Vulcanion

Vulcanion, officially the Republic of Vulcanion (Maithil: Valkēṉiyaṉ kuṭiyaracu) is a country in Arnai. It is the sixth largest country and third most populous country in the world. It is also the most populous country in Arnai. It is completely surrounded by the Isha Ocean, and borders no other countries. It has maritime borders with Piro, and Efrait.

Humans came from Usmaya to Vulcanion at least 2,200 years ago, and established Duchies. Eventually these Duchies became a Monarchy. Vulcan expansionism began with the First Volcannon Empire, which extended it's reach far outward, and introduced it to Hidasism and Bitestism. It then fell into an isolationist regime, and had a population and economy boom around the 11th century.

Vulcanion then formed into the Second Volcannon Empire after a bloody civil war, and took over Gosneau from the Cheng Dynasty around 1624, during their Civil War. It's population rose rapidly, and eventually became one of the largest in the world, even having it's capital, Agniva, become the largest city for a short period. The empire fell in 1815, and a dictator was put in power, he advanced the country further, though committing atrocities too. After the fall of the Dictatorship during the Vulcan Revolution in 1883, Vulcanion became a republic, with it's capital at Magmara. It did not participate in either World Wars, only having to exert it's power on rising Kyani, and defend itself from their navy.

Vulcanion has been a Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic since 1883, and it is a pluralistic, multilingual and multi-ethnic society. Vulcanion's population grew from 28 million to 177 million from 1950 to 2020, and it's economy boomed further, becoming one of the richest countries in the world, at 5th. Vulcanion has become a fast-growing major economy and a hub for information technology services, with an expanding middle class. It has a space programme which includes several planned or completed extraterrestrial missions. It is a nuclear weapons state, becoming one in 1957, and has not been in a major war since 1895, when it was forced to give up Gosneau to the Kyanin Empire. Vulcanion has a rich, and diverse wildlife, with about 700 different species of plants on the island, some of which were imported from other nations, such as Miguia, and Efrait.