The Renali Republic in the Neck

The Renali Republic in the Neck, also known as "The Republic of the Neck", or simply "The Neck" is a federal subject of the Renali Republic.
== Politics ==
=== Government ===
The Government of the Neck is, along with Argen, established under the principles of a free democratic society. As such, all citizens of any of the 3 states of the Union who live within the Neck's borders are permitted to vote in an election that occurs every 6 Auli (years). 
== Culture ==
=== Language ===
Unlike Argen and Sannel, the people of the Neck retained their Chapian heritage. Their language slowly evolved alongside the Chapian spoken in the Empire to form a dialect of the modern Tiapian dialect. This marks them as distinct within the Union, with the other states speaking two sister-languaes with some degree of mutual understanding. This linguistic barrier has historically made the region an outlier.
== History ==
=== Fall of the Chapian Kingdom and Growth ===
The Chapian Kingdom faced extreme trouble at the hands of nomadic tribal invaders and raiders in the latter half of the 3rd millenia RC. This caused the province of Mali (which included but Sannel and the Neck) to gain independance underneath it's Royal Governor; Sanneli. 
The newly independant region managed to avoid the onslaught of the very tribes that led to the downfall of the Chapian Kingdom, 
Despite the collapse of the Chapian Kingdom, the region of Sannel and the Neck retained a high degree of functionality, retaining many of the institutions established by the Kingdom. This would allow the region to transfer moderately peacefully from the Kingdom. 
=== Rebellion in the Neck Edit ===
Over the millennia of independence, the people of the Neck had retained a high degree of their Chapian heritage, speaking the derived Tiapian language. On the other hand, the majority of Sannel had adopted the language and customs of the annexed Defren Kingdom. This, along with the economic strength of the Neck created a general 
sense of resentment among the nobility of the Neck towards the ruling Sanneli Dynasty. In 6498RC the nobles of the region rebelled, their 
armies easily beating off the confused and unready Sanneli forces. By 6502RC the Sanneli forces had agreed to a ceasefire, granting 
independence to the region. With this, the Neck was granted independance
 as its own Republic, the nobility choosing a republican council to rule over it instead of a single hereditary Prince, that being the very thing they had previously thought to break free of.