Kraychovsk Republic

== About ==
The Kraychovsk Republic (aka. Крайчовски Республыка), or known in other minority languages in the country as the Крайчовска република, Republica Kraychovsk or simply known as Kraychovsk, is a landlocked country bordering the Republic of Crimsonia from the south. It is a unitary semi-presidential republic and as of 2010 the president of Kraychovsk is Iliya Matey, who was elected in the year of 2007, and has been ruling the country for over 3 years. The capital city of Kraychovsk is the city of Groshnica, the largest city in Kraychovsk. Other larger cities are also mentioned, such as the city of Nova Kardam, Novoselki and Panchev, and has a total population of over 4.4 million people. No game is currently taking place in Kraychovsk. 
Kraychovsk had a rather difficult history during the formation of the country and its national identity. In the year of 1940, after almost nearly 30 years of the first independent state of Kraychovsk was established in 1913, the state was formally annexed into the newly founded Second Kingdom of Crimmitonia, under the rule of several generals who placed a puppet leader on top as a cover. In the year of 1946, after it had been liberated from Crimmitonian forces by the forces of Orchestran, it was forcibly made into a communist state, which lasted for over a decade until almost every single one of its communist neighbors had collapsed, and in 1991 after demonstrations Kraychovsk was on the transition to democracy, and the communist state collapsed in 1992. The kraychovsk National Republic was established, with its first president Ivailo Luben elected democratically.
In the year of 2010, after numerous tensions with its neighboring country, the Republic of Crimsonia would officially declare war on the Kraychovsk Republic, in an act of "self-defense" and protecting the Crimsonian minority in the country. Ivailo Luben, who had been president for over 3 years and serving his first term, condemned the invasion, and called for the entire nation to arm themselves in a potential attack. Crimsonian forces would make significant progress, and in the 3rd day of the invasion Bistonia would then condemn the war, and would be interested in providing peace towards the two countries. Kraychovsk and its cities would be heavily bombed in hours, with over a majority of its cities in the south captured by Crimsonian forces. Groshnica was eventually besieged, but Crimsonian forces were forced to retreat after they had been pushed away further from the city. The war ended in a stalemate, and nobody had won on either side, but Crimsonia would continue to occupy territories of Kraychovsk on the border area. This, along with the subsequent occupation of Northern Wilnotarn, would soon prompt Bistonia to once again arm themselves heavily for war.
== History ==
=== Before 1823 ===
Before 1823 or the foundation of an independent state, the Krayichi are a South Slavic ethnic group which migrated during the Slavic migrations and eventually settled in the areas now known today as modern-day Kraychovsk. Settlements were established in the location which would eventually become modern-day Groshnica, the future city and capital of Kraychovsk. These settlements would become the heart of the Krayichi culture, but the culture did not come to prominence as the region at the time was considered a frontier between the Crimsons, who were another South Slavic ethnic group which migrated further south, and other rival powers, including kingdoms in modern day Pogranitza. The settlements would become the center of brutal battles which occurred, beginning in the 1300s. Although the Crimsons had no mercy towards its enemies or rivals, the Crimsons spared the settlements from being slaughtered by their warriors, and the Krayichi were spared from the massacres.
Instead of being slaughtered by the Crimson horde, the Krayichi were subsequently conquered by the Crimson kingdoms, along with the settlements in the Groshnica region. The Crimsons would go through centuries of cultural assimilations under the rule of the Crimsons, but could be differentiated from the Crimson people, as they spoke a different language and had different culture compared to that of the Crimsons. Although the Crimsons had brought their own language to the region, it only mixed in with the medieval Krayichi language at the time, along with dozens of words shared from the Pogranitzan language. Most of the Krayichi's history was under the Beylik occupation starting from the 1500s, when they were conquered by the Beyliks following the collapse of the Crimson kingdoms.
Some villagers of Krayichi descent were forced to move into territories which were once controlled by the Crimson kingdoms, which would result in the modern demographic lines in Kraychovsk. However, the Beylik occupation was not supported by the Krayichi, and neither did the Crimsons who were conquered aswell. A revolt occurred, in which peasants led by nobles of Krayichi origin attempted to force the vassal to break away from the Beyliks, which was not successful and as a result led to the massacre of around 10,000 Krayichi villagers by Beylik soldiers, which slaughtered them to send a warning to those who dared to revolt against the Beyliks. In the late 1790s, with the Mongravian invasions into the Beylik territories, and the Mongravian colonization of Beylik Zedrutia, the empire began to crumble. In its wake, early forms of nationalism, a sentiment which would begin to spread throughout the regions across the entire empire, began fracturing and threatening stability, and result in unrest across most of the empires territories.
In the late 1790s and the early 1800s, following the growing nationalist sentiments in the Beylik Empire and nations breaking away from the empire, the Crimmitonian revolts began in the late 1790s, which encouraged the Krayichi nobles and peasants enough to begin a revolt. With the crumbling state of the Beylik army, the Krayichi peasants drove the Beyliks out of the city of Groshnica, and succeeded in the revolt, becoming a turning point in the early form of Krayichi nationalism. However, before an independent state could come into fruition after the Krayichi peasantry overthrew the Beyliks, the Pogranitzan kingdom, which seceded from the Beyliks in the early 1800s following the failure to crush the Crimmitonian Revolt, began a campaign which led to Pogranitzan troops entering the city of Groshnica, in which, according to a Pogranitzan officer, Dănuț Marcel, the "Krayichi people welcomed the Pogranitzan soldiers with gifts, and cheers. We were not Beyliks, that was why." The Pogranitzans occupied the entire region which would become Kraychovsk for 20 years, with the administration being welcomed and supported by most of the nobles and the Krayichi people. 
During the Pogranitzan occupation from 1803 to 1823, many Pogranitzans moved into the region, after acres of land were bought from indebted Krayichi and Crimson peasants by Pogranitzan organizations which encouraged resettlement in the region. This would begin a history of the Pogranitzan minority in the country. It was also during this occupation that the idea of an independent Krayichi state with its own cultural identity was proposed, and endorsed by the occupation authorities. This encouragement, was in reality an attempt by the Pogranitzans to stop the Crimsons from encroaching Groshnica and its surrounding regions, as the newly founded Kingdom of Crimmitonia started to form a larger army which could rival its neighbors. That threat became a reality when the king of Crimmitonia at the time, Jargus I, was enraged by the Pogranitzan policies which switched the Krayichi alphabets from the Cyrillic script to the Latin alphabet.
During the Pogranitzan occupation, Groshnica saw many developments and the formation of local forces in the area. These local forces were formed and comprised of mostly many soldiers of Krayichi descent, to which the Crimson minority in the occupied regions did not accept. The Pogranitzans refused the recruitment of Crimson officials and conscripts into the local army there as they had feared that the Crimsons were "infiltrators" and had plotted for the Crimmitonians to annex the region.
=== Kingdom of Krayichi (1823 - 1838) ===
In the year of 1823, the Pogranitzan occupation was at an end. The Pograntizan's occupation allowed for the establishment of a kingdom with Groshnica which would be ruled independently by the Krayichis. The leader of the Krayichi Revolt, Stamiljorde, was selected and appointed to be the title as king of the Krayichi people, in which Stamiljorde accepted, as he believed that the Krayichi people could not have an independent state without a king, and was also accepted by most of the population due to his history of fighting with Krayichi peasants in forcing the Beyliks out of Groshnica. This began the Stamiljorde dynasty, and marked the beginning of the Krayichi monarchy. On May 6th 1823, the Krayichi Kingdom was established, ending the Pogranitzan's occupation and establishing the first independent Krayichi state. May 6th would become a public holiday in modern-day Kraychovsk, known as the Kraychovsk Independence Day.
During the kingdom's initial years, Krayichi culture prospered under the rule of Stamiljorde. Krayichi poets and artists would contribute to the evolution of the Krayichi culture, and many poets influenced the evolution of Krayichi nationalism, with poems which encouraged many of the Krayichi population. The first constitution of the independent kingdom was written and approved by Stamiljorde. This constitution made the kingdom one of the first liberalized monarchies in the region, and became a constitutional monarchy, which allowed for the establishment of a government. Due to this status, the independent kingdom would be seen as an eyesore in only a few years. It's southern neighbor, the Kingdom of Crimmitonia and Jargus I, were outraged at Stamiljorde's decision to approve the first constitution which was drafted. Jargus feared that many of the kings liberal policies in Groshnica would pose a threat to his absolute monarchy, stating that his rule would crumble if a constitutional monarchy was established. Jargus would also make harsh statements regarding Stamiljorde and his independent kingdom. In one letter addressed to the Tsar of Orchestran, Jargus had stated that the "formation of the Krayichi Kingdom and Stamiljorde's rule over it is an example of Pogranitza's conquest of historical territories and an example of them eradicating the Crimmitonian culture." It was during the early 1800s and 1810s, that the growing Crimmitonian threat was threatened for the first time, and by those who saw the Krayichi as part of their realm. 
Stamiljorde I allowed for the establishment of a royal army, in response to the growing threat surrounding their southern neighbor. This royal army was comprised of forces from the former Pograntizan occupation, and were united to form the royal army. This royal army was mostly Krayichi, and there were policies in order to ensure that no Crimmitonian was conscripted into the royal army. Stamiljorde I was growing paranoid of Crimmitonians, who he thought was infiltrating the kingdom through the ranks, and hopefully prompt the Crimmitonians and Jargus to invade the region and annex it. Under Stamiljorde's rule, the kingdom saw the rise of Krayichi nationalism and romantic nationalism, which led to the first Krayichi cultural revival since centuries. Stamiljorde's new policies in the kingdom would make the Krayichi language official, and was approved by the Krayichi parliament, which saw his actions as justified. Krayichi nationalism saw the rise in discrimination towards the Crimmitonian minorities, with the Crimsons, who were situated inside the country, being forced to learn the Krayichi official language, otherwise they faced expulsion from their homes in urban areas and to rural and sparse regions. These policies led to problems in political and demographic problems in modern-day Kraychovsk. It was clear that the Crimsons, as a minority, were now slowly being replaced by the majority after centuries. After having been dominating the economies of the Groshnica region, they were no longer dominating them, as the Pogranitzans and the Krayichi were dominating them in every market.
This, along with every aspect of discrimination in the kingdom, forced the Crimmitonian peasants to spark a revolt, in the border regions south of Groshnica, in the modern day region of Tachovskove in 1835. This revolt eventually became the turning point in the history of Kraychovsk, as the revolt grew in large numbers and had now encompassed most of the southern regions, including towns, and were now on the way to Groshnica, to overthrow Stamiljorde. However, Stamiljorde's forces began engaging in fights against the rebels, which led to numerous victories which stopped the rebels from reaching to Groshnica, and they began crushing the rebels in every battle. By then, Stamiljorde's royal guards had the leader of the revolt hanged in public in the main square at Groshnica, which symbolized the victories against the Crimmitonian revolts. By then, Stamiljorde was still not amused in his victories. As he sought for revenge, Stamiljorde ordered his royal guards to begin attacks on villages which were inhabited by Crimmitonians, which led to the deaths of around 2,500 Crimmitonians, and was done as a warning to the Crimmitonian peasants who revolted against the policies which favored the Krayichi majority. 
By then, the news of Stamiljorde's royal guards massacring and wiping out Crimmitonian villages near the border had been spread. Jargus I received a letter and was informed of reports regarding alleged incursions on the border as the Krayichi royal guards were massacring the villagers, which prompted Jargus to send an ultimatum to Stamiljorde, demanding the brutal slaughter to stop, otherwise he would send his forces to Groshnica, and had Stamiljorde overthrown to force the massacres to stop. Stamiljorde didn't choose the latter and continued the massacres around the border region. Stamiljorde received the letter, but did not respond to the ultimatum. Instead, in accounts from former Krayichi royal guards, Stamiljorde knew that even if he was overthrown by Crimmitonia's forces and were replaced by somebody else, the kingdom would be gone from the map once again. Stamiljorde also realized that there was no point of return, and that the Krayichi state would not survive considering the size of the Crimmitonian army, and according to many of his servants, Stamiljorde had the courage to reply to the letter, writing to Jargus I, that he wanted him to "arrive to Groshnica with his forces to the square and kiss his ass". When Jargus I received the letter, many reported that Jargus I was enraged by the letter and the lack of respect, and by then, Jargus I declared war against the Krayichi Kingdom, and eventually, the end of the first Krayichi state. Stamiljorde's letter to Jargus, would become a symbol of bravery towards the Krayichi people, and his legacy continued to influence Krayichi nationalism.
==== 1838 Crimmitonian invasion ====
With Stamiljorde's letter prompting Jargus I to declare war against the Krayichi Kingdom, the Crimmitonian invasion of the kingdom began. In a letter towards the Tsar of Orchestran, Jargus had called for forgiveness from the Tsar, and he believed that a war to conquer Groshnica is his only way of stopping Stamiljorde from massacring and wiping out entire Crimmitonian villages. With Crimmitonia's forces now moving into the country, Stamiljorde's rule over the country was now beginning to end, and was at threat. Jargus I sent another letter to Stamiljorde, this time no longer asking to stop the massacres, but demanding him to step down and surrender to stop the madness. Although the entry of Crimmitonian forces seemed to symbolize the end of the first state, the kingdom did not go down without a fight. Stamiljorde simply refused to step down as the servants were pleading to him, and stating that Jargus could die at the hands of his own people, before his own people in Groshnica could kill him. Crimmitonia's forces were successful, managing to capture most of the villages and marching on their way towards Groshnica.
The Krayichi royal army would not engage in battle, but instead retreated from most of the towns they controlled and stood at the gates of Groshnica and the Groshnica fortress, in preparation to face the Crimmitonian forces in the city. Groshnica was crowded and filled with people who were not aware of the threat, except for the upper class who were mostly Krayichi. They fled Groshnica and into Pogranitza, where they took refuge, becoming aware that Groshnica would soon eventually fall. Crimmitonian forces marched and arrived outside of the Groshnica Fortress, south of the actual capital itself. 40,000 men were at the gates of the fortress while the Krayichi royal army stationed there were only at 9,000. Stamiljorde refused to flee the city, as he was determined to stay in power amidst the war, and potentially bring more morale and convince the Krayichi people to continue fighting against the Crimmitonian forces. Groshnica would subsequently be surrounded by 40,000 Crimmitonian soldiers, and heavy fighting occurred at the Groshnica fortress, where Crimmitonian forces faced heavy loss, presumed to be around thousands, whilst only 30 Krayichi soldiers were killed. 
The Crimmitonian troops were having a hard time in attempting to capture the entire city. The Krayichi royal army were determined to weaken the army Jargus sent to Groshnica, in order to prolong the war and hope for Pogranitza to join the war and send soldiers, in which Pogranitza did not, as they did not want to face an army which was 3 times much stronger and larger. Crimmitonian troops had a hard time forcing the local population in the occupied villages to support the war, which resulted in Krayichi rebels ambushing the Crimmitonian troops. Casualties were estimated to be at around 12,000 or below from the Crimmitonian side, with Jargus in response deploying more to the region to assist the soldiers in the capture of Groshnica. Finally, within 8 months of the resistance against the Crimmitonians which led to tens of thousands dead, Crimmitonian soldiers entered the barren city of Groshnica, in victory as the Krayichi royal army were either killed or surrendered to them. Stamiljorde's kingdom subsequently fell under the occupation, and despite Stamiljorde's kingdom controlling most of the country, and the Crimmitonians only controlling Groshnica, Stamiljorde fled Groshnica as soon as it fell, to the city of Pogranitza to request the help from the king to drive out the Crimmitonian troops from Groshnica. However, as stated earlier, Pogranitza refused to send their troops in, however in exchange they would assist many of the Krayichi peasants and the royal army to Pogranitza, with the king helping them. Around an estimated hundreds of thousands of Krayichi refugees fled the kingdom to Pogranitza, where they were given protection by the kingdom. 
After the dissolution of the kingdom, and Stamiljorde having been fled, Jargus I declared the Groshnica region, and all provinces of the Krayichi Kingdom, to be annexed into the kingdom. However, resistance continued throughout most of the remaining villages through the 1840s, until they were subsequently crushed by the Imperial Crimmitonian Army, with the last rebel stronghold, located in modern-day Panchev, destroyed by the remaining Crimmitonian forces. Stamiljorde, throughout the rest of his life, lived in exile in Pogranitza. The king of Pogranitza provided him with a mansion to live and would live there for the rest of his life. Stamiljorde would continue to be seen as a hero by the Krayichi locals, including the nobility. Throughout the decades after the Crimmitonian annexation of the region, Stamiljorde would support many of the Krayichi nationalist organizations which were funded by him in Pogranitza, by the descendants of nobles who fled Groshnica during the invasion. He also advocated for the formation of a Krayichi government in exile. In a letter he wrote in 1848, he stated that Jargus was a madman who accused him of genocide, and that an independent Krayichi state would be free again, and wished for a day when the Crimmitonian dynasty would collapse and in its wake the Krayichi people would come together to reestablish it. Stamiljorde would not live for long, as he passed away in the year of 1851 at the age of 82. His legacy for being the leader of the revolt, the leader of the first state, and his courage during the invasion, would influence most of Krayichi nationalism, and later on in the future. 
=== Under Crimmitonian rule (1838 - 1913) ===
After the fall of the Krayichi Kingdom in 1838, Groshnica and all of the regions in Kraychovsk had been conquered and annexed by the Kingdom of Crimmitonia. After its fall, Jargus I reversed many of the policies which were established in modern-day Kraychovsk, in which it allowed for the large Crimmitonian minority in the country to prosper and continue dominating the region, at the cost of enraging many of the Krayichi locals, who were stripped of their rights and forced to live in despair after the fall of the kingdom. Groshnica under Crimmitonian rule saw massive drastic changes as a result of new Crimmitonian policies which were brought over to counter the growing rise of Krayichi nationalism. Krayichi poets and artists from the Groshnica region were executed by the secret police under the order of Jargus, and Groshnica underwent massive developments during this era, as part of Crimmitonia's plans to assimilate the region after it was briefly occupied by the Pogranitzans and briefly controlled by the independent Krayichi state.
==== As the Krayichi Autonomous Okrug (1838 - 1878) ====
Despite the hopes of the Krayichi people wanting to govern the region independently, all hopes were crushed during the initial Crimmitonian rule, as anybody who dared to speak out against the king of Crimmitonia were to be executed or arrested, and Krayichi nationalists, including those who harbored a sentiment against Crimmitonians, were persecuted by the Crimmitonian authorities. Despite this, there was a minimal amount of autonomy which was granted to the Krayichis. Jargus, after having recently conquered Groshnica, believed that stability and autonomy was important in the region, after the revolts were crushed. Although it was annexed, the territories which were part of the Krayichi Kingdom became the Krayichi Autonomous Okrug, an autonomous part of Crimmitonia that would be governed by the locals in the region. Krayichis would govern the region, but would only exist on paper. In reality, Crimmitonians were mostly in charge of the entire autonomous region. Jargus had stated that the Krayichis who were the governors of the autonomous okrug, were not given actual power, and it was meant to stop the Krayichis from forming an autonomous government in the region, due to fears that those powers would be used to encourage Krayichi nationalists from the Pogranitzan border to cross and reform their independent state.
The Krayichi Autonomous Okrug in reality only existed, so that the Crimmitonian authorities would be provided a clean slate to begin their assimilation policies, and revert many of the policies and changes made by Stamiljorde's administration. Despite the Krayichis being given the ability to govern the region, they were unable to stop the Crimmitonian authorities from introducing policies. These policies would result in the status of the Krayichi language becoming only used as a second language, and would only be used in communication. The Krayichi alphabet for their language was reverted aswell, having been changed from the Latin alphabet during the Pogranitzan occupation period to the Cyrillic alphabet, which was the original script decades prior. Despite this switch, the Krayichi language would not be made an official language in the autonomous region. The Crimmitonian language was made as the official language in the region, with the language being used mostly not just for communication, but for documents, street signs, and for literature purposes. The Krayichi language would begin its decline in the 1840s, as the language was banned from being taught in schools and most books which contained the Krayichi language were reported to be burned. 
Pogranitzan minorities would also face consequences together with the Krayichi people. Being known as people who settled in the region during the occupation, The Pogranitzan minorities faced expulsion by the Crimmitonian authorities, as most of the property they settled were from indebted Crimmitonian villagers. The Pogranitzan minorities were forced to move away from their homes, and were forced to relocate north, and to the bordering regions. Crimmitonian authorities encouraged the growth of the Crimmitonian minority there, and encouraged more settlers to arrive to the region in droves. Most of Groshnica's Krayichi inhabitants were slowly being replaced with Crimmitonian inhabitants, and the Crimmitonian authorities developed most of the cities and roads as part of a plan to encourage even more droves of settlers after the final Krayichi revolts had been put down in 1845.
The Krayichi Autonomous Okrug, also had their own army, which was larger in numbers compared to the former Krayichi royal army. This is after Jargus introduced policies in an attempt to appeal to most of the minorities in the region, after a small mutiny occurred in Kradovo which almost threatened the life of Jargus I. His policies included forming branches of the Imperial Crimmitonian Army based on demographic lines, hoping that the change could provide a sense of stability to the kingdom. One of these branches were the Bistonian branch of the Imperial Crimmitonian Army, which had similar equipment, but different uniforms and insignia to differentiate them from the Crimmitonians. The Krayichi units of the Imperial Crimmitonian Army were mostly small in number, and were led by mostly Crimmitonian officers and commanders, as the leadership had feared a potential mutiny if one Krayichi commander led the army. Crimmitonians in the Krayichi Autonomous Okrug were also allowed to be conscripted to some of the units. 
==== As Groshnica Province (1878 - 1913) ====
===== Crimmitonian cultural assimilations =====
==== The Crimmitonian Gamble (1913) ====
===== Founding of the First Kraychovsk Republic (1913) =====
=== First Kraychovsk Republic (1913 - 1940) ===
==== First Great War (1914 - 1918) ====
===== Kraychovsk under occupation (1916 - 1918) =====
==== Interwar period ====
===== The Krayichi national revival process =====
===== Economic boom =====
===== Great depression and economic downfall =====
===== Coup of 1929 =====
===== Krayichi Regime (1929 - 1940) =====
=== Crimmitonian rule (1940 - 1944) ===
==== Crimmitonian annexation of Kraychovsk ====
==== Crimmitonian genocide and persecution ====
==== Kraychovsk communist insurgency ====
===== Fall of Groshnica (1944) =====
=== People's Democratic Republic of Kraychovsk (1946 - 1968) ===
==== Civil administration (1944 - 1946) ====
==== Proclamation of the socialist state in Kraychovsk (1946) ====
==== Krayichi 5 year plan process ====
==== Krayichi cultural revival process ====
==== Alliance with the Eastern Bloc ====
==== Crimsonian Crisis of 1963 ====
==== Krayichi Revolution of 1967 ====
==== Hristofor Minko seizes power ====
==== Establishment of the People's Democratic Socialist Republic of Kraychovsk ====
=== People's Democratic Socialist Republic of Kraychovsk (1968 - 1987) ===
==== Hristofor Minko's dictatorship ====
==== Establishment of Hristofor's cult of personality ====
==== Human rights issues ====
==== Severe rationing and increased social control ====
==== Rapid urban development with devastating results ====
==== Beginning of the downfall ====
==== Hristofor Minko's death (1987) ====
==== Dissolution of Hristofor's regime and the coup of April ====
==== Gavrail Bogomil becomes the new dictator of Kraychovsk ====
==== Establishment of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Kraychovsk ====
=== Democratic Socialist Republic of Kraychovsk (1987 - 1991) ===
==== Gavrail Bogomil's continuation of strict policies ====
==== Collapse of the Eastern Bloc and the subsequent decline of Kraychovsk's economy ====
==== Gavrail's regime begins to crumble under pressure ====
==== Political infighting and the beginning of continuous worker strikes ====
==== Gavrail's brutal crackdown and response ====
==== The Kraychovsk Revolution of 1990 ====
==== Defections from the Kraychovsk army and escalation of violence in Groshnica ====
==== Overthrow of Gavrail's regime and forced resignation ====
==== Gavrail's subsequent execution ====
==== Dissolution of the communist state and the establishment of the Kraychovsk Transitional Council ====
=== Kraychovsk Transitional Council (1991 - 1992) ===
==== Formation of the interim government ====
==== The slow transition to democracy ====
==== First democratic elections ====
==== Dissolution of the Kraychovsk Transitional Council and the establishment of the Kraychovsk National Republic ====
=== Kraychovsk National Republic (1992 - 1997) ===
==== Ivailo Luben's presidency ====
==== Economic reforms and government reforms ====
==== The second Krayichi national language revival ====
==== Decline ====
==== Political infighting and crisis ====
==== Rise in corruption and rise of organized crime, poverty issues ====
==== Crimsonian minority rights ====
==== Beginning of the Second Crimsonian Civil War and spillover ====
==== Ivailo Luben's decline of popularity ====
==== Kraychovsk's economy collapses ====
==== Beginning of the Rupicola Revolution and the resignation of Ivailo Luben ====
==== Dissolution of the Kraychovsk National Republic and the declaration of the Kraychovsk Republic ====
=== Kraychovsk Republic (1997 - present) ===
==== Mariyan Stamen is elected into power ====
==== Kraychovsk's gradual rise and reorganizing of the armed forces ====
==== Economic prosperity under the administration of Mariyan Stamen ====
==== Krayichi 2002 presidential elections ====
==== Mariyan Stamen's second term ====
==== Tensions with the Crimsonian minority in Kraychovsk ====
===== Establishment of the Tachovskove Crimsonian Autonomous Republic =====
===== Clashes with Crimsonia's military at the border =====
==== Resignation of Mariyan Stamen (2007) ====
==== Iliya Matey is elected into power ====
===== Iliya Matey's plan to establish closer ties to the Mesothemian alliances =====
===== Tensions with the Kradovo government and border clashes =====
===== Crimsonia declares war against Kraychovsk to protect the Crimsonian minority =====
=== The War In Kraychovsk (2010) ===
Crimsonia begins the offensive to capture neighboring border towns
Fall of Prachev and Kardam
Crimsonian forces besiege Vaniuzhichi
Kraychovsk forces stop Crimsonian forces in the east in the city of Borschevci
Foreign aid is provided to Kraychovsk
Crimsonian forces make a breakthrough in the west and capture Novoselki
Crimsonian forces close in on Groshnica
Battle for Groshnica and Iliya Matey's refusal to step down
Krayichi resistance and the tides of the war begin to turn
Crimsonian troops attempt to capture Skvoshia
Crimsonian troops are driven out of Groshnica after months
Pogranitzem deploys forces to Kraychovsk to assist them in the war
Kraychovsk begins to retaliate
Recapture of Novoselki by Krayichi and Pogranitzem forces
Crimsonians capture Kalatichi
The months long battle in Borschevci ends
Kardam is recaptured
Kalatichi is recaptured
Ceasefire and signing of the agreement of Vaniuzhichi
=== Post-war Kraychovsk (2011 - present) ===