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With the loss of Brudxaan Province, the centuries old [[Venua%27tino#Polar_Captaincy|Polar Captaincy]] collapsed due to the lack of Varshani access to the Sea of Nysdra. Under threat from [[Daxia]]ese presence in [[Cao]], Varshan was forced to withdraw its military forces from the Polar Captaincy in [[1964]]. | With the loss of Brudxaan Province, the centuries old [[Venua%27tino#Polar_Captaincy|Polar Captaincy]] collapsed due to the lack of Varshani access to the Sea of Nysdra. Under threat from [[Daxia]]ese presence in [[Cao]], Varshan was forced to withdraw its military forces from the Polar Captaincy in [[1964]]. | ||
===Modern interdynastic period=== | ===Modern interdynastic period=== | ||
The modern interdynastic period, sometimes referred to as the "postdynastic period", began with the final fall of the Yun-harle dynasty in [[1970]]. | The modern interdynastic period, sometimes referred to as the "postdynastic period", began with the final fall of the Yun-harle dynasty in [[1970]] and concluded with the fall of Anzo in [[2024]]. The period was characterized by a mostly non-hereditary succession of the office of Zûrg: of the eight men to serve as Zûrg in the period, only one succeeded his father to the office. Contemporary Varshani cultural observers appear to have viewed the period as being ruled by "dynasties of one man" rather than an abolition of the dynastic period, and many of these transitions occurred by circumstance rather than deliberate effort. Four Zûrgs died relatively young, one appears to have been infertile, and the remaining three were either usurped or deposed at the end of the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. | ||
====Modernization efforts==== | ====Modernization efforts==== | ||
The loss of territory and prestige in the 1960s deeply wounded the Varshani psyche. Once the dynastic civil war had concluded, Varshan in the 1980s and 1990s began to heavily turn to modernization and Occidentalization of its armed forces. | The loss of territory and prestige in the 1960s deeply wounded the Varshani psyche. Once the dynastic civil war had concluded, Varshan in the 1980s and 1990s began to heavily turn to modernization and Occidentalization of its armed forces. Due to its diplomatic isolation, Varshan required an extensive system of money laundering, shell corporations, so-called "talent scouts", and other methods to contract with Occidental experts and bring in Occidental technology and manufacturing capabilities. Foremost among these efforts were attempts to modernize the navy, resulting in a number of Occidental-style shipyards being fully operational by the mid-1980s. Significant amount of [[Second Great War]]-era surplus small arms were imported into the country, and new factories were constructed to refurbish and modernize equipment procured abroad. Domestic arms manufacturing also began in earnest in the late 1980s. Throughout this decade, attempts were made to use {{wp|Varshani_caste_system#Free_Caste|free caste}} labor on an experimental basis. Most of these experiments ended by [[1992]] when protests from various religious authorities and a new ruling Zûrg reinforced the use of industrial slavery. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||