Plagos

Plagos is the northeastmost continent of Rathnir, and is one of the smallest by land mass. Plagos borders the world's edge to the north, the Shattered Sea to the east, and shares the Palagean Sea with Nieden to the west, and the Sea of Etscharien with Nieden and Sparwood to the south.

Many islands surround the mainland of Plagos. Most of these are located in the Palagean Sea, others form archipelagoes in the seas to the south and east. The northeast of the region contains a large archipelago.

Plagos is largely green with plains and forests, it is dotted with mountains in the east and north with a mountain range in the west and is tipped with savannas and deserts to the west and south.

History
Plagos was sparsely populated for a long time, likely due to its small size and distance from the world's center. The only two nations on the continent were Karkis and the Hollenkreis Republic. In late December, many other settlements appeared such as Goshuma, Gunggum, Tavaral Monestary, and Funkehz. Under a player named Jokarva, all of the north strip of Plagos was formed into the Confederacy of Plagatea. Hollenkreis and Chroniclers were not asked about this, however, and struck down claims in their territory the next day.

The United Nations of Plagos
After the fall of the Solleanan Empire, Plagos saw a large influx of new nations, such as Czervoslavia or Nova Roma. Many of these nations united to form the United Nations of Plagos. After attacks by mercenaries the UNP was left in a dire state, and eventually collapsed.

The Plagatéan Era of Unification
After the collapse of the United Nations of Plagos, the large majority of Plagos would go on to form the the Nova Plagatéan Federation. Initially founded by the Shigetada Shogunate and Arinovla on the 19th of March 2021, other nations such as Czervoslavia (UC), Goshumá, Poseidandria and Nova Regna would later join. Its founding principles were to promote free trade, diplomatic relations and protection of others from conflict. However, due to unrest, eventually a referendum was held on whether or not to become a Kingdom, and by a large majority the Federation voted to become the United Kingdom of Plagatéa, under the two Tagavors of Nero Terazawa Shigetada and Crabz Zerkalo. The nation was officially formed on the 15th of April, 2021. The Kingdom would grow significantly in size over the months, with more nations joining and more land being purchased. After a war with Plagadonia, the First Empire of Plagatéa was proclaimed by Tagavor Crabapplez Zerkalo on the 9th of July 2021. At its height, the nation covered nearly the entirety of the continent, as seen in the image on the right.

However, the Empire would become unstable with the death of Tagavor Nero on August the 13th, despite the decisive victory against the so-called 'Skittles Alliance' a very short amount of time prior. The Empire of Plagatéa would collapse into its constituent nations shortly after on the 13th of August 2021.

The Asarakaen Golden Age
After the collapse of the Empire of Plagatéa, Lady Aisuru Numachi of Sakura, Mr Yes of Veldion, Isujhai Pepek of Seivija and Abigail Akihiro led the effort to reunify Plagos once more, and on the 18th of August the Kingdom of Plagos was formed with Queen Aisuru Numachi as the monarch, consisting of largely the same provinces, though some were lost to other nations or simply elected to remain independent. On the 19th of August, she announced that after consultation she had decided to rename the nation to The Realm of Asarakaen. The nation was considerably more democratic, with an elected Prime Minister and a large Senate of the Realm consisting of all important government officials, though the monarch still held the bulk of the power. She proclaimed a new Golden Age for Plagos, and set out her doctrine for reuniting Plagos peacefully, without any conflict, which was considered to have been the downfall of the previous Empire.