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Republic of Kyclonia
Deprak yo Kyclonia
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Flag_of_Kyclonia Coat of arms of Kyclonia
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: 
Ekre udach wellachtik qwahal oprash!
(English: "We the People shall unite!")
Anthem: 
"Wurte zistraove Kyclonia"
(English: "Our beloved Kyclonia")
Kyclonia (green)
CapitalSaint Caesar
Largest Domanitus
Official languages Kyclonian
Demonym Kyclonian
Government Unitary semi-presidential republic
 -  President Jahold Rikarchison
 -  Prime Minister Morghan Ignanko
Legislature Parliament
 -  Upper house Senate
 -  Lower house House of Representatives
Formation
 -  Roman annexation c. 45 
 -  Unification of Kyclonia July 917 
 -  Republic proclaimed 19 May 1977 
 -  Constitution adopted 9 December 1977 
Population
 -  2022 estimate 1,514,450 
Currency Kyclonian retwak (KYR)
Drives on the Left

Kyclonia, officially the Republic of Kyclonia (Kyclonian: Deprak yo Kyclonia) is a Nordic island nation located in the North Sea. It shares maritime borders with England and Cornwall to the west, and Nordica to the east. Kyclonia's capital is Saint Caesar, while the largest city and main industrial heart of the country is Domanitus.

Native people have been living in modern-day Kyclonia for thousands of years - originally, the modern day island didn't exist but was part of Doggerland, a large land that stretched from the British isles to Scandinavia, but after a tsunami occurred, the modern island was formed. Hundreds of years later, in 45 AD, the island was invaded and placed under control of the Roman Empire and remained so until the island Kyclonia finally gained independence in the 5th century with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. Kyclonia would remain divided among the tribes until 917, when after the Kyclonian Wars, Jahold I unified the entire island under the House of Erichat.

Over the next few centuries, the Kingdom of Kyclonia would become a major power in Europe in the 19th century - after the Congress of Vienna in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, its position in European politics began to get stronger. In 1848, a revolution resulted in the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, although it initially proved to be ineffective since the Parliament was merely a puppet of the monarch. After an economic crisis in the 1950s and '60s, the people had enough, and overthrew the monarchy in 1977. They then established the current republic with a new constitution that is still used to this day.

Kyclonia is a semi-presidential democracy, with a president and prime minister as the leaders of the country and a total of 321 seats in the House of Representatives. It is a unitary state, with four provinces and one autonomous region. Kyclonia maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens. It has the world's sixteenth-highest per capita income and ranks very highly in quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, economic competitiveness, income equality, gender equality, prosperity and human development. Kyclonia joined the European Union on 1 January 2016, but has rejected WETO membership. It is also a member of the United Nations, the Nordic Council and other organisations.

Etymology[]

Kyclonian Goddess

A sculpture of Kyclonia, located in the Saint Caesar's Museum

The name "Kyclonia" is taken from one of the goddesses of the island, also called Kyclonia who, according to legend and churches, protected the small island from a large-scale tsunami thousands of years ago and secretly removed the Western Roman Empire away from the island towards the end of the 5th century.

The island was named in 479 AD by prophet Ewat Uggedert, who in his writings wrote 'our Beloved Goddess Kyclonia has helped us a great deal all these thousands of years, so we as Her Children should do something to do her a great deal of honour and respect.' The name started being used all over the island, and eventually was used as the name for the unified kingdom in 917.

History[]

Prehistory and pre-Roman history[]

According to biologists and historians, the first people had been living in the area of Kyclonia for thousands of years. It is not exactly sure how the modern island came to be, but it is mostly accepted that around 1000 BC, there was a tsunami from Scandinavia that destroyed a lot of area around the hill, eventually creating the island. Many tribes rose up on the new island, the most well known being the Kozaekchs, which held many costal ports and was the most "civilised" civilisation on the island prior to the arrival of the Romans.

Roman occupation period[]

Main Article: Roman invasion of Kyclonia, Roman Kyclonia

Building of Saint Caesar, 49

Saint Caesar's Palace in its final stages, 49 AD


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Dark Ages and wars of unification[]

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Middle Ages[]

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Early modern era[]

In the early 17th century, Kyclonia started coming out of its isolationist policy, starting to get more involved in European politics. T.B.A.

Postwar 20th century[]

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21st century[]

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Geography[]

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Government and politics[]

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Economy[]

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Demographics[]

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Culture[]

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