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Samarnia is a large island located close to the eastern border of [[The Second Realms]]. It has three major rivers and a mountain range in the north. The capital is Ankodion, population 5 million.
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Samarnia is a large island located close to the eastern border of [[The Second Realms]]. It has three major rivers and a mountain range in the north. The capital is Ankodion, population 15 million.
The large island to the east of Samarnia, practically on the Second Realms boundary, is called Rutch. Samarnia and Rutch are sister-countries and enjoy excellent political and economic connections.
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== Early history ==
== History ==
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Samarnia was settled approximatley 3000 BC by a tribe of Egyptian nomads. They accidentally travelled to [[The Second Realms]] and didn't know how to get back, and created a colony on the large island they named Yolguni.
 
Samarnia was settled approximatley 3000 BC by a tribe of Egyptian nomads. They accidentally travelled to [[The Second Realms]] and didn't know how to get back, and created a colony on the large island they named Yolguni.
 
The tribe developed and grew larger. They created an enlightened civillisation and were flourishing on the island by 100 AD. They had three large cities and a large gold-mining industry in the mountains to the north.
 
The tribe developed and grew larger. They created an enlightened civillisation and were flourishing on the island by 100 AD. They had three large cities and a large gold-mining industry in the mountains to the north.
But in 112 AD the Rutchians put their sights on Yolungi. They were also an advanced culture living on the island of Rutch since the creation of [[The Second Realms]]. Rutch was barely a day's sailing from the eastern Samarnian coast, but little interaction had happened between the two. The Rutchians did know, however, about Samarnia's expansive gold mines, and as a people they were obsessed about gold.
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In 554 AD the Age of The Great Explorers begun.
In June 112 AD a fleet of 45 Rutchian galleys sailed into the port city of Ankodion, and their army prepared to sweep into the city. But Ankodion was completley quiet: not a soul remained. This was not an elaborate trick, however. When the soldiers barged into a house, they found dead bodies lying on the floor and beds. Nature had beaten the army to destory Ankodion: a deadly plague killed off 30% of the island, and 90% of Ankodion.
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''To be completed''
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== The Age of The Great Explorers ==
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In 554 AD the explorer Jibbo Gorden sailed westwards and was lost forever. However 15 years later his son Jibbo Gorden II sailed in the same direction and discovered the land of Medicalis, when suddenly his ship were attacked by an army of vicious drop bears and only Jibbo survived. He built himself a raft out of a random floating piece of toothpaste (don't ask) and sailed northwards, where he discovered the land of fairy floss, a magical floating sugary island.
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Samarnia
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Region The Second Realms
Capital Ankodion
Official Language(s) Samarnian, Rutchian, English
Leader Nyx Vansetti
Population above 30 million
Currency the Samare 
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Samarnia is a large island located close to the eastern border of The Second Realms. It has three major rivers and a mountain range in the north. The capital is Ankodion, population 15 million.

Early history

Samarnia was settled approximatley 3000 BC by a tribe of Egyptian nomads. They accidentally travelled to The Second Realms and didn't know how to get back, and created a colony on the large island they named Yolguni. The tribe developed and grew larger. They created an enlightened civillisation and were flourishing on the island by 100 AD. They had three large cities and a large gold-mining industry in the mountains to the north. In 554 AD the Age of The Great Explorers begun.

The Age of The Great Explorers

In 554 AD the explorer Jibbo Gorden sailed westwards and was lost forever. However 15 years later his son Jibbo Gorden II sailed in the same direction and discovered the land of Medicalis, when suddenly his ship were attacked by an army of vicious drop bears and only Jibbo survived. He built himself a raft out of a random floating piece of toothpaste (don't ask) and sailed northwards, where he discovered the land of fairy floss, a magical floating sugary island. There he