Edury

Edury, officially known as the Grand Commonwealth of Edury, is a state in the north eastern corner of Altrua. Located on the northern coast of the bay that shares its name, Edury is bordered by Gladomyr to the east, Ordrey to the south-east, and Ecoralia to the west. Edury has a population around 30 million people, an occupies a space of around 380,000 Km2. It's capital and largest city is Godenhaven, while its second city and original capital is Eduvesting. The nation is historically centered around the Edu river, which together with its valley and floodplain makes up the core of the country. Almost the entire nation, except the province of Penninsulaplace and the southwestern corner of the country, drains into the basin of the Edu river.

The nation has its beginnings in the first meetings of the Senate, which was initially a group of nobles representing different cities which traded along the Edu river. Over time, these cities became the medieval Confederation, a loose union of cities and provinces. As time went on, the confederation centralized somewhat, and the state expanded to fill the valley and floodplain, as well as the VERWVRW peninsula. A moderate colonial empire was established, which persisted until [time]. in the early 1800's, the Revolution of 1799 overthrew the status quo, reducing the Senate to an upper house with very little power, and replaced the elected near-monarchial Daar with the Lord-Magistrate, and turned the Assembly of the Estates into the powerful lower house of the Diet.

Edury is a parliamentary republic, with the Lord-Magistrate being directly elected by the people but subject to parliamentary confidence. It is nominally a unitary state, but with many powers devolved to its provincial governments, it is in effect a semi-federal nation. The state is run under the Constitution of VRWRGEB, which lays out the powers, responsibilities, and checks on the four branches of the Eduran government: the moderating branch, the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch.

Etymology
The native word for the nation, Edurijk, means "Realm of the Edu river".

Early History
Unlike other countries, humanity did not exist in Edury since neolithic times.

Confederation Era
The early confederation of Edury evolved from several agreements, alliances, and other word for the same thing between the central states on the foothills of the Penguinne mountains and in the central Edu river valley. The earliest entity that could be called an early form of the confederation was the first meeting of the Senate, although they did not call it that in those days. At the time, it was simply a committee of representatives of four central Eduran cities and states, of which were governed by the Aykist church. Eventually, this committee became permanent, and transferred into being a legislative body to deal with issues governing the shared realms of these states.