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Official Name:
The Federation of the Cape and Free State; اتحاد الأخضر والدولة الحرة
Commonly Used Name(s):
The Cape, FCFS, Alnnuqta
Government Type:
Tripartite Federation
Current Ruling Party (if applicable):
City of Alnnuqta - Party for Industry (Corporatism)
State of the Cape - Democratic Party of the Cape (Center-left Statism)
The Free State - Mandatory Coalition Government led by the New Freedom Party (Conservative Liberalism)
Capital
Alnnuqta
Head of State:
The Hon. Eidvar El-Ghazzawy, Secretary of the National Assembly
Cultures:
42.3% Mukhtal (Mixed Ancestry), 20.7% Wolof, 14.6% Serer, 12.4% Arab, 7.8% Fula, 2.2% Norwegian
Languages:
Official Language:
Arabic
National Language:
Cape Creole (Creole of Arabic, Norwegian, and Wolof)
Recognized Languages:
Wolof, Serer, Fulani, Norwegian
Religions:
63% Church of the Cape, 17% Animist, 12% Sufi, 8% Christian
Population:
7 Million
Founding Date:
Alnnuqta - 1564
Reclaimed from Norway - 1721
The Pact of Three - 1734
Date of Max Extent:
1817
Location:
Cap-Vert, West Africa (Senegal)
Brief History:
The choice of Arabic was one of necessity rather than a distinct cultural heritage. While by no means an insignificant number of Arabs were involved in the piracy and smuggling which shaped the first 123 years of the Cape's history, they were still a minority compared to the various other cultures which found themselves in the diverse port city. Arabic, however, had become somewhat of a lingua franca among sailors in the Mediterranean, and, given the backgrounds of many "settlers," Arabic soon found itself bastardized, mixed, and restructured to suit the needs of the men who found themselves in port. A healthy dose of native African tongues was added in via the need for many men to find company ashore, leading to Alnnuqta's reputation as a center for prostitution, rape, and general debauchery.
While this reputation certainly did not lend itself to European standards and considerations, the rapidly growing wealth of the region would attract the attention of a group of independently financed Norwegian explorers and merchants who saw significant value in the port, with a strong possibility of becoming the centerpiece in a Norwegian land claim of Africa while also halting piracy. They enacted this plan in 1687, capturing the city, causing a fire, and stranding many of the city's inhabitants. The rather individualistic and greedy "residents" soon decided that the barely explored interior of the country would provide a better life than living under Norwegian imperialism, and soon departed. Later, after forming small communities and wandering the interior for fifteen years, they decided to found the "Free State of Africa" in 1702 as a direct challenge to the Norwegians. The Norwegians, meanwhile, were too concerned with the complete failure of Alnnuqta, which had lost a great deal of its prosperity with the loss of its lucrative smuggling and piracy industries. This issue was further exacerbated by a lack of Norwegians to migrate to the colony, which was made even more troubling by their general refusal to live in the dirty city, choosing, instead, to establish small villages along the relatively uninhabited portions of the coast, a task made easy by the mass displacement of natives from the region by slave traders in the 17th Century.
It was this migration and the introduction of Christianity by the Norwegians that would lead to the beginnings of the Church of the Cape, which, in the present day, is a syncretic combination of Christianity, Islam, and Animism, holding fundamental tenets such as the unanimity of the Prophet Muhammad and the person of Jesus Christ. Naturally, it is a combination that could not catch on outside its primordial soup. Setting this aside, eventually, during the winter of 1720, Anass Amjad, one of the many bastard sons of one of Alnnuqta's most infamous pirate lords, decided that thirty-four years in the wilderness was far too long for them to have stayed and assembled a contingent of men to begin raiding settlements west of the Free State, quickly amassing a significant following among Sintiralians eager to return to Alnnuqta. Ultimately, Amjad decided to strike for Alnnuqta, with his men emerging victorious in a relatively minor skirmish. While the Norwegians undoubtedly could have maintained a war effort against the region, it was ultimately decided that the income and power that came from the colony was too small in comparison to the high costs of maintenance, and the Freemen were allowed to retake the city, with Amjad quickly restoring much of its old manner, completely abolishing most taxes, all tariffs, and allowing trade to flow freely through the port.
In an effort to prevent further attempts at imperialism from foreign powers, an agreement was formed between the Free Port of Alnnuqta (by then renamed the City of Annuqta,) the Free State, and the hotly contested State of the Cape. The Pact of Three would guarantee each state the right to decide all of its own affairs with only the requirements to allow for free travel, one treaty-making body, a unified military in times of war, and free, unrestricted trade between all members. Due to the exceptionally low literacy in most of the region, the Pact was able to be modified largely to be in the favor the Capemen, most particularly in granting them mandatory recognition, despite poor relations between them and their fellow Federates.
After this point, the territorial claims grew considerably, with even Alnnuqta claiming stretches of the nearby coastline. Most of this territory, however, was given up in exchange for an agreement made by most European nations not to attack or lay claim to the country's territory. This relative neutrality and international recognition of the Cape led to it becoming a popular location for peace treaties to be negotiated, given its relative luxury, ease of access, and independence from foreign power blocs. This allowed for the Cape to become an exceptionally wealthy and stable nation for the region. This trend only began to change with the decline of West African trade in the early 20th Century. Now, in the modern era, the nation is still held together by a 181 year old document, with the urban areas of Alnnuqta becoming increasingly industrial in the hope of compensating for a lack of natural wealth and trade, the coastal communities of the Cape growing more and more reliant upon tourism, and the Free State showing resurfacing signs of ethnic tensions between Mukhtals and the Africans, especially in Diurbil and the surrounding areas.
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Official Name: The Confederacy of Bataghunyan States
Commonly Used Name(s): Bataghunya, the Confederacy, CBS
Government Type: Federal parliamentary democracy
Current Ruling Party (if applicable): Socialist/Liberal Coalition
Capital: Jadid Ishbiliya (New Seville)
Head of State: Prime Minister Tariq al-Malik
Cultures: Iberian Arab/Andalusian [93%], Mapuche [7%]
Languages: Andalusian (Basque-Arab melting pot), Mapuche
Religions: 62% Sunni Islam, 29% Shia Islam, 4% Sufism and other minor Islamic sects, 5% Mapuche faith
Population: 20 million
Founding Date: Mapuche Inhabitation: 1500s – 1683, Sultanate: 1683, Republic: 1828, Confederation: 1886
Date of Max Extent: 1683, the founding of the Sultanate of Bataghunya
Location: OTL Patagonia, parts of Argentina south of the Rio de la Plata and east of the Andes
Brief History:
Originating from the western Andes as early as 600 and 500 BC, the loosely-organized Mapuche ethnic group would come under significant threat from the burgeoning Inca Empire in the early 15th century; after several unsuccessful wars against the Incan invaders, they eventually chose to flee across the mountains and into the eastern plains to escape their conquests. From there the Mapuche spread from the great river basin to the south of the continent, where they grew to both militarily and technologically dominate the other inhabitants of the region. Before this the Mapuche had been divided into extended families and individual tribes under the direction of chief, of which there were hundreds. However, their contact with the Incans and shared experience during the diaspora introduced the Mapuche to the concept of state organization and gave them a new collective awareness, serving to unite them and giving birth to a more cohesive cultural identity. By the time first contact was made with European explorers in the 16th century, the Mapuche had largely become a single political entity rather than a loose coalition of tribes. The practice of banding together under a single leader (called a toki, meaning “axe-bearer”), usually reserved for times of war, became a permanent institution.
The most prominent of the early explorers of South America, an Iberian by the name of Ferdinand Magellan (who coined the name “Patagonia”, or “Bataghunya” in Andalusian), started a chain of events that would bring the Mapuche and the Old World colliding together, with disastrous results for the former. Disease ravaged much of the native population, who were then forced to contend with the colonial ambitions over the Europeans. Interestingly enough, it was not a nation that conquered the Mapuche, but rather a large group of disaffected Muslim Iberains fleeing religious persecution in Iberia. Due to storms, the boatloads of refugees ended up much farther south than they had originally intended, but decided to make the most out of the land in which they had found themselves – whether the natives liked it or not. The first colonies grew quickly in the fertile north and gradually crept south, and after the Mapuche were conquered outright in the early 17th century, the Sultanate of Bataghunya was founded in 1683.
While the technological superiority of the invaders meant that resistance was relatively futile at first, over time the Mapuche learned to adopt many of the practices of their would-be-rulers with the goal of one day taking back their country. Treatment of the Mapuche in Bataghunya was extremely poor – after decades of failed rebellions and opposition to the often-oppressive foreign rule, in 1712 Sultan Ayman III instituted “drastic measures” intended to deal with the “native problem”, which included widespread genocide and the enslavement of thousands of natives for both export and forced labor. Though already significantly diminished compared to the past, the population of the Mapuche soon fell to a fraction of their former numbers. Slavery of indigenous peoples continued in Bataghunya for over a century before political instability and a desire for change led to the banning of the practice in 1818, which in turn triggered a civil war that would consume the country for a decade.
In 1828, the arch-conservative, deeply-religious Sultanate of Bataghunya would be overthrown by radical liberals who established a secular Republic, and numerous reparations would be made to the Mapuche people – however, after so many generations spent under vicious policies of enslavement, murder, and violent assimilation, much of the old culture was already lost. Attempts were made to instill the values and practices of their ancestors into Mapuche children, and heritage sites and museums were created to both preserve the remaining vestiges of the culture and to remember the atrocities that occurred. In 1886, after decades of further instability and military coups, Bataghunya would finally move peacefully towards a federalist system termed the Confederacy of Bataghunyan States, which among other things aimed to provide the Mapuche minority in the country with more of a voice in the political process and ensure the economic rights of individual regions were protected.
Following the discovery of oil in the country in 1911, the country experienced an economic boom accompanied by an influx of migrants from other countries and a period of rapid growth in the existing population. Since the beginning of the 20th century energy production has become a crucial part of Bataghunya’s economy, along with mining, whaling, livestock, agriculture (most prominently in the more north), and increasingly tourism.
Official Name: The Confederacy of Bataghunyan States
Commonly Used Name(s): Bataghunya, the Confederacy, CBS
Government Type: Federal parliamentary democracy
Current Ruling Party (if applicable): Socialist/Liberal Coalition
Capital: Jadid Ishbiliya (New Seville)
Head of State: Prime Minister Tariq al-Malik
Cultures: Iberian Arab/Andalusian [93%], Mapuche [7%]
Languages: Andalusian (Basque-Arab melting pot), Mapuche
Religions: 62% Sunni Islam, 29% Shia Islam, 4% Sufism and other minor Islamic sects, 5% Mapuche faith
Population: 20 million
Founding Date: Mapuche Inhabitation: 1500s – 1683, Sultanate: 1683, Republic: 1828, Confederation: 1886
Date of Max Extent: 1683, the founding of the Sultanate of Bataghunya
Location: OTL Patagonia, parts of Argentina south of the Rio de la Plata and east of the Andes
Brief History:
Originating from the western Andes as early as 600 and 500 BC, the loosely-organized Mapuche ethnic group would come under significant threat from the burgeoning Inca Empire in the early 15th century; after several unsuccessful wars against the Incan invaders, they eventually chose to flee across the mountains and into the eastern plains to escape their conquests. From there the Mapuche spread from the great river basin to the south of the continent, where they grew to both militarily and technologically dominate the other inhabitants of the region. Before this the Mapuche had been divided into extended families and individual tribes under the direction of chief, of which there were hundreds. However, their contact with the Incans and shared experience during the diaspora introduced the Mapuche to the concept of state organization and gave them a new collective awareness, serving to unite them and giving birth to a more cohesive cultural identity. By the time first contact was made with European explorers in the 16th century, the Mapuche had largely become a single political entity rather than a loose coalition of tribes. The practice of banding together under a single leader (called a toki, meaning “axe-bearer”), usually reserved for times of war, became a permanent institution.
The most prominent of the early explorers of South America, an Iberian by the name of Ferdinand Magellan (who coined the name “Patagonia”, or “Bataghunya” in Andalusian), started a chain of events that would bring the Mapuche and the Old World colliding together, with disastrous results for the former. Disease ravaged much of the native population, who were then forced to contend with the colonial ambitions over the Europeans. Interestingly enough, it was not a nation that conquered the Mapuche, but rather a large group of disaffected Muslim Iberains fleeing religious persecution in Iberia. Due to storms, the boatloads of refugees ended up much farther south than they had originally intended, but decided to make the most out of the land in which they had found themselves – whether the natives liked it or not. The first colonies grew quickly in the fertile north and gradually crept south, and after the Mapuche were conquered outright in the early 17th century, the Sultanate of Bataghunya was founded in 1683.
While the technological superiority of the invaders meant that resistance was relatively futile at first, over time the Mapuche learned to adopt many of the practices of their would-be-rulers with the goal of one day taking back their country. Treatment of the Mapuche in Bataghunya was extremely poor – after decades of failed rebellions and opposition to the often-oppressive foreign rule, in 1712 Sultan Ayman III instituted “drastic measures” intended to deal with the “native problem”, which included widespread genocide and the enslavement of thousands of natives for both export and forced labor. Though already significantly diminished compared to the past, the population of the Mapuche soon fell to a fraction of their former numbers. Slavery of indigenous peoples continued in Bataghunya for over a century before political instability and a desire for change led to the banning of the practice in 1818, which in turn triggered a civil war that would consume the country for a decade.
In 1828, the arch-conservative, deeply-religious Sultanate of Bataghunya would be overthrown by radical liberals who established a secular Republic, and numerous reparations would be made to the Mapuche people – however, after so many generations spent under vicious policies of enslavement, murder, and violent assimilation, much of the old culture was already lost. Attempts were made to instill the values and practices of their ancestors into Mapuche children, and heritage sites and museums were created to both preserve the remaining vestiges of the culture and to remember the atrocities that occurred. In 1886, after decades of further instability and military coups, Bataghunya would finally move peacefully towards a federalist system termed the Confederacy of Bataghunyan States, which among other things aimed to provide the Mapuche minority in the country with more of a voice in the political process and ensure the economic rights of individual regions were protected.
Following the discovery of oil in the country in 1911, the country experienced an economic boom accompanied by an influx of migrants from other countries and a period of rapid growth in the existing population. Since the beginning of the 20th century energy production has become a crucial part of Bataghunya’s economy, along with mining, whaling, livestock, agriculture (most prominently in the more north), and increasingly tourism.
Your in part of my claimed land, can you adjust out of Chile?
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Thanks for the magnanimity on your part. Your order's attack on Muscat was defeated, that's all that's changed. I hope you don't mind the border, I just figured that where the mountains begin, Oman begins. Geographical barriers and shit. If you don't like it, it isn't.
Official Name: Sultanate of Oman
Commonly Used Name(s): Oman, that one rectangle, those mystics
Government Type: Absolute Monarchy
Capital: Muscat
Head of State: Sultan Qaboos
Cultures: Arab, Somali, Swahili
Languages: Arab, Somali, Swahili
Religions: Ibadi Islam
Population: 16-17 million
Founding Date: 751
Date of Max Extent: Early 19th century
Location: Oman without Dhofar but with the Musandam peninsula, Zanzibar, Coastal regions of Somalia, Tanganyika.
Brief History: Before becoming one of the first nations to accept Islam, Oman was visited by Sumerians and Nubians coming to trade. Even afterwards, the Omanis have been looking to find their prosperity and success overseas, being more open than the other Arabs to the world as a result of building prosperous ties with many African and Indian rulers that last until this day.
Persian and Indian raids and occupation of the coast notwithstanding Oman remained relatively unbothered for centuries with two major exceptions. First in the 1200s, when a Teutonic invasion of Muscat was pushed into the sea, forcing them to settle to the west. Later, however, the Iconians attempted to encircle the Persians by establishing a base to its south, hoping to gain a strong advantage over its rival in the east. Muscat was captured after a bloody battle which left the Iconians in no position to establish a long-term base on the southern coast in 1739. With a bit of Persian pushing, the demolishing of mosques and expulsions of natives from the coast was met by a revolt in 1744, pushing the Iconians into the sea and leading to a week of murdering colonists and converting the major churches built. The leader of the revolt, Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi, proclaimed himself Sultan and was elected Imam, holding both ruling titles of Oman. Until 1783 he ruled a peaceful country, establishing a permanent army and navy. With this, and many trade routes, the country’s wealth was used to establish a string of colonies and sphere of influence on the eastern coast of Africa. The map may be misleading: only the cities are in fact controlled, and while the seaboard is nominally under the sultan’s control they operate under a very large degree of autonomy. This is a result from Oman’s method of colonisation: It never developed from the pre-industrial approach of establishing and developing trade posts. Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, Lindi, Mogadishu, and Bosaso fly the white-green-red of Oman and listen to Muscat’s degrees as if they were a stone’s throw away from the Sultan’s palace as a result. Its colonial ventures led to a few conflicts with the Baltic league, but overall colonisation was based on trade posts: lucrative trade in ivory, slaves, tropical wood, and other central African products gave the Omanis more money than they could dream of spending.
This, however, was not enough to deter Yemeni aggression, sponsoring a rebellion in Dhofar which broke off in 1969. As a result, Sultan Qaboos seized power from his father and set the country upon the trail of modernisation. In the last 40 years, many argue that no country has developed as much as Oman has –changing from a feudal hellhole to a relatively modern country. It has good relations with the Persian Caliphate, the Indian Empire, and Madagascar – strong and old economical ties compounding the country’s position of neutrality in those affairs. On the other side, however, the Yemeni menace and its African underlings are Oman’s biggest threat but the presence of the Iconians in the Hejaz, as well as Yemen’s desire not to piss Oman off for no apparent reason, the Sultan’s reign in Africa and Arabia is tolerated.
Thanks for the magnanimity on your part. Your order's attack on Muscat was defeated, that's all that's changed. I hope you don't mind the border, I just figured that where the mountains begin, Oman begins. Geographical barriers and shit. If you don't like it, it isn't.
Official Name: Sultanate of Oman
Commonly Used Name(s): Oman, that one rectangle, those mystics
Government Type: Absolute Monarchy
Capital: Muscat
Head of State: Sultan Qaboos
Cultures: Arab, Somali, Swahili
Languages: Arab, Somali, Swahili
Religions: Ibadi Islam
Population: 16-17 million
Founding Date: 751
Date of Max Extent: Early 19th century
Location: Oman without Dhofar but with the Musandam peninsula, Zanzibar, Coastal regions of Somalia, Tanganyika.
Brief History: Before becoming one of the first nations to accept Islam, Oman was visited by Sumerians and Nubians coming to trade. Even afterwards, the Omanis have been looking to find their prosperity and success overseas, being more open than the other Arabs to the world as a result of building prosperous ties with many African and Indian rulers that last until this day.
Persian and Indian raids and occupation of the coast notwithstanding Oman remained relatively unbothered for centuries with two major exceptions. First in the 1200s, when a Teutonic invasion of Muscat was pushed into the sea, forcing them to settle to the west. Later, however, the Iconians attempted to encircle the Persians by establishing a base to its south, hoping to gain a strong advantage over its rival in the east. Muscat was captured after a bloody battle which left the Iconians in no position to establish a long-term base on the southern coast in 1739. With a bit of Persian pushing, the demolishing of mosques and expulsions of natives from the coast was met by a revolt in 1744, pushing the Iconians into the sea and leading to a week of murdering colonists and converting the major churches built. The leader of the revolt, Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi, proclaimed himself Sultan and was elected Imam, holding both ruling titles of Oman. Until 1783 he ruled a peaceful country, establishing a permanent army and navy. With this, and many trade routes, the country’s wealth was used to establish a string of colonies and sphere of influence on the eastern coast of Africa. The map may be misleading: only the cities are in fact controlled, and while the seaboard is nominally under the sultan’s control they operate under a very large degree of autonomy. This is a result from Oman’s method of colonisation: It never developed from the pre-industrial approach of establishing and developing trade posts. Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, Lindi, Mogadishu, and Bosaso fly the white-green-red of Oman and listen to Muscat’s degrees as if they were a stone’s throw away from the Sultan’s palace as a result. Its colonial ventures led to a few conflicts with the Baltic league, but overall colonisation was based on trade posts: lucrative trade in ivory, slaves, tropical wood, and other central African products gave the Omanis more money than they could dream of spending.
This, however, was not enough to deter Yemeni aggression, sponsoring a rebellion in Dhofar which broke off in 1969. As a result, Sultan Qaboos seized power from his father and set the country upon the trail of modernisation. In the last 40 years, many argue that no country has developed as much as Oman has –changing from a feudal hellhole to a relatively modern country. It has good relations with the Persian Caliphate, the Indian Empire, and Madagascar – strong and old economical ties compounding the country’s position of neutrality in those affairs. On the other side, however, the Yemeni menace and its African underlings are Oman’s biggest threat but the presence of the Iconians in the Hejaz, as well as Yemen’s desire not to piss Oman off for no apparent reason, the Sultan’s reign in Africa and Arabia is tolerated.
Claims expire after 24 hours right? I would like to claim England.
If not, I'll take the rest of China.
I'm not going to make a new Siam, Spice Islands or CE(I fixed the numbers and histories BTW), or the Chinese one a majority Catholic nation(though there will be Catholic missions, a real crime, I know). It will not be even a former colonial territory(neither will England).
But the fact that I'm claiming land is probably the worst thing in the world, right?
If not, I'll take the rest of China.
I'm not going to make a new Siam, Spice Islands or CE(I fixed the numbers and histories BTW), or the Chinese one a majority Catholic nation(though there will be Catholic missions, a real crime, I know). It will not be even a former colonial territory(neither will England).
But the fact that I'm claiming land is probably the worst thing in the world, right?
Danuvian Europe
Official Name: Slovenská republika
Commonly Used Name(s): Slovakia
Government Type: Socialist Republic
Current Ruling Party (if applicable): Tretia Cesta
Capital: Nitra (310.000)
Head of State: First Secretary Vladimír Mečiar
Cultures: Slovak 67%, German 21%, Polish, Roma, Czech, Serbian minorities
Languages: Slovakian (official), German, Slavic languages
Religions: 51% atheist, 32% Catholic, 11% Protestant
Population: 3,4 Mio
Founding Date: Kingdom of Nitra 1072, Kingdom of Slovakia 1823, Socialist Revolution 1927
Date of Max Extent: 1782 (before the loss of western parts to Czechia and southern Silesia to Poland and Slovenia's decision to form their own kingdom in 1823)
Location: the orange spot between Czechia, Dacia and the Soviets
Brief History:
One of the first feudal states of Middle and Eastern Europe Slovakia once formed a mighty bulwark against the Muslim incursions. Then known as Kingdom of Nitra for the city and river of its founding lands. Until the late 18th century Nitrain armies battled Polish and Illyrian emirs and sultans and building the great fortress city of Bratislava to provide a keystone in the defence of catholic Europe earning numerous kings the title "Defender of Christianity" by the Pope on St. Peter's Isle. Finally an unholy alliance of Christian czechia and Muslim warlords in Poland and Russia spelled doom for the exhausted realm and it crumpled under the assault.
After the loss of Bratislava and the division from Slovenia Slovakia sank to the status of a mostly forgotten backwater until the 1927 when a mostly bloodless coup of socialist activists overthrew the monarchy and made it a socialist Republic. Surprisingly light in collectvism Slovakia became a different model than the Soviet Muslims to the north which was called the Third Way in Slovakia as small private enterprises were allowed.
While Slovakia remains poorer than most of the countries to the west it is nevertheless neither a poor and broken hellhole like Czechia nor an obstructive, tyrannical communist regime. Immigration of young Slovakians to richer countries and the multitude of ethnicities remain a problem but with Slovakia not being any threat to anyone it deals with those problems largely for itself.
Official Name: Republika Slovenija
Commonly Used Name(s): Slovenia
Government Type: Presidential Republic (de facto dictatorship since 1935)
Current Ruling Party (if applicable): -
Capital: Maribor (124.000)
Head of State: President Andrej Fištravec
Cultures: Slovenian 71%, Slovakian 13%, Serbian 9%, others
Languages: Slovenian (official), Slovakian, Serbian, others
Religions: 58% Catholic, 24% atheist, 11% Sunni Islam
Population: 2,9 Mio
Founding Date: Kingdom of Slovenia 1823, Republic since 1923, military coup 1935
Date of Max Extent: 1932 before the loss of Bratislava
Location: the grey spot between Czechia and Illyria
Brief History:
After indepence from their former Slovakian overlords the Slovenian kings ended the clashes with Illyria by recognition of the de facto borders and established a stance of neutrality enhanced by the possession of the City of a Thousand Temples. Reaching the modernity earlier than northern Slovakia the Slovenes set up a small industrial core and funded the internation tourism helped by the Lake Balatai which is an all time hit with families.
The crisis of the 1920's though also brought the small Slovenian economy low and led to the establishment of an unstable republic which the essentially much richer Bratislava left in 1933. After a short civil war the military restored order and since then ruled the country with an iron fist. The new capital of Maribor was actually a rather small city near the Illyrian border until it was chose to house the new government.
Though the dictatorship has lost its flavor long ago the military leadership still clings to it even as dissent grows among the younger officers and in the society as a whole. Slovenia of today is almost as unstable as it was in the 30's leading to mass demonstration and military parades as shows of strengths at an almost weekly intervall. Tourism has almost stopped altogether and the neighbors look at Slovenia with less and less patience every day.
Official Name: Bratislava
Commonly Used Name(s): The City of 1000 Temples, The Jewel of the Danube
Government Type: Free City with democratically elected Senate
Current Ruling Party (if applicable): Liberal/Socialist Coalition
Capital: -
Head of State: Magistrat Ivo Nesrovnal
Cultures: Slovakian 32%, Slovenian 30%, German 12%, Czech 4%
Languages: Slovakian, Slovenian, German (all official languages), others
Religions: 23% Catholic, 22% Protestant, 21% Sunni Islam, 15% Askenazi Judaism, myriad of others
Population: 5,7 Mio.
Founding Date: Independence 1933
Date of Max Extent: current
Location: the tiny yellow dot between Slovenia and Czechia
Brief History:
Following the foundation of Bratislava as new capital and mightiest fortress of the Kingdom of Nitra it grew fast as an important center of trade in the Danubian basin culminating in that not even the fall and division of Nitra nor the loss of most northern suburbs to Czechia could stop its growth. Embracing religious tolerance from then on unter the Slovenian monarchy Bratislava sported churches and mosques and synagogues for every faith and belief to settle in the city becoming a haven for those fleeing prejudices in their own countries.
The wealth and the power of the city grew such that the Magistrat was able to buy back the land lost to Czechia earlier and add some small villages to it ensuring further growth of the metropolis. After the crisis in 1923 and the fall of Monarchy in Slovenia Bratislava was not touched by the downfall at all and further affliction with Slovenia was seen as a liability culmination in the declaration of independence which the much less populous rest of the country had simply to accept.
A tourist's and pilgrim's dream Bratislava houses the greates Mosque in the entire world despite not being a Muslim country, a beautiful preserved historical city center where no car is allowed in, a modern public traffic system claimed to be the most throughthought in the world and several internation organization like the International Court of Justice and the Great Cultural Heritage Fond.
Aside from tourism Bratislava makes a lot of money with computer electronics and houses the world fair of modern technology every year and while not protected by any serious military force Bratislavan hackers are to be rumored as able ruining a country in less than a day.
Official Name: Kingdom of Britain
Commonly Used Name(s): Britain, the "Living Dinosaur"
Government Type: Absolute Monarchy
Current Ruling Party (if applicable):
Capital: Winchester
Head of State: King Alfred XVIII
Cultures: "English" 51%, Celt 15%, Welsh 14%, Latin 10%, Other 10%
Languages: "English" 64%, Celt 12%, Welsh 11%, Latin 8%, Other 5%
Religions: 58% Catholic, 40% Other Christian, 2%Other
Population: 20 Million
Founding Date: 290
Date of Max Extent: 300
Location: England
Brief History:
Britain is an ancient idea. While it has survived, never has it thrived. King Alfred I, a local noble, managed to form it around 300. While his dynasty has remained in power, it has been very difficult over the years. Facing war after war after war, though almost never the victor, they managed to survive. A petty kingdom that just wanted to be left alone, other countries with ambitions hammered it over and over, weakening it. So it became a melting pool for different cultures, eventually forming what they call the "English". England has seen some tough times but still managed to survive, passing into irrelevance to most other nations by 1560. While they retain the feudal system, England does have most modern technology. They are not a rich nation by any means, and the feudal system has prevented them from becoming wealthy. But they manage to hold on, and that is what is important to them more than wealth. Even though Winchester is the capital, recently London was chosen to be the seat of the Council of Nations, a huge honor. It was transformed into an international system quickly, and while England had faded into obscurity, people now saw the feudal system in the Modern Era, and people started calling it names like "the living dinosaur." The people don't mind or don't care much about what other people think. As long as they are left in peace and quiet they are content.
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(note though that London is supposed to be the seat of this world's United Nation, the Council of Nations)
(Noted. It still isn't the capital though, instead an international city. I'll add that to my history later)
Edit: also added nickname "the living dinosaur" to express international views about it. I can see international delegates from advanced countries going out and gawking at the peasants and society.
Edit: also added nickname "the living dinosaur" to express international views about it. I can see international delegates from advanced countries going out and gawking at the peasants and society.
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I've already taken Easter Island I'm afraid (It is a part of the Polynesian triangle).
Also, If you mean Alfred the Great: he wasn't a monarch until the 900s.
EDIT: Also Claiming the West coast of NA, MikkelGhander knows what I am doing
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I claimed Patagonia, which includes parts of Chile and Argentina, as shown here:
Are you referring to Chilean lands not covered by that?