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Welcome to the Imperial Federation of the Vestrugat

The Vestrugat, jewel of Icenia, is a multi-ethnic region with a deep and rich history. It is a land filled with a variety of natural and cultural wonders. Located on the very edge of the world, the region has been part of two of the world's major empires, Kian and Syrixia, and has become a melting pot for culture and ideas. Visitors will find a wealth of sights to see, new and old, from museums and concert halls, to grand castles and ancient battlefields, to river cruises and bustling marketplaces. For those who like the old, visit Avulastet and the towering Cathedral of Saint Avalus. For a more modern taste the capital city of Karşied boasts some of the finest arts and theater experiences from across Eras. And for the more adventurous, Hjenovaleş offers the oldest and largest open air market in the nation as well as some of the best dining to be found anywhere, a product of cultural and ethnic mixing.

The great inland lakes and the rolling plateaus of Aegrndreffed and Alstengeord make up the heartland of Vestrugatia. Olive groves, wheat fields, vineyards, and dairies cover the landscape, with stone temples and cathedrals to the god Ealla towering from atop hills. To the south is the Saldut, the southern coast of the Vestrugat on the Whispering Sea, a place of shining sandy beaches and calm picturesque bays, stretching from the Dalkegns to the rocky inlets of Mercwuold. In the north are the Dutenkrag Mountains and the most ancient Hastfradic castles, as well as the tombs of Avalus and Breggo. And north of that is the Sciarkgoatta, a series of bays and islands protecting the beautiful city of Sardcalla from the rough waters of the Roaring Sea.

Whether you're visiting the Federation for business, education, or pleasure, come experience what Vestrugatia has to offer and see why many consider it to be definitive place to visit on Icenia and one of the best travel destinations in Eras.

Latest News
21st of August, 2022: Wildfires tear through the Breşelwuold, leaving hundreds displaced. A state of emergency is declared in Austalbreşel.

7th of June, 2022: High Speed Rail extension between Hjenova and Lossernaum is completed.

29th of May, 2022: Emperor Irwin's second child is born. He is named Sherwin after his grandfather.

19th of January, 2022: The celebrations for the Night of the Bells has the lowest turnout in history due to the violence on the night of the last two years.

7th of November, 2021: The Witangamot strip Albrekt's heirs of the Principality of Seagsen and confer it to the Emperor. Irwin declares that the Principality shall forever be the title of the heir to Esplandia.

29th of August, 2021: Emperor Irwin issues a Proclamation of Forgiveness to any lord who sided with the Sovereigntists, that should they go to Karşied to swear allegiance to him, he would forgive their actions during the war. Many lords choose to flee instead of face the Emperor.

11th of July, 2021: Prince Albrekt kills himself by means of poison at his preliminary hearing before trial in an ineffectual display of resistance.

22nd of May, 2021: The search for Sigurt is called off as it becomes clear he’s fled the Vestrugat instead of facing justice.

4th of April, 2021: Regmond Drakosta is named monarch of Kaludgar as part of the peace settlement.

27th of March, 2021: Emperor Irwin officially declares the war over and that the Federation is victorious.

2rd of March, 2021: Esplandia reaches Degkantelburn and shells the city. Winegar is believed to have been killed during the shelling, but his body is never recovered.

21st of March, 2021: Alstengeord surrenders unconditionally, but Sigurt fled the city ahead of the surrender and is nowhere to be found.

11th of March, 2021: The Battle of Nalgorleş begins. The Alstengeorder forces initially push back the Federation forces.

9th of March, 2021: Prince Albrekt surrenders to Federation forces and is arrested by Akiva Rami.

1st of March, 2021: Alstengeord is pushed back to Nalgorleş by Federation forces.

29th of February, 2021: Esplandia and the Hjenovek navies defeat Kaludgar and Alstengeord's navies in the Whispering Sea. Prince Albrekt pulls his forces from Mercwuold to meet Rami's advance.

21st of February, 2021: Adorn Korm is captured by Hastenfraktan forces. Duke Edwin, seeing which way the war has gone and fearing what will happen if he is captured by Hastenfrakta, surrenders unconditionally to Esplandian forces. Kaludgar's defenses in the Dalkegns collapses and the Deglfen communists begin landing forces on the peninsula.

14th of February, 2021: Pogwe is liberated by Esplandian, Austalgoşan, and Syrixian forces.

12th of February, 2021: Kynnafen is liberated by Akiva Rami, Iraelian supreme commander, as a coordinated federation assault against Sovereigntist forces begins.

27th of Januray, 2021: The Deglfen communists declare war against the mainland Kaludgarians and officially join the war.

22nd of Januray, 2021: Austolgoşan and Syrixian forces liberate Gweddon and push back Sigurt's army. Loşşel-Dutia retreats from Hastenfrakta and begins fortifying their borders against Hastenfrakta's advance.

19th of Januray, 2021: Hastenfrakta captures Stallegrngard and most of the Loşşelander army, cutting Loşşel-Dutia's forces in half. The Esplandian navy wins a decisive victory against the Kaludgarian navy near Askardeg.

3rd of Januray, 2021: Loşşel-Dutia attacks the city of Mindolraş, but are forced to pull back after a few days of fighting.

27th of December, 2020: Loşşel-Dutia and Alstengeord march against Bostfriş hoping to cut the Federation's northern defenses in half but are repelled by Austalgoşan and Syrixian forces.

18th of December, 2020: Loşşel-Dutian forces take Elborhegm in Hastenfrakta while Alstengeord takes Gweddon in Aegrndreffed.

12th of December, 2020: The Battle of Karşied ends with a Kaludgarian withdrawal back to their positions in the Dalkegns.

9th of December, 2020: Albrekt occupies Anfalliş to stop them from supplying Duke Gaston's resistance in the mountains. The Hjenovek League responds by declaring War against the Sovereigntists, joining the ongoing conflict.

27th of November, 2020: Kaludgarian forces arrive on the outskirts of Karşied. The city is evacuated as defenses are prepared.

12th of October, 2020: The Iraelian military stops the Seagsen and Alstengeorder advance outside of Goşşelif. Kaludgar bypasses the main Esplandian force at Lossernaum and takes the city of Eorvik.

21st of September, 2020: Alstengeord forces take Pogwe. The government of Aegrndreffed flees to Austalgoşa while the military fights to hold Gweddon.

19th of September, 2020: Newly named Warden General Regmond Drakosta orders a full retreat from Askardeg. He falls back to Lossernaum.

30th of August, 2020: Seagsen completely defeats Mercwuold's forces outside of Banscberg. The government surrenders, but Gaston flees to Esplandia.

1st of August, 2020: Kaludgar launches a renewed assault on Askardeg.

9th of July, 2020: Alstengeorder forces cross the Hrunvatter River and push east into Austalbreşal.

22nd of June, 2020: Loşşel-Dutian forces invade Hastenfrakta, pushing eastward through Regktslande and Meddesvegn.

17th of June, 2020: Most the lords of Alstengeord throw their support behind Sigurt and the nation declares war on Aegrndreffed and launches an invasion to retake the lands lost when the free state was formed.

25th of May, 2020: Gaston declares his support for Esplandia, bringing Mercwuold into the fighting.

11th of May, 2020: Kynnafen falls to the Sovereigntist forces. Warden General D'Alayn is killed in the fighting. Loşşel-Dutia joins the war on the Sovereigntists side.

9th of May, 2020: Amsfirş falls as the Kaludgarian army blitzes the Federation.

21st of April, 2020: Sigurt declares himself the rightful king of Alstengeord. The Huskavrals are defeated in an ambush on their way to arrest the pretender by Seagsen and Alstengeorder forces.

10th of April, 2020: The Vestrugat officially declares war on Kaludgar and Seagsen, kicking off the Sovereignty War.

4th of April, 2020: Irwin is enthroned as Emperor of the Vestrugat in a subdued ceremony.

28th of March, 2020: During a diplomatic visit to Kaludgar, Emperor Sherwin is murdered by the bastard prince Sigurt Auvestet-Hadeg.

27th of February, 2020: Queen Esmeralda goes to Austalgoşa to officially recognize their independence and give up all claims to their territories. She is the first Hastenfraktan monarch to enter Lamidaş since 1917.

8th of February, 2020: Princess Siflegd is buried within the royal crypts at Raşberg in a private ceremony.

22nd of January, 2020: Kregs Deffened, the former second in command of the Sons of Kegrwent, is killed while trying to escape prison. Sherwin declares martial law in Karşied and orders the Wittangamot to call up 6000 reserves to help maintain the peace.

19th of January, 2020: The Vestrugat is rocked again by another Night of the Bells attack, as numerous bombs go off in Karşied. Princess Siflegd is among the casualties.

22nd of December, 2019: Sherwin is officially enthroned as Emperor during a ceremony on the day of the Feast of Saint Avalus.

3rd of December, 2019: Prince Irwin’s first child, Princess Sigurda, is born.

28th of November, 2019: Princess Kaşarin is elevated to Duke of the newly created Duchy of Klegrvatter. She takes on the new house name auf Klegrborn.

4th of November, 2019: Regmond Krageshegm, Duke of Drastolwuold and former Royal Chancellor, dies at the age of 82.

31st of October, 2019: Queen Esmeralda purges the Hastenfraktan Landisgrad of elected representatives that supported her late husband's conflict against Loşşelande and Loşşel-Dutia.

20th of September, 2019: Protests against Sherwin's enthronement rock Alstengeord. Violence erupts in Nalgorhegm and the city is put under martial law.

5th of August, 2019: The Federation restores the title of Şeodkynning naming Sherwin as emperor of the Vestrugat, and as Breggo’s Heir.

24th of June, 2019: Sherwin successfully mediates a peace deal, ending the conflict. Greater Loşşelande reunifies with Loşşel-Dutia.

12th of June, 2019: Regnhald II is killed in a car accident. King Sherwin steps in to prevent a full scale war and offers to mediate a peace deal.

8th of June, 2019: Duchess Gearta of Greater Loşşelande abdicates in favor of her nephew, Grand Duke Edwin of Loşşel-Dutia, and demands Hastenfrakta recognizes their independence. This leads to a crisis as Regnhald II mobilizes troops.

6th of June, 2019: Raum Kolter becomes the High Chancellor of the Federation.

13th of May, 2019: An anti-Esplandian protest turned violent in the streets of Nalgorleth over frustrations with the planned integration of the two nation’s legislature.

28th of April, 2019: Leaders of the Aegrnish freedom fighters organization the Sons of Kegrwent are arrested across Vestrugatia in connection to an attempted terrorist attack in Karşied.

2nd of April, 2019: To rectify an illegal land grab during the Talamnic War, a deal is struck wherein Esplandia-Alstengeord will remove its naval base and then return the Soltenfriş corridor to Seagsen by 2035.

9th of March, 2019: The Treaty of Karşied is signed in hope of ending the Civil War in McMasterdonia.

21st of February, 2019: A two hundred year schism in the Eallostian Church is mended as Avalustians and Tegdastians mutually recognize each other. The Augur of Kegnlande is restored with their new seat at Elgennaum.

27th of January, 2019: Prince Irwin marries Elegna Eorvikhegr during a ceremony at Avulastet.

5th of January, 2019: The Matriarch of Loşşelande, Duchess Gearta auf Krag-Aneghburn, turns 91.

10th of December, 2018: The Federation Witangamot votes in favor of increasing the military’s size and budget.

3rd of December, 2018: King Sherwin has a minor heart attack as military vote approaches.

22nd of September, 2018: Gaston auf Volget gives an impassioned speech about increasing the military and calls Sherwin his Şeodkynning.

28th of August, 2018: KASAE successfully launched their first manned spaceflight in a three day orbit around Eras. Karl Estreksen was accompanied by two Ceretian astronauts as the first Vestrugatter in space.

12th of July, 2018: Prince Irwin bids farewell to the Royal Esplandian Navy as he officially takes up duties as the Duke of Valdegn. He also announces his engagement to Elegna Eorvikhegr.

7th of June, 2018: KASAE bombs the moon as part of a project to discover what the moon is made up of.

13th of May, 2018: The Constitution of the Federation of the Vestrugat is adopted.

30th of April, 2018: The Federation adopts a new flag to better represent all the peoples of the Vestrugat.

19th of April, 2018: The Hastfradic League is dissolved and officially replaced by the Federation of the Vestrugat.

12th of March, 2018: An official charter for the Aegrnish free state is ratified creating the Commonwealth of Aegrndreffed. The union of Walken-Strasberg is abolished and its northern province of Walksraf is annexed by Austalgoşa, Strasberg becomes a province of Esplandia, and Ulveraegrnholm is incorporated into the newly formed nation of Aegrndreffed.

7th of March, 2018: The creation of the Aegrnish free state calls into question the use of the term ‘Hastfradic’ League with many debating its lack of inclusiveness.

3rd of March, 2018: Sherwin V of Esplandia is crowned King Sherwin I of Alstengeord.

12th of February, 2018: The Hastfradic League Votes in Favor of the creation of an Aegrnish Free State.

19th of January, 2018: During the celebration of the Night of the Bells, the Royal Family of Alstengeord is killed in a terrorist attack by Aegrnish dissidents. King Sigurt dies shortly after of a heart attack, likely brought on by his advanced age and the loss of his son and grandsons.

3rd of December, 2017: Members of the Aegrnish community are arrested in Alstengeord with alleged ties to terrorist group Sons of Kegrwent.

22nd of November, 2017: A proposed bill by King Sherwin to create an Aegrnish free state is shot down by the Hastfradic League with the leading opposition of the proposal, King Sigurt IX, calling it ill conceived. Aegrnish protests erupt in eastern Alstengeord.

17th of September, 2017: King Sherwin names Raum Kolter as new Royal Chancellor of the Kingdom of Esplandia, replacing Regmond Krageshegm.

24th of August, 2017: Regmond Krageshegm steps down as Royal Chancellor of Esplandia due to health reasons. The Wittangamot is temporarily disbanded until Sherwin names a replacement.

15th of June, 2017: KASAE had a successful launch of Esplandia's first intelligence satellite as the space agency moves toward its goal of a joint Ceretan/Esplandian space station by 2030.

12th of May, 2017: Esplandia launches its first manned spacecraft into orbit as part of its new joint space initiative with the other nations of the Hastfradic League.

20th of April, 2017: The bones of Sherwin II are entombed in the Royal Crypts at Raşberg. Syrixian Emperor Rajesh attends the ceremony in an act of penance for the invasion of 1699.

4th of April, 2017: Walken-Strasberg elects Gisard Valleksen as Chancellor, the first elected chancellor since the violence of the previous year.

25th of March, 2017: King Sherwin steps down as Interim Chancellor following the successful elections for the leader of the league. Victory went to Klaus auf Hettenberg of Dalkegn for the position of Grettermand Kanslor (High Chancellor).

5th of March, 2017: The bones of the Lost King, Sherwin II, are discovered under a parking lot in Karşied.

28th of February, 2017: Sigurt IX threatens to withdraw from the League when a voting seat is offered to the Aegrnish.

27th of January, 2017: The Hastfradic League is officially ratified into existence by the ten nations that make up the Vestrugat. King Sherwin is to sit as interim chancellor until elections can be held within the next few months.

22nd of December, 2016: The three Crowns of the Vestrugat, as well as the leaders of The Dalkegns and the Hjenovic Cities, meet in Amsfirş to discuss the situation in Walken-Strasberg and to lay the groundwork for a Hastfradic League.

5th of November, 2016: Former Dalkegn President, Klaus auf Hettenberg, backs Esplandian control over Walken-Strasberg as tensions in the Vestrugat rise.

13th of October, 2016: An Emergency vote in Walken-Strasberg allows the Kingdom of Esplandia to annex the former duchy as a crown protectorate in order to avoid further riots. Once again, Esplandian military forces cross the border to enforce the peace.

21st of September, 2016: Kermen Sigurtsen is arrested by the nationalists following a week-long standoff. Kermen surrenders after the Walken-Strasberg military pledges their support to the nationalists. Minister of the Treasury, Raum Kolter, is appointed as temporary Chancellor.

9th of September, 2016: Nationalist supporters and socialist militias clash in the streets of Sarcguleg. Esplandia withdraws their forces from the area to avoid escalating the conflict.

23rd of August, 2016: Socialist militants storm the Parliament of Walken-Strasberg and ousts Prime Minister Algmastet. Kermen Sigurtsen is appointed as the new PM by the rebels.

2nd of August, 2016: Hastenfrakta issues a recall of all military and diplomatic personnel in Walken-Strasberg, and warns all Hastenfraktan citizens to leave immediately as the threat of conflict looms.

29th of July, 2016: Prime Minister Algmastet suspends parliament and declares martial law. Socialist leaders meet in Kolmwalg and soon after publicly demand the resignation of the Prime Minister.

27th of July, 2016: An attack on the Walken-Strasberg Parliamentary Hall leaves sixty five dead, mostly members of the Nationalist Party. An official statement claims socialist dissidents were behind the attack, but socialist leaders claim the attack was carried out on the orders of Prime Minister Regnard Algmastet to drum up support for limiting left-wing influence.

12th of July, 2016: The King’s elder brother, Edwin, passes away at the age of 69.

7th of July, 2016: Esplandia becomes a founding member of the Trillium Accord after the King and the Wittangamot officially ratified the charter.

14th of June, 2016: King Sherwin celebrated his 64th birthday, holding a private party at Raşberg Castle.

25th of February, 2016: Duke Alwyn Skeowing, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is to travel to Sion to discuss a possible alliance between between Ceretis, Kannex, and Esplandia.

12th of February, 2016: A religious artifact known as the Spear of Avalus is returned to the Church in Avulasstet.

9th of February, 2016: Following an attack on the presidential estate in Sarcguleg, the capital of Walken-Strasberg, King Sherwin has agreed to use military forces to help suppress a possible revolt.

28th of December, 2015: King Sherwin orders six thousand troops to Walken-Strasberg as a protective measure against socialist demonstrators.

11th of December, 2015: Esplandia to import foreign cheeses for first time in two decades after the Landesgrad lifted a long-standing ban on cheese imports.

15th of November, 2015: Esplandian destroyer RES Segeren is damaged navigating through the Draunedgast Channel and requires extensive repairs.

25th of October, 2015: A memorial garden was opened in Karşied in honor of the late Queen Kaşarin II which will be opened to all the public.

30th of August, 2015: King Sherwin is nicknamed the Grettermand Fadder of the Esplandish people by the Karşied Herald. The nickname soon sticks.

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