Laetrinia

The Almighty Laetrinian Host or simply Laetrinia, Letrumè IPA:/wɛ.tʁœ̃m.ɛ/ in the Laetrinian language, is a semi-autonomous region within the Third Dominion of Ashura, which is part of the Confederation of Nandór Lukkawa. It is located in the south of Syltör, part of the harsh Ashuran desert, which makes it very unpopulated, with mainly Elven tribes like the Ormo, Tandra and Vridians living there, only a few settlements are inhabited by the Laetrinians. Although the island south of the mainland, known as Greenhaven with its lush forests and settlements who are part of the local nature, is very densely populated, mainly inhabited by Neo-Viridians and Laetrinians.

Early Stages
Laetrinia was part of the Kingdom of Alda, which slowly started to fall apart. It is on the 11th of October 2022 that after the collapse of Alda, three states emerged out of it; the Aldan Kingdom of Westmarch, the Lukkawa-Kharakesestan Union and Laetrinia, at the time known as the Serenissima of Laetrinia. The leader of Laetrinia would be the Laetrinian Baroness Seo-Yeon Yoon Hirschweise, later crowned as the Sirena Alta of Laetrinia. Although Alda fell, Laetrinia would still be part of the Imperial Federation of Uldarash, not long after though it had also fallen apart. Laetrinia would become very inactive, and as a result it decided to join the Nandór Confederation on the 19th December 2022.

Loss of Sovereignty
Laetrinia was at the time the youngest nation on Rathnir, but as soon as it became independent, it would slowly crumble, indirectly forced to become a part of the Nandór Confederation. This slow fall of Laetrinia would become more evident when the Sirena Alta of Laetrinia had decided to travel throughout Rathnir and Eldham to forge international relations with other nations. After the Sirena Alta's return on the 6th of February 2023, the government was rebuilt from the ground up, because of rampant corruption, which had plagued the daily lives of every Laetrinians. Although Laetrinia's government was rebuilt, it was still the same people who were in position of power. The only difference being that Laetrinia had decided to focus on creating a more eco-friendly nation, who had suffered from corruption. Furthermore, it had changed its name from Serenissima of Laetrinia to the Laetrinian Green State, and a few days later it changed its named again to the Almighty Laetrinian Host. Laetrinia remained a monarchy under the rule of Seo-Yeon Yoon Hirschweise. Laetrinia would later invest in the agricultural sector, for it struggled to invest in any other sectors, mostly due to the lack of funds and of space to build anything new. On the 1st of March 2023, Laetrinia created the Cossack Volunteer Unit so to support the war efforts of Soolia. This meant that Seo-Yeon also became the Cossack Queen of Laetrinia. Laetrinia's economy would slowly be collapsing once again and would be incorporated as an autonomous region of Ashura on the 1st of April 2023. Many Cossack Laetrinians afterwards came back from Soolia to Laetrinia, or went to Kiesaria to support local separatist groups. Laetrinia has thus become dependent on Ashuran economic aid, and slwoly Laetrinia was more and more incorporated to core Ashura.

Etymology
The origins of the name Laetrinia are quite obscure. What is known is that the root word of Laetrinia comes from the Laetrinian word "letru" /wɛ.tʁy/, which means "happy". Laetrinia thus means "Land of Happiness". Nobody knows why this came to be the name of the country. Additionally, the appearance of the language or of the people, known as "Laetrinian" was unheard of, until the fall of Alda. Very few maps show any presence of an ethnicity known as the Laetrinians. Another very odd detail is how the Laetrinians do not resemble to the other ethnic groups near them in any way or form. The Laetrinian culture resembles more of the Auroran culture found in Haven, same for its language. Many suggest that these people were Auroran or Fornoisan settlers, while others claim that these are the "ancestors" of the Aurorans.