Tolajara

The Tolajara Territory was one of three sparsely populated territories in the northern regions of the Republic of Cordolva. 
Prior to the Cordolvan Revolution and the subsequent Cordolvan Civil War, Tolajara was an unorganized crown territory of the Kingdom of Cordolva, with a total population just under 3000 at the time of the Revolution. After the successful overthrowing of the monarchy and the creation of the Republic, Tolajara was organized into a colonial territory and granted a local government under a Governor. In the years following the Revolution, despite attempts to grow their Cordolvan population, many of the Cordolvans began to leave to territory, unhappy with the difficult and rural way of life in the region. However, beginning in the 180s, settlers from the nearby Kingdom of Auchinmore and the Duchy of Creneash began to arrive to establish ranches and farms, and the colonial government of Tolajara allowed them to do so in order to maintain a growing population. 
In 192 KOR, a group of Auchinmorean and Crensheans settled in the area that is now Irchván, a settlement which they named. Irchván grew rapidly, and in 199 KOR, the colonial government moved the colonial capitol to the settlement due to it becoming the main population center of the Territory. Riots broke out in Irchván on multiple occasions between 201 KOR and 204 KOR between the significantly smaller Cordolvan population and the Irchvanians (the name given to the settlers and their descendants, named after the capitol city), as the Cordolvans were angry that the colonial government had allowed them to become a minority. The riots were all eventually broken up, however over the years the Cordolvans and the Irchvanians have clashed on many occasions. 
Due to severe cultural differences and tyranny by former Cordolvan dictator San Martín, the territory seceded from the Republic as the State of Irchvan, and later the Duchy of Irchvan.
Category:Cordolva