Kingdom of Levania

Flag (1800-1947)

The Levanian Empire at its greatest territorial extent, 1235 to 1785

The **Kingdom of Levania** (**Kraljevina Levanija**) was a monarchy in Eastern Grastica that had existed since 721 until 1947. The Kingdom of Levania was first established in 721 when Petar of Tevigrad proclaimed his crown. It wasn't until the 11th century that Levania would develop their agriculture, commerce and even their military. This would help Levania become one of the most powerful nations in Eastern Grastica.

## First Kingdom of Levania (721-1780)

In 1204, The Kingdom of Levania would begin it's expansion into continental Grastica. Their territorial extent managed to encompass what is now West Prussen, Scandia, Koswavia, Rennesson and Stefania. Levania had exploited the local populations of their conquered territories through enslavement. The Anxi, Nician and Prussen slaves were used to construct buildings, fortifications, improve infrastructure and much more. These continental holdings would be known as the Levanian Empire.

### Fall of the First Kingdom

Levania's golden age would start to come to a close 1771 when the King of Levania, Miro the Conqueror, died from a disease and his successor was unable to rule over Levania's continental holdings. Famines would occur throughout southern Levania for a majority of the late 18th century.

The rise of the Schließlich Kingdom was also a very scary prospect as it was slowly becoming a very powerful nation. In 1775, the Kingdom of Levania went to war against the Schließlich Kingdom. The Royal Levanian Army was quite outdate compared to the Imperial Preußen Army and its soldiers' fighting spirit was almost non-existent. This, in turn, meant that the war was a colossal failure for Levania and was forced to make peace with the Preußen Reich.

The Treaty of Zapasław (nicknamed the Humiliation of Zapasław) was signed between the Kingdom of Levania and the Schließlich Kingdom in 1780. The terms of the treaty forced Levania to give up their land on the continent to the Preußen Reich, pay war reparations and become a vassal state.

## Prussen Vassal Period (1780-1800)

The Kingdom of Levania's time as a Prussen vassal state is highlighted by the Levanian Royalist War. The war started because of a rebellion by Levanian dukes to usurp the king and re-establish the Kingdom of Levania as a sovereign nation.

The war dragged on from 1780 until 1800 when Ratko Đorđevic I of Klavia proclaimed the Second Kingdom of Levania and suppressed the rebellion perpetrated by the Levanian dukes. He had managed to defeat all of the rebels and became the new King of Levania.

## Second Kingdom of Levania (1800-1947)

King Ratko I began several economic, military, agricultural, commercial and, most importantly, industrial reforms. These reforms had practically destroyed the old feudal system that had existed for centuries instead paving the way for a new era of prosperity for the Kingdom of Levania that hadn't been seen since the 11th century.

On the 3rd of January, 1823, the people of Stefania began an uprising hoping to gain independence from Levania. People started arming themselves and storming government buildings. Many battles would ensue between the revolutionary militias and the Royal Levanian Army. The most notable of which being the siege of Voywodsko as the city contained the Revolutionary HQ. The siege would end up being a disaster for the Royal Levanian Army and many captured Levanians were either killed or forced to switch sides.

After the fall of Voywodsko and Aniy, Levania sent one last major army into Stefania which would prove to be futile as Levania's last forces would end up losing at the Battle of Sedlartsi on the 1st of September 1823. King Ratko I had no choice but to recognise Stefania's independence.

### First World War

In April of 1914, the Preußen Reich declared war on Levania after a Levanian man named Gavrilo Princip had assassinated the Prussen Kaiser. A mass mobilisation of the Royal Levanian Army was declared and the Levanians awaited a Prussen invasion.

The Royal Levanian Army would win many battles against the Imperial Preußen Army thanks to support from Koswavia. The Prussen occupation zone in the southern Levania had also been liberated and dissolved in 1916 by King Petar II.

World War I ended in 1918 in a victory for Koswavia and her allies and the Preußen Reich signed a peace treaty that forced it to give up territory to Levania and other nations.

### Interwar Period

The Black Friday Event of 1929 was the most catastrophic economic disaster the world had ever seen. Almost no place was unaffected and this included Levania. The Levanian Dinar had become worthless until a currency reform was made by King Miro II in 1930.

In 1931, Levania and the Freishafen Republic got into a border conflict as it was found out that a Prussen ship had been illegally extracting oil from the South Levanian Sea. Even after the incident was resolved, relations between Levania and Prussen were soured.

### Second World War

When the Second World War began in 1939, the Wehrmach of the Neu Preußen Order had planned a naval invasion of Levania. In 1941, the Neu Preussen Order would invade Levania. The Wehrmacht and Fallschirmjäger force landed in Orivika with the Kriegsmarine providing assistance. A total mobilization of the Royal Levanian Army was declared by King Miro III. Vojin Obradovic and the Levanian ultra-nationalists established the Black Paramilitary to fight against the invaders.

In the Southern Front, the Wehrmacht and Fallschirmjäger landed on the shores of Orivika and managed to quickly occupy the city. Many atrocities were committed by the SS troops that were with the Wehrmacht. After an intense battle outside the city, in which the Prussen forces had to fight against the Royal Levanian Army, Chetniks and the Levanian Republican Army, the Prussens tried to retreat back to Prussen. The Wehrmacht's 8th Army evacuation to Wieslau was an utter disaster and the remaining troops were either executed or imprisoned by the Black Paramilitary. The campaign had been a failure largely due to poor weather.

In the Northern Front, the Prussen forces had successfully landed in the city of Sanivo Luka. The Ukarian Ustaše had announced their collaboration and pledged their allegiance to the Neu Preußen Order. A puppet state was established with Ivo Antonjievic, one of the founders of the Ustaše, as it's head. Even Ratkograd was renamed to Branegrad.