Principality of Kernev Pennsevigeth Kernev | |
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Motto: Onen hag oll (Jackian: "One and all") | |
Anthem: | |
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| Capital | Lannstevan |
| Largest | Truru |
| Official languages | Kernevic Cantuath |
| Recognised regional languages | Kernevic Jackian |
| Religion | Druidism |
| Demonym(s) | Kernevic Kernevek |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Corentyn Arthyen |
| Morwenna Trethores | |
| Legislature | Kesva Kernev |
| Establishment | |
• Settlement | 22 AD |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,177.92 km2 (1,999.21 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 596,277 |
• 2015 census | 591,631 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | ₵19.45 billion |
• Per capita | ₵32,621 |
| Currency | Kernevic Tokyn () (KTK) |
| Time zone | TMB+12 (AOL) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy (CE) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +404 |
| ISO 3166 code | KNV |
| Internet TLD | .kn |
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Kernev, officially the Principality of Kernev (Kernevic: ; Pennsevigeth Kernev), is an island country in the northern Kivu Ocean. Consisting of the main island, and a number of smaller islands, it is 230 kilometres (90 pr mi) from the Arcraibh Isles and 615 kilometres (241 pr mi) from mainland Ostlandet. The island has been considered as part of the Arcraibh Isles, but more recently is considered a separate geographic entity. Its capital is the town of Lannstevan, though the largest town is Truru. There are no cities in Kernev.
The Isle of Kernev is believed to have been uninhabited until the mid first century BCE, when the first settlers from the Arcraibh Isles, arrived. Though the voyages to the isle from Ostlandet were highly perilous, the settlers survived owing in large part to the highly fertile soils of Kernev. The isle became well-established as a centre of mining within the 1st century AD, producing large quantities of tin and copper.
Although most tin mines closed in the mid-20th century, the discovery of Lithium deposits in the east of the isle has resulted in proposals to reopen former mines across the isle. Mining still forms a significant part of the Kernevic economy, however since 1932, the largest sector of the Kernevic economy has been tourism.
The Kernevic language is endemic to Kernev, and is linguistically isolated from its nearest language, Cantuath, which is co-official for international affairs in Kernev. Kernevic Jackian is a recognised regional language, owing to Kivuan colonisation in X, most Jackian speakers are concentrated in the east of the country. Jackian in Kernev is characterised by differing spelling conventions, a prominent rhotic tendency and a number of influences from native Kernevic.
Kernev is a member of the Terraconserva Council of Nations and the Regional Organisation of the Kivu Ocean, and is a member state of the Ostlandet Union. It is a signatory to a number of international agreements, and has bilateral agreements with a number of international organisations.
Etymology
The modern Jackian term Kernev is the endonym of Kernev, rooting from the Paleo-Gallaetic karnu (meaning horn or headland), the root of the Cantuath word ceann meaning 'head'. The name is believed to refer to the headland in Penntyr where the earliest record of human settlement has been found.
History
Early settlement
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The earliest evidence of settlement of Kernev is in the first century AD. Archaeologists found burnt grains of domesticated barley and peat ash deposited in two phases, the prior was dated to the first century BCE, the latter was dated between the first and second centuries CE. Early colonists are likely to have travelled from the Island of Môn, and early bronze works excavated in the Ryslegh Hundred from the late first to the early second century have displayed similar motifs and designs to contemporary Proto-Prydhenic examples. Likewise burial mounds from the period follow the long barrow linear model of Prydhenic structures rather than the annular model passage tombs common in the Goidelic kingdoms occupying modern-day Paleocacher and Hapatmitas.
Kernev had a rich mineral wealth, and the early Prydhenic settlers used engineering technologies to extract large amounts of copper and tin. Due to this resource abundance, early Kernev became a centre for the production of bronze, which was likely sold to mainland Ostlandet. Kernevic bronzeworks have been discovered across modern Paleocacher and Hapatmitas, with more limited finds further afield, in Shaoyu and near Maojie, Monsilva.
According to Kernevic tradition, Kernev was initially ruled by the daughter of the goddess Rhiannon Princess Gwenna, sometimes known as Gwenna Gernev, alongside the Arcraihb Isles (Kernevic: Enesow Prydhenek). The location of Gwenna's court has been the subject of substantial dispute with Kernevic claims that the court was on Kernev, at Yskynna, whilst Arcraibh Islanders have claimed the court was based in x. There is little historical evidence supporting the existence of Gwenna, or any monarchy in Kernev until the 2nd century, with the rule of Essylt of Kernev. Recent historiography has suggested that there was no monarch prior to Essylt, as the title of Princess introduced under Essylt, as the principal ruler suggests there had previously been multiple rulers.
Early history
Conflict with Goidels
Culture
Public holidays
| Lyoan name | Local name | Date |
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| New Year's Day | Kalan Genver | 1 January |
| Spring Festival | Gool Gwerghesow | floating holiday (halfway between the winter solstice and vernal equinox) |
| May Day | Kalan Hav | floating holiday (halfway between summer solstice and vernal equinox) |
| Midsummer | Golowan | floating holiday (summer solstice) |
| Feast of Gwenna | Gool Gwenna | 12 July |
| Autumn Festival | Gool Kynnyav | floating holiday (halfway between summer solstice and autumnal equinox) |
| Harvest Festival | Gool dheys | 6 October |
| Winter Festival | Kalan Gwav | floating holiday (halfway between the winter solstice and autumnal equinox) |
| White Thursday | Gwynn dy'Yow | floating holiday (2nd Thursday of December) |
| Midwinter | Montol | floating holiday (winter solstice) |