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 46 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 region currently occupied by Tákjaana was first settled by humans in the early. The first civilizations in the area were concentrated around the placeholder and were fairly advanced compared to others in the region. In the early 200s CE, the Niekan in the south of the nation, using !reindeer as a form of cavalry were able to unite large swaths of lands under what would later be commonly referred to as the Staglands. The rise of the Southern Empire saw the staglands become loyal to the cause of the Southern Empire and aid in their expansion. After a disagreement over who would be heir to the throne of the Staglands, the Stag King was slaughtered in a battle with a legion of Southern Empire warriors. This event led to a massive coalition of many kingdoms across placeholder fighting against (Many of which were already doing so) and eventually ending the Southern Empire. Victory in this war saw the establishment of the Niekas and the annexation of 4 other kingdoms into the new stagdom. A relatively successful peasant's revolt in 1436 led to the Stagdom becoming slightly more decentralized and affording more liberties to the latter mentioned kingdoms. In 1756, the Stag of the Niekas, Placeholder began an attempt to centralize the Stagdom around Niekas and spread Niekan culture. This led to all but 3 of the kingdoms revolting in what would later be known as the Tákjaan civil war. Two sides were formed; the Confederationists and Loyalists. The civil war saw many novel ideas arise such as democracy, confederationism, and proto-noyonism. The war ended in a confederationist victory and the establishment of the modern political system.

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 civil war, the name was changed to Tákjaana to fit all of the minority languages 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