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This is the official forum for Deodeca, a state-based collaborative project in South Archanta. Located adjacent to the Federal States and Ardencia, Deodeca is a temperate, first-world Commonwealth-inspired nation on the Asperic coast of Archanta.

History

Unlike previous iterations of Deodeca that failed to gain traction with the community, the new Deodeca project is intended to be an English-speaking counterbalance to the Federal States project, for modern English-language mapping that is not American-inspired. Tentative history for the nation is based on Ingerish colonists settling Deodeca slightly before circumnavigating Astrasia and establishing settlements in what is now the southeastern Federal States. The two sets of colonies followed relatively similar trajectories; however, when the Ingerish colonists in the Federal States rebelled and declared their independence, the Deodecan colonies remained loyal to the Crown. As a result of this divergence, the Federal States became a more militaristic nation that aggressively expanded through other colonial claims in Astrasia while the Deodecans remained more peaceful, focusing more on domestic and international trade than expansion.

As time went on, the Deodecans and the Federal States grew to have stronger diplomatic relations, culminating with the Federal States purchasing a portion of Deodeca (Clamash) to complete a transcontinental railroad in the mid- to late-1800s.

Additional topics of history should be discussed here as more mappers join the project. --TheMayor (talk) 20:45, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

National flag

Please put any nominations for a national flag in this section. No deadline yet. -TheMayor (talk) 21:17, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

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No.	Flag	Description
1		Defaced Ingerish Red Ensign with the badge of colonial Deodeca (or its then Ingerish Something name). Ratio (1:2) and colours are based on the traditional British colonial flags. The 6-point star is influenced by flags from neighbouring Ambrosia with the idea that the star may have some cultural significance in the Southern Hemisphere or this region of Archanta. This rather basic sketch is inspired by pre-1965 Canada where, unlike most other British Colonies, the Red Ensign and not the Blue Ensign was the main flag to fly. --Aiki (talk) 10:13, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
2		Defaced Ingerish Red and Blue Ensign (two primary colours of Deodeca). Similarly to Aiki's proposal, the six-point star is meant to be a symbol of the region (as it is present in Ambrosian and Lutecian culture). The insignia is based on some elements of Deodeca, such as the national flower, national crop, and the crown linking it to Ingerland. (This flag can also potentially work as the flag of Ingerish Asperia)
3		Defaced Ingerish Blue/Red Ensigns. Inspired by the winning proposal for the Australian flag in the Melbourne Evening Herald The 13 stripes on the bottom left of the flag is meant to represent the 13 provinces of Deodeca. The six-point star is meant to be a symbol of the region, which I took inspiration from Aiki and Arlo's proposals. This number of stripes are subject to change.
4		Newer, modern style featuring colours taken from the Ingerish Flag (possibly from some former flag that included the jack of the Ingerish Flag). It features the eight-pointed star which seems to have, by unspoken majority, become a national symbol for Deodeca.
5		A variant based off proposals 1 and 4 with the Ingerish flag in the canton. This variant is possibly a historical version from which option 4, if adopted, is derived.
6	Example	Example

Deodecan flag nominations will be open to anyone who is currently editing in Deodeca. This includes province owners AND contributors (contributors will have to have been contributing since before August 1st). Please limit your nomination to just 1 [one] flag. The other flag options will be reused in other elements of Deodeca (e.g. military flags, historical flags, etc). When nominating, please indicate which variation of flag you are voting for (if a flag entry has more than one design/variation). Please begin nominations below:

• I would like to start off by putting the green variant of option 4 as my first preference for Deodeca's national flag Arlo (talk) 00:16, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Arlo
• I'll put my vote down for 4! --Intergan (talk) 22:47, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
• I third this, I vote for green #4. --- Thanks, Zekiel (talk) 02:47, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
• I will also be voting for the green variant of the fourth submission. ---- Until next, KAB (talk) 05:30, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Collaborative Pages

Hey guys, here are the current collaborative pages for Deodeca. I'll link them here, as well as on the main collab page, for easy navigation. Arlo (talk) 02:29, 2 August 2022 (UTC)Arlo

• Agawaskway Collab Page
• Ingerish Asperia Collab Page
• Military
• National Franchises
• National Industries
• National Infrastructure