Soigá

Soigá is a country consisting of multiple islands in Western Europe, off some 145 km of the coast of Galicia, to the West. Soigá has an intriguing history, and an unique culture in Europe. It has a population of around 4,0 million people on a surface area of around 33,819 km^2. On top of that, millions, if not tens of, people outside of Soigá are descendants of Soigan colonists/emigrants. In the Spanish regio of Besterira a large amount of people can trace back their ancestry to the invading Soigans in the Milatese era.

Etymology
In the Firrobatist religion, it is stated that when the Firrobatists (the original name of the Soigan people according to the Firrobatists) crossed the sea, to flee from the Híetorians, a people influenced by Sídar (later more about the religion), they saw a massive land raised from the sea, in the direction of the Star of Birth. In the Firrobatist mythology, this was done by Omró, the world dreamer, to save the Firrobatists, who are according to the myth the chosen people. To raise in Modern Olfkin (the language of Soigans) means hasykar. This could have very well be something similar sounding as soigar or something like that thousands of years ago. The suffix -á (and removing the root suffix, here -ar) changes the meaning of the word to a passive noun. Thus, hasyká means (the) raised one.

The Soigans themselves actually refer to their country as Zoigá. The reason the spelling is different stems from the different spelling before 1937, when Olfkin went under a big new spelling process. Other countries still used Soigá as name and so the name Soigá stayed in the English language.

Soigá is also called Olfland or Olfenland sometimes, but this is not common in English. Soiga (without the accute accent) is also a common English name for Soigá. Olfinia and Olfia were both common names for Soigá in the medieval ages, and in the early renaissance Olfland/Olfenland was often used.

The native language of Soigá is called Olfkin in English, but this is again a misspelling. This stems from the year 1641, when Jan Pieterszoon, a Dutch explorer, wrote about the language. He translated the language name as "Olfkins", probably because he misheard the name. This again stuck to all kind of various languages, like English. The native name for the language is Holfín. The -ín suffix has the archaic meaning of "being related/pertaining to", while the stem Holf traces back to the proto-Olfkin word for "we" (inclusive). Thus, Holfín has the (archaic) meaning of It which is related/pertaining to us.

The Soigans
Soigá has only been inhabited since the year ~1000 BC. Only then artifacts and other human presence can be found on the island. The group of people that settled in Soigá are called the Soigans. This ethnic group is very interesting. Scholars call this ethnic group before they settled in Soigá the proto Soigans, and they lived in what is now Marocco and Western Sahara (disputed territory). There can also be spoken of a proto Soigan culture, as cave art and sculptures clearly indicate figures that relate to Soigan culture and art, albeit perhaps in proto form. Deteriorating climate and arrival of new peoples made the proto Soigans leave their homes and cross the Strait of Gibraltar around 4000 to 3000 BC. The Soigans arrived in Iberia, where they stayed for millenia, but around the year 1000 BC they made the passage to Soigá. Why exactly they did that will remain a mistery, but the myth says that the Soigans were followed by the Híetorians who were an evil tribe, influenced by Sídar (Zídarí in modern Olfkin), who wanted to kill the Soigans. The Soigans made the passage from what is now Galicia, the area were the Soigans had probably stayed the most during their time in Iberia.

There is not much known about the Soigans before the Romans came in 110 BC. We do know however, that they had a clan system, and were very tribal. Even though modern scholars view the Soigans as one ethnicity, the Soigans were divided in atleast three tribes (better seen as clan federations): the Merdivozians, the Inkians and the Gao (also spelled Gaodii sometimes, or Gaodians). The Merdivozians had the south, the Inkians the north and centre, and the Gao the east. These three tribes were further divided in clans, or dervulú. The clan leaders elected a new leader of the tribe, each time the previous leader died or resigned. It appeared the Inkians and Merdivozians were one tribe, but split off. Each clan had colourful symbols, unique portrayals. Clan men would tattoo themselves, and were sworn to protect their clan village, or land.

The Greeks mentioned that there was an island beyond the "edge", which was often synonymous of Iberia, called Krokósmou (portmanteau of ἄκρον κόσμου, or extreme of the world). According to Greek myths, one could only go to Soigá with flying dolphins, who could stand the extreme weather and boundaries of the "edge". Strabo did not inlcude Soigá in his work of Geographika, probably because he thought Soigá was simply a myth. There is an ongoing debate whether or not Krokósmou is actually Soigá, and not just a myth and that the Old Greeks simply did not know about the real existence of Soigá.

The myths and sagas of the Soigans were only written down in the Merdivozian Era and in the Medieval Ages, and although they are mythical in nature, scholars try to extrapolate historical context from the myths. For example, in the epos of Gegaelarín, which writes about a hero named Gegaelarox. According to the myth, a huge flood happened, which drawned many people, and Gegaelarox challenged Refáréx, God of the Seas, who according to the myth was posessed by Sídar. Gegaelarox defeated him and killed him, and then Gegaelarox took the job of keeping the seas steady. Scholars have found evidence of a flood, for example inscriptions of a giant flood and eroded stones in low areas where it is unexplainable (instead of having a flood) how they would be eroded relatively short time ago.

First contact with the Romans
In 110 BC, an expedition led by the rich Roman landlord Aulus Vespius discovered Soigá. Vespius was an influential Roman landlord who was very interested in the world. He paid scholars to find the radius of the world, make maps of Northern Africa, Middle East and Northern Europe, and write about all kinds of cultures. Some say a storm drove the expedition to Soigá when travelling through the Soigan Sea (the sea between Soigá and Spain). The expedition came on the land what would now be Deverná (South Eastern Soigá). The written story was written by someone named Marco, although historians generally do not view this person as directly important and that this person probably was an average Roman that could write and therefore was used for the expedition.

Marco wrote that Soigá appeared as a "Green great forest dooming up alone in the lone sea." The expedition was four ships, each having goods and men. A few soldiers with them to protect from any unexpectable attack. The first mission was to seek contact, as Marco writes. The Romans quickly meeted the Merdivozians, who had, according to Marco, colourful drawn symbols on their plate armour. The Merdivozians gave the men food, and allowed them to do their job, namely making a map of the island and describing the culture. However, northern Soigá could not be visited, as that wasn't under the control of the Merdivozians. Marco also wrote about the language, which he described as "A weird strange language unlike sophisticated languages like Greek and Latin, and more like the Iberian languages but yet in a strange way much different." Because of this passage historians in the 19th century thought Olfkin could be related to paleo Hispanic languages, but modern historians disagree with this, although they agree that those languages have influenced Olfkin. On a sidenote though, there is a theory that Etruscan and Olfkin are related to each other. Some words in Latin that have Etruscan background, are also found in Olfkin. Some historians argue that these words in Olfkin are too different from their Latin counterparts to be borrowed from Latin, as well as a few of these words being mentioned in texts of the Firrobatistic religion written in the first millenium, which would make it weird to change the original word with a new borrowed word. However, there are a few different things with Etruscan compared to Olfkin, like Etruscan is nominative-accusative, and Olfkin absolutive and ergative. We can not do more than speculate.

The Romans left a trade post, named Viridisolis, or Green Sun, on which they traded with the mainland. Soiga is rich in gold, amber and several other goods, and the Romans really liked to have these goods. The Merdivozians used this to trade for weapons and armour, and because of this beneficial relationship with the two people, the Merdivozians could dominate the whole island.

The Merdivozian Era
A letter found within a Roman barrack in Galicia states that the Soigan trade post was disbanded in the year 56 BC. They probably left because the trade wasn't profitable enough. You have to know that Rome is thousands of kilometers away from Soigá. Even though it was a relatively short period, the Romans introduced writing and "civilized" ways of living. The Merdivozians had the power, and Mertak the First (ruled from 54 to 23 BC) called himself the first king of "Merdivozia". Fun little sidenote: in modern day Olfkin, mertak means king. The Merdivozian Era is the era in Soiga that started when King Mertak ascending the throne to the 112 AD, when the Romans came back. This gives the Merdivozian Era a time span of 166 years.

King Mertak wished that Soigá became more like Rome and Greece, and he builded a lot of Roman like buildings. People where sent to Rome, Athens and Alexandria. The world was opened to Soigá. Mertak died in the year 23 BC, and he was followed by King Pytos. King Pytos pulled Soigá in a different direction. He wanted Soigá to become it's own sophisticated culture, just like the Romans differed from the Greeks. He ordered the epos of Firrobatism to be written down. These stories had always been oral, but now, they were written down. They were written down in Latin script, but in the Olfkin language. Obviously, the Olfkin language then differed a lot from Modern Olfkin, and scholars generally call Olfkin then Ancient Olfkin.

King Pytos died in the year 3 AD, on the relatively old age of 71 years.



The Roman Empire


The Romans stayed in Soigá till 384 AD. In that year, the Romans had basically abandoned all their leaderships over the island. Stone streets, big buildings, arenas, theaters, etc. were build. Statues of Governors, generals and Emperors can be found. The cities of nowadays Vidigas (Vindicas) and Tásaní (Tasanium) were Roman settled cities. The province was a wealthy one, and it was called Aurealis, after the gold that was plenty of it in Soigá. Much of the gold in Rome is gold from Soigá. Although some traders, government officials and soldiers stayed in Soigá, the province still remained largely inhabited by the natives. Nevertheless, it is estimated that half of all Soigans have atleast one ancestor that was Roman. The Roman religion, and Christianity in the later phase of the Empire, never really got off in Soigá. Around 10% of all the words in Olfkin have a Latin background, mainly words related to government, military, religion etc. Many Roman coins in Soigá were still used even after the Romans left. That was the legacy of the Romans in Soigá.

Suevian war
During the fall of the Roman Empire, the Great Migration happened. Several Germanic tribes fled from the Huns that came from Asia. The Suevians went into Spain. They conquered large parts of western Spain. An expedition to Soigá was made. After fierce clashes with the local tribes and Merdivozians, the Suevians could control Soigá. The Suevian king Olferic made himself King of Soigá in the year 431 AD. This angered the Suevian King Hermeric, who was King of Gallaecia. King Hermeric sended a large convoy, of around 20,000 men, to Soigá. Olferic, who didn't posses such a large army, quickly turned to the local population. In change for more autonomy and say in the Suevian Kingdom of Soigá, many Soigans were attracted to joining Olferic's faction. Quickly, Olferic had an army rivaling that of Hermeric, consisting mainly of Soigan clan men, with a strong "elite" of Germanic soldiers.

King Hermeric's army embanked on the shores of what is now Korisefé, or south east Mišömerá (which is in the south of Soigá). Plundering and looting, his army captured the city Véríjaex. It was utterly demolished and put to the ground by his army. The local clans of the Tresilanii and Feiulii (giving their Latin names), Merdivozian clans, armed their clan men and attacked Hermeric in what is now known as the Battle near Véríjaex. Because a large part of Hermeric's army was still looting, a significantly less part of his army was able to repent the attack. The clans, under the clan leader Bertöx, made a swift attack using pefetetikú, a typical Soigan missile launcher (a modification of a normal sling, made to throw armor piercing disks). The Germanic soldiers of Hermeric, who wore heavy armor, could not prepare themselves. Many casualties were inflicted on their side. However, the clans, when making a run for it after the suprise attack, were chased by cavalry. Because the clan men knew the terrain perfectly, they split up and went to forests, where horses could not follow them.

Wanting revenge, Hermeric rallied up his troops and destroyed every village, farm and town of the clans. The clans, who could not bare seeing this (hence the tactic of Hermeric), armed all their men again and attacked Hermeric. But now, Hermeric had the advantage: he had ordered his troops to set the woods nearby on fire, and to build portable bridges and ladders, so any hindernis could be overwon. The clan men were decimated, and had no chance against Hermeric's troops. To warn other clans to not fight him, Hermeric had Bertöx, the clan leader, executed.

Hermeric's army, still large enough to battle any force, except maybe Olferic's army, went rampaging and plundering through the Soigan land. Large parts of Southern Soigá where in the hands of Hermeric, but then the confrontation happened between the two large armies: that of Hermeric and that of Olferic. Modern archeologists are pretty sure the battle happened at the north western bank of the Mímé river, and that's why they call the battle The Battle near the Mímé.

Olferic army started the fighing, by manoeuvring his cavalry around the river and have the archers on horse provoke Hermeric's men, in the hope that gaps would appear in Hermeric's army, because of Germanic soldiers charging at the rapidly withdrawing-able cavalry of Olferic. However, this didn't happen. Hermeric, an experienced war leader, held his men at bay, but at the mean time, he moved his spear men secretly to a place where they could attack the cavalry from behind. Obviously, Olferic was aware of any like-minded trick of Hermeric to do so, so the cavalry always needed to have one clear way out. This he did by having a small part of the cavalry split off and scout the nearby areas, so they could warn the main squad if anyone would try to block them, while a strong unit of heavy cavalry safe-guarded the way out. A scout cavalrist spotted the spear men and warned the others. Quickly the cavalry dissapeared. Exactly how Hermeric wanted it...

Since Olferic's cavalry manoeuvred around the river, and Hermeric's men guarded the few crossings, Hermeric won time. Valuable time. Quickly heavy infantery was sent over the crossings, these could push the suprised yet-unhelped Olferic's soldiers who were guarding there. Since these soldiers were pushed away, Hermeric's cavalry had a way through, without getting smashed between infantery lines. The cavalry could quickly get behind the enemy infantery lines and attack the Soigan clan men skirmishers and slingers, who were helpless. To defend the back of the infantery, Olferic ordered his spear men to form a defensive pike line towards the cavalry, who were now behind Olferic's main army. Hermeric splitted his cavalry in one significant strong unit, and one insignificant much weaker unit. The task of the much weaker unit was to provoke the spear men, act like the cavalry could charge at any moment, and giving an intimidating impression, as if all of the cavalry was still there. Meanwhile, the stronger unit went to the end of the river, to suprise Olferic's cavalry, who were now close to the actual battlefront. Since they were suprised, the horse archers, who formed the bulk of Olferic's cavalry, were of little use, and rather quickly, Olferic's cavalry routed. Back to the battlefront, Hermeric's soldiers had the upper front, because Olferic's spear men were kept busy by Hermeric's cavalry. Eventually, because of his larger force fighting, Hermeric could slowly but surely surround Olferic's troops. Olferic's spear men attacked the mass of soldiers in the last hope, but this enabled Hermeric's cavalry to decimate the last remaining flanks of Olferic's army. A domino effect happened, and mass routing occured with Olferic's troops. Olferic himself was killed in the battle. Nothing now could stop Hermeric from conquering Soigá.

Suevian rule
King Hermeric died in the year 441. His son Rechila then became king of the kingdom, and thus as well of Soigá. Rechila wished to expand the kingdom, and thus he invaded Southern Iberia. This meant the Suevians were at war with the Romans. For this, Rechila made a vast army, of which nearly 15,000 men were Soigans. In the course of aorund seven years (from 441 to 448 AD) Rechila conquered nearly the whole of Iberia, with the help of Soigan troops, that were now in his army. Till his death in 448 Rechila was in a near constant war with the Romans, who were quickly losing their power in Europe.

With the death of Rechila a new king arose to power, this time it was Rechiar. He is most known in Soigan history as the one who introduced Christianity, namely Catholicism. He did this by force, and when the Firrobatists organised a revolt, Firrobatistic cities and villages were sacked. Sanctuaries of the Firrobatists were destroyed, and this angered the Merdivozians. A lot of Merdivozians, who were in Rechila's army, rebelled and sieged important cities of the Suevians in Iberia. It took Rechila quite an effort to form a peace treaty with the Merdivozians, something he wanted as the Merdivozians were an important asset in his army. Rechila came to an agreement: Christian missionaires could do their missionary job while protected by the Merdivozians in Soigá, and the Merdivozians would get money and weapons.

Under the Merdivozian King Díregaex, who baptised himself so he became a Christian in 450 AD, Christianity finally became strong in Soigá, although still a majority was Firrobatistic. Rechiar, who wanted to complete the conquest of Iberia, made a campaign in 455 AD to do that. However, the Merdivozians and the allied Soigan tribes of the Inkians and Gaodians, refused to fight. This caused war between the two factions. However, Díregaex was not there for peace: he was out there for power.

Although Rechiar had a much larger army, Díregaex had the local people revolt and exploit local tensions between the Suevians. With a mustered army of atleast 30,000 men, Díregaex made his passage over the Soigan Sea. He got the trust of the local people, and quickly his force nearly took a number of 80,000 to 100,000 men. This he could do, because people were tired of being controlled by power-hungry (the irony, as Díregaex himself was looking for power) and wanted the Germanic tribes gone. By creating fear of the Huns, Díregaex could conquer nearly the whole of north western Iberia. At this point, he named his realm The Milatese Kingdom, after Milatia, a name often used by the Romans for Soigá and its islands, as a geographical name. The name is still used in Soigá, but now merely to denote citizens/areas in the south of the main island of Soigá.

Milatese Kingdom
The Suevians, who lost all their power in Iberia by the year 470 AD, fled back to their homeland. Now, more and more land became Milatese. King Díregaex gave land to the Soigans in what is now known as Besteríra. Besteríra is a regio in southern Galicia and northern Spain where nowadays there are still people talking in a very ancient form of Olfkin!

However, there was a big threat to the Milatese. The Visigoths, another Germanic tribe, had conquered vast parts of Iberia. Tensions grew high between the two, and a war was coming. Euric, king of the Visigoths, attacked the Milatese in the year 475. The reason for the war was because Euric forced the Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to recognize his full indepence, in exchange for the return of the Provence region of Gaul. The Milatese King Meltek, who inherited the kingdom after King Díregaex died in the year 471, knew he could gain the power and trust of the predominately Romano-Hispanic population. By using Roman tactics, gear and weapons he made himself to be the defender of Rome's integrity. The population, who didn't want to lose their Latin background, welcomed the possible chance Meltek was a defender of Rome. There is an ongoing scholarly debate wheter Meltek really was, or just a propagandist.

The occuring events are collectively known as the Milatese-Visigothic war. Tens of thousands of troops were gathered by both factions, and several battles played a role in the war. Meltek could get the upper hand, as the Visigoths did not get a powerful grip on the population. Meltek, on the other hand, reinstated the Roman provinces, made Latin the official language and proclaimed himself to be the Revenger of Rome after Odoacer defeated the Roman Empire. The cities were administrated well, and the population was happy corruption was nearly non existent. Meltek also appeared to be an outstanding general. At the Battle of Moillerres (at which nearly 100,000 men took place) he conclusively defeated King Euric of the Visigoths. Meltek knew how to exploit the instability created after Euric was dead, and in the short time frame main posts of the Visigoths were destroyed and important trade routes closed. While a relatively strong army of Meltek was there to guard the closed area of the Visigoths (still large and occupying a large portion of Iberia), Meltek used the remaining force to conquer quickly the other parts of Iberia.

In 490 the remainder of the Visigothic Kingdom collapsed, and the Milatese came to own nearly all of Iberia. However, to call that Iberia was under control of the Soigans is perhaps an exaggeration, as a vast part of the army existed out of Iberian peasants, and in the coming centeries the elite was largely absorbed into the Romano-Hispanic culture. Meltek proclaimed that his kingdom was the true succesor of the Western Roman Empire. In his years to his death in 502 Meltek conquered the Balearic Islands and parts of Mauretania (nowadays Marocco and Algeria). Meltek was followed by his son Petras (an Olfkinized form of Petrus). Petras wanted revenge on the Vandals, as they had sacked Rome in 455, and the Milatese Kingdom was supposedly the succesor of the Western Roman Empire. Historians noticed that Petras had a deep fascination with ancient Rome, as Roman like statues of him can be found in several locations, and the codex and laws were based on the Roman Empire.

Tensions grew high between the Milatese Empire and the Vandalic Kingdom of Thrasamund. The Milatese invaded parts of the Vandalic Kingdom, and the Berber tribes were purposefully set up against the Vandalic administration. The Milatese Kingdom was ready for war, since the Kingdom was one of the strongest at the Mediterrean Sea. Attacks were made first by the Milatese. With the help of the Berber tribes (Petras promised the Berbers power about their territories) the Milatese could overrun the Vandalic Kingdom. However, this event turned the eye of the Byzantine Empire on the Milatese Kingdom. Petras, who wanted good relations with the Byzantines, made the first move by sending a fleet containing several tons of gold, amber, ivore and precious metals/arts from the Milatese, to the Byzantines. A top meeting was planned at Crete, Byzantine controlled, about a possible alliance between the two power houses. Both had the goal of reinstating the Roman Empire, so an alliance could be possible. The Ostrogoths had already clashed with the Milatese in southern France, where, to avoid a war, a boundary had been placed at the Rhône. Corsica and Sardinia, islands which were under control of the Vandalic Kingdom, were taken by the Ostrogoths, but the Milatese were quick to send a convoy to Sardinia; here as well a boundary was placed: half of Sardinia would go to the Ostrogoths and the other to the Milatese. The Byzantines had collided with the Ostrogoths in Illyria. Both the Milatese and the Byzantines had reasons to go at war with the Ostrogoths.

Moorish Rule


The Kingdom of Soigá 1st Era
Rofájel's rule ended when he died in 1733. The people called the local landlord Čárösart Zódenaix as leader, as he had formed a resistance against Rofájel's hard rule in the mountains north. Although he came from a firrobatistic family, he had himself baptised to Catholicism. Knowing that a power vacuum would arise, and thus possibly a civil war could happen, Čárösart rushed with his army of loyal citizens to the capital of Monéjá. After small fights with Christian fundamentalists (loyal to Rofájel), he had himself crowned by the Bishop of Soigá to King of Soigá. This was the first time the term "Soigá" was used to refer to the country, possibly because Čárösart used it as a form of propaganda (at that time "Soigá" was how people locally referred to the island). Čárösart made himself as "Protector of the People of Soigá", and used propaganda to gain the benefit of the doubt of the citizens. In his cabinet and officers he formed he purposefully assigned protestant, catholic and firrobatistic people. He secularized the state. According to him, the Soigans were one people, and they were undividable. Under Čárösart's rule nationalism rose, arts & literature prospered, economy flourished and trade with other countries finally was back. Of the economy, the ship building industry growed immensely. The port of Ṫámíras grew immensely, being before it just an insignificant sea shore village. At one point it had even 200,000 citizens. When King Čárösart died in 1759, Soigá was prospering. Mígrad, son of Čárösart, continued the succes of his father. However, he had more ambitions: he wanted to make of Soigá a power house. For this he allied with the British Empire, and Soigá became exporter of ships for the British Empire. Mígrad also set up large expeditions to the West African, Caribean and Indian coast. Trade posts were set up, and with the permission the Dutch Kingdom, the Soigans could also get land inwards in Indonesia. With this new trade Mígrad could build a relatively large navy, which he could use to deter any enemy invasion from oversea. Mígrad died in the year 1788, and he was followed by his nephew (as he had only daughters, and the inheritance was only on the patrilineal line) Jósefes.

Jósefes, Napoleon and Spanish campaign
When Jósefes came to power, Soigá was in a strong state, however, there were new challenges. France got soon after he became king a revolution, and this had also affected Soigá a bit. To maintain his position, Jósefes increased the military, and brought huge investments in poor slums of cities, to gain back the trust of the lower citizens. Jósefes decreased however the foreign operations, and mostly redirected the money to building projects and the homeland military. He restructured the government, especially the foreign one, to make it more efficient and less corrupt. While he did this, in France, a young general by the name of Napoleon came to power in France after campaigns in Italy and Egypt, and crowned himself to Emperor. This doing so, he eventually came into war with the British. The Soigans, still allied with the British Empire, supported the British Navy. As Soigá had a relative large navy, Napoleon had to find a way to stop them. This he did by convincing his ally Spain to invade Soigá. Spain, eager to gain Soigá's large gold and other mineral reserves as the Spanish Empire was crumbling, accepted. Under the Spanish general José Salvador Mengeluez the Spanish invaded Soigá in 1809 with nearly 50,000 men and a large number of ships. The French backed them up in the naval fights. The Soigan army fought with the Spanish in a number of battles, but eventually it had to give up, as the Spanish won them and had a larger army. King Jósefes went with his family into exile to England.

Spanish Rule
Under the Spanish Crown Spanish immigrants settled in Soigá (which led to hostile encounters between the Soigans and the Spanish), as a way to "Hispanize" the country, and thus, belittle possible future Soigan rebellions. The Soigans had to mine under terrible situations for gold, amber and other minerals. Soigans were also sometimes forced to fight for the Spanish. Olfkin was replaced with Spanish as government language. However, on the positive side huge building projects were announced, and cities were largely restructured and organised. Eventually, because tensions grew too high Ferdinand the Seventh agreed to give the Soigans a say in the government in 1830. Olfkin again was allowed to be spoken on governmental level.

But because of Spanish colonies in the Americas declaring independence, Soigan nationalism rose again. Organised protests happened in the largest cities, These were stopped by the Spanish, but this only made the moral of the rebelling Soigans higher. Fierce clashes between rebels and the Spanish army ensued. André, descendant of the family of Zódenaix, saw a perfect chance to come back, and with a large army of mercenaries he landed on the shores of Soigá, to help the rebels. Quickly, the Spanish outposts in Soigá were defeated. And once again, the Soigan monarchy was back. In 1842 Soigá made itself official independent from Spain in the Treaty of Léon. The people made feast and danced all day long, because of happiness the Kingdom was back.

Kingdom of Soigá 2nd Era
The rule of King André however (1842 to 1864), even though a new wave of nationalism had happened, was not a lucky one for the monarchy. A lot of famines happened, and because the Spanish were so rapidly gone, the country was quite unstable. Soigan trade posts dissapeared due to lack of funds and fierce competition with bigger countries, and due to structural poverty and loss of jobs (dissapearing trade e.g.) thousands upon thousands had leaved the city to work in the agriculture, so they could atleast feed their families. Ṫámíras, once the largest city in Soigá, is a prime example of this: only 12,000 citizens remained in the city around 1850. 1848 was a difficult year for the monarchy especially, as revolutions happened all across Europe and the new book of Karl Marx appeared: Das Kapital. Poor citizens formed workers unions, and strikes became common. The economy of Soigá reached a low level, quite contrastedly compared to a century before.

In 1856 nearly 3 thousand Maruiqi, a tribe living in what is now Senegal, arrived as refugees in Soigá. In Senegal they were seen as collabarateurs with the Soigans, who had a trade post there but disbanded it around 1845. The Maruiqi were unsafe there, and thus the local Soigan officer Hífard Pešilek, who couldn't bare to see a genocide, arranged ships to ship them over to Soigá. Hífard became a national hero later on, but in that time that was mainly because people thought the Maruiqi were descendants of the same tribe of which the Soigans split off, and thus, were "worthy enough" to rescue. However, this isn't true, but the myth was widespread and still today some people believe in it. The Maruiqi were Muslims, but it didn't cause much friction, and they settled mainly in the big cities.

King Halamír
King André died in 1864 to tuberculosis, but on the old age of 80 years. Verdídölax, his son, became king, but died in an accident on the age of 65 years in 1877. His young son Halamír (also known as Alarmir) became king. Halamír was an extremely conservative catholic. He believed it was shame that Soigá was full of protestants and "heretic" firrobatists. He wanted to make of Soigá a strong catholic country, like Italy and Spain. This he did by strengthening the army and place catholics on high positions. Thugs were sent to protestant areas, and violent clashes between protestants and catholics were the norm. However, Halamír used a vile trick: he provoked protestants by sending thugs, and when a strike was organised by protestants Halamír sended his army ("for security and stabilisation") to the place, and ravaged the whole area. By enabling a tax on other religions except catholicism Halamír further made life difficult for other religions. It is suspected that Halamír was behind the Fire of Tásaní, which killed thousands, nearly only protestants, in 1894. Hundreds of thousands protestants, firrobatists but also catholics emigrated out of Soigá under his rule, mostly because of his oppression. These people mainly settled in Brazil, the United States and Argentina. Tickets to these areas were made cheaper by Halamír, especially in protestant areas, "to ship the problems away".

Halamír knew he had to gain the trust and support of the catholics. Under King Halamír large construction projects were started. Thousands upon thousands of thousands of catholics were send to previously predominately protestant and firrobatistic areas. This can be mostly seen in Höngeví, Hárýpé and other northern regions. For example, the regio of Gazimirgá was nearly only protestant, but after Halamír's rule the south of the region was primarily catholic. This made the average catholic way richer, as more land was available to him/her, on the expense of firrobatists and protestants. Halamír made himself quite popular by conservative catholics, who had tensions with the protestants as well. His army consisted of nearly only catholics, and life in southern regions, catholic areas, was greatly improved. Halamír introduced a newer better form of agricultural reform, which made it easier for smaller farmers to survive. Slums in cities were handled, and Halamír gave the people a say in the local government. King Halamír, as said an extremely conservative catholic, had built tens of catholic churches in Soigá during his reign. He introduced Bible lessons again in school, in catholic fashion, something which hadn't happen in centuries as the Soigan Kingdom was secularized by King Čárösart.

World War I
When the First World War started, Halamír supported France by sending tens of thousands of troops, in total around 185,000 men, of which around 30,000 died. Halamír feared that protestant Germany would become the dominant force in western but also southern Europe if they won. Because of his support to the French King Halamír received the highest miltary order to a foreign soldier/general of the French military.

King Húgo and the end of the monarchy
King Halamír died in the year 1923. His death caused great shock in Soigá. Only now people could understand the fact of what Halamír had caused. Protestants, firrobatists and catholics had unearthed their grudges and hate to each other, what they have could buried for so long. The new king, a nephew of Halamír, Húgo, was someone who was unable to tie the broken and shocked country together. Húgo was someone who did not want to lead a country. King Húgo was what normal people would describe as simply crazy. Húgo ordered the death of all llamas in Soigá after one spat in his face, for example. The military generals tried to put some sense in Húgo as they saw that the instability of the country was only increasing, but Húgo responded with firing the generals. The army was divided and became ineffective. Protestants who saw their chance to rise up and strike, as anti protestant laws were still in effect, and Húgo was unable to stop them. He, according to Biographer of the Soigan Kings John Chessins, was not even willing to do one thing to stop the rebellion, he could only care about himself. According to Chessins, he should never have been king. Things rapidly worsened after the Wall Street Crash in 1929, as Soigá was still a nation heavily reliant on trade and commerce, due to being an island. Hundreds of thousands of Soigans became jobless, and there was not a single thing Húgo did to help them. Communists, who were heavily suppressed by King Halamír, saw their chance to get to power.

Communist rebel groups were active in the country, and the army, even though it fought against these groups in both urban and rural areas, was ineffective in detering the communists. The country was basically in a semi civil war. Everywhere small militias (protestant, firrobatist, communist, anarchist etc.) fought against the broken army. The communists grouped together under the staunch communist Mífekaix Roifúrimír, and attacked the King in Vidígaz in 1935. The King held a speech in a concert building, and this was one of his few speeches he did every year. Thousands of communists, often not more armed than a simple rifle or a long knife, attacked the city. The King's Guard was the only unit able to make a stance. Fierce fights were fought in the the alleys of the city, but eventually, on August the 26th, the communist got through. King Húgo was killed in the firefight around the concert building. The communists proclaimed that the revolution had succeeded, and that oppression had ended and freedom had come. Roifúrimír was quick to proclaim Soigá to be a communistic state.

Communistic Soigá
Under Roifúrimír, there came a central state, but as he was more of an anarchist type of communist, he placed the focus more on independent communities. He gave each community their own right to determine how to balance and control their community, but at the end of the year certain demands and quotas had to fullfilled. Roifúrimír made some big changes regarding the constitution and the army. This was all due because Europe was rapidly changing in the 30's. The Spanish Civil War caused Franco, a fascist, to rise to power in Spain. Meanwhile Portugal had gotten a conservative nationalistic anti communist government by the rule of Salazar, and Hitler got to power in Germany.

The Soigan people were all but united. Not everyone had supported the coup d'etat by the communists, and royalists loyal to the Kingdom of Soigá had already formed militias which made various attacks on the communists. Many pro capitalists had fled the country, and people who supported fascism had gone to Spain or Germany, but there were still quite a few active in Soigá. But one of the larger forces against the communists were the Republicans, who wanted Soigá to become a republic. While there were genuine communists, and even quite a large portion of the population (mainly people in the poor rural areas), the communists were also divided between each other. Roifúrimír was an anarchist, but there were other forces in the communism faction who wanted more of a Leninistic type of communism, with a strong dictator, like in Soviet Russia, that had emerged at the end of the First World War.

Roifúrimír's dream of minimizing the government and let the people be in control over their goods and producing was simply not feasible, as he lacked the administrative skills and power to do so. However, he was a strong believer in his cause, and resistance in the form of militias were hard-handedly battled. He did this by increasing the military, but he knew this was contradictory to his ideals of an anarchistic state. He didn't want his dream to be lost by his own choices, which led Roifúrimír to the decision of talking to the other sides. This led to fierce critic from other communists, and quickly, the communist party in Soigá was fractured in small parties. Roifúrimír was killed in an attack by other communists, when he was in his car with guards at a lone road in a rural area, in 1938. One thing Roifúrimír is still known today for is his spelling reform he issued in 1937. He hoped with this the literacy rate would become higher, but also because he found that the current spelling rules and language was so that it would automatically create layers in society, something Roifúrimír was against at because he was a communist. For example, the pronoun dívus was used to adress higher ranking people, but it was banned by Roifúrimír, and to this date, it is rare to hear this pronoun.

World War II and German invasion
When France was conquered by Nazi Germany in 1940, and Spain of Franco directing threats to Soigá, a new chance arrived for the communists to unite the nation. Hitler, not so fond of communists, had been planning to invade Soigá, as the island was deemed as an excellent place to station rockets and ships, to deter possible American aggression (in 1941 America indeed attacked Germany). Fransíso Vídereg came to unite the communists in 1940, by proposing a combined version of communism and a communistic council which could overrule rules made by the communistic goverment. However, the fear that Germany might invade a defenseless Soigá prompted the communists to unite. Fransíso Vídereg was the one who could do this. Although there were still communists who did not want the communism version of Vídereg, direct threats of Germany (increased navy activity, troops mustering at the French shores) to Soigá made many dissident communist atleast consider to join Fransíso Vídereg's faction, as Vídereg promised to balance the many diverging opinions within the communist groups of Soigá with the help of a council.

Vídereg organised the army, but to deter the possible German invasion, he knew the army he needed more. The Soigan army was in a terrible state: the only modernities the army had were rifles from WWI and uniforms. For the rest the army used cannons of which some were older than 500 years, plus it had no tanks or anti aircraft weapons. After being in a recession for more than hundred years, the Soigan economy was one of the poorest in Europe. Expensive weapons from the UK or USA were not affordable for the communists. To combat these problems Vídereg ordered to build make-shift anti aircraft guns, as well as many small hide outs in the country and other sabotage/defend posts. Sea mines were build by miners and sailors, and put in the sea. Anything was done to delay/sabotage the future German invasion.

On 3 February 1942 the Germans indeed invaded Soigá.



Republic of Soigá
Due to music and new cultures from the West from the USA, UK and Western Europe young students protested in the large cities against the communist rule in late 1981. But even before that, the 70's decade was known to be a rebellious 10 years by mainly young people. The older people still mainly supported the communist rule, because they had experienced the poor and miserable times before the communist came to power. However, young people wanted more freedom, as papers, TV and radio channels were limited and going abroad was difficult. Many people argued that the Communist Council was corrupt and that the people had too little freedom. The government violated human rights and was oppressive, as many people argued. Wide scale protests erupted soon after the students occupied the Cobörai square in Makán. Eventually more than 200,000 people participated in the protests, and large parts of the main cities were barricaded by the people. The Government had sent the army, and many people feared bloodbaths could happen. Nevertheless, protests continued. The Government, who saw that the people did not fear the army, made an ultimatum: as it was nearly 1982, the Government said that everyone should be gone of the square before 1982, as otherwise tanks and other guns would be sent to the square.

At this point the world was watching carefully. The Cold War was still ongoing, and as Soigá was still a communist state communist or communistic alligned nations supported the Soigan regime, while the US, UK and other nations in the West supported the protestors. Ronald Reagan, president of the US at the time, made a clear and unambigious statement regarding the ultimatum the Soigan regime had made: "If they will be gun-blazing, we too will be gun-blazing". Soon other major capitalistic nations shared Reagan's statement. The Soigan goverment was pressured to accept the demands of the protestors.

Wide relief was shown when in the first week of 1982 the Government had not invaded the square. However, the Government refused to go into the demands of the protestors, which were that the current Government would step down and a democratic, free republic would replace it. At this moment, many soldiers of the army deserted from the army to join the protests. A group of 22 deserted soldiers invaded the Council Assemblee in the capital Makán after a short firefight which wounded no one. The building was occupied, and from there the soldiers said into press cameras that "anyone who wants a free and democratic Soigá should come to this place". The group was quickly called The Young Democrats by press media. Rather fast the whole area before the building was filled with people. People were singing songs about freedom and living together in harmony. When it became night and thus dark, the people lighted up lantern balloons with messages of hope.

After nearly two weeks, the Government, who had no building to seat in, made a press conference. Chair man of the Communist Council

Geography
Soigá is a country in South Western Europe. It is about 33,819 square kilometers in size, and about 145 km from the continent of Europe to its closest point. This makes Soigá around the size of Moldova, or Belgium. Soigá, however, consists of multiple islands. The largest islands are Soigá (of which the country is named after) and Hitíká. There are many small islands in the Sea of Hagaberia (Olfkin: Mofárá Hágáberae).

Mountains
It has a hilly landscape, with the rugged Merkáte-Bliz area in the northwestern part of the country. The Hópátisíkai is the highest point in Soigá, with 2 106 meters.

Rivers and lakes
Soigá has 5 to 7 main rivers, depending on how you count. The longest river is the Mímé river, which is 162 km. However, this is following the Mímé Kripelken (lit. The Wild Mímé), which sidetracks from the main Mímé river about 82 km from the source of the Mímé river, at the point where the Mímé river splits off into two rivers: the Mímé Kripelken and the Mimé Hofémen (lit. The Quiet Mímé). The Kripelken eventually splits as well, into the Kripelken and the sidetracked Mímé Tásanae (lit. The Tasanian Mímé). Some count the Mímé as just one river, at which point the Mímé would be around 314 km combined, or as two rivers (the Kripelken and Hofémen), or as three (the Kripelken, Hofémen and the Tásanae).

The largest lake in Soigá is the Birboibílé, at 17.8 km^2, which is also the source of the river Higúrí (the name giver of the regio of Higormöz), and this lake can be found in the regio of Polčímer. Birboipílé gets its water from the melting snow and rain from the nearby mountains.

Forests
Soigá is also known to be quite forested. Almost half of the island is forested! And especially forested part of Soigá is the northern part of the island. Čonmíjá and Hárýpé account for a quarter of all forests in Soigá. This is in contrast with the south, where a lot of forests have taken place for agriculture.

Flora and Fauna


Politics
Soigá is known to be a progressive country. It has many social laws. Especially when it is coming to economy. Soigá has inherited a lot of the Firrobatist culture, which views that humans can only live together.

Political system
Soigá is an unitary parlementary republic (it is an unicameral one), and so, has a parlement and prime minister. The prime minister of the country is Vard Benúdae, who was the party candidate of the leading Partitos Por Kwalíkó mís Demográdó, or shortened PPKD (the social democrats) in the national elections of 2014, and sweared in as prime minister by the president. The prime minister's political term is for 4 years, and his/her job is to form a coalition (if his/her party did not reach the majority), and to form a cabinet.

Soigá has as well a president, however, the president has merely symbolic functions (like going on diplomatic missions and establish trade agreements). The current president of Soigá is Koṫátíne Biredazilógéx. She is from the PKJ party (United Christians). You can only be president of Soigá if you are a Soigan citizen and have lived for atleast 25 years in the country, as well as being born in the country and above the age of 45. The president is also head of the military, and hereby fullfills the role of the Minister of Defense. When the prime minister enables the emegency level for the country, the president will be the head of the govenrment, and be able to torpedo laws and veto bills, for a max term of one month (the prime minister can extend it at the end of the term). The Soiga president swears in the prime minister, but has the option to deny to swear in the prime minister. If this happens a referendum takes place whether or not the prime minister should be sweared in. If the referendum gives as result that he/she should be, the president has to swear in or has to resign, which means new presidential elections will happen. If the referendum gives as result that the prime minister should not be sweared in, then new national elections have to take place. This has not happened yet in Soigan history. The Soigan president has also the powerful option of removing the prime minister, however, this can only truly happen if a third of the Parlement agrees with it. This can be cosidered "easier" in comparison with the method of issuing a "no confidence trust", which has to be enabled by one of the parlementarians, and which requires half of the parlementarians to agree with. The Soigan president can also approve of referenda put forward by the Parliament. The Soigan president has a max term of 6 years, after which new elections will happen.

Elections
Soigá knows three types of elections: the national elections, the presidential elections and the regional/muncipal elections. The national elections decide what the make up of the parlíament will be, and who will be the prime minister (the leading candidate of the party with the most votes). Anyone can start a political party in Soigá, and there are no restrictions on what kind of goals it may set. For example, a party that says it wants to nuke every country (hyperbolical example) is not dissallowed to participate, and thus, can become the prime party. This has led to sharp criticism from the EU, as hate parties are free to participate. Parties get funding of the state when they have more than 500 members, and it gets increased the more members are in the party, however, nothing stops parties from getting donations. Parties are free in how they set up their candidates, party headquarters and everything else. There is only two restrictions: the party has to sign in on the National List of Parties to participate, and has to have atleast one candidate available. If a party has below 0.95% of the votes, it will not get a seat, as there are 105 seats in the parliament. Every four years there are national elections, however, it can happen sooner if the prime minister is removed from his/her position. There is no limit on how many terms someone can become prime minister.

There are also presidential elections. These happen every 6 years. Anyone in any party can list themselves as candidate for president, but they have to meet the criteria which have been discussed above (older than 45 years, lived in Soigan for more than 25 years and have the Soigan citizenship). When elected, the Soigan president has to do the oath, in which he/she swears loyalty to the Republic and defend the constitution and the people. The Soigan president can only be removed by the High Court of Soigá, if the Soigan president has violated his/her oath. However, the Soigan president can voluntarily resign, or he/she dies during his/her term, which both mean new presidential elections have to happen.

The third form of elections is the regional/muncipal elections. In this election citizens can decide who gets to be on the muncipal council, but also who will be the ábel-pros (leader regio). Again, everyone is free to start a political party, but now it has to write in the Local Muncipal List of Parties or the Regional List of Parties, or both. Every muncipal has a council of 25 people, and these govern the local politics of a muncipal. The regios itself are led by the ábel-pros who often form the task of instructing tasks of local muncipalities in their regios. The ábel-pros can form a Regional Council (15 people), which decides what the regio will do with the money from the Government: every regio gets money from the government for infrastructure, jobs, environment, tourism, housing etc. which is totally up to the regio itself how to organize that money and use it. A regional muncipal election happens every three years.

There is a law that says that these elections may never fall in the same year. If this does happen, the regional/muncipal election is postphoned by one year (if it collides with the national elections), or the national elections will be postphoned by one year if it collides with the presidential elections (the hierarchy goes like this: 1 Presidential 2 National 3 Regional/muncipal).

Administrative divisions
Soigá is divided into 13 regios, or obermú. These reflect the regional cultures of Soigá. They are:

Muncipalities
Furthermore, as a second level of administrative divisions, Soigá exists out of 96 muncipalities. Each muncipal is led by a council of 25 people, plus a mayor. A mayor is elected by the people of the muncipality in the regional/muncipal election. The Regio Council has the power of creating or merging muncipalities. Here is a map of all muncipalities (lines around islands mean they are grouped by the lined muncipality):

Military
The head of the military is the president of Soigá, currently Koṫátíne Biredazilógéx. The Armed Forces of Soigá (TBD) consist of the Soigan Land Force (TBD), the Soigan Navy (TBD) and the Air Force (TBD).

The goals of the Armed Forces of Soigá (AFS) is to protect the integrity of Soigá, to protect its citizens and its parliament and president. Maintaining peace according to UN principle is an additional task, which can be followed with the President permission.

Currently there are around 12,000 active members in the Soigan army, while there are about 5,000 reserve personnel (however these are just normal people occassionaly training). The budget of the military is about 1% of the GDP, or about 1 billion dollar.

Soigá is part of NATO and has done missions in Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan, but not directly in Syria against ISIS. The Soigan army does provide money funds in the mission and communications.

Demography
Please note that the following data is from the 2016 census



Cities
The following table shows the twelve biggest cities of Soigá (in proper city):

Population density
The population density of Soigá is 117 people per square km. However, the South is more densely populated than the North.

Growth
The latest census in 2016 gave as result that 3,971,642 citizens are living in Soigá. There have been 19 censusses (from 1981 to current date every five years, in 1932, 1948, 1955, 1961, 1974 and from 1884 to 1924 every eight years). The first census in Soigá ever done was in 1884, at what point 2,062,712 citizens were living in Soigá. With these numbers the average annual population growth between 1884 and 2016 can be calculated: namely 0.5%. However, the population growth curve of Soigá is by far not monotone. The highest growth was recorded between the 1932 and 1948 censusses, with an annual growth rate between the two of 1.64%. The lowest growth was recorded is recorded between the censusses of 1986 and 1991, with -0.35% per year (the population actually shrank). The current annual population growth using the latest two censusses is 0.11%. The current birth rate is 10.2 per 1,000 inhabitants, while the death rate is 9.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. The highest birth rate was recorded in the second census (as the first census could not compare numbers, as there wasn't any numbers before), with 32.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. It has as well the record of the highest death rate, with 22.7 per 1,000 inhabitants. Meanwhile, the minima are a birth rate of 7.9 (1991-1996) and a death rate of 8.8 (1981-1986).

Ethnicity
Soigá is a rather homogene country, but it does have a variety of ethnicities. The largest ethnicity is without a suprise the Soigans, with around 92.0%. You are regarded a Soigan in the census if you have atleast one parent, or two grandparents, born in Soigá and if you identify primarily with the Soigan language, culture and ethnicity. Spanish are by far the largest minority, with 3.5%, descendants mainly of the Spanish immigrants in the 19th century when Spain controlled the country, but often these people speak Olfkin as first language and are well integrated, but simply prefer to give their ethnicity as Spanish. Eastern European countries are following, with 1.2% (mainly from Poland, Bulgaria and Romania). Portuguese count around 0.6%. Around 0.5% of the country says they identify primarily as a Maruiqi, of whom you can find in the history section more information. 2.2% of the country has a different ethnicity or nationality, or hasn't given (or doesn't want to give) one.

Religion
Soigá has always been divided in religion. Religion plays a strong role in creating the identity of a region. The Catholics are mainly everywhere, but most notably in the South. The Protestants mainly have the regions Ertúmóper and Tópesmai. The Firrobatists are strong in the rural areas of Inkíá, but also to a somewhat lesser extent in Čonmíá, Höngewí, Polčímer and Higormöz.

Language
Most Soigans speak Olfkin, around 96% speaks it as first language. Olfkin is a language like no other, an isolated language, like Basque. Just like Basque it is not a nominative-accusative language, but an ergative-absolutive language. It is a primarily SOV language, and verbs and nouns are are heavily inflected.

Olfkin is the only language enjoying the official status, but there are also other languages spoken in Soigá. Spanish is the largest one, with around 1.3% of the population. These are often the descendants of Spanish traders and people who eventually settled in Soigá, and the immigrants to the country in the 19th century when Spain controlled the islands. Notable other languages are Ladino which is spoken by the Sephardic Jews in Soigá who came to the island in the Medieval Ages to flee from the purges by the Catholic Church in Spain and Portugal. Although it is a dying language in Soigá, as more and more jews are switching over Olfkin, it is still a common language heard in Jewish quarters in Mákán and Monéjá. Maruiqish, the language spoken by the Maruiqi people, is still only spoken by around 2,000 Maruiqis living in Soigá. Most Maruiqis have been well integrated and married into the local Soigan population, which has led to the loss of the language. It is still primarily spoken by elderly people in the Maruiqish Neighbourhead in Mákán.

Dialects
However, there are many dialects, some even not mutually intelligeble with each other. For example, the dialect (Firrobatistic Olfkin) spoken by the Firrobatists in upper central Soigá is sometimes also referred to as Archaic Olfkin, due to the many old grammar rules and others that have been lost by other dialects. However, the name "Firrobatistic Olfkin" can be quite misleading, as not all Firrobatists speak this dialect. The dialects are as followed: Hitikan, Milatese, Eastern, Western, Firrobatistic and Northern. Small pockets of Firrobatistic Olfkin speakers can still be found on the far end of the Higormöz peninsula, who were separated by other Firrobatistic Olfkin speakers after many catholics settled in the regio in in the King Halamír era. There are also a lot of Milatese speakers in Harype, who also came to the regio in Halamír's era. On the island of Námofelá people speak a whole separate dialect, due to the relative isolation of the island from the main islands.

See the map on the right for the distribution of dialects in Soigá. Do notice however that this doesn't automatically mean the majority in those regions speak the dialect colored there. This map is purely there to show which dialect is native to which area. The standard language is based on the Devernese dialect. This is also the dialect often used for learners of Olfkin. It is therefore also considered the prestige dialect. Because schools are not allowed to teach in an other language or dialect than Devernese Olfkin, many younger children are speaking Devernese, albeit often with an accent. This has caused a large decrease in the proficiency of other dialects. Because Devernese is the "main" dialect, it is often just named "Standard Olfkin".

Classification of Olfkin
The classification of Olfkin remains tricky. For a long while scholars thought Olfkin was a language related to Basque, or paleo Hispanic languages, like Iberian and Lusitanian. However, modern scholars reject this theory, as there are too many profound differences between the grammar. However, some words do have the same word root, probably because of the long time the two cultures have remained together. Many scholars also reject theories that say Olfkin is related to the Afro-Asiatic family, or specifically the Berber languages. Instead, scholars group Olfkin in its own language family, with the name [TBD].

Age
The Soigan age pyramid relatively reflects that of the average aging of the western world. In the image right you can see the number of people per cohort (that is, every five ages, with the exceptions here of the last cohort, which is indefinite respectively). The median age of Soigá is 42.9 years. This is more than the US (37.9) and The Netherlands (42.5) but less than Japan (46.9) and Germany (46.8).

The percentage of youth (14 years or younger) is 16.7%, while the percentage of elderly people (65 years or older) is 18.3%. Compare this to the United States (19.0% and 14.8%), The Netherlands (16.5% and 18.2%) and Japan (12.9% and 26.3%), for example.

The average life expectancy in Soigá is 82.8 years for women, and 78.1 for men, which makes it combined 80.9 years (know that the men/women ratio in Soigá is about 1:1.01). This is due the high standard of living available in Soigá.

Soigá also has a relatively high rate of centenarians (people 100 years or older): 27.1 centenarians per 100,000 people.

Women in Soigá get a child on average when they are 29.4 years.