Sonhan

The Free Realm of Sonhan is a state situated on the south side of the continent of Ohoroh. Bordering the Tropicorus Ocean to the south and west, Horu to the east, and Ivaia to the north and north-west, Sonhan has a history of being trapped in the middle of dynastic and imperial conflict stretching back for millenia.
Sonhan was one of the first provinces absorbed into the Casorian Empire on Ohoroh. When the reigning monarch of the former Principality of Sonhan received word of Horu's intention to pledge their loyalty towards the empire, he immediately sent out diplomats and nobles to begin negotiating for Sonhan to also be taken in. This act of compliance earned Sonhan significant autonomy, as the Casorians were quite content merely to use the vast port of the only large city of Sonhan, the capital of Yahtlor, to stage further assaults along the shores of southern Ohoroh. Despite this autonomy, the Sonhan people began to hate the Casorians; even after the retreat of the empire from the entirety of Ohoroh, Sonhan continued to receive equipment and advisors from Casoria. Two hundred years ago, the monarchy was overthrown in a bloody revolution and civil war, and much of the wealth and prosperity of the realm was wiped out. Since the Sonhan Revolution, the state has been led by a series of weak and ineffective governments, who rapidly collapse in the face of mounting unrest. In the past century alone, Sonhan has borne witness to more than a dozen civil wars, which have further destablized the already volatile nation.
This has led to the classification by most governments of Sonhan as a ochlocracy, with the passions of the people being stoked and directed by various regional and foreign elites. However, the situation in Sonhan seems ready to change, with the election of a new leader, Musihen Jakhun, to the post of Lord President. Jakhun is popular with the masses, and his policies of seizing foreign property, as well as the large scale recruitment of private citizens into his own army, herald a new dawn for Sonhan, as the beginnings of a dictatorship loom.
Category:Ohoroh Country
Category:Republic
Category:Transition State