History of Kastrovia

# Season 0-2: "The Speck"

### Republic of Budva

The first traces of human, pan-humanic presence in the territory of modern-day Kastrovia dates back to pre-Dark Ages times to when Tunteric peoples as majority population, however Antecessians and Illyric groups were also present. Archaeological sites from this period included the Lutajir Tank Graveyard, Kalvirati Cave and the Ruins of Old Kaçinoraksh. As in ancient times, the incorporated territory of Kastrovia was under the Republic of Budva which formed on (N.S.) 7 November (PENDING) 76, having gained statehood post-exodus period. It was recognised as a republic, briefly rising to prominence in East Evropa where it intervened in the territorial conflict in Liguria between Matarihistan and the Crown of Piedmont, however the Great War (243—246) would've gradually cut down Budvan power over the region. Under the Prime Minister Bamir Frashliar, Budva would've also stayed neutral and it's clout as a regional power diminished only keeping close relations to the Eastern Allies with only agreements with them for assistance in infrastructure and trade. Despite pressure from the Western Allies to cease cooperation, Budva kept a close friendly relationship with the bloc.

Since the Budvans were a massive geographical strategic point in the war, a risk of

   invasion has became too apparent. Under the leadership of Frashliar, Budva on 244 opened a neutrality treaty between the Northern Union of Sardegnia (Sardegnia for short) called the Treaty of Korab where it's clauses allowed Budvan ports to be opened to Sardegnian navy ships and be accomodated in exchange for an encompassing no-aggression policy from them. This was met with civil resistance and small militias opposed to the treaty, and from 243 to 7 November (PENDING) 246 it had been estimated that 56 people have died in the Great War.
The return of peacetime to the Republic of Budva on 247 onwards had seen government, economic and infrastructural reforms allowed the economic growth to increase to 3.6% still under Frashliar's leadership. The leadership was without a series of disasters, owed to the actions during the Great War, including the sinking of the BV Gostiovo on December (PENDING) 251 and the Vizbezogo oil crisis had saw the country's economic potential not be realised. In addition, incurring large debts from the Commonwealth of Lebensbraum which was responded to through increased taxes on cooperatives and organisations in the country. Which itself was an unpopular and flawed solution.

   For some time, Budva was for a time a known major producer of titanomagnete ores, a key ingredient in steel production and heavy machinery equipment. Their key position as an effective industrial supplier continued on after wartime. It's source of titanium through the Bardsjdër Mountains from it's later discovery of antase and ilmenite ores would prove investment in the country as a worthwhile one. Sales of titanium both processed and as raw ores allowed Budva to boost their economic growth. The development of the region would notably introduce the revamp of the Budvan transportation industry through the Rrugaçel railway.

During this period, the country experienced an increasing industrialisation and urbanisation, considerable economic growth allowed for a higher standard of living owing from the profitability of their titanium market. However the subsequent rise in population would also see the government passing a new land reform laws to grant private ownership to land, and to lands to workers and peasants that could produce crops on it. The government also encouraged the rise of collective farming through incentives increasing the amount of product in the agriculture sector.

### Budvan Civil Crisis

*Main article: Budvan Civil Crisis*

   Globalisation during the (N.S.) 300s had brought intense political and social change to Budva, most prominently with the province of Lüje Fühe where the government under Prime Minister Kastariot Benszhagi would see the secularisation of the education and health care systems which were historically tied to the conservative Baháʼí Church since the settlement of the Budva population in the early post-exodus period. Other changes included the economisation of the Lüje River as the site for Lum-3 hydroelectric plant. Angering the Lüje populations, the policies of the Kastariot leadership had saw protest in response to the encroachment of Budva developments in the region.

Civil rights activists from all over the Lüje soon launched multiple campaigns of civil resistance. Which was during this time mostly engaged through police and spokespersons which were deployed throughout the region in order to ease the tensions between government and the local population. Leading to civil disobedience in the name of fighting over the protection of the region, especially against the construction of Lum-3

One of the most important events in the era of the Budva Civil Crisis was the Lum-3 disaster, which both escalated and de-escalated the now-ongoing crisis. The disaster took directly after the construction of the hydroelectric dam (331) where it was being opened to the public when a large crowd gathered on the other side of the dam to meet the opening parade. Fighting broke out between defending police security detail carrying on for an hour. An unknown bomber would've rushed inside of the dam where a structural point in the centre of the dam caused the dam to destabilise and eventually collapse. Both parties would withdraw and on 30 January (PENDING) 331, Budva would open talks again to the Lüje as significant flooding, displacing some 2,000 people.

The peace process would have made significant gains in the following years through open dialogues from all parties, defusing as much of the violence that had spurred after the incident. And 20 years past as laws and policies leading to a peaceful co-existence between both sides have allowed the return of the standard of living in the region. Tensions do exist still however, but conflicts have all been ceased.

### Origins in the Dark Ages

Up to the Second end-Hominidae Event, the Republic of Budva had experienced a period of power struggles after nuclear war. Around (N.S.) 22 March (PENDING) 504, Budva would've been taken over by anarchy and be declared a no man's land. The supposed successor, the Budvan Administrative Body saw it's transition cut short by political infighting supported by tribes and local regions resisting the re-establishment of central rule in favour of more often, their own rulings.

The history of modern Kastrovia was with the revival of agricultural during the Dark Ages (600—1100) giving rise to permanent village settlements. Groups consisting of ethnic groups that constituted the modern Kastov population begun migrating settling through Small Plug Island and the south seaboards. These migrations were not clear as to their reason however it is likely that it was from the formation and disintegration of Absith colonies and settlements which were driven out by the native Cryptid populations which were formerly inhabited since pre-war times. Larger, regional townhoods and city states had formed in the coasts in the 6th century had marked the beginning of the Annhërs, the first peoples to have settled into the country followed by an uptick of Antecessian and Illyric immigrants from Moven Tomsi (Μετακινούμενος Τόμσι) in the 7th century thought to have roots in the original Annëbhrër settlements.

Multiple nomadic and permanent settlements, including and Kuhtalli (696—746), Vlorë Nartë (700—1109), and Ternaç (812—890) ruled much of Kastrovia during the Dark Ages.

### Yujurunic Presence in Kastrovia

*Main article: **History of Republic of Huijago***

    The first account of Yujurunic groups came from the colony of Liubjin (劉進), although the country may had been visited by Yujurunic traders, the earliest recorded expedition to the country was with the expedition of Xu He first sighting the Lindjes mountains in the dawn of (N.S.) 17 March (PENDING) 702 and reached the Säbachi region, around the eastern seaboard of the country. On 21 March (PENDING) 702, planted a spire tower before returning to the Republic of Huijago (惠賈戈) with Xu He's discoveries. Where the Hui government funded the first successful efforts at the start of the 7th century for a variety of motivations, primarily with the accommodation of Yujurunic maritime enterprising through multiple overseas territories.

    At this time, however the permanence of a Yujurunic presence in the Lusitonics and the efforts to maintain it was short lived, as the Hui Republic failed to ascertain the scale of maintaining the Liubjin colonies thus the Hui Republic created and have passed the Liubjin Organic Act of the Republic of Huijago on (N.S.) 711. Albeit slapdash of a solution, this law provided the populations in the colony ample rights to establish civilian control and among other provisions to convert the colony into it's own autonomous sovereign state.

Power over Liubjin was ceded by the Hui government as a result of the latter's decision to separate the colony from the republic. As it became increasingly clear that the colony was considered a drain on the economy of Huijago. The Hui congress were divided on the fate of the colony, with no other territories that it could be traded off for, and it's still unknown economic potential. Liubjin was inevitably abandoned by (N.S.) 714, and recognised the colony as a sovereign state. This was also the time when the colony transitioned into statehood as the Municipality of Luvinë on (N.S.) 715, cultural developments in the country would allow the population to slowly be absorbed into the rest of Kastrovian culture, while maintaining a distinct national identity, the Yujurunic language remained in widespread use in the southeast Säbachi region.