Çilvōk

Çilvōk(Vōkkan: Çilvōk, pronounced [sˈɪlvʊk]), officially the Republic of Çilvōk(Vōkkan: Karagtia Çilvōk), is a landlocked country in Northern Subtorria. It is bordered by Achysia and Tarinion to the west, Körythir to the south, Merturosya to the east, and Kolsia to the north. Its capital and largest city is Pižiyk, and other major cities include Kárnec, Agelsis, Hetamiasna, Gorzna, and Çirkemez. The country is known for its well-developed lower and higher education system, as well as its history as a center of liberal thought, being one of the first republics in its region.

Etymology
The name Çilvōk is a conjunction of the Vōkkan words Çil, meaning land, and Vōk, meaning people or person. The name first came into use during the 1767 Revolution, popularized by a set of prominent pro-revolution essays written by the preeminent authors at the time. The official denonym of Çilvōk, which is Çilvōn, was adopted by the 2nd Republic in its constitution, and has been in use ever since.

Pre-Nictorrian Tribes
Before the arrival of the Nictorrians, the lands now known as Çilvōk were inhabited by humans for thousands of years, in structures ranging from simple nomadic clans to tribal proto-kingdoms. The people inhabiting this area were blessed by the abundance of fertile soil, and, in later years, or iron. Coalescing around the resources which proved useful to them, these people would for the earliest civilizational structure of Çilvōk: the Tribe. These tribes, despite their lack of advancement, still leave a mark to this day in some forms of Çilvōn culture, with their customs being the foundation of it. Throughout the Iron age, these tribes would expand, founding some of the first real cities in Çilvōk, though they would now be recognized only as small towns. Several of these towns remain to this day, and they enjoy protected status as heritage sites.

Nictorrian Era
The arrival of the Nictorrians in the first century AT would herald the end of the Tribal era in Çilvōk, as the disorganized and relatively weak tribal kingdoms stood no chance against the armies of the Nictorrian Empire. Consequently, the west of Çilvōk was conquered quickly, with the remaining tribes retreating to the more advantageous ground of the east, founding the city of Kárnec in the year 102 AT. Kárnec would go on to become perhaps the most important city in Çilvōk until the 1627 Revolution, and even today it stands as a cultural center of the country.

Geography
Çilvōk spans 246,176 kilometers, and is intersected by several waterways, the most prominent of which being the River Zuil. The country is primarily split between west and east, with the west being flatter, and the east being more varied in topography. The only mountains in Çilvōk are located in the east, at foothills of the Urdennics.

Çilvōk is situated on the North Subtorrian Plain, a flat area which is temperate in climate, and spans from the Subtorrian Sea to the Urdennic Mountains. Historically, this has allowed for a high degree of development in the region, due to the flat landscape and arable land.

The climate of Çilvōk follows its Geography, being split between east and west. The west, which is part of the aforementioned North Subtorrian Plain, has a Mediterranean climate. The east is, just as it is in topography, more climatically varied than the west, but it has an oceanic climate, making it colder than the west.

Due to the temperate climates, almost all of the land in Çilvōk is arable