General information (Pre-Great war):
Demonym: Lepondunonian
Capital: Arelatis
Key cities: Branodunon and Vassorix
Official language: Segamnos
Total population: 125,772,235
Total land area: 536,812 km2
Currency: Bracta
Government: Guided Regional Confederation
The Presidential Relic (FOUNDED): At the [ABSENCE_LOG], in -1231274781387528568346 (BCE), after Lepondunon began its own civilization, ██████ arrived. No entry records the origin.
They presented the first leader with a painting containing a full spectrum - colors unnamed, unbounded. From that spectrum emerged the state's foundation of color and perception. What could be seen became what could exist.
Ontological status: At this time, there is no available information, and no traveler has ever reached the land in its entirety
About Lepondunon:
✎ Lepondunon has been a land of painting for over 300,000 years - art isn't just culture here, it is identity.
✎ The country is the birthplace of countless legendary painters and the origin of many major art movements.
✎ In Lepondunon, being a painter is the norm - most citizens are artists, and both society and the government actively encourage it.
✎ The nation is famous for producing high-quality, innovative art materials used by creators around the world.
✎ Scientists in Lepondunon invented a device that lets people see colors beyond normal human vision - shades no natural eye can perceive.
✎ Their military is unexpectedly artistic too - developing acoustic weapons capable of producing intensely disorienting and terrifying sounds.
✎ There are over 20,000 art exhibitions held across the country.
✎ The National Exhibition in the capital is one of the largest in the world, showcasing thousands of painting masterpieces under one roof.
✎ Even the food is artistic - Lepondunon cuisine is known for being incredibly colorful. The dish Karivella features more than 30 distinct natural colors from a wide range of ingredients.
Brief modern history:
I. THE COLLAPSE OF THE CONFEDERATION AND THE DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM (1019–1032)
After approximately fifteen years, the Confederation of Lepondunon collapsed in March 1019 due to policy failures and public dissatisfaction. No clear successor authority emerged. A new political movement arose, promoting radical decentralization: local communities should exercise self-governance without centralized authority.
The population broadly accepted this model. Consolidation required more than a decade. Between March and June 1032, the Togiron Belisnon Senican - a national consultative body of 43 permanent members - was established. It had no governing authority; all decision-making power remained exclusively with local leaders.
II. THE TOUTIA LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND THE TERRORIST CAMPAIGNS (1064–1071)
In April 1064, the Toutia - statutes preventing conflicts between regional leaders, limiting power abuse, and suppressing separatist tendencies - received final approval.
Between 1066 and 1071, political stability varied significantly by region. Opposition groups demanding radical change engaged in sabotage, terror against civilians, kidnappings, and public executions. The Komtag Ueruiros (KU) was established in 1040 to investigate terrorist activities. The period 1066–1071 was the bloodiest phase of the anti-terrorism campaign. Western regions became the primary conflict zone. On 12 March 1071, supreme terrorist leader Uirotallos Toutias was captured alive in a cave. He was executed ten years later. Hostilities ended in May 1071.
III. BORDER CONFLICTS WITH RAGINHEIM (1080)
In 1080, persistent border conflicts erupted with Raginheim over the Uindobriga region - disputed for centuries. The Battle of Argantodunon in May saw Raginheim occupy the town for one month before withdrawal. Sporadic border warfare continued for decades.
IV. THE SEPARATIST CRISIS AND THE NATIONAL INSURRECTION (1097–1114)
Despite the Toutia laws, many regional leaders abused authority - declaring themselves permanent rulers, abolishing elections, and developing independent military forces. The western region of Riganta declared independence, prompting others to follow.
The Council called for a popular uprising (National Insurrection, declared 27 June 1097) - one of the bloodiest periods in Lepondunonian history, lasting nearly two decades.
The Eastern March (3 October 1099 – February 1100): The first large-scale campaign against eastern regimes. Tegara collapsed after three months; Catura fell three months later. The Eastern March concluded when the Council could no longer advance.
The Second Eastern March (19 June – 21 December 1101): Coordinated with indigenous insurgents. Battle of Ualunon (30 July): approximately thirteen thousand separatist combatants committed mass suicide; the final soldier immolated the bodies before taking his own life. The operation failed to compel any regime's surrender.
The Katu-Segon Operation (7 January – 24 July 1102): Separatist forces launched a coordinated offensive. Western forces demonstrated superior organization, compelling Council tactical withdrawal. All separatist regimes then unified as the Lepondunon United Regions (LUR).
The Nebulos Campaign (1103–1105): LUR's most significant achievement, capturing Morentina, Teguron, Brigacos, Durovia, and Nebantia Forest Hills. LUR utilized accumulated corpses as protective barriers for advancing infantry and constructed fortifications entirely from human remains - inflicting severe psychological trauma on Council forces.
Stalemate (1105–1108): LUR exhausted capacity for major attacks. Both sides entered a protracted stalemate.
Operation Rupta (1108 onward): Council forces, coordinating with resistance organizations Comtagi and Exsarti, excavated extensive tunnel networks connecting resistance strongholds with Council positions - entirely by manual labor to avoid detection.
Morinos Massacres (April–July 1110): LUR systematically eliminated Comtagi and Exsarti resistance fighters. Council launched a mass propaganda campaign portraying LUR as indiscriminately executing civilians, generating widespread distrust within LUR-controlled populations.
The Spring Advancing (early 1112 – 1114): Final major Council offensive. Thousands of soldiers emerged from Rupta tunnel access points throughout LUR territory, launching coordinated attacks deep within enemy areas. Within five months, LUR lost most strategic locations. LUR supreme commander Segomaros Dunoricnos died by self-inflicted gunshot before capture at Riganta. Surviving LUR forces withdrew to the Pressalon Mountain Range. After two years of futile resistance, remaining separatists surrendered. On 15 June 1114, the National Insurrection was declared terminated.
The war left the nation in ruins. The Uindobriga region had been ceded to Raginheim in 1110.
V. POST-WAR RESTORATION AND CULTURAL MOVEMENTS (1114–1120)
Under the universal policy Biontialu, regional leaders were temporarily granted authority to distribute basic necessities. Art movements emerged: Nebulist (obscured, fog-like depictions of hidden horrors); Subterranism (obsession with subterranean themes); Testimonialist (hyperrealist documentation of conflict). After four years, the nation recovered to pre-war economic levels.
In 1117, the Council restricted regional leaders' authority - they would henceforth function as guides rather than absolute decision-makers.
VI. THE RUPTA TUNNEL NETWORK AND THE PAINTING OF RED (1120–1161)
The Rupta tunnel network was reconstructed as a transportation system, reinforced and expanded into multiple layers - preserved as historical monuments and strategic assets.
In 1161, the Council ordered a massive purge (Painting of Red) to eliminate separatist ideologies permanently. The purge lasted three months; investigations continued for approximately three years.
VII. THE RECLAMATION OF UINDOBRIGA (1195)
When the Thauris Republic collapsed due to the Zeta Flu pandemic (1195), Lepondunon declared war on Raginheim (16 March). Utilizing rapid tactics and overwhelming force, Lepondunon recaptured Uindobriga after one month. A defensive fortification line and secret tunnel system were constructed.
VIII. THE LEPONDUNON-RAGINHEIM WAR (1234–1240)
On 3 June 1234, war erupted again. Raginheim deployed chemical agents via aerial platforms, causing mass civilian casualties - most fatalities from asphyxiation. Certain zones rendered permanently uninhabitable.
Lepondunon deployed acoustic machinery, creating severe psychological effects on Raginheim forces. The conflict reached stalemate (1237–1239). Lepondunon exploited tunnel networks for surprise attacks within enemy-controlled areas.
Operation Katuwolcos (August 1238 – April 1239): Multiple assaults across occupied territories. Battle of Uxella (September – 20 December 1238): combat primarily nocturnal with acoustic weapons. Raginheim established an emergency evacuation corridor; few survivors escaped. Dubrona and Segomagos were recaptured (November 1238 and February 1239).
However, Lepondunon could not recapture Uindobriga. In early 1240, Raginheim exploited Lepondunon's vulnerable Northeastern sector - lacking tunnel infrastructure due to unsuitable geology - executing a rapid advance. Lepondunon agreed to a peace treaty (18 March 1240), ceding Uindobriga and paying substantial reparations.
IX. THE ATEGINOS ATEPOKIOS EMERGENCY PROTOCOL (1240 onward)
The defeat generated massive humiliation and social unrest. For the first time, the state proposed a single executive leader - temporarily suspending regional leaders' authority. Ateginos Atepokios was elected. He delivered a national address acknowledging displeasure and pledging restoration. The war's consequences were mitigated within two years.
Atepokios implemented an emergency contingency protocol: the Council would elect one member to serve as conventional head of state during wartime or disorder, with normal governance restored afterward.
X. THE UINDOBRIGA INSURGENCY AND THE SECOND GREAT WAR (1268–1294)
1268 (3 October): Insurgent force Touta Rigos Uindos (TRU), backed by Lepondunon, launched an uprising against Raginheim. Raginheim granted the region autonomous status, though under surveillance.
1291 (31 March): Following escalation of the Second Great War, Lepondunon declared war on Tavrikon over the Senkego area. Within one month, most of Western Tavrikon fell. Battle of Salvika (24 July 1291 – five months): acoustic weapons deployed at maximum capacity - hundreds of sounds playing continuously. Lepondunon captured the city but losses nearly equaled Tavrikon's. Stalemate developed by mid-1292.
1293 (5 May): Lepondunon, in coalition with the Uindobriga autonomous zone, declared war on Raginheim. Lepondunon adopted defensive postures across Uindobriga rather than full-scale offensives.
The Yellow Mist (6 February 1294): Massive chemical agent release across Uindobriga - deadliest weapon encountered. Anyone inhaling suffered permanent blindness and internal hemorrhaging. The mist persisted for twenty-four hours.
Lepondunon was halted at the Rheinfahl River. The Tavrikon front showed little difference - mutual exhaustion.
Pax of Seraphic (5 July 1294): Uindobriga transferred to Lepondunon; Senkego ceded to Tavrikon.
XI. POST-WAR ALLIANCES AND THE TUNNEL RECONSTRUCTION (1294–1317)
The war was proclaimed a victory. In October 1295, Lepondunon established diplomatic relations with Raginheim for the first time. One year later, Lepondunon opened diplomatic channels with Morthen.
In 1317, massive reconstruction of the tunnel network commenced - each layer redesigned with more sophisticated structure; certain zones engineered to be habitable environments.
XII. "STONE AND STORM" AND THE PRELUDE TO THE THIRD GREAT WAR (1329 onward)
On 28 November 1329, the legendary painting "Stone and Storm" by Celasios Brentenos was discovered after centuries of being considered lost. On 5 December 1354, Virognatos Alpios was elected state representative. The state continued developing until the outbreak of the Third Great War of Eldervale.
Idealology: Asthetic Liberalism
Aesthetic Liberalism is a political ideology that declares the highest political good to be the cultivation and protection of creative expression, judging a society's moral and economic systems by how well they enable artistic freedom, sensory exploration, and the unfettered flow of imagination. Freedom of expression is not merely a civil liberty but the primary human right - because to imagine and create is to be fully human - and all other rights, including speech, assembly, and privacy, derive from this. No idea, image, or style is considered inherently dangerous or degenerate; the state exists to protect art from both authoritarian bans and market-driven self-censorship. Society is envisioned as a painter's studio: a space of continuous experimentation where mistakes are sources of learning and where hierarchy yields to aesthetic judgment by peers. Every human is born a potential creator, and the purpose of education and governance is not to fill the slate with predetermined knowledge but to preserve its openness and provide pigments. No style, medium, or tradition holds inherent superiority - realism does not rule over abstraction, digital does not rank below oil - and value emerges only from sincerity of expression and the willingness to take risks. No law, policy, or cultural norm is ever final; just as a painting can be painted over, scrapped, or revised, all political arrangements remain open to creative destruction. Physical violence is not expression, but offense, disgust, or outrage triggered by an artwork is not harm - it is the friction of freedom. Aesthetic Liberalism rejects the concept of "emotional damage" as a legal constraint on art, recognizing only two legitimate limits: direct incitement to immediate violence (clear, present, and intended), and non-consensual use of a living person's likeness in sexually explicit work. Because authoritarianism always attacks abstract and experimental art first, defending difficult, strange, or ugly art is a frontline political act; aesthetic courage predicts civil courage, meaning a society that tolerates bizarre paintings will tolerate dissidents. Art must be clearly framable - not physically but contextually - so a painting in a gallery is protected speech while the frame (time, place, consent, signage) determines whether expression becomes trespass. Finally, recognizing that every great work borrows, intellectual property lasts a maximum of fourteen years, non-renewable, except for moral rights of attribution; after that, any artwork may be remixed, painted over, quoted, or parodied without permission or payment, because creativity is a river, not a reservoir.