Ashtrokan Deguaran

## Background

Ashtrokan Deguaran was a theocratic nation with democratic elements situated in Eldham and was founded by yoissy and his right-hand man, SimoenDaBoss who later tragically disappeared, with Goomson taking his place. It was created on the 26th of May 2021 by the two players listed above after they both decided at the same time to make a New World nation. The main aims of the nation were to worship Gaia (the world) and to be on good terms with all of it's neighbors. In July of 2021, Ashtrokan-Deguaran merged with it's neighbor The Wandenreich to form the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich-Empire (A.W.E).

## Lore

The nation of Ashtrokan Deguaran had been on the up and up for centuries, worshipping the Heart of Gaia and all of it's gifts; the world and all of it's beauty. This would go on until until the Great Collapse, an event shrouded in mystery even for the greatest of Ashtrokani scholars, however what is known is that the Gaia's Heart abruptly disappeared from Ashtrokan Deguaran and the nation fell to ruin. This collapse of the state lasted decades until an industrious follower of Gaia, yoissy returned from an unknown land named Rathnir with the Heart. Upon his return, yoissy was given the highest title possible: Astrukan (a title signifying both the highest spiritual leader of the worshipers of Gaia as well as the head of state for Ashtrokan Deguaran).

The nation of Ashtrokan Deguaran has been recovering from the Great Collapse ever since the return of yoissy, and will hopefully be able to returned to it's pre-collapse strength.

## Provinces

Ashtrokan-Deguaran worked on a provincial system, with each province having a major city with an Astrusep (leader) with a place on the council and a number of citizens. The provinces were:

**Aktala** - The capital province, home to the inner city (a city carved out of a mountain range) and the heart sanctum, as well as the Astrukan's place of residence.

**Adamentem** - A populous city, and originally a separatist state during the "Adamentem Crisis" and which was later destroyed after the Neihernspried infection originated in the town. Now renamed as Neboria under the AWE.

**Vonkari** - A primary and beautiful city in the mountains around the Ashtrokan river.

**Leehtarka** - A scholarly capital of the AWE, hosting history of the nation and later being the location of the failed Ashtrokan restoration movement.

## Ranks

Ashtrokan Deguaran has a a ranked citizenship/government system, which is as follows:

**Astrukan** - Emperor style role, both the speaker of the heart and the heart of the nation, has the last word on everything in the nation from the army to territorial expansion.

**Gadukan** - The Astrukan’s right-hand man, the Gadukan primarily handles general management and internal affairs, with their power being an extention of that of the Astrukan.

**Alduransep** - Leaders of cities or any other large area of land with a significant population, has almost infinite power over their holdings unless challenged by the Gadukan, can recruit a small militia for engagements which doesn’t require the National Army to step in, can also hire any Alduseps to help them out with the management of their holdings.

**Aldusep** - General landowners, or in other words, full-fledged citizens of Ashtrokan Deguaran, in most cases live under the jurisdiction of an Alduransep unless they are settling new territories on a small scale for their own farms or homes.

**Galkusep**- Foreigners to the nation, have no power or rights whatsoever and can be expelled from our lands by any citizen if the Galkusep in question is suspicious or being a nuisance; most however tend to be friendly and are just diplomats for foreign powers or visitors to our nation.