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The '''Socialist Republic of Washakara''' is a small socialist state in Southern [[Crona]], border to the North by the [[Arcerion|Confederated Provinces of Arcerion]] and to the South by the [[Paulastra|Kingdom of Paulastra]]. It is characterized by its relative agrarian and simple economy, small population, and relatively poor Human Development Index and GDP per capita. Despite neighbors that favour free-market capitalist policies, Washakara remains as one of the few places where relaxed immigration laws allow an influx of foreign refugees from [[Varshan]] to arrive. It was formed as a result of a side theater of the [[First Great War]] war between Arcerion and Paulastra, with the nation established by treaty in 1898 which formally withdrew both parties from the conflict.
The '''Socialist Republic of Washakara''' is a small socialist state in Southern [[Crona]], border to the North by the [[Arcerion|Confederated Provinces of Arcerion]] and to the South by the [[Paulastra|Kingdom of Paulastra]]. It is characterized by its relative agrarian and simple economy, small population, and relatively poor Human Development Index and GDP per capita. Despite neighbors that favour free-market capitalist policies, Washakara remains as one of the few places where relaxed immigration laws allow an influx of foreign refugees from [[Varshan]] to arrive. It was formed as a result of a side theater of the [[First Great War]] war between Arcerion and Paulastra, with the nation established by treaty in 1898 which formally withdrew both parties from the conflict.
== History ==
== History ==
With the widespread arrival of [[Kingdom of Carna|Carnish]] settlers to Southern Crona in the late 1700s, Indigenous populations found it increasingly difficult to remain in the same area as what would eventually become [[Arcerion]]. Be it border skirmishes, economic issues, famine, or just mass migraiton away from ancestral lands, the Indigenous populations of Southeastern Cronan peninsula were gradually moved to an area South-East of where modern Arcerion is today.  
===Early history===
With the widespread arrival of [[Kingdom of Carna|Carnish]] settlers to Southern Crona in the late 1700s, Indigenous populations found it increasingly difficult to remain in the same area as what would eventually become [[Arcerion]]. Be it border skirmishes, economic issues, famine, or just mass migration away from ancestral lands, the Indigenous populations of Southeastern Cronan peninsula were gradually moved to an area South-East of where modern Arcerion is today.  


By 1874, over 1.5 million men, women, and children had migrated to the Washakaran Basin, and began to set up what would be a proto-Government for self-rule. However, as Arcer settlers continued to venture further inland, there was a continuous influx of people towards the refuge state, and by 1910 this population had reached 3 million. Mostly farmers and agrarian, they were either displaced due to the rapid pace of the Arcer expansion or forcibly through force.  
By 1874, over 1.5 million men, women, and children had migrated to the Washakaran Basin, and began to set up what would be a proto-Government for self-rule. However, as Arcer settlers continued to venture further inland, there was a continuous influx of people towards the refuge state, and by 1895 this population had reached 3 million. Mostly farmers and agrarian, they were either displaced due to the rapid pace of the Arcer expansion or forcibly through force.
 
===Establishment===
The Washakara Basin was claimed by both [[Arcerion]] and [[Paulastra]] throughout the late 19th century and saw settlement and encroachment by both nations during the 1880s and 1890s. When [[Arcerion]] was drawn into the [[First Great War]] due to diplomatic commitments in [[Levantia]] and [[Sarpedon]], [[Paulastra]] moved its armies into the Washakara basin and began to fortify the most extreme border claim, territory largely within the international consensus of Arcerion territory. Arcerion declared war on Paulastra in June of 1897, beginning the Basin War. The Basin War, a side front of the First Great War, largely saw loose columns of forces from both nations fight skirmishes throughout the bush without any major campaigns or battles fought. Due to the increasing ferocity of the war abroad, concerns about [[the Cape]], and other factors, both sides were eager to reach a permanent settlement by early 1898. Negotiations produced an independent state as a condominium in the center of the disputed territory, with both sides annexing significant portions of the basin along the periphery of the new state.


== Government ==
== Government ==