Valreach

"The Nation of Valreach, reunited once again under a new order, shall prosper and achieve greatness through its people and its leaders. Hail the Unified Kingdoms! Hail Valreach!"

- - Vix Moreau Aulian, King of Valreach The Imperial Realm of Valreach is a nation located in the region of the Drakaesland, in Eldham. It was founded on the 25th of October of 2021 by Vix Aulian and Vin Helianthus, first Diarchy of Valreach. Since then, the nation has grown becoming the biggest in number of citizens and settlements in the Drakaen region. Valreach became a a cultural beacon for new citizens and nobles.

Description
The Imperial Realm of Valreach, previously known as the High Kingdom of Valreach, Kingdoms of Valreach, Nujh, Nidaros or Neo Drakaes, is a nation situated in the southern bit of the region of Drakaesland in Eldham. Valreach since it's founding was organized in a constitutional diarchy, two Diarchal Kings forming the Head of State, a Government with a Prime Minister chosen by the parliament, but after a constitutional reform and declaration of the High Kingdom of Valreach, it became a Constitutional Monarchy, meaning the same system but with a sole monarch with more constitutional power. After the victory in the Valreach Civil War, King Vix declared the Imperial Realm of Valreach, "a stronger state" organized as a Autocratic Monarchy after the fall of the old system. Valreach is a Unitary state and is sliced into separate administrative provinces with their own regional and local governments and administrations, with their governor taking the noble title of Archon, these provinces are sometimes refered to Archonates.

The nation was established after a unification between two previous nations, The Isle of Nujh and The Kingdom of Nidaros, that after a long time separated, they finally reunited into The Kingdoms of Valreach, and short time after the unification, the nearby nation of Neo Drakaes became Zie Drakaen Regnum and joined Valreach becoming the 3rd Kingdom.

More than two months after the reunification and after the dissolution of The League of Vircon, Valreach joined with Catania to form the Valrean-Catanian Commonwealth or the V.C.C in the eastern territories of the Drakeslands, bringing Valreach closer to our Catanian brothers and establishing unity in the Drakesland.

Separate Kingdom
After the fall of the mighty Regnum Drakaes, and the Concordat that came after it, a bunch of independent states arose from the Fallen Dragon. The following nations were founded: The Republic of Amarillo, the Kingdom of Nidaros, Mugen, Saror (New) Haven, fully independent nations; Smegslands, Koinsburg and The Old Guard, vassalised by Barbossa, that also took some lands; and finally, Andliria, that came back to claim their imperial lands.

Some of those states claimed being the Successor State of the Regnum and the War of Drakaen Succession started the day after the fall. The war ended in Victory after for Mugen in The Battle of Jorvick. The Kingdom of Nidaros that stayed neutral during the war, made some deals with New Haven, taking some lands from them before the collapse, and Mugen, exchanging some land to better cohasionate the territory. With that last land exchange, the territory of Nidaros remained untouched for some time.

Since the foundation of The Kingdom of Nidaros, The King Vin Helianthus ruled as monarch with Roland Sien as his hand and, eventually, after his death, his daugher Delta Sien. Their main focus were the stability of their territory and nearby countries. Including the cooperation with the allied countries of the Coalition and then The League of Vircon. Their principal threat was to the south, with the expansion of the city of Jorvick to their borders. That conflict led to a de facto alliance with Mugen and a rise of tensions with Jorvick. The Kingdom of Nidaros also hosted the Nido Games, becoming the biggest event ever hosted in the Drakeslands.

Northwich was formally a town of the Kingdom of Nidaros, but after disagreements and conflict with the King of Nidaros, Vix Aulian felt it was necessary for the survival of his city to declare Northwich's full independence from Nidaros on the 8th of August, and after this, Vix became a monarch and started the Aulian House with his reign, one of the most biggest houses in Drakaes,

After the creation of Northwich, Vix instantly joined the League of the Bay of Peace and after that, Northwich became a founding member of The League of Vircon. In the first years of existence, Northwich changed it's name in two occasions, starting with The Northwich Dynasty, and then renamed to just Northwich, but after discovering past mythology's and history behind the island Vix ruled, he finally changed its name to Nujh or The Isle of Nujh, the cultural name of the Ashen people who lived here. Some time after the last rename it joined Uraka as a vassal state after Imperator Neo Aurelian came fourth to offer protection and prosperity. Nujh became an Autocratic Parliamentarian Monarchy with a newly approved Constitution. And Vix ruled Northwich until the reunification with the approval and supervision of the Assembly, continuing his reign within Valreach.

Background
The idea of a reunification began developing almost two months after Nujh's independence from the Kingdom of Nidaros. The main person interested and who pushed the most for the reunification was Delta Aulian, that, being Hand of Nidaros, but at the same time, Pricess of Nujh, wanted to end with the disputes of the Heads of State of the Countries and bring the nations closer.

Cooperation Treaty between Nidaros and Nujh
The first step to a reunificated country was the Cooperation treaty signed between both nations. It was a peacful attempt to not only have a pact of non agression, Mutual Defense and even aid on internal affairs if needed, the Cooperation treaty recognises the common history and culture of both Kingdom and establishes that as a reason for comming together.

The original diplomatic talks that led to the treaty were meant to be for a real union between Nidaros and Nujh, the negative answer of The King of Nidaros led to only have the treaty mentioned before. Vix and Delta Aulian kept planning a reunification.

Regnum of Aulian
The Regnum of Aulian was a sudden attempt to force a Reunification between Nujh and Nidaros making Vin leave the throne of Nidaros to allow the merge. It was schemed by both Vix and Delta after the cooperation treaty.

The original plan of the Regnum of Aulian, after excluding the idea of integrating Nidaros into Nujharia, was to establish a unified state, that would rule over those territories with the royal House of Aulian as Monarchs of the Kingdom. The plan started as accorded, The Island of Nujharia sent a ultimatum to Nidaros to make Vin Helianthus abdicate of the Nidarosean throne and establish a provisional government until an United Kingdom was formed. Delta, Hand of Nidaros, gave public support to the reunification and wrote a letter of disappointment to Vin, pushing him to accept a deal with Nujh.

Vin refused to merge with the conditions Vix offered. The Round table of Nidaros was divided between the ones wanting to accept the merge and the ones wanting to keep the Kingdom of Nidaros independent. In a desperate move to save his position, Vin tried to get Aristios to annex Nidaros and be integrated into the Empire.

This event caused the first big crisis in The League of Vircon as a whole, making Yuvaria, that recently joined, leave the League and bringing other nations to rethink their position inside the League.

The conflict ended with a referendum imposed by Uraka and Aristios, intervening on Nidaros' Sovereingty to prevent a conflict between Nujh and Nidaros. The referendum ended with a negative result to the proposition of reunification. The tension between the nations rose up more being very close to an armed conflict. Once again, Delta Aulian reunited again both leaders to organise proper talks to a unificated country.

National Anthem
The National Anthem of the Imperial Realm of Valreach, "My dear, great and bright land." is a choral hymn that tales the nature and beauty, and being part of Valreach.

''My dear, great and bright land, With foaming coast and ice and mountains, You are my heart, all my wisdom, and my mind, You're my home, you're my shelter.

My dear and great and dark land, And the crypts of Nidaros and the Nido caves, And the Frostbite and Segrespent, I love your width and your depths.

You are my churches, my worship, my faith, You are the sunrise and the sunset, You are my sorrow, my joy, my peace of mind, You are my mind on the right and on the wrong.

When the northern lights sway in dissonance, Across the night's great celestial apse, then I'm whirled into a boundless dance, But rise from the morning's catharsis.

My great and icy land, I am yours, Send me wind, send me snow, and send me storms. But give me the summer night as red as a ruby, A brief second, a kiss of sun and warmth.

I love you, whirly, beautiful land, I love you more than anything on Earth, You're my soul and you're my wisdom, My mind and my heart, you are Valreach!''

Holidays
On July 9th, Valreach observes the Imperial Victory Day, celebrating the victory in the Valreach Civil War. Unification Day is celebrated on October 25th, the day of the unification of Ashenrein and Nidaros. From December 23rd to 25th, Valreach observes the Lazy Days, encouraging its citizens to reduce activity and engagement with the nation. December 28th, the day of the HDE Rebellion, is celebrated as The Realm Stands Day, to remember that the Realm of Valreach still stands.