Övlanda

Övlanda, officially the Republic of Övlanda (: ᛦᚠｺᛅᛚᛚᛋｺᛅ ᛚᛅᚳᚦᛅᛋᛅᛘᛆᛚᛚ, Övkallska Landasamell, : オウヴランダ共和國) is a with a   system located on continental western Yoju. It borders Esia to the east, Norikwhum to the south, X to the west and faces the Northern Ocean to its north. The components of its name come from Övska Öva for river, shortened to Öv, and landa, thereby meaning "river land" which alludes to its many streams and flowing bodies of water.

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Övlanda has been in a state of political, economic and societal transition since the Heavenly Moon Revolution led to the deposition of former High President and military dictator Warg Stįefalk in July 2015. The armed forces effectively governed the country under semi-martial law until the September 2016 elections, after which it has officially been "cooperating with elected authorities to safeguard the democratic transition". Observers are divided on whether it is the military or the government that actually holds true power over Övlanda.

Prehistoric
Modern humans first arrived to modern Övlanda after the retreat of the last glacial ice sheets several thousand years ago. Evidence suggests the area was inhabited by both and  (原始瑤洲人) for thousands of years. North Germanic speakers first migrated to Övlanda around 1500 years ago, and quickly replaced the preexisting cultures in the core cultural region of Övlanda.

Medieval period
Starting from the northwest of the country, a period of southwards and eastwards expansion during the medieval Starktraik Period saw the assimilation of the various groups that inhabited the rest of modern-day Övlanda. In the centuries before the first encounter with the colonizers, a patchwork of small fiefs and kingdoms dotted the major trading routes, wooden and stone walls protecting the largest population centers. Mutual co-defense treaties largely inhibited any chieftain from obtaining too much power. As technology slowly progressed, merchants came to ever greater prominence, to the dismay of the landed nobility. This resulted in several decades of violent turmoil which would greatly weaken the Övlandan states against the coming Fusense colonial threat. Also around this time, the ancient  religious practice began to diverge into the Odatruo, which placed much greater importance on the worship of, and the Åsatruo who largely concentrated on  and its associated deities.

Demographics
Övlanda has an estimated population of 30,465,902 people as of 2020. In the 2014 census, the largest city was Wattnsluta with 3,602,534 inhabitants. 72.4% of the population lived in urban areas, up from 68.9% from the 2003 census. 99.2% of the population were Övlandan citizens, but the actual amount of immigrants is thought to be vastly underrepresented in government data; unofficial estimates put the number at around 1 million.