Serenese-Republic of Witnecast

The Serene Republic of Witnecast

The island of Witnecast before having contact with the
civilized world was inhabited by the Thirioans; a subspecies of the Fa’unii.
They are thought to have been a maritime people that migrated from the mainland
many years ago, the only evidence for this though is the fact that they live on
the island and share their religion with most other Fa’unii, the Thirioans seem
to have forgotten their maritime roots completely having no stories of their
great journey and even going as far as to claim that this has always been their
native homeland.

The Thirioans have varying degrees of progress, the majority
living mostly off of agriculture and fishing, whaling around the fertile coast
while small groups of hunter gatherers strive for survival in the inland mesa. What
they all share however is their power structure, every little community of the
Thirioans follows a warlord or chief, some are appointed by the group as
representatives and others lead through military might. These warlords and
chiefs come together once every full moon to discuss matters that affect the
entire island such as famine or foreign incursion. The Thirioans however divided
by way of life and community all share a common love for their homeland and
culture and will work together to defend it.

Problems arose when the Kingdom of Beauvais started sending
navigators on journeys to explore the sea, after they discovered Garigland they
knew there was probably more land to discover and exploit. This is how they
came across Witnecast, at first the only interactions between the Westerners
and the Thirioans was trade, but soon the Westerners sent envoys demanding
tribute from the Thirioan people, the Thirioans not knowing the size of the
nation they were up against plainly refused and forced the envoys off of their
island. The king of Beauvais being insulted by this harsh treatment of is
envoys and underestimating the Thirioans who in his eyes were uncivilized
savages sent a small force to Witnecast to enforce his sovereignty over the
island. This small force started off with one decisive victory after another
against the farmers on the coast, these victories however left them demoralized
seeing how the farmers were hardly capable of fighting back due to their
peaceful nature and lack of experience in conflict, seeing that the people they
had to fight had done nothing to deserve such, small parts of the army started
to defect to the Thirioans they had left homeless and helped them build up
using knowledge from the mainland. This village later becoming the main cause
of the influx of foreign ideas and knowledge, this knowledge spread quickly
along the eastern side of the island but the west and midlands remained fairly
untouched due to lack of communication. What remained of the Western army got
decimated after a coalition of the other Thirioan communities ambushed them in
the woods.

After that victory the council of warlords and chiefs came
together to decide on how they would stand in the politics of the world. The
council proclaimed the Serene republic of Witnecast. (being Serene due to the
calm nature of its people) The warlords and chiefs still keep full authority
over their own domains, but now also swear loyalty to the council of the
republic which takes care of foreign affairs.

Due to its half-civilized status in the eyes of the world
The Serene Republic of Witnecast is in constant peril. How shall the
Thirioan-Western identity hold up in a world ridden with conflict?