Baukun

**Baukun** is an **island nation** located in the **Samudric Ocean**, owning the entirety of former **Redacted Island**. Baukun is a constitutional monarchy, with the current family in power being the Deskui family. The climate of Redacted Island is tropical, with the average humidity being 68%, and the average temperature being 21 °C. The elevation ranges from -10 meters below sea level all the way to 1530 meters above sea level with the Migni Pseudo-range. The main religion of Baukun is a Polytheistic religion that revolves around an eel by the name of Sekui. Baukun has 5 different territories, New Baukun District, North Wusni, South Wusni, The Cobalt Plains, and Erusea. The Baukunese race consists of humanoid birds.

## Beginning of the Redacted Island 16,000 years ago-1770

The Redacted Island surfaced 16,000 years ago from a Mid-Samudric fissure vent. After the island surfaced, the vent continued to spew out rock, forming the Migni Pseudo-range, which is 1.5km tall at Mt. Migni. About 11,000 years ago, the vent became dead. At around the same time, the Baukunese ethnicity showed up, most likely from a group in Northeastern Ailou. The original Baukunese people lived a nomadic lifestyle, often living in different caves and fighting each other for food and territory, and would domesticate the Filotew about 1,000 years ago.

### Kanitan Occupation

At around the mid 1300s, Western Kanitans discovered Redacted Island. They were led by Avem and Arbor Redacted, to which the island was named after. When the Kanitans arrived, they introduced the Baukunese to the latest technology in hunting, fishing, and navigating. Compared to other conquests, the conquest of Redacted was relatively tame, with very few hate crimes towards the Baukunese. The natives were called Bauks by the foreign Kanitans. In 1654, a group of Baukunese and Kanitan surveyors discovered that the Migni Pseudo-Range has a high quantity of Cobalt, which is why the soil and sand in those areas has a slight tint of blue. Despite this discovery, the Redacted Island wouldn't become noticeable until February 15th, 1770, where a group of Baukunese warriors evicted the foreign Kanitans from the island. After the forced removal of the foreigners, the Baukunese people split into two groups, the Baukunese, which lived on the East side of the Migni Pseudo-Range, and the Eruseans, which occupied the region West of the range. During this time, the Wusni royal family would get into power, and it would continue until 1989.

## Baukunese Industrialization 1770-1850

The 34 year period after the Independence of Baukun (1770-1804) is often called the "Inevitable Despair." Due to the forced removal of Kanitans, Baukun lost all of it's foreign buyers and most of it's foreign technology from the independence. Most Baukunese citizens changed their lifestyle to be self-sufficient and isolated. During this time, disease and genetic mutations brought on by inbreeding were very common. The self-sufficient lifestyle changed based on where you were located, as the Baukunese in the far eastern parts of the island relied on farming and fishing, while those who lived in the Migni area relied on opportunistic hunting and there were some accounts of mass cannibalism.

### The Enlightenment

In 1804, a man by the name of Dot Gishav (1789-1853) published "The Selfish Ingenuity," a book that highlights the faults in the isolationistic lifestyle that all of Baukun had taken up. Gishav insisted that Baukunese should start living in Tuktres, or planned homes. With Gishav's effort, the cities of Oki City (Then called Okilac) in 1809, Niaaplu in 1809, and Hero in 1811 became the first official towns of Baukun, however, they still each only had a population of about 5,000, with the leftover 10,000 still living in isolated pockets. In 1815, Sydeov Smo (1770-1820), a Migni native, went around the Migni mountain range, spreading Gishav's literature to the small sub-villages, often convincing the isolationists to move to or create areas of living. Smo's effort was able to create multiple mining towns (most are now ghost towns), and the current Cobalt Plains capital, Xauyead. His mission was sadly cut short by a sudden heart attack. In 1821, Ukwex Daomig (1803-1900), used her fishing skills to reverse engineer the broken down ships left behind by the Kanitans to create the first Baukunese cargo ships. Later that year, Daomig sailed from Hero, Baukun with a crew of 45 men, all the way to what is now Exshire. All of the men made it back to Baukun.

### Industrialization

By 1840, Baukun had contacts with almost every country from Zapita and Kanita that bordered the Samudric Ocean. In 1840, Baukun was separated into two provinces, Wusni and the Cobalt Plains. In 1846, the Farlus was founded along with the creation of the town, Yerov, which would be used as one of the main domestic bases for the Farlus. Also in 1846, Okilac was renamed to Oki City and established as the capital of Baukun. By 1850, the population of Baukun had grown to 300,000, with the most popular careers being in mining and fishing. Overpopulation was beginning to be a slight problem.

## Post-Industrialized Baukun 1850-1989

By 1850, Baukun was a little bit behind in the ways of technology, with things like railways and electricity not even being known to the common Baukunese citizen. In 1850, Piaqua Farhes (1826-1899) attempted to accelerate Baukun's growth by introducing Vodovian railway technology to Baukun. When he presented the Idea to the leader at the time, King Huo Wusni VII, the King rejected it. He believed that Baukun should not rely on the outside forces and instead try to produce it ourselves. Farhes accepted the compromise and began to hire people. One person he hired was Joleig Ir (1776-1852), an engineer that had worked in the North Mine ever since he was a boy. Ir figured that the wheels used for their industrial pulleys could be converted to move stuff. He also figured that a locomotive would have more support if it was riding on the inside of the rails rathe than directly on top of them. By 1852, Ir had constructed the first Baukunese railroad, named Ir tracks in his honor, and the first Baukunese locomotive, which was named Sysmo, or "Scary Smoker." Sysmo and the Ir tracks worked perfectly, and were implemented throughout Baukun by 1885.

### Nuevelle Port War

On November 4th, 1874, a Baukunese cargo ship took a wrong turn in Catsbourgish waters and ended up in Nuevelle, Araszèg instead of San Exótica, Kiberia. Due to paranoia, Catsbourgish artillery destroyed the ship, along with the 124 men crew. With this news, Baukun declared war on Catsbourg on November 17th, 1874, just 13 days after the attack. The Samudric Naval war was purely on the stretch of the Samudric Ocean from Baukun to Catsbourg. The Baukunese Farlus had a fleet of only 10 battleships, with about 50 cargo ships haphazardly turned into battleships. Despite Catsbourg being a relatively new country, it had about 25 battleships, where most were bought from other countries. Throughout the following 2 months, Baukun and Catsbourg would trade blows, with most shots missing their designated target. Some Baukunese captains underestimated the time their crew would be out on the water and under packed. This caused a phenomenon of 4 battleships being found with only dead men during the war. On January 23rd, 1875, both Baukun and Catsbourg signed a peace treaty, which ended the Nuevelle Port War. There were a total of 732 casualties on the Baukunese side and a total of 97 on the Catsbourgish side.

### Rebirth of the Farlus Military

After their humiliating defeat against the Catsbourgish navy, the Baukunese Farlus wished to increase it's militaristic power. To do this, Baukun set out expeditionary forces to several countries, like Exshire and their former enemy, Catsbourg. Doing this caused Baukun to be introduced to rapid-firing rifles, to which Baukun immediately put them into production. Along with these power increases, the first ever Baukunese mech was invented by Yifu Nomoli in 1885. The mech was called "Irthe," and was open-faced, only about 4m tall and was outfitted with a simple infantry rifle. While it could have easily seen combat, it was more cost effective to use the mech for labor purposes.

### The Introduction of Electricity

By 1900, the average Baukunese citizen still did not know what electricity is, with only government officials knowing about it through foreign travel. This was until 1900, when Farig Huyi, Hero's mayor,