Demonym: Raginheimer
Capital: Biaumont
Key cities: Vauclegne and Burgon
Official language: Grotthain
Total population: 72,432,467
Total land area: 632,237 km²
Currency: Chassel
Government: Unitary affective-harmony state
The Presidential Relic (UNABLE TO RECOVER): █████████████████████████████████, at ████████████, a single medicinal unit was presented to [FRAGMENTED] and [FRAGMENTED] as a gift for ₑˣᵢˢₜᴱₙᶜₑ. The pill was administered for [NO] and [YES]. All subsequent records collapse into ████████
Ontological status (Post-Great war): A weak signal has been received from the former state. Additional contact is expected in the near future
About Raginheim:
ᯓ★ Raginheim is basically a chemist's paradise - over 80,000 chemical agents have been developed there, some powerful enough to wipe out entire nations.
ᯓ★ It's also the largest narcotics producer in Eldervale (and globally), manufacturing around 38,000 tonnes of drugs each year - their products are infamous for high purity and surprisingly minimal side effects.
ᯓ★ Due to a long history of betrayal, Raginheim rarely forms deep alliances. Most of their relationships with other nations are purely strategic.
ᯓ★ The country is home to roughly 9,000 waterfalls - some even flow upward, a phenomenon locals call "waterise."
ᯓ★ The sky in Raginheim glows a mesmerizing enchanted iris purple almost all year, briefly shifting to a warm blush ember hue for a short period annually.
ᯓ★ Raginheimers have a serious sweet tooth - almost every dish includes something sugary.
ᯓ★ With so many waterfalls regulating water flow, minor flooding is common, and boats are the primary mode of transportation.
ᯓ★ Raginheim has played a role in discovering and creating unique chemical elements unknown elsewhere.
ᯓ★ In Burgon, there exists a massive multi-layered structure built by ancient alchemists - filled with strange chambers, towering vessels, and flowing symbols that represent the building blocks of matter.
Brief modern history:
I. THE THAURIS REPUBLIC AND THE ZETA FLU (1172–1195)
Thauris was formed in 1172 through the unification of Hleidisland, Morthen, and Raginheim to counter Ornazian expansion. After more than twenty years, Raginheim - fearing Hleidisland's growing dominance - secretly orchestrated Thauris's collapse. With assistance from Toutanglom and Draviskas, Raginheim developed a man-made influenza strain. The Zeta Flu was released in 1195, striking Hleidisland severely and Morthen moderately. Raginheim's own limited exposure (fewer than 2,000 deaths) avoided suspicion. Thauris dissolved.
II. THE TRICHORYNE OPERATION AND THE STILAFARAN NARCOTICS REGIME (1199–1200)
Under mounting public pressure, head of state Gundemar Hrodwulfing resigned on 8 January 1199, appointing Sigiric Baldthar as successor. Within two months, Gundemar initiated release of Trichoryne - a chemical airborne agent designed to calm the population, dull emotions, and foster obedience. The initial formulation remained active for approximately two hours.
Under the Stilafaran Operation (started 1200), authorities introduced these compounds into food and water supplies. After six years, narcotics became embedded in daily life. The illicit drug trade became a central pillar of the state's economy.
III. THE BATTLE OF THE REDS AND THE WAR WITH MORTHEN (1222)
Between 1215 and 1221, numerous skirmishes occurred between Morthen and Raginheim. Raginheim declared war on Morthen on 20 February 1222 - the immediate cause being a soldier who overslept and missed duty, mistaken for a hostage.
Raginheim launched rapid offensives deploying Dautumistus (red-colored chemical agent). Within two months, Raginheim captured most of western Morthen. Morthen proposed peace; treaty signed on 15 March 1222. No territorial changes. Primary objectives: cease border threats and test chemical weapons.
IV. THE LEPONDUNON WAR AND THE UINDOBRIGA ANNEXATION (1234–1240)
War broke out on 3 June 1234. Raginheim deployed Nachtwehen and Schwarzbrand-IX across Lepondunon territory, causing mass civilian casualties and forcing Lepondunon into full-scale war. Raginheim advanced deep into enemy territory.
Stalemate (1237–1239). Raginheim suffered significant losses at Dubrona, Segomagos, and most critically at Uxella (three months, continuous assaults, psychological warfare).
Early 1240: Raginheim exploited a weakened northeastern sector. Peace treaty signed 18 March 1240 - Raginheim gained approximately 13 percent of Lepondunon territory and substantial reparations. Decisive victory.
V. THE MARKTOFFEN POLICY AND THE ALARIC ASSASSINATION (1244–1251)
Under the Marktoffen Policy (1244), most common narcotics became openly available in regulated markets. The Ruhehalle - public chambers with calming gases - were constructed.
On 6 December 1251, head of state Alaric von Eisenwald was assassinated by a gunman. The Niwamarka Wegun der Gemeino Folkarbeit (NWGF) and Folkwartun Fridamacht des Landis (FFL) - reactionary groups seeking to restore Thauris - emerged.
Armed clashes concentrated in northern regions. The Skeldmark Blackout (8 April 1252) - five days of fighting in total darkness. Reactionary forces retreated. Within five months, most leadership was captured and executed. Stricter regulations followed.
VI. THE UINDOBRIGA WAR AND THE TRG UPRISING (1268–1274)
On 3 October 1268, Touta Rigos Uindos (TRG) emerged in annexed Lepondunon territories, assassinated an official, and demanded reunification with Lepondunon.
TRG relied on guerrilla warfare in mountainous terrain. Siege of Segomagos (6 November–20 December 1269) - devastating rebel casualties. Raginheim failed to capture key strongholds (Nerios, Brigantion, Brigilos). The most brutal engagement was Albiiona (August 1272) - nearly the entire town destroyed, population annihilated. TRG refused to capitulate.
Continuous guerrilla attacks and harsh environment led to sustained attrition. In 1274, after immense expenditure with no strategic benefit, Raginheim agreed to transform Uindobriga into an autonomous zone - political and strategic defeat.
VII. THE HLEIDISLAND WARS (1277–1282)
First War (1277–1279): Hleidisland concluded the Zeta Flu originated within Raginheim. Declared war on 7 November 1279. Raginheim aligned with Toutanglom and Draviskas (the Coalition). Raginheim's forces were decisively outmatched. Western–northern front collapsed. Battle of Richenvalde (20 January 1280) and Battle of Kaltenbourg (6 February 1280) - Raginheim suffered near-total destruction (fewer than 200 survivors from approximately 40,000). Chemical weapons proved ineffective. Fall of Grotthain marked final collapse. Peace treaty signed 12 September 1280: substantial reparations, cession of approximately eight percent of territory.
Second War (1281–1282): After eight months, Raginheim - alongside Toutanglom and Draviskas - executed terrorist attacks within Hleidisland-controlled territories. Hleidisland declared war on all three. Coalition initially pushed Hleidisland out of several regions, but internal disagreements weakened the front. Hleidisland counterattacked.
The Long Watch (from 26 June 1282): Defense of four strategic locations: Montbreche, Clairvold, Dornemarc, and the Ragfluss River line - final gateway to the capital. Defenders endured continuous artillery, starvation, medical shortages. Reinforcements traveled through tunnel networks used as makeshift medical facilities. Soldiers fought for days without sleep. Hleidisland breached the line but was driven back. The battlefield was entirely saturated with blood. Raginheim held.
Second treaty signed 3 October 1282: Raginheim recognized Hleidisland's annexation of occupied territories and paid additional reparations. Raginheim was defeated, but the Long Watch became a defining national legend.
VIII. INTERWAR RECOVERY AND MILITARY MODERNIZATION (1283–1291)
30 February 1283: Montbreche, Clairvold, Dornemarc, and Ragfluss River recognized as national historical heritage sites.
New chemical agents developed: Morndrauch (respiratory failure, stroke-like symptoms) and Ulmar (severe corrosive skin damage). Himmelspeer - high-speed aerial dispersal device - engineered.
IX. THE SECOND GREAT WAR OF ELDERVALE - RAGINHEIM THEATRE (1291–1294)
28 October 1291: Raginheim declared war on Hleidisland. Operation Dämmerkranz - sustained offensives. Raginheim reclaimed most lost territories within weeks, advancing to within kilometers of Hleidisland mainland. Raginheim sought peace; Hleidisland rejected.
Hleidisland counteroffensives recaptured Stainaburgs Fortress (19 February 1292). One year later, Hleidisland reclaimed Grotthain. Raginheim committed substantial resources to capital defense. Hleidisland ultimately could not sustain further advances.
5 May 1293: Lepondunon, united with the autonomous zone, declared war on Raginheim. Raginheim successfully halted initial advances but was forced into defensive posture - more than half its forces remained engaged against Hleidisland. Two-front stalemate.
Raginheim intensified chemical weapon use. Gundarvik Massacre (6–9 March 1293) - Hleidisland forces committed massacres in occupied territories, provoking outrage.
Operation Schattensaat (one week after Gundarvik): Counteroffensive against both Hleidisland and Lepondunon. Recaptured approximately forty percent of lost territories before stalling.
Liquid-based agent Varn introduced - green corrosive liquid causing extremely painful deterioration, deployed via aerial dispersal as corrosive rainfall. Lepondunon forces were halted at the Rheinfahl River.
Pax of Seraphic (5 July 1294): Raginheim signed. All lost territories restored. Uindobriga permanently ceded to Lepondunon. War portrayed as victory in official propaganda.
X. POST-WAR RECOVERY AND THE LEX BRUNATH TREUVOR PURGE (1294–1312)
Postwar reconstruction focused on reintegrating returned territories. In 1301, the Brunvar Khemnora Complex - underground facility (approximately 4 km x 4 km, depth nearly 1 km) - was established for narcotics and chemical agent production.
1305–1310: Raginheim adopted a more open diplomatic posture emphasizing narcotics and chemical trade.
May 1312: Lex Brunath Treuvor - intensive investigative and judicial campaign prosecuting corrupt officials. Most comprehensive political purge in Raginheim's history. Many received life sentences; limited number executed.
XI. THE POLITICAL VACUUM AND THE GUNDRELTHA VARNEHILD REGIME (1352–1355)
5–16 August 1352: Following the death of Leothar de Virebourg, political vacuum. Leothar appointed Waldric Treuvane as successor, but Treuvane proved weak. Remor Klarstein declared himself head of state. Gundreltha Varnehild ordered Remor's assassination and seized control.
Gundreltha detained political opponents. Under her leadership, Raginheim entered rapid development. Lex der Erneuerten Krone introduced a civic contribution credit system (welfare benefits for verified community service). State care houses were established in every district.
XII. THE PRELUDE TO THE THIRD GREAT WAR (1355–1369)
From 1355, Gundreltha heavily invested in experimental chemical and narcotic technologies - many previous agents significantly enhanced and rendered more lethal.
In 1369, Gundreltha collapsed one morning from prolonged overwork and severe sleep deprivation. Following recovery, she adjusted her routine and continued to lead the state until the onset of the Third Great War.
Ideology: Emotional Liberationism
Emotional Liberationism is a political ideology that asserts human emotions have been systematically suppressed by state, capital, and social norms, and that psychoactive substances - when used consciously - are tools for emotional reclamation, empathy expansion, and collective healing. It demands the full legal right to choose one's emotional and perceptual state, including via drugs, as long as no direct harm is done, arguing that drug prohibition is a form of affective control designed to flatten rebellion, creativity, and emotional depth. Central to the ideology is the belief that to fake an emotion one does not feel is self-inflicted humiliation; the raw, ugly, uncomfortable truth of one's inner state is always more honorable than a pleasant lie, and suppressing rage, grief, envy, or despair for social comfort is a betrayal of the self, worse than any drug-induced chaos. If a drug allows access to a suppressed emotion - guilt, longing, terror, ecstasy - its use for that purpose is protected as emotional self-defense. Public institutions cannot mandate cheerfulness, gratitude, or any performative emotion, and mood repair is considered individual, not social. Feeling shame about any genuine emotion is prohibited by the ideology; shame is only legitimate when caught faking. No one is required to comfort others with false warmth; witnessing someone's authentic rage, despair, or numbness without demanding they change it is framed as the highest form of emotional solidarity, while flinching from ugliness is cowardice and faking reassurance is betrayal. A truth spoken under the influence - even if fragmented, raw, or socially unacceptable - carries equal or greater weight than a sober truth because it bypasses performative filtering. Citizens do not owe anyone healing, improvement, or a "better" emotion tomorrow; stagnating in bitterness, staying angry for years, or choosing never to forgive is politically protected, and only fakery is punished, not the permanence of pain.