Balandis

Balandis is a parliamentary republic. it is made up of multiple states with distinct levels of development, it is also famous for it's modern multiculturalism and liberal society. Zoning laws are not a thing in Balandis and the citizens are allowed to build freely on the land they own.

Because of it's liberal ideology the country has experienced vast growth throughout the years, but also has experienced some instability.

**HISTORY**

**Founding and the United States of Terra**

Balandis was founded around 5ADE by the server owner (player at the time), Canadian.

It started off with an immediate conflict with Banoi when the Banoian military tried to claim one of the Balandish islands. This immediately soiled relationships with Banoi that would have effects for nearly a hundred years. During this time the world was in the middle of the biggest war it had ever seen, World War One was started by Catopia invading much of the world. Balandis made an agreement with Catopia and was set to annex and unify much of the south of the world. Catopia eventually fell to Banoian forces, sadly Banoi fell very soon after. Balandis was left as the last nation standing at the end of this world wide war and soon used it's political influence to diplomatically unify the entire world into the United States of Terra.

The UST lasted a couple of years before growing Banoian nationalism caused a uprising in the Banoian islands. with growing instability caused by it's vast territories it had to govern over the union of UST fell apart leaving many countries in its place in the new post war world.

**Period of isolation**

The country retreated into a period of isolation when it's original leader, Canadian, became disillusioned with the liberal institutions and left to Newport and later the throne of the monarchist state of Arstotzka.

The Arstotzkan wars went and gone, and upon the return of the original prime minster and his ascent back into office the nation of Balandis would go in a new more expansionist direction.

**The Balandis-Banoian War**

Africa during the first twenty years since the end of World War One was heavily colonised by various empire all around the world, the biggest of which was the nation of Banoi which owned almost half of the entire continent. Balandis which was just off the coast of Africa saw the threat and oppression of Africa that these empires brought with it.

In an international crisis Balandis claimed all of Africa as a new "United States of Africa" in an attempt to curb the colonialist powers. The leaders of Banoi and Balandis met several times in an attempt to make an agreement that would benefit both nations. Banoi's main concern was that of the Lapis mines of Northern Africa. Although Balandis agreed to let Banoians have mining rights in the region Emearldia still rejected the agreement citing a threat to their nation.

The agreement completely broke down when an attempted assassination of the Prime Minster took place in the Emerald Bay by the high command of the Banoian Military. attacks took place all throughout Africa and Balandis was losing ground.

Abandoning traditional war strategies the Balandis military landed in the Banoian jungle has held a long fought guerrilla campaign to bring Banoi to it's knees.

The war ended when the Balandis military was finally expelled from the Banoian jungle. The former prime minister, Canadian, fled to ancapistan to live out the rest of his life.

**Banoian Occupation**

After the invasion of the Balandis mainland Banoi held Balandis as another colony. The hate between the two groups of people cooled over the next several decades. After the introduction of foreign trees the island of Balandis turned from a sand covered island to a savanna.

**Post Second Lindisfarnian-Banoian War**

Upon the invasion of Banoi by the Lindisfarne army, the former Banoian colony suddenly became independent, although it had freedom the old small hunting and farming communities from the days of Banoian occupation still lingered. Many foreigners sought to extract and rape the island, one of the more extreme plans was to completely remove the entire island.

The nation stayed like this until the now old Former Prime Minister, Canadian, returned from a long self imposed exile far away from civilisation. Depressed with the state of the nation and for that matter the entire world he sought to restore the old democratic ways of his youth.