Valkyria Confederation

Valkyria, officially the Valkyria Confederation (Norwegian: Valkyria Konføderasjon) is a country in Northern Europe. Valkyria's population is about 425 thousand people at the time of its formation, and about 9,34 million after annexing Iceland, with its first city Bergen (also known as Valkyria) as capital.

The Valkyria Confederation was formed after a questionable rebellion from Norway in early 2018. Led by Erik Jakobsen from its establishment until 2037 and his daughter Anna afterwards, the nation has adopted a constitutional monarchy and pursue the path of equality and scientific advancement.

Valkyria is sometimes considered as a permanent union between the five regions and the newly-annexed Iceland. (see below). Oh, and the nation now has female leadership. And we're not Marway.

Etymology
The name Valkyria comes from "valkyrie" (Old Norse: valkyrja). In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one of a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live.

The nation used to be named "Valkyria Bergen" due to the fact that it is initially based on the city of Bergen. The name changed to "Valkyria Confederation" for unknown purposes.

History
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The existence of the Confederation has been regarded by Sweden as "a split personality of Norway", and also recorded to be active since the time of the Kalmar Union, or maybe even before that; and it has always wanted to break free from everything that prevented its independence. The desire never come true until 2018, when a rebellion led by Erik Jakobsen successfully established the state on the city of Bergen. After the Great Nordic War that happened 15 years later, the nation acquired a considerable chunk of Norwegian and Swedish lands.

The Valkyria Confederation's arch-enemy is the Neo-Byzantine Empire (also known as Byzantium in the past) and both has shown hatred to each other due to differences in ethnicity, government, ideologies and characteristics. Valkyria also appears to know Proxima and is aware of his hostility, which end up in a reform of the Valkyria Military Alliance and multiple researchs of unique units throughout Europe.

Valkyria also has knowledge about Proxima's technology, which opens up a possibility that the two of them may know each other before.

Valkyria is the leader of the Nordic-Eurasian Pact, which is an alliance with a name that makes no sense.

Politics
Not much is known about the political system of the Valkyria Confederation, except for having their Prime Minister selected from either one of the three parties by the ruler: Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats.

Economy
TBA

Military
The Valkyria Confederation relies on Russia for manpower due to its low population. However, its military technology grows very fast despite its size and their weapons are considerably stronger than the rest of the world.

It is estimated that about 40% of their army are made up of Russians in 2035, but language barriers and ethnic differences doesn't cause any issues during training and combat.

As of 2035, the Valkyria Armed Forces numbers about 304,000 personnel, excluding the nation's militia. Its full mobilization combat strength is about at least 425,000 soldiers. Valkyria has conscription along with a period of training, and drafts whoever is willing to fight for their nation, regardless of gender. The Armed Forces has many subordinate branches, with the Cyberwarfare and the Valkyria Army being the most advanced.

Valkyria also has a combat satellite called Yatogami, which is named blatantly after a Date A Live character.

Regions
The current Valkyria Confederation is divided into five major regions: Vestlandet, Sørlandet, Østlandet (formerly part of Norway), Götaland (formerly part of Sweden) and Iceland, along with the capital Bergen as an autonomous city.

Counties of Valkyria
Valkyria is divided into 28 counties, which are mostly based on real-life Norwegian & Swedish counties. The 20B county is the unnamed county surrounded by Skåne, Västra Götaland and Greater Kalmar. The reason it is called so is due to me (the page creator) missing it while numbering. Gotland (number 20 on the map) will be known as 20A.

Music
The most listened type of music in Valkyria is electronic dance music, or EDM for short. There are many festivals across the nation, including those that exists before the nation's establishment. Some of those include Ekkofestival, Hultsfred Festival and Punktfestivalen. Despite electronic music being the dominant genre, many other types of music are also spread throughout the country, e.g. rock, pop, blues.

Several music producers have had their hometown under Valkyria rule after the Great Nordic War. Some of them are Kygo, Alan Walker, Tungevaag & Raaban and Mike Perry along with a considerable amount of rising young DJs.

Religion
Although Catholicism is the state religion, Valkyria has freedom of belief, meaning that everyone can follow their religion.

Sports
The national sport of Valkyria is Association football. The nation's football team was established in 2019 and has played over 30 matches prior to the Great Nordic War. After the war, there was talk about creating a football league between teams across Valkyria.

Chess is also an important sport in Valkyria, and is personally promoted by its leaders as a way to benefit one's health.

Media
The main broadcast station of Valkyria is the Valkyria National Broadcast (VNB), which holds the right to broadcast many programs in the country., including Mappervision Song Contest as the nation will debut in the twenty-second version.

Many venues are also built and upgraded across Valkyria to help hosting concerts and events.

Mappervision
Valkyria will debut in the twenty-second version of Mappervision Song Contest. The song chosen was Beautiful Mess by Kristian Kostov.

Relations with other nations (in the series of course)

 * The origin of Valkyria's hate to Neo-Byzantine (and vice versa) is currently unclear due to their geographic distance and lack of interaction in the past. However, Neo-Byzantine Empire claims Valkyria to be its enemy.
 * The newly-found nation of Proxima also has a hatred towards Valkyria.
 * Are friends with Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Sweden, Norway and Denmark (same alliance)
 * Co-operation with Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Benelux Union

In other languages

 * German: Valkyrianischer Bund

Trivia

 * Valkyria Confederation's counterpart on NationStates is the Confederacy of Nordician Valkyria (https://www.nationstates.net/nation=nordician_valkyria), which is part of the North Pacific region.

Alliances with other official nations
https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/a/a3/Kareyanka_Halk_Cumhuriyeti.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/35?cb=20170509194944 People's Republic of Karianka (since 13-05-2017) - Military and trade alliance - Treaty of Tromssa

https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/2/2b/Great_inca_flag-0.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/35?cb=20170304170551Great Inca (since 20-05-2017)- Trade and economic alliance- Treaty of Cusco

https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/6/6c/Albadonia.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/35?cb=20160824105424 Albadonia (since 02-06-2017) - Trade and economic alliance - Treaty of Valkyria (it's basically Bergen, don't mind it.)*

https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/b/b4/Flag_of_Gotlanhamn.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/35?cb=20170403034151 The Republic of Gotlanhamn (since 10-06-2017) - Economic/Commercial alliance - Treaty of Jönköping

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/9/98/New_flag_for_Arkmarken.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/35?cb=20161207161344 Arkmarken (circa 10-6-2017) - Treaty of Bergen - Trade alliance

https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/1/15/Flag_of_Avelly.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/35?cb=20170214205733 Avelly (since 13-06-2017) - Trade & Economic Alliance - Treaty of Malmö.

https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/1/1a/Oreclnia_Flag.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/35?cb=20170210220333 Orecolnia (since 14-06-2017) - Trade & Military Alliance - Treaty of Salemia.

https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/4/46/Felixland_flag.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/35?cb=20170614102038 Felixland (since 14-06-2017) - Alliance - Treaty of Oslo (probably, Felix hasn't replied)

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/6/68/Flag_of_Zarexium.jpeg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/35?cb=20170514121708 Zarexium (since 15-06-2017) - Alliance - Verbal Treaty (no place set)

Greater Nottingham (since 18-06-2017) - Military & Economic Alliance - Treaty of Lincoln.*

*: Three-way Alliance between Valkyria, Albadonia & Greater Nottingham.

Appeared In
The nation appears in LKC's Alternate Future of Europe series. More information about the series can be found here.