Qurac

### Former Residents

Gabrielle Daou, Rumaan Harjavti, Noor Harjavti, Sumaan Harjavti, Mohammed Qahtanii, Aisha al-Fadhil

## Background

Qurac was a democracy, ruled by president Rumaan Harjavti. Its people had freedom of speech and general welfare, unlike their neighbors in Bialya.

The two countries had long standing issues due to their different ideals. The tension continued to get worse after President Harjavti suddenly signed over the country to Bialya & its ruler, Queen Bee in 2009. To help restore peace, Harjavti had the Bialyan Republican Army come to Qurac to restore order. As the Quracis revolted, military tanks made incursions all along the border.

The incursions died down after the Harjavti restored balance (read: the Titans defeated Psimon & broke his mind control) & the troops retreated back to Bialya. For the following weeks, the country went through political turmoil with Harjavti facing impeachment hearings at the request of his own people.

President Rumaan Harjavti was assassinated months later, with the killer still remaining at large. While his daughter Noor tried to bring the country back to the democracy, he was succeeded by his brother Sumaan, who was clearly a puppet for Queen Bee.

In 2011, Queen Bee launched a full scale invasion of Qurac using the Bialyan military force & metahumans. Many Quraci civilians fled to other countries as refugees, such as Kahndaq & Markovia. After Qurac was conquered the next year, Bialya renamed itself the Greater Bialya but is still called Bialya sometimes. Following the invasion & annexation of Qurac, Sumaan was made Greater Bialya's ambassador to the United Nations.

## Trivia

* In 2006, Task Force X infiltrated a Qurac based terrorist group. The group massacred a large group of civilians in their first demonstration, leaving Nightshade horrified at being an accessory to this crime.
* In 2008, Thylacine underwent her trial by fire in Qurac. Her mission was to infiltrate a meeting between a exotic animal smuggler & high status client. She was able to slip in undetected, hiding herself in the lion's den. After killing the client, who was in fact a government official, she then tortured the smuggler. She then disabled his network & left him in the den with the animals to feed on.
* President Harjavti signed over Qurac under the mind control of Psimon. He also invited the Bialyan army under his control as well.
* The Titans investigated the incursions from Bialya. One of them happened near the Logan Animal Sanctuary, where the Titans met Garfield & Marie Logan. Garfield was gravely injured during the ordeal & Miss Martian used her abilities to modify her blood & gives him a transfusion.
* There were groups of freedom fighters that worked to protect Quracis during the incursions. Dominique Thiebaut was one of them.
* Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent & photographer Jimmy Olsen went to Qurac to cover the impeachment hearings.
* The Wayne Foundation helped repair the damage from the incursions.
* Various organizations & heroic teams responded to Queen Bee's invasion of Qurac. Stormwatch's Bendix sent Nautika, Sunburst, Ion (Pieter Van Tieg) & Lancer (Manuel Gutierrez) to stop a group of soldiers from blowing an oil field. The group was attacked & the latter two were killed.
* Ahmed Khalfan Fadhil moved his opuim caravan between Quarac, Kahndaq & Bialya. His daughter Aisha went along with him.