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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Pre-Varshani history=== | ===Pre-Varshani history=== | ||
Little is known about the people and history of the area of modern Chakailan other than it was largely under the influence of the | Little is known about the people and history of the area of modern Chakailan other than it was largely under the influence, but was not directly part of, the [[North Songun civilization]]. Genetic testing suggests that its native inhabitants are largely an admixture of the peoples of pre-Anzo population of eastern Varshan with some Telonaticolani ethnic heritage. Much of the history of the region is known by reputation. Both Telonaticolani and Varshani histories make note of the ruggedness of these mountain nomad tribes, with individuals from the area making excellent scouts and guides through the central mountain ranges of [[Crona]]. Efforts by the Telonaticolani to pacify and more directly incorporate the region failed in both the 1820s and 1840s, as they were repulsed by means of large and well set ambushes and rudimentary but well located static defenses. The relative separation from [[Varshan]] but few passes that existed made it a popular area for slaves to flee from Varshani control, and the accounts of escaped slaves from the period indicate the tribes were receptive to these people and even welcomed some into their tribes. Several Varshani raiding and slave hunting parties entered the region throughout its history, with most being repulsed. As early as 1860, Occidental visitors who traveled to the remote area that would become Chakailan noticed many non-indigienous among them and even one Occidental escaped slave having been incorporated into the local peoples, leading modern scholars to suspect that the unique cultural interchange that formed the modern Chakailani people began well before the Varshani occupation. | ||
===Annexation into Varshan=== | ===Annexation into Varshan=== | ||
Slaves began exiting Varshan through Chakailan in increased numbers in the late 1800s spurned on by increasing disloyalty to Anzo from [[Telonaticolan]], whose people began to openly welcome escaped slaves and began to settle them throughout the country. In [[1891]], Varshan invaded Telonaticolan, burned its capital, enslaved most of its army and political leadership, and annexed the teritory of Chakailan and other territories in western Telonaticolan. The tribes of the Chakailan area fought bravely and inflicted significant casualties but were defeated by overwhelming Varshani force. Many of the men and warriors of the tribes were sent into slavery, leaving behind the women and children. Many of the Telonaticolani slaves who were too weak or sick to continue on were left behind by Varshani forces in the care of the Chakailan-area tribes. | Slaves began exiting Varshan through Chakailan in increased numbers in the late 1800s spurned on by increasing disloyalty to Anzo from [[Telonaticolan]], whose people began to openly welcome escaped slaves and began to settle them throughout the country. In [[1891]], Varshan invaded Telonaticolan, burned its capital, enslaved most of its army and political leadership, and annexed the teritory of Chakailan and other territories in western Telonaticolan. The tribes of the Chakailan area fought bravely and inflicted significant casualties but were defeated by overwhelming Varshani force. Many of the men and warriors of the tribes were sent into slavery, leaving behind the women and children. Many of the Telonaticolani slaves who were too weak or sick to continue on were left behind by Varshani forces in the care of the Chakailan-area tribes. | ||
===Varshani occupation=== | ===Varshani occupation=== | ||
With the beginning of the Varshani occupation, most of the population of the region were removed from their nomadic way of life and centered in towns and villages which amounted to concentration camps; many contemporary Occidental scholars referred to this practice, which was used across Varshan and not just in Chakailan, as "slave manufacturies." During the occupation, the skill of the local tribes as guides and scouts continued to be valued, and many locals were enslaved for their work in the mountainous regions of Varshan where they would work capably for the Varshani overseers. Around 1910, it became stylish among high Varshani society to relocate their old or disabled slaves to remote parts of the state as a work of mercy and to instill the values of obedience to the young among the "lesser peoples" ruled from Anzo. While a majority of slaves who could no longer work were simply killed or sacrificed according to the tenets of [[Arzalism]], a significant number began to be relocated to what would become Chakailan in hopes that the old men might reproduce and create more strong and capable slaves while the disabled might prove to be an example to future slaves. Between 1910 and 1960, when social views shifted back towards predominant sacrifice, more than 75,000 slaves were deposited in what is now Chakailan, creating a massive cultural shift and integration of the mores, traditions, and cultures of those slaves into the native tribal populations. The type of work that the slaves were trained for also generally enhanced the "mountain man" culture and ethic that emerged within the country. In [[1980]], economic reforms in [[Varshan]] ended the grain delivery to the region, leading to the abandonment of the concentration camps and a resumption of nomadic grazing activity for most people, though the Varshani government also sponsored the creation of slave-worked plantations with new hybrid plants created by Occidental experts imported by the Anzo regime. The varieties of mountain agriculture now grown by a majority of the population for subsistence farming began with these imported scientific developments. | [[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-215-94-Derivative01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Many of Chakailan's Varshan-era concentration camps would develop from herded groups of nomads in tents, as seen here in 1908, to elaborate and permanent settlements designed with control in mind.]] | ||
With the beginning of the Varshani occupation, most of the population of the region were removed from their nomadic way of life and centered in towns and villages which amounted to concentration camps; many contemporary Occidental scholars referred to this practice, which was used across Varshan and not just in Chakailan, as "slave manufacturies." During the occupation, the skill of the local tribes as guides and scouts continued to be valued, and many locals were enslaved for their work in the mountainous regions of Varshan where they would work capably for the Varshani overseers. Around 1910, it became stylish among high Varshani society to relocate their old or disabled slaves to remote parts of the state as a work of mercy and to instill the values of obedience to the young among the "lesser peoples" ruled from Anzo. While a majority of slaves who could no longer work were simply killed or sacrificed according to the tenets of [[Orthodox Arzalism]], a significant number began to be relocated to what would become Chakailan in hopes that the old men might reproduce and create more strong and capable slaves while the disabled might prove to be an example to future slaves. Between 1910 and 1960, when social views shifted back towards predominant sacrifice, more than 75,000 slaves were deposited in what is now Chakailan, creating a massive cultural shift and integration of the mores, traditions, and cultures of those slaves into the native tribal populations. The type of work that the slaves were trained for also generally enhanced the "mountain man" culture and ethic that emerged within the country. In [[1980]], economic reforms in [[Varshan]] ended the grain delivery to the region, leading to the abandonment of the concentration camps and a resumption of nomadic grazing activity for most people, though the Varshani government also sponsored the creation of slave-worked plantations with new hybrid plants created by Occidental experts imported by the Anzo regime. The varieties of mountain agriculture now grown by a majority of the population for subsistence farming began with these imported scientific developments. | |||
With the invasion of [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] forces in the [[Final War of the Deluge]], the area was quickly abandoned by the Varshani military as it was beyond the natural defendable borders of the country. Most Varshani overseers simply abandoned their plantations and other enterprises in the country with retreating Varshani forces, and economic devastation swept the countryside as most of the technical experts and managers left overnight. Occupied by Kiravian forces during the war, significant investment was done by the Kiravian government in education and restoration of the productive enterprises of the region. Most Chakailani instead took to the traditional nomadic lifestyle or subsistence farming on the lands of former plantations, which were divided up into lands with title by the occupying Kiravian forces in June 2023. Many refugees, most of them liberated slaves, came to settle in the area as the war progressed, with as many as 10,000 settling in the region. Local leaders began to organize a provisional government under Kiravian occupation in late 2023 and the area was determined by [[League of Nations Command]] to be capable of self-governance in March 2024, with its recommendations included in the Electorsbourg peace negotiations that commenced with the end of the war. | With the invasion of [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] forces in the [[Final War of the Deluge]], the area was quickly abandoned by the Varshani military as it was beyond the natural defendable borders of the country. Most Varshani overseers simply abandoned their plantations and other enterprises in the country with retreating Varshani forces, and economic devastation swept the countryside as most of the technical experts and managers left overnight. Occupied by Kiravian forces during the war, significant investment was done by the Kiravian government in education and restoration of the productive enterprises of the region. Most Chakailani instead took to the traditional nomadic lifestyle or subsistence farming on the lands of former plantations, which were divided up into lands with title by the occupying Kiravian forces in June 2023. Many refugees, most of them liberated slaves, came to settle in the area as the war progressed, with as many as 10,000 settling in the region. Local leaders began to organize a provisional government under Kiravian occupation in late 2023 and the area was determined by [[League of Nations Command]] to be capable of self-governance in March 2024, with its recommendations included in the Electorsbourg peace negotiations that commenced with the end of the war. | ||
===Independence=== | ===Independence=== | ||
Chakailan was established as an independent state by the [[Treaty of Electorsbourg (2024)|Treaty of Electorsbourg]] with an explicit recognition of the unique culture that emerged in the territory with further expectation of additional slave resettlement in the future. Following its independence, it became geopolitically aligned with both [[Kiravia]] and [[Urcea]] with significant investments from both countries and the presence of the Urcean [[Ministry_of_State_(Urcea)#Department_of_National_and_Institutional_Development|DNID]] and [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_Cronan_Economic_Development|ACED]] to help social, political, and economic development. | Chakailan was established as an independent state by the [[Treaty of Electorsbourg (2024)|Treaty of Electorsbourg]] with an explicit recognition of the unique culture that emerged in the territory with further expectation of additional slave resettlement in the future. Following its independence, it became geopolitically aligned with both [[Kiravia]] and [[Urcea]] with significant investments from both countries and the presence of the Urcean [[Ministry_of_State_(Urcea)#Department_of_National_and_Institutional_Development|DNID]] and [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_Cronan_Economic_Development|ACED]] to help social, political, and economic development. | ||
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== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||
=== Linguistic Demographics === | === Linguistic Demographics === | ||
The majority of residents of Chakailan speak a lower caste variant of [[ | The majority of residents of Chakailan speak a lower caste variant of [[Hieratic Varshani|Hieratic Varshani]], though a handful of native languages which are related to it are spoken by isolated mountain tribes. | ||
=== Religious Demographics === | === Religious Demographics === | ||
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Chakailan is very under-urbanized, with a large, central city only presently under construction as a project of the new state - T'laa'nah, which means "liberty", - which also serves as the nation's capital. Few transportation networks or systems allow travel throughout the country, with an in-progress highway and rail network system emanating out of the city of T'laa'nah, which is under construction. T'laa'nah is home to the nation's only airport, which is being upgraded to be able to accommodate international flights. Many of the nation's former Varshani-run village concentration camps have been abandoned or destroyed, with recent government incentives attempting to encourage individuals to abandon the nomadic lifestyle and return to the sites of the villages in an attempt to create a small, but stable urban core to the country. | Chakailan is very under-urbanized, with a large, central city only presently under construction as a project of the new state - T'laa'nah, which means "liberty", - which also serves as the nation's capital. Few transportation networks or systems allow travel throughout the country, with an in-progress highway and rail network system emanating out of the city of T'laa'nah, which is under construction. T'laa'nah is home to the nation's only airport, which is being upgraded to be able to accommodate international flights. Many of the nation's former Varshani-run village concentration camps have been abandoned or destroyed, with recent government incentives attempting to encourage individuals to abandon the nomadic lifestyle and return to the sites of the villages in an attempt to create a small, but stable urban core to the country. | ||
Due to both the newness of Chakailan as a state as well as the nomadic lifestyle of many of its residents, the state's taxing efforts have been extremely inefficient. As of the late 2020s, the nation's primary form of state revenue is in the form of foreign aid from [[Urcea]] and [[Kiravia]], particularly [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_Cronan_Economic_Development|ACED]] funds. These funds are being used to support state operations in addition to being used to fund construction of T'laa'nah and its associated infrastructure. Besides state-to-state transactions, foreign investment into the country has been limited, especially due to the lack of urban centers which might provide a good opportunity for growth. Economists anticipate that the state's budget will be largely self-sustaining by the early 2040s. | Due to both the newness of Chakailan as a state as well as the nomadic lifestyle of many of its residents, the state's taxing efforts have been extremely inefficient since its independence. As of the late 2020s, the nation's primary form of state revenue is in the form of foreign aid from [[Urcea]] and [[Kiravia]], particularly [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_Cronan_Economic_Development|ACED]] funds. These funds are being used to support state operations in addition to being used to fund construction of T'laa'nah and its associated infrastructure. Besides state-to-state transactions, foreign investment into the country has been limited, especially due to the lack of urban centers which might provide a good opportunity for growth. Economists anticipate that the state's budget will be largely self-sustaining by the early 2040s. | ||
==Military== | ==Military== | ||
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In terms of military outlook, Chakailan is heavily reliant upon [[Kiravia]] to provide for its national defense despite having no formal agreement between the two nations. With [[Varshan]] occupied by the [[League of Nations]], many of Chakailan's threats are assumed to be internal or non state-actors, and accordingly the military remains largely garrisoned in and around the emerging city of T'laa'nah. | In terms of military outlook, Chakailan is heavily reliant upon [[Kiravia]] to provide for its national defense despite having no formal agreement between the two nations. With [[Varshan]] occupied by the [[League of Nations]], many of Chakailan's threats are assumed to be internal or non state-actors, and accordingly the military remains largely garrisoned in and around the emerging city of T'laa'nah. | ||
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