Edit: Not sure if I like my new history I wrote and it may be altered.
Edit 2: Fixed year dates.
[b]Nation Name:[/b] Imperium Of Skeptoni (Global Power)
[b]Brief Nation History [/b][i](No need for any history before 1700)[/i][b]:[/b] 

 In the year of 1778 the region of Skeptoni was made up of city states all apart of a league of nations known as "[i]The Konfødererede[/i]". The Konfødererede did protect the region from external threats well enough and internal struggles were rather unheard of mostly due to the fact that the leaders and the general population of the region all got along pretty well without many issues. The house of Skaneg weren't exactly the most humble of families and had ambition for more power. The brilliant young leader Herlad Skaneg at only the age of 19 years old had begun his life long goal of taking control of the region along with its surrounding areas and rule as Keiser.

 Herlad began by forming alliances with other powerful houses of the regions, courting their daughters, impressing their sons, bribing the sleazy officals and minor nobles. Soon enough Herlad's ears and influence were all around the entire region. By then most of the houses in the region unoffically served Herald and respected his power, and even feared it. In 1793 the house of Knýtlinga a rival of Herald's that had resisted his control over the region and one of the only remaining regional powers that could match him in wealth, army size, and influence had become infuriated over the death of its house head King Anders, they foolishly accused Herald of poisoning him and declared war. The young, overconfident, and stupid son of King Anders has inherited his father's position. He moronically declared war onto Herald Skaneg but then quickly realized he didn't actually know how to lead an army, administrate a kingdom, or how to handle real power. As you can imagine the war ended quickly in Herald's favor and immediately solidified his power over the region.

 With little protest from the other houses of the region Herald declared himself Keiser of Skeptoni. At age 34 Herlad had successfully ruled over the region as Keiser. Although the other houses at the time hadn't protested to Herald ruling over them they did get disgruntled and annoyed that they now had someone to serve. Instead of Herald quickly continuing his expansion like he planned at first he decided to remain in the region to solidify his power and make good with his new vassals. By 1803 Herald at age 59 had made his power a reality, vassals served him loyally, peasents loved him and did their duties for him, he had even started a family with his wife Anna. He had a son named Ragnar, and two twin daughters named Aimi and Kari.

[b]Government:[/b] Absolute Monarchy.
[b]Landmass:[/b] http://imgur.com/z0xabnJ
[b]Population:[/b] 35,000,000 (5 Points)
[b]Martial Prowess:[/b] (9 Points)
[b]Cultural Unity:[/b] (1 Point)
[b]Navy:[/b] 30 Third Rates, 20 Second Rates, 11 First Rates (10 Points)
[b]Colonies:[/b] (0 Points)

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[i]Herlad Skaneg[/i]:
[b]Position:[/b] Keiser of Skeptoni and head of the Skaneg Dynasty.
[b]Age:[/b]59
[b]DOB:[/b] January 18th 1777 - 
[b]Personality:[/b] Strategist, Courteous, Ambitious, Proud.
[b]Appearance:[/b] Light brown hair, blue eyes, strong, elderly.

[i]Ragnar Skaneg[/i]
[b]Position:[/b] Eldest son of Herlad Skaneg and heir to his throne.
[b]Age:[/b] 19
[b]DOB:[/b] January 27 1817 - 
[b]Personality:[/b] Intelligent, Ambitious, Proud, Just.

[i]Anna Munsö[/i]
[b]Position:[/b] Keiseress of Skeptoni and wife to head of the Skaneg Dynasty Herald Skaneg.
[b]Age:[/b] 53
[b]DOB:[/b] September 2nd 1771  - 
[b]Personality:[/b] Patient, Kind, Determined, Gentle.
[b]Appearance:[/b] Golden blonde hair, blue eyes, beautiful, young looking for her age.

[i]Aimi Skaneg[/i]
[b]Position:[/b] Eldest daughter of Herald Skaneg
[b]Age:[/b] 16
[b]DOB:[/b] November 10th 1820 - 
[b]Personality:[/b] Strong willed, determined, proud , wild.
[b]Appearance:[/b] Long dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, beautiful, happy.

[i]Kari Skaneg[/i]
[b]Position:[/b] Youngest child of Herald Skaneg
[b]Age:[/b] 16
[b]DOB:[/b] November 10th 1820 -
[b]Personality:[/b] Quiet, kind, deceptive.
[b]Appearance:[/b] Long dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, beautiful.

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[hider=Major Religion in Skeptoni]
Despite no official religion being declared the majority of people in Skeptoni follow their own kind of Norse Paganism, little is known about the religion to foreigners but those who practice it are very devoted.
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[b]Tangaria[/b]: The Skeptoni people feel like their Tangaria neighbors may be a little to close for comfort and seek to curb their power to ensure they can be no threat.

[b]Nehelenia[/b]: A global power that could rival our own naval power but otherwise the Skeptoni are not worried due to them being more interested in their gold then warring other nations.

[b]Kunenia[/b]: Although they appear to be under the influence of Nehelenia we would like to have a stronger influence over them as well as a strong alliance.

[b]Zellon[/b]: Another global power whose own naval power could match our own but otherwise the Skeptoni people have no strong feeling one way or another about the Zellon nation.

[b]Bolterian Commonwealth[/b]: A clumsy giant that will most likely fall sooner or later for better or worse, 73 million people live in this commonwealth and the world lacks in loyal men not ambitious ones. The Skeptoni people have no strong feelings one way or another about the Commonwealth.

[b]Maljuk[/b]: A great trade opportunity, if we can get commodities from the east in a trade deal then they can be taken back to the west and sold to places like the Bolterian Commonwealth, Nehelenia, Alemenya, Mureha, etc for a great profit.
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