Forum:Territory application/UL28a - Kingdom of Riedenberg

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	Territory ID and proposed name
	The Territory ID (from OpenGeofiction:Territories, e.g. AR123a) and proposed name of the country

UL28a - Kingdom of Riedenberg / Königreich Riedenberg

	Physical geography
	An overview of climate, topography and landscape of the country. It is advised to also create a sketch, you can add a link to this (hosted on imgur or similar)

Climate and Topography

Map of the country: https://imgur.com/a/HBbFPsS

Map of the climate: https://imgur.com/a/TiD7lpw

On the north coast and northeasternmost river valley, the climate is classified as Cfb, (similar to the western part of Germany in the rw) with summer months having temperatures with the average of 22ºc, and between -5ºc and 5ºc for the coldest months. In this region, land is more suitable for agriculture, which is relatively flat, excluding the rolling hills separating them.

The middle plain is a little colder than the north one, having a temperature of Dfb (similar to the swiss plateau in the rw). This region has summer months averaging 22ºc, and winter months averaging at -5ºc. The southern area around the lake has the same climate, Dfb, however, this region has summer months of 20ºc on average and the coldest month averages at -7ºc due to the mountain influence

The alpine mountain range is the coldest region of the country, having temperatures averaging -6cº on the coldest month and 15ºc on the hottest. (hotter than the swiss alps as that mountain range has a shorter altitude when compared to the swiss ones)

Landscape

Mittelgebirge:

https://imgur.com/a/1IJ4uWN

South Alps:

https://imgur.com/a/t83KOqb

Riedel Valley:

https://imgur.com/a/3hIPYHT

https://imgur.com/a/4Hjhg54

North Coast:

https://imgur.com/a/F77RbAE

https://imgur.com/a/PNeCCHK (this is also for the Riedel Valley)

South overall:

https://imgur.com/a/SV5Bdd4

https://imgur.com/a/v3BRl3E

(sorry for the low resolution in some images)

	Human geography
	A brief description of the territory demographics, economic development, land occupation, infrastructure and mapping style

Border Changes

Considering the southern border is in the middle of the continent, it would make sense for the region to have mountains or alps, and because the winding river marking the border is a plains river, it would make no sense for the river to even be there or winding so much.

For the western border there are two possible solutions to this:

1- Make the border mark the top of the Mountains

2- Straighten the river and add an alpine valley

For the southern borders there is also the issue of the region being mountainous and having straight borders, so here is a fix for it:

https://imgur.com/a/2k06rlm

Human Geography

Here is the link again: Map of the country: https://imgur.com/a/HBbFPsS

This country will have Kalmish as their official language, and there are going to be four dialects in total, being Ripuarian for the coastal region, Franconian for the North Valley (Riedel Valley) Region, Swabian for the middle plains and Swiss German for the Southern lake plains and overall southern region (Eisenland).

Each region will have their own mapping style similar to their rw location, being the Köln Region for the coast, Rheinland-Pfalz for the Riedel valley, Swabia for the middle plains and the Swiss plateau for the southernmost region.

As for the demographics, most of the population will be crammed in the north region as that area is flatter and hotter than the southern regions, being also the region where the capital (largest city) is present.

The economy of this country will be relatively large and industrialized, being famous for their glassware, crystal items and a bit for their car companies, exporting those goods through the ports in the Darcodian Sea, which made the cities in the region large. In the southern region, where crystals and iron deposits are present, there is a big extraction of those raw materials so that the industrialized north can process them.

Because of the alps in the south, many tourists from the country itself and neighboring countries visit the south, which has very expensive tourist cities (inspired by Switzerland). This makes the south economy very dependent on tourism and the demand for raw materials of the industrialized north, which was the main reason why the country is united.

	History & culture
	A brief description of the intended culture and language

History:

The Kingdom of Riedenberg is a kalmish country in the East Ulethan kalmish region, that got a kalmish migration during the middle ages*. Before 1345, the region was mainly split into smaller kingdoms sharing the same cultural identity, however, this year is considered very important to the country, as it was when the Riedenberg empire united most of the modern day country under a single government, however this empire collapsed in the 1500s.

The HRE equivalent empire used to control the region until  1790*, which was when the empire was weak and independence was achieved after many revolts in the region. The name Kingdom of Riedenberg was adopted as that name was the most common way to refer to the region. (Legacy of the Riedenberg empire).

The country is split into two regions, with those being the Alemannic speaking south and the Franconian speaking north, this separation happened mostly because of the large Mittelgebirge splitting the country in half, with historically, not many people changing regions, with the excession of the Riedenberg empire, until the industrial boom.

Industrial Boom

The Riedish industrial revolution took place around 1860/70 and was a consequence of the increasing nationalism and wealthy higher classes controlling multiple lands both in the trading developed north and in the resource rich south, which led to the king investing in railways connecting the two regions, and the general higher classes making more factories.

The most common type of factory before the revolution were few glassware factories, and that increased a lot in numbers after the revolution, however, the government later in the 1920s invested in the automobilistic industry because of its high value and other factories that would be created.

Civil war + war of Westederland

Around 1910, the lower classes weren't accepting their harsh industrial work conditions, so a communist movement started emerging in the big cities of the north. To deal with that, the king started investing in anti-comunism propaganda and nationalism, and it successfully halted the communist movement and started converting the communists.

Because the workers were in such a miserable condition, they were easily influenced, and that helped radicalize nationalism. In 1911, many militias were starting to gain power, supported by the extremist working class population, because of that, the first civil war the country ever faced started, which ended in 1913 with the extreme nationalists gaining control of the country.

Westederland was a Riedish identifying region of Reelant, and therefore, there was always a will to incorporate it in the Riedish state. When the nationalist government took control, their main goal was to annex this region and it was largely supported by the general population.

On May 25th, 1923, at the peak of the nationalist regime, war was declared against Reelant, starting the war of Westederland, which lasted 9 months, ending in a Riedish win. However, because of the heavy losses and war exhaustion of the nation, after the war, in 1929, the population rebelled against the government, which wanted to annex Luthesien next. A constitution known as "Constitution of 1929" made the country turn into a constitutional monarchy, exiling the former king in Blönland, who was the father of the current Bloennish King's mother, and appointing as king his son.**²

*This is agreed by caribbean mapper (owner of Bloenland)

*² This is also agreed with Reelant’s mapper

	Past mapping
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https://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/-37.0192/155.4794&layers=B -> This is older mapping, however the whole region was mapped by me (with the excession of Steele)

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=17/-38.50524/61.55233&layers=B -> I currently own Amu'uo or the White Islands, I will keep mapping both territories (also this region in particular has smaller city blocks)

	Username & date
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What3089 / Jake on the discord server (talk) 20:15, 11th November 2023 (UTC)

	Discussion
	Discussion for clarification & decision

• Hello What3089. Please clarify: you were just granted a territory half a month ago; are you looking to exchange that territory already? For an additional territory, please understand that two weeks is not enough time. Best, Leowezy (talk) 15:37, 6 November 2023 (UTC)