Will flesh out the backstory a bit more this weekend, as unforturnately I don't have much time to sit down and write a better history until then
Name: The Republic of Bulkhai
Adjective: Bulkhan
Claims: Hex Map
Leader: Five Oligarchs, masters of their respective fields
Capital: Tirania (Tee-rah-nee-ahh)
Other cities: Vloriana, Shkodrana, Fiyer
Flag: Red field in the background. Black double-headed eagle in the middle, with two white spears crossed in front of it.
Language: Not yet! :(
Lore: The Bulkhai peninsula, had been split among small, warring nations and tribes. With poor resources and terrain, any one tribe that rose in power was crippled by the lack of recources.
Revolutions in agriculture and animal use in the last 500 years helped to stabilize the populations of Bulkhai, and it was only then that a true power could emerge.
450 years ago, the kingdom of Mushka began conquering its neighboring tribes, and was even able to consolidate its territories. Its small empire reached up to the present day city of Fiyer and Lushnii. It had strong control of the southern portion of the peninsula. In the north, the tribes were still divided.
The Kingdom of Mushka halted its territorial advancement around 400 years ago, due to the troubles of managing an empire larger than Bulkhai had ever seen. It was at this time that the warring states in the north began to come under one power.
The Tiranian tribe, made up of the Tiranian people, began to not only assault neighboring tribes, but use diplomacy to consolidate their tribes into their own. in 50 years, through force as well as peace, their lands grew to stretch from modern day Tirania to Vloriana and Shkodris. What was different about this tribe was that they were not headed by just one man or woman: they were headed by five, each presiding over their own field.
At this time, the Kingdom of Mushka was growing weak. A full century of forced, united rule was too much for the maiden kingdom to handle, and rebellions were numerous and widespread throughout their lands. It was here that the Tiranian Republic capitulated.
The past spymaster gained information on the locations of certain rebellions and uprisings, and used this information to the advantage of Tirania, allowing Tirania to sweep into the fields of fire that remained and claim the Mushkan lands for themselves.
in another 50 years, they had taken the Mushkan capital and had pushed what was left of Mushka into the province of modern-say Dehti. A final peace was signed, where Dehti would become a province of Tirania, and the land of Bulkhai was united for the first time.
Through unification and diplomacy, the Tiranian republic was able to succeed where the Mushkan kingdom did not.
Now, 300 years later, the Bulkhai republic is ready to make their mark on the world. Their army is not a force to be taken lightly, their fleets powerful and strong, but the heart of their strength is their diplomacy, a tradition that hails back to the dawn of Tirania.
