Vasania

The flag of Vasania

A map of Vasania

## Founding

The State of Vasania was incorporated as a state in 1855, five years after California, and 4 years before Oregon.

The territory was acquired by the United States from the Oregon Treaty written between the United States and Great Britain. The treaty also granted the United States the territories of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Montana and Wyoming, and what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The territory was heavily diverse, with cold mountains located in the Sierra Nevadas, and deserts located near the Highlands of the state. Tribal Forest was named after the amount of native aboriginals in the area, a tribe of which being the Zinkala Indians, who were apart of and led a greater native confederacy known as the Little Rock Nation. Because of the territory previously being American Indian lands, they are represented on the Great Seal of Vasania.

## The Civil War

During the dawn of the Civil War, Vasania was heavily split. The citizens of the state could not determine whether to live as a slave state, and join the Confederacy, or give up their state rights and join the Union. Vasania had grown much of their economy out of agriculture due to the diversity in the area and the amount of rain they endure. Most of the agricultural businesses they grew to develop and appreciate were headquartered at plantation houses throughout the state, which utilized African slaves for free labor.

Due to the political split, the state threatened to split into two, which many historians state as the beginning of the state's complete and gradual political instability. Those who supported the Union occupied Bronze Peak County, along with the Sierra Nevadas. New Oldenburg remained neutral on the matter for the entirety of the internal conflict. Throughout the state, battles would take place, claiming thousands of lives in total by the end of the Civil War. In the end, no party truly won, as their conflict was cut short due to the war ending after the Battle of Palmito Ranch.

After the Civil War, the state was left in complete disarray, unaware of where to go from there. The Callahan Family was entirely devastated and attempted to sell off their slaves to foreign countries, and proceeded to fight back against abolition. However, it was to no use, as their manor was seized by the bank shortly after the War, and the family was evicted, some even imprisoned for breaking constitutional law.

## The Little Rock Conflict

Through 1865 to 1898, the state of Vasania had been dishonest and cruel to the Indians of the state, particularly to the Little Rock Nation. The United States Army signed numerous peace treaties with the Natives, but they were all broken soon after.

The Little Rock Nation appeared to seek peace, and simply wanted sovereignty for the lands they settled upon far before the Americans and Europeans. However, the United States heavily disallowed this, and wished for the Nation to cease existing all-together. A major supporter and benefactor of the Little Rock relocation was Thomas Abernathy, an extremely rich railroad magnate who wished to construct railways on their land.

Many of the tribes in the Little Rock Nation were relocated, specifically to the Little Rock Reservation near Silvertown. Some stayed, which resulted in the annihilation of their entire tribe. An important note of the conflict is that certain tribes of the Little Rock Nation were not entirely for peace, but rather violence. They wished to fight for their sovereignty, which was heavily frowned upon by the leading tribe of the Nation, the Zinkala Indians.

In 1898, the Zinkala Indians were the last remaining tribe who were not yet relocated to the reservation. They had written treaty after treaty, yet the Army was still persistent on relocating the tribe to the reservation. Eventually, an agent of the Pinkerton Detective Agency was brutally murdered by a Native man dressed in feathers, who was secretly an individual hired by Thomas Abernathy in order to obtain a reasonable explanation on why the United States should deal with the Zinkala Natives with force instead of words. The plan worked, and the United States Army began aggressively ordering the tribe to relocate immediately, or they would be dealt with force. The chief of the tribe, Tatekaluza, better known as Wind Flows, was taken at surprise by this order, and refused to move his people.

The next day, the Army arrived at their camp with firearms and men. The people, after ordered to come with them to the reservation, still refused to leave. This resulted in the Army having no choice but to open fire on the tribe, resulting in many of the Zinkala Indians to be killed in the incident. Wind Flows, along with another native by the name of Burning Tree, helped evacuate the people out of the camp. They left with them, but soon split paths for safety. Thomas Abernathy hired the Pinkerton Detective Agency to hunt down and track the chieftain, claiming and lying that he was the one who killed the agent which began the armed conflict.

Within a few days, a fellow Little Rock Indian by the name of Strong Blizzard (Ha'bawaka) helped the Zinkala Indians, primarily the children and women, across the border into Canada. The tribespeople were safe, but on his return to the United States, Strong Blizzard was killed. Burning Tree later went into hiding, and many of the men of the tribe went with Wind Flows to hide out. Unfortunately, the Pinkerton Detective Agency had found them, and annihilated the male tribespeople in only seconds. This incident is now known as the Indian Cave Massacre, as it occured in a cave.

Wind Flows hid, avoiding the agents. However, three Army soldiers had found him after being contracted by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and Tatekaluza was kidnapped. He died the same night, after a shotgun blow to the head.