Dovena

Flag of Dovena

### **Overview**

Dovena, officially named The Dovenese Confederacy, is a country in the Free World Union on the Eastern Continent. Its capital, Prescott, is one of the worlds most populous cities. Dovena also has many holdings in the southern hemisphere, including Southington territory - which contains Lynchburg, the most populous city in the southern hemisphere.

### **History**

Dovena traces its history back to Cylaria, which existed on a previous map alongside the original Ypsidavia. Its current name and flag originate from a nationstates.net nation, created in 2018.

#### Roots

When Dovena arrived on the current map, it also included the present-day nation of Ypsidavia. However, Ypsidavia soon seceded. Dovena started life as a democratic unitary state. Due to instability, however, Dovena went through multiple regime changes throughout its history.

#### Ceren Dovena

One such regime change was the result of a democratic election. A new political party, called the Ceren Party won the election - on promises to make Dovena an economic and geopolitical powerhouse. They promised to end "capitalist oppression", and put in a socialist economic system - while also resisting Marxist Leninism. They called their party a national socialist party, modelled after the party then in charge of Daryo - which also identified with national socialism.

Upon election, they drastically changed Dovena. They suspended the constitution, and changed the name and flag of the country. It was then called Ceren Dovena. Finally, they left the Eastern Union.

On the night of their election, a fire broke out in the Dovenese capitol building. The Ceren Party blamed a supposed arson attack by leftist revolutionaries for the fire, but it is unknown how the fire actually started.

Claiming that the governments were oppressive, Dovena launched an invasion south into Kuzavia. After a quick victory, they then invaded west into Najima. This sent the remainder of the Eastern Union into a frenzy, thinking that Dovena would invade them next.

The two nations declared war on Dovena in order to oust the Cerens. However, it soon became clear that Dovena was likely too powerful to be realistically invaded, and a stalemate ensued. Georg Schultz, field marshal in charge of the defense of Weisendorf, formulated an emergency operation with Ypsidavia to break the stalemate. The operation dubbed "Stormcoat" was a series of coordinated nuclear attacks on strategic cities, including Maplewood, Locust, and its capital Prescott. This attack remains controversial among Dovenese, and it marked the start a long-standing rift between Dovena and Weisendorf.

#### Occupation

Following the nuclear attacks, Dovena was not allowed to exist for a while to quell nationalism and to prevent a military takeover and a restarting of hostilities. The nation was divided into two zones, one occupied by Weisendorf, the other by Ypsidavia.

During this time, the occupiers faced extreme resistance. The Dovenese populace were outraged of the effects of Operation Stormcoat, which had killed a large amount of civilians.

After it became clear that occupying Dovena took more resources than it was worth, Weisendorf and Ypsidavia withdrew. In their wake, a new government formed around a family that had gained power in the ensuing chaos.

#### Dovenese Empire

The family formed a monarchical system of government around themselves. At its center was an emperor. During this time, the nation was known as the Dovenese Empire. Controversially, it continued to use the Ceren Dovenese flag alongside the Dovenese tricolor. It was also during this time that Dovena acquired its multiple southern hemisphere colonies. In an impulsive decision by the Emperor to separate Dovena from the rest of the world, it was decided to switch the driving side from right to left. After the costs were calculated, though, the Emperor decided not to change the driving side. Still, the new southern hemisphere colonies had already been constructed to drive on the left - so they continued to do so.

#### Communist Rule

The monarchy faced growing resistance, and this resistance would soon turn into a communist workers revolution. States all around the Eastern Continent were becoming communist around this time, and Dovena was no exception. Once the communists took power, they ousted the emperor, executed his whole family, and silenced his supporters. They made sweeping changes to the Dovenese economy, effectively outlawing private business. These changes, which caught the general populace off guard, led to widespread political unrest.

#### War Against Communism

This unrest culminated in a resistance group, which started when pro-capitalist revolutionaries seized an artificial island east of Idaport, which was built by the communist government for unknown purposes. Dubbing the island Freedom Island, they turned it into a military compound, and a base of operations. After gaining widespread support in Dovena, they launched an invasion. With the help of many private militias and volunteers, they pushed the communists south to the border with Kuzavia. Once there, they kept pushing, which marked the start of the Kuzavia war. They were able to successfully complete the invasion, and both Dovena and Kuzavia were liberated from communist rule.

#### Transition to Confederate System

During the election when President Vitaly Yakoslav was elected, there was also a vote to change the governance system. Instead of a unitary state, Dovena would transition to a confederate system with more state power than federal power. This would give states the ability to elect governors, and even have a path to secession with enough widespread support. This change proved to be popular, and it won with over 75% of the vote.

#### Resurgence of Cerenism

Driven by distaste of the Yakoslav administration, its capitalist policy, and its friendliness towards Weisendorf, Ceren ideology has seen a large resurgence. The first time this was obviously visible was during a mass protest, which was a march that started in Eastern Dovena, and ended in Ypsidavia.

During Yakoslav's midterms, the state of Scandia elected a Ceren Party Governor, called David Graham. On the night of the election, far-left radicals bombed the Ceren party headquarters in Prescott, killing Graham. This started a mass riot in Dovena, which soon turned into an insurgence. Ceren insurgents swarmed into the Dovenese Capitol building, and Presidential Residence, forcing the Dovenese government to evacuate. Ceren insurgents blocked highways and streets, and hacked Prescott area tornado sirens. This caused mass panic around the country, and many people fled to Ypsidavia.

Soon, it was clear the skirmish was turning into an all out civil war. Loyalist troops soon prevailed in Prescott State, Claymer, and Kuzavia state. Rebels formed a perimeter around Scandia, however, declaring it an independent state. Dovena's advance into Scandia was halted, after it became known that they had seized nuclear weapons. Fearing a nuclear attack, the civil war went into a cease-fire, with Scandia becoming a partially recognized independent country.

### **Climate and Geography**

Dovena has a varied climate. The northern regions are fairly cold, the central regions are temperate, and the south is semi-arid. Dovena is surrounded by ocean to the north and east, and has lakes and rivers to the west at its border with Weisendorf.