Salide

Kingdom of Salide Ríocht na Saellaod
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Anthem: Ár Saellaod (Our Salide) Royal anthem: Márta an rí (March of the King)
Capital	Cappach
Official languages	English, Salidan Gaelic
Recognised national languages	German, French, Hebrew, Gothic
Government
• Monarch	Edward II
• Prime Minister	Oliver Ryan
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	House of Lords
• Lower house	House of Commons
Formation
• Unification	842
• Empire	1619
• Communist Union	1922
• Present Kingdom	1951
Population
• 2017 estimate	8,316,481
• 2013 census	8,012,043
Time zone	(UTC+0:00)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy (AD)
Drives on the	left
ISO 3166 code	SAL
Internet TLD	.sal

Salide, also known as the Kingdom of Salide, is a sovereign state located in northwestern Europe, about 200 miles west of Ireland. The largest city is Cappach, which is located in the southern part of Grand Salide, and whose metropolitan area is home to 2.34 million people, about a fourth of the country's inhabitants.

Salide was created by Ethan Goin and is a part of Austellus Hemisphaeria.

History

Prehistoric Salide

There is no record of any humans in Salide before Mesolithic people started to arrive by boat between 8000BCE and 7000BCE. From about 4500BCE, Neolithic Settlers arrived, introducing cereal cultivars, a housing culture, and stone monuments.

The Bronze Age brought about new technology, the most innovative being the use of metal, along with the wheel, harnessing oxen, textile weaving, and skillful metalworking (which produced new weapons and tools along with fine gold decorations). Salide in the late Bronze Age was part of a networked culture called the Atlantic Bronze age that included Ireland, Britain, France, and Iberia. This network introduced Celtic languages to the islands.

During the Iron Age, a Celtic language and culture emerged in Salide. There were 3 major migrations of Celtic peoples from Europe. The Priteni were the first, followed by the Belgae from northern Gaul and Britain. The Veneti (of the Brittany Peninsula) migrated by ship to the coast of Ireland and then to the Southern Island of Salide, around the same time as the Pritenis and the Belgae.

In the early 3rd Century a large group of Visigoths of northern Iberia migrated north and landed on the Southern Island, as well as a group of Saxons who landed on the eastern Grand Island in the latter half of the 3rd Century.

Christianity was introduced in the late 6th Century, with the arrival of Saint Peter (of Salide) in 564. Complete conversion of the islands was completed around the 9th Century.

===Early Medieval Period, Viking raids, and the rise of the Saellaod Kingdom===

The first viking raids were recorded in 803, when Vikings from Norway attempted to loot the island. This would mark the beginning of 2 centuries of intermittent warfare. By the late 850s, the Vikings founded several settlements on the Eastern coast of the Grand Island. The Vikings never achieved significant control of Salide, and were pushed out in the late 11th Century. However, the Viking settlements continued to flourish and trade had a significant impact on Salide's economy.

Salide was a patchwork of numerous rival clans (kingdoms) but beginning in the middle 9th Century, in 842, with the accession of Eoghan Mac Gabhann to king, the 8 major clans of southern Salide merged into one, creating a large Kingdom. The new Kingdom was named after the Saellaod Clan, the primary driver behind unification. This prompted other clans of the Islands to merge into larger kingships. By the end of the 9th Century, there were 4 major and 7 minor Kingdoms around Salide.