Threazari

Threazari, officially the Unitary Threazari Republic, is a country in southwest Alutra. It lies on the north coast of the Abiyadi sea bordering Watan and Ovezia to the south and Ventora to the west. It has a densely populated arable south coast and eastern plateau and a large arid area in the central and north of the country, however it is split down the middle by an arable strip through the Tuthdijsa river and Tuthdijsa river valley running through the entire length of the country. It receives a large amount of precipitation year round and has therefore grown to throughout the centuries to become an lesser breadbasket of the north Abiyadi coast. It was late but did eventually industrialise and has since become a manufacturing hub and living standards have risen to one of the highest in the world.

Threazari has existed in some form for almost two thousand years, but only in its modern form for a thousand years, and even then the nation of Threazari was fundamentally altered in the 17th and 19th centuries so all and all Threazari could be considered a young nation or one of the oldest in the world depending on who you ask. It has been a been republic since 1699 and a socialist one since 1886. It faced hardship throughout the world wars but eventually rose to be a notably good place to live and work in the present day.

Prehistory
Humans most likely appeared in modern-day Threazari around 58 - 70 000 years ago. They were nomad hunter-gatherers living in the Tilargi mountains up until agriculture was introduced about 10 000 years ago. Most people stayed nomads while some moved to the edges and valleys inbetween the mountains, and they soon became the majority not through more people converting to stationary lives, but because of rapid population growth.

The first records of an entity similar to Threazari describes a loosely connected nomadic federation that existed in Tilargi mountains of modern day [PROVINCE]. The people who lived there were the Tilargi peoples, and they either formed small farming villages or they lived as nomadic hunter gatherers throughout the region. This country was more of a branch of Tilargi culture up until about 200 BC, when larger towns formed and spread out over modern day Threazari, with some city states even being formed on the coast.

City states
Some of these city states became quite rich and powerful through trade, due to the large amounts of crops that could be grown in the region. The large amounts of precipitation received year round and the fertile regions around the Tuthdijsa river made for beautiful conditions for crops such as wheat, beans or in some places rice.

Kingdom of Chararuz
Around this 100 CE, some city states merged to form a small federation, called Chararuz, derived from “Coast of Rice”. The name was likely given to them by the still nomadic culture that existed in the mountainous eastern region. These nomads also formed small armies, to conquer smaller city states in the north, and these nomads would eventually merge with some of the Chararuz states, and later they would go on to form the predecessor to modern day Threazari. Most of these nomads eventually moved to the more mountainous eastern region, or they moved into the southern cities to lose their nomadic culture altogether. The ones who moved back to the mountains grew patio farms and lived largely independently from the new government, even while technically still being in the new kingdom's borders.

Eventually, Chararuz became a regional powerhouse, even rivaling the early Coastal Confederation of Ventora in trade and prosperity, and at this time, the Kingdom of Chararuz covered large portions of the modern day Threazari coast, large bits of the Tilargi mountain range, and a sizeable chunks of land on and around the Tuthdijsa river. The kingdom now gained large riches due to its advantageous trade position and ability to grow wheat and even rice along the coast and rivers. The people of Chararuz still held onto the belief that they were the true civilised descendants of the Tilargi, which wasn’t that extreme at the time, since many people still held firmly with the ancient Tilargi cultures.

First Challuyo-Threazari war
In an attempt to firmly ground this belief with the rest of the world, the kingdom set out to conquer more of their historic homeland of the Tilargi mountain range. During this time, many forts were built on the southern sides of the Tilargi mountains, even in parts of the mountains that the Coastal Confederation laid claim to at the time. This sparked the first Challuyo-Threazari war, and it went on from 281 to 282, and it resulted in a minor Chararuz victory, with them gaining a small mountainous province, north of modern day Watan, another small mountainous province on the modern day Ventoran border, as well as monetary compensation.

The first Challuyo-Threazari war wasn't a grand Chararuz victory, but the nation still went into a period of relative peace over the next three hundred years, and instead focusing on expanding northwards into the more mountainous plateaus of the northern bits of the Tuthdijsa River. To settle this land and claim them as their own, the kingdom recruited poor Tilargi people to settle the land, and thereby own it. This led to an influx of Tilargi immigration from their homeland, out to the rich arable plateaus. The Chararuz power in the region grew, until they could properly integrate it into the kingdom. By this time, some settlements grew as large and rich as the cities in the south, becoming the backbone of the Chararuz economy, supporting it via exports of crops from the plateaus and copper from the now Tilargi heavy northern mountains. The mountains of the north gained a substantial Tilargi population, as they liked the similarity to their homeland of mountains, and they still have a sizeable population there to this day.

Second Challuyo-Threazari war
When the 600s came around, many of its neighbours had established themself as prominent powers, and Threazari had less control of their geopolitical situation. To compensate for this, the kingdom funded large territorial expansion on the plateau and the Tuthdijsa river. People flocked at the opportunity to gain cheap land, so the kingdom eventually ran out of money. This spiraled into a complete financial crisis, as the people of the north wouldn’t export crops if they didn’t get paid, and therefore export to the outside world halted.

The crisis diminished the kingdom's power over its lands, and the Coastal Confederation saw this as an opportunity to gain back their lost land. They ignited the second Challuyo-Threazari war. The war was a stalemate, and it didn’t help the economy one bit. It was a stalemate due to the fact that dragged the confederation into it, but they still didn't get the support they wanted. As the Coastal Confederation had only marginal interest in the lands the war concerned, they simply didn’t bother to reinforce Challuyo, henceforth the stalemate.

Collapse of Chararuz
A famine killed a large portion of the country’s southern population, and the kingdom fell into shambles. At this point of the 900s, the country exploded into hundreds of small champion ruled principalities in constant war over land and resources. All champions wanted to be the one to take control of all the others, and while a lot of the smaller ones perished, a key few conquered. While all this warring happened, the kingdom essential paused in technological advancement, and due to this it stumbled behind for a while, even after the kingdom was reunited. One of the most powerful principalities was the Champion realm of Threazari. They originated in the mountainous [PROVINCE] province in the east, and they used the nomadic Tilargi to their advantage, and recruited them as warriors, and they steamrolled over their competition. Eventually, after 100 years of perpetual war, by the year 1022, the country had been reunited as the new Kingdom of Threazari. The warlord-period substantially changed Threazari beliefs and culture, making it more religious, peaceful and more Tilargi friendly. Unfortunately, much of these 100 years of war stagnated cultural, technological and economic progress in the nation, so for some years after the war life was bleak for the people of Threazari.

Kingdom of Threazari
The kingdom started to catch back up in during the rule of king Shable I, who jump started the economy by exporting the products produced locally in the south instead of the products made in the plateaus, and with the money he earned through this practice, he bought and exported plateau goods, henceforth restarting the countries booming exporting economy. Seeing the Ventorans start to expand to the east made Shable I, a pacifist, weary. He implemented policies for increased Ventoran trade to attempt to get on their good side, and the new land based trade route which led to what is now Watan and Ovezia, eventually would become the Watanese I25. This economic boom led to many great minds being able to master their craft, such as the cartographer and nobleman Gerdo Feschin to create one of the first accurate maps of the north Abiyadi coast. He did so by employing dozens of sailors to sail around the coasts at night, and measure the difference in the stars between driving close and far from the coast, plus a little bit of maths, to create a remarkably accurate map of the Threazari and Watanese coast, at least for his time. Unfortunately, Feschin died in a Watanes pirate attack. The pirates attempted to seize one of his cartography vessels while he was on it, and they resisted until the pirates came onboard and slaughtered Feschin, along with others. Pirates were therefore seen as a horrific thing in Threazari, and coastal forts were built around major cities, along with a government licenced fleet, that was the predecessor to the Threazari navy. Another such nobleman was the half Tilargi Martine Sueza, who mapped the inland of Threazari, such as the paths of rivers and heights of mountains.

Last expansions
Following the economic boom came a period of time where nothing really important happened in Threazari except for economic growth, for a couple hundred years, but one thing that happened soon thereafter, in 1361, was an attempt to as peacefully as possible create a small colony outside their natural range. The at the time queen Elizabeth II ordered the navy to scout out an unclaimed piece of land, and the land they found was the [ISLANDS]. They founded a settlement called Illas Elizabeth that was, of course, named after the queen. This “colony” of sorts was an experiment, and it showed largely and clearly that Threazari definitely couldn’t maintain a colony for the time. It was abandoned in 1380, just 19 years after it was founded. The queen died later that year of pneumonia, and is sometimes called “Elizabeth of Who?” due to her insignificant and unproductive reign.

By the 1400:s, Threazari had most of its modern borders set in stone, and the period saw the country expanding its presence in the north, by claiming the entire southern half of the [NORTHERN MOUNTAIN RANGE], which today makes up the border with [NORTHERN NEIGHBOUR]. Towards the late 1400:s and early 1500:s the nation experienced the beginning of an enlightenment that would largely follow suit in styles and subjects of the Watanese enlightenment. At this time Threazari had manifested itself as a regional power able to support and defend itself with its relatively powerful military, and it would stay that way all the way until modern day.

Threazari enlightenment
By the 1400:s, Threazari had most of its modern borders set in stone, and the period saw the country expanding its presence in the north, by claiming the entire southern half of the [NORTHERN MOUNTAIN RANGE], which today makes up the border with [NORTHERN NEIGHBOUR]. Towards the late 1400:s and early 1500:s the nation experienced the beginning of an enlightenment that would largely follow suit in styles and subjects of the Watanese enlightenment. At this time Threazari had manifested itself as a regional power able to support and defend itself with its relatively powerful military, and it would stay that way all the way until modern day.

In the 1500:s Threazari experienced an enlightenment era, just as its neighbour Watan was doing. During this time, many great minds rose to fame, and all subjects from astrology and politics to cartography and trade developed at an increased speed. The trade aspect of this time was especially interesting as it was the first time that Threazari went into the global trading game. Through vast merchant and military fleets, the kingdom could expand its influence all over the world. Most merchants still travelled relatively short journeys between Ventora and the such, but some made it as far as to Vidina and Osamia, further increasing the nation's trading based economy. During this time the cities also grew immensely, with many peoples from all over looking for fortune in the large trading ports. Much to the dismay of many or all who moved to the cities, they found that the cities were dirty and polluted, foreign animals running through the streets, and they were much too overcrowded.

After the great economic booms of the 1500:s to 1660:s the nation saw itself as a rather powerful nation in the trade world, which was in part true due to the large exports of rice and copper, both of which were important during this time. The king at the time, Philipe III, was not happy however, as he saw that his power was being taken from him and given to the rich noblemen who owned the trading fleets. These noblemen were the most powerful men in Threazari, and Philipe wanted to show that he was still the king. To truly commemorate this, he invited several notable noblemen to a royal dinner, where he rounded them up and had them killed. According to the propaganda released by the king himself, he apparently melted their bodies with iron to create two cannonballs, and he then shot them into the sea. Most scholars agree that this is absolutely made up propaganda, but it is still a joke among fishermen today that you might catch a “Nobleman-ball”. Philipe believed that killing the noblemen would scare the other nobles and traders into submission, but it largely did the opposite.

1699 coup
The start of modern day Threazari democracy started with a coup against the king in 1699, where a bunch of very popular and powerful noblemen banded together and dethroned the king through a coup. They rallied the people to their sides and stormed the coastal fort of Draikith, where the king resided. He was decapitated and his head was thrown in the sea. In the instance of chaos, someone started to eat the corpse, and it eventually turned into a freak accident of the riled up masses partaking in organised cannibalism. It most likely happened in the heat of the moment and it was also probably a result of mass hysteria, not an underlying desire for cannibalism. This is to this very day a laughing stock towards Threazari by the international community.

1700s
After the king's death many called for an assembly of the commoners to take control of the government, but what happened instead was that the noblemen formed a council that would run the nation. Some commoners got onto the council through bribery or other things in that fashion, but needless to say, many were still unhappy with the style of government. Most people could however agree that the new council was more focused on the nation, and not as much themselves, which most people agreed was a step up from the monarchical system. During the years that followed, and therefore during the start of the 1700:s, Threazari saw a massive population boom, with the country doubling in size in just 20 years. The reason for the boom was the focus of resources on developing the sparsely populated agricultural plateaus. Most of these developments occurred along the Tuthdijsa river, and spread out through the large river network that runs throughout the plateaus. The developments that occurred were the building of essential infrastructure networks and funding of local services like schools and harbours. With these developments the Outback went from being a poor rural farming area, to being a rather developed poor area. In 1729 the notable council member Arthur Philipe Brahimi, and the cartographer Beriba Satjago, fought a duel over the length of the Tuthdijsa river. Santjago won and Brahimi died weeks later from sustained injuries from the duel, leading to the council banning duels from the major cities, and that ban would largely be ignored until duelling fell out of fashion in the 1800: hundreds.

Industrial revolution in Threazari
The mining industry started picking up speed in the late 1700:s and production ramped up in the southeastern and northern mountains. With a new influx of cheap material, entrepreneurs saw an opportunity to open up a manufacturing sector. This sector at first just consisted of melting iron into canons and copper into cannon balls, mostly for the navy, but later also gained traction in producing cheap mechanical agricultural equipment. Manufacturing became cheap and streamlined, meaning exporting of weaponry was a growing industry during this time, but everything changed in the wake of the industrial revolution.

First of all, school was made mandatory for all children that lived in the cities. Most importantly, the industrial revolution allowed for rapid expansion of the manufacturing industry. Large industrial districts sprung up in most major cities, and Threazari found itself in a position where many sought after the new industrialised workplaces, but few got said jobs. Many called for the councils to do something to create more jobs, and the council obliged. The influx of new jobs brought an influx of new people to the already overcrowded southern cities, and with an unlimited available workforce the rich factory owners could lower the wages as much as they wanted. If someone would ask for a higher wage, they would be fired on the spot, and they would be replaced with one of the hundreds of other people willing to do that job for the lowered wage.

1886 porridge act
All of these absurd schemes came to a screeching halt when a weekly wage couldn't pay for bread and a cup of porridge, leading even the most desperate workers to go on strike. The banded together to form powerful unions, and they pressured the government to give benefits to the unions and let them guide a new minimum wage law, called the 1886 porridge act. With the new trade unions Threazari thrived as an industrial powerhouse for the region. When the early 1900:s rolled around the unions were a rather integrated part of Threazaris society, and the unions called for representation in government. The council said no and it went back and forth like that until 1901, when the unions said that they wanted to form a democratic regime, and that if they didn’t get it peacefully, they would take it by force. The council, not taking the threat seriously, once again rejected the idea, leading to the workers taking up arms and raiding government facilities. The council members who surrendered to the commoners were spared, although their nobleman status was revoked, while the ones who did not were shot on the spot. This rebellion continued on for a while after this in the smaller cities and rural areas, but seeing as the military was on the union’s side, the council had by all accounts already lost. Universal suffrage for men over 17 was implemented and a parliament/cabinet established. The first ever president of Threazari, Danielo Bertjaz, was elected the following year. The oil industry also started to pick up steam under Bertjaz rule.

First World War
During the first world war Threazari managed to stay neutral, but the impact of the war was still very clear. The damage to global trade and the blockades of the Abiyadi sea gave a huge blow to the economy. In between the first and second world wars Threazari saw a grey period, with a homelessness and unemployment crisis. When factories couldn’t sell goods they got rid of expenses, such as employees. The homelessness crisis simply came from not enough homes being constructed for the influx of people wanting homes.

Second World War
The economy just started to recover when the second world war truly erupted, meaning it was downhill again for the nation. The country faced large scale political turmoil as many wanted to join the war on Ventoras side, while many others including parliament, wanted to stay out of war or join the war opposing Ventora. One deciding factor that held the turmoil at bay was the very popular president, Teridcho Verspuchi, who had managed to keep the turmoil non violent through concessions to both sides, such as not cutting off trade with warring nations, or passing new peacekeeping laws. Unfortunately not all people were happy with Verspuchi’s way of rule, and one of those people was the ironically named Hector Verspuchi. Hector assassinated Tedricho through a revolver to the eye on September 4th 1940, and Tedricho died instantly. The murder was committed during a political speech aimed towards appeasing the anti-war supporters, and Hector shot the president through the crowd. Hector was detained and later beaten to death by guards while in prison.

Threazari civil war
The two Verspuchis’s death’s started a chain reaction of violence that eventually sparked the Threazari civil war in march 1941. On one side were the pro-war Nationalists, backed by Ventora, and on the other side you had the anti-war Unionists, backed by the Concert of Nations. The Nationalist territory consisted mostly of the northern plateaus and mountains, while the Unionists consisted of the more developed and densely populated metropolitan south. The war was less of a defined conflict and more of a period of time when the respective supported armies sent forces to “liberate” cities from their opponents. Full scale battles happened from time to time, with both sides committing horrendous atrocities, such as the use of mustard gas on civilian cities. Territory shifted back and forth a lot, and nothing of great importance happened during the first year of the conflict. In the second year the Union made a push through the Easter parts of the Tuthdijsa valley, resulting in a major victory on their part. They later pushed even further and captured many important cities. They came close enough to be able to barely see the Nationalist capital on the horizon. The nationalist pushed further down the Tuthdijsa river in an attempt to weaken the Union's trade, but the offence halted when reinforcements from the Union arrived. The nationalist surrendered when mustard gas was dropped on their capital in large volumes, and the last of their forces were either killed or detained. The Union had won, and while historically they are considered the good guys, doesn’t mean that the atrocities they committed should be swept under the rug. With the civil war over Threazari took some time to rebuild, but they still joined the Concert of Nations in 1942 due to fear of being invaded by Ventora after being weakened in the civil war, leading to a front with Ventora and Watan, but the frontline was largely a standstill and nobody won anything at the end of the war.

Third World War
When the third world war broke out Threazari stayed on the Concerts side.

Economic re-establishment
After the world wars the country was in a large financial crisis, and to combat the rising debt the country started to boost up the manufacturing industry, and to start licensing production from other countries to produce and sell back to them cheaply. The reason that this could be done is because of Threazari’s abundance of natural resources, meaning that local production is cheap. This improved the national economy and restabilised the essentials, but the average citizen was still poor and unemployment was still a widespread issue.

Start of social democracy in Threazari
The unions proposed to the government to instate a social-democratic system. The government said no, but a new social democratic party was formed in 1955 called TPSDP, or Threazari Peoples Social Democratic Party. They gained huge popularity with the people their party was meant to benefit and they grew in each election to come, becoming the second largest party in the cabinet by 1971, and winning the presidency that same year. The first social-democratic president was Thermidor Berberis, and he was very popular with the people. He established multiple government funded school and healthcare agencies, guiding the country into its social democratic future. Nowadays the TPSDP is the largest party in the cabinet and has won the presidency most years since.

Post 2000s
After the 2003 election, the TPSDP won the parliamentary election once again, but the presidency was won by the National Liberal Unions, or NLU’s, candidate Adill Nazime through a recount. This was believed to be completely rigged by many, and one of those many was a citizen who personally disagreed with the result, so he decided to assassinate the new president. He had strapped himself with a suicide vest and walked into parliament during a session. He blew himself up in the doorway, fortunately the president was too far away to be directly hurt, but multiple members of parliament were either hurt or killed. Four people died, plus the bomber himself. The identity of the bomber himself was newer known, as he was completely obliterated by the explosion. This accident led to increased security for parliament and an expansion in police funding for 6 years, until parliament scaled back the funding again in 2009. Today, Threazari is a safe and prospering nation of great equality and democracy, and is seen as a very good place to live.