Halure

Halure (Halurean: Sukuwin) is a country located between Easter Island or Rapa Nui and the South American Continent. Due to strong currents, deep seas and its distance from land it is very isolated and was one of the last inhabited places on Earth. It's one of the largest Islands on earth and home to many diverse ethnic groups such as the indigenous Halurean who are split into many subgroups who inhabit the various areas around the country, however they aren't the only Ethnic group on the island as Polynesians from Easter Island inhabit the northern Yewin Province plus the Dutch and Spanish who live around settlements on the East Coast in Boerwin and Haloor Province. Currently the country is rapidly being propelled into the future with the construction of many resevoirs around the country to provide drinking water, the building of massive Railways to transport people around the country and many housing projects to help the poorest and most vulnerable of the country. The Suyewin is a conurbation comprised of the three main cities of Bonwain, Sashwain and Rewewain, this is a special Economic Zone which is home to a large and growing bustiling city which is becoming the HQ for many companies whishing to take advantage of the current prosperity in Halure.

The country is a member of the UN, UNASUR, OECD and several other nations. It has a neutral view on world affairs with popular oppinion being that they shouldn't intervine in other countries business. The government if Halure is also very different to that of many other nations with it having a One-Party coalition of all the parties in government who choose policies of the government via polls, this is considered however a very corrupt system to outsiders and it involves alot of arguements however many Halureans are proud of their unique system.

Etymology
Halure comes from the name of the City Halure which was the first place for the Spanish colonizers to land, they walked though the forrests outside the city and stumbled across some people. They asked them where they were and the men replied Haluwain, their local guide translated it wrongly due to the fact he couldn't understand much of what the local man was saying since he spoke with a thick Halurean accent, therefore he translated Wain= City as Win= Land, meaning the Spanish named it Terra Halu which was over time translated to Halure.

Early History
Halure was first inhabited by Stone-Age Southern Americans who sailed over the Pacific Ocean onto the coast around Halwain/Halure City. They have shown signs of living in small semi-nomadic communities who wandered the vast wilderness that covered the country following the herds of Llamas (Halurean: Doochi) and gathering fruits from the trees and shrubs around the landscape. These were a simple people with primitive tools and clothes living in rather sofisticated wooden huts constructed from the Arfowas tree, those woodern huts are the base design for most traditional architechure and housing in Halure today. It was also in these early stages when the Polynesian peoples moved into the Yewain area of the country, they seemed to be low on supplies and malnourished meaning they couldn't set up a traditional Polynesian colony, instead they seemed to have to base their culture on the peoples around them meaning they may speak a Polynesian Language and have many Polynesian traditions however they live and work in a Halurean way, blending both of the cultures.

These people eventually split into many ethnic groups around the country from the Deltas of the South to the Mountains of the north, they were all based upon these primitive and basic peoples. The Halurean society began to take shape around the time of the Punic Wars, they had begun to settle around the lush firtile river valleys in the centre of the country, on the flood plains of the main three rivers: Hen, Lo and Ren they constructed several small farming communities each independent forming sort of a tribal system, they generally farmed the Halurean Patato or Siwit and several varieties of Beans which grew naturally in these areas providing a staple food for the Halurean Population. These communities fought violently with many mass graves being found around the country, this shows it was a time of mass killing due to the fact Halurean Tradition says the bones must be washed and cremated for the Sun God 'Anay/Anai'. These tribal wars in the centre of the country caused mass violence and the lack of advancement in technologies etc. However in the southern Delta region the Vrede Culture began to develop, this showed advanced weaponry for any Halurean culture and that attention to art and design in pottery was valuable, they also had primitive canal systems constucted thoughout the delta for Travel between settlements.

City States and The Thoorwain Empire
The Vrede Culture began to expand and thrive however several city states began to dominate the Agenda, the three main ones were Kewain, Nikowain and Thoorwain. These city states had begun to trade using a system of decimals simmilar to the Halurean Tribal Counting System (which is in turn simmilar to the Tally System), they traded generally food and materials which were preserved using the Sugaring Process which is believed to be a reason why many Halurean Foods are sweet and 'dessertish'. Their trading was often peaceful and as there was no lack of resources and land due to the firtility and size of the delta. This meant that the tribal wars of the north could never theoretically spread to the south without several factors being put into place such as a major diasaster, a revolution or an invasion. The City states began to form into several pacts and alliances with each other however due to the lack of a writing system to record these, they were often broken or forgot about leading to hostilities and troubles in the Delta, this led to what is now known as the Deed (pronounced: Deh-ehd) Writing system. Unlike the Alphabets and Hiroglyphics of Eurasia the Deed system is a Syllabry much like the Kana Scripts used to write Japanese. The Deed system was created by a man of the same name who lived in Nikowain, he documented his life in detail in his new scrip writing everything down in what we'd call a diary. He ledgendarily invented the script after he saw the stick in the rivers form 'symbols', he then decided to use sticks to write his new syllabry, they then transfered this 'stick' writting onto several palm leaves and in clay which would then set leaving a text inside it.

The invention of writing for the city states greatly advanced their capabilities however this also caused the surrounding smaller city states and tribes to grasp this information meaning that overninght most of the population of Halure had the ability to write, however this caused much trouble for the City States as they began to feel threatened by Barbarian Tribes from outside the Delta, Thoorwain came to a conclusion: Conquer or be Conquered. Thoorwain began its expansion by sending many people out to the East of the city which was sparsley inhabited eventhough it was home to lush firtile river plains which run down from the north of the country. They settled and began what was the first civilization to have more than one Major city in Halure. The new land was renamed Suthoorwin or East Thoorwain Land, this became a bread basket for the city as it provided many people food which was becoming more and more expensive, this led to Thoorwain dominating the market with the other city states needing to trade more and more to sustain their population eventually Thoorwain preposed a 'merger' between Kewain and Thoorwain creating an Empire Dominating the North and West of the Delta, they agreed as long as they remained a small Dutchy incharge of their lands. The 3rd Major city state Nikowain was quickly overcome and invaded establishing a large empire across the southern delta, it was fed by farmers to the West and centred its commerical interests in the Three former city states to the East.