Welcome to Havynwilde! Whether you’re a storied independent nation looking to find success once more in the perennial championship for independent nations or you’re new to the scene looking to establish yourself as a growing power going forward, the Havynwilde Board of Recreation and Tourism alongside the Home Government welcome you to the lands of the north, where the sun never sets and where we call it fooligbol. May your stay in the sun be plentiful, welcome to Havynwilde.
atmosphereRealizing Havynwilde was a smaller nation, it was decided to bring this tournament to life Havynwilde’s stadiums were to receive extensive upgrades whilst similarly new stadiums were to be built throughout the nation. The flagship project commissioned being the Uvenstadion Super Island which will play host to the final match situated in the sprawling, pristine Gyåfler Lake.
Hope.
Arriving in Havynwilde, the cold winter air of year-round Havynwilde will greet visitors upon stepping off the plane, into which they’ll be whisked away to a different world, which has grown to be interdependent on its temperature and on its football, which in recent years has taken bounds. Havynwilde is a nation which lives on football, while it’s the most-popular sport, owing to its small population,attendances are relatively-small compared to the rest of the world and the teams operate differently compared to other countries. However, football is the mainstream culture here, from the most popular teams - Avante Leipreachán to the lesser-known Tri-Cities circuit, football or how its known here, fooligbol runs through the veins of millions of Havyish people who’ve seen it pushed to the forefront in recent years.
In a nation some time removed from the post-civil war, the nation has largely left behind its past of strife and is looking to set the tone moving forward as a new nation once more - sure, if you come, you’ll see nods to the brutal war that famished this nation for a generation - graffiti in places, destroyed and bombed out streets and city centers in some places, but, clean-ups and restorations have been a vital part to rebuilding and creating what once was. A nation so dependent on the past has looked to embrace the future, and the feeling as a whole amongst millions of Havyish is desperate for hope in the future. The nation is looking to welcome thousands to Havynwilde and showcase to them a Havynwilde devoid of its shackles, displaying a new entity entirely from their display of football, to the stadiums to even the hotels and hostels that will welcome thousands of foreigners.
Havynwilde is one of the smallest nations in the Melayu Archipelago, located in the far north reaches of the region - the empire of endless winter is a rather desolate piece on the greater landscape of the region, a rare puzzle in the greater region - operating within a winter climate for most of the year. Havynwilde has been the more prolific of the nations in the Melayu Archipelago and is perhaps the most well-known out of the big four in the region - being Eraman, Ziwana, Havynwilde and Sharktail. Originally founded as a trading post between Receucian fur traders from the West Pacific, branching into the archipelago, Havynwilde has flourished in the two-hundred or so years since then, growing into...a miniscule nation. Home to around 4.3 million people, the heartland of the country is the north, situated near the large Linkralldr Riverfields, a crisscrossing frozen-over marsh with rivers running through in which the capital Bellymn lay south of the largest river, River Velma which splits the capital on two sides. Elsewhere, other major towns include Easterbridge - really a great suburb of Bellymn, but don’t tell any Easterbridger that! Hvalltr to the east lies the biggest Scandinavian town in Havynwilde, wit 102,000 people, the second largest city; Baywall sits in the Kierven Fjord region, with 850,000 it is far dwarfed by the capital city, Bellymn wit 3.1 million people. To the south lay a frozen tundra, with little signs of life, although people do live there, transportation and infrastructure to the south lay rather lacking - with much of it left undiscovered, however, it is home to large fauna including the supposed Indomitable Snowmen, leftover relics from the Ice Age. And of course, the legend of the yeti - spotted twice - reigns supreme over the land, it notably prowls the south. Supposedly…
travelTravel to Havynwilde is relatively expensive given only one airline services the north, being
affiniti, the state-sponsored national carrier of Havynwidle, with its fleet of seventeen aircraft, flying to Havynwilde will be a challenge for many. Alternatively, a ferry to Havynwilde will be what many opt to do, arriving in the port of Baywall, situated along the Byovaselva, its the first major city they’ll likely encounter if taking a ferry. Baywall also serves as the second biggest city in Havynwilde and is considered to be the second-city for Havynwilde, traveling here is good option and is slightly cheaper than direct or indirect flights to Bellymn. Baywall is served by a small regional airport north of the city which takes flights from as far as western Acasthana to as far east as Lang Tengah.
By plane, your main option is the civilian airport located across from the Lanogaselva, Henreik Airport is Havynwilde’s only international airport and is thus the hub for affiniti, the carrier of Havynwilde built in ퟔ732 has survived a civil war and years of neglect and currently sits in a largely dilapidated state, but received renovations and a desperately-needed fresh runway ahead of the tournament. Flying to Havynwilde will set you back betweenN$1,700- N$2,000 and that’s if you;re a Melayu Archipelago resident, from amongst the rest of the independent nations, prices can range from N$3,000 to N$9,000+ to reach Havynwilde, with amny requiring a 5-day flight to reach Bellymn. You can purchase tickets at afiniti’s website which will be provided below.
Travel in Havynwilde is an entirely separate beast altogether, while the national railway scheme exists, it only link major cities in the north and doesn’t go to the southernmost city or Ravneclyff - which is Havynwilde’s third biggest city(!) - this created major problems in linking the entirety of the nation and attempts to expand railway access to Ravenclyff have been repeatedly denied by the Ravenclyff local government. However, aside from that, all major cities in Havynwilde are linked by rail, with a hub in Bellymn, cities like Alvland, high up in the mountains are able to be connected to the capital, to the ports and the all-important Easterbridge Corridor, containing the three of the four major cities in Havynwilde. The Havynnationaljernbane operates high-speed rail through the state-owned HVY Rail Company which operates them on the Bellymn to Baywall route and Bellymn to Easterbridge.
Elsewhere conventional rail connects the mountain cities to the cities with considerably less glamour, but with added astounding views of the countryside and the mountains. Alongside this Havynwilde has about 6,000 miles of road mainly in the “line road” which cuts through the center of Havnwilde with off-shoot branches from the west adn east as far as the bases of various mountain regions. Parish roads exit too and are frequently merged with national roads, for various parish roads contact the parish’s DMV for information on different roads and maps. Driving in Havynwilde is considered challenging and rules of the road differ from around the world with the added advent of no traffic-control lights. If you’re driving in the country, please know most locals ignore posted speed limits and drive higher than the speed limit similarly, you’ll need to file for int’l. insurance.
languageWydish is the main language of Havynwilde taking its name from the merger of the two former states creating Havynwidle, Haven and Wylde which formed together nearly three-hundred years ago creating the modern nation. Wydish can be best described as a mixture of anglicized moderning speaking dipped in the toes of the Norse language to create the modern language of Wydish. Pangean-Havyish people, particularly in Bellymn and Easter Bridge are known to a typee Wydish popularized amongst the Pangea community as an urbanized version of Wydish referred to simple as Pydish, officially Pangean-Havyish Vernacular Derivative, fully recognized by the state. Along the borders with Springmont and Lang Tengah you will likely run into Havyish who work across the border capable of speaking Wydish and an alternate nation. Similarly, university students are usually capable of speaking an alternate language.
cuisineHavynwilde’s population is known to be heavily into recreational drugs, given that things such as marijuana, LSD and mushrooms, ecstasy and other recreational drugs were legitimized and approved by the state through state-sponsored and private dispensaries, the ‘Weed Wave’ has swept through the nation, particularly with zaza which has revolutionized the
drug cuisine in Havynwilde. From fresh-cooked sockeye intertwined with melodic samples of smoked Pineapple Sherbert weed strains to other forms of deliteful concoctions, lax drug policies had reframed cuisine and how its consumed in Havynwilde.
If potentially dying isn’t really your cup, Havynwilde’s traditional scene of cuisine flourished and continues to flourish in a modern age - smoked salmon is a staple meal anywhere in Havynwilde, but especially in the Keflavik Islands and Baywall, where it remains a dominant aspect of culture and society as we know it. In the same respects, game is popular in the south, and the heartland, popularized with the industrial city of Ravenclyff and during hunting expeditions in the mountainous towns, polar bears are commonly hunted and slain for their meat and Kienott, a stew made from polar bear meat remains a popular dish in Havynwilde.
Similarly, along the border, international dishes taken from Springmont and Lang Tengah remain extremely popular, but have failed to take home the same amount of prestige that traditional Havyish dishes demand in the country. Similarly, fused dishes have been viewed with less-popularity and are labeled as “non-traditional” - this serves as a warning to anyone who wants people to sample your home cooking, it likely won’t work in Havynwilde.
What does work however are street vendors - there are plenty of those, street vendors, especially in the capital play host to some of the most-colorful food in Havynwilde, taking stride from around the worlds to connect food and cultures together, the street food scene offers some of the best perspective for taste in the country. A cosmopolitan city, Bellymn is the destination for an international plate and you’ll find something for everyone in the capital region.
Prices for food range - from big chains, with affordable
healthy meals, a regular meal can run you anywhere between N$12-20 dollars, while fine dining commonly exceeds N$100 on any given occasion. Havyish restaurants and cooks are held to high standards and minor problems can commonly see their licenses to operate invalidated. Freshness is considered key in the Havyish kitchen and a host of quirks come to define eating in Havynwilde: (a) seating yourself is a common occurrence, (b) deferred payment/payment plans, (c) meal plans; and others which have come to make it a unique experience.
currencyHavynwilde’s national currency is the alm (Ⱥ) with N$1 = Ⱥ6.40 being the current exchange rate, however, most Havyish stores in major cities accept standard currency, check with your local city guide for correct info or better yet, walk into the store and ask them, signs will usually be posted for all accepted currency. Similarly, Havynwilde will accept Choudalian Guilder as legal tender with the exchange rate being CG1 = Ⱥ0.32. Be prepared to deposit your currency at the international airport where you will receive credit if you do not have approved currency, your money will be converted to local currency almost entirely or standardized currency and your remaining balance at the end of your stay will not be credited to you as national possessions are declared as devoid of private ownership.
bellymnThe capital of Havynwilde, the sprawling city is home to 3.1 million people spread out across a large city-scape that combines the areas of Easterbridge and possibly as far north as enroahcing into Briarcliff’s limits. The city is the cultural, political and economic hub of the entire nation, with Unething, the parliament of Havynwilde lying in the city center. Included, northeast Melayu’s largest economic stock exchange is located here, the Bellymn Stock Exchange is one of the oldest-operating stock exchanges in the Archipelago and is one of the most recognizable. Aside from that, the home of the Alderman sits in the city’s main circle, with the Alderman presiding over the country, it’s become the nation’s most famous address; 48 Dors Avenue. In keeping with culture and precedent, the city has a burgeoning music scene, popularized by Okryn drill of the 20s, drill rap still remains popular in Havynwilde and has developed its own sound, popular amongst Pangean-Havyish and shown to the world. Similarly, the arts remain a strong presence, extending from graffiti - which has been popularized and accepted - to formal paintings which adorn the Alderman’s residence. Not surprisingly, football has a dominating aspect on culture, the most well-known team being Avante Leipreachán who hail from north Bellymn. Similarly, other teams in the Tri-Cities have made a name for themselves - Foretham Coven and Bellymn United are two notable amatuer teams which are nodes to the workers of Havynwilde. The city is connected by a vast array of trollies, trams and vehicles all of which are amassed purely for this tournament to connect to and fro. Given the old-Europa style of the city, cobblestone streets, quirky driving laws and shortened roads are the standard, making travel within the city center a challenge. Traffic is a major problem in Bellymn, owing to poor road construction and the style of the town, one of the few cities which see more travellers by car rather than public transportation open to them.
With eight stadiums selected to bring the tournament to Havynwilde, six of them are in and surrounding the capital, owing to the infrastructure already present to see the tournament hosted, with the more-notable ones, Nordstadion and Shamrock Park both receiving extensive upgrades ahead of the tournament. Three new stadiums have been constructed for this tournament, all hailing in the capital as it continually added to the expansive list of stadiums it was to fill for the tournament.
briarcliff manorArgualbly part of the Bellymn’s metro area its situated north of Bellymn off the Wide-lake as it is called, the city is home to the famous automobile company, Kyler which developed the most-popular electric car in Havynwilde, the
Child which is a common sight through Havynwilde. Aside from that, Briarcliff is a sleepy town, with not much going on, it's considered to be a tax haven with low private taxes, it’s seen it grow in recent years, however, the city is on the periphery and it considered to be in the backwater of the north. Its position as a major town only affirmed by the presence of major dams and hydroelectric power generators, the city was transformed by engineering and considered a green city, thriving on natural technology and is where much of the Northern Greens draw much of their base of support from. A left-leaning city for much of its existence, it is also the city with the best ratio of women-to-men employment and salary wages in the Havynwilde and has long been the standard-bearer of good race relations in the region. Culturally, the city has relied upon labeling itself as the “city of goodwill” and has embraced itself as a quiet, sleepy town. In the footblaling landscape, its team, Knights of Briarcliff were a power in LygaHaven in the early years but have largely faded away over the course of history, owing to continued dominance by the Thrice Firm and other runs from lesser teams.
Briarcliff has a stadium, Vibr-brand® Stadion, seating 5,866 people as originally intended, there were plans to make it bigger, but continued delayed by the Havyish government coupled with a city which isn’t exactly on the mind of every tourist when they visit Havynwilde has lead to continued bureaucracy and led to lesser investment. The stadium is an intimate ground, styled in olden-Europa style, large beams still block the stadium scenes and safe-standing isn’t allowed here.
keflavɨkKeflavɨk as part of the northern corridors in the island chain of Eldfell, reclaimed islands from seventy-something years ago that largely have flopped in obscurity, and with a population of only 12,000 people dotting through the entirety of the islands,
whoever sat down and decided this was the move was either drunk or an idiot not many people are going to be going to this stadium after the tournament. Keflavɨk is the main city in the first island, which has around 7,000 people, with much of the island inhabited, so the perfect idea for the Uvenstadion Sports Complex is of course to be realized, specialized by the HFF’s plan to move into the sports complex after the game and operate it as a headquarters. The town of Keflavɨk is largely a quiet town, so building a 60,000-seater mammoth of a stadium is largely not needed, but organizing committee is counting deconstructing much of the stadium after the tournament, sending it to nations needing football infrastructure around the Melayu Archipelago and similarly will be looking to develop new generations of talent. Keflavɨk has been known to produce strong fooligbol talent in the past including noone, nobody and absolutely nobody, so this could be a good move. Even we don’t know what people do in this town, one where it snows constantly, it has a tram station and a few paved roads, bur Havynwilde’s government spent billions to bring this town, one it considers to be a model town, up to speed. Guests will be greeted by glistening pavement, beautiful spires and a smell of a city industrializing two-hundred years after the fact, a town which still had horse-and-buggy carts a few months ago now has paved roads and people learning to drive. Welcome to Keflavɨk, the home of the final.
The Uvenstadion project was based in Keflavɨk to be the showcase for the games, and perhaps a nod to the future in which Havynwilde supposedly has registered interest in hosting in Cup of Harmony and the MAC7 in the future, the Uvenstadion could be the first step in mega-projects in which Havynwilde will invest billions for new stadiums.
stadiumsThe national stadium of Havynwilde,
Nordstadion has existed since the Twenties and is one of the oldest stadium in existence in Havynwilde, remolded four times in its history, its latest remodeling happened last year with a goal to remove extensive beams and lighting out out the stadium and give it a more-inviting feel while modernizing large aspects of it. THis was completed with the unveiling of new technologies which will be delivered throughout the tournament, it will also serve as the opening ceremony for the IAC and be the main camp for the Havyish national team when not in official IAC11 use. Perfect for an intimate atmosphere, at 32,302, the stadium will feel like a big stadium contained in a small body.
Shamrock Park, the storied home of the most-successful club in LygaHaven, situated in Cowenherd, a suburb of Bellymn, Shamrock Park is the hope of Avante Leipreachán, simply put, Havynwilde’s best team by far over the course of fifty or more years. Shamrock Park was once in its time the biggest stadium in Havynwilde, surpassed by Nordstadion and now the mega-project occurring in the north; however, Shamrock Park is still the most-respected ground in Havynwilde and for good reason. Opposing teams rarely have beat the home team here and it’s hope to a shitton of trophies, now, being used as the ground for the upcoming Independent Associations Championship, Shamrocks fans will home that visitors will treat the hallowed ground gently as it opens to the world and will see extensive use throughout the tournament.
affiniti-arena is sponsored by the national airline of Havynwilde, a newly-built arena, unveiled last year, it hosted the finals of the Pryma5 Premiership in jumpball, its first time being used for football, its hoped that the 17,000 people who’ll descend on the stadium will feel welcome in the environment. Built with largle, sloping terraces, it resembles a castle of old and was built at a lowly price tag of N$170 million. Tickets and pricing for this stadium will be relatively cheap, you’ll find, owing largely thanks to large tax breaks from the state. Bearing the name of the national airline, be sure to see this stadium sponsored heavily by affiniti as it attempts to drum up international interest. Decisions on whether this stadium will be used after the tournament have not been drawn up.
Skarsarek Stadion in the South End Moors is being built as a purpose-built temporary stadia set to be sent to Choudal at the end of the IAC, built at a price of N$100 million, the 11,000-seater shows signs of being a simple cookie cutter stadium designed to expedite the flow of the group stages and allow more teams to take place, the stadium will largely probably receive the lesser teams in the tournament and will probably be phased out by the 12th-finals. Historically, the area it will be in has been a footballing hot bed, so watching national teams take to the field will be an exciting moment for some, and tickets for this stadium are expected to be cheaper.
A stranger undertaking,
Court Valhalla was reportedly designed at the behest of the Alderman, perhaps more as a sign of investment from the government, this new 18,000-seater with additional room for 5,000 in standing was built near the heart of the city, across from the Nordstadion. Designed reportedly with ideas disseminating from the Tri-Cities Amteur Circuit concerning using it in the future, Court Valhalla’s catchy name and spires echo towards a stadium that will feature prominently in the future. At N$200 million, a hefty price tag is being placed on this stadium to deliver excitement and to enchant many. Rumored expansions are already ripe for this area with Foretham Coven reportedly in talks to secure a lease and perhaps return to LygaHaven in the future.
Berkewnal Stadion was designed with the goal of exporting after the Independent Associations Championship, with a lackluster design that leaves much to be desired, the stadium’s staple is its heated seats and heated field, iven the plateau its ascents upon. The stadium similarly will be sent to Springmont after the IAC in order to help finance the game and remove extra, unneeded stadium in Havynwilde - especially in Bellymn who’ll be adding three new stadiums to the existing seven. With a size of 4,000, it’s in the backwaters and it is largely seen as unimportant.
Briarcliff Manor’s
Vibr-brand® Stadion similarly envelops the larger expansion of Vibr-brand® Stadion to setting upwards of 10,000 for the tournament, the condom-maker, the largest in the nation was given the naming rights tot he stadium to capitalize on the lack of knowledge on the city, hoping to draw interest and pique curiosity for those who visit Briarcliff Manor, Vibr-brand® Stadion was first built as The Vilila in the Thirties, receiving its first remodel last season, the stadium looks cleaner and has added new press and social boxes to allow for more pageantry. Domestically, it serves at home for Knights of Briarcliff and is only the second LygaHaven ground used.
Finally, the hallmark of the competition, the
Uvenstadion Superparc in Keflavɨk, leaving some astounded, the new gargantuan facility was built at the cost of N$1.2 billion dollars and is financed at the behest of the HFF. Built not only to host the IAC finale, it envisioned as being the gateway to a slew of international events with exploratory committees priming at Havyish bids for the Cup of Harmony, the CMFA MAC6 and possible IFCF and FFI competitions in the future. While some decry the price tag put on the huge complex, the park was designed not only to host games but will include seven individual training facilities, two underground aquatic centres, offices for the HFF’s new headquarters and a large training facility for the national team.
schedulePrintable guide - group stageGames will be played every other game during the month of Haustmánudr, with the opening game between Havynwilde and Ponyvillian Separatists of Twicetagrien Canterlotine Territories played on 7 Haustmánudr 770, this will cultivate in the finale being played in late-Gormmánudr, on 25 Gormánudr 770. The organizing committee intend to ration venues for the duration of the tournament and will install scheduled offdays to allow arena time to 'reset' and shift focuses to planning for the next stages of competition.
Printable guide - play-in round
All play-in round games (12th-finals) will begin simultaneously at 3:00pm across the tournament, deciding the eight spots available in the 8th-finals. Teams will be seeded by their records from the lowest first place teams to the lowest third place team.
Printable guide - knockout rounds