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The Istrenyan portion of the Qalhéq Mountains are dubbed as the Istrenyan Highlands. This region, in the southern part of the country, is mostly dominated by small, rural villages. Only 2%, or 640,000 Istrenyans, live in these small villages. Karaba is situated on the Karaba Bay, where the Port of Karaba serves as an economic hub for Istrenya. Karaba is home to over 3 million Istrenyans, the most populated and densest populated city in Istrenya. The Port of Karaba was constructed in 1981, funded by foreign investors from [[Arcerion]] and [[Tierrador]], and slightly boosted the nation's economy throughout the 1980s. | The Istrenyan portion of the Qalhéq Mountains are dubbed as the Istrenyan Highlands. This region, in the southern part of the country, is mostly dominated by small, rural villages. Only 2%, or 640,000 Istrenyans, live in these small villages. Karaba is situated on the Karaba Bay, where the Port of Karaba serves as an economic hub for Istrenya. Karaba is home to over 3 million Istrenyans, the most populated and densest populated city in Istrenya. The Port of Karaba was constructed in 1981, funded by foreign investors from [[Arcerion]] and [[Tierrador]], and slightly boosted the nation's economy throughout the 1980s. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Pre-Qabóri period=== | ===Pre-Qabóri period=== | ||
It is unclear when Istrenya was first inhabited, however most historians and scholars agree that the first inhabitants of the land migrated from Central/North Crona, truly originating from [[Audonia]]. This had occurred around the same time as the first inhabitants of [[Tierrador]] and [[Porlos]], with [[Ceylonia]] being inhabited shortly after, around 1250 BC - 1000 BC. Istrenya had become a haven for agricultural settlements, and these settlements quickly evolved into large chiefdoms. The earliest known complex civilization of Istrenya was the [[Sokalakee civilization]], which had originated in the Istrenyan Highlands and quickly spread north to the country's plains, where it started the aforementioned permanent agricultural settlements. Around the beginning of the 1st century AD saw the rise of the [[Qabóri Woqalate]], which had become the pinnacle of South Cronan civilization. At first, Sokalakee rarely interacted with Qabór, owing to the massive Qalhéq Mountains serving as a natural barrier between the two civilizations. Eventually, as Sokalakee evolved as a civilization so did its foreign interaction, bartering various agricultural products with its much more powerful neighbor. | |||
In 311 AD, the Sokalakee had formed its first government, borrowing its methods of organization and governance from Qabór. The Sokalakee Woqalate was formed as a result, and comprised of all of modern-day Istrenya. The Woqalate based its government in the city of [[Kruabia]], at the foot of the Istrenyan Highlands near the eastern coast. Kruaiba was considered one of the largest cities in South Crona, and its establishment as a cultural hub earned it the nickname "North Qabór." While the Qabóri Woqalate had been in a long [[Qabóri Divide|conflict of interest]] with the [[Tierrador#Abio Woqalate|Abio Woqalate]] for nearly 600 years, Sokalakee stayed neutral for the first few hundred years, though favoring the Qabóri over the Abio. | |||
===Arrival of Qabór=== | ===Arrival of Qabór=== | ||
Qabóri influence began to increase significantly during the first few centuries AD. With the end of the [[Great Qabóri War]] and the fall of the Abio Woqalate in 677, the rising Qabóri Woqalate began to shift its focus on surrounding neighbors. Sokalakee, having entered numerous economic and military defense agreements with Qabór, which had began the first wave of complete subjugation by Qabór. In 777, Sokalakee had been completely taken over by the Qabóri Woqalate, being divided into 21 qoyalets, based on the tribal makeup of the area. | |||
===Sokalakee Woqalate=== | ===Sokalakee Woqalate=== | ||
===Early Modern=== | ===Early Modern=== | ||
Arcer influence begins | |||
===[[Istrenyan Crisis|Istrenyan Civil War]]=== | ===[[Istrenyan Crisis|Istrenyan Civil War]]=== | ||
=== Late Modern === | === Late Modern === | ||
Mosquito War | |||
==== 2009 Rice Riots ==== | ==== 2009 Rice Riots ==== | ||
Beginning in December 2008, the Istrenyan National Congress began unloading a series of harsh agricultural reforms, which included the lowering and even elimination of the minimum support price of several crops. Because of this, hundreds of thousands of Istrenyan farmers began protesting the agricultural reforms, with many labor unions prompting them to go on strike until the reforms were reversed. This led to a mass shortage of agricultural products throughout the country, with food prices skyrocketing to nearly double of what they were pre-reform. Because of this, the [[Istrenyan Heartland Movement]] was established by Tierradorian activists in late February 2009, with over 1.1 million Tierradorian citizens participating in donating leftover food to Istrenyans who were affected the most by the shortages. In April 2009, a leaked audio file of then-President [[K'wola Tatarni]] mocking the protesting Istrenyan farmers and the protest as a whole, causing mass outrage throughout the country. Later that month, police in major Istrenyan cities began arresting and using brute force against protesting farmers. This turned what was originally meant to be peaceful into violent riots. These riots were one of the largest cases of civil unrests in Istrenyan history. The Istrenyan government declared martial law in June 2009, and deployed the Istrenyan Army into various Istrenyan cites to deter the riots. Following harsh international pressure, President Tatarni resigned from office in late August 2009, and was replaced by current President [[M'Kole Tysh'le]]. Tysh'le reversed many of the reforms, and negotiated the reinstatement of a lower, but still sustainable, minimum support price with the farmers, effectively ending the Rice Riots in October of that year. | Beginning in December 2008, the Istrenyan National Congress began unloading a series of harsh agricultural reforms, which included the lowering and even elimination of the minimum support price of several crops. Because of this, hundreds of thousands of Istrenyan farmers began protesting the agricultural reforms, with many labor unions prompting them to go on strike until the reforms were reversed. This led to a mass shortage of agricultural products throughout the country, with food prices skyrocketing to nearly double of what they were pre-reform. Because of this, the [[Istrenyan Heartland Movement]] was established by Tierradorian activists in late February 2009, with over 1.1 million Tierradorian citizens participating in donating leftover food to Istrenyans who were affected the most by the shortages. In April 2009, a leaked audio file of then-President [[K'wola Tatarni]] mocking the protesting Istrenyan farmers and the protest as a whole, causing mass outrage throughout the country. Later that month, police in major Istrenyan cities began arresting and using brute force against protesting farmers. This turned what was originally meant to be peaceful into violent riots. These riots were one of the largest cases of civil unrests in Istrenyan history. The Istrenyan government declared martial law in June 2009, and deployed the Istrenyan Army into various Istrenyan cites to deter the riots. Following harsh international pressure, President Tatarni resigned from office in late August 2009, and was replaced by current President [[M'Kole Tysh'le]]. Tysh'le reversed many of the reforms, and negotiated the reinstatement of a lower, but still sustainable, minimum support price with the farmers, effectively ending the Rice Riots in October of that year. | ||