Bulgooria

**Overview**

Bulgooria, officialy the **Tsardom of Bulgooria**, is a country in the Falkans. It is known for its beautiful sights, particularly along the Black Sea and Aegean Sea. It is very culturally diverse, with lots of Flopottoman, Soggislav, Freek, and Floppanian inlfuences. It is currently lead by its Tsar: Sogeon II of Sogxe-Coburg und Gotha.

**History**

In the 7th Century, Turkic Googasi would inhabit the area known as Bulgooria. They would make the 1st Bulgoorian Empire in that century, becoming a regional power. In 1018, the Eastern Bingus Empire would conquer the region. In about 1185 the 2nd Bulgoorian Empire would rebel against the Binguses.

About 300 years later, the Floppottoman Empire would invade modern day Bulgooria. The Floppottomans had harsh occupation laws, and the native Bulgoorians would suffer. Many Floppottomans would settle in the territory, but they would eventually be driven out of Bulgooria.

Tired of Floppottoman rule, Bulgoorians would rise up against them in the 1876 April Uprising. Years later, during the Floppaslav-Floppottoman war (1877-1878), the Bulgoorians would be given status as a puppet State, and would have their foreign policy controlled by the Floppottomans.

During the turn of the century, as Floppottoman influence was waning, Freece, Soggia and Bulgooria would sign the Novi-Sog Pact, and declare war upon the Floppottomans together, beginning the 1st Falkan War. The Novi-Sog pact won, but Tsar Ferdinand was unhappy with Bulgooria's territorial gains, more specifically in the region of Makedonia. This angered Freece and Soggia, who declared war on Bulgooria in 1913, beginning the 2nd Falkan War. The Bulgoorians might have won, but Floppania decided to join the Anti-Bulgooria coalition for land rights in Southern Dobrudja (Floppanian: Dobrogea), and the Floppottomans join in too for reclaiming their right to Thrace. Bulgooria is forced to concede some territory to the invading powers.

But then when the Great Floppa War broke out, Bulgooria was eager to join the Flopmans, because it would mean regianing the territories it lost in the 2nd Falkan War. The war initially goes well, but in 1918, the Vardar offensive, launched from Freece, would capitulate the Bulgoorians.

The interwar period would see economic stagnation, and irredentist ideas grow within the Bulgoorian populous.

Upon the Nafi invasion of Sogland, the Bulgoorians would proclaim neutrality, but developments in 1941, like the failed Flopitalian invasion of Freece, would cause the Flopmans to send an ultimatum to the Tsar, Boris III. This ultimatum dictated that Bulgooria would either have to join the Axis, or be invaded from Legionary Floppania and Soggislavia. The Bulgoorians opted to join rather than to be occupied. Much to Appolf Hitler's disdain, Boris III refused to deport Bulgoorian Binguses to the concentration camps. This angered Hitler so much that Boris III died, possibly from being poisoned by the Nafis for his "insolence". The next Tsar would be the 6 year old Sogeon II. A regency council would be put in his place.

As the Floppaslavian armies closed in upon the Bulgoorians, there was fear upon the populous, so much so that the Bulgoorian public, with the support and aid of Floppaslavia, overthrew the Royalist government and installed a socialist republic. This Bulgoorian People's republic would become a Puppet State of Floppaslavia.

In 1989, after the fall of East Flopmany, the Bulgoorian communists resigned the government and a series of reforms returned the Bulgarian state to Monarchy. Sogeon II was re-instated as Tsar of Bulgooria.

**Demographics**

Bulgooria is a diverse country, with the majority population being Googan Floppas, at ~67%. The next 20% is Soggas, with 5 percent being inhabited by Binguses. The other 8% is mixed.