Kingdom of Doradando

The Doradandian flag prior to its downfall

### Government type

Unitary constitutional monarchy (?-2022)Constitutional monarchy under a military junta (2022)

### Head of government

Various leaders

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The **Kingdom of Doradando** (colloquially known as Doradando) was a kingdom in South-Eastern **Kanita**. Its capital was the city of **Filler (not a city name)** up until 2022 It consisted of all of the **Doradandian peninsula**, the island of (...) and the Eastern portion of the island of **Aquilaria**. Since 2022, the country has been run by several military juntas in the South, while the North is contested by armed factions.

## History

### Pre-History

The current Doradandians descend from the Birdenese people of Western Zapita, related to the Baukuni. The Doradandian migration began in 3000 BCE, and evidence shows that the current Doradandians reached the shores of Kanita in 2000 BCE circa, although it is unknown whether it occurred via land or boat (Doradandian artefacts found on the coast of modern Exshire could be a result of later trade). The population spread along the whole peninsula, covering mountains and plains.

Early Doradandian social structures were inherited from the Birdenese, but shaped according to the new enviroment. The once essential knowledge of sailing of the Chopprandah archipelago culture was sidelined in hinterland communities in favour of farming, inland trade and centralisation.

### Early Kingdoms

The chiefdoms that ruled the interior of the peninsula instituted local leaders and bureaucracy to manage the farms. On a greater level, cities formed to insitute monarchs and bureaucracy to control the crops, thus creating complex social structures.

Early Southern kingdoms, despite the strict rule, encouraged settlers of every ethnicity and language to settle to increase the workforce. As a reflection of this, enemy civilians were in most cases kept alive to serve as slaves in a city and their homes were burnt down so that they would be discouraged from coming back to their home village.

While Southern Doradando was unifying under centralised states, the mountainous Northern regions were still disunited. Mountain communities were isolated and had various ways of gathering food, unlike the monoculture practiced in the South which was contributing to the centralisation process. This would be reflected in regional speech: while Southern languages have more borrowings and defined standardised literary varieties, the North is more conservative and has less loanwords from pre-colonial languages.

## Crisis and fracturing (2022)

When the first news that Szemban's cloud of smoke had engulfed **Mount Varose** got out of the city, the country stopped receiving logistical and economical support from **Great Hegi**, and began to greatly reduce its military personnel. The decision was unpopular among high-ranking members of the armed forces, fearing that the **Comintern** would use this opportunity to fund socialist uprisings to ethnic groups in the North. With the economic crisis brought by the events unfolding in Ripiero, Doradando began to experience severe economic backlash, and civil unrest grew. Pressured by both the population and the armed forces, the Prime Minister resigned and executive powers were transferred to a **military junta**. King OOOOOOO and his family were retrieved from his palace and brought to an undisclosed location. Documents related to the king after that point were removed from the archives; Willsbourgish intelligence agencies hypothesise that they were either stolen by rebel groups to trace his location or destroyed by the junta to prevent loyalists to be able to trace him.

The provisional government, *de facto* in control of all institutions, declared the end of decades of post-colonial monarchy and installed a military regime, justifying its existence with the intent of preventing a civil war against a communist front supported by nearby **Aquilaria**. Due to the rising price of basic goods various **revolts** ensued followed by attempts of violent suppression.

#### *The Feds*

In the ensuing mayhem, underground militias already established in the culturally diverse regions of the North managed to coordinate the revolts from the mountains, to eventually occupy minor settlements and install their own unrecognised governments. The most threatening were the "***Feds***", a coalition of leftist, republican and independentist factions under a charismatic leader. According to some sources, its members ranged from ordinary civilians to Doradandian mutineers discontent with the new regime. This and its presence in major cities allowed them to swiftly occupy major communication lines and arms deposits in the region, blocking the government's advance and effectively ending its hold on the area. Before reaching the main city in the region, New Lintonda, its advance was slowed down by UKC peacekeepers. Unable to capture new cities and refill its supplies, the organisation fractured in 2034 after an attack on the main federal base carried by an unknown militia, that killed its leader and consequently drove away most of the support acquired by the population.

#### King OOOOOOOOs disappearance

It is not clear whether the king purposefully remained in the country during the chaos or if there were failed attempts to flee, but official reports indicate that some guards charged with keeping the royal family under surveillance were tried for treason before a military court. Connections have also been drawn between the disappearance of the king and the 2034 attack on the federal base, supported by documented raids on *Fed* territory by independent monarchist factions.