Democratic Federation

The Democratic Federation of East Vidina (DFEV), commonly known as the Democratic Federation (DF or D.F.) or East Vidina, is a large country in Vidina. It is a federation of seven nations split into 42 states, one federal district, and various other possessions. Natural borders include the !GreatDesert to the west, the Shazabi Ocean in the east, and the Bay of Guasu in the north. The Democratic Federation's population centers on its northern and southeastern coasts are bisected by the !GreatDesert, which covers a vast portion of Vidina. With a size of 4 million square kilometers, it is one of the largest countries in the world. The capital is TBD and the largest city is Tailot.

Name
The name "East Vidina" refers to the country's geographical position in the east of the continent of Vidina. Prior to federation, what is now East Vidina was 6 separate Riyatic colonies. The first written mention of the phrase "democratic federation" is a 1934 letter from !person to !otherperson, the chairman of the Independence Commission for Citelota. !person expressed her belief that "about the question of independence, I believe a united and democratic federation in east Vidina would certainly be preferable to numerous fractured states, which I must assume will create great instability in the region."

Early history

 * Etwali Empire forms in the south and expands slowly
 * !culture forms in Citelota
 * !culture colonizes eastern Guasu briefly before being eaten by Aunic Empire
 * Citelota remains relatively stable during the collapse of the Aunic Empire

Medieval era

 * Ciqatic Empire launches several wars over the centuries to annex Citelota, but most fail
 * Political structure in Citelota develops into many independent city-states split into competing coalitions

Colonial era

 * Harad arrives and starts trading
 * Alutrans arrive but don't initially expand
 * Salia arrives and subjugates several port cities in Citelota
 * Salian presence in Citelota expands in 1860s following the Port War of 1858
 * Riyata establishes a protectorate in Citelota following its victory in the Riyatic-Salian War
 * Riyata turns the Etwali Empire into a protectorate

Contemporary era

 * Path towards independence begins following May Revolution in Riyata
 * Citelota invaded by Ta'aroha during WW2
 * Initial plan for self-rule established at Pitiy Conference
 * 6 separate colonies officially federate in 1949
 * Self-rule begins in 1951, Democratic Federation becomes a dominion of Riyata
 * Constitutional separation from Riyata achieved in 1979

informal infodump
i (celery) has some lore for dfev but i havent written it on wiki yet. see following for informal infodump

the dfev is basically a loose federation of 7 nations that were former riyatic colonies. two of these six nations are citelota and etwali. citelota is the nation in the north and the most distinct out of all of them. they are part of the same cultural continuum as riyata and the rest of the taxic civilizations so they have a close bond with riyata. they are also the richest of the nations due to proximity to vatupaya and wield disproportionately large political strength in the fed govt. however the federal govt is very weak. etwali is the largest civilization in the south that inhabits the tropical savannah. they were an early empire that developed in the region but didn't see much fighting throughout their history since they were isolated from everyone else. to their south are mountains and to the north is the vidinan sahara desert. they were very peaceful and because they were pretty far inland they didnt even encounter the alutrans or agars when they got to vidina. however they did form part of a north-south trade route between vatupaya and the kidal sea, so they did know stuff about the outside world. however the trade network did infect them with the big plague when agarad arrived in vidina and started the exchange of diseases. unlike the coastal people they didn't have contact with the agars so they were very badly affected by disease. they didnt have access to old world medicine that agarad shared with the people they traded with. they recovered economically but their population was permanently damaged. this put them in a very weak position. when riyata began to expand through vidina in the 1800s they were forced to become a protectorate as they were too weak to fight back. riyata tried to introduce industrialization but it was resisted very strongly by the etwali who didnt want to abandon their traditional society. this is why the southern states of the dfev are quite poor in the modern day compared to other former riyatic colonies. however being apart of the riyatic colonial empire did improve their lives somewhat as they were introduced to modern medicine and things like that. the population began to recover for the first time since the plague. the etwali were generally left to do their own thing since their location was not very important in terms of geography or resources. however in 1922 the may revolution happened and riyata began transitioning to democracy and greater autonomy was granted to the colonies. by ww2 all the colonies of the soon-to-be democratic federation were self-governing, with only foreign policy still being controlled by riyata. so when riyata fell to ta'aroha the colonies remained loyal and there was a big war fought when ta'aroha tried to invade citelota. however they won in the end as many people from the colonies joined the riyatic army during the liberation of riyata. after the war the question of full independence began to be talked about. riyatic officials were split whether or not to release each colony separately or federate them together. eventually the decision to federate them was made because riyata didn't want diplomatic tension between the former colonies that would cause instability in the region. also the southern colonies were still relatively poor and riyata didnt think they could protect themselves. so the 6 colonies were united as the democratic federation of east vidina. a 7th colony joined later. they achieved diplomatic independence before ww3 but the constitution strongly implies they need to be friends with riyata. they chose to fight in ww3 on riyatas side but didn't contribute much.