]] (modern day [[Haven's Keep|Havens Keep]]) and [[Haven]] saw the nations population explode from ~8 players to ~25 players. On top of that, the 2nd Icesteel Empire collapsed, fully legitimizing Lydoneia's claims on Iskandar and southern Icesteel. However, while all this was happening, Crab's capital of Fort Roberts didn't grow and instead became dwarfed by the towns of [[Haven]] and [[Hanau]].

Although the capital of [[The Southern Union]] was Fort Roberts, it seemed as though the running of the nation was done from Hanau. Emperor Hat Crab also revoked voting rights in the national assembly from Kithe and [[Iskandar]], leaving not only the people upset with Crab, but also the bureaucrats angry with him as well. Then, on July 18th, 2021, the leaders of Hanau (Aethelmod) and [[Haven]] ([[Aurelius of Haven]]) threw a coup to overthrow Emperor Crab. The coup was peaceful and successful and some new changes were made.

After Aethelmod took charge of the country, he changed prime minister to make it a symbolic position like a figurehead, and handed all decisions over to the national assembly. The Caelistis[[Rynnth|Caelestis Isles]], a city formed by [[Rynnth of Caelestis Isles|Rynnth]] joined the nation shortly after, quickly becoming a very wealthy trade city with tons of Goldraw and Ironresources. The brand new Republic also quickly began to establish good relations with [[Kogongu]] and the [[Arcadian Altanate]], eventually coming to an alliance. Finally a flag was designed and chosen for the new country, but it looked like shit and nobody used it, so the design above is as of currently an unofficial redesign. A motto was also chosen, being "Semper Anticus, Lydoneia!" meaning "Always forward, Lydoneia!"

The new republic seemed to be going through a breeze, with population and economy steadily increasing, however, the prime minister, Aethelmod went missing and was inactive from the server for weeks. Aurelius took de-facto charge of the nation, which seemed to be on the path to war with the [[Elyria|Elyrians]]. Aethelmod eventually did return, not in server, but discord, and was critical of [[Aurelius]] new foreign policy, going from a neutral nation to aligning itself with the newly formed Entente. The two leaders bickered and both had their reasons for either joining the upcoming war, or staying out of it. However the decision was eventually made to formally join the Entente on August 18th along with the [[Arcadian Altanate]], which severely damaged relations between [[Aurelius]] and Aethelmod. Soon after, Aethelmod would exit the nation to form his own town, Albia. Aethelmod and [[Aurelius]] eventually improved relations soon after.

The Republic joined the Alathran Entente, an alliance against [[Elyria]], on August 18th after a meeting with [[Arcadian Altanate|Arcadian]] officials, who would join the alliance the next day. Lydoneian troops would mostly serve at the [[Peachfield|Siege of Peachfield]] where they and other coalition troops were defeated mostly due to the irregularity of the Coalition high command. The coalition troops seemed to never be able to attack with more than 50% strength and for most of the war, coalition troops were defending areas not under attack, or just hanging out in petersburgPetersburg due to not having recievedreceived any instructions on what to do.. After a ring of battles lost in the initial stages of the great war, and with a lot of equipment lost, Lydoneia was given the option by Elyria to withdraw from the war with no punishment except having to swear fealty to them. Although the war was technically a stalemate, with Elyria being unable to land a decisive blow to the remaining Federation of Arith, the war ended with the Federation accepting many of [[Elyria|Elyrias]] demands.

Lydoneia is a big exporter of spruce wood, wool, concrete, wine, and miscellaneous crops such as berries, potatoes, pumpkins, and wheat. Lydoneia also has gotten a surplus of stone due to the construction of the [[Wesdurn-Kazem]] and has been exporting it. Fish is also a big export, however as of January fishing has become less and less common throughout Lydoneia as the large farm in Haven Vinum was constructed, giving Lydoneians a surplus of Bread, carrots, and potatoes. Lydoneia has also recently been exporting tons of netherite, the strongest material in [[Alathra]] in the form of tools, armor, and weapons.

The biggest import in Lydoneian as of January 2022 is labour, as the construction of the previously mentioned [[Wesdurn-Kazem]] was in need of digging chunks and chunks of stones. The large scale expansion of [[Haven]] also required quartz, which was imported on mass in late 2021. As of recently, while quartz is still imported, it is at a much smaller scale as the [[Haven]] expansion is mostly complete.

*[[Rynnth|Caelestis Isles]]