Nysdra Provisional Republic

Nysdra Provisional Republic Knis'draanicazlulistaazal Orepublikoprovian
Flag of the Nysdra Provisional Republic
Capital	Cohocton
Recognized languages	Algosh Ecclesiastical Latin (diplomatic)
Ethnic groups	28% Honeoye 25% Gowandis 24% Canandaguia 19% Saranac 4% Algosh
Religion	94% M'acunism 3% Catholicism 3% Other
Government	Provisional Federation
• Council Secretary	Mahuntan Bala'denglo
Legislature	Provisional War Council of the Provisional Republic
Independence from Algoquona
• Four Neighbors Campaign	2022
Population
• 2021 estimate	1,872,409

The Nysdra Provisional Republic, commonly referred to simply as NPR or the Four Neighbors Republic was a country in Cusinaut. The country declared independence from Algoquona following the successful campaign of the Royal and Confederate Army in the Four Neighbors Campaign.

Name

The official name of the Republic - the "Nysdra Provisional Republic" - was established in the declaration of independence from Algoquona and in subsequent official documents of the Republic. The term originated as a generic hypothetical term for any state which became independent of Algoquona during the Final War of the Deluge and was subsequently adopted by the peoples of the Republic. In common Levantine parlance, however, the Republic was known as the "Four Neighbors Republic" after the common nickname of the constituent peoples of the Republic.

History

Northern Confederation

Main article: Cusinaut

Final War of the Deluge

Main article: Four Neighbors Campaign

Society and cultural groups

Unlike many other groups to become independent of Algoquona, the four constituent groups of the Nysdra Provisional Republic shared little in common besides their shared antipathy of the Algosh and origin within the Northern Confederation. Accordingly, each of the four peoples had largely different cultural mores and traditions. Additionally, the four peoples within the Republic had very little economic integration with one another prior to the establishment of the Republic's independence, although wartime necessity began to create bonds of economic interdependence between the four tribes and with New Yustona for the provision of basic goods as well as for the logistical support of the Royal and Confederate Army. The natural give-and-take relationship of neighbors resulted in several major disagreements between the four peoples over the course of the Republic's existence. These disagreements lead to major delays of the Royal and Confederate Army's prosecution of the war as it had to play the role of mediator in several would-be conflicts. The worst confrontation took place in October of 2023 as a Gowandis hunting party was shot and killed by Honeoye landowners, citing encroachment and poaching. The event nearly lead to war before the Royal and Confederate Army successfully intervened.

Honeoye

The largest constituent peoples of the Nysdra Provisional Republic are the Honeoye, who, in 2021, were numbered at more than a half a million people. Their lands exist on the eastern shore of Cusinaut just to the northeast of the pre-war border of New Yustona.

Saranac

The Saranac are the least populous peoples of the Nysdra Provisional Republic, numbering at about 350,000 people. Unlike the other members of the Republic, they are related - albeit distantly - to the Algosh peoples. Oral traditions, confirmed by scholarly research, indicate that the Saranac broke off from the Algosh due to a difference in Kānenaka, a concept within the M'acunist religion relating to ancestor worship. This break is believed to have occurred in the 13th or 14th century. Consequently, the Saranac observe many similar festivals and cultural mores as the Algosh but with what could be described as "regional differences". During Algosh control in the 2010s, the government of Algoquona actively attempted efforts to culturally integrate the Saranac as within the Algosh people as part of state building efforts. These efforts, employing differing means of education and force, were actively resisted by the Saranac on socio-political grounds moreso than religious ones, though the underlying religious differences were featured in prominent Saranac rhetoric as well.

Algosh

The Algosh people are present within the Nysdra Provisional Republic as a significant minority population within each of the four constituent groups and are not considered to be a fifth constituent group. Algosh peoples number about 75,000. Algosh were primarily settled within the lands of the Honeoye, Gowandis, and Canandaguia during the decade of control of the territory of the Republic by Algoquona. Settlement within Saranac land was discouraged as part of an effort to foster friendly relations with the Saranac as part of the government's larger strategy to integrate them into the Algosh people proper. Algosh minorities within these lands also date, in some cases, to the period of the Northern Confederation, dividing the Algosh into two groups - the so-called "colonist" and "neighbor" groups. Although they retain their Algosh heritage, the "neighbor" groups in many cases have lived in the country for centuries and are largely loyal to local tribal and national leadership rather than the Kaigwa government. The colonist group refers to Algosh who relocated as part of the aforementioned state building efforts, many of whom were garrisoned forces and their families. With the Final War of the Deluge, many of these garrisoned forces returned home or were ejected, but many of the newly arrived families decided to stay and attempt to integrate, having given up most of their belongings to try and begin new lives in the lands of the four peoples.

Both neighbor and colonist groups were subject to considerable prejudice during the establishment of the Republic, with the Royal and Confederate Army eventually having to establish garrisons at Algosh settlements to prevent attacks from the other peoples of the Republic.

Government and administration

The Nysdra Provisional Republic, as a temporary state, had very little central governing bodies to speak of. The four constituent peoples of the Republic maintained their own internal governing structures complete with their own methods - both administrative and traditional - of providing for the welfare and education of their people. These systems were bolstered by additional funding from Urcea which allowed the individual peoples to build new schools and hospitals.

Two major institutions were responsible for the governance of the Nysdra Provisional Republic, one of which was official and the other unofficial. The officially-recognized "sovereign body" of the Republic was the "Provisional War Council of the Provisional Republic", an irregularly-meeting body of the leaders of each of the four peoples as well as three designees each. This Council was primarily responsible for establishing the foreign policy of the Republic with the limited number of entities - primarily NSTA states - that recognized it, as well as providing for strategic aims for the Royal and Confederate Army to achieve in addition to providing the Army with advice and contact for local tribal officials within Algoquona. The Council also had limited legislative authority to create internal trade agreements and provide definitive conflict resolution between the constituent members. The Council had no president or speaker but did have a Secretary elected by the Council uniamimously, who was responsible for conveying the decisions of the Council and served as the effective "public face" of the Republic as well as its only senior official.

The unofficial and primary leading governing body of the Republic was, in actuality, the Royal and Confederate Army, on whose fortunes the Republic was entirely reliant. Many scholars and Occidental intelligence officials offered that the Republic was "established in support of the Royal and Confederate Army" and "served no purpose other than the organization of friendly territory for the Army to operate in and recruit out of". Critics of Occidental intervention in Crona, as a consequence, have referred to the Republic as a "collaborationist state of the highest order" in the words of Carnish speaker Robert Meighan. Accordingly, the leadership of the Army has a significant amount of influence on both the Provisional War Council as well as the individual administration of each of the four peoples.

Military

On June 1 2022, the NPR announced that it formally declared the Royal and Confederate Army as its official military force in collaboration with New Yustona. The same day, the Provisional War Council began recruiting and training forces to be attached to the Royal and Confederate Army.