Chotyń Autonomous Region

== About ==
The Chotyń Autonomous Region (Chotyń Autonomiczny Region) was an autonomous region located in the Second Republic of Zedrutia. It is one of the three autonomous regions in Zedrutia that have their own governments. The Chotyń Autonomous Region borders New Gdansk, Olszynki, Mazurkowskie voivodeships and the Dziatyczyn Autonomous Region. It is one of the largest regions in Zedrutia in land area. The Chotyń Autonomous Region has their own legal systems, customs and laws which are not seen anywhere in the rest of Zedrutia, alongside Dziatyczyn. 
The Chotyń Autonomous Region was established in 1970 following the aftermath of the Zedrutian Revolution along with the Dziatyczyn Autonomous Regions, with the newly elected Zedrutian government signing an agreement with Chotyń's tribes, Savorjan, Myaj, Konip and Bukko peoples. The agreement granted autonomous rights to the indigenous population in Zedrutia and allowed for the establishment of the Chotyń Autonomous Region, and was part of Zedrutia's transition into a democracy in the 1970s.
Although Marcin's Shooting Range takes place in the Dziatyczyn Autonomous Region instead, there are mentions to the Chotyń Autonomous Region, albeit in a previous name (Chotyń was known as Mikow in 2023 before the name change). Lev Marcin was born in 1938 and raised in Chotyń and had moved to the region in the 1970s, after having fled Crimsonia for his crimes at the time. Lev then moved to the town of Verovo in Dziatyczyn after purchasing property there which would soon become Marcin's Shooting Range. Chotyń's newspaper, Czasy Chotyń, can be found across Marcin's Shooting Range.
== History ==
=== Mongravian conquest and founding of Chotyń ===
The region that is now modern-day Chotyń was largely ungoverned, with no presence of a government. However, it was mostly inhabited by the indigenous Zedrutian tribes in the region, such as the Savorjans, who migrated to the area after being expelled from the region that is now known as modern-day Ignalin Voivodeship. The Bukkos were also indigenous to the region, inhabiting the areas further east. The Beyliks, which already had a presence west of the region, attempted to move into the region but had found themselves unable to do so due to the terrain.
When the Mongravians annexed Zedrutia from the Beyliks in the early 1800s, the Mongravians began their territorial expansions into the interior of Zedrutia, eventually conquering the Savorjans. After a revolt by the Savorjan tribes which was brutally crushed by the Mongravians, they established a fort on the coasts south of the region, naming it Ayguade. The Mongravians would subsequently conquer the Bukkos, and by the 1800s most of Zedrutia came under Mongravian rule. In exchange for not planning revolts, the Mongravians signed treaties with the tribes of Apounou and Ayguade, allowing the indigenous tribes which lived there to practice their cultures in peace, and allowing a certain degree of autonomy in the region.
Ayguade began its rapid development after its establishment as a fort. In the 1850s, the Ayguade Port completed construction and opened to traders, which allowed for Ayguade to thrive as a town. This eventually led to most settlers, most of them Zedrutian Poles, Mongravians and eventually the Savorjans, which established businesses in the town. Ayguade was connected to the rest of Zedrutia in the 1870s by a railway which extended from New Gdansk to the town, allowing for easier access to the city, compared to travelling by boats. All of the rapid developments would soon make Ayguade the largest city in all of Eastern Zedrutia, along with Apounou being behind it.
=== As a Zedrutian voivodeship ===
When Zedrutia gained independence in November 1918, the Zedrutian government would soon take over the Ayguade Region, and begin the process of Zedrutianization. The cities were renamed from their original Mongravian names to the Polish language, changing the port town name of Ayguade to Chotyń, Along with the Apounou Region, the autonomy and special status of the tribes were revoked, and most of their practices had become outlawed. The Zedrutian language was heavily encouraged in the regions and in Chotyń, the Savorjan and Bukko languages were made illegal, with the exception of the Mongravian language. Zedrutian authorities were also ordered to take most children aged from 5 to 17 years and placing them in Catholic schools as part of the Zedrutian government's efforts. By the 1930s, a significant portion of the region's indigenous population embraced Catholic Christianity.
With the Ruralians invading Zedrutia in 1941 which led to Zedrutia's government being dismantled, the country was split into five regions which became Ruralian one-party puppet states. Chotyń was initially a governorate, similar to that of Kiezyn and Bełtów, but as a result of the Bukkos beginning an alliance with the P.A.Z (Powstańcza Armia Zedrutska), the Ruralians overthrew the Chotyń Governorate and instead established a military administration. A Savorjan uprising in the region occurred which led to the road from Dziatyczyn to Prochod being cut off. When the Allied Forces began the liberation of Zedrutia, Chotyń became the first city in Zedrutia to be liberated.
After the Second Great War, Chotyń along with Dziatyczyn were restored back to their status as voivodeships in post-war Zedrutia, but in 1949 Zedrutia came under the rule of Wiktor August Drewnowski, who overthrew the Zedrutian democratic government in a coup, soon establishing the State of Zedrutia, a military dictatorship which soon suspended all political activities, and established Drewnowski as the sole leader of Zedrutia. Drewnowski however lifted restrictions on the Savorjan and Bukko languages in Chotyń, and banned residential schools from operating. Drewnowski's policies would contribute to a wave of Zedrutian political activism and underground movements, and soon early Savorjan movements and Savorjan underground resistance movements were being formed in opposition towards Drewnowski's government.
With the beginning of the Zedrutian Revolution in 1969, the indigenous populations of Chotyń did not directly participate in the revolution, but when the Zedrutian Revolution reached its peak and Zedrutian rioters had occupied most cities all throughout Zedrutia, Savorjan political activists soon joined the revolution and occupied the Dziatyczyn town hall. These political activists then declared Dziatyczyn as an independent state, but only lasted a day as Drewnowski's forces soon reentered the city and seized the town hall from Savorjan protestors. However Drewnowski's government collapsed only a week later and again the indigenous protestors occupied the city. After Drewnowski's government collapsed, the Savorjans soon moved towards Chotyń and occupied it, acquiring a new arsenal of weapons and soon declaring Chotyń as an independent state, along with Dziatyczyn. 
Despite the establishment of a provisional government in Kiezyn, the indigenous resistance movements in Eastern Zedrutia defied the Zedrutian provisional government, continuing to occupy the two cities. In Chotyń, indigenous rebels were in a standoff with the Zedrutian Armed Forces, leading to parts of the city being blockaded and a ship being intentionally set on fire to stop the Zedrutian Navy from potentially securing the ports. However in 1970 both sides came together in Kiezyn, where they signed the Autonomy Agreement of 1970 which guaranteed that both Dziatyczyn and Chotyń were given autonomy, and were both given status as autonomous regions, which allowed both of them to be self-governed by the indigenous populations there, in exchange that the indigenous resistance there would cease fighting and that they would remain in Zedrutia.
=== After 1970 ===
Chotyń's status as a voivodeship was dissolved in Zedrutia, and the Chotyń Autonomous Region was established on September 22nd 1970, a day after the establishment of the Dziatyczyn Autonomous Region. The first elections in the region were held on January 1971, with Chotyń's first president entering office in May 1971. The Savorjan and Bukko languages were beginning to be encouraged and used by the autonomous region in documents, and Chotyń began a program similar to that of Dziatyczyn's to revive the cultural heritage of the two tribes. The Kiezyn government also had directives guiding Chotyń's tribal councils to establish the current judicial, legislative, and executive models. Chotyń also had local law enforcement which was similar to that of Dziatyczyn, and co-existed with the Zedrutian National Police.
By the 1980s however, Chotyń was beginning to have setbacks. Crime levels had begun to rise exponentially outside of the city of Chotyń, especially in the towns, due to the scale of poverty rates in the region along with a rise in unemployment. It would be soon revealed by journalists in a Byeradzina magazine that Chotyń's government was reportedly corrupt, along with its law enforcement which were being constantly bribed, allowing a majority of the crimes to go unpunished. By 1989 Dziatyczyn and Chotyń Autonomous Regions had higher crime rates compared to the voivodeships in Zedrutia proper. By the early 1990s, organized crime were beginning to smuggle contraband into the country through Dziatyczyn and Chotyń, prompting the Zedrutian government to begin the restructuring of the autonomous regions. The Zedrutian government would soon dissolve the Chotyń Autonomous Region National Police, and soon allowed the Zedrutian National Police to takeover. In 1991, Savorjan activists blocked roads leading to Kiezyn in protest of the Kiezyn government's restructuring, stating it as a coup d'etat orchestrated by the elite in Kiezyn.
By the 2000s crime rates in Chotyń and Dziatyczyn had gradually gone down by 40%, a massive improvement compared to the high crime rates which were recorded in the 1980s. By the late 2000s, Chotyń has seen large development efforts, especially in the port cities, where large parts of the city are undergoing through gentrification. However it has become a concern within the public opinion in Chotyń, as the large developments were blamed upon on the decline of the use of the Savorjan languages, with most of it often being forgotten amongst the younger generations. A similar fate is happening to Dziatyczyn.
== Notable people ==
* Lev Marcin (1939 - 1995) former Zedrutian criminal of half Savorjan descent
* Artur Tomasz Marcin (1899 - 1968) father of Lev Marcin and grandfather of Jakub Marcin
* Karolina Lena Marcin
* Jakub Marcin (1972 - 2045) son of Lev Marcin
== Trivia ==
* The Eastern Zedrutian regions known as Dziatyczyn Autonomous Region and the Chotyń Autonomous Region are all based off of two regions in real life. Both of these regions are based and inspired off of the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, which are both autonomous regions, and the indigenous groups make up a majority of Sabah and Sarawak's populations. Mistyerisa, the founder of New Shingleton, is a Sarawakian.
* The Dziatyczyn Autonomous Region and the Chotyń Autonomous Region both have completely different names during the early versions of Zedrutia's lore. Initially, Dziatyczyn was formerly named as Dzuathichyn, while Chotyń was formerly named as Mikow. These names have been changed during the rewriting process. This also goes for almost all of Zedrutia's cities.