The Republic of Bactria

## Introduction

Bactria is the nation built by the Greco-Bactrians, a group of people mostly separated in two areas: in Sogdia and in Indica, with Bactria being easily conquered by nomads that destabilised the country since ancient times. After the invention of gunpowder, guns and the military drill, the rulers of Bactrian India were united by Demetrius VII, and began the expansion for Bactria against the Mongols and Turks, connecting the long disconnected regions of Sogdia and Indica, forming the first Empire of Bactria. The Bactrian crisis quickly quashed the faith of the people that their country's integrity could be held if they didn't conquer and control other lands and peoples, and after reclaiming their lands (and other lands including Persia and Parthia), the Greco-Bactrians started to think that their country has the sacred right to conquer the lands that was part of Alexander's Empire, and now the state has been the biggest it has ever been, conquering and spreading the influence of Bactria far and wide.

## Bactria in Antiquity

After the rebellion of the Bactrians, the first king of Bactria, Demetrius I, ascended the throne as the Seleucid Empire was unable to respond, who was fighting Parthia at the time. Demetrius I was banking on this, and he quickly set his sights to do something even Alexander couldn’t do: invade India, and control its rich and profitable regions. He quickly set upon the Mauryan Empire, quickly conquering the empire and bending its people into Greco-Bactrian suzereniaty. Returning to Alexandria Eschate, he receives a rather interesting piece of news: The Seleucid Empire is losing against Parthia terribly, and has sent messengers to tell Bactria to help them against Parthia in exchange for recognition of Bactria. Demetrius I knew the Parthians to be a grave threat (and after meeting the Parthian king Demetrius thought that he wasn’t a person to be trusted) and so he levied his Indian troops and used human wave tactics to crush the Parthians. After that, he went back to Alexandria Eschate and had a full life, and he had many children with his spouse.

After Demetrius I, his descendants ruled Bactria, and one of the descendants Alexios converted to Buddhism, prompting many more Bactrians to convert to Buddhism, and from thereon started the Greco-Bactrian hatred against hinduist Indians began. At 1 AD, Bactria started to have trade with Rome (they traded with the Seleucid Empire for centuries already), and Rome quickly increased it trade with Bactria for silk and other resources, quickly undercutting Kauna. The resulting Bactrian-Kaunan war resulted in a Bactrian victory as the Bactrians were much more adapted to the steppe areas that they were fighting in, and Bactria was the most powerful state in the world.

Then the Kushans came.

The Kushans were able to conquer Sogdia and Bactria, and was eventually stopped in India, but the damage was immense. Cities were burnt, people were massacured, and Alexandria Eschate wasn’t able to be reconquered. Bactria at this point isn’t a functional state anymore, it was a mess of petty kings who were fighting with each other to beat the Kushans back. When the Kushans turned their sights to the Selucid Empire, the petty kings split Northern India and warred with each other constantly, fighting war after war for little gain.

## Governing regions of Bactria

Hellas

Peloponnesia

Ionia

Pontus

Kilicia

Kyprus

Egypt

Armenia

Mesopotamia

Syria

Media

Parthia

Persia

Sogdia

Bactria

Indica

Arika

Dakinabes

Bopa

Bamaria

## Colonies of Bactria

Nubia

Paragonia