Kasnia

## Background

Kasnia is a country located in theBalkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is south of Hungary, west of Vlatava & Markovia, north of Greece & east of Bulgravia.

At one point, Kasnia, Vlatava & Markovia were neighbors a country called Yugoslavia. The country was forged after World War I as a common state of all South Slavs but would meet its demise in the 1990s after a series of political upheavals & conflicts following the intrinsic bombings that went off across the globe. During the breakup of Yugoslavia, a large portion of the land became Bulgravia, with Kasnia taking another large chunk then Vlatava & Markovia splitting the remainder.

The disintegration had lasting effects on the region in terms of its citizens' identities, migrations & international law. It also highlighted ethnic identities, causing reconsiderations of identities & belonging as well as civil war in Kasnia. To make matters worse, King Gustav was not seen as a beloved king by many. He imposed high taxes on the its citizens which has led to high impoverishment, he had an authoritarian style of leadership which alienated minorities & the country had a crumbling infrastructure and low standard of living, which was stirring tax revolts. As King Gustav worked to fix the tension between his countries' citizens, his wife became a casualty when she was killed during an assassination attempt on his life. Tensions rose aftewards with both sides blaming each other for the death of Queen Sanela.

Almost six years after the Queen's death, King Gustav requested his daughter Princess Audrey to take Count Vertigo, the brother of Vlatava's king, as her husband. She originally refused, stating she did not want to marry but after pleading from her father that they needed an ally to help bring in money, she agreed. The two were married in months' time. As their marriage neared six months, her father was rendered comatose by his chambermaid. After doing some digging, the woman confessed she was revealed to be acquaintance of Count Vertigo. Audrey quickly accused him of murder & filed for a divorce. She even relayed the message to his brother, who refused to believe his brother would do such a thing. Because of their arrangement, Vertigo could not be tried for the King's murder without further proof. For weeks, her father was paralyzed before eventually succumbing to his death, leading to Audrey assuming the throne.

Audrey decided to take a much different approach then her father. Working to fix many of the issues that he caused as well as the issues of the previous rulers. The next year, her ex husband was revealed to have assassinated his own brother & attempted to do the same to his niece, the heir to the throne. With Vertifo finally seen for the villain he is, Vlatava's new Queen offered to extend a helping hand with Kasnia's money & infrastructure problems. With the help of another nation, Audrey was able to work to end the civil war two years after her father's death.

The Kasnian Civil War produced years of economic & social crises, as well as a few unrests. This also led to an assassination attempt on Queen Audrey's life but did not deter her from making strides of improvement for her country. Five years after the war ended, the country began to stabilize though there are very rare ocurences of flare ups. Queen Audrey continues to work towards a stronger pro-democratic monarchy while finding peace between the various factions of her country, something that many other countries have commended & congratulated her for.

## Trivia

* It is sometimes spelled as Kaznia.
* The official religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
* The country frequently falls into disagreement between the Northern & Southern factions.
* Kaznia's flag has a black field with a red chevron across its width & a black five point star in the chevron.
* The Kasnian Civil War was officially from 2005 to 2013, though unrests began in 2002.
* From 2013 to 2015, the country was in a place of political instability, economic & social crises, and civil unrests.
* In 2014, there was an assassination attempt on Queen Audrey.
* The Kasnian language is one of the Bulgravian-Kasnian-Markovic-Vlatavan (BKMV) languages, which is a pluricentric South Slavic language with four standard varieties. Many consider them to be one common language but with different dialects. Those who speak Kasnian can communicate with people from Vlatava without any obstacles as the main differences are in pronunciation/melody of speech. The turbulent history of the area resulted in a patchwork of dialectal & religious differences.

## Notes

* Its capital, Vojvodina, is a city in Serbia. Vojvodina is also the location of the coordinates used for Kasnia in the DCAU.
* It takes the place of Serbia, Kosovo, Albania & Macedonia.
* Bulgravian-Kasnian-Markovic-Vlatavan (BKMV) language acts similar to Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) in Earth-44.