Republic of Seruditium

==About==
The Republic of Seruditium (Serudian: Reunit Serudiantu) was an unrecognized microstate located in the Scattered Islands Archipelago, south of the island of Pesca. The microstate claims itself to be the successor and legitimate continuation of the Kingdom of Serudiantu, and also claiming themselves as representing the Serudians in the archipelago. Despite having its own government, police, passports and currency, the country is not recognized by all nations in the world, including Bistonia, which de jure controls the island as an enclave located in the territorial waters of the St. Ark Federation. Despite not receiving recognition from any other nation-state in the world, Seruditium managed to last for decades, before it was eventually dissolved after November 15th 1090, with all of its inhabitants evacuated to Silavetra or the St. Ark Federation. By the 2000s, most of the houses were destroyed in a storm including its iconic radio tower, and by 2010, what was left of the place was completely demolished by Bistonian authorities allegedly due to environmental reasons.
Seruditium controls two islands; Nieuwdorp and Dakloosdorp. These two islands were divided into two provinces, with Nieuwdorp being the smallest. Dakloosdorp was the largest, and it was where a majority of Seruditium's population lived. Throughout the course of its existence, Seruditium grew from being a shantytown which was developed on a former factory complex, to being a completely functioning town. Most of the new buildings were constructed by charity and humanitarian organizations, such as a radio known as "16 HOMELAND FM", a farm, and even an entire water treatment plant, which shipped water to both town inhabitants. However, by the 2000s, all of these had been completely gone, as the Bistonian authorities had it demolished, citing safety and environmental concerns. What was left of the towns were the Seruditium city hall, the only structure which was left standing as according to demolition crews, the city hall's walls were too thick and too strong to take down easily.
== History ==
=== Background ===
See also: SerudiansThe history of the Serudians and of the future Seruditium microstate did not begin with the country's founding in the 1960s to the 70s, but began with the origins of the Serudian people, who were a Bistonian indigenous group which migrated to the continent before the Lithuanian migration into the continent centuries ago. The Serudians initially settled in the Mazoji Region, in which they fought one of the first wars to happen on mainland Bistonia, the war against the Jagoi tribe which were much more larger and had threatened neighboring ethnic groups and tormented them for years. With the Serudians victory against the Jagoi tribe, the Serudians established the Kingdom of Serudiantu, which eventually came to conquer the entire Mazoji Region, the Silavetra Peninsula, the Scattered Islands Archipelago, and had even settled as far as modern day St. Ark Federation and Bistonian Shingleton. The Serudians, within a century, turned from a tribe which had recently waged a costly and brutal war against its enemies, from a tribe that prospered and flourished as a growing empire which had begun colonizing certain areas, However, all of this would turn into an unfortunate end for the Serudian kingdom, as infighting, including the Lithuanian migration periods into Bistonia in the 1200s, led to the collapse of the Kingdom of Serudiantu, and what was left of it was reorganized and fled to the Scattered Islands Archipelago, where they were isolated for 800 years.
The isolation brought minimal changes to the Serudian cultures, as they were left isolated on the archipelago for 800 years, establishing burial grounds and establishing monuments made out of stone and fishing villages which made the isolated kingdom prosper following its collapse. However, with the rapid colonization of the territories surrounding the island in the early 1800s, the island was invaded after provoking several colonial settlers along the coasts and were forced to become a dominion. But, with the Serudians wanting to resist against this rule, a revolt occurred and the kingdom was planning to move into an even more further isolationist policy, which resulted in a second invasion from both Crimmitonia and the United States of Megaton and Columbia which led to the Pesca Partition and the end of the Serudian kingdom. The Pesca Partition led to a treaty in which the Kingdom of Serudiantu were to be divided into two parts equal between the two sides, but the status over Pesca led to confusion and eventually, a centuries long dispute with the region as the boundaries with the status of the island of Pesca and the islands surrounding it were contested. Crimmitonia claimed over the entire island including what was today now known as Dakloosdorp and Nieuwdorp, but the other side claimed the entire island of Pesca, with the exception of the two islands. Thus, Dakloosdorp and Nieuwdorp, eventually came to be known as Crimmitonia's small enclave in modern-day St. Ark, and eventually, Bistonia's. 
=== Decades prior to the establishment of the microstate ===
With the Pesca partition, the Serudian people were forced to become part of a foreign culture. The Serudian language was completely forbidden, and any practice of their religion was outright banned from both side, with rapid development on the city of Pesca eradicating much of the Serudian historical monuments and buildings established on the island centuries ago, and with its cultural burial grounds being demolished to make way for the Good Hope Correctional Facility. 
=== Kingdom of Serudiantu ===
After the Lithuanian migration period into Bistonia during the late 1200s, the Serudians had lost a brutal conflict against them, and they were forced to abandon their capital city, and their remaining territories and cities they had established on mainland Bistonia. They were essentially forced out of mainland Bistonia, and as a result were forced to relocate to the Scattered Islands Archipelago, a set of islands which were under the rule of the Kingdom of Serudiantu, where they remain for almost 8 centuries, and the knowledge of the outside world was kept hidden, and some of the knowledge died together with the remaining survivors. The Kingdom of Serudiantu gradually recovered on the islands, establishing the new capital city of Pesca, and they were left undisturbed and isolated from the rest of the world for another 800 years until the year of 1834.
In the year of 1828, a certain explorer from the Colony of New Hope had accidentally discovered the archipelago, becoming the first outsider on the archipelago, and was surprise attacked by Serudians, resulting in an act of war by the United States of Megaton and Columbia towards the Serudians, when no peace was made between the two sides. Crimmitonia would proceed to intervene, in order to expand their influence around the region aswell. The war had lasted around a few hours before the Serudians were forced to surrender, when both Crimmitonian and USMC troops had arrived at the entrance to the rulers palace, and was forcefully made into a protectorate by the Kingdom of Crimmitonia and the United States of Megaton and Columbia. Serudiantu was nearly destroyed, but it was saved from destruction and with it came a heavy price for their sovereignty. The Kingdom of Serudiantu would last for another 6 years, until the ruler was overthrown in retaliation for signing the treaty a few years prior, and in the following days the Kingdom of Serudiantu broke away from their status as a protectorate, forcing both sides to declare war on them once again, in which the Serudians resisted until they were forced to surrender. In order to ensure it wouldn't happen, the Pesca Partition occurred, in which the Kingdom of Serudiantu was divided into two sides. 
== People's Republic of Crimsonia ==
During the rule of the People's Republic of Crimsonia, Serudiantu as a colony ceased to exist as the smaller colonies were organized into provinces, Serudiantu was directly infront of Federation territory, in which their government was mainly anti-communist, during Crimsonian rule, Crimsonia eased restrictions of the native population in the Scattered Islands including Serudiantu, lifting the prohibition of native language.
Serudiantu as a province within Mazojiodesa did not last as in 1957 the Bistonian Conflict began, contributing to the declaration of independence as the Republic of Seruditium, and after the Republic of Bistonia's independence in 1960, the Republic of Seruditium was declared the following year.
== Republic of Seruditium ==
The Republic of Seruditium declared itself independent in 1960, despite being recognized by the St. Ark Federation and the People's Republic of Crimsonia as a functioning micro state, the Republic of Bistonia did not recognize the Republic of Seruditium, claiming that it was part of Bistonia, the constant dispute between the St. Ark Federation and the Republic of Bistonia led the Bistonian government to build an airfield to supply the town and contributed to a riot, because of this riot attempts to claim the land was revoked.
The Republic of Seruditium were mainly dutch speaking, however most of their passports and currency relied on the St. Ark Federation and the Republic of Bistonia, and barely had few infrastructure, despite the few infrastructure and no existence of seperate currencies and passports the Republic of Seruditium remained a micro state.
Documents in the Republic of Zedrutian were leaked in mid 1985, one of these documents mentioned the recognition of the independence of the Republic of Seruditium and made secret negotiations and deals with the leaders of the micro state, these documents also mentioned the handover of small territories in Krasnoazhyn, however this plan was never met. In 1985
== Refugee Crisis ==
The Mazojiodesa-Pescavillagio conflict has worsened and violent tensions between the two sides never eased, during this conflict Pescavillagio was vulnerable to raids by Bistonian angry mobs, that nearly destroyed the vital facilities that maintained Pescavillagio, because of these violent tensions, some of the population in Pescavillagio were given access to the Republic of Seruditium and constructed temporary homes for these refugees, and expected the conflict to end by a few years in 1987.
The Refugee Crisis in the microstate of Seruditium continued to the end and the beginning of the events of the New Shingleton Incident in 1989, as the refugees including the original inhabitants in Seruditium began abandoning the micro state after the New Shingleton Incident and the immediate evacuation of all inhabitants from the scattered islands.
During the refugee crisis, small shacks made of plastic sheets were built, over 10 were built on the main island in Seruditium, however it was more of a refugee camp to escape from the violent tensions in Pescavillagio rather than an independent micro state in the middle of the Scattered Islands, most of these refugees were from the St. Ark Federation.
== New Shingleton Incident ==
Before the New Shingleton Incident, most of Seruditium was converted into a refugee camp, with many inhabitants hoping to find a better place throughout the Scattered Islands, however the New Shingleton Incident damaged their hopes of finding a better place as evacuations began from the Scattered Islands, ending the Republic of Seruditium and thousands of years in existence.
A busy day in the Steven Ogg International Airport turned into a catastrophic accident which changed the world forever and left a permanent scar, and also nearly ended the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, in the middle of the night, two missile rockets began firing towards a Boeing 747 aircraft, which was destroyed, refugees saw the explosion and blast and hundreds flocked out of curiosity, however the blast was largely ignored.
After a day of the New Shingleton Incident, both sides began evacuating inhabitants from the Scattered Islands, including all refugees and original residents of the Republic of Seruditium, the microstate was abandoned and then dissolved, eventually the island was incorporated into Bistonia and most of the refugee shacks were abandoned.
== Modern Day ==
Today, what was known as the Republic of Seruditium in the modern day is now an abandoned and deserted island, as the small capital of Nieuwdorp, a concrete small building remains, which was known and used to be the governing office of the microstate, most of Dakloos Dorp was demolished and what remains of the abandoned island is now a field, the structures left in the Republic of Seruditium was only the concrete building.
Most of the original inhabitants of the Republic of Seruditium migrated to the Republic of Bistonia, and most of these original inhabitants remained today, mostly in the downtown areas of Mazoji, most of these original inhabitants live in massive property, most of the refugees from the former Republic of Seruditium currently reside within the St. Ark Federation.
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