Volonia

The Republic of Volonia is a country in Sarpedon, located south of Caphiria and east of Aciria. It shares a long cultural and political history with Caphiria.

The modern Republic of Volonia became independent during the Second Great War after its own War of National Liberation, which became a theater within the conflict. The Volonian Republic was officially proclaimed on 9 November 1939. With its independence recognized by the Treaty of Kartika, Volonia underwent decades of military rule under the Junta of National Liberation before transitioning to democracy in the late 1960s. The modern democratic constitution of Volonia was inaugurated in 1970.

Slavic Silver Age
Volonia was home to a period of Slavic political and cultural resurgence against the advancing Caphirian First Imperium during the 5th and 6th centuries known as the Slavic Silver Age. During this period, Volonia was home to four major Slavic kingdoms.

Ash War
On the the first Sunday following Easter in 1627 - April 11th 1627 - the The Reformations of 1627, a package of reforms throughout the Caphiric Church took effect. Among other changes, the Reformations introduced the new universal liturgy was used throughout Caphiria. It included burning consecrated hosts into Sacred Ash. As liturgies proceeded throughout Caphiria's southern provinces that Sunday, crowds within Churches began to react violently as the priests attempted to burn the consecrated hosts. These crowds threw priests out of churches and began public riots, starting what would become the Ash War. The crowds began to coalesce around local leaders, preventing Caphiric-aligned priests from entering churches and eventually leading to a rejection of civil authority. A local Slavic noble and member of the Senate named Aleksandar Baciu managed to unite the mobs with other dissatisfied low level Slavic nobles, beginning an open revolt that would last for five years. Baciu's armies would ultimately be defeated in 1631 and he would be executed in Venceia, but the unrest continued until mid-1632.

Though the Ash War was ostensibly a conflict related to the Great Schism of 1615 and southern provincial Slavic loyalty to the Catholic Church and its teachings, the war would be a major source of pride and inspiration for the people of Volonia in the future. Baciu is recognized as one of the nation's founding fathers and national heroes.