Kranowska

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> *"The Church is like a tumor in the brain. It is bound to kill our nation, but any attempt at curing it may send us to an even earlier grave"*
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> *-Jan II Kazimierz*
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The **Kingdom of Kranowska** *(Kranish: Królestwo Kranówska; Fengelian: Königreich Kranau)* is a theocratic kingdom bordering Fengelia to the north; Transrumell, Parintos and Podgria to the south, Alskania and the Frentland to the east, and Aulmierre to the west. It's main ethnic group are the Krans, an Orelic ethnic group whom the country is named after. With a vast territory and large population, as well as being the center of the Chtillic Church, Kranowska is a major and influential nation in the **year 1086**.

## History

### Pre-unification

According to Orelic pagan mythology, Kran was the eldest of a **Great Eagle**'s five children. Being the eldest, Kran inherited the land of his father, while his five other siblings, Salgar, Parinti, Sakrot, Alsków and Ruth migrated north, west, south and east respectively, becoming the ancestors of the Zelgars, Parintians, Zakrotese, Alskans and Ruthenes. Kran became the ancestor of the Kranish people, who formed several tribes and settled each corner of Kranowska. Some nationalists also believe that the Krans (and Orels as a whole) are descended from the semi-mythical Precursor civilization **Slaw**.

By the 200s, several verifiable Kranish princedoms inhabited Kranowska. Among them, Kraszawa was initially a minor princedom, though it grew in size through a series of strategic political marriages and conflicts. At the same time, Saint John of Marona from the early Chtillic Church arrived in Kraszawa, having been expelled and persecuted everywhere else. The Prince of Kraszawa, **Siemomysł the Great**, converted to Chtillism and allowed the Chtillics safe refuge in Kraszawa. This would begin the symbiotic relationship of the Kranowska and the Church that still exists today. Siemomysł converted his realm to Cthillism, and many minor Kranish princes soon followed. By 333, the Princedom of Kraszawa had absorbed other Kranish princedoms through political marriages and alliances, or outright conquered them. Prince Bolesław therefore adopted a new title and name - **King of Kranowska**, formally creating the Kingdom of Kranowska

### Seat of the Pontifex

With the formation of the Octonian Empire in 543 and its expansion into the north coast of Medimare, the Chtillic Church was forced to relocate further north, coming under the protection of Kranowska, which had declared itself **Protector of the Church**. With the **Pontifex Maximus** taking refuge in the Kranish capital, the Church gradually came under Kranish control, allowing the Kranish king to project his influence to other states. In response, those states broke away from Church authority and "nationalized" their faiths, creating Northern Chtillism.

### Industrialization and Expansion

By 1000, Kranowska was lagging behind other countries, such as the Fengelian States, in terms of technology. The king's power was severely limited by the old nobility and clergy, serfdom was still in place, and the country was largely rural and agricultural. Some nobles with more foresight, had already began investing in factories and railways, but these were small scale and not standardized.

Starting from 1039, after Stanislaw I was elected as King of Kranowska, he attempted to modernize and the nation as he feared that Kranowska would become a battleground for Fengelia and Franzova. The main resistance to modernization were the clergy and traditional nobility who saw it as a threat to their interests. A rebellion broke out in 1041, and after quelling it Stanislaw I purged half of the old nobility and clergy and reorganized the voivodeships, weakening the power of the old nobility and clergy. He introduced the New Nobility Law based on the Fengelian one, allowing commoner-born industrialists, military officers and civil servants to be ennobled through merit, and began reorganizing the military based on the Franzovan model.

To prepare for industrialization, Stanislaw I launched a series of wars to annex Kranowska's weaker neighbors so that their resources could be exploited for factories. These new territories would be organized into the "New Voivodeships", where the administration is handed to military officers loyal to the King, and the old nobility and clergy have no power in there. This is considered to be the start of Kranowska's attempt at secularization and centralizing power. The people in the new voivodeships were made Kranish citizens, but they were all classified as "Krans" and their local languages and cultures were not recognized. The new administration attempted to forcefully assimilate the local peoples, causing instability and often violence in the new voivodeships.

### Reign of Jan II Kazimierz

After Stanislaw I's death in 1063, Jan II Kazimierz, a commoner-born general who was ennobled for his military achievements, launched a coup and forced the Sejm to elect him as King. Jan II Kazimierz enacted a series of rapid industrialization policies using the new influx of labor force and resources from the new voivodeships, and further suppressed the old nobility and clergy's political power and influence. He also welcomed Fengelian and Franzovan investors to set up factories and company branches in Kranowska. The reign of Jan II Kazimierz saw improving relations with foreign powers, but also increasingly oppressive measures enacted on the nobility and natives of the new voivodeships. Jan II Kazimierz was ultimately assassinated in 1080 by an ethnic Alskan of the new voivodeships, whose family was murdered under his oppressive assimilation policies.

### Reign of Stanislaw II

Following the death of Jan II Kazimierz, Stanislaw II was elected King. Commonly nicknamed "the Delusional", Stanislaw II began undoing much of his predecessor's centralization and secularization, rehabilitating the victims of Stanislaw I and Jan II Kazimierz's purges, and allowing the clergy and old nobility to spread their influence into the new voivodeships. This angered the new secular nobility, former commoners who had climbed their way up the social ladder through merit and had interests and influence in the new voivodeships.

Stanislaw II also increased Kranish involvement and influence in the Babelist Movement of Raykoria, pressuring them into signing the Fabian Treaty in 1085. This soured relations with Fengelia, and prompted the Fengelians to directly intervene in the Raykorian Civil War against the Babelists. Kranowska also spread its influence into the formerly pro-Fengelian Parintos, which had grown dependent on Kranowska after losing its only coastline in the Fourth Medimarese War of 1068. This angered the formerly pro-Kranish Zakrot, which in turn grew more pro-Aulmierrese, and Parintos' traditional ally of Fengelia.

## Cultural Influence

Kranowska is the seat of the Cthillic Church. To avoid foreign influence, Khaland, Varlouie and several Fengelian states "nationalized" their Cthillic Churches and had them break away from the central authority in Kraszawa.

Kranowska is also the largest and most powerful Orelic nation. Therefore, it has been the leading figure in Pan-Orelism, and several Orelic nations have adopted Kranish colors into their own flags, making the Kranish flag a Pan-Orelic flag. Groups such as the All-Zelgar Congress, led by non-Kranish Orels, are influenced by Kranowska and Pan-Orelism