Tibet

**Tibet** or officially, the **Empire of Tibet**, is a country in the mountainous region across the sea from East Grestin, Arstotzka and Cobblestonia, a Tibetan territory. It holds two other main states, namely France and the aforementioned Cobblestonia. The main city of Lhasa boasts an enormous 80 meter tall stone brick wall with eleven checkpoints and guard towers as well as a few other towers within in the main city. France is to the south of Lhasa and Cobblestonia to the north. It was destroyed by its dictator ObamaLand after Sneed Waffen bombings of both Arstotzka and New Israel, leaving all three nations in ruins. ObamaLand reportedly boarded a rocket from a previously-unknown military base, reappearing a month later and forming the new nation of Franco-Muria. After several months of building strength in Franco-Muria, his forces invaded the Teutonic half of the Occupation Partition between Dexistan and the Greater Teutonic Realm and declared himself Emperor of the Three Kingdoms of France, Negromuria, and Tibet.

Tibet is currently ruled by the Emperor, ObamaLand, however, he previously ruled in tandem with his Sneed Waffen mercenary armies who staged a coup against the former Republic of Tibet. Land in Tibet was divided up by various Sneed Waffen officials, loyalist militias, and ObamaLand himself who directly owned roughly 47% of all Tibetan land. Sneed Waffen, Formerly Chuck's, deserters of the older Tibetan Republic army, and most Tibetan Nationalist Terrorists or TNT for short, were veteran soldiers of the Second Great Realm War. After the bombing of Tibet, a massive humantarian crisis took place, resulting in famine and the joint invasion of the GTR and Dexistan to provide "stability" and "aid" durng the crisis. Dexistan still occupies one half of the country and the capital, Lhasa, is split by a wall. Tibet has a population of roughly six million, suffering major losses after the bombings.

## History

Tibetan history shares its roots with the ancient Kingdom of Sandesia and the earlier Bysandine Empire, the first of which had existed centuries ago with scattered written history but much influence, whom of which ObamaLand and many nationalist Tibetans claim descendant. ObamaLand himself stating "We was [*sic*] Sandesians and shit". Sandesia and the Sand Isle was completely wiped out by the Great Realm Flood around 1400 AE but by then the nation was already in poverty and ruin due to numerous Kingsville invasions centuries prior and several pyrrhic victories involving extreme defensive measures. It is agreed by most archaeologists that Cobblestonia is in the precise location of Sandesia, it is unknown however if any ethnic Sandesians ever survived the flood.

At around 750 BE, Copia (a vassal state of Bysandium) had fully settled and fortified the current lands of France outside an ancient Japanese village. Various Tibetan tribes paid tribute to the Copians and later Bysandines to ensure their protection from other hostile tribes or occasional Villager invasions. Later during the Copian Rebellion in 60 AE, tribes began to slowly break off tribute and became larger and more centralized.

From 800-950 AE, hundreds of chiefdoms and tribes began to fully shed their tribal and nomadic values and lifestyles, forming several city states and kingdoms in the region of Tibet. Eventually, the clan known as Aland united the majority of Tibetan kingdoms and formed the Kingdom of Tibet in the year 999, lasting for more than a thousand years. Starting around the year 1453, decades after the fall of Sandesia and the last bastion of Bysandium, Tibet experienced a renaissance and rebirth of ideas from ancient Sandesian manuscripts and artwork, which would influence nearly all aspects of Tibetan life, leaving this movement to continue for centuries.

During the Great Reformation of the early 1960s, the King of Tibet, Oba Maland VI, stepped down and declared himself the President, after much democratic reform was put into place after years of internal debate and strife. For 57 years, the Tibetan Government was a democratic republic, with Presidents serving tenures of up to 20 years. In 2003, the democratically elected government attempted to eliminate the ceremonial role of King, a long cherished tradition in Tibetan culture and a reminder of their past. This proposal was not received well by various prominent families, religious organizations, and rural populations and rioting ensued when the bill was introduced to the National Assembly. Millions in property damage and several dead over the course of just four days from the rioting forced the President to withdraw the bill from legislative debate.

Major clans of Tibet that existed at the time and still exist today are the Alands, Malands, Johnsons, Collins, Reddits, Copenhagens, Blacksburgs, and the Brocha clan. However, many people of the Johnson clan despised the Aland clan, democracy, and the modern government of Tibet for decades. Many Johnsons and their affiliates in Tibet served in the military and were a sizable chunk of all law enforcement and military personnel. Notably, General ObamaLand Johnson, who would, after the devastating Second Realm War Tibet had fought in, stage a coup and crucify President Obam Aland (Not to be confused with ObamaLand Johnson) atop a culturally significant hill.

More than ten thousand able-bodied Tibetan men were dead, injured, or missing from the Second Great Realm War, which hampered the ability of the economy and wider society to function as before. Poverty became widespread and simultaneous unemployment and underemployment crises took hold with depressed wages and increasingly high prices being at the forefront. With high inflation, high unemployment, and sluggish growth, riots became increasingly common as civil order began to break down.

In the first months of this strife, Johnsons and Alands fought in the streets with dozens of uninvolved minor clans and thousands of civilians caught in the crossfire. After months of instability, the Tibetan government was forced, via a coup, to submit to General ObamaLand Johnson. After which, a massive genocide of the Alands took place, roughly 60% of all Alands were executed, both legally and extrajudicially, and all were removed from positions of power, the vast majority being stripped of all property. These Aland officials were to be replaced with Sneed Waffen officials. The Tibetan government to this day denies all allegations of such things taking place.

Tibet, under the leadership of ObamaLand, sent over 10,000 Sneed Waffen mecenaries to assist Yugoslavia in the Yugoslav-Israeli War and was rewarded substanially from the dwindling Yugoslavian national treasury. On August 4th, 2021, Sneed Waffen carried out a series of bombings in Arstotzka and New Israel, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. Shortly after these attacks, ObamaLand set off explosives in strategic points throughout his own country and boarded a rocket to escape its destruction.

After this widespread destruction and confusion, Arstotzka and New Israel ceased to be functional entities with Wheatdud, the President of Arstotzka, comitting suicide and A. Sheckson being arrested by the GTR. A joint invasion and occupation was orchestrated by the GTR and Dexistan, partitioning the nation roughly in half, providing aid and reconstruction to the survivors. ObamaLand returned into the atmosphere on September 11th, 2021, asserting control over the combined territory of France and Negromuria, declaring the state of Francomuria. Consolidating an army, he invaded the Teutonic area of Occupied Tibet and is currently in a standoff with the Dexistanian half that refuses to withdraw from it.

## Military

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Ancient chiefdoms of Tibet fought each other for centuries with stone swords and axes. After the fall of Bysandium, many proto pre-flood Tibetans broke away from the then Sandesia which was a shadow of its former self, and formed several feudal states. It is noted Tibetan kingdoms wielded some of the earliest enchantments, with many historians pointing out the Bysandine legend of the first enchanted weapon in Realm History, roughly translated, called "Brother of Spontaneous Death", although some say it would directly translate to "DOOD RDM" as described as the bow that killed Al Sneed Jr. Deemed unholy, it was cast into lava voluntarily by the soldiers of Bysandium who had found it, and the smith whom made it, thrown into the lava as well.

When Tibet was unified in the late 10th century, soldiers commonly wielded enchanted swords and crossbows. By the time Tibet became a democracy they used proper automatic firearms such as Tibetan copies of the Salazar Repeating Crossbow which have been used in all modern Realm Wars except the First Great Realm War and the UN invasion of Albania. The military hosts around 650,000 soldiers and 100,000 law enforcement officers with military training. 500,000 of which from the army, are Sneed Waffen Mercenaries. and the other 150,000 being The French Army.

When not engaged in wars, the Sneed Waffen Mercenary Army soldiers are required to work as bounty hunters, do actual mercenary service for other countries/warlords or do labor. 30% of income that goes into the Treasury is from the mercenary/bounty tax exclusive to Tibet. Most higher ranking soldiers in Sneed Waffen have fought or been involved with the Second Great Realm War and all officials of the Sneed Waffen were involved with the coup. Being one of the few places on the Realm where mercenary work is legal and openly encouraged, it is a hotbed for foreign mercenaries to seek refuge or hide out, foreign fighters making up one to three percent of the population, fluctuating whenever a large conflict occurs, allowing several officials and mercenaries to evade law enforcement in their respective countries. The amount of money generated from the service of housing these refugees is unknown.

During the Yugoslav-Israeli conflict, 20,000 Sneed Waffen mercenaries, as well as several other unofficial Sneed Waffen affiliated detachments with manpower numbering in the thousands, fought alongside the Yugoslavian Army. The force held up for days in the small country but was ultimately forced to retreat, facing a massive force of the combined armies of four CAA nations although raking in massive amounts of gold for their service from various Yugoslavian bankers with a large portion of that flowing into the treasury. Every mercenary can carry whatever weapon they please as long as it functions properly.

## Religion

When the common ancestor of the Tibeto-Sandesian peoples roamed the plains of the Realm they followed a vaguely known religion called "Borochanism" or shortened "Bön" which was an animist religion heavily involved with the environment and nature. As the Tibetan-Sandesian split occurred during around 7000-4000 BE due in part to a drought that turned the plains into deserts, those who stayed becoming the Sandesians and those who migrated to the mountain tops becoming the Tibetans, the religion also split into two sparking further division between Tibetans and Sandesians. Archeologists researching this period of history note the widespread use of the Borochanist Cross symbol ✝, of which represents a downward sword. Smaller sects of this religion used an upward sword, often deemed heretical.