Khazaria

## 1961 BCS - 1448 BCS

Flag of Khazaria through most of its history

**Khazaria**, formerly known as the **Pastoral Confederation,** **Pastoria**, and the **Five Leagues,** was a country in Orbis, on the western shore of the great ocean. It was originally founded by Chinook in 1961 BCS. It was a federation consisting of 5 leagues, the northern, western, central, mountain, and oceanic leagues, which can be further subdivided into 19 nations.

## Prehistory

It is strongly believed that the ethnic makeup of Khazaria occurred because of 5 distinct Wozgor migrations from the Mesa in the south. The first, believed to have occurred around 6000 BCS, was the migration of the Rangefolk, who mainly settled in the northern regions of Pastoria. These first tribes would later on evolve into the distinct Dacänár, Óranar, and Magyár. The second migration, the migration of the Tumtalgor, dated to around 5500 BCS. They also tended to settle farther north, bringing them into occasional conflict with the Rangefolk. The Tumtalgor would evolve into the current Patartapa, Shemolkape, and Untustapa nations. The third migration was that of the Scythians, who settled farther south around 4000 BCS. The only remnant of this migration still alive is the Alan peoples. The fourth and final migration was that of the Turks, dated to around 3000 BCS. This group is by far the most prevalent in Pastoria, as the Oghuz, Pecheneg, Avar, Hun, Khazar, Sabir, and Bulgar nations all evolved from it. A considerable outlier to this pattern is the Gothic nation on the island of Taura, which is believed to have descended from Illidian merchants who established a colony in the nation at an unknown date, sometime in the 2nd Millenium BCS.

## History

### Early Conquests

In 1961 BCS, the Mozardom of Khazaria united the Khazar tribes under one banner and swiftly conquered the Sabirian, Bulgarian, and Gothic tribes, including the ancient Bulgar city of Tamatarkha. Soon after these first conquests, construction began on the city of Sarkel, which would become the capital of the new nation. A more prolonged war of attrition was carried out against the Alans to the south, which ended with the full conquest and addition of Alania to the Mozardom in 1952 BCS. In 1946 BCS, Khazaria would diplomatically annex the Dacänár tribes, and began a campaign to tame the steppes beyond the Mountains. This campaign was largely considered finished in 1936 BCS with construction beginning on the outpost of Khazaran-Atil on the Caspian Sea.

### Formation of the Pastoral Confederacy

In 1929 BCS, after several years of slow decentralization to appease local rulers, the territories of the Mozardom of Khazaria were officially readministered under the Pastoral Confederation, a decentralized union of the various tribes and nations residing within the steppe. Controversy soon arose almost immediately upon its formation, as the inclusion of an Orbochs nation was not approved of by Almaren, who previously housed the Orbochsen. As a response to this, Almaren orchestrated a genocide of all Orbochsen within its territory.[*citation needed*] During the War of Peten K'uhul Succession, the Pastoral Confederation would establish a vassal government in Arapaho, however it never engaged in conflict, instead establishing itself northeast of Peten K'uhul. The status of Arapaho remained somewhat ambiguous until 1615 BCS, when it was officially declared a member of the Eight Leagues.

### Dual Khaganate and Five Leagues

In 1871, The pastoral Confederation would form a further confederation with Raitára called the Dual Khaganate. This would last until 1843, when the confederation would merge and reorganize under the Five Leagues. The Five Leagues would go on to Establish the unofficial puppet governments of Old Orbochsia, Cuman-Kipchakia, and Volga Bulgaria in land de facto claimed by the then declining Occidentalis in 1841 BCS and fully consolidated the northern Tumtalgor lands by 1823 BCS. The Five Leagues would enter a period of stability for the next 200 years, steadily growing in population and eventually annexing Sumer-Akkad.

### Eight Leagues

In 1615 BCS, the Five Leagues would undergo an extensive amount of reforms in order to account for recent geopolitical changes. Khazarian colonists had established the Mushroom League in the far West of Orbis, however later that year various officials would sign an agreement that would form a confederation called the Seven Leagues consisting of Khazaria, Albuquerque, the newly independent Sumer-Akkad, Arapaho, and Raitára, and the nations of Muscodrina and Micadreno created from the Fungal League. De Facto the confederation was led by Khazaria, however De Jure most decisions were made by Albuquerque, Sumer-Akkad, and Muscodrina. in 1607 BCS, Columbia would join the Confederation, renaming it to the Eight Leagues, and establishing it as the global power in Orbis for a brief period of time. This would not last for long however, as Columbia eventually would leave, along with Albuquerque as New Mexico and both Muscodrina and Micadreno uniting as a Columbian Vassal and Raitára rejoining Khazaria in 1601 BCS. Sumer-Akkad would remain in the Confederation until it declared independence in 1589 BCS, commonly marked as the official death of the Eight Leagues, however it technically continued to exist, albeit irrelevant, as a Confederation between Khazaria and Arapaho, though Arapaho is often marked during this time as simply being a Vassal of Khazaria.

### Post-Eight Leagues Khazaria

In 1585 BCS, Khazaria would cede a portion of western Avaria to Orbochsia in exchange for an alliance, which was later used as the land for their joint Football pitch. With the fall of Elysia in 1531 BCS, Khazaria would occupy the territory of Armenia to its south. While not participating in World War 2, Arapaho would expand into the territory of the Cheyenne after the Rapture. Around 1485 BCS, the city of Kazaran-Atil was considered large enough to be considered a city, leading to a total of four cities in Khazaria. Khazaria would eventually fall to Almaren in 1448.