Commonwealth of Aquatania

The Commonwealth of Aquatania was one of the earliest Eldhamite nations, located in the Southern part of the continent of Phoros.

Ancient History
The Commonwealth of Aquatania was formally established in the Fall of 62 TE, yet several Imperial Eleanorian documents date the existence of the state dating back from the. Furthermore, several other historical evidences call it the "Kingdom of Aquatania", yet the majority of Imperial Eleanorian documents refer to it as "Commonwealth of Aquatania." It was started by one of the smaller families within the Ancient Civilization of Eleanor; The House of Myers. Being one of the last surviving House during "The Collapse of the Ancient Civilization of Eleanor", their ancestry fled north, past the local deserts, and settled their new home in an isolated region.

The Myers were often credited as a family who consumed, as they centralize other wandering families into theirs. As the Myers grew in size, they established a hierarchy, classism, government, and pillars detailing what rules to follow, which eventually became the cornerstone for their rise to power and prominence. As they grew to encompass multiple cities, they officially announced the land in which they governed; birthed by the ideas of trade and sea faring, guided by their God-Diety Oro, the ancestors of the Sea People, also referred to as Te Iwi Moana, and led by House Myers, they founded and developed the land for the future generations in mind, to monopolize and spread the wealth, ideals and wisdom and thus, established the Commonwealth of Aquatania.

The Sprawling Capital, Wolokia
In the Summer of 40 Traveller's Era, Myers and Moloko named Wolokia, the name of which translates to "settlement by blue seas" in Traveler's Tongue, as the capital and central administration of the nation-state. Moreover, it was also declared that Kushina of House Myers, be officially recognized as the nation-state's first monarch. However, the title is contested by some documents from neighbouring nations, as Kushini of House Myers used the title "Head of State" instead of "King", which may have been lost in translation.

Conflict with Weshire State
While Aquatania formed with their claim on an entire island, due to the nation's rapid development, the nation-state took to expanding inland, claiming the forestry and settling on the neighbouring coastlines.

In, Aquatania's claim of the entire southern region of Phoros except the Wolfinburg pensiula started a minor feud with Weshire, which also staked a claim through the use of a hut with a wooden sign however, tensions cooled and through negotiations Aquatania gained the entire region.

The Aquatanian-Wolfinburg Commonwealth
In the, the Commonwealth of Aquatania or more specifically, the House of Myers, came into contact with the House of Adalwolf, another House decending from the ancient civilization of Eleanor. Putting aside ther differences, the Wolfins' sovereign and the sea people's sovereign formed a union through marriage. Through this marriage, Aquatania merged into the Aquitania-Wolfinburg Commonwealth which later became the First Kingdom of Eleanor.

Religion
Most Aquatanians follow a folk religion dedicated to the god Oro. Little is truly known about the deity Oro. The only knowledge of the deity hails from a traditional oral folktale. "The God-Deity Oro created man from a collection of sand and clay, to create people. He bestowed upon his new creation the sea. Te Iwi Moana, or the Sea Peoples were the first to discover land, and to settle land. All other people followed suit. If The God-Diety was to starve to death, he would fall from the heavens and impact the oceans, causing Tsunamis that would destroy all life across the planet and to combat this, Oro is to be served dried kelp and raw or cooked fish. The standard custom is 10 dried kelp and 1 cooked fish per week."