Nonun


 * "Lynia" redirects here. For other uses, see Lynia (disambiguation).

Nonun (: 露嫩), officially known as the Lynian Horde (露嫩幹群國; : Lüüni Õrdu; : Lyyni Ord; : Luuni Ord), is a in West Yoju, bordered by Övlanda to the west, by Esia to the south and east, and sharing a  with Nukigurun and Dniperia at the Gulf of Roci to the north. Nonun covers an area of XX km2 (XX sq mi), with a population of 24 million. The country has a. Its capital and largest city is Kärlinn. Nonun is a nation of three main ethnic groups: ,  ( and ) and.

Nonun was first settled by around 11,000 BCE.

Name
The name Lynia is widely believed to have originated from lygn "still and calm" as used to describe  and. The term's root, *lewk-, has a connotation of brightness. It has modern cognates in lugn "calm",  lyn "thunder", and  luukkari "to dawn" among others. Although in nominal use by the Kingdom of Lynia since the 12th century, it was not perceived as an until the national awakening era (early 20th century). Instead, maarahvas or  mooróuž were historically used, both roughly meaning "people of the land". Through contact with Imperial Nukigurun in the 17th century, the country was given a Sinjuan name: 露嫩 Nonun (cf. Rodon;  Lounyun) meaning "delicate dew" per. The modern republic identifies as a, a system of organization unique to and  (such as the ), which is conventionally rendered as 幹群國 Gangunguk "country of  and ".

Ancient Nonun
[[File:Lyniaraids.png|right|thumb|300px|⠀Original Lappi homeland

⠀Temporary settlements (c. 750-500 BCE)

⠀Camp Nõmme (c. 500 BCE-600 CE)

⠀Väinlased Nonun (since 700 CE)

⠀Major väinlased settlements (8th century)

⠀Minor väinlased settlements (9th century)

⠀Unsettled frequently raided areas (10th century)]] The (c. 11,000 BCE) in modern-day Salatsi, founded by the  of the , is the oldest known settlement in Nonun. The Loksa lived semi-nomadically as throughout modern-day Nonun and Esia. In Nonun, they were succeeded by the through its introduction of  around 4900 BCE. The began locally near 1800 BCE and signaled the transformation of the Dunningi into two  (specifically  and ) not too dissimilar from counterparts in Esia. Around 1300 BCE, seafarers crossed the gulf and landed on northern Nonun, settling down alongside the Balti. Almost a century before the commencement of the (c. 750 BCE), the Balti clashed with a  emigratory wave from modern-day Dniperia, ending in the former's concessions of territory.

Concurrently in Birawargia, were facing territorial disputes, leading to the expulsion of Lynnics proper (ancestors of modern-day  and ) westwards, who sought refuge in Nonun definitively between 400-300 BCE. Over the following centuries, the Lynnics gradually assumed control over the political landscape, putting an end to infighting between 100-200 CE, allegedly through. This much is mythified in the Sindi tablets (c. 1200 CE), the Lynnics' first, written in a (itself borrowed from early Övkall, c. 1000 CE). Ethnic differences and agricultural limitations heightened in the mid-6th century, and the Lynnic regime launched a long-term raiding campaign (693–1066 CE) throughout West Yoju, whose exploits sought to appease its subjects. The pillages of the väinlased (lit. "people of the "), as the warriors became known, have since been immortalized in the of their recipients.