Tsardom of Bostadir

The Tsardom of Bostadir's Flag; Prosperity and the Griffin.

## Origin

The Tsardom of Bostadir was formed with the idea of creating a major power in the **New Lands** as a native country there. Bostadir began as a small town with big ambitions, founded by MrPierogi on **6/12/2021**. Where he had straight after invited DlO\_BRANDO as the first resident, where they would begin clearing up the local forest, in way for buildings and walls.

Bostadir has had a steady growth since their creation, a few influential Iaddithis players have commented on Bostadir saying that it most likely will become a major nation in Iaddithis.

## Lore

The Tsardom of Bostadir originates from remnants of a once-great Yenerel tribe, namely the Toros tribe. After the collapse of the Toros tribe, the remnants had fled across the land bridge, to what is now the Yenerel Archipelago. After many years of infighting amongst the remnant tribes on the islands, the Norst family had shown be actual descendants of Torys, founder of the Toros tribe and son of Nasyst. Using this, they established a divine mandate and most of the remaining tribes on the islands peacefully submitted to their righteous rule.

The Toros tribe itself was, as mentioned before, created by Torys, son of Nasyst. It was the first tribe to develop a modernized religion on the continent, Torys was able to quickly subdue any neighbouring pagans and enforce the true religion. During his religious campaigns, Nasyst and the 17 others had spoken their words through Torys and he wrote the fundamentals of the Yenerel Faith, vividly explaining the purposes of the gods, different traditions that were already present across the continent, many folk stories about different tribes, stories, history, and he, of course, also wrote down the very names, appearances and powers of the gods, all located within the Word of the Eighteen. Unfortunately, after the fall of the Toros tribe, the numerous pages were ripped from the book, which never had a copy. Most of the tribes that had the ripped pages had remained true to the Yenerel Faith, but replaced Nasyst being the main god, however some of them didremove the other, minor gods, with the god from their page, which Bostadir is heavily focusing on retrieving in order to revive the true ways of the Yenerel Faith.

## Flag

The Bostadirel flag (**Prosperity and the Griffin**) takes inspiration from the old imperial flag of the Norst family, of the Norst Tribe. Unlike most flags in Iaddithis, the colours in the Bostadirel flag carry much meaning.

The Griffin is a popular symbol of protection amongst Bostadirel culture, it is the primary signature of Vethel's protection, but also represents strength. The black bars represent the long nights of winter, with the white strip representing holiness and purity, together the two colours represent harmony amongst the various gods, but also the sequence of the seasons. The wheat represents the prosperity of Bostadir, with its yellow tint signifying Nasyst's light.

## Religion

The Yenerel Faith is the State Religion of Bostadir. It is deeply rooted within Bostadirel politics and law, and there are many traditions present within the faith that are important to the people. The faith itself retains many aspects from ancient animistic and pagan beliefs of the region, an example of this being different types of spirits serving their gods or goddesses.

## Geography

Bostadir is located on the Yenerel Archipelago, near the North-Western border. The islands are mostly forests and plains, with the largest island, which is where the capital is located, features some rather tall mountain ranges.

**Towns and Cities**

* Bostad, the Great Capital of Bostadir
* Toryst, a town on the southern-most island
* Toryst Fortress, the largest planned-to-be fort that looks over the town of Toryst
* Fort Romanium, a fort located on the northern most island
* Daropolatsk (temp. name), a small fort located in the mountains of the capital island
* Vethel, a town located on the eastern-most island

## History

### The Foundation of Bostadir

On 6/12/2021, MrPierogi had created the town of Bostad, where he created the nation itself on the same day. He then after invited DlO\_BRANDO to help expand the town.

### First Contact

Shortly after the foundation of Bostadir, the short-lived nation of Agaricus had visited their shores. Thinking their islands were uninhabited, they decided to make a colony there. MrPierogi had reached out to their leader about the fact they were encroaching on their land, which peacefully ended in the colony being disbanded, and secured an alliance between the two nations (until Agaricus was disbanded two weeks later).

This first contact led to a enlightenment era within Bostadirel politics and religion. The Tsardom of Bostadir let itself be known to the world and many had already recognized their claims.

### The First World War

The nation of Bostadir had only minorly interfered in the First World War of Iaddithis, on Albia's, side as loyal allies, fighting to the last moment until Albia eventually fell. Most notable moment, for Bostadir, in this battle is Nastynt giving Tsar Bostan (MrPierogi) a fully enchanted netherite sword to defend himself (just a sword he found in the battle).

### Formation of the C.M.P

After WW1 and the Dissolution of Albia, MrPierogi had the wise idea of trying to stabilise the former lands of Albia, so that no larger nations would take advantage of the Albian successor states. He discussed with Emp about a type of alliance, which MrPierogi thereafter named it the 'Coalition of Minor Nations'.

### Creation of Fort Toryst

After a while, RussianDude had decided to join Bostadir. With aspirations for the biggest fort in the nation, and with the previous town of Toryst being abandoned, MrPierogi had decided to move the idea to the second largest island in the archipelago, and had decided to make RussianDude the lord of the province. Although after the Bostadir coup, RussianDude decides to rename what was Toryst to Volstar, representing the lands of Vivonia

### Encounter with Georgina

During the month of December, MrPierogi had taken interest in his nation's surrounding neighbours. At the time, the only true neighbour was the small, unknown nation of Georgina. MrPierogi had given them the suggestion of converting to the culture and religion of the Yenerel, however they declined. Instead, they offered him and his nation to convert, which he politely declined as he had much more lore than Georgina.

MrPierogi had then asked for a tour of the town of Izhevsk, unbeknownst to him that this would start a long-term rivalry. They showed him around, until they led him to their sadistic and depressing cave of sacrifices. Their leader, Superpedroj had hit MrPierogi into the lava. Luckily, he was able to make it out, but before he could even ask why he hit him, Superpedroj's town member came and they killed him. It took 15 of the whole server convincing them to give him his stuff back or else they would be banned. They later claimed that they killed him because he had apparently insulted their religion, as if the very fact that it exists was not an insult to the server itself.

During the admin-enforced Christmas Truce, the Georginans had declared and illegal siege upon Fort Romanium, which only led to them being hated by the Bostadirel people. MrPierogi has sworn that one day he will take over Izhevsk and either destroy the dragon, or humiliate their pagan religion of barbaric sacrifices.

### Conflict over Starent

After the conflict with Georgina, the Tsardom of Bostadir was forced into an isolationalist and slowly-developing state, due to the fact that MrPierogi was unable to play as his PC was broken. The close-by nation of Ethnos had used this to their advantage, thinking they would be able to get a free town from the so-called dying nation. Bostadir was, quite rightfully, angered at the fact that Ethnos was taking advantage of their nation's weakened state.

During this time, Bostadir had learnt that these actions were not supported by the entirety Ethnos, that there was a civil war brewing within the nation. This gave Bostadir quite a strategic advantage, as they would be able to attack Ethnos from the inside. They had also learnt that the civil war was created mostly due constitutional changed and a heavily biased vote for a singular monarch.

If it was not for their involvement with Bostadir, the imperialistic government of Ethnos might have been victorious against the pretender rebels, provoking Bostadir was their first mistake. During this time period, Bostadir was frequently referred to as a "sleeping giant", quite rightfully so. They had forged an agreement with the pretender rebels that they would gain the throne, and Starent would remain Bostadirel. They agreed.

MrPierogi had cleverly began picking-off Ethnos' allies, within the I.O.P. He had began explaining to them that this was not a conflict of Bostadir declaring war, but Ethnos declaring war, as shown with Ethnos' formal declaration of war. Savoia, an ally of Bostadir, had almost instantly agreed to remain neutral, with all the other I.O.P member following the same action, now Ethnos was with no allies, no support, no extra help, their second mistake.

Then the war day came. Bostadir sent four of his most finest warriors, one of them being a Scribe that had documented the battle. The battle took place at the former capital of Ethnos, which was occupied by the rebels, New Axum. Ethnos was outnumbered and outgeared, they had ran towards the town's gates, fighting with little to no skill. The only skilled people on their side were the mercenaries that they had hired. After a few minutes, the soldiers of Ethnos began panicking, they scattered and began running back towards their own towns like the cowards they were. The soldiers of Bostadir, Ethnos and their allies then began to kill off any soldiers that were still alive.

MrPierogi states that this war was decisive, not only for Bostadir, but also for the future history of the other nations of the North-Western corner of Iaddithis. If Bostadir were to fall from this conflict, the North-Western part of Iaddithis would be in a constant state of anarchy and disarray, with little hope of stabilisation. Luckily enough, with MrPierogi's great diplomatic and administrative skills, Bostadir may yet still prosper into a proud nation.

### The April Coup.

#### Vethel Conference

The Vethel Conference was a 3-5 hour long political debate concerning the government of Bostadir. With Bostadir being divided into the Tsarists, Communist (who fucking had no clue how actual communism worked) and the Fascists (who also wanted to restore the Tsar, but with less power). The April Coup was RussianDude staging a coup d'état in a attempt to turn the country communist (that would work nothing like actual communism). As mentioned before, the negotiations were 5-6 hours long. Meanwhile, RussianDude ordered an Commune Army to march into the capital and occupy it (which changed and affected nothing because no one was online from the town and the Tsar was not able to come online because his PC was broken for the past four months so they just gave up and went back).

#### The United Yenerel Socialist Republics.

RussianDude tried and failed to create a communist Bostadir. It was in no way similar to actual communism other than it did not work.

#### Restoration of the Tsardom

Shortly after, RussianDude realised that the country literally would not function with him as the leader so he gave Mr. Pierogi "ownership" (no roles had yet changed) back. The people wanted the nation to be a constitutional monarchy... but it always was. RussianDude was still manipulating Mr. Pierogi and told him that they needed to remove the so-called "Nazis", RobertFratzy and his men. However, RobertFratzy was the most loyal man that Mr. Pierogi had known.

#### The End?

After a while, Mr. Pierogi was tired with putting up with the decaying nation and with RussianDude's behaviour, so he decided to give the land to RobertFratzy. However, of course, RussianDude did not listen and also took half of Bostadir's land.

### Aftermath of the Conference

Eventually, RussianDude's half of the nation began to fail and Robert was able to kick him out of the continent. Robert knew that the nation was dying and decaying and in order to prevent it from being partitioned or colonised, he decided to give the land to the leader of Liberum, Deathors.

Ironically, a couple of weeks later Liberum was invaded, annexed and Deathors ran away to former Bostadir. Mr. Pierogi states that "RussianDude kicked the nation into the group, but Deathors plunged it into Hell". Deathors, at the end of his reign, declared war on Myr over a pointless island that was going to be flattened. He claimed he wanted "dominance over the seas".

Luckily, RobertFratzy had murdered Deathors and in the same time Mr. Pierogi had decided to come back, seeing that Deathors was gone. (Deathors was permabanned from Iaddithis).