Trucia

## Trúcia

### About

Trúcia is a one-man nation made up of six islands located just north of the Spawn. Its leader and only member is cukvaux.

## Lore

#### Prehistory

Proto-Trúc people are believed to be originating from the islands of Sír and Hír. They are also believed to be a cultural isolate since no evidence of common ancestry with any other cultures of today are found. Proto-Trúc culture adapted to their geography and with the excavations, it is seen that Proto-Trúcs were involved in maritime technologies more than any other. With their new maritime technology the culture spread to near islands and lands in the Sea of Ácuig .

#### Ancient

After the invention of writing and development of a religion, Trúcs settled, especially on the island of Hír. Rapidly developing; Trúcs made Hír, their capital. Hír was home to four shrines so it is believed that it might be the reason of Trúcs concentrating on Hír. With their maritime technology, Trúcs established several trade outposts and small cities dedicated to merchants. With the rise of this bourgeoisie class, old methods of collective leadership evolved into a merchant republic. Trúcia is considered by the historians as the nation with the first regime that resembles modern day democracy. The Trúc regime was defined as "Trucian Democracy". Trucian Democracy was an aristocratic democracy where only landowners and wealthy could vote.

#### Medieval

Using their far reaching trade empire, Trúcia grew to be one of the most influencial and impactful nations in the Sea of Ácuig area. The Republic saw a major downfall when eventually their technology spread to the local people of controlled trading outposts. Trúcia saw a period of decline lasting for 9 years, this period was later referred as "The Decade of Revolts" since most of the trade outposts established in the ancient times were lost to natives. With that an era of stagnation began for the Trúcs; in this period, they did not expand nor lost land but kept the status quo. This era's end is marked by Cáscar's coup. Cáscar was a general in the Trúc army and he had a good reputation among his soldiers. Using his power in the military, Cáscar involved in politics but as the Trucian Democracy requires, he wasn't eligible; and a political crisis caused by the deadlock in the recent election, motivated Cáscar and the military to step in and "save" the country. Cáscar's coup was a highly succesful one with him modifying the law to allow the soldiers to vote and replacing the whole Sénad. With this Trúcia saw its first dictator in its entire history. Cáscar's desire for more power resulted in him abolishing the Sénad and the republic, soon he declared himself as the "King of Trúcs", Tísigh Cáscar was now King Cáscar I. He utilized his reputation as an officer to establish a terror regime. His brutal regime lasted for 26 years and saw major economic crises, loss of land and major unrest. He is not only known for his brutal regime, he was also known for his extensive use of Azhebi, this also caused major outrage for the public and prepared the demise of his terror regime. Cáscar's top general Bhrútu was known for his apolitic auto-location in the Cáscar regime. After Cáscar's laws concerning Azhebi was in, he soon changed his position becoming the sole formal opposition, he was thrown to dungeons of a tower in Géscart -which was a village at the time-. With the popular support and military's backing, he got out of the dungeons and overthrew the Cáscar regime thus the Kingdom of Trúcs ended. He re-established the republic and called for a new Sénad. After snap elections, he was elected as the Tísigh. His rule as the Tísigh was mostly about getting rid of Cáscar's remnants in the state and returning to pre-Cáscar times, as a wealthy trade state. He made so that every citizen could vote and with that medivial age for Trúcia is marked as ended by historians.

#### Premodern

Bhrútu was elected Tísigh for four consecutive terms and soon the republic returned to its old glory. But during his 4th term, Bhrútu suffered from a stroke that killed him. Táhlor of the era became the Tísigh and the republic continued to manifest its destiny. Post-Bhrútu Trúcia saw another era of stagnation but the country was politically and economically stabled thanks to Bhrútu's heroic courage. The tower whose dungeons Bhrútu was thrown was seen as the icon of Bhrútu's Coup d'État.

#### Culture

Trúc culture is a hybrid of Irish and Turkish culture, usage of Amethyst is an iconic part of Trúc architecture.

#### Religion

The island of Hír is home to 3 Amethyst shrines believed to be built in ancient times, and one is present in Géscart. Trúcs believe that Amethyst is the gift of god, Hiá and gives strength and wisdom to one having it. With this belief, most of Trúcs have a shard or pile of Amethyst in their houses and bring a shard in a necklace while travelling

## Server History

Trúcia was founded on 9th of July by cukvaux. Trúcia's original name was Trúkiut as a reference to cukvaux's meme nation in the old world, Turkyurt which was accidently controlling half of Latin America(Gumushyurt) for briefly 20~ minutes; the "era" was called Pax Turcica. A few days after its formation the island of Hír was seperated into Géscart and Hír. The nation was renamed to Trúcia on 7th of August and claimed three islands near the coast of Hyacynthia, with that Trúcia controls its six islands.