Federal Republic of the Sumish States

Flag of Sumshar

Map of Sumshar

> "This land is godless." - Godly Guide and Brotherly Leader of the Sumish, Agastapana the Benevolent.
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**Sumshar**, officially the **Federal Republic of the Sumish States**, is a country located in the Perforations. It is apart of the Sarcid sphere and formerly a Masrelli sphereling. It is a developing nation with a growing economy, second only to the **Empire of Ouroboros**, one of the leading powers in the Perforations,

## **History**

### **Sumish Empire**

According to oral traditions Imperial era, the Sumish Empire was founded before recorded history by a triumvirate of men turned gods each individually known as **Asurcas the Formidable**, **Furanso the Dominating,** and **Baltag the Enlightened**. The Three Kings would rule for more than a thousand years, helping guide the Sumish people to greatness. In their thousand year reign, the Sumish would experience an unprecedented golden age still engrained within the collective consciousness' of the Sums. However mythical this era of Sumish history is, it is still unknown to modern historians whether this tale is based on real life historical events or a national tale made up to give the Sums a national identity. Regardless of this information, the Sumish Empire was likely founded 500-700 years ago according to rough estimates, although new archeological records found push back the date to 850 years ago. What we do know about Sumish Imperial history is limited, as written records are rare to come by and those that are available are third-hand sources that are likely exaggerating details or just recipe books.

### The Free Officers Movement and the Coup

The latter years of the Sumish Empire was marked with extremely political voilence amongst the Sumish nobility and a near endless struggle for power. A group of nationalist officers from all three branches of the Sumish Imperial Armed Forces would form the Free Officers Movement, a movement that sought to bring great changes to Sumshar and bring an end to the corrupt and ancient feudal system holding back Sumish development. To bring about this, the officer clique would begin gathering up support from within the ranks of the Armed Forces, the people themselves, business magnates and ironically enough Ashums of lower status (Ashums are feudal warriors equivalent to the Samurai). They would spend nearly five years of building up their supporter base until finally launching their coup against the Imperial government.

Around early morning near daybreak, tanks and troops would enter the city without alerting the city garrison and police. The troops would take vital areas around the city, with radio stations and military barracks being captured and occupied by FOM forces. Before anyone could ever respond, the coup d'etat was well within progress and the city effectively under FOM control. Troops were dispatched towards the Imperial Palace within the city and reportedly a tank fired a lucky shot into the Imperial Palace, landing in the Emperor's quarters ending him and wife's life together. Troops dispatched into the Imperial Palace would take care any of the surviving royal members and their courtiers, brutally lynching them and displacing their bodies to the public. While the Imperial family was widely disliked, this move was seen as too savage and brutal, but nonetheless, the Free Officers Movement would effectively be in control of the entire nation.

### The Aftermath and Establishment of the Republic

The aftermath of the coup would see attempts by the former nobility to oust the Military Junta, all ending in failure and a brutal response by Military Junta to put them down. Worried about one of their spherelings succumbing to a violent change of regime, the Masrelli would send out a formal complaint to the Junta rather than intervening, they would get reassurances from the Junta promising not to do anything warrant a military response from the Masrelli.

The Junta would spend about another 2 years brutally putting down revolts after revolts from the former nobility, until the Masrelli would step in to broker peace between the two sides. This peace, however flimsy, it was, was enough for the Junta (now the National Salvation Council) to enact their changes upon the nation. They would draft up a new constitution declaring the establishment of **Federal Republic of the Sumish** and finally ending the 850 year old empire. The establishment of the FRSS would shake up local politics in the Perforation, gaining the ire of the Empire of Ourobooros, one of the Sumishes oldest rivals in the region, seeing their ideology of democracy as a potential threat to the Ouroborosi monarchy.

## Government and politics

### Government Structure

The government structure of the FRSS is divided into three main bodies: Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches. The abolishment and prohibition of political parties within the FRSS has led to a freer FRSS. The non-partisan approach spearheaded by President Agastapana, has allowed the average Sumish commoner's voice to be heard by allowing them to be directly participate in government politics.

**The People's National Congress** is the National Legislature and forum of the FRSS. It is made of a thousand representatives from the State Congresses of the FRSS. The PNC acted as a legislative forum that allowed the masses to interact with the Brotherly Committee of National Oversight to pass legislative bills, check on the state of country and debates.

**The Brotherly Committee of National Oversight** is the elected executive body of the government. It is roughly equivalent to the cabinet system found in the republican democracies of the First World. It is composed of the President (head of state), the Prime Minister (head of government) and cabinet ministers who are responsible for the daily up-keep of life within the FRSS

**The Supreme and Divine Court of Imperial Sumish Justice** is the highest judiciary body within the FRSS and is made up of ten judges who inherit their position rather than being appointed by the President or the PNC. It is the oldest of all the branches and despite the change of regimes, still keep their Imperial heritage intact. It predates the FRSS itself and is one of the oldest surviving institution in Sumshar.

### National Symbols

The national flower of Sumshar is the **Semiramis tree**. While a misnomer, the Semiramis 'tree' is a tree-like flower that is native only to Sumshar. The Semiramis bears resemblance to Earth sunflowers, but way more stockier and a hardier wood-like stem. For centuries, the Semiramis tree has been cultivated by the Sums for its seeds to produce flour and oil, while its petals are used for herbal remedies and teas.

The national flag of Sumshar is a horizontal tricolour consisting of the colours red, blue and white, symbolizing the three legendary founders of the Sumish Empire. In the middle there are also three red and gold stars that somewhat bears close resemblance to the Semiramis tree and also represents the triumvirate.