Foreign relations of Bujan

This is an article about Bujan's relations with other nations.

The surrounding island nations are regarded to the Bujanski as their "brothers" since their nation's founding by Koschei.

However, their concept of "brotherhood" is different from its counterpart in their enemy and ancestor, Darros. Instead of being a leader who dominates the other countries, and uses force to keep them in line, Bujan supports them and fights for them whenever anyone attacks an ally.

This defensive alliance with the other islands is to honour the Wonao natives who allowed the Slavs to rebuild after their migration, until they eventually became more influenced by their Wonao compatriots and the Vozonid classics. They were very proud of being "the odd-looking pale son" among the Wonaos and Vozonid nations, in being more like the people they associate with while retaining what they are.

It is also in line with a Bujanski belief that "brotherhood can only be earned, not something you are born with". To cut off their ties with Darros, the Bujanski Slavs preferred to see proof of one's real intentions by their actions; whereas the empires of Darros used many terms to mask their cruelty or glorify imperialistic wars. So they work together and cater with the surrounding countries' interests as an ally, no matter how stronger Bujan is.

This also led the Bujanski Slavs to refer the surrounding Wonao countries, from Irajon to Baido, as "the Neighbourhood". They are less likely to refer their Wonao allies and neighbours as "brothers", except for its age-old ally of Irajon, due to the association of the term "brotherly nations" with Darroskei war crimes. Only Irajon is known to Bujanski as the "brother nation" due to its age-old history of close ties.

### Names of the Neighbourhood

* Eosome: Kabakilan - "All the [Wonao] Islands"
* Bujanski: Okoljošta - "the Great Neighbourhood"

## History

One possible reason why so many countries allowed fighters to aid the War of Independence could be to thank the Bujanski for rebuilding them from the Second Kyrvotin Invasion. Thanks to the great reconstruction projects, many countries were able to not only survive the invasions of the Great Game, but also to defeat them.

In the neighbouring archipelagoes who requested for Bujanski soldiers to train their defensive forces, the Bujanski refused to occupy or even set up military bases, only requesting that they would be housed in complexes provided by local governments as auxiliaries from Bujan. Many of those governments still permitted the government of Bujan to build a network of bases, which are also under the authority of local laws owned by both Bujan and their respective nations.

An alliance of nations was set up to liberate Bujan and its neighbours, known as the Coalition of Zvesta (Vmǣstva Zvestarjana).

The government of Bujan planned that their independent state would have better relations with its neighbours. However, due to the insanity and massacres in the country, the allies sanctioned Bujan and only supported opponents of the purges. Public pressure to reestablish relations with its allies led to Bujan abandoning martial law and allowing equality for Terrans, as other nations derided Bujan as a "madhouse"; and as the country became more "normalised", other nations began to trust Bujan more.

## Relations with Jerdiskar countries

### Irajon

Irajon is Bujan's "brother nation": for thousands of years, both countries supported each other and adopted each other's traditions. Although the Irajonians were sometimes "vulgar" because they were more tolerant of alcohol, at least they did not become as boorish as Marnos.

Many Irajonians live in Bujan, while a large number of Bujanski live at Irajon. When the Wannaenids threatened to exterminate the peoples of Bujan, thousands of Vozonids who fought for the revolution declared themselves as Irajonians in protest. The ethnic Bujanski Slavs of Irajon also joined the locals' revolts against the puppet rulers of the Irajonian archipelago.

### Pinoguni

Pinoguni is another ally of Bujan, and both countries exchange technology with each other. In gratitude for helping it win its independence from the Wannaenid Empire, cherry parks are planted throughout the island kingdom in honour of Pinoguni.

After the defeat of the Tuksharan Empire's rule, Pinogunian migrants settled to Resovjant, where they worked as craftsmen and smiths. When the Pinogunian imperial army offered the Pinogunians of Resovjant to submit to them and enjoy privileges, they angrily refused and fought the imperial army.

### Paramosir

Since the Paramosir resisted the Exiles, the nation has become praised for its usage of alien technology to defeat the powerful Drugoi fleet. Other nations throughout Jerde sought to learn from Paramosir to apply the alien machinery that it uncovered to stop the Exiles.

Many years later, Paramosirian scientists aided various technological projects in the region's countries, including Bujan. Eventually some Bujanski took refuge in Paramosir, learning from the scientists' castles and supplying their machines to the resistance in their homeland via portals. These Bujanski joined the Paramosirian members of the Coalition against the Wannaenid forces, and the Bujanski's alliance prevailed.

Paramosir, and then Rukania, are always considered in Bujan as the ones that truly started the Standardisation.

## Distant Jerdiskar nations

### Nevkreno

"*Keepers of the old faith, best of both worlds, blessed by Lord Perun.*"

Nevkreno is admired by the Bujanski as fellow cousin Slavs and keepers of Sarmelonid culture. It was also where many Bujanids learned to practice proper norms.

In the olden days, Bujanids used to bow their head when near a Nevkrenian, claiming that the Nevkrenians were their teachers. This practice was later applied to other Sarmelonised countries, and Rukania for influencing Zvestarid society.

### Marnos

"*Arrogant, fussy snobs in the far west across the ocean, and dirty, drunk hooligans in the far east.*"

Marnos is a not-so-close ally of Bujan, and learns to use Bujanski technology to make itself an advanced nation. However, as friendly mocking rivals in jousting championships, they enjoy making fun of Bujan for being too snobbish.

One notorious incident involved Marnosyn sports hooligans making fun of the killings in July 1892 for being impractical, with small excuses (like being rude online) as a reason for murder.

#### Vulgaristan

While the Marnosyns consider the Bujanski to be too tidy and prim for their tastes, the Bujanski mock the Marnosyns as a vulgar people. It was more like a love-hate relationship, with both countries working together even though they look down on each other's attitudes.

Nonetheless, it was Marnosyn mutants who helped the Bujanski and their allies defeat the otherwise-impossible Wannaenid supersoldiers.

#### Sports fanatics

Marnos tends to be Bujan's biggest rival, due to the amusing contrast of the two nations' sports clubs. Bujanski fan clubs mock the Marnosyns for their obscene curses and drunkenness, while Marnosyns sing rude songs cursing at the Bujanski for being too proper and arrogant.

In sports matches between the two nations, Marnosyns tend to boo at the Bujanski national and royal anthems to mock the latter's "neatness". Some Bujanski do yell back, while most of them remain quiet. In fact, booing at the Marnosyn team is like a tradition *every time* the Bujanski team shows up on stage: if they boo, they are actually cheering and welcoming them, but if they cheer, they also include very rude and hateful remarks.

To celebrate this, Marnosyns sometimes raise signs and sing in Bujanski, "Respect our traditions, snobs!", referring to their custom of booing and laughing at the Bujanski team.

### Daleskarnia

Although relations between Bujan and Daleskarnia are friendly, the Bujanski consider the Daleskarnians to be stupid for being boastful about their militarised society.

After the July massacres were stopped, Daleskarnia was the first nation to reopen relations with Bujan. Military officers and strategists from that country trained the regiments of the Royal Armed Forces. The Bujanski knew them from their bicorne caps and green-red uniforms.

### Pogimmel

Pogimmel is regarded as another "brother nation" due to their similar Slavonian ancestry. Some Bujanski go on pilgrimages to temples there to honour their gods.

### Rukania

See also: Foreign relations of Rukania

Bujanski and Rukanians are close friends, because both have a history of resistance against invaders, their love of classics, and them being monarchies. In fact, Bujanski often respected Rukanians as their country's mentors for millennia. Even then, because of the Bujanski having partial Darroskei ancestry, and out of hatred of Darros, they usually try to keep a degree of separation from Rukania out of respect for the latter.

#### Ancient times

In the Eighth Age, the Kingdom of Ida established relations with Roriz at southern Rukania, when it and its whole continent was known as Zalonrae. Although the Idaish traded with Pogimmel and Darros (the origin for the name Zalonrae), Rorizian wares were more popular due to their beauty.

#### Disassociation

Relations between the two monarchies began when the Bujanid Empire's forces bombed Darroskei military units that waged war on it, Pogimmel, and several other Slavic countries, helping the invaded nations to push back and defeat the Darroskei imperials. The Bujanids insisted that they use the Sarmelonid and alien technology in their hands to wage war on the Darroskei invaders, to renounce all ties with the empire some Bujanids were descended from.

Eventually, the Bujanids defeated another Darroskei invasion towards their country, and celebrated by welcoming the Rukanians as more mentors. To the Bujanids, supporting the victims of that war, such as Rukania, was the path to destroying the "wickedness" in themselves, and improving their image to be reintegrated into the global community. They claimed that if they did nothing but mourn, everyone else will see them only as Darroskei and forever condemn them as the same war criminals.

Notably, the Bujanski forbid referring a Rukanian as a "brother", unless any individual Rukanian already allowed being called as such. This was in accordance with a cultural practice in Rukania that discourages foreigners from referring Rukanians as "brothers", reserving it only for the most trusted allies. Yet even Bujanski, though they are also among the most dedicated allies of Rukania, also refuse to be called "brothers". They claimed that it was out of humility and to avoid becoming imperialists like Darroskei.

The earliest dictionary in modern Eosome and Rukanian was composed in 1002 BT.

#### Students

The Zolluchije Campaign, initiated by one of the earlier kings of Rukania, may have inspired the Zvestarids to focus on technological advancement, resulting in the Standardisation. In fact, the progressive nature of Rukanian society may have inspired Bujan to concentrate on becoming more advanced than before. Even today, Bujanski often claim that it was the Rukanians, and Paramosirians earlier, who truly started the Standardisation before Zvesta spread it everywhere.

For this, the Kings of Zvesta offered a portion of the kingdom's vast funds as tribute to Rukania every year: in one of those years, a king of Bujan gave a supposedly empty portion of polar territory to Rukania, also to prevent the Wannaenids from seizing the portion. Even in the present day, the modern kingdom still offers tribute to Rukania in the form of money. King Izor of Rukania ordered Bujanski not to bow down to his people except to leaders in 1903 AT, as many Rukanians demanded the Bujanski to stop bowing down to them.

#### Homecoming

The Kingdom of Rukania housed many Zvestarids who fled the fall of their kingdom. Many of them were trained in Rukanian *sich*-castles, trained by the local bojars and knights for the day they would return to liberate their island home from Terran-Wannaenid oppression. When Dostagir rose up to reclaim their homeland, many Zvestarids returned by air or portal to fight for him, joined by legions of Rukanian knights. Rukanian volunteers also helped local resistance fronts stop the mob killings on the July after independence.

The formalistic society of modern Bujan, from top hats and suits, pith helmets all the way to monarchs, to an excessive amount of properness, was ultimately derived from the modernisation of Rukania, when the kingdom adopted Ardeschen traditions to celebrate its allies' victory. The Bujanski, being students of the Rukanian knights, also learned the formalistic codes of conduct, which survive in modern Bujan and were interpreted into Rodnover teachings, resulting in Bujanski Rodnovery being a "modernist" religion that celebrates advancing people and their society into greatness.

On the other hand, the excessive formalism in Bujanski society caused many Rukanians to feel ashamed that they had not taught the Bujanski enough to present a better image of themselves.

### Rukanian chivalry

The most notable example of Rukanian culture in Bujan was the knights' merciful treatment of repentant Terrans.

When the Bujanski returned to their homeland, they were welcomed at first by the inhabitants as liberators, and invited by the death gangs for an alliance. However, those knights were horrified by corpses of Terrans being mounted all over the towns, and by seeing murders at every random street and house.

So in the chivalry taught to them in Rukania, the Bujanski knights took down the corpses and gave some of them a proper cremation. They also went to execution grounds, and spared any Terran who had not committed worse crimes. This angered the death gangs, who attacked their allies and were defeated.

### Sevraeja

Both countries use the letter Ѣ (ae) as a separate phoneme, have a high degree of freedoms, love pop culture, and have blue and white flags, so they are good friends. Sevraeja is a tourist haven for Bujanski due to its scenic forests, and Bujan attracts Sevraejan tourists with its splendid classical art and seaside views.

Zvesta used to build a lot of offices, industrial parks, and academies to help Sevraeja become more modern. Modern Bujanski culture was also partly influenced by Sevraejan art and properness.

Sevraejan pop music is popular in eastern Bujan.

The Bujanski city of Alevon's twin city is Tokaemanda.

### Sevestrana

Sevestrana is likened to Bujan due to their similar cultures. Both nations remain close friends, fellow devotees of the Gods blessed with creativity and wisdom.

### Porashon

See also: Foreign relations of Porashon

The Porasonids wanted closer relations with Bujan because its people also used to depict themselves as "good monsters", making the Bujanski more relatable. At first, the Zvestarids (the Bujanski's former name) refused due to a fear of Ontemazei, but they later grudgingly accepted, and grew closer as allies.

When Bujan became independent, Porashon supplied it with more technology and machines to help it quickly build and defend itself from Wannaenid raids and invasions. It was the first nation aside from Irajon to establish relations with the recently-independent monarchy, days after its liberation.

Many Ontemazei also emigrated to Porashon, having finally been able to return to their homeland after years of slavery under the Wannaenids. At the same time, some Ontemazei also introduced Porasonid customs, such as the veneration of Shiva and Kali Ma as the gods who purify and protect people's souls from harm.

### Umbirab

Bujan and Umbirab are close friends, as both of them supported each other during the former's earlier years in hundreds of research projects.

### Turodaron

Bujanski consider Turodarians to be more similar to Marnos - vulgar, uncouth, and carefree. It did not matter that the Turodarians loved Vozonid culture: while the Bujanski refined it, the Turodarians behaved in a coarser and more drunken way, making them subjects of mockery that would shame their ancestors. Again, it was not their practice of Vozonid culture that offended the ancestors (as the Bujanski did it better), but the vulgar, drunken behaviour of their Turodarian cousins.

Some incidents of culture shock, when Turodarians went to beaches in skimpy swimwear, led to rude jokes about Turodarian adults as uncivilised streakers!

### Siangwaan

Bujan and Siangwaan are good allies. The Siangwaanians find the Bujanski's history of resisting "motherlands" and empires to be similar to theirs, when they fought back against Daizhouvian attempts to annex them as "one people".

#### Friendly "rivalry"

On the other hand, Siangwaanians mock Bujanski as an extremely formalistic people, while Bujanski in turn sneer at Siangwaanians as drunk sports hooligans. Every time either country's team shows up in the other's jousting stadium, the locals will boo at the guests and play heavy metal music.

Bujanski vulgar words are often used in southern Siangwaan, especially by sports fanatics. This results in southern Siangwaan being called "Mudakistan", and the north and capital as "Khuilostan", after two words used very often by sports hooligans.

### United States of Vintland

The United States of Vintland, the northernmost nation on Jerde, is an old ally of Bujan, just to the west of its polar territories. Bujanski and Vintlanders worked together in various research and military missions, against their current enemy, the Wannaenid Empire.

## Enemies

### Wannaenid Empire

It invaded Bujan and the neighbouring nations after manipulating its weak government, and subjected the locals to torture, massacres, slavery, and abuse for centuries. Under it, the Terrans brought to Bujan were not just to exterminate the locals, but also each other.

It never gave up its campaign to destroy Bujan after independence, yet was unable to do more than a few armies recently, due to frequent civil wars, the loss of its military to expeditions on other dimensions, and occasional disasters.

### Darros

The ancient enemy of Bujan, and ironically one of two ancestors from which the Slavic people of Bujan came from.

In the past, the emperors of Darros claimed Bujan as simply an offshoot of Slavs, mostly made of rebels and hooligans, justifying attempts to invade and wage war on Bujan. The Darroskei were also very angry that the Bujanski were more distant from them, to the point of claiming the non-Slavic Irajonians and Wonao natives as "brothers" instead of Darroskei due to millennia of friendship and cooperation, rather than submission to Darroskei domination.

Disgust over how the Darroskei were treated in other nations due to Darros' wars to conquer the continent made the Bujanski of old destroy all ties with Darros. Another reason was that the Bujanski were sad that many Darroskei across the world were cursed, driven mad by fear into committing terrorism and fascism, due to their association with the empire's near-destruction of the other Slavic nations. The Bujanski refused to allow themselves to be treated in the same manner, and the Sarmelonid machinery left behind provided a quick resolution.

They proved their separation by bombing imperial expeditions to conquer various countries, and sending supplies and Sarmelonid weaponry to help one of its victims, Rukania. Their victory over a later Darroskei invasion was celebrated by displaying Rukanian symbols, to mock the Darroskei for their failure to subjugate them.

Due to these repeated attempts, all the way to the Zavtranian invasion, Darros has become forever hated by most Bujanski as a nation of hypocritical warmongers. While the nation exists in maps and is treated like one in official records, no diplomatic relations are permitted between them and Darros, so every attempt by the Darroskei to establish any relations was refused. Several terms, like "motherland" and "brotherly peoples", are banned in the Bujanski civilisation due to their association with Darroskei fascism.

The only exception to the ban on Darros is sending Tyrskan traitors who could not be executed, to be exiled there for life.

## Diplomatic relations with Earth nations

Bujan is one of a handful of countries that maintain relations with several Earths, unlike most Jerdiskar countries that would not even touch an Earthling with a one-foot pole. Nonetheless, the ban on Earthling leaders still stands, except for a few peaceful Earth-like worlds.

Unless listed, most of the countries here were from Earth 27. That world was considered the most "mediocre" of all Earth-template worlds, as it was more peaceful than the more well-known Earths. Five other planets from other dimensions that Bujan has good diplomatic relations with are Ekkuldo, Gurulmik, Drunara, Sondoro, and Valtois; all of them have Earth-like conditions, but their geography and cultures are very different from the Earth-templates.

Because of the Terrans' war crimes and unrepentant fanaticism, nearly all Terrans are treated as enemies of Bujan, if not living demons in human form. Their presence during Wannaenid rule worsened any hatred the Bujanski have against Terran people, except those who either repented and paid their debts, or had proven themselves not to be a threat to Bujan. The Terrans were the main reason why the Bujanski can be harsh against various attitudes, to avoid becoming as corrupt and abusive as them.

### America

The people of Bujan hate America as the most hostile of all Terran civilisations. They view it both as a curious nation of amusing people and as a dystopia ruled by insanity and extremism. Some schoolbooks use America as a lesson on how not to behave, depicting it as a chaotic dystopia as shown from earlier invaders from other universes. Their examples range from poverty to corporate abuse, to violence, extremism, radicalism, and online posts.

Although the Bujanski refused to ever visit America out of fear of attracting terrorists and invading armies from other worlds, sometimes they collect and imitate American art.

Because of the Maeranoi, various invaders and hooligans of American descent who attacked Bujan in various points of its history, American people are no longer accepted in Bujanski society. A host of stereotypes became the depiction of American people in general, where they are shown as mostly violent, insane, hateful, degarded soldiers of warlords, and always obsessed with power, chaos (which they call "freedom"), and being rude behind a computer.

#### Multiple alternate dystopian Americas/Alternate American warlords

"Americans" (as they were known), especially the Terran invaders of old, were also bogeypeople in Bujanski folklore, and often a stock character for "alien invasions". They are known in Bujanski legends as "Maeranae" or "Maeranij". The Maeranae were monsters or demons, notorious for defying all forms of common sense, reason, and logic just to dominate and destroy everything.

Many members of the Tyrskan colonial population were of American descent, mostly hired or enslaved criminals and online trolls. Online trolls, bullies, conspiracy theorists, cult members, and extremists were especially preferred by the Wannaenids as ideal subjects of their colonial empire, as they were seen as the most insane and destructive of all people. And of all Terran civilisations, Americans were preferred because they were seen by the Wannaenids to be devoid of any sanity, making them ideal destroyers of its opponents.

The worst-behaved Americans were selected and abducted from various universes, permitted to wreak havoc against the native Bujanski and even their Tyrskan overlords, as the Wannaenids saw them as nothing but living human weapons. American online users suspected of rude behaviour were abducted and taken to military bases, where they were degraded into being nothing more than murderous soldiers. All these mockeries of whatever they supported in life, ranging from nationalist racism to communism, were reflected by whatever the Wannaenids used to torture them, as their online radicalisation would have made them ideal monsters.

Caricatures of American extremists and militants were used as costumes for monsters, worn on festivals and parties. These were done to celebrate the Bujanski's victory over the Maeranoi fanatics.

### Russia

Russia, or the few empires that represent that civilisation, is another civilisation that is disliked in Bujan due to said empires being the latest of all the invaders of their country's history. It was because of those "Russias" that led to Bujanski people thinking that *every* Russian wants to conquer Bujan, making it just as unwelcome as their American counterparts.

In fact, even though Bujanski culture is similar somewhat to various historical Russian societies, it is very offensive to call a Bujanski a "Russian". This was the result of the Wannaenid rule over Bujan, where Terrans forcibly assimilated them into Terran imperialism.

#### Earlier alternate Russias (Zetrosian Empire of Russia/Zetrosian Empire, name lost)

There were other "Russias" from other worlds, but many of them had poor relations with Bujan.

The first of these was at around 650 BT, when its forces took over Darros and attempted to annex all Darroskei countries into a single state. Worst of all, in spite of Zvesta being a prosperous and fair society, there was a militant group that called for the King to abdicate and Zvesta to be annexed as a province of Greater Rus. Due to these, the Lonzic (Latin) letters Q, V, and Z are considered suspicious when displayed in large letters in public. It also may have influenced Port Gdjeza, with Zvesta and Bujan to represent the island nation's independence. Later, that alternate Russia, known as "Zetrosia" after its immortal emperor and its capital, was conquered by Terran colonists who annexed it into their empire at Darros, creating a dual monarchy that crossed two universes ruled by a growing immortal elite.

The Tyrskan aristocracy that ruled Bujan continued the imperial culture of their Zetrosian ancestors, such as using "Russian" as an interchangeable name for themselves to evoke their former homeland on Earth 96. They even claimed that the Bujanski Slavs were "mentally ill" for being independent from their proposed pan-Slavic empire. When there were other "Russian Empires" who indeed broke into occupied Bujan to overthrow the aristocracy, they were defeated and branded as traitors, so the excessive young lads who would had overpopulated Bujan were instead sent to wage colonial wars on the rival civilisations. When Bujan revolted, the portals were cut off, but some of the colonies sent their armies back to reinforce the losing Tyrskan forces, only to lose and be banished to the Wannaenid archipelago.

The second was from more visitors from another world who almost caused a civil war due to their blasphemous tattoos. The main causes for the conflict between the Terrans and the Bujanski Royal Police were the former's kolovrat tattoos (considered blasphemous to the Rodnover people of Bujan) and their militant attitude.

#### Other worlds (Kingdom of Opona, Perunic Tsardom)

In the universes of B284 and 56-9, their equivalents of Russia are more welcome into Bujanski society than the other Russias, due to their friendly attitude. The former has the kingdom of Opona, and the latter was from the Perunic Tsardom and its Tengri-worshipping ally to the east.

### Valtois

The planet-nation of Valtois is a federation of Terran humans, descended from defectors who chose to keep their religions rather than convert and become citizens of Bujan. Having renounced the more corrupt elements of their faiths, they instead dedicated themselves to create a more efficient society. Many of them wanted to atone for their people's sins by being devoted, humble allies of Bujan.

Aside from the usual tourists, mechanics, students, and diplomats, the Valtoisians are known for four major visitations:

* Exhibitions that explained about the motives, cultures, and practices of the Terrans and their predecessors. In spite of heavy security, most of the exhibitions went on without any outbreak of violence, as the Bujanski were very eager to study about their enemies.
* They helped members of the Jerde Alliance prevent their fleets from exterminating everyone in Earth 27. Later, they were members of relief forces sent to heal the survivors, occasionally escorting diplomats from those Terrans against angry Bujanski extremists.
* They reappeared to fight for Bujan against the Abductor aliens, preventing their country from being overrun.
* It was they who also prevented Bujan from falling into Wannaenid rule again, and later helped the Bujanski repel the Wannaenid occupiers.

### Sondoro

The planet of Sondoro is like Terra, but to the bewilderment of the Bujanski, it is a more peaceful and prosperous world. Its prosperity is the result of the survivors of a Terran invasion adapting the technology left behind by the defeated invaders, and their refusal to allow the invaders' fanatical practices to ever be repeated in their countries.

The Sondorians were invited to Bujan by the Valtoisians, their newest and closest friends, who helped the Bujanski understand more about the Terrans and the causes of their extremism. For their good behaviour and friendship with Bujan, the Sondorians are not even considered as "Terrans", allowing them to be treated fairly.

Even more odder to the Jerdiskar is that the Sondorians are Christians, of the same religion as the Valtoisians and Terrans, yet they also fought the Terrans who worshipped the same God. They denounced the Terrans' form of the same religion as a heresy, driven to insanity by hunger for domination.

## See also

* Azdortil timeline
* Kings of Bujan
* Provinces of Bujan