General information (Pre-Great war):
Demonym: Lesmontar
Capital: Longuet
Key cities: Ortigny and Houmeraye
Official language: Orignais
Total population: 228,122,722
Total land area: 1,462,929 km² (564 840.045 sq mi)
Currency: Braye
First-level administrative division: Clon
Government: Confederated Republic of Independent Playset States
The Presidential Relic (TOYS):
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Ontological status (Post-Great war): A large subterranean settlement was discovered beneath the entity. The surviving occupants were located and confirmed to be alive and in stable condition. No additional assistance or logistical support is required at this time. The survivors have agreed to commence resurfacing operations in the near future.
Overview:
Lesmont, officially known as the Everplay Toycraft Guilds of Lesmont, is located in the Seluca region of Eldervale. She is bordered by the Orumai Sea to the north and west, Peyi Mil-Koule to the east, Acludion to the southeast, and Bellatorum and Tavrikon to the south. She is childlike at heart and endlessly rich in imagination, creating her own enchanting world where she finds joy and happiness in even the smallest, most trivial moments. She is carefree, cheerful, and blithe, always reminding herself to embrace happiness no matter what lies ahead.
She longs to laugh and smile even in the face of the darkest and most ominous situations. She wishes to spend every day playing, whether alongside friends or in peaceful solitude, believing that as long as she is having fun, nothing else truly matters. From sunrise to sunset, regardless of the weather or the passing seasons, she continues to immerse herself in her boundless world of wonder, where every ordinary moment becomes a new adventure and every day is another opportunity to play, dream, and smile.
About Lesmont:
☻ Lesmont is a cultural powerhouse of craftsmanship, where many handcrafted creations are meant to be used and interacted with, not simply displayed as decorations.
☻ Lesmont is home to countless craftsman towns, some with traditions spanning centuries. The oldest, Les Longs-Champs, is believed to be over 1,000 years old.
☻ Lesmont's ports were once thriving cultural crossroads, though their influence gradually declined with the rise of Senas Tuath and Bellatorum.
☻ Lesmont's weather is famously unpredictable, as locals believe it is influenced by the changing colors of the moon.
☻ Almost everything in Lesmont is homemade, from furniture to public facilities, giving every settlement a unique character that reflects its people.
☻ Nearly any material can become a crafting medium, resulting in countless regional styles of craftsmanship—the exact number is still debated.
☻ Lesmont is the birthplace of Mounde Noir, a rich dark chocolate delicacy known for its intricate carved designs and complex flavors, now enjoyed around the world.
☻ Giving someone a toy in Lesmont is considered a heartfelt blessing, symbolizing wishes for happiness, prosperity, and a joyful future.
Brief modern history:
I. THE SUCCESSION CRISIS AND THE OUTBREAK OF LU GUERRE DU CLON, 1186–1189
The unexpected death of Matthieu Herivel on 17 June 1186 precipitated the abrupt collapse of the totalitarian command state and generated an immediate power vacuum at the centre of Lesmontar authority. His five principal lieutenants - Raoul Duplain, Yves Bisson, Jean Le Cocq, Marthe Tourgis, and Godefroy Laine - subsequently entered an increasingly hostile struggle for the vacant leadership. Factional fragmentation consequently spread throughout the civil administration and armed forces.
In September 1186, thousands of Raoul Duplain's supporters assembled outside the Citadel, Lesmont's principal administrative complex. The demonstration demanded Duplain's formal recognition as head of state. On 11 September, unidentified personnel opened fire on the gathering, killing ten civilians. The incident became the immediate catalyst for Lu Guerre du clon, one of the deadliest internal conflicts in Lesmontar history.
The country fragmented into five principal zones. Raoul Duplain controlled the south-east; Yves Bisson held the south-west and part of the central region; Jean Le Cocq dominated the north-west and the remaining central districts; Marthe Tourgis governed the north; and Godefroy Laine controlled the east. Raoul, Yves, and Godefroy initially established a temporary military coalition known simply as the Pacte.
Battle of Mannez-Bourg, 6 February–18 May 1187: The engagement secured the Pacte's first significant operational victory following months of strategic stalemate. Nevertheless, the allocation of captured territory immediately generated disputes among the three allied commanders. The Pacte disintegrated four months later, and its constituent factions subsequently turned against one another.
Battle of Corblets Bridge, 9 November 1187–25 March 1188: Marthe launched an offensive into Jean's territory after intelligence assessments identified his army as the weakest among the remaining factions. Control of Corblets Bridge provided Marthe with a direct operational corridor toward the capital, which remained under Jean's authority.
Battle of Aurigny, 29 June–14 November 1188: Godefroy achieved a decisive victory over Raoul and secured multiple south-eastern logistical corridors.
Battle of Moulinet, 2 January–8 March 1189: Godefroy defeated Yves and seized a critical southern logistical hub. The victory consolidated an extensive eastern and southern territorial bloc under Godefroy's command.
Battle of Longuet, 5 July–22 October 1189: Fought between Jean and Marthe for control of the capital, Longuet became the most destructive engagement of the early war. The battle inflicted catastrophic casualties, the near-total devastation of the urban landscape, and severe atmospheric particulate contamination from sustained fires, dust, and collapsed masonry. Jean's remaining state institutions were critically degraded. Following Godefroy's breach of the final defensive line at Burgskild, Jean capitulated, leaving Marthe and Godefroy as the principal surviving claimants to national authority.
II. THE RED UPRISING AND THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1190–1196
In 1190, the revolutionary organiser Elouan Vauclin established L'Académie Rouge d'Aoeur'gny (LRA) within Marthe's territory. The organisation promoted Ego-Abolitionism, a doctrine advocating absolute equality through the eradication of private identity, private ownership, and the political privileges vested in the individual. On 15 August 1191, Marthe's defeat at the Battle of Rougemarchi triggered widespread demonstrations throughout his regime. The LRA subsequently called upon workers, soldiers, and displaced civilians to overthrow the existing authorities. Le Soulevement Rouge commenced when crowds in Saint-Plume, in the far north, destroyed government infrastructure and engaged security forces.
The Eight Days, 8–15 October 1191: What began as an urban insurrection rapidly spread into neighbouring settlements. Local administrations disintegrated, LRA committees appropriated workshops and food depots, and the movement's revolutionary doctrine penetrated territories controlled by Godefroy.
Battle of Longuet, 7 January–1 April 1192: The LRA seized the capital and transformed its administrative infrastructure into a revolutionary command headquarters. Between 1192 and 1194, the conflict again descended into strategic deadlock. The impasse concluded during the Battle of Escholac, fought from 6 March to 9 August 1194. After five months, an unforeseen LRA breakthrough destabilised Marthe's government.
Battle of Belle-Aube, 10 December 1194–23 February 1195: This decisive LRA victory annihilated irreplaceable military assets and inflicted severe psychological disintegration upon Marthe's officer corps. Marthe's regime capitulated, and Marthe died through collective suicide alongside members of his inner circle. One loyalist, Jacques Eschollet, rejected surrender. He reorganised the remaining anti-LRA forces in the south-east and established a defensive government beyond the Librette River.
Eschollet's army maintained the river line until early 1196, when LRA forces breached the defensive network and advanced into the south-east. At the Battle of Grisefalaise on 4 February 1196, the surviving remnant force capitulated. Eschollet subsequently took his own life following the defeat.
III. LES ANNEES SANS LOI AND THE DEEPENING REGIONAL DIVIDE, 1196–1216
The conclusion of the civil war did not produce immediate recovery. Instead, Lesmont entered Les Annees Sans Loi, an era characterised by mass displacement, hyperinflation, famine, degraded transport infrastructure, and the prospective emergence of autonomous warlord territories. The LRA government maintained a functional degree of authority in the north, but much of the south and east regarded the new administration with deep suspicion. Regional antagonism consequently became institutionalised through taxation, public investment, and employment policy.
In May 1200, the government inaugurated Clerin Port in northern Lesmont, ending nearly a decade of maritime stagnation. In 1204, Poupelbec - a major town regarded as the centre of Lesmontar craftsmanship - was finally reconstructed following its destruction during the civil war. From 1205 to 1210, a blood-coloured moon appeared over Lesmont. The phenomenon disrupted regional weather patterns and coincided with rising sea levels. Recurrent flooding further intensified public grievances across inadequately reconstructed districts.
The Plan de Richesse was implemented in June 1207. It prioritised state investment, infrastructure, and public credit toward the north, while the south received comparatively limited development and was increasingly reduced to a supplier of raw materials. Between early 1211 and 1212, accumulated resentment evolved into a widespread protest movement known as the Charte Juste. Demonstrators demanded equitable economic representation, proportional public investment, and a permanent resolution to the regional imbalance. The government pledged comprehensive reforms, but virtually all proposals remained confined to official documentation. During this period, the Front Populaire emerged and rapidly established itself as the dominant popular movement throughout the south.
IV. THE FIRST WAR WITH ACLUDION AND LA GUERRE DES DEUX PAYS, 1216–1223
On 11 August 1216, a craftsmanship town in eastern Lesmont was devastated by fire. The government attributed responsibility to Acludion and subsequently declared war, although the incident was widely believed to have been a false-flag operation.
Battle of Rocheby (Acludion), 18 December 1216–7 March 1217: Lesmont severed a critical source of military revenue for Acludion and captured strategic resources that were subsequently redirected into Lesmontar armaments production.
Battle of Fennick (Acludion), 2 June–31 July 1217: Lesmont secured another major resource centre and established control over the prosperous Seafing region. Acludion attempted to reclaim the territory for a further three months but ultimately abandoned the offensive following repeated operational setbacks.
The resulting economic gains, however, were distributed overwhelmingly in favour of the north, whose industries expanded at an accelerated pace, while the south remained economically stagnant and structurally underdeveloped. By late 1219, widespread demonstrations had re-emerged. The authorities ordered a violent suppression during which protestors were burned alive. On 13 December 1219, the fires spread beyond the intended containment zone and escalated the unrest into generalised disorder. Armed confrontations between demonstrators and security forces marked the outbreak of La Guerre des Deux Pays, a civil war between the northern government and the southern Front Populaire.
Eight days later, Acludion declared war against northern Lesmont in an effort to recover Seafing.
Operation Whisht, 21 December 1219–7 February 1220: Acludion rapidly recaptured Seafing and deprived the northern government of a vital strategic resource base.
Battle of Boisville, 13 February–9 April 1220: Southern forces captured one of Lesmont's largest industrial and manufacturing centres. The victory significantly strengthened the Front Populaire while further destabilising the north's already fragile distribution network.
Siege of Beaumesnil, 16 July–4 November 1220: Southern forces encircled a major northern army within the city. Following its capitulation, the Front Populaire advanced into the south-western sector of northern territory.
In 1221, Bellatorum began openly supporting the southern cause through the provision of armaments, financial assistance, logistical support, military training, and volunteer personnel.
Battle of Hamel, 18 March–8 June 1221: Reinforced by Bellatorum volunteers, southern forces captured this strategically important craftsmanship town.
Dunes Campaign, 20 June–28 October 1221: The Front Populaire secured the south-west and captured the Complexe Industriel d'Aurécourt, long regarded as the foremost symbol of northern prosperity. Northern forces subsequently withdrew into the Ormelle and Belloir clon. On 17 January 1222, the northern head of state and several senior military officials were captured alive while attempting to escape overseas.
Battle of Rocquay, 20 January–18 March 1222: The final organised northern formation was defeated and compelled to capitulate. Following its victory, the Front Populaire reconstituted itself as the Ligue du Bien Commun (LBC) and became the official ruling party of a reunified Lesmont.
In May 1222, the government introduced the Programme de Prospérité Commune, intended to guarantee equitable economic opportunity across both the north and south. In 1223, the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with Bellatorum brought decades of Lesmontar isolationism to an end.
V. LE BIAU TEMPS AND THE GREAT SELUCA WAR, 1225–1235
Between 1225 and 1245, administrative consolidation ushered in the prosperous era known as Le Biau Temps. Nevertheless, this prosperity also reinforced expansionist aspirations, particularly regarding the Seafing region.
On 6 April 1230, following repeated frontier skirmishes, Lesmont declared war on Acludion, initiating the Great Seluca War. Concerned by Lesmontar territorial ambitions, Tavrikon, Peyi Mil-Koule, and Kernevel entered the conflict alongside Acludion on 16 April.
Second Battle of Fennick (Acludion), 17 October–9 December 1230: Lesmont reoccupied Seafing and disrupted Acludion's military-industrial production network.
Battle of Dransey (Acludion), 7 March–27 June 1231.: Lesmont secured a decisive operational position and eliminated Acludion's final capacity to reverse the course of the war. The principal Acludese army sustained catastrophic losses, and Acludion capitulated one month later.
Following Acludion's defeat, Lesmont launched the Caurdrik Campaign, 1 July–1 December 1231, against the remaining coalition powers. The offensive ultimately stalled because of logistical overextension and extensive sabotage conducted by Acludese resistance networks, delaying several planned operations.
Battle of Holmgar (Tavrikon), 18 May–4 November 1232: Tavrikon's defence of the cultural city developed into a prolonged war of attrition. Dysentery, cholera, and typhus spread throughout both armies. Lesmont consequently suspended further large-scale offensives into Tavrikon following the engagement.
Battle of Karibel (Peyi Mil-Koule), 2 July 1232–6 January 1233: Karibel became the longest engagement and one of the most devastating campaigns in Lesmontar military history. More than 50,000 soldiers were killed during the first week alone.
Battle of Tazil (Peyi Mil-Koule), 8 March–6 June 1233: A poorly coordinated attempt to secure a rapid victory resulted in Lesmont's most severe defeat of the campaign. The failure produced operational deadlock across every principal theatre.
Battle of Yngar (Tavrikon), 15 August–8 October 1234: Lesmont introduced Le Soldat d'Etain, a weapon resembling a mass-produced tin toy soldier. Their overwhelming numerical superiority enabled Lesmont to resume its offensive. Tavrikon capitulated on 10 December under sustained pressure from this new force.
Battle of Senmari (Peyi Mil-Koule), 22 January–17 February 1235: Peyi Mil-Koule surrendered after its armed forces experienced institutional collapse, escalating desertion, and widespread mutiny.
Battle of Rosgwen (Kernevel), 14 April–4 May 1235: Kernevel's defensive network was annihilated by L'Avionnet-Mourtal, a formation of suicidal toy aircraft, while exhaustion prevented the defenders from reconstituting their positions. Kernevel capitulated shortly thereafter.
Lesmont annexed all defeated states and emerged as the predominant power throughout the Seluca region.
VI. ANNEXATION, EMERGENCY RULE, AND LA GRAND' PURJIE, 1237–1252
In April 1237, persistent uprisings and organised sabotage across the annexed territories prompted the establishment of Les Vigiles. The organisation combined Lesmontar personnel with local collaborators and assumed direct administrative authority over the occupied territories.
During the 1240s, following extensive experimentation, Lesmont formally adopted a craftsmanship-oriented military doctrine. Weapons increasingly resembled handmade toys and domestic implements. In 1242, an island unexpectedly emerged in the western sea. Lesmont dispatched an expedition immediately upon receiving the report and formally asserted sovereignty in July. The island was subsequently referred to as Hou des Mouettes.
In March 1245, coordinated rebellions erupted throughout the annexed territories. On 7 April, the Citadel was subjected to a devastating aerial bombardment during a national conference, killing numerous political and military leaders. The resulting administrative disarray enabled the rebels to advance rapidly. Bellatorum subsequently intervened and established the Lesmont Emergency State under direct Bellatoric supervision.
Battle of Rivdo (Peyi Mil-Koule), 8 May–3 July 1245: Emergency State forces defeated the largest rebel formation in Peyi Mil-Koule and re-established government control across most of the territory.
Battle of Lormont (Tavrikon), 11 March–13 May 1246.: Following a prolonged siege, the Emergency State destroyed a major rebel force. Organised resistance throughout Tavrikon was substantially degraded.
Following these victories, Lesmont initiated La Grand' Purjie, a campaign of systematic mass killing, collective punishment, and forced detention. Prisoners were transferred to CRAM forced-labour facilities across the annexed territories. Between 1246 and 1250, the estimated death toll exceeded one million. Thousands more were subjected to forced labour under conditions deliberately characterised by malnutrition, exposure, physical exhaustion, and grossly inadequate medical care.
Fragmented resistance persisted until 1252, when Tormod Halvardson, the last major commander of the uprising, was captured. The suppression campaign had consumed immense financial and material resources. The economy, public confidence, and national infrastructure deteriorated, while shadow markets proliferated. This era subsequently became known as La Nuit Longue.
VII. THE SECOND GREAT SELUCA WAR AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE LBC, 1255–1263
In October 1255, escalating violence between local inhabitants and Les Vigiles in Kernevel precipitated another major insurrection.
Battle of Porskel (Kernevel), 10 December 1255–18 February 1256: Kernethri forces recaptured a major industrial complex and utilised its facilities to expand armaments production for the uprising.
Battle of Ormsay (Tavrikon), 12 February–21 June 1257: Tavrionte forces incapacitated the regional energy network, plunging southern Lesmont into darkness. Communications collapsed, logistical coordination deteriorated, and several fronts descended into operational paralysis.
Battle of Monbel (Peyi Mil-Koule), 3 September 1257–12 January 1258: Prolonged siege, starvation, and sustained bombardment nearly eradicated the Lesmontar garrison. More than half a million soldiers were killed, establishing Monbel as one of the most catastrophic defeats in Lesmontar history. Thereafter, Lesmont endured successive reversals and was progressively driven back.
Battle of Dunmarrow (Acludion), 6 August–20 October 1258: Lesmont arrested the rebel advance and, for the first time, deployed a comprehensively craftsmanship-based weapons system on a major operational scale. Nevertheless, Lesmont remained significantly debilitated in the aftermath of the battle, whereas the rebel forces retained their formidable strength and operational intensity.
Hostilities continued until April 1259. Lesmontar attempts to recover territory through the Les Trois Roches and Sept Falaises operations proved unsuccessful.
On 5 April 1259, Lesmont signed the Emglev an Tizh Nevez Treaty, formally recognising the independence of Acludion, Tavrikon, Peyi Mil-Koule, and Kernevel.
On 10 July 1261, head of state Aliz Rozelle resigned amid overwhelming political pressure. The LBC subsequently fractured into antagonistic internal factions. For the following two years, effective authority devolved to clon administrations, regional commanders, and municipal councils.
During the early morning of 6 October 1263, the Parti de Manouerie (PM) executed a successful coup. The party consisted predominantly of artisans and proponents of Artisanism, a doctrine asserting that artisans constituted the foundation of culture, economic production, and social order. The PM detained the remaining LBC leadership, dismantled the former regime, and proclaimed that Lesmont would be reconstructed according to the principles of the workshop rather than those of the bureaucracy or barracks.
VIII. ARTISANIST RECONSTRUCTION AND THE THIRD SELUCA WAR, 1263–1273
Between 1265 and 1270, the PM reorganised housing, education, public ceremony, industry, and local governance around craftsmanship. Lesmont increasingly conceptualised its national identity through objects produced by hand.
This reconstruction was interrupted by the First Great War. On 25 April 1271, Lesmont's former adversaries once again declared war, initiating the Third Seluca War.
Battle of Viarbec (Lesmont), 6 August–14 September 1271: Lesmont prevented hostile forces from penetrating the western Eurbec clon, thereby denying them the rapid strategic victory they had anticipated. During the engagement, Lesmont introduced Le Quaec: rubber animal mines that ruptured when disturbed and discharged streams of dangerously heated rubber.
Battle of Crasilande (Lesmont), 12 March–8 June 1272: Lesmont stabilised its southern frontier and recovered sufficient operational mobility to conduct offensive actions in other theatres.
Battle of Orvaille (Lesmont), 19 January–28 April 1273: Conducted as part of the Ferbec Operation, the engagement introduced Aurboucle, an animated steel cord capable of dismembering soldiers. Its erratic movement generated severe tactical disorganisation across the western front.
Operation Craigne, 28 June–11 August 1273: The offensive deployed exceptionally large formations of tin soldiers, by then manufactured predominantly from steel. Although the units remained cumbersome and inaccurate, their numerical concentration, structural durability, and uninterrupted pressure enabled Lesmont to obtain a favourable negotiating position following the Battle of Drehou (Acludion).
On 15 August 1273, the Sermant Blanc Treaty was signed. Peyi Mil-Koule, Tavrikon, Acludion and Kernevel were compelled to provide substantial war reparations and strategic resources, while part of the Seafing region was transferred to Lesmontar control.
IX. PM CONSOLIDATION AND THE SECOND GREAT WAR, 1273–1294
In November 1276, Lesmont and Bellatorum established the Transparent Hierarchy, a strategic partnership intended to coordinate their convergent political, military, and economic interests. In 1279, the PM enacted a programme of governmental and industrial reform. In May 1280, the administration founded the Conseil des Ouvreurs, a governing council composed exclusively of officially recognised craftspeople. Between 1283 and 1285, violent disputes with Acludion over the Seafing region prompted Lesmont to reinforce its military and security presence.
The Liminal Bloom, 8 January–8 May 1286.: This sequence of confrontations across central Seafing constituted a Lesmontar attempt to enlarge its territorial authority. Lesmont subsequently erected an interlocking barrier of hardened plastic across the central region, transforming a provisional front line into a permanent territorial partition.
From 1286 to 1295, the moon above Lesmont appeared blue, while national temperatures declined considerably.
As the Second Great War of Eldervale intensified, Peyi Mil-Koule, Kernevel, Acludion and Tavrikon declared war on Lesmont on 4 March 1291, seeking retribution for the First Great War. Thus precipitating the outbreak of the Fourth Seluca War.
Operation Le Brume Nee, 10 May–28 December 1291: Conceived to secure an immediate strategic advantage, compel enemy capitulation, and re-establish Lesmontar regional supremacy, the operation represented the most comprehensive effort yet undertaken to coordinate distinct branches of toy weaponry. It secured only limited territorial gains before losing momentum and drawing the country into protracted attritional warfare.
Battle of Skellinbay (Acludion), 17 April–20 August 1292: Lesmont prevented Peyi Mil-Koule and Acludion from penetrating the Seafing region and degraded its offensive capacity sufficiently to preclude another major advance until 1294.
The Long Sunset (Tavrikon), 14 May–12 October 1292: The designation collectively referred to combat across the Tavrionte fields of Myrflot and Hrafnseng. Sustained bombardment and mass troop movements levelled the formerly rugged terrain. Domestic instability ultimately compelled Tavrikon to withdraw from the conflict. Under the Saint-Ancre Treaty of 20 October, Lesmont acquired Tavrikon's north-western region.
The campaign also introduced La Rouleuse, a high-density marble that accelerated continuously after deployment and generated progressively greater kinetic force with each collision.
Battle of Thrennock (Acludion), 8 February–11 April 1293. Lesmontar and Bellatoric forces failed to breach the defensive lines of northern Acludion. And were subsequently compelled to retreat.
Battle of Jorin (Lesmont), 26 March–15 May 1294. Lesmont repelled the Tanbou Nwe Operation conducted by Peyi Mil-Koule, Kernevel and Acludion but relinquished control of the Seafing region. The front then remained immobilised until the Pax of Seraphic. Lesmont formally signed the peace settlement on 5 July 1294.
The government's failure to vanquish Lesmont's adversaries provoked nationwide demonstrations. The PM attributed the military outcome to insufficient public discipline and suppressed the unrest with exceptional brutality. In October 1294, the administration imposed martial law and established the Bureau d'Enquete, a security institution entrusted with preserving internal order.
X. THE AMON COUP AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE TOY REALM, 1295–1316
On 17 January 1295, the Alliance Marelle pour l'Ordre Nouveau (AMON) initiated a violent coup outside the Citadel. Established shortly after the Second Great War, AMON adhered to Pan-Toy Ontological Supremacism, which asserted that every object, institution, landscape, and living entity possessed the ontological status of a toy, and that existence itself should consequently be structured as play. Combat continued for three days. Infiltrators inside the Citadel neutralised its defensive systems, enabling AMON forces to occupy the complex and install a new head of state.
In 1301, Lesmont supported the Youth Rebellion in Bellatorum by dispatching advisers, volunteers, and material assistance. That same year, AMON inaugurated Le Grand Jeu Sans Fin, the first comprehensive programme for transforming Lesmont into a toy realm. The initiative guaranteed every toy, person, animal, machine, building, and idea the liberty to create, participate, withdraw, and subsequently re-enter the national "games." Public life evolved into a continuous arena of collective invention.
In 1305, the government promulgated the Ord'nance dé Gran Plie. Settlements were no longer required to remain geographically or architecturally permanent. Streets, dwellings, squares, and offices could be detached, folded, relocated, or recombined. Every component of municipal infrastructure was required to possess a secondary ludic function. Bridges became musical instruments or balancing courses, towers became climbing theatres, and offices unfolded into stages or puzzle halls. The physical country gradually assumed the character of an immense construction set.
In 1309, new manufacturing and ergonomic regulations required ordinary utilitarian objects to be reconceived as toys. Tools were expected to encourage experimentation rather than permit only a single prescribed application. Furniture became modular, while utensils and domestic devices incorporated puzzles and cooperative mechanisms.
By 1311, numerous ideological schools had developed within Pan-Toy philosophy. All accepted that everything constituted a toy, yet they diverged over the ultimate purpose of play. Competing traditions interpreted play as equality, artistic creation, education, conflict mediation, spiritual practice, or purposeful absurdity.
In January, the government enacted L'Act des Libres-Tairres sous l'Ounion. Each clon became a semi-autonomous sandbox empowered to formulate its own laws, local games, calendars, civic functions, daily conventions, architecture, and permissible forms of competition. The central government regulated relations among the clon and safeguarded the Fundamental Rights of Play: participation, refusal, rule revision, creation, and freedom from permanent objectification.
Courts increasingly interpreted disputes as breakdowns in mutually recognised play and could require the opposing parties to devise a new game through which their conflict might be resolved. Public holidays ceased to function as isolated interruptions of labour. Instead, each clon maintained an evolving succession of festivals, tournaments, construction weeks, masquerades, and collective experiments.
In August 1316, Lesmont proclaimed that it had attained the status of a Pangaea-Flourish State, defined as the absolute culmination of national development. Although Lesmont contended that this title was conferred upon it only much later.
XI. THE GREEN MOON PANDEMIC AND THE TOYBOX CATACLYSM, 1318–1330
From 1318 to 1321, the moon assumed a green coloration. Prolonged observation induced a compulsive inability to avert one's gaze, followed by ocular infection and irreversible blindness. Bellatorum assisted Lesmont in containing the pandemic. Citizens were prohibited from travelling outdoors without protective coverings or filtered lenses. In June 1320, tensions escalated along the Acludion–Lesmont border after a pig originating in Acludion crossed into Lesmontar territory. Although the animal was eventually recovered, both states maintained an adversarial posture.
In March 1324, Janvrain Houquez, a grandiose and increasingly unstable political figure, seized control of a substantial arsenal of toy weaponry and declared war against the central government. The Toybox Cataclysm exposed the inherent danger of military systems that closely resembled public games. Houquez rapidly occupied Sorme, Elvau, Fotelle, and Gresnac, consolidating a fortified western dominion from which he proclaimed ambitions of global conquest. Numerous citizens misinterpreted the offensive as an officially sanctioned spectacle and consequently joined Houquez's forces.
Battle of Tregan, 5 May–18 July 1324: Government forces prevented Houquez from extending his advance farther north.
Battle of Ortigny, 11 February–3 June 1325: Millions of tin soldiers participated in the largest engagement of the Cataclysm. Houquez established Ortigny as his capital and encircled it with mobile fortifications and militarised playgrounds.
Battle of Esmarin, 16 April–28 May 1326: Government forces obstructed Houquez's attempt to penetrate the south, although his army captured Lormeux during the broader manoeuvre.
L'Vent des Morts, 12 August–16 November 1327: This government offensive secured the first substantial strategic breakthrough and recovered several western territories. Ortigny itself, however, remained beyond central control.
Battle of Grenhal, 8 January–26 April 1328: Government forces encircled a major concentration of toy units in northern Lesmont. The formation had attempted to infiltrate the region and establish a secondary axis of advance. Its destruction decisively shifted the strategic balance in favour of the central authority.
During Operation Norekha, conducted from 1328 to 1329, government armies simultaneously reconquered the west and captured Ortigny in December 1328. Houquez's increasingly erratic command progressively undermined the cohesion of his remaining forces.
Battle of Kheurm, 22 January–2 February 1330: Houquez's final major mainland formation was defeated. He escaped with a residual toy force to Hou des Mouettes. Following the conclusion of the mainland campaign, the government implemented stringent reforms to the toy army. Military pieces received clearly visible activation states, battlefield networks were segregated from civilian games, and individual command authority was restricted.
XII. RECONFIGURATION, TREASURE CULTURE, AND THE RIGHT TO CHANGE, 1330–1354
In 1334, most Lesmontar ports were declared inactive, leaving only a limited number of northern facilities operational. La Rade, the last major port, ceased functioning on 23 August 1336 after approximately two centuries of service.
In April 1338, the government inaugurated a nationwide treasure hunt. Artefacts were concealed behind clues embedded within buildings, festivals, songs, regulations, and landscapes. The treasure was discovered twelve years later by a child excavating a hole in her backyard.
In November 1340, Bourg-Longnez was discovered drifting at sea. The settlement had formerly been a flourishing centre of craftsmanship before disappearing under unexplained circumstances. Its equally inexplicable return reinforced the belief that settlements could depart from and subsequently re-enter the national game as autonomous toys.
In 1346, the government formalised Seasonal Ruleset Rotation. Every two months, communities selected a temporary "game mode" through which their region would be organised. One clon might structure public life around exploration, while another adopted theatrical mystery, cooperative construction, ceremonial rivalry, inverted social roles, or deliberate silence.
In May 1351, the government reconstituted Le Foire-Artisan, formerly a conventional handicraft competition. The renewed festival admitted mobile buildings, artificial creatures, edible machinery, public puzzles, and interactive creations. Judging no longer rewarded a single completed object. Instead, it assessed the number of new possibilities an artefact generated for others.
The Le Changement de Visage Act of 1354 authorised every citizen to modify their physical appearance through bio-printing. Within the toy realm, the body was legally defined as a revisable form rather than an immutable assignment. The government responded by separating legal continuity from external form: a citizen could redesign the piece but could not erase the history of the player.
XIII. THE END OF HOUQUEZ AND THE P'TIT TER DISASTER, 1357–1362
In December 1357, following years of containing Houquez's residual regime on Hou des Mouettes, the state executed a successful amphibious assault. The operation eliminated his remaining toy army and formally concluded the Toybox Cataclysm. Houquez was captured and died from tuberculosis two days later.
From June to November 1362, an immense conflagration spread across P'tit Ter clon. Investigators attributed the disaster to overloaded electrical outlets and incompatible municipal play systems. Human casualties remained comparatively limited, but more than half of the clon's infrastructure was destroyed. It became the most severe human-made catastrophe in Lesmontar history.
The P'tit Ter fire precipitated a comprehensive revision of toy-realm engineering standards. Secondary playable functions could no longer undermine primary safety mechanisms. Municipal games were required to incorporate system separation, load restrictions, emergency termination protocols, and rapid reversion to conventional operation.
XIV. LA BOPTE A JOUETS INFINIE AND THE COMPLETION OF THE TRUE TOY REALM, 1365–1369
In 1365, Lesmont proclaimed La Bopte a Jouets Infinie. The declaration placed the nation within what official terminology described as universal creative mode. Reality itself was henceforth expected to function as an inexhaustible toy box for collective invention. No object was considered depleted merely because its original function had expired.
The central government increasingly operated as a custodian of possibility rather than a director of outcomes. It prohibited coercive local regulations, preserved systemic interoperability, and intervened whenever games endangered future play. The highest constitutional offence became closure: the deliberate construction of an institution, weapon, monopoly, or social role that enabled one participant to terminate the games of everyone else.
In June 1369, Lesmont announced that it had finally attained its historic objective of becoming a true toy realm.
XV. ETERNAL PLAY, THE TOY ARMY, AND THE CRIMSON OMEN, 1370–1379
Throughout the 1370s, Lesmont continued to refine its toy army and almost entirely displaced human soldiers from frontline service. The transition was presented as both a military innovation and an ethical accomplishment. Nevertheless, the legacy of Houquez necessitated stringent safeguards.
On 20 September 1374, Lysine Corvaelle was elected head of state.
From 1375 to 1379, the moon assumed a dark crimson coloration. Unlike previous lunar transformations, it produced no verified physical effects. Lesmontar observers nevertheless interpreted the phenomenon as an omen.
This era of continuous development concluded with the outbreak of the Third Great War.
Ideology: Pan-Toy Ontological Supremacism (Toytism)
Pan-Toy Ontological Supremacism, commonly known as Toytism, is an ontological doctrine asserting that all beings are fundamentally toy-being. It denies any distinction between the toy and the non-toy, maintaining that the category of "toy" encompasses the totality of existence. The cosmos is therefore conceived as an immeasurable and inexhaustible Toybox, wherein every entity, force, event, abstraction, and natural law exists as a toy participating in the perpetual play of reality. Reality itself is the Great Toy: the ultimate medium through which all toys emerge, interact, and transform. Toytism affirms an uncompromising ontological egalitarianism. No toy possesses intrinsic metaphysical superiority over another; distinctions arise only from differences of form, function, complexity, and relational capacity, never existential worth. A star, a stone, a living organism, a mathematical theorem, and a child's figurine are equally authentic expressions of toy-being. Every toy possesses purpose - not necessarily fixed or predetermined, but emerging through its participation in reality. To exist is already to possess the capacity for play. Within Toytist metaphysics, play is the fundamental mode of existence. Every interaction between toys constitutes an act of play, whether expressed as physical causation, biological evolution, conscious thought, or cosmic transformation. Apparent stillness is merely play occurring beyond ordinary perception, for absolute inactivity is metaphysically impossible. Reality therefore exists as an eternal process of self-interaction, continuously playing with itself through the relations of its constituent toys. The Toybox possesses neither boundary nor final inventory. Every discovery reveals another toy, while every invention introduces a new configuration of toy-being. Consequently, the proposition "to exist is to be a toy" serves as Toytism's primary ontological axiom. Toytism further maintains that fun is not merely an emotion but a transcendental quality of existence itself - the experiential manifestation of reality's perpetual creativity. Accordingly, its highest aspiration is neither perfect order nor eternal comfort, but endless fun: infinite participation in the inexhaustible play of being. Because reality has neither a first move nor a final move, existence is not a journey toward completion, but an eternal game whose meaning lies in its continual unfolding.