The New Republic of Khyargas

“I for one want to work for a Khyargas. One that will become a haven for us all, that is my Golden Promise”

**- Anima Delirus I**

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The New Republic of Khyargas is an island-state located on the small island of Khyargas. Khyargas shares no land border with any other countries, but it’s completely surrounded by the Western Altayrian Sea, with Altayria, The Russian Federation and The Ottoman Empire located close by. It is by far the smallest recognized state in Post-Cataclysm Earth.

Under the Khyargas Tectemque Act of 2481, Khyargas became a protectorate state of Altayria. Having some form of sovereignty, but dominated by Altayrian interests. Tectemque is also a term Altayria uses to define their subject-states.

Khyargas is currently ruled by a small committee of people, now known as a Technocratic Council. These people oversee the state and are aligned to the interests Altayria itself.

The state itself existed after a fleet of outcasted Altayrian crewmates departed away from Altayria to settle in at the island. The former crew and current population consisted mostly of free-thinkers, drafted intellectuals and poets. They saw no other option to make a living on the island, so they resorted to piracy. Nearby and far-away nations were plundered from their traded goods which Khyargas then used again to develop itself. This in itself developed Khyargas into a very well-developed island, comparable to grand cities of this time.

The tallest and most famous mountain of Khyargas is the “Aurea Promissio”, which stands 2827 meters tall and can practically be seen from every corner of the island-state. Its name (Golden Promise,) is based upon the founding members, holding a promise that this place will become a haven for themselves and to all others.

## History

### **Outcasted Pirate Sovereignty of Khyargas [2416-2427]**

#### **Separation**

During the Altay war of 2400-2417 (Second Unification Wars), many people of Altayria have been drafted into the war. And many of them were also angry at the current state of Altayria, especially after the war. But during the war, many of the commanding officers and a few admirals were pissed off by the lack of competency of high-command officers. Admiral Anima Delirus, was one of the high-commanding officers who was against the many poor decisions of the Altayrian High-Command. Many of her proposals and decisions were denied or completely ignored. And it was that ignorance that really set her off.

On November 3rd  2416, the “Competency Revolt” sparked, led by Anima Delirus with many of Battlefleet Occidentalium’s officers, crew and ships mutinying against high-command. The fleet consisted of 3 Invictus-Class Battleships including their flagship, “AMCV Talda”, 4 Centurion-Class Heavy cruisers, 17 Guardian-Class Destroyers and 20 Papilio-Class Scouting-Corvettes.

Together with her fleet she sailed towards the Karaman capital of Içel, and shelled it to dust. This event is infamously known as the “Shelling of Içel”, whereby thousands of civilian lives and many assigned CNI operatives were viciously obliterated. Retorta showed brutal efficiency during the shelling, her crew aiming correctly and precisely at targets, not yet seen before in the war. Historians still theorize if the shelling might’ve been a decisive turning point for Altayria or not, But one thing is for sure, it was a slaughter.

Immediately after word got out to the high command, Admiral Delirus was stripped of any position she held in the navy and was deemed a “BoA”, a “Belligerent of Altayria” for committing terrible acts of violence without the given order to do so. Thus, she became the first rogue admiral of her time.

Seeing no other option left, she offered a one-time proposition to the rest of the fleet: “Either return to Altayria and turn yourself in, or stick along with me, and see where that’ll lead to”. All of them had already sworn loyalty to Delirus when they joined the revolt, none had any objections or wishes to return back to Altayria in its current state.

#### **Founding of Khyargas**

And so, the fleet casted away towards a place where they could lay low for the time being. Not many candidates were remaining and fuel was a bit low. So the fleet settled for the local island of Khyargas. Settling the place would be a challenge, but Battlefleet Occidentalium was able to find a suitable place to settle the ships down by the beach of Malchin. Here, many of the ships were decommissioned to turn them into a temporary residence for the crew. But the first issue occurred to them: “How are we going to survive out here?”. With some hindsight before the revolt sparked, a great food and water surplus was secured beforehand. So survival was at least possible for a few months.

Clean water was quickly found and spotted by the waterfall of Aurea Promissio, only thing that was missing was a reliable food source. But a few weeks after landing, the crew found a peculiar food source crawling onto the shores of Malchin: a bunch of giant-sized snails. The snails were easy and nutritious targets for the crew to pick off and feast upon. These snails then got the name “Malchins”, named after the beach. It became later apparent that Khyargas has an abundant amount of these snails around its shores.

So now that the crew has a sustainable source of survival needs, They needed an actual place to call home instead of the ships docked at the coast. Small simple huts were made around the waterfall of Aurea Promissio given it’s easy access to water.

Months later at the conclusion of the Altay Wars, the question is: “What now?”. The crew was able to live out here in peace now, but that wasn’t really the most fulfilling life to them. Two options were laid out for them: Live like this for the rest of their lives, or establish their own sovereignty in the world. Many of course opted for sovereignty, their position in the world. But for that to even happen, resources were surely needed. Debates would be held for a couple of days, but somehow, someone has found a source of oil on Khyargas itself. With this, the crew was able to go out again in the open seas again.

Still even with the oil, the crew didn’t have any idea to get other resources. And taking the long path of civilization (I.E developing and creating tools etc.) wasn’t a very exciting path to undertake. But one suggestion did spark an idea to many: “Piracy”. Though a cruel and inhuman practice, it was the only other remaining option to the people of Khyargas. And it is with this idea, a new nation had been formed on the world, and on January 26th, 2418, The Outcasted Pirate Sovereignty of Khyargas was born.

Flag of The Outcasted Pirate Sovereignty of Khyargas

With no-one else willing to take the role or able to challenge her claim to rule, the former admiral Anima Delirus took up as the leader of Khyargas. Dubbing herself the title: “Verus Dominus Pirata” (True Pirate Lord).

#### **The Rotten Blossom**

Khyargas developed it’s own code of piracy through the “Articles of Anima” and developed a system of piracy, with its own structure of rules and work method. The method works in a way whereby sailors and crew are commanded by lesser Pirate Lords which are commanded by the more higher up Pirate Lords, which all ultimately answer towards the will and needs of the True Pirate Lord. Pirate Lords commandeer portions of fleets or a ship in raids. Alternatively, the True Pirate Lord can also do these things themselves, if so needed/wished.

Most of the former Pirate Lords were made up of the lieutenants/captains of Battlefleet Occidentalium.

These Pirate Lords would go on and conduct raids from across the entire Western Altay strait and around the outskirts of the western Southernlands. Raids were mostly performed upon freight ships and heists would occur on harbors and ports. Altayria itself wasn’t the only target from these raids. Other nations were also drawn into the pirate problem that were caused by Khyargas.

It is through these raids that Khyargas was able to get very rich in material and equipment. First raids were mostly done so to get the needed tools and materials to build up and such. Later on, more and more valuable items were looted.

For Khyargas to grow in population and working crew, it needed some attraction towards itself. All around the continent of Europe and the Southernlands and around the world, Khyargas was looking for applicants wishing to join them. Most of the signed up applicants came from Altayria itself, usually unemployed war veterans from the Altay War. Tens of thousands were able to be recruited into Khyargas from Altayria. Most of them would usually find simple labor work there, but for those people that was fine to work with.

Khyargas at the time would be too much to handle for Altayria at the time. Altayria and other nations were of course target of their raids but were never aware of their location, their main base. Through subtle recruitment, better naval tradition and getting away with pretty much every raid, Khyargas was able to secretly maintain it’s sovereignty and independence for many years to come.

#### **Rotten naught, Fresh it was**

Khyargas reached it’s peak golden age around 2424, from where the island itself may be one entire “metropolitan” city for the time. This in itself kind of made Khyargas more of an attractive place than a harbor filled with privateers and pirates. Even though not everyone was committed to privateering of goods. Raids around this time dwindled a bit more down and people were more interested in settling down for a more hazy and calm life.

It was also around this time in 2425 that Anima Delirus felt more connected to her years-long friend and Co-captain “Alius Dimidium”. The two were really well connected, had many experiences and fun over the years they’ve worked together, and after a while, Anima caught some interest in Alius himself, for who he was and what kind of person he was. Alius also had the same thoughts about Anima. Seeing this, Anima thought that it would be unwise to continue on like this and decided that it would be better if she reformed Khyargas into something that doesn’t involve looting and pillaging. Because not even she would risk her life needlessly to lose her love.

These reforms planned to remake Khyargas to a fresh new start.

First act that was performed was the disbandment of The Anima Code.

Second reform would be to rework the government system, Anima decided that a council of “Reparators” was to be formed and that they would make the decisions of the nation itself.

Elections were to be held every 12 years to decide who would be elected or re-elected on the council. Everyone was allowed to elect themselves if they wished to. The council of Reparators would consist of 20 members plus one spokesperson (High Reparator). This spokesperson would have more power than the other members and would declare when a resolution would pass or not. One can only be a spokesperson if they at least were a Reparator themselves for two elections and needs an unanimous vote from everyone. Elections don’t necessarily have to be consecutive.

The only High Reparator that would not serve two elections before is former Pirate Lieutenant Vias Emendatus.

Third and final reform is the illegalization of privateering. Because Khyargas doesn’t want to be seen anymore as the former past it once held.

These reforms were enacted 4 days after the announcement, and on December the 18th, 2427, Khyargas reformed to a new identity: “The New Republic of Khyargas”. First becoming more of an isolationist state/haven.

After the reformed and new Khyargas, Anima decided to retire from ruler at the age of 44 and settle down together with Alius in February 2428. Anima went on to pursuit a life in art, literature and writing, releasing her own stories about The Altay Wars, raiding in Khyargas and other experiences and inspirations. Alius would become an accountant for a few Khyargas organizations and firms. Handling administration for anyone needing assistance.

The two settled down and lived their lives to their extent after. Anima died at the old age of 79, with Alius also dying of old age at 75.

### The New Republic of Khyargas [2427-]

#### **A New Altayria**

After the reforms in Khyargas, word also came out that Altayria was also going through it’s own transformation. One that denounced the old government of why invading those countries at the same time was a terrible mistake. Altayria took more of a intellectual’s viewpoint rather than one of politics necessarily. One of a Technocratic Union between the Humans and Advenans.

Given the denouncement of past Altayria, Khyargas saw an opportunity to announce itself more formally to the world. Thinking of Altayria as the only hope they would get at being somewhat of a recognized state. Because they hope that this Altayria sees Khyargas as a reformed nation which doesn’t wish to be affiliated with its past wrongdoings.

Altayria saw Khyargas as a consequence of them starting the Altay Wars in the first place, and see it more as their fault that Khyargas became what it was in the past. But they also wanted to open up more to their now reformed brothers and sisters, some wishing to see their relatives in Altayria and around the world again. The only thing that was asked from Altayria and others was some reparations to all the raiding and looting they’ve done, which Khyargas accepted.

And in 2439, Altayria was the first to recognize the nation-state of Khyargas. Other nations slowly but surely followed afterwards.

#### **The Accendentque Accord**

Relations soon soared high with Altayria and Khyargas in the 2440’s, reaching towards the point of mutual co-operation at a high level. One notable thing Altayrians finds appealing to the place is it’s peaking mountain and the local Malchin Snails. Both things would be interesting for the Altayrians to study and experiment in. Many of Khyargas’ population were former intellectuals that sought refuge after the turmoil in Altayria after the war.

So Altayria proposed a mutual research co-operative with Khyargas. Where the two would work together for further advancements in technologies. The co-operation would only be insisted if it prioritized civilian needs and advancements and would only be about weapons if it needs to defend itself. Both nations came to an agreement and on January the 29th 2452, The Accendentque Accord was born. A cooperative of two or more that sought out mutual developments of technology with each other.

#### **Tectemque**

Around the 2470’s, Khyargas became more reliant upon Altayria for many things. It’s interests were heavily influenced by Altayria, needed Altayria for its defense and basically relied on supply by them. It was clear to Khyargas that it wasn’t able to fully maintain itself in its current state. And thus Khyargas itself asked for the full protection of Altayria, asking to become their protectorate state. This was officially accepted by Altayria and in 2481, the Tectemque Act was signed. Giving the nation somewhat of it’s own independence, but being under direct influence to Altayria’s interests.

New Republic of Khyargas (Tectemque)

Khyargas as protectorate state would go on and prosper slowly but surely. And Altayria would go on and be able to gain somewhat more saying on their research demands. Though still following its original rules they’ve established.

Many of the old remnants of Battlefleet Occidentalium were scrapped, barring some models for display and museums.