Jerusalem State

The **Holy Bovido State of Jerusalem and Surrounding Territories** (Latin: **Sanctus Bovido Civitas Ierusalem et Territoria circumiacentes**), commonly known as **Jerusalem State**, was a federal state of the Bovido Imperium of Hassian States between August 10, 2028 and it's de-facto dissolution in 2038 following an invasion by the Shanghai Pact during the Conquest of Africa.

Following the Has Wars of 2020-2022, the Holy Empire of Bovido Has was forcefully dissolved and collapsed into factional rump states across the middle east and north Africa. As the leader of a Jerusalem based faction, in 2022 Anton Ujung proclaimed himself as Cardinal of Bovido Has and established a rump state version of Bovido Has known as the Jerusalem Bovido; between 2022 and 2026, Ujung set about implementing the Bovido Hassian Contingency with the intention of absorbing rival remnant states and expanding to become the dominant faction of post-Bovido states. Following the installation of a supportive government in neighbouring Egypt Has and the annexation of Palestine Has, Ujung began to deeply reform the nation's political system with the intention of a political revival. On August 10, 2028, Anton Ujung proclaimed the formation of the Bovido Imperium of Hassian States as a merger between the Bovido Republic of Egypt Has and the rump state of Bovido Has; under this new regime, the former Jerusalem Bovido became the *Holy Bovido State of Jerusalem and Surrounding Territories* as one of two federal states within the new Bovido Imperium.

Under the new Bovido Imperium, the senior clergyman Arron Banks was initially appointed as prime minister of the state and presided over the completion of the imperial palace in Jerusalem city, as well as further development of transport links with the neighbouring state of North Africa. In 2029, Pius Campeggio was elected as the prime minister by local clergy members acting on Imperator Anton Ujung's behalf; however, in November 2030 Campeggio was dismissed on the orders of Ujung and replaced with Ujung loyalist John Francis following Francis' role in helping negotiate the ascension of Saint Joseph's Devotees into the Bovido Imperium on November 1, 2030. On October 2, 2033, Cardinal Julios Cragen declared war on the Fox Dynasty and the Eurasian Union of States in a speech broadcast from Jerusalem state. Following an attack against Persia in November 2033, the Fox Dynasty and Persia launched a retaliatory strike on the city of Jerusalem on Christmas Day 2033; in response, the Bovido Imperium launched further attacks against the Libirachi-backed United Arab Republic.

In May 2035, the Libirachi regime launched an invasion of Jerusalem State alongside the newly formed Shanghai Pact with the intention of capturing Jerusalem city and ending the war; however, despite making progress towards the Bovido capital, the assault stalled in November 2035 following the Decimation of Tunis at the orders of Imperator Ujung. However, the decimation had an internal political consequence and in January 2036, Jerusalem State became the focal point for a coup which deposed Ujung and installed Julios Cragen as the new Bovido imperator, following fears that Ujung might unleash a full-blown nuclear holocaust on the world in his desperation for victory. Following an aborted peace treaty in early 2036, the Shanghai Pact resumed it's invasion of Jerusalem state and by January 3, 2038 the entire state, with the exception of Jerusalem city, had fallen to the allied forces. Following the encirclement of Jerusalem, the armed forces withdrew entirely from the middle east to focus on protecting territory in Africa, leaving Imperator Cragen isolated and effectively as a prisoner within his own capital city.

Jerusalem State was governed by a devolved administration led by a prime minister, who would be directly appointed at the imperator's instruction, and a local bureaucracy responsible for administering the region. As the leader of one of the federal states of the Bovido Imperium, the prime minister of Jerusalem State was automatically a member of the Grand Council of the Bovido Imperium and reported to the Cardinal of the Holy Clergy on matters of political policy. The only way to remove the prime minister from their office would be a direct dismissal by the imperator; similarly, the prime minister was entitled to cast a vote if the matter of impeachment from the role of imperator was put to the Grand Council, as happened in 2036 with the dismissal of Imperator Anton Ujung.