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How did YN come into existence? GFD was formed after the USSR collapsed and Brian Copeland used Kazakhstan as a base to unite the former Stan republics.

At the Congress of Vienna, our constituent parts (Low Countries, Nordic Countries, Baltics) realized they were too small individually to defend themselves. They decided to unite in the name of self preservation.

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The current leader of The United Socialist States of Vu Den Voc is young revultionary Guozhi Abiko, a name which means may the state govern peacefully. Guozhi Abiko was originally born in Vu den Voc when it was a colony of the British in 1958, September 7. Many people argued on whether the colony should be free or not. Guozhi Abiko's parents were so called "terrorists" and tired multiple times to convince the British to leave by committing acts of violence. However they were killed by a British solider and Guozhi Abiko was adopted by his Uncle who lived in the mountains of Vu Den Voc. Growing in his native tongues, Japanese and Chinese, Guozhi Abiko also learned English as well. All of this was while being home schooled by his uncle. Eventually when Guozhi Abiko grew up he formed the peoples independent from Britain committee (PIBC) in order to gain indepdence. While they were once peaceful, they lost their patience and showed no mercy to the British. The USSR sent pamphlets and propaganda posters to Vu Den Voc to force them to become a communist nation. Convinced by this propaganda the leader became communist and was a up and coming leader in Vu Den Voc. When their struggle ended in 1978 February 19, Guozhi Abiko was chosen as their leader

Destyntine was formed originally back in 833 AD and was formerly known as the Kingdom of Wulfgar. Björn Wulfgar was the Chief of a clan in the region of Svealand, his superior tactics in war and leadership of the clansmen lead him to conquer all of Sweden and a large amount of Norway before his death during a battle with a large rival clan. His daughter finished the conquest after capturing the rest of Norway and Finland. In the 20th century the Nordic unification was complete, and in the 21st century other Northern European countries joined the Kingdom of Wulfgar to seek protection from the Caliphate. After the great plague in the 21st century the Kingdom was renamed to the Kingdom of Destyntine after Queen Destyn II saved the Nordic people from dying out.

in 1923, 19 tribes united to form the nation of Cayriya, then in 2011, after the civil war, South Cayriya came into existence after the nation was split

After the independence of the British Colony of Nigeria in 1960, a coup led by the military revolutionary socialist Moroni Tu'Sile established a socialist government.
Moroni Tu'Sile carries out a megaproject that consists of creating a new nation that would be called the Anentova, a new country that would have the aim of unifying the countries of West Africa.

It was thus that the leaders of the nations that would be part of the Union signed and accepted the joint creation to form Anentova in 1972.

Anentova, in its greatest territorial extension, included the countries of Niger, Benin, Chad, Nigeria and Cameroon.
Now, the Anentova Union prevails in the territories of Cameroon, São Tomé and Principe, Togo, Nigeria, Benin and gained territories of Ghana and the Central African Republic.

In the year 2474 CE, Pope Alexander VII reinstituted witch burning as standard Church practice and Catholic militants started hunting down pagans and other “undesirables”, such as feminists and LGBTQ+ people, worldwide with the help of radical evangelical and Muslim extremists. The secretive Conclave Of Mages voted to reveal their existence to the world, establishing that real, powerful magic actually does exist, and the mighty Elf general Olwe led their forces in the Pagan Crusades, a series of brutal wars waged by The Conclave against the Church which included the successful assassination of the Pope. After a last, devastating battle that literally altered the landscape of Europe and ended with Olwe’s death, angels descended from the celestial realm and threatened 100% casualties against both sides if hostilities didn’t cease immediately. Olwe’s apparent successor, General Jason Frost, agreed to put all surviving members of the Conclave, as well as as many feminists, LGBTQ+ people and pagans who weren’t actually gifted with magic as they could arrange to save, on starships and leave the solar system. They searched for 2 years for a new home before finding a planet to settle on, which they named Yavanna after the Elvish nature deity. They called their nation Olwe to honor their fallen leader.

Kedri, in her modern form, began as a hideout for pirates, but evolved into a state in its own right.

The Pirate King declared sovereignty over the entire archipelago as the Pirate Kingdom of Kedri. Sure, there were indigenous people, but they had greatly dwindled from various European colonial wars, diseases, and pirate raids.

After losing badly in the Commonwealth War, Kedrian began seeing piracy as outdated, and saw the need to modernize. So began the Kedrian Revolution, which saw the Pirate Kingdom couped and a new democratic republic established. It's first act of legislation abolished piracy throughout the entire archipelago.

Montanity was originally part of Italy called Isoladimontagna, meaning "Island of Mountains" before later in 1202 we had revolted and claimed the island of Sicily, with Isoladimontagna becoming "Isolamontadi" or just "Montadi" before later British explorers came across the Island and wrote it down as "Montanity"

Tradition has it that Aikoland traces its origins to the year 510, when Queen Aiko was crowned as the ruler of a small kingdom on an island that would eventually be named after her. However, there exists no historical evidence that Queen Aiko even existed, with the only evidence of her reign being from Le Livre d'Aiko, a late 11th century text that, among other things, contained records of all Kings and Queens of Aiko until the year 1083.

The earliest reference to the 'Isle d'Aiko' dates to around the year 800 with King Christian I, who reigned from 837 until 851, being the first monarch that is verifiable from contemporary records.

In the year 1303, Queen Marianne II of the Kingdom of Aiko became the Queen of the Kingdoms of Boullién and the Kingdom of Saun with all three kingdoms coming under personal union.

In 1719, the Declaration of the Union of the Three Kingdoms was proclaimed under the authority of King Christian III. With this declaration, the independent kingdoms of Aiko, Boullién, and Saun were incorporated into the Kingdom of Aikoland, with Christian III becoming the first King of Aikoland.

When our nation's second constitution went into force in 1810 (the aptly named 1810 constitution), it changed our nation's name to the Empire of Aikoland and retitled King Auguste II to Emperor Auguste II.

Old Tanokiana's origin stories are usually told the same

In the days of old, when we Romans went around and about, one man from an Island in the southern tip of Eastern Rome (As in the Empire) had grown tired of his way of life, Pateras was his name, and in his travels, he's joined by his wife, 8 children, and his uncle. They travelled north into Illiria, narrowly escaping blood thirsty Illirians and Germs. Finally, they settled in a lowland area, it was empty and perfect, then, curiously, Pateras had followers. Hundreds of his fellow blood had followed them through the dangers of the Germanic North, "What happens now, Pateras?" Asked one from the crowd. And humbly, he said: "We rest, friends, as our journey has been hard fought." Many a times Germans and Saxons and Danes had tried getting rid of Pateras' people, "Ta Nikianas" was what they called them, and happily, they took that name, forming the first iteration of many Tanokianas. It turned into a crowned Tsardom in 1712.

Evea celebrated its independence fro the US back in 1901, following a civil war.

British influence on Hanover was pushed heavily, and the Brits declared Hanover a colony in 1756. The British extended their reach into Germany by funding nearby smaller provinces, of which were then incorporated into the colony. In 1899, the colony voted to become a Dominion of the British Empire. And so the Dominion of East Germany was formed. It was mocked for being the smallest dominion, though it had a drastically different ethnic situation than most. German and English were used equally, and the population was already densely packed. In the First World War, Germany declared war on the Dominion quickly, nearly occupying all of it by the time the British arrived in 1915. The war ended much sooner in mid-1917. In the Treaty of Versailles, Hanover was gifted Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein. The Interwar Period saw economic prosperity as the deaths of the war made way for an evenly distributed population and lowered the price of houses. In 1938, a Nazi-in-disguise was elected Lieutenant-Governor and eventually made a deal with Germany to make East Germany a condominium between Britain and Germany. It was renamed the Condominium of Hanover and Hamburg after it's two largest cities. In the Second World War, the Lieutenant-Governor abolished the Parliament of the nation and it was annexed by Germany (sort of). The massive amount of Jewish and Gypsy refugees were slaughtered. The event was known as the "Years of Terror" as 12% of the former Condominium's population were wiped out. However, there were hundreds of resistance groups, though most were located in rural areas. The Local Hamburgers allowed the passage of British navy vessels into many major ports in Hamburg, and a large offensive was created from there. The war ended for Germany in 1945. After the war, Hanover and Hamburg became a Protectorate of the British Empire. In the 80's, a huge population boom occurred, sending the rural population into the cities for better job opportunities. In 1993, the United Kingdom ended the Protectorate, meaning the independence for the nation.

Lancov was originally divided under several (exact number is disputed by historians, and changed several times, but is agreed to be between 7 and 14) hereditary Grand Princes. The Lancovian Principalities shared a common culture and spoke dialects of the same language, Proto-Lancovian. Since they were surrounded by enemies and were weakened by constant infighting, the Grand Princes decreed via treaty that they shall elect one of their own number as Tsar, to serve as a first-among-equals at councils and as a war leader. This treaty formed an elective monarchy and began a period known as the First Empire, a time that saw tremendous advances such as standardization of the Lancovian language and a transition from the semi-nomadic raiding life to sedentary farming and ranching. The First Empire, however, also did little to stop the constant feuds and infighting among the Lancovian elite, and may in fact have exacerbated the issue since a civil war followed almost every Tsar's election.

This changed when the Grand Prince of Ramonosd, Jonus Stanislav I, was elected Tsar for the first time in his family's history. Due to his unprecedented centralization efforts, diplomacy, and brutal suppression of rivals he ensured that the Stanislav Dynasty would reign for centuries. The monarchy, though nominally still elective, became hereditary in practice. The Stanislav Dynasty's reign is known as the Second Empire and is characterized by foreign expansion and a long succession of enlightened despots. Many aspects of our contemporary republic and culture can trace their origins to the Second Empire.

In the 1890s The Second Empire fell with the extinction of the Stanislav dynasty, and the (arguably incestuous) intermarrying of two cadet branches, producing the short-lived Bala dynasty. The Balas formally abolished the elective monarchy and revoked many rights the commoners had previously enjoyed under the Stanislavs. This led to the uprisings that later became the Lancovian Revolution, which established the current Republic and abolished the monarchy.

As nation We drifted towards independence as a reaction to the absolutist wishes of the Spanish Crown. We grow increasingly worried by the behaviour of the Castillian tercios that got into our territory after the French invasion during the French Spanish war 1635-1659. What was first an opposition to the Tercios behaviour when the French were repulsed it turned into.an independence movement. That was supported by the French.
After our independence in 1640 in the Reapers war. We started our path as a mercantilist Republic inspired by the Dutch Republic, first under the French area of influence. Being between two powerful empires the emerging power of France and the declining Spanish empire. Also as We were a trading Nation We quickly developed a powerful navy to deal with the Barbary pirates threat and protect our trade.

We often got caught in the wars between those two countries. As the Franco Dutch war. We approached more to the Atlantic potencies as We had strong trading ties to them specially England, Dutch Republic and Portugal. And Italian States as Savoy, Genoa and Venice.
So by these reasons be were in their side in most 18th century great conflicts as the Spanish succession War or the seven years war.
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The ruling bourgeois class wished to became the Southern Netherlands so We created an Indies Company. And, We incorporated advances from the Netherlands and England. And, We expelled the inquisition. So sefardite Jews returned.

Even when We Become an Hereditary Monarchy in the late 17th century . We kept a Parliamentarian Regime as We had in the middle ages. But incorporating illustration ideas for modernizing our country.

We grew and expanded obtaining colonies in the Caribbean, North america and outposts in Africa, Indian subcontinent and East Asia-Pacific.
We industrialized Quickly during the 19th century. Developing quickly.

But our origins date to the year 800 and the Hispanic March of the Frankish Empire. We became after breaking from the Frankish Empire a comercial and a Naval Mediterranian power.

Back on Earth during the Post-Horde dark ages, the people of Pycos were among the Indyc tribes, united with others into what would be known in the late 2300s as the Red Empire. The Red Empire would eventually lose in a great war against the Federal Earth Imperium, which caused the Red Empire to evacuate Earth as part of the People's Fleet. Eventually, the People's Fleet split, with the West Orion Fleet drifting about for over 100 years, before finally arriving on a new planet to call home. A planet they called Pycos, after a dark-age era Indyc goddess. From there, out in the reaches of space, the people of Pycos would grow into their own independent identity as time went on.

We have our origin in the Cantonal Revolution and the collapse of the First Spanish Republic.

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The Sulic people were exiled from Imperial China somewhere around 200BC to 150BC. In 100BC the first signs of a tribal civilization begin to manfest themselfs and 10 years later the first tribes settle down. In 36BC a great conqueror took over the surronding tribes and formed a monarchy. In the year 75, the kingdom collapses on itself leading to a warlord period eventually ending up in four different kingdoms. The new Sulic kingdom eventually takes over the rest of the kingdoms in the year 199, in an event commonly called "the long war". In the end the empire did not last as it fell into civil war in the year 201. A new dynasty was created called the Sucli dynasty, which some desendants still exist to this day. Although the civil war was over, new kingdoms began to rise and take over what once was imperial land. The new emperor offically disbanded the empire and became a duke. In the following years the Sulic duchy would face multible problems, once the Mongols came, they began trading. During the black death epidemic, the duchy did not suffer as much as other countries in europe because of it's small population and (at the time) it's great healthcare. In 1450 the duchy became a tributary state of the Great Horde Due to the horde's influence. In 1550 this would change however as the mucovites invaded the duchy, eventually leading to it's the extermination of the Sulic culture in 1860, but a new group of people rise. They call themself Konolasians, and they are the product of mixing the Sulic culture with the russian one. During the Soviet era not a lot of things happened, but in 1990 the republic of Konolas was born. In the year 2000 however things changed, as a Russian native became president. In the coming months he would try to integrate Konolas into Russia, but in the year 2001 the largly popular Communist party would stage several protests, eventually ending in a civil war in 2002. The first civil war reached a stalemate in 2015. In 2019 the newly elected chairman of Konolas got assasinated, leading to the council taking over and handling emergency powers to Andrey Sucli. He told the people that he would bring back democracy to Konolas, but he unknowlingly to everyone was powerhungry, and he tried to become emperor of the New Sulic Empire, eventually leading to yet another civil war. It ended in 2020 after the treaty of Igorgrad was signed, bringing us to today. The new, young republic faces several huge challenges like: several militia groups, islamic terrorism, a ruined ecomomy and the coronavirus pandemic.

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Chinese exiles form a kingdom in europe, eventually leading to an empire then getting annexed by Russia, getting independence and almost getting annexed again, but it's halted by a civil war, which leads to an assasination, which leads to another civil war, which leads to today

People migrated to an archipelago off the northwestern coast of Atlantian Oceania (presumably from areas that are modern-day Vilita, or maybe Valanora? Or the northeast?) and several thousand years later, they had grouped themselves into city states. Starting with those on the bay, they merged into a confederacy: Ko-oren. Over time, more joined, some left and then returned.

In the last two millennia, we have seen some small immigration waves, which have brought some 7-8 languages to the archipelago, on top of a healthy native family of languages.

Last updated 2019
The history of Romextly starts with the people of the start, The Romans started to splinter in to the democratic faction (The romans that you heard of) and the monarchic faction (Romextly). The democratic faction won and for hundreds of years the Romextlian Romans were disgraced and pushed to the lower part of society.

After 300 years of brutal rule, a man called Felix Reprix led the Romextlians to revolt against the rule and succeeded in 50 A.D. At this point Felix was made King Felix and since most Romextlian were christian, the national religion was Christianity. They then conquered lands and were flexing their muscles. In 250 A.D., King Cicero IV ordered the attack on the Italians who fell into their dominion. At this point, the Reprix family became arrogant and snotty and began to waste the treasury.

In 997 A.D., a influential family staged a coup and took over. The new king was named Marcellus Darix. He started to expand the economy and empire by recreating the army and putting in conscription.

In 1590 A.D., as Protestantism grew, the king Rakan the III stopped it's growth in Romextly and proclaimed his support for the pope. He allowed the counter-reformation and strengthened the faith of his people by his own faith.

In 1794 A.D., the king, Italus proclaimed himself Emperor. In 1804 he conquered the Mexicali and controlled huge amount of territory. He was not finished as he then conquered Fornce. He was christened Italus the great. The army grew larger and so did the riches. His son Italus the colonizer conquered a piece of a island and named it Cicily.

During 1898, in which a Prince Regent Dargus was forced to take over the role of his ailing father and order the containment of 50% of the population, the Mexicali. The Mexicali responded by forming a militia of 65,000 men and invading the bases. They ravaged the Italian countryside and had the Italian militia of 30,000 men joined the Royal Army of 29,000 men. The two armies met at the town of Milli. It was a decisive victory for the coalition as they caused 28,000 casualties. But after the battle, the coalition fell apart and started a 3-way civil war.For almost 50 years the war raged. During 1946, the entire royal family was found dead. The Mexicali then took the capitol and took over thus ending the 1st Romextlian civil war.

The president was Javier Hernandez and peace reigned. Until a drought and famine came in 1968.
The Italians started blaming the famine on the government as a way to control the population. The accounts have never been proven. But that didn't stop 50,000 Italians and 12,000 Romans to form a army to contest the 35,000 strong national army. On the island of Cicily, the better armed National Army beat them off the island. They were also kicked out on the island of Crate and were beaten in battle near Barn. But a nation to the north, Nihonjan gave supplies and training to the rebels. The Rebels then won the battle for Bugpest and took over the island of Cyprus. Then in a highly unlikely event, President Javier Hernandez died of old age. Some theorists believe that in reality he was assassinated by possibly his own cabinet but most likely a rebel spy. Romextly then turned to a Empire again after 37 years of war.

The new emperor was Emperor Mussolini. After only a year of reign, in 2011 he died by mysterious causes. There are many guesses but what ever the reason, it caused another civil war. There were 3 factions. There was the Northern Alliance led by former General Cargi Marcio. There was the Southern Alliance led by redneck Karmi Paul. Then there was the Khmer Republic led by Former Marti. The NA and SA met at Caro in 2013. They did raids and feints. Finally the 31,000 strong SA attacked the 20,000 strong NA. In this giant battle, the SA proved victorious. Half of the remaining NA fled to Fornce while the other half joined the SA. The SA then attacked the Khmer Republic at Buka. During this battle, a sniper killed Karmi Paul. Some of the SA fled to Fornce where they began a guerilla campaign. Former Marti was sworn in as president on September 11, 2014. After enduring a year of guerilla warfare, Marti gave Fornce autonomous and later independence.

The new government had lowered takes to very little. These weak laws did not help a debt ridden country. Soon a bright Colonel claimed lineage to Prince Dargus. His name was Diego Maximilian. He formed a army of 39,000 men to fight the 41,000 strong National Army. He cornered 9,000 men up in a siege at Sanal, defeated 12,000 men at the holy city of Jaden and beat them both. Soon he was close to becoming emperor. All that was between him and Ciudad de Roma was Tuloni garrisoned by 10,000 men. He just sidestepped it and attacked and unprepared Ciudad de Roma. It was 20,000 men versus 20,000 men. But the surprise was to great and he conquered the city. He then crowned himself.

After returning the glory to Romextly, things went fine until 2019. During the cold winter, 20,000 rebels of RSSR suddenly attacked Cicilia and took it in 10 days. Emperor Diego set upon mobilizing troops found that the rebels now had 2 million troops along with 500,000 Ultra violetist supporting them. they conquered the region of Liberal, Aygept, Olgers, and Marracas in a matter of days. Soon the rebels and Ultra Violetist together had 7 million along with a LGBTQ militia of 100,000 people. Some 1 million rebels confronted some 2 million troops. The rebels were on the verge of being over run when Carla Winkersen led some extra 3 million men to attack in the battle of Esral. Suddenly the remaining 4 million troops were attacked in a pincer movement by some 9 million army and 2 million militia men of HSOR (Homophobic society of Romextly) and 1 million of the DOF (Defenders of Constitution) attacked with Emperor Diego leading them himself during the battle of Quadpoli. The enemy was routed and remaining socialist were routed in the battle of Jaden, in which they took 2 million casualties and surrendered. The remaining 655,000 Ultra Violetist fought in the battle of Ajerbakan during which they took 350,000 casualties and escaped to the mountains. The remaining Liberals (40,000 troops) took on some 7 million troops and took 39,460 casualties. Some 500 troops fought against 750,000 HSOR troops and were massacred. RSSR took 4 million casualties, Ultra Violetist took 2.1 million casualties, and Gays took 115,000 casualties. The Romextlian military took 2.5 million casualties, HSOR took 1 million casualties and DOF took 200,000 casualties. After this revolt, Diego made homosexuality illegal.

After 4 months of hiding in the Antoq region, the Ultra violetist struck. 200,000 militants entered 5 towns and killed thousands of Yellowists. The amounts range from 23,000 to 47,000 dead. In investigations after the revolt showed that the violetists had corrupted and infiltrated the military in the Pavo region. The Yellowists then formed the Defense Of the Yellowist Belief, or DOYB. They raised 15,000 men and held out in Antoq along with 500 uncorrupted guards. In the attacks, The UV took 15,000 casualties, some due to an unexpected air strike. The DOYB took 1,800 casualties. During this Emperor Diego was deposed by an international UV effort. The UV at Antoq retreated and the DOYB rebuilt their army to 35,000 men. Diego got 25 million troops to follow him the HSOR with 1.1 million, DOF with 1 million and the CRA with 3 million militia men. A total of 28 million men opposed them but Diego soon won.

our nation name tells it all

in case you cant see it, basically honduras and belize unified to create one country, then guatemala joined, then el salvador.

Ottoman annexation of Constantinople in 1453 left many Byzantine supporters upset, including the anti-Ottoman Turks around the Anatolian region. With unfair treatments of Christian people done by Ottomans, the ruins of Byzantium became more and more unstable by day. Finally, cooperating with other Turkic nations of Anatolia to destroy Ottoman Empire, Byzantine rebels launched series of attacks backed both by Turkic states and the Holy See. Being a success at the time because Ottomans became weaker by the time, the Byzantine rebels launched their final siege in Ottoman capital of the time, Bursa. With the Turks and Greeks mixed in the region, they formed the First Kingdom of Anatolia, a continuation of Byzantine Empire. Turks were heavily assimilated into Greek culture by time, adopting Greek names, speaking Greek alongside of Turkic languages and converting to Greek Orthodoxy. They remained as an Orthodox Kingdom until 1573, when Hungary and Ottomans established close ties and were introduced to the Catholic faith. Second and the current Kingdom of Anatolia was formed in 1839 after the Constitutional Monarchy was established by Queen Alexandra the First.

In around 1000 BC, the eleven tribes of Mzeusia had been subjected to harsh, repressive Thoonian imperial rule for around 1000 years. The tribes united and invaded Thoonia and after a nine-year campaign, took it, thereby creating the beginnings of the Mzeusian empire. Several factors came together cause the revolution.

The first reason was a number of Thoonian policies that crossed the line for the relatively autonomous Thoonian province of Mzeusia. The relationship between imperial subjects and their overlords had always been one of respect and although there were inevitably tensions, the Mzeusian tribes were allowed to keep their religion, culture and operate relatively unhindered. A new series of laws two years before the revolution required them to trade with Thoonian merchants at a loss and the amount of goods that had to be sent to Thoonia was increased in the same years. Over that year and the next, a number of occurances further served to rile up the Mzeusian tribes. Thekephia, a southern tribe was forced to cede land to the Thoonian province to the south, taxes increased in general and the Thoonians refused to do anything about the increasingly troublesome pirates off the Mzeusian coast. According to some, a local Thoonian official also declared that Mzeusian cuisine was "as tasty as a soldier's boot and with about as much integrity as my son." The man's son was in prison at the time, and the comment sparked a protest in the city where the official resided.

Another factor in the coming about of the Mzeusian revolution was the work of Serankles Hyrasa, a chieftain of one of the tribes who would go on to become the first king of Mzeusia. He was an extremely talented man in many regards, including diplomatically. Holding numerous talks and negotiations with the other tribal leaders, he was pivotal in creating the sense of unity that the tribes displayed. Logistically, he led the effort to organise the several Mzeusian armies that rose up and militarily, he led the campaign against the Thoonians.

The decline of the Thoonian empire was another factor in the revolution's beginning. The oversees territory of the empire had been wracked by many revolutions of their own, some successful, some not, but all weakened the empire. A new and untested emperor had also ascended to the throne and internationally, attitudes were turning sour. The Kingdoms of Mythania and Gartunia, both very powerful at the time, were turning against the ever-more unstable empire and a handful of less powerful nations like Hefan and Reinid were doing the same. Trade competition and piracy from Queke and Tildod, both expanding powers who were allied to one another, were also causing issues across the empire.

The South won the US civil war, then took over the rest of the US and it is now one nation under the Confederacy.

our nation was quite inspired by the regional defense council of aragon
and since then we had a ideological war were parties went to battle for the control of the nation
since we won and the monarchy won also, we had a treaty to united ourselves into one nation
after that things goes pretty smoothly