Tákjaana

Tákjaana, (: Takjjana, : Takkana) officially the Tákjaan Confederation, (: Takjjan konsearna, : Takkan téraba) is a large confederacy of 7 constituent kingdoms and stagdoms as well as a special capital territory, all located on the southern half of TBD. It is bordered to the northwest by Gemurtrak, to the northeast by TBD, and shares a maritime border with Fieloani to the south-west. The confederacy is geographically divided among the TBD mountains, the Great Southern Tundra, and expansive plains and forests in northeast. Tákjaana has a population of 36 million, the majority of which being concentrated in the confederacy's major cities or its aforementioned northern plains and coasts. The largest city of the confederacy is Cirsa with the capital being the city of Sidavaras. Other major cities include Silas, Busdá, Homsa, Koasta, and Vajmar.

The first civilizations in what is now Tákjaana arose around the TBD Sea. These kingdoms ruled trade and life in the area and were some of the most advanced in the region. This was up until the Niekans, and mostly nomadic group came up from the south and conquered the region creating the first stagdom and being the first to ever come close to uniting the region. Niekas and the Niekan people ruled the region for many centuries, up until the rise of the Southern Empire. The king of the stagdom was slaughtered by the empire in battle and the son of the king of the southern empire took the place of him. For the next 2 centuries, Niekas (Along with many other lands not before ruled by the stagdom) were ruled by the Southern Empire. This was up until the invasion of the TBD from the north in what is now Gemurtrak and the utter collapse of the stagdom. The area fell into many small kingdoms most under the influence of the Murans. This time also brought along trade from, , and. Kingdoms on the coast were made rich and seeing the opportunity, many were seized or annexed by and. This led to the eventually divide of Takjaana into two spheres of influence, with taking the vast east and  taking the resource rich west. Along with the colonizers also came ideas of liberalism and a unified Takjaan people. This tension led to the first Takjaan Revolution, and the establishment of the Takjaan Union in the east. The revolt quickly collapsed but forced Ordrey and Gladomyr to give concessions to the Takjaan people. Tensions exploded again in 1913 and, not wanting to deal with further violence, eastern takjaana was allowed independence into the Takjaan Confederation. The nation would be fully united under one banner in 1943 with the peaceful return of western Takjaana by Gladomyr.

Etymology
"Tákjaana" is derived from "Ták jan" which means animal people in ancient Fieloanic. The term was first used to addres the people of southern Placeholder during the rise of the Southern Empire. During the decline of the Southern Empire, the term was picked up by the Stag King to refer to all land perceived to be Niekan land. In the 1300s, the word yet again evolved to Tákjan which began to be used to refer to all of southern Placeholder. After the Tákjaan revolution, the name was changed to Tákjaana to fit all of the minority languages and people groups in the new confederacy.

Climate
The enormous size of Tákjaana and the distance of most land from the coasts results in the dominance of the and  climates, which are prevelent in all parts of the confederacy besides the western coast, northeast, and south. Mountains on the western coast and northeast prevent most warm air from the placeholder from traveling to the interior of the nation, making it open to antarctic influences.

Most of the south of the nation has a predominately or  climate, with extremely severe winters in the extreme south of the nation. This is seen most commonly in the kingdom of Niekas, with a record low temperature of -81.6 °C or -114.8 °F. The kingdoms of Sindsad and Javria are the only two to have a predominantly because of their location west of the placeholder mountains, making them open to warm air form the placeholder ocean. Strips of land on the coast of Javria (Most notably the city of Cirsa) and large parts of the kingdoms of Gornin, Bahkas, and Lattna are observed to have a with hot and humid summers and cold to mild winters. Large parts of aforementioned Gornin and Bahkas also have much drier.

Large parts of the confederacy only observe two seasons, summer and winter, as spring and autumn are usually brief periods of change between extremely cold and mild to extremely hot summers. The coldest month in Tákjaana is usually July; with January usually being the hottest. Great ranges of temperature are typical. In winter, temperatures vary from south to north and west to east. Summers can sometimes be hot, even in some of the areas. The driest parts of the nation are those in the northeast and the wettest being the western coasts.

Language
, along with its many dialects are the predominant national official languages of Tákjaana. , a group with two main dialects, is the official language in the kingdom of Sindsad in western Tákjaana. Many other smaller languages are also spoken with varying levels of recognition among the Kingdoms of Tákjaana although the aforementioned languages of and  are the only two official languages.

The dialects of are spoken with varying levels of intelligibility, with Bahkan  being least similar to the rest. Niekan {{wp|Northern Sami|Hállats]] is the {{wp|lingua-franca}} of the kingdoms, being spoken in most professional spaces. According to the 2018 census, 93.3% of all Tákjaans could speak Niekan, with the majority of non-speakers residing in the kingdom of Sindsad