Teratonia

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Nation Teratonia
Planet Earth
Government Representative Democracy (Direct Democracy in small communities)
Motto "To return all grace to the land."
National color(s) Red and Gray
Population Approx. 1,200,000
Demographics 85% Teraton, 8% Demon, 2% Human, 2% Dwarves, 3% Other
Location Eastern coast of Tellus Nova
Primary Languages Teraton, Universal, Demonic
Founded 1266 AE
Capital Moah Rienna
Owner Seth (With updates by Tyler)


Overview

Teratonia is a land renowned for its placid and tranquil setting of high red rock mountains and spruce forests. The southeastern end of the country, however, is rife with volcanic activity, which is speculated to be an unnatural result of either the events of The Great Cataclysm or the activities of the mages who created the Teratons whom inhabit the land. An obsidian bridge connects this area to Halenforth. The nation's western border with Jostingaard is mostly made up of an extensive mountain range known as the Eastcrags, with another branch taking up most of its northern border with Druzhiyova.

Teratonian cities have the same basic layout and design as those of humans or similiar races, but they have very few buildings. Most of their spaces are merely sectioned off by low stone walls, with nearly every dwelling being essentially outdoors, almost as if every building had everything more than four feet off the ground cut off of it.


Government

On a local level, most Teratonian communities are small enough to be run by direct democracy, while larger areas tend to form representative councils to deal with the community's issues.

On a national level, each region of Teratonia has an elected representative which sits on a national council in Teratonia's capital and largest city, Moah Rienna. Elections are held once per Earth year (Approximately 22 Disparatus months), during which election workers are sent to each region to take votes for either keeping the current representative or replacing them. If the latter is selected or the current representative has died prior to election time, a full regional election is held to select a replacement. There are no term limits on Teratonian national representatives.


History

At the time of The Great Exodus, Teratonia was part of Earth's single continent of Eurus, and instead bordered present day Ellenikos and Halenforth in place of its eastern coast. There were a sizable number of humans residing in the shared area, and when the landmass split in the Great Cataclysm, they were left cut off from the majority of humans on the new Banivian continent.

With the exception of Halenforth, Teratonia was hit hardest by the Titan which caused the Cataclysm. It was at this time that the mages of Halenforth sent the Teratons to fight the Titan. (Historical records are in dispute as to whether the Teratons were created for a war prior to the Cataclysm, or purely to fight the Titan itself.) A number of Teratons were wiped out, and the Titan went south to Halenforth and annihilated the mages before finally being defeated by The Eight Legends.

In the wake of it all, the land that would become Teratonia was left ruined, although not quite nearly as badly as Halenforth. However, it was still unsuitable for any large scale human habitation, and the remaining human survivors either sailed eastward to Banivia or migrated to the other unoccupied lands of the continent, the present day Druzhiyova and Eisenstaat.

The Teratons, left without a home or a purpose, began to inhabit the land, where they slowly rebuilt and replanted over the following centuries, until it finally returned to its former beauty. After a few centuries, the small communities of the land had completed enough of their work to focus on matters of a larger scale, forming the beginnings of the Teratonian government in 1266 AE, which has remained in place in its simple, yet stable, form ever since.