Nouvelle Helena

Nouvelle Helena

Flag of Nouvelle Helena
Motto: "Ce qui ne tue pas rend plus étrange!"
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Region	Aberdeen
Capital	Chartres (SHAR-tray)
Official Language(s)	English (official), French, Greek
Leader	His Magnificence, Grand Duke Bontravaille Du Helena of the Ancient Line of the Helens, Executive Head Of State and Government
Population	15 000 000
Currency	Cheq
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History:

The region that is now Nouvelle Helena was first settled by semi-nomadic tribes of shepherds and farmers in about 3000 B.C. They were overrun around 1700 B.C., by a large group of far-flung Trojan settlers. Though they vastly outnumbered their conquerors, the indiginous peoples seem to have assimilated quickly into the Trojan culture, and by 1200 B.C., the twilight of the Trojan nation, they were indistinguishable from their invaders. The invasion and subsequent destruction of Troy in circa 1180 B.C. actually did little to affect the peoples of Nouvelle Helena. They were already, by that time, nearly independant from the city of Troy because of the great distances between the two areas.

Untill the fifth century A.D., Nouvelle Helena prospered in obscurity, while never seriously taking part in global affairs. It was rediscovered by a remarkably literate and adventurous Visigoth named Tulga in 693 A.D. In his records, he describes a people not much changed from their original Trojan heritage, togas were common-place, temples were dedicated to Aphrodite, and the people elected most of their leaders. Tulga was so struck by the time he spent among the Helens that he put up a shrine in his home village of Pleisbach to the Trojan gods. It was worshipped continuously untill 785 A.D. when it was discovered and dismantled by the priest Bertram of Pleisbach. Thankfully, priest Bertram was of a less iconoclastic nature than some catholic missionaries had been at the time; the historical records of Tulga were preserved and brought to the attention of Charlemagne. In 789 A.D.

The city of Chalkis, now known as Chartres, was founded around 1530 B.C. during the Trojan era, making it one of the oldest modern capitals in the world, predating Rome itself.

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