Testificas

Testificas, officially the Serene Republic of Testificas, is a nation in Abexilas.
== Government ==
=== Social Contract of the Republic (May 2nd - Present) ===
The Social Contract of the Republic is the backbone of Testificas. It lays out how the government should be structured and ran. It was drafted by founder Lucio Anafesto after the 2nd Villager Congregation. 
==== Suzerain ====
Head of government, Commander-In-Chief, and head of the executive branch the office of Suzerain is held by two people. Elections for Suzerain occur on the last day of every month. The Suzerains hold the power to veto bills from the House of Lords and propose Emerald Judges and cabinet ministers to the House of Lords.
==== Doge ====
The Doge is the elected mayor of the city of Testificas. Once elected the Doge receives a seat in the House of Lords with the same voting power as a Lord Elect.
The Doge is responsible for maintaining and improving the city of Testificas. The only other special job of the Doge is the appointment of the Grand Herald, the head of immigration.
==== Lord Elect ====
Along with the Doge, Lord Elects are elected on the 15th of every month. They make up the majority of the legislative body. Lords can propose bills to the House, once passed a bill goes to the office of Suzerain where its fate is decided. 
Lords are responsible for taxation, the budget, investigating and deciding on proposed judges and cabinet ministers, and maintaining the republic. The House of Lords has the ability to sieze control of the government through the Emergency Act. An act that declares martial law and empowers the House, but it can only be passed with an 80% majority.
==== Emerald Judge ====
Proposed to the House of Lords by the Suzerains, the anointment of an Emerald Judge is decided on by the Lords. Once anointed the Emerald Judge can never be removed unless they commit treason or any other high crime. The Emerald Judge is expected to be a purely neutral body. Any law or action that is seen as unconstitutional can be brought up the Judge, if the Judge deems that it is worthy of a trial a trial begins.
== Antebellum Testificas ==
=== Early history ===
Before the comet whisked everyone to the new world one Villager, one Testificate had a dream. Lucio Anafesto dreamt of a paradise for all oppressed groups to thrive in. Upon meeting other Testificates such as Twerkish and Toelicker right before the war Lucio told them about his dream. When Lucio learned that Twerkish was going to fight the mad god Stoney and end his genocide of the villagers he converted to the Sunite faith to support and prayed for the liberation of his people.
Upon Stoney's defeat by Twerkish the Villagers that had been slain descended from the heavens in a great resurrection. Lucio gathered the villagers around him and prayed to give thanks to Yah and for deliverence. With a flash everyone in the world was transported to a new realm, a fresh world.
=== Arrival to Abexilas ===
Upon arriving Lucio organized his caravan with his brother Tamerlano Anafesto and set out to establish a sanctuary for the Villagers so that another genocide would never reach them again. Sailing east they landed on a island off the coast of Kejafros, they called the island Hhuha, the home of Villagers.
=== Foundation ===
Lucio and his group founded the Serene Republic of Testificas on April 1st 2024. After a month of building houses, farms, and a working port Lucio gathered the Villagers at Lad's pub in the First Villager Congregation where they discussed how the government should be ran. After much deliberation they decided that their should be two Suzerains, and every town in the republic should have a mayor and 3 representatives to act as legislators in the House of Lords. The Second Villager Congregation discussed the judicial branch, taxation and the military. The first elections were held in Testificas on May 5th. The first Suzerains were Lucio and Tamerlano Anafesto. The first Lord Elects were Julius Winkleton, Enrico Doe, and Ludovico Doe. 
=== Anafesto Suzerainship ===
Since the founding of Testificas until July 1st Lucio Anafesto ruled as Suzerain uninterrupted. In that time Testificas saw a period of peace, stability, and steady growth. New government positions such as the ministries of war and the interior allowed the development of the city to go smoothly. 
An Uninvited Guest 
They appeared without fanfare—barbarians from lands uncharted, the hordes of Polonizia. Their ships dotted the horizon, settling on a neighboring island like a swarm of dark insects. No tales heralded their coming; they possessed neither reputation nor history. They were a mystery cloaked in the veil of the unknown.
One crisp morning, as the sun cast its first golden rays over the harbor of Testificas, a lone messenger arrived. Clad in tattered garments and bearing a crude emblem, he delivered a parchment sealed with an unfamiliar mark. The message was blunt, devoid of courtesy—a demand for submission or a promise of dire consequences. It was a declaration that hung heavy in the air, a storm cloud on an otherwise clear day.
Lucio Anafesto read the missive with a measured calm, but those who knew him could see the tension beneath. The weight of leadership pressed upon his shoulders, each decision a stone added to the burden. As whispers of unease rippled through the populace, his brother Tamerlano stepped forward. 
"We can't just give them the island." Tamerlano exclaimed. 
"No," Lucio responded. "It's meant to be refused." 
"There's a lot of them, it'll be a tough battle" 
"They're inexperienced in diplomacy, their kind relies on intimidation. We have our allies to support us" 
"We shouldn't bet our survival on pieces of paper." 
"Maybe not, but our words carry strength. I have faith that we'll make it through." 
=== Ausmal & Evelyn Suzerainship ===
Lucio was exhausted, leading the republic through the turbulent waters that battered the coast had taken it's toll on him. He announced that he wouldn't be seeking an official third term as Suzerain. However he quickly changed his mind after seeing the policies proposed by other nominees and re-entered. But to no avail Lucio's long tenure would come to an end when the humans Ausmal and Evelyn won the election with 88% of the vote.
After their inauguration the pair got to work on improving the island, constructing additional housing around the market and bringing more immigrants to the island. However soon after their term started Suzerain Ausmal died when he was thrown out of high window. Alone and struck with grief Evelyn resigned herself to her chambers and refused to remerge for weeks. 
==== The National Villager Party ====
After his loss Lucio Anafesto founded the first political party in the republic, the National Villager Party (NVP). With this new party Villagers who felt ignored and unrepresented in the new human dominated government organized to create a political machine that would guarantee their views would always be present in the government. 
The National Villager Party was founded on the core tenants of National Villagerism
# Villager culture must be preserved and expanded
# Secure fundamental rights for all living in Testificas
# Protect the republic by maintaining a strong army
# Never straying away from democracy.
==== Sunite Vs Cubist Debate ====
The Sunites and the Cubists were the two major religions in antebellum Testificas. Prominent religious figures Roblinka and Anmo would often get into screaming matches and religious debates with one another if they even so passed each other on the street. 
The Sunite-Cubist rivalry would only escalate when during a Sunite holiday Roblinka and his cubists arrived at the Sunite church and attempted to disturb the ritual, however the Axe of the Gonfist Apostle would descend from the sky and onto the Sunite church after the ritual was complete while the Cubist temple erupted lava. 
To settle the religious debate once for all the two Testificate leaders decided to host an official religious debate in the market, the Cubists would bring their leader Rewither to challenge the Sunite leader Anmo. The event prompted many followers of the religions to arrive at Testificas to listen in. In the end both leaders declared themselves the winner of the debate and tensions between the two groups would continue to rise.
=== Anafesto & Roblinka Suzerainship ===
After weeks Suzerain Evelyn reemerged from her chambers and announced her resignation. A snap election for the Office of Suzerain was called, while the NVP had already secured the majority of seats in the House of Lords Lucio Anafesto's running partner Draay would narrowly lose to Cubist leader Roblinka. 
Immediately after the election Roblinka would set out on making the bureaucratic system more efficient. Cleaning up a lot of the unnecessary procedures and streamlining old ones. While Lucio passed a bill of rights proposed by Lord Elect Julius Winkleton (NVP), military reform proposed by Lord Elect Aido Lad (NVP), and secured defense treaties with the larger empires around Testificas.
==== Naturia joins ====
Naturia was a small fishing village on an island off the coast of East Talasi. Doge Tamerlano Anafesto visited the village and took it upon himself to convince the islanders that joining Testificas would be the most beneficial path for them. The islanders agreed and Consul Barer Wheat agreed to join the republic. 
Soon after the Testificas-Naturia boat highway would be built, linking the two far off islands. 
=== Roblinka & Wheat Suzerainship ===
Believing he could do more for the republic as a legislator Lucio decided to not run for reelection. The incumbent Suzerain Rob won his relection bid with 58.1% and Consul of Naturia Barer Wheat won with 41.9% of the vote narrowly beating out NVP canidate Draay at only 38.7%. Draay would however secure the position of Doge after Tamerlano Anafesto's retirement.
While Testificas continued to grow the Roblinka and Wheat Suzerainship struggled to provide enough housing to maintain the growth, and struggled harder in preventing more frequent and larger Polonizian raids.
Lucio pushed through legislation establishing a ministry of festivals and punishing members of the house that abstain from voting. 
=== Lad & Wheat Suzerainship ===
Believing that Testificas was on the verge of annihilation Roblinka, the humans, and the cubists evacuated Testificas. The remaining Villagers were resolved, they were not going to surrender their sanctuary with out a fight. But the Lad and Wheat Suzerainship wouldn't last long, as the Polonizians finally declared war.
=== The Polonizian War ===
==== Testificate Consortium ====
Following the declaration of war Lucio Anafesto asked the House of Lords to enact the Emergency Act. Once enacted Lucio declared martial law and organized a council of top Testificate leaders including himself, Aido Lad, Barer Wheat, and Draay. Lad enacted a draft to train new soldiers while Lucio and Barer fired up the foundries and began producing the potions and weapons necessary to protect the republic.
==== Web of Alliances ====
Initially Testificas had vastly far superior allies willing to back it up, but conflicting treaties with Aethos and Polonizia, and the Ischanori Emperor fearing a potential conflict with Aethos meant that the biggest powers would stay neutral in the conflict. The Sunites however, maintained their staunch support of Testificas in the face of better trained and equipped Polonizian forces. The most curious ally of Testificas was the mercenary company OCL, they had agreed to fight on behalf of Testificas in exchange that their group would get to keep the Polonizians island and any loot they gathered.
==== The Battle of Testificas ====
The time had finally come, the fate of the Villager's sanctuary would be decided on its shores. The Polonizians struggled to cross the choppy waters and allowed for more Testificate forces to amass at the shores. Once the Polonizians had landed a flurry began and the Polonizians cracked scattering across the shore and island while others fled back to their own island. After Testificas had been cleaned up of stragglers the united forces of Testificates, Sunites, and OCL advanced to Werselis, the Polonizian capital. Quickly crushing the retreating Polonizians and ransacking the massive treasury.
==== Peace ====
The war concluded with no peace treaty but with Polonizian paying off the OCL mercenaries in exchange that Werselis not be captured. OCL agreed on the condition that any future Polonizian invasion would not be met the same mercy twice. 
== Post-War Testificas ==
=== Return to Civilian Government ===
==== Constitutional Reform ====
Upon the wars conclusion Lucio Anafesto announced the upcoming elections for both the House of Lords and the office of Suzerain. Although most humans had already left Testificas Lucio amended the constitution so that no more humans would be allowed to immigrate to the island, nor would they have the right to vote. They left Testificas in it's darkest and greatest hour of need, and in spite of the terror the Polonizians struck the Villagers that stayed fought to save their sanctuary. The republic did not need the humans back. 
==== The Assassination of Lucio Anafesto ====
A few days after the war Lucio hosted a victory celebration in the market complete with fireworks, music, and beer. However Roblinka and some foreign Cubists would crash the celebration, harrassing citizens and Sunites. Despite their unwanted arrival Lucio continued the party where he was offered a strange drink by a Cubist. After consuming the drink Lucio fell incredibly ill and collapsed onto the ground. He recovered several hours later and claimed he was poisoned by Roblinka. 
Upon gaining his strength back Lucio decided to head back to his office to organize the Testificate Trading Company more. When he reached his office a bomb that had been planted under his seat exploded sending Lucio flying into the market. Lucio's right leg was blown smooth off and his organs were shredded. His son Ducio Anafesto heard the explosion from the church. He ran as fast as he could only to see his father's burning mangled corpse lying in the dirt. 
=== Lad Suzerainship ===
Lad and Wheat won their reelection campaings but shortly after the assassination of Lucio Anafesto and the election of his son Ducio Anafesto as Doge Wheat resigned and left the island. In his resignation letter he stated that his reason for leaving was that Ducio had created an autocracy of Villagers and kicked out the Cubists.
During this time Twerkish the Savior would immigrate to the island and become an influential figure in the House of Lords.
With the darkest times seemingly over Testificas experienced a population boom of Villagers and steady immigration of non-humans began to fill the empty houses abandoned by the humans. The population of Testificas grew by 50% shortly after the war and Villagers made up the majority of the population for the first time in years making up 66.7%. With this new revitalized Villager base Lad appointed a new minister to replace his old human one.
Rio the Dwarf would set out on clearing the rubble and defensive structures left over from the war. He would also appoint a Villager named Rais to remodel the Ausmal Arena which is now known just as the colloseum. Rais would also begin construction on a underground rail system for easier transportation across the island. 
==== The Human-Cubist Conspiracy ====
Not allowed to return to the island they abandoned and believing that Cubists were being persecuted a cabal of Human Cubists plotted with the former Doge Draay to overthrow the democratically elected government. However shortly after they began planning the conspiracy someone flipped and alerted Ducio Anafesto about the plot. Ducio announced the plot to the people of Testificas and her allies and revealed that Roblinka and Barer Wheat were the ringleaders. 
With their plot revealed the conspirators panicked and decided to just do it anyways. They stormed Tamerlano Castle and declared themselves the 'True Government of Testificas'. They proclaimed Ducio was on house arrest and demanded that he leave the island within a week. The conspirators wrote desperate letters to Ischanor begging the empire to support their cause against the evil tyrannical Villager dictatorship. The Ischanori Emporer had already decided to support the democratic government ever since Ducio alerted them about the plot so these letters were in vain. While this was happening a mob of angry Testificates blocked the entrance to the castle cutting the conspirators off from food and water. 
Unable to secure international or domestic support Roblinka abandoned his fellow conspirators and fled the castle under the cover of dark. All alone at this point Barer tried to negotiate with Ducio and Twerkish, he demanded amnesty for all the conspirators and 125 emeralds from the treasury be given to him. They agreed to the terms and when the conspirators stepped outside of the castle they were grabbed by the mob and executed. Spared from this fate was Draay.
=== Twerkish & Rio Suzerainship ===
Now that the conspiracy was over Lad decided to retire and not seek another term as Suzerain. Twerkish campainged under the NVP and promised to reform Testificas and make the island powerful, populated, and peaceful. A new party was founded by Rio the Dwarf, the XPT or Xeroist Party of Testificas campaigned on a platform of unity and improving the economy. These two would be elected as the new Suzerains on November 30th beating out independent canidate Draay.
Rio would appoint Rais Abu Mazen almutawin as the new Minister of the Interior. Twerkish would propose a reform bill in the House of Lords to increase Testificas' population and hopefully improve the economy that had been ravaged during the turmoil. In his reform bill the Villagerist Saints were declared the state religion while other religions would be able to continue practicing like normal.
Ducio would take it upon himself too construct an institute of academia in Testificas. Most Villagers were self educated and imported books from abroad but Testificas needed it's own university if it wanted to stand on par with it's neighbors.
==== Cult of Silverfish ====
The Cult of Silverfish is a small animalistic cult that sprang up after a immigrant named Club Penguin slayed a silverfish. After he killed the bug he felt immense greif over his actions and built a shrine and begged the silverfish to come back to life. He attracted a small number of followers who donated many valuable items to the silverfish. One day the offerings were gone and a single silverfish egg was discovered next to the shrine. The shrine itself became hard and unmovable. The cult still enjoys a small following in Testificas to this day. 
==== The Villagerist Saints ====
The saints were founded by Tannerm270 and Twerkish after they discovered ancient texts detailing the earliest history of the Villagers. Twerkish And Tannerm270 translated these documents and Twerkish spread the faith to Testificas when he immigrated.
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