Iowa

The Republic of **Iowa** is a nation located in South Enadia. It is home to roughly 6.5 billion Iowans, and is ruled by Marcus Tyrano, with its capital city at New Des Moines.

## Etymology

The name **Iowa** comes from the name of the Geonanian province **Iow**. This name was a Geonanized version of the name of the **Yawii Tribe**. The name of the capital, **New Des Moines**, was the native Iowan version of the capital of Iow, **Novdamon**.

## Naming Debate

There is a mass debate within the country on whether the country should be called **Iowa** or **Yawia**. The Enadized north mainly supports the name of Yawia, while the Geonanized south mostly supports the name of Iowa. As such, while the nation uses **Iowa** within the Enadian Union, it does not have an official name within the country.

## History

### The Yawii Tribe

The Yawii Tribe was one of the many Enadian Tribes, originating in 1500 BC. Similarities in artifacts from this time between the Yawii and Cadii suggest that the two cultures were closely related. Before the Enadii encounter, they didn't have a name for themselves, as they hardly knew about other tribes. After the Enadii encountered them, they built the port city of **Yav**. Now that they knew about lots of other tribes, they had to choose a name for themselves. They called themselves the **Yawii** after the port of **Yav** near them. After the Enadii stopped trading with them, like all of the other tribes, they fell into the inevitable path of poverty and inflation, and invaded the Enadii Trading Civilization. However, the Enadii were far stronger than the tribes, and the Enadii conquered their lands. Some chose to stay, while some chose to flee south. The ones that stayed became civilized. The one's that fled, kept with their tribal ways. After raids by the Cadii, they chose to reform into the **Yawii Khanate** to gain power, in the 400s.

### The Yawii Khanate

After the formation of the Khanate, the Cadii had to flee even further south, where they formed their own Khanate. The Yawii Khanate was one of the more advanced Khanates, and experienced a Golden Age in the 600s, where stolen Enadii works were discovered, and artwork was made based on it, combined with the traditional Yawii style. Eventually, the Cadii Khanate began trading with Agnarida, and the Yawii got jealous of their wealth, sparking multiple wars and ending the Yawii Golden Age. This would also begin the long-time rivalry between Iowa and Cadia.

### Province of Iow

Eventually, the Empire of Geonan appeared in the east, and the Yawii hatched a plan to get rid of the Cadii for good. They knew of the power that Geonan had, and they would be able to not only conquer the Cadii, but the Yawii themselves. They knew that with this plan, they would not only get rid of the Cadii, but avoid getting destroyed by Geonan, and possibly gain a lot of power. So, the Yawii allied themselves with Geonan, and the short-lived Xoli-Yawii alliance was established. They invaded the Cadii Khanate together, but after they had finished, Geonan betrayed them and conquered the Yawii as well, establishing the Province of Iow. After that, not many things of note happened in Iow, as it was the province with the 2nd most oppression rates in Geonan, behind only Hanitiw. New towns and cities were built, and the Yawii were forced to live in the "Yawii Corner" of each city, and they were forbidden to leave, seperating families, and making every town have a slightly different dialect of Yawii. After 1500, Geonan started to lower the oppression rates of the Yawii, and they were now free to live anywhere in the province. However, the many communities had become inbred, so they began marrying Geonanians, which made the Yawii living in Geonan further distinguishable from the Yawians living in Enadia.

### Freedom

Eventually, the Commonwealth of the Argimin hatched a plan to destroy Geonan. Meanwhile, Enadia collapsed, and the new Kingdom of Yawia was formed. When the Argimin plan worked, Iow, called Iowa by the natives, was freed. They began setting up a government, but the Kingdom of Yawia invaded, conquering the entire province. The people who were setting up a government proclaimed a semi-government named the Federal Government of Iowa, and the Iowan Civil War began. The Federal Government easily got the upper hand over the Kingdom, and the Yawian army was reduced to freedom fighters in New Des Moines. However, the Federal Government were never able to stop the freedom fighters, and the Iowan Civil War would *de facto* continue until 2077. As such, an official Iowan Government has never been put in place. The Federal Government worked in the way that the President would choose the next President.

### Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution began in Illiricium, however they stopped making factories in fear of pollution. MossW and Iowa then took blueprints and created their own factories. There is still a massive debate between Iowa and MossW over who properly started the Industrial Revolution. However, Iowa took it further than MossW, and created the first trains. In 1841, they sold the rights to the blueprints to Latrovia, which boosted the economy. By 1860, Iowa had become a world power.

### Modern Iowa

In 1862, Iowa invaded Cadia to gain important historical Yawii sites from them. However, the currently corrupt government strongarmed the treaty and took far more lands than was originally planned. They collaborated with Meadrinian archaeologists and excavated the Enadii Trading Civilization. During the 1900s, Iowa was instrumental in helping MossW in defeating South Velevia, who had been sending ships and raiding Mosian ports. It helped Crochon in the Mosian Civil War, and as Bradhim was supporting Roichen, Iowa gained lots of lands from them. Soon after Illirican soldiers staged a sinking of an Illirican ship, saying that Iowa and Cadia were plotting against them, and used the excuse to take lands from them and make a colony there. After Illiricium was defeated, the colony was given to Vustana, which caused uproar among the Iowan civils. They helped liberate MossW from the Black Sun after a brief takeover. After Vustana was defeated by Vustanosia, the former Illirican colony was given to Cadia, however Iowa felt cheated, and claimed the territory, making it disputed. In 2077, the freedom fighters lost all power, and the Iowan Civil War was officially brought to an end, although in reality, it had ended 340 years prior. As such, the Federal Government was abolished and the Republic of Iowa was founded, with **Marcus Tyrano** being elected.