Nations/Vykterra

Overview
Vykterra, officially the Imperial Realm of Vykterra or the Vykterran Empire, is a nation state situated in the north-west Caspian Sea region, extending from Krimea in the south and the Black Sea Peninsula in the west to the Central River in the north and the Post Ural Plains in the east. It is bordered by the Kingdom of Sanemantia to the north and west and the Republic of Tocharia in the east. Vykterra is a hereditary constitutional monarchy, with an advanced military, governmental, and societal system. Vykterra is currently the longest continuously existing nation without a name change. (The Visegradian Empire, which has existed slightly longer, was previously known as the Kingdom of Dolnigravia.)

History
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Prehistory and Early History
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The history of the land inhabited by Vykterra expands back several millennia. Originally a clustering of local clans and tribes some four thousand years ago, the clans and tribes lived as normal for over three thousand years. Eventually a massive war broke out between the dominant Clan Xyrsia and Clan Saviq and their allies, ending with the Xyrsian coalition ruling over the entire peninsula of Krimea and establishing the first central body, the Kingdom of Xyrsia. However, this did not last, and two hundred years later after the sixth Xyrsian Basilos (King), the Xyrsians were overthrown and replaced by the Alterans. The Alteran Kingdom established in the place of Xyrsia would see the accession of King Palioxis, who expanded the land north.

Like Vyrsia before it, the Alterans saw their fall after over three hundred years of rule by the Alteran kings. However, this time, they did not see their fall from revolt, but rather by foreigners from the east. These people, known as the Vaktians, were a militaristic society, and led by King Valkarius, conquered the Alterans, and established the third kingdom, the Kingdom of Vaktus. Under Valkarius' successor King Scythus, the peninsula experienced a golden age of historical power, wealth, and progress. However, like its predecessors, Vaktus would eventually fall after around another four hundred years (though significantly longer than its predecessor), but to a coup d'état spearheaded by the former general Vykartus, who then established the state of Vykterra. With the historical weakness associated with Kings, he disposed of the title and replaced it with the word Imperator, or "Emperor".