Population:
Nationality:
noun: Geledian
adjective: Geledian
Ethnic Breakdown:
Name: Province of Geled/Duchy of Geled
Type: Various
Capital: Geled
Administrative divisions: Various
Symbols: Clover
Leadership: Duke & Presidiuum
Currency: Rubl
Overview:
Calendar: Geled Year = 1.3467 Terran years; counted
from 2153 CE
Holidays:
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Languages:
Language analog: Russian, Ukranian
Overview:
Settlement:
Independence:
Overview:
Following the fall of the Empire, Marc
Tattersall, Governor of Geled, announced that Geled would host
the Imperial Council. Nearly two dozen
authentic Councilors managed to reach Geled and hold a meeting,
at which (surprise!) Marc Tattersall was declared Emperor. The
other Provinces, however, had their own ideas, and since the Geled
Council did not have a quorum, the legality of the declaration
is in serious doubt. Although Marc Tattersall maintained that
he was the legal Emperor, and kept the title until the end of
his life, his successors gave up the claim.
Instead, Geled maintained the fiction that it was still a Province; until c. 4700 CE, it was known as the "Province of Geled" and the leader was styled "Duke of Geled." Subsequently, the area was known as the "Duchy of Geled."
At the same time, the former Province had splintered to a much greater degree than Credix; while the Tattersalls tried to maintain Imperial traditions, strong neighbors and mass movements into and out of the Transgeled left the realm on permanent military footing. Marc's daughter, Cambrea Tattersall, reorganized the realm and strengthened the Navy. Her successors continued the work, until Geled became primarily a military state.
In 5372 CE, the explanding Natalese Confederation pushed up against Geled's borders, and the two states mutually declared war. The war continued, with much damage on both sides (including the destruction of Ultrawave Relay Beta in 5378 CE), until 5408 CE, when the Independent Traders organized a peace conference on Escen. As a result of this conference, disputed territory was granted independence as the Free Territory of Cisnatal.
The long war, however, had proved so destabilizing that, by 5440 CE, Cisnatal had dissolved and the Natalese Confederation was in rapid decline. (The Natalese Confederation was gone by 6100 CE).
c. 6390 CE, Geled began ultrawave contact with the Ebettor; the first face-to-face contact occurred in 6484 CE.
About 7700 CE, Geled entered into a series of treaties with the Independent Traders. These treaties not only gave the Traders greater access to Geledian territory and trade; they also served as nonagression treaties between Geled, the Credixian Imperium, the Sardinian League, Borshall, and the Escen Hegemony. Shortly, Geled and Escen signed a treaty prohibiting intrusions into one another's space.
About 7800 CE, Georges Naiman took control of the Escen Hegemony, and turned it into a military dictatorship. A cold war developed between Escen and Geled, and Geled slowly became more like Escen.