Second Kingdom of Axelm

Axelm, officially the Second Kingdom of Axelm, formerly known as Shaqiana, is a nation founded by Pablo Tippensburg in . Falongrad is the capital of the Second Kingdom of Axelm which was founded by Crasar Chief Tarrentius and first mentioned in .
== History ==
=== First Kingdom of Axelm ===
The First Kingdom of Axelm was founded by Pablo Tippensburg when he bought its independence from the Magisterium in . During his reign, the nation rapidly militarized, mandating a military tax from all towns and requiring the creation and active maintenance of weapon smithies and potion breweries in all towns to supply the military.
After Tippensburg resigned his leadership in , he appointed James Fraser as his successor. Upon his coronation, Fraser declared Axelm to be a royalist country. He supported multiple architectural projects, particularly a library building. Fraser resigned in , appointing Galbatorix Castellan as his successor. Galbatorix enacted multiple pieces of legislation, intoducing a miners of resources tax on sixty percent of all ores and earnings collected through mining in . He also created a law book in to codify Axelm legal practices.
In , Galbatorix stepped down as king and transferred leadership to his father Skavier Castellan III. During Skavier's reign, Sonicspark5, Galbatorix Castellan and Marcus Emerald Castellan I oversaw the reconstruction of Gaular from to . During this period, a storage units, housing, a castle, a cake farm, library, market and tavern were constructed. The Kingdom of Axelm was renamed to Second Kingdom of Grand Castell in , with Axelm's core territory becoming the Barony of Axelm.
=== Shanian Imperial Republic ===
In , the town of New Renton under the leadership of peepiceep declared the Shanian Imperial Republic and its secession from Mithusu. peepiceep described Shania as a "safe-haven for Shanian and Flutainese peoples to settle in and prosper," drawing connections to the historic Fluito-Shanian Federation.
Shorty after its inception, Tippensburg and Tarrentius joined the nation and became governmment officials. In , Tippensburg declared a military victory over Viesten, demaning the payment of ten million in compensation and the transfer of all continental territory. Shortly afterwards, Vanyrian officials denounced the Shanian Imperial Republic as a "rebellious rabble" that "harassing travellers and spreading disorder across the Southern Ummarnu and Northern Haven region." They emphazised that, despite its name, the Shanian Imperial Republic was not related to the Vanyrian province Shania and demanded the Shanian Imperial Republic to change its name accordingly. The Vanyrian government also reaffirmed its support for Mithusu in case of a military escalation.
On the same day, Mithusu threatened war against the Shanian Imperial Republic, due to an alleged conspiracy to overthrow the Mithusu government and attack its capital. Mithusu demanded two million in reperation payments as an ultimatum to avert open warfare. peepiceep, denouncing the Mithusian and Vanyrian statements as "slandering of the Shania people", denied the ultimatum, citing an inability to raise the money.
Mithusu subsequently declared war on the Shanian Imperial Republic, but retracted its declaration shortly after due to confusion over the location of the Shanian Imperial Republic. While the Shanian Imperial Republic delcared independence from Mithusu, an investigation found that they were at no point in time located in their territory.
=== Neo-Carnian Revolution ===
Tippensburg initially announced Shanian support for Galadonn and Yimmu-Audal during the Neo-Carnian Revolution in . Shortly after reaffirming their support, Tarrentius announced the annexation of the Viesten towns Kalasirol and Rodheros while calling DrachCiv of Carn a "hungry land eater" and the Viesten leader Kogan Martillus Justinianus an "evil dictator."
In , Tarrentius changed his stance on the conflict and announced that Shania would support Carn due to a "personal betrayal of the Galadonnian nation." This change of stance was denied by Tippensburg shortly after, who stated that "Crasaro [Tarrentius was] never even trusted in the [Shanian] claim at the time and [had] no right to Shania." While Tippensburg reaffirmed the neutrality of Shania in the conflict, he announced Shanian support for the Carnian invasion in .
Despite the public pledge of support for Carn, Shanian forces supported Galadonn in the the First Battle of Galadonnia in , successfully defending the town against the invasion. Tarrentius later claimed that Shanian public announcements in support of Carn were made to gain confidential military information from Carn and its allies.
=== Empire of Shaqiana ===
In , Tippensburg declared the Empire of Shaqiana, a merger of the Shanian Imperial Republic with the Falongrash Empire. In , following a period of diplomatic incidents and worsened relations, Tarrentius sent an ultimatum to Deft Fortusism of Islivaria, demanding its subjugation to Shaqiana within twentyfour hours. Within a day, Fortusism refused Shaqianan demands and reaffirmed this decision in , preparing for warfare while urging Shaqiana resolve the issue diplomatically.
In response to the repeated denial of their ultimatum, Shaqiana declared war on Islivaria in , announcing victory and the annexation of Lithonia on .
=== Second Kingdom of Axelm ===
In , Pablo Tippensburg publicly denounced the Castellan administration of Axelm over the alleged banishment of former leaders and citizens such as himself, Tarrentius and James Fraser. He further claimed that the Castellan administration deliberately erased Axelm's early history by rewriting documents and detroying historical buildings during the reconstruction of Gaular. The Empire of Shaqiana was subsequently renamed to Second Kingdom of Axelm and laid claim to Castellan held territory.
Tippensburg offered Grand Castell-Llozhar an ultimatum to transfer the towns of Gaular, Akaland and Farrenore, threatening that "if they deny this ultimatum we shall not stop at the named towns" and that Axelm would "war [Grand Castell-Llozhar] until you have nothing left." Shortly after his announcement, the Osterium Pirates declared their support for Tippensburg's demands. This ultimatum went unanswered by the Castellan government, which did not issue a public response. After multiple battles and clashes with Grand Castell-Llozhar, they short lived 2nd Kingdom of Axelm was dissolved and was fully annexed back into Grand Castell-Lozhar, renaming their Capital, Warlington to Jorylonica.
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