Placehlder
Full name: Kingdom of Karantia
Type: Territorial state. A constitutional monarchy.
Demonym: Karantian, Karanter
Description: While not too big in terms of size,
Karantia is an old, revered and influential monarchy that shares
cultural, ethnic and linguistic ancestry and ties with the neighbouring Lokytian realms.
The country is very developed in certain regions, but most of the
countryside and the boondocks are still very much firmly in the grip of a
medieval or early modern age. The urban hubs of the kingdom have a
reputation for being fairly cosmopolitan and being especially rich in
the amount of scholarly and artistic personalities they attract, many of
whom are hailed as pioneers in various fields of science and the arts.
Together with Upper Lokytia, Karantia was one of the first countries in
the planet's history to achieve powered flight, revolutionising
far-distance travel. As the country is very mountainous, the discovery
of flight led to the financing of aeronautic research taking precedence
over investments into another then brand new technology - railways (with
Lengelia and Ursania becoming the leaders in railway research instead).
Where one would expect Karantia and its neighbours to have barely
developed aeronautics and instead have railways be commonplace, a
different picture opens up: The railway network is dense, growing and
improving, but aeronav services have been well-established for just as
long, and for a certain period, even dominated over the presence and
effectiveness of domestic railways.
Real world frame of reference: Think of Karantia as Austria under the Habsburgs, with a dash of Switzerland and Liechtenstein (and their histories) inserted in here-and-there for good measure.
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