Hárǝsi

Míhóchihko Ngweskó Ikwonngóghoma Hárǝsi
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Capital city	Ƨxeylá (Historical/Cultural) Oergafa (Administrative) Maxxúlyoly (Diplomatic)
Government	Federated Tribal Democracy (Hárǝsi Government)
Official languages	National: Léna Regional: Eastern Merrie, Kotland Merrie Tourism: English
ISO-3166-1/3	MNI
Currency	POS Hárǝsi Lyakwǝ́ (HLY)
Date format	MM/DD/YYYY (Gregorian Calendar) FF/G/CCC/O (Ngweská Calendar)

The Ŋation of Hárǝsi /há.rǝ.si/, officially Míhóchihko Ngweskó Ikwonngóghoma /mí.hó.ɕih.ko ŋʷes.kó i.kʷoŋ.ŋó.ɣo.ma/ or "Independent Ngweská Territories" is a country on the continent of Archipelagia, located between the West Gweng and West Murbet seas and sharing only one land border, with Coldba (Cuba). It was founded by Omaatje on the 6th of January 2026. It is a founding member of the WOOFS alliance alongside Coldba (Cuba), Kaipa and Adnar.

Because it contains non-ASCII characters, when extended characters are not available the spelling Haresi is preferred.

Etymology

The origin of the word Hárǝsi has divided linguists and anthropologists for decades, but the most widely-accepted theory is that it is derived from the Proto-Hakhpha phrase *ğharwxodh sürai /ɣˤarʷxodˤ syrai̯/ which meant "empty of air". The reason behind this name has long been speculated, but Dr. Johm Esoterica of the University of Tiamis (Aprux Mexyrhat) posits that the earliest settlers of the area interpreted the frequent snow and blizzards as the air itself freezing in place.

History

Pre-Federation

The Ngweská, the primary ethnicity of Hárǝsi, were historically nomadic hunter-gatherers who roamed the tundra and taiga forests of Archipelagia. Due to expansion from other Ŋations, namely the former Murbetia and Coldba (Cuba), they were pushed back further and further over time, until eventually the Four Great Tribes (Léna: Ro imOzóihakézá) settled into the lands in the far West of Archipelagia. The lands settled by these four tribes, Ouzánngwech, Aikóiháw, Kwojongok and Arawǝhí, make up the vast majority of the land area of Hárǝsi today. There are also pockets of Ngweská settled across the remainder of the continent in small, fairly insular communities, the total extent of which are unknown. These "tribeless" Ngweská are known as Uyuchká by the population of contiguous Hárǝsi.

When the Ngweská migrated west, they came into close contact with another indigenous group of the region, the sedentary horticulturalists known as the Merrie, whom the Ngweská called Xézilóchká. It was Merrie farmers who taught the Ngweská how to cultivate crops and helped establish the town of Yorómenngwe (Eastern Merrie: Dhoaiguorinn), the oldest still-inhabited Ngweská settlement and to this day the main agricultural area of Hárǝsi.

The Four Tribes remained separate political entities, largely unincorporated, for an unknown period of time. During this period, the former Ŋation of Kotland briefly controlled much of the northern part of the territory, but was later abandoned, and a group of Merrie migrated to the island of Kotland. This group came to speak the Kotland Merrie dialect, which is quite divergent from the Eastern Merrie that is still spoken in much of central Hárǝsi.

Formation and Early Federation

In the years leading up to the unification of Hárǝsi, the city of Ƨxeylá (capital of the Ouzánngwech tribe) had grown considerably in prominence and population, both from the fishing trade gained from the teeming waters of the West Murbet Sea and the subsequent expansion of the navy to protect this trade. Eventually this led to a great deal of military power being concentrated in the tribe's territory and the beginning of the War of Unification (Léna: Múngwoppéighuyno Kwehía). This war was very short and largely bloodless, as most of the tribal lands surrendered and agreed fairly readily to confederate, with the notable exception of the Aikóiháw tribe, who staged the Battle of Ngógho apPƨ́ch near the village of the same name on the south bank of the river Rayno.