Osteri Plagosi Trading Company

The Osteri Plagosi Trading Company (O.P.T.C.) was a nation located on Plagos, the northernmost continent of Rathnir. It originally extended over the Osteri Islands, to which they get their name, however they have expanded over the years.
Its capital is the city of Lonely-Light on the biggest and more central Osteri island. The majority of the countries land extends over islands in The Osterium Sea region however they do have some holdings on mainland Southern Plagos such as The Niden-Plagos strait as well as an enclave in North Plagos(Hollenkries)
== History: ==
=== Edd Leadership: ===
On its beginnings The O.P.T.C was known as The Osteri Shipping Company(o.s.c.) and started as a simple shipping company rather than as a country itself. The O.S.C. was formed by a small group of people who had decided to band together and were from all over rathnir and had settled on the edge of the crumbling Soleannen Empire. 
On The 03/04/2021 The O.S.C. began negotiations with another trading company known as Nova Roma; the proposed names of this company union were Roma-Oster or Oster-Roman Consulatum. The negotiations however quickly collapsed and the two never merged. 
==== Province of Viodoxa ====
Over time in plagos Bardonia had begun to grow in power causing The O.S.C. to ask The Archonete of Viodoxa for help which was accepted and The O.S.C. became a province of Viodoxa. The leader of this new province would be The governor general at the time Edd who would take up the title of Lord during this time and The O.S.C. would be re-named to The Osteri Plagosi Trading Company or O.P.T.C. for short. The O.P.T.C. would go onto colonise parts of Eldham(The Kaap Van Soter). After some time however The O.P.T.C. would part ways with Viodoxa causing The O.P.T.C. to lose its colonies as Viodoxa took full control of them.
The O.P.T.C. officially left Viodoxa on the 08/14/2021 after much disagreement between The O.P.T.C. and Viodoxan leadership, something which they were legally entitled to do due to The O.P.T.C’s joining agreement. Leaving Viodoxa however left The O.P.T.C. uncertain regarding its future and they opted into joining The Great Northern Confederacy as a member nation being the third and last nation to join before its collapse. M_Fredi would take over as governor general shortly after. 
On the 09/02/2021 The O.P.T.C. would go on to successfully win a war against its neighbour Czervoslavia and they would go on to gain The Svdeian island chain, The Niden-Plagos Strait and all of Czervoslavia’s southern mainland Plagos lands. During the course of this war The O.P.T.C. would make use of The Dread Fleet in-order to defeat The Czervoslavian and Plagatean Forces.
=== M_Fredi leadership: ===
War would once again meet The O.P.T.C’s gaze in November 2021 when it’s historical ally of Montroig got into a civil war with The Kingdom of Aurora during The Uldarash civil war causing The O.P.T.C. to back up its ally with men, arms and equipment throughout the entire conflict.
On christmas day 2021 The O.P.T.C and Czervoslavia signed The Christmas Pact which saw the two former nations become strong allies as The O.P.T.C. ceded Svedurain back to Czervoslavian control. The two would also sign a Non Aggression pact(NAP) and declare a formal declaration of friendship.
M_fredi’s leadership is known for its vast economic and territory growth however The O.P.T.C. began to suffer with economic and population decline after its governor general M_fredi died leaving The O.P.T.C. effectively leaderless.
=== Siam Man Leadership: ===
Siam Man would go on to take up O.P.T.C. leadership in march of 2022 and work towards reverting O.P.T.C.’s economic and population decline. He would do this by first restarting The O.P.T.C’s national business of The Osteri Plagosi Trading Company Group(O.P.T.C.G) restarting and vastly boosting O.P.T.C.'s national exports. Siam Man’s prioritisation of economics would be extremely beneficial to The O.P.T.C.’s restart. 
The O.P.T.C. would start its future on The 9th of March 2022 by forming The Empire of Seahaven with its historical friends and allies of Seaside-Baronov however The Empire would collapse after a few weeks due to The Emperor of Seahaven CaptainNorth370 and Seahaven citizen Adino destroying The Bloodstone Cult Temple in Hollenkreis. 
==== The Amberian Revolt: ====
Siam Man’s leadership would hit its first revolt as The Amberian revolt would occur weeks into his leadership as The leader of Portland Parrotcraft123 would go on to grow resentment towards The O.P.T.C.. This resentment would be caused as Parrotcraft123 started to accuse former governor general Edd of wishing to extort his town of Portland with extremely high taxes that it couldn’t afford and alas he raised his flag in rebellion officially joining Seahaven as a vassal. Soon after on The 28th of March 2022 the leader of the town of Ichor Kaiserkiller would accuse Edd of the same things and would join Portland officially forming The Kingdom of Amberia. 
No fighting would occur between the two and they began a cold war of sorts. The O.P.T.C. would go on to join Aaetyeli as a vassal in fear of a Seahaven invasion after Seahaven had repeatedly referred to The O.P.T.C as an illegal rebellion showing its wish to regain The O.P.T.C.. Aaetyeli would prove useful during this cold war as they convinced Amberia to give Portland over to Tessel on the 24/04/2022 vastly weakening the rebellion. 
Aaetyeli would however collapse on The 1st of May 2022 and The O.P.T.C.would join The Avium Federation on the same day.
The revolt would however grow in power in may 2022 as The Duchy of Urcastle would sign a trade and defence treaty with Amberia for its own protection after Urcastle Leaders RHK249 and PenguinRH stated that Edd had threatened to take their lands from them. Amberia and Urcastle would then go on to sign The Urcastle-Amberian unification treaty in June 2022 forming a union for its own protection. 
The revolt would officially end however on the 11/06/2022 after The Treaty of amberia was signed officially integrating The Kingdom of Amberia back into The O.P.T.C. which caused The collapse of The Amberian-Urcastle union.
The Avium Federation would go on to collapse on the 01/07/2022 and The O.P.T.C. would go onto join Alamayn. During this time Barryism would spread throughout The O.P.T.C. and a barryist church would go on to be constructed in Livia, Urcastle and Freaktown. 
==== The Celastris revolt: ====
Siam Mans leadership would see its second revolt in August 2022 after RHK249 declared Banetysto his Empress causing them and their three sons Blue2806, parrotcraft123 and Jumpercali to form The Royal House of Celastris. The House at first wasn’t a rebellious entity however Banetysto would launch a rebellion backed up by her three sons demanding independence from Alamayn, democracy and closer relations with Montroig. The political pressure applied to The O.P.T.C. caused Siam Man to accept RHK249’s proposal to sign The Celastris treaty he had agreed with The House ending the revolt on the 11/08/2022. The treaty promised to bring about O.P.T.C. independence, some form of democratic reforms and to try to improve relations with Montroig. 
The O.P.T.C would officially leave Alamayn and join Zendenia on the 14/08/2022. The joining of Zendenia however caused The Celastris revolt to restart as Banetysto would accuse The O.P.T.C. of delaying O.P.T.C. independence causing confrontations in-between Banetysto, Siam Man and Zendenia King Poison. As tensions rose throughout The O.P.T.C. The Duchy of Urcastle and The Kingdom of Amberia(New jades) would once again join together froming The Amberian-Urcastle commonwealth for protection due to what they saw as O.P.T.C. instability and would officially become a neutral power in the revolt on the 15/08/2022. The revolt would end on The 30/08/2022 after rebels occupied a Commonwealth town resulting in Zendenia and The Commonwealth going to war against the rebels occupying NieuwLyonesse. 
After the revolt however Zendenia began to see The O.P.T.C. as unstable and began talks with The O.P.T.C. government to integrate it into Zendenia. This was something the majority of O.P.T.C. citizens didn’t want so after secret O.P.T.C. high council talks with The Simulami Empire The O.P.T.C. would revolt against Zendenia and join Simulami as a fully autonomous sovereign state.
== Government: ==
Governor General:
The governor general is the main head of The O.P.T.C. having the final decision on all matters within the country. The governor general itself is appointed by the previous one, the first one being The Founder of The O.P.T.C. Edd then M_Fredi before its current Siam Man. The governor general’s task varies between diplomatic mediation, administration of The O.P.T.C. and the management of national resources. The Governor General’s duties are assisted by The Stadtholder Assembly(high council).
Helper Governor general:
The Helper Governor general is a trusted individual that aids the governor general in running the country directly and has all the same powers as the governor general with the sole exception of editing the constitution. 
Stadtholder Assembly:
The Stadtholder assembly is a body of trusted individuals which have been appointed to their positions personally by The Governor General and assist in the running of The O.P.T.C.. 
Officers:
Officers are members of the government which aid The Stadtholder Assembly in their tasks but have no power on their own and can only carry out orders. 
Populus(citizens):
Although the majority of populus within The O.P.T.C. don’t hold government positions they do however have a platform to force their concerns regarding matters of nation and their opinions are taken into consideration government decisions made. 
Religion:
The official religion of The O.P.T.C. is Osterian Villgerism which plays an important role in Osterian culture and traditions. An example of this is Flower Island which is an island near the capital of Lonely-Light and covered in a lush layer of greenery and flowers. Flower Island is also a cemetery created in order to commemorate their Osterian ancestors and here all men and women who have helped build The O.P.T.C. have been laid to rest in peace. 
The Church of Barry The Blue Sheep is also a popular religion within The O.P.T.C. mainly due to RHK249 and The city of Urcastle itself hosting the Barry high church of Plagos. 
Military:
The O.P.T.C. military is divided into two divisions, the professional military and the home defence. The professional military, intended for major military action and as an expeditionary force gets priority in terms of armour, weapons and equipment over the home defence. 
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