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|map_width=150px}}The '''Republic of Auravas''', commonly referred to as Auravas, is a nation in southeast [[Gondwana]], in the region of [[Kaskada]]. the Auravasi mainland is situated on the Kaskadan peninsula, bordering [[Zemeprievadai]] to the south. Auravas has extensive coastline, facing the Sea of Gondwana to the west and the Unovian Strait to the East. Kalana island to the east of the peninsula in the Unovian Strait is also a part of Auravas. Auravas has a total area of 98,181.73 km<sup>2</sup> and an estimated population of
Auravasi civilization dates back millennia to the Kalan and Heterad civilizations. Through the first millennia BCE, Auravas was characterized by a number of small warring polities, though they were united for a time under the Auravasi Confederation. The Kingdom of Auravas was founded in 1 BCE bu King Soroda of the Sekriat dynasty and saw major expansion into Kaskada in the following centuries, reaching a peak in power in the 700s to the 900s. Auravasi fortunes rapidly shifted during the Auravasi-Liesvozian wars of the 900s and 1000s, where Auravas lost large swathes of land to the ascendant Liesvozian Empire. Auravas was able to regain much of this land in the Kaskadan Succession War and entered a period of religious conflict between Silvists and the state-supported Shviesists. Following the conclusion of these conflicts, Auravas experienced a golden age of maritime expansion and culture. Centralization reforms coincided with the beginning stages of the Intellectual Revolution, a period of scientific and ideological development, culminating in the failed Auravasi Revolution.
Auravas is a unitary parliamentary republic, with subdivisions of counties and municipalities, with a one party legislature, the assembly. The current prime minister is ____, who took office in _____. The capital and largest city of Auravas is Uravin, situated on the eastern coast of the peninsula. Other major urban areas are Uralia City, Roavis, Nov Kalan, and Purkatar. It is a member of the Council of Gondwana and the Red Crown Economic Union, including its monetary union, making its currency the Red Krone.
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The Heterad script is the oldest deciphered script present in Auravas, and unearthed Heterad writings have greatly contributed to archeologists' understanding of the political structure of the Heterad Civilization to an extend not reached in the study of the Kalan Civilization. The Heterad Civilization was likely a federated system of polities based on major sites which these polities were governed from, under a higher level government based on the Auravasi mainland. As many of the records unearthed involve administration, it is likely that Heterad civilization was highly systemized, with consistent language and regulated resource collection and distribution. The Heterad would also shift back to rule by king, or Istos, though it kept many aspects of the military rule that characterized it in the past, such as the Istos also serving the role of the leader of the military. The next level of Heterad governance was the Datra council, which likely served a religious role. On the polity level, a governor was appointed by the Istos, who would assemble a council of elders to organize and govern the polities. It is unlikely that the Heterad practiced slavery, as evidence points to society being organized into two groups of free men, the political administrators and the general people. It is believed that Kalan influences led to women continuing to enjoy a high standard of living and autonomy.
[Some stuff about religion and burial practices]
Heterad military history is often preserved in poetry glorifying the conquests of a particular monarch, which is sealed with a monarch upon burial, likely to present the monarch's achievements to [deities that issue judgement]. It is unlikely that ancient poets would attempt to exaggerate a monarch's achievements in order to fool [deities that issue judgement] as inscriptions in a Heterad temple note that one King Utan attempted to deceive the gods in his burial poems, and because of this, the kingdom was punished by drought and famine for two years.
Starting in the 1100s BCE, waves of migrations occurred from the southern regions of Kaskada moving through the Heterad civilization, introducing Zemeprievadai Shviesism in the Kaskadan Horn, which would synthesize with native Heterad beliefs. These migrations triggering conflict between the migrants and native Heterad people, leading to the destruction of many major settlements, including the sacking of Hetera, greatly diminishing the power and central authority of the Heterad Civilization. Along with this, large scale famine hit the civilization due to climactic shifts, further crippling the civilization. It is unclear whether these climactic shifts triggered the Kaskadan migrations. These factors would lead to mass de-urbanization of the Kaskadan Horn and the crumbling of the Heterad Civilization. The emergence of ironworking and spread of iron tools also shut down the valuable tin trade, further damaging the regional economy.
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Starting in the early 800s BCE, a period of redevelopment appeared in the peninsula. The population had already been gradually rebuilding more complex sites, and the increased trade flowing in due to the newly united Tasirad Kingdom greatly accelerated this process. As trade centers grew and grew along with the population and food surpluses, organized, independent settlements began to rapidly grow across the peninsula, leading to the reestablishment of complex political structures in the new, fragmented landscape. The centuries following the revival would lead to the development of novel cultural features and political organizations in the Auravasi classical age.
For much of first few centuries following the urbanization, the Auravasi mainland would remain largely fragmented and at war, lacking the hegemony of any individual state. In the late 600s BCE, a number of reforms in the city state of Acrita heralded one of the earliest democratic governments in Auravas, following principles of direct democracy in a citizen's assembly. Accompanying the political reforms of this era was a cultural boom that influenced many fields such as architecture, literature, philosophy, and mathematics.
Throughout the 6th century BCE, the city of Urav had been consolidating a power base in central Auravas,
The Kingdom of Tasirad was already in decline by the time of its crushing defeat at the hands of the Dictrian Coalition due to constant war with the rising mainland and a decline of regional power, and the war sealed its grave, as regional magnates refused to recognize the authority of the crown. The removal of a uniting authority initiated a bloody civil war period on the island, lasting until the Peace of the Vultures in 463, in which the Kingdom of Dukala subjugated a number of Kalan states and bound the rest in an alliance framework that forbade internal conflicts, reuniting the island under an, albeit much more decentralized, authority.
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===== Philosophical Developments =====
Through the new central force that now controlled a large portion of the Shviesist world, the priestly class of the temples saw an opportunity to extend their authority and religious influence, while the authorities of the Confederation saw a way to further legitimize their power by obtaining the backing of a centralized religious authority. In 333 BCE, A group of priests from the most influential temples in Auravas, which had already maintained an informal network of connections, held the General Council of Uravin, which proclaimed a central authority over Shviesism, referred to as the Shviesist Council, the first time a central authority had been proclaimed over the religion. The Shviesist Council received support for this proclamation by the Assembly, tying together the authorities of the Confederacy and the Council. Though the Council proclaimed authority over all of Shviesism, the actual influence of the Council was largely restricted to the territory of the Confederation, with those in modern day Zemeprievadai generally continuing to operate independently.
==== Savir's War ====
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In 136 BCE, the largest internal conflict the Confederation had seen began, as legions of Kalanan peasants rose up against Confederation authority, driven by agricultural deficits, lingering separatist sentiments, and support from ambitions local nobles. The rebels made rapid progress, occupying almost all regions of the island, save for some small holdouts on the southwest coast, in only a few months. Caught off guard by the revolt, the federal assembly hosted an emergency vote to empower one of the most popular of the Directorate, a statesman named Dioran Savir, with increased power over the state and the military for the duration of the crisis. Savir proved to be be an adept military commander, quickly crushing the revolt and re-asserting control over the island. Savir was also an ambitious man, however, and he wished to maintain his increased power over the Confederation. When the Assembly requested Savir to give up authority over the army he had assembled to crush the revolt, Savir refused under the pretense of maintaining security after the revolt. Though Savir hoped his popularity among the Assembly would allow him to continue to govern for some time, many members of the Assembly grew concerned over his refusal to give up power, and the assembly and remaining directorate began to build up an army if conflict escalated. Once again, the Assembly ordered Savir to step down, and he realized he had misjudged his influence.
As Savir already had control over Kalana with his army, he declared independence from the Confederation and Sovereign Authority over the island. Though the Assembly had greater resources at their disposal, they
'''Decline of the Confederation'''
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The threat that Savir posed to the power of regional authorities within the Confederation greatly worried members of the Federal Assembly, who wanted to preserve their autonomy and began to see the central authorities of the Confederation as a threat. As such, the Assembly decided to greatly increase the autonomy of the members of the Confederation and dissolve many of the roles of the Confederation, including that of the Directorate, devastating the central authority of the Confederation and reducing it to less of a unified state and more akin to a league of autonomous polities bound into mutual defense and barebones economic and political regulations.
Over time, the restriction on internal conflict interfered with the ambitions of the now empowered regional leaders. In the ''Ardalite War (96 BCE - 87 BCE),'' Tritac of Ardal, one of the most powerful states in the Confederation at the time, broke the agreement of non-aggression between the member states of the confederation by invading the territory of the city-state of Parad, and the Assembly called for the recruitment of a pan-Confederation military force to curb the act of aggression. However, many other states defied the authority of the Assembly,
==== Broken States Period ====
==== Rise of The Sekriat Dynasty ====
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==== Kalanan Wars ====
Though the mainland had united, Kalana had not recovered from the divisions of the Broken States period, still being split into a variety of kingdoms. In 71 CE, King Novor of Cadin met with
==== First Southern Campaign ====
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Auravas' decisive victory gave the Kingdom control of most of the Zemeprievadain city-states north of the Kaskadan Mountains, and by extension control of Unovian trade.
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With the defeat of many of the Zemeprievadain states, Auravas gained a new dominance over trade routes in the Sea of Gondwana, and this coupled with the prosperity Auravas had enjoyed for the past few centuries had led to large scale population growth and interconnectivity within the country. However, this combination of population and connection would prove a ripe ground for disease to take hold. The first recorded case of the Mervi Plague was in the city of Mervus, a east coast town near the modern day border between Auravas and Zemeprievadai. In 533, local official records note a strange disease afflicting a man named Pirin Esetl, and over the next few days, this disease would spread to the other residents of the city. As Mervus was a semi-major port city, the plague's origin is speculated to be abroad and brought to Auravas through naval trade. From there, the plague rapidly spread throughout the country, with the extensive routes and dense population of Auravas aiding in its spread. Even the royal family was not spared from the disease, as many children of the king, King Eorent, caught the disease and passed away. Only by 539 did the plague loosen its grip on Auravas, by this point taking many lives.
Modern analysis of the disease is split on the exact nature of the disease, though most scholars consider the disease to be a form of smallpox. There is no one ancient interpretation of the disease, though many believed it was a divine curse or even a sign of the world's end. This disease would cripple Auravas, a significant blow to its economy, population, and living standards, and trigger the Two Centuries of Disaster, which would only end due to the efforts of King Tasin and King Asuna during the Rejuvenation. During this period, wars and poor rulership would continue to plague Auravas after the actual plague crippled it.
==== Second Southern Campaign ====
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==== Era of Asuna ====
The period between the end of the Third Southern Campaign and the Auravasi-Liesvozian wars is known as the Era of Asuna, and is known for the prosperity and increase in power Auravas saw during this era. In this period, Auravas was the largest and most influential power in the Kaskada region
The Auravasi had regularly traded with the natives of Hayaneste for their valuable raw resources and had established a significant naval presence in and around the Floosian Strait due to their status as a major naval trading power. In order to expand Auravasi trade and influence and entrench it deeper into the strait, King Asuna saw it fit to establish a holding on the shores of the strait itself. In 750, a fleet funded by the crown and under the command of naval commander Apitim Osna landed at a site on the northeast coast of Hayaneste, where modern day Ewising stands and established the city of Sevnik. Over the next few years, the city would see rapid development and expansion, partially sponsored by the Auravasi government. The reaction of the Hlenderian natives, who had already established regular interaction with the Auravasi through trade, received the new settlement quite amicably, and trade between the citizens of Sevnik and by proxy Auravas and the native peoples sharply increased in the following decades. Sevnik gave Auravas a southern port and an even more firmly established position in the strait, and numerous expeditions were launched from the city bound eastward up the Gondwanan coast and possibly to Arcturia.
==== Auravasi-Liesvozian Wars ====
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==== Era of Liesvozia ====
As the ability of Auravas to project influence across the Sea of Gondwana declined with successive losses to the Liesvozian Empire, Sevnik became more and more disconnected from Auravasi authority, and within a few decades of the final Auravasi defeats in the Auravasi-Liesvozian Wars, the city had asserted its independence, transforming into a very wealthy city-state that lived off trade.
==== '''[[Kaskada Succession War|Kaskadan Succession War]]''' ====
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==== Silvist Conflicts ====
Though it had received a major victory in the Kaskadan Succession War, Auravas immediately faced the rapid spread of Silvism, further driven due to the presence of the Silvist Korcetta in much of what was Liesvozia. General mistrust of Silvism was further exacerbated by extreme violence against non-humans by Silvist groups, particularly in the southern regions with large human populations, where non-human populations are estimated to have decreased by around 20% between 1271 and 1284 due to violence and emigration. In 1284, King Partakol enacted the Edict of Unity, banning the practice of Silvism in the Kingdom and the Edict of Persecution, which began formal cooperation between the Kingdom of Auravas and the Sacred Guard, which had gained significant influence during the Era of Liesvozia, in order to persecute and root out Silvism from Auravas. Communities across the Kingdom ripped apart because of the intense Silvist violence, many extremist groups now targeting human non-Silvists, who were seen as collaborating with the non-humans, or the equally as intense violence returned by Shviesist forces. Silvist forces were further bolstered by many nobles in the south taking advantage of Auravas' recent suzerainty over them to convert to Silvist and maintain an additional level of autonomy.
The conflicts continued for decades and culminated when, in 1323, a number of major Silvist nobles declared the separation of their territories from the suzerainty of the Uravin monarchs, instead recognizing the authority of a Silvist monarch with a power base in the city of Krainazlota, leading to the Krainazlota War being an often used name for the last phase of the Silvist Conflicts. The victory of the forces of Uravin in the Krainazlota war in 1328 finally put an end to meaningful Silvist resistance, including killings of non-humans, and reaffirmed Adreni control over the state, though the Silivists were granted some liberties and the right to practice their beliefs except pro-human sentiment.
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Auravas emerged from the Silvist Conflicts a far more militaristic and centralized state than it entered it, the territories gained during the Succession war now firmly under control of the monarch. Auravas significantly built up its naval forces, the power of which had declined during the Era of Liesvozia, and significant interest in the pre-Liesvozian era of Auravas emerged, partially due to its powerful presence, particularly on the seas, and this interest quickly expanded to other elements Pre-Liesvozian Auravas, such as architecture and painting, creating a rebirth of the peak of Auravasi culture. The novel ''The Voyages'', written in 1344 by Oras Tasik and chronicling the journeys of an early 9th century Auravasi navigator, is regarded as a key work of Auravasi literature and has contributed greatly to the modern understanding of both the evolution of the Auravasi language as well as Auravasi views of previous eras during the time period.
Over the course of the 14th and 15th centuries, Auravas would extensively explore and revive trade in the areas around it, constantly pushing farther and farther into uncharted or poorly mapped territory. In 1395, admiral Nakaz Sivprasra led a large expedition along the western coast of Gondwana, reaching the Sultanate of Sayyed, bringing back large quantities of jewelry and Sayqidi literature. Further contact between the two civilizations would be established in the coming decades, with a number of trade-focused treaties being organized between the states, giving Auravasi merchants a near monopoly in Cerenerian Southwest Gondwanan trade.
With the resurgence of Auravasi power in the 1300s, repossessing and expanding its former hold on trade was made a priority. In the centuries since its independence, Sevnik had continued to function as a trade nexus, building up a substantial naval force to defend against pirates and empires. In 1385, an advance force of Auravasi ships was repelled by the bulk of the Sevnik navy off the coast of the mainland, but it was followed by a more substantial fleet that engaged and decisively defeated the Sevnik navy. With the resistance destroyed, the Auravasi force was able to sail into the Sevnik harbor, taking the city with the help of an overland force. The next few decades would see a number of new Auravasi settlements across the northern coast of Hayaneste. While the former governors of the city-state of Sevnik were disinterested in further expansion on the island and maintained cordial relations with the native Hlenderian people for trading and defense purposes, the new Auravasi settlements would rapidly grow and begin to settle deeper into the island. This expansion incurred resistance from many of the native groups, who led coordinated attacks on the colonies, which the colonial forces frequently returned in kind. By the mid-1400s, Auravas had control of the general territory of modern day Joralesia.
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WIth the rise of Auravasi maritime power in the 14th and 15th centuries, Auravas having reestablished itself as a regional great power by 1500, the country saw a sharp increase in wealth and prosperity, triggering a high period of Auravasi art and religion, as well as science and political theory to an extent, that would last from mid 16th to mid 17th centuries.
The Auravasi art form of Avente Art, arising in the mid 1500s evolved as a reaction against the grandeur of the Tahyan art style that had characterized the previous centuries, emphasizing naturalistic portrayals of the everyday man, though Tahyan art persisted in a limited form known as Late Tayhan due to the patronage of a select few nobles. Theater and similar entertainment groups gained great prominence, with a particular focus on the tragedy and the comedy, through other genres did gain some prominence. It is in this era that famous playwrights such as Ekru Potnasa composed their plays.
With the introduction of the printing press, the production of literature soared due to the support of King Kasri "The Enlightened", a major proponent of literacy and considered one of the most important monarchs to Auravasi cultural history. This combination of literacy and patronage transformed Uravin into a center of book production and anchored Auravas as a key link in the book trade. An incredibly diverse array of works was printed in Auravas, with accurate translations of ancient Auravasi texts becoming very widespread, and many texts by the cultures Auravas encountered through its extensive trade networks found their way to the printing presses of Uravin. Auravasi domestic literature reached new heights in prominence and diversity, with many key figures of the Auravasi classics working during this period. This extremely open approach to printing and production would be one of the driving factors behind the scientific and religious changes which would occur later into the period.
The Auravasi philosophies and sciences also grew to great prominence during this period. King Kasri was also a major sponsor of education, and an in-depth school and university system quickly took root in the country. Due to the prominence and relative freedom of the printing industry in Auravas, the ideas of many Auravasi philosophers and scientists rapidly spread throughout the country, alongside works by other philosophers and scientists who had immigrated to Auravas for these reasons. The philosophical breakthroughs of this period focused on numerous subfields, from politics to religion, and many works would set the foundations for the intellectual revolution. The Auravasi sciences also prospered in numerous fields such as astronomy, engineering, mathematics, biology, and physics.
One of the most prominent parts of the Auravasi Golden Age was the diversification of religious belief. With the widespread usage of the printing press and the rise in literacy, older religious texts gained new prominence and spread alongside contemporary religious movements, which also rapidly spread, both challenging the conventional notions of Shviesism in Auravas. The most prominent sect that diverged from orthodox Shviesism in this period was Antoya, which [religionstuff]
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==== Union With Zemeprievadai ====
Over the 1500s, the Zemeprievadain parliament, rapidly gaining influence in the country, had been in conflict with the consolidation efforts made by the Zemeprievadain monarchy, the Urtos dynasty. Taking the throne in 1596, Queen Celestinas was the latest in a series of unpopular monarchs. Over the next 14 years of her reign, Queen Celestinas would institute a number of policies that drew power away from the parliament and invested more absolute power within herself. Not only did her policy draw political power away from the mercantile elite, her economic policy also damaged their wealth, leading to severe unpopularity among the upper class of Zemeprievadain society. In the later months of 1609, a secret meeting was organized among a number of parliament members to determine a course of action, and in the end it was decided that King Skira of the Auravasi Adreni dynasty would be an ideal candidate for the throne due to his popularity and expansionist ideals as well as the royal ties the Adreni dynasty and the Urtos dynasty had established in the previous centuries. An envoy was sent to King Skira, promising parliamentary support for an invasion in return for the formation of a personal union rather than complete integration and greater parliamentary rights in Zemeprievadai.
After some discussion in Auravas, King Skira decided to agree to the proposal of the Zemeprivadain parliament and, with the support of the Zemeprievadain parliament, rapidly assembled an invasion force. Queen Celestinas was not completely oblivious to the efforts of her parliament, and, correctly suspecting military resistance to her rule, assembled an army with the support of a number of loyalist nobles. In March of 1610, Skira invaded Zemeprievadai and initially faced little resistance, but clashed with loyalist forces in Zagjis. Auravasi forces captured Siaulme in late April with little resistance, as Celestinas and her forces had fallen back to the east of the country, establishing a temporary base of operations in the loyalist Pakzys. With Siaulme firmly in parliamentary control, Skira embarked on an expedition to rid Zemeprievadai of Celestinas, decisively defeating her in battle in early July, after which Celestinas went into hiding. Though many towns in eastern Zemeprievadai claim that the Queen fled there after her defeat, Celestinas' ultimate fate is currently uncertain. Upon his return to Siaulme, negotiations commenced between the parliament and King Skira. Eventually, Skira was declared King of Zemeprievadai in return for passing the Decree of Parliamentary Rights, empowering the Zemeprievadain parliament.
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[More politically focused, similar to the Enlightenment]
==== Republican Revolution ====
By the end of the 18th century, Auravas was deeply in debt due to its recent expensive wars, still reeling from [insert war], and the effect this had on the lower classes was accentuated by a series of bad harvests. Furthermore, the ideals of the Intellectual Revolution had spread rapidly through the country, putting many figures in opposition to the increasingly authoritarian regime of King Ikasvau. On May 6th, 1783, open revolt broke out in Uravin after a declaration of a new tax to be imposed on all but the nobility to pay off the royal debt. The revolters, at first armed with crude peasants weapons, raided a series of munitions depots in the city, sheer numbers overwhelming the guards, and stormed the royal palace only to find the King had departed and was gathering forces to retake the city. The city held out for 1 and a half months in which the revolutionaries formed the Assembly to draft a constitution for the nation in the absence of monarchical authority, but the assembly was sharply divided along those who supported the establishment of a republic and those who supported the the process was interrupted on June 21st when monarchist forces retook the city in an event known as the Bloody Solstice. Though almost a fourth of the assembly was killed or imprisoned on the Bloody Solstice, the remaining members of the Assembly reconvened a few dozen miles outside of Uravin, rallied around a prominent republican named Kaoto Verlan. The monarchist massacre on the solstice had radicalized the remaining members of the Assembly and the Declaration of Independence of the People of Auravas was ratified with the First Constitution of the Republic on August 19th, declaring the formation of the Republic of Auravas.
Though the Bloody Solstice sharply increased unrest across the country, the revolution may have died that day if not for the efforts of Atvask Ekinistir and the Society of Revolutionary Change, a republican organization that had risen in the years leading to the revolution and was established across the country. Ekinistir's fiery writing in the weeks following the Solstice was rapidly distributed across the country by the Society, also actively promoting revolutionary efforts. With the country already primed for full scale revolution, this proved to be the igniting spark, and by mid February of next year, a substantial portion of the country was occupied by revolutionary forces. To this day, Atvask Ekinistir is considered a hero of the nation and a symbol of revolution. The primary focus of the new republican government was reorganization of occupied territories and preservation of the monarchist forces which still held much of the country, assembling the Republican Army of Auravas through mass conscription in occupied territories, which caused a number of minor counter-revolutionary revolts. The Assembly abolished noble titles, confiscated noble land, and severed ties to the Shviesist religion. The revolution progressively took on a more anti-religious tone, leading to the destruction of temples. By October, Uravin had fallen to revolutionary forces once again, though the King had long since relocated to the staunchly loyalist city of Edveka on the west coast.
Seeking support against the revolutionary forces, Ikasvau appealed to the nobility of Zemeprievadai, which had been in personal union under Auravas since 1610. Over the last 2 centuries, the nobility of Zemeprievadai had grown fed up with the personal union due to the usage of Zemeprievadain resources to fight Auravasi wars and the prioritization of the needs of Auravas over Zemeprievadai, but Auravasi power had not given them many opportunities to break free. Now, however, the Auravasi crown was significantly weakened by the revolution, placing the Zemeprievadain parliament in a favorable negotiating position. In return for supporting the King against the revolution in Auravas, the parliament demanded the breaking of the personal union and the institution of a native Zemeprievadain dynasty to the throne, a demand that Ikasvau was reluctant to agree to as this would be a significant blow to Adreni and Auravasi power. However, continual rebel gains in Auravas and fears among the Zemeprievadain upper class of a similar revolt in Zemeprievadai expedited the negotiation process and find a resolution. It was eventually decided that the line of succession in Zemeprievadai would change and the youngest son of King Ikasvau would take power in Zemeprievadai, while his oldest son would take power in Auravas. This would break the personal union with Zemeprievadai upon Ikasvau's death in 1816 but preserve the Adreni dynasty in the country.
By late 1785, the Assembly was fracturing once again. The radically democratic Antak Faction, the most prominent opposition to the Verlan Faction, currently in power, was against the restrictions of voting imposed by the First Constitution. In February, the Antak Faction established themselves in the highly radicalized Uralia City and declared the Second Constitution, effectively severing the revolution into two. Over the next few months, both the Antaks and the Verlans, under pressure of the opposition to each other and the continual conflict with monarchist forces, engaged in a crackdown against perceived counter-revolutionary movements and people in their occupied areas, leading to further opposition of the forces in power and fracturing of the revolutionary movement. In the spring of 1786, monarchist forces, with the backing of the Zemeprievadain nobility, made large scale advancements in the wake of a wave of counter-revolutionary revolts, retaking Uravin on May 23, practically dissolving the Verlan forces. The Antak would not last much longer, with Uralia City falling to monarchical forces on August 4th of that year.
==== Inter-revolutionary Period ====
The 19th century in Auravas was characterized by rapid industrialization and pushes for reform in the wake of the unsuccessful revolution. In 1816, King Ikasvau died, severing the personal union with Zemeprievadai which had existed for over 200 years and bringing Ikasvau's son, King Itirn, to the throne. As Auravas shifted towards an industrialized economy, population, urbanization, and production exploded, but so did economic inequality in the form of a growing division between the working class and upper class, triggering the rise of the Auravasi labor movement. The early-mid 1800s saw the rise of workingmen's associations to advocate for the rights of the working class, though these associations were suppressed by aristocratic forces. Working class agitators rose to prominence in Auravas such as Atan Pivola, who initiated the first coherent worker's rights movement, Pivolism, which advocated for democracy, universal (sometimes male) suffrage, and worker's rights. Pivola continued to be a notable figure in Auravas till his imprisonment and execution in 1832, which triggered the Sunday Uprising, suppressed by Auravasi military forces and leaving over 150 rioters dead. To pacify the working class in the wake of the Uprising, the late 1830s saw Itirn remove a number of restrictions on trade unions, an incredibly controversial move as many powerful figures were concerned over the organizing power of the working class. The 1830s and 40s saw the emergence of prominent figures in the recently expanding socialist movement, and the incorporation of socialist ideals into the associations and unions. One of the early prominent worker's associations which explicitly incorporated socialist ideals was the syndicalist Federation of Auravasi Workers (FAW). However, the working class still lacked a political venue to voice their grievances. Itirn would eventually abdicate, allowing his younger brother, King Mir, to take the throne in 1855, who quickly reinstated the restrictions on worker organization. This led to the Red Revolt, the largest revolutionary movement of the inter-revolutionary period, in which mass strikes evolved into an anti-monarchy uprising. The uprising ended with the Concessions of 1855, also known as the Eleventh Hour Concessions, as they would eventually turn out to be far too little and too late. The concessions instituted a parliament termed the Assembly and limited suffrage, though votes were weighted by wealth and the Assembly was functionally powerless. Despite this, a number of socialist parties formed, the most prominent of which being the Party for Socialism and Democracy in Auravas (PSDA) Economic upswing led to a small stagnation of the labor movement in the 1860s, but the 1870s brought the Second Industrial Revolution and the prospect of continental war.
===== Gondwana Straits War =====
Tensions between Auravas and Nagato had skyrocketed over the course of the 19th century as the two naval powers contested for dominance over trade routes in Gondwana. In mid July of 1875, Nagato launched an invasion of Auravas in order to seize a treaty port near the southern straits of Gondwana.
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=== Auravasi Revolution ===
==== Revolution ====
The war devastated the Auravasi economy after the upturn of the 60s, and the emergence of the war industry accelerated and accentuated the developments of the Second Industrial Revolution. Though the initial phases of the war saw nationalistic unity between the classes in the face of the Nagatoian invasion, these bonds dissolved as the war progressed and the economic state shifted. By the end of the war, the working class was fed up with the harsh industry reforms the government had instituted in order to continue the war effort, and many unions began to call for strikes as peace drew close. Upon the declaration of peace, demonstrations erupted across the monarchy in what was termed the Hundred Days, termed as such due to the approximately hundred days between the end of the war and the Declaration of Servitude. These demonstrations were not very organized and called for worker reforms in the wake of the policies and developments of the war, though most of the demonstrations were forcefully put down.
On November 24th, 1882, the government of Auravas released a statement, now widely known as the Declaration of Servitude, stating that wartime labor reforms would continue to exist until the economic situation in Auravas stabilized and that the planned elections for the Assembly would be suspended. It is generally considered that this declaration was the trigger for the Auravasi People's Revolution. In reaction to the Declaration, the Confederation of Auravasi Unions (CAU), the most influential trade union organization in Auravas, called a general strike, which rapidly escalated into an armed revolt as military forces clashed with groups of trade union members who raided weapons depots. As opposed to the disjointed demonstrations of the Hundred Days, the CAU quickly mobilized organized the riots into a united military force against the monarchy. Seeing the actions of the CAU, many other workers rose up alongside the CAU, and formed military units, the Independent Revolutionary Armies, that collaborated with CAU forces despite the lack of CAU membership. These revolting workers were joined by groups of veterans returning from the front lines, upset with the war and the monarchy. In the Assembly, the PSDA had grown to the second largest party by number of seats and the largest party by number of votes by a massive margin, only curtailed by voting weights. Following the eruptions of the CAU revolt, the PSDA faced a crisis, as the majority of its members supported the revolutionary action, but a portion of the PSDA, who were worried by the radicalism of the revolt, split off and formed the Moderate PSDA (MPSDA). On the same day, an independent revolt occurred in Uralia City where the monarchist national police were forcibly ejected from the city by the Uralia City Volunteer Guard (UCVG). As the northernmost Auravasi city and a city on the coast, Uralia City had seen some of the most fighting of any region of Auravas during the War. During the multiple year long siege of Uralia City, a volunteer army had been assembled, primarily from the working class neighborhoods of the city, and the army had radicalized in the later years of the war and the Hundred Days, during which it uneasily coexisted with government forces but never fully demobilized. As strikes and revolts erupted across Auravas on November 24th, so too they did in Uralia City, but in the city they were joined by the war-hardened UCVG.
As fighting erupted across Auravas, areas controlled by the CAU, the primary revolutionary force, began experimenting with new political structures in the void left by the lack of political authority. A number of regional administrative organizations emerged, termed the Regional Administrative Councils (RAC). Within these regional administrations, a process of expropriation and collectivization of previously privately owned resources commenced. As the revolution was strongest in highly industrialized regions, much of Auravas' industry underwent the socialization process. Without the traditional capitalists at the head of industry, worker councils and democratic cooperatives were assembled and power over the industry was transferred to them, while some industries were directly nationalized by the administration. The agricultural sector also underwent incredible land reform, with the deposition of landlords and the establishment of self-managed communes based on collective ownership and governed by assemblies. Revolutionary reform extended beyond just the economic sphere but also to the social sphere, as a reformist fervor spread through the revolution controlled territory. Numerous schools were constructed and efforts to promote literacy and healthcare were emphasized, and religion and its influence drastically declined, with a severing of ties between the RACs and the Shviesist organizations.
In Uralia City, a new government known as the Autonomous Worker's Commune of Uralia was established, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Auravas, while the UCVG turned on the government they fought with only months prior, defending the radicalized city from successive waves of monarchist forces. Within the city, a provisional administration was assembled out of the leading figures of the UCVG, and within months, elections were organized to assemble a governing council, which the UCVG recognized as the administrative authority of the city but continued to exist as the revolutionary armed forces of the Commune, and the leadership of the UCVG remained a prominent governing force within the city, practicing de-facto dual governance with the Council. Despite some ideological differences between members of the Commune, service in the commune was met with great revolutionary zeal and a variety of policies and decrees were passed, including the separation of church and state, abolition of child labor, and universal suffrage. Seizure of private property was not as extensive as in the RACs but many business owners fled the city in fear of worker violence, and their businesses were put under worker control.
The monarchy did not respond with complete passivity, however. With a mobilized army still partially under monarchical control as well as a police force and the backing of the panicked upper class, the monarchy was able to suppress the worker mobilization in a number of cities, instituting martial law in many suppressed territories. Soon, frontlines solidified as the crown attempted to hold on to its authority. In the capital of Uravin, urban warfare had broken out between the revolutionary forces and monarchist forces, with substantial territory, including the Assembly building, being held by the revolutionary forces but the Royal Palace being held by monarchist forces. In a show of power and confidence, King Mir had not evacuated the city, electing to stay in the Royal Palace. On August 3rd, 1883, the leader of the now mobilized PSDA, Sival Dyra, proclaimed the founding of the Republic of Auravas, triggering the August Clashes within the revolutionary-occupied territories as members of the PSDA and members of the RAC who were willing to incorporate with the newly formed republican government clashed with the RACs that wanted to preserve their existing regional council structures without the oversight of a national government who found authority through the Assembly. In the Uralia City Commune, a plebiscite was organized on the matter of recognizing the authority of the Republic of Auravas, ending in a majority supporting integration. Despite this, the city would remain functionally independent till post-war reforms.
As the clashes between pro-republic and anti-republic forces threatened to divide the revolutionary movement, many leaders began to fear a similar situation to the Republican Revolution, in which divides in the revolution would allow monarchical forces to overcome the movement and reinstate authority of the crown. In order to assemble a unified front against the monarchy, the various revolutionary forces met and created the Central Committee for the Revolution, uniting the various forces under the banner of the Auravasi Armed Revolutionary Forces, and eventually passing the Socialist Future Agreement on March 6th, 1884, which recognized the authority of the Republic of Auravas, under the provisional governance of the Central Committee, over the revolutionary forces while giving all members of the Central Committee a say in the post revolution political landscape.
By 1886, fighting in Uravin turned decisively in favor of the Revolutionary Forces as the socialists slowly forced their way through monarchist defenses. On July 26, the Revolutionary Forces finally reached the Royal Palace of Auravas and engaged in battle with members of the King's Guard. After the Guard was overcome, the Storming of the Royal Palace commenced, in which the armed revolutionaries and unarmed groups that had gathered during the battle stormed the Royal Palace and took King Mir captive, a massive blow to the monarchist movement, which was now rapidly losing ground to the Republic. With the fall of Uravin to the Revolutionary Forces, the city became the seat of the Central Committee, who began drafting plans for the post-war structure of the Republic. Once again, disputes over the organization of the Republic arose, with one group, dominated by the PSDA, advocating for a centralized parliamentary system while the CAU advocated for a more decentralized system of councils.
Meanwhile, monarchist forces persisted in some regions, rallying under the leadership of General Oro Saryun, who had taken control of the monarchist forces following the capture of King Mir. Though Saryun officially proclaimed he desired to restore the monarchy, his personal intentions were to establish a military dictatorship under his rule once asserting power over the country. He had begun to plot a coup to take over the administration, drawing support from the growing mistrust of the King among high level officers as the monarchists progressively lost more and more land, but the capture of the King by the rebel forces made the coup unnecessary. Under his command, the monarchist forces would hold out in small pockets across the country for several years, until the final monarchist stronghold fell to the Revolutionary Forces in 1887, and General Saryun committed suicide on September 2, marking the end of a unified government resistance.
==== Post-Revolution ====
As the revolution came to a close, intense debates raged in the Central Committee over the structure of the new republic, with different factions advocating for different methods of governance. Eventually, the differing groups came to agreement and the Constitution of the Republic of Auravas was passed by the Committee on June 9, 1887. This Constitution established a unitary socialist parliamentary democracy, in which the means of production are owned by the public and worker cooperatives. The Auravasi Armed Revolutionary Forces were incorporated into the new republic as the Armed Forces of Auravas. The constitution included many major reforms such as instituting universal suffrage, separating the church and state, and major labor reforms. The final part of the constitution called for the dissolution of the Central Committee for the Revolution and the passing of authority over the Republic to the Assembly upon the creation of the first government. The Autonomous Worker's Commune of Uralia was dissolved and merged with the political structures established for the rest of the country.
In the lead up to the first election, political factions consolidated along the lines of the factions in the revolution, with most pre-war parties besides the PSDA losing their support base due to their opposition to the popular revolution. The main two parties immediately post-war thus were the PSDA, with an already established party and place in the Assembly, and the newly formed Party of the Councils, which was comprised of those who supported a style of governance closer to the RAC's and leaned into anarchist and syndicalist ideology.
=== Republic of Auravas ===
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Auravas has a long and rich literary history. The earliest deciphered literature in Auravas dates back to the poetic inscriptions made by the Heterad Civilization, most often found within temples and tombs. During the period between the Heterad domination of Auravass and the Urbanization period, the Heterad script falls out of use and the development of the Auravasi language begins. Literature begins becoming prominent during the urbanization period, during which written works explode in popularity and diversity, particularly within the Uravi dialect of the language. Auravasi texts touched numerous subjects, from military and philosophy to astronomy and geography. Equally as important was the expansion of other forms of literature such as lyrical poetry and theater, both of which greatly contributed to the development of the Auravasi language. The later years of the Urbanization period saw the development of prose literature, with notable Auravasi novels being composed in the last few centuries of the BCE era.
Literature in the early Kingdom of Auravas is characterized by a continuation of lyrical poetry and prose, with the development and expansion of different genres of literature, and the development of two key epics of Auravas, the _______ and ________. The destruction and hardship of the Two Centuries of Disaster leads to the development of poetry that sought to portray the suffering everyday Auravasi people go through, while prose went in a different direction, as historical fiction and early science fiction grew to great prominence. During the Revival and Era of Asuna, Auravasi literature saw further genre developments, continually distancing itself from the works of ancient Auravas, a trend that completely reversed during the Era of Liesvozia, as Auravasi authors emulated the styles of the Auravasi ancient works in an attempt to maintain cultural superiority in a political landscape that saw Auravas more marginalized than it had been in centuries.
The Auravasi Golden Age brought about a new age of literary development, widely considered to begin with the release of ''The Voyagers'' in 1344, and numerous key works of Auravasi literature were composed during this Age. With the emergence of the printing press, the patronization of monarchs, and the rising wealth and influence of Auravas, the country became known for an incredibly prominent printing industry. Along with the conventional poetry and prose of Auravas, the Golden Age saw the emergence of new philosophical and scientific texts as well as the spread of key religious texts such as ______, which played a major factor in the diversification of Auravasi religion. The Intellectual Revolution saw a sharp increase of philosophical works, many of which were influential in the political developments of the 18th and 19th centuries. The 19th century saw major developments in Auravasi novels, with the author Korro Tyranda being considered one of if not the greatest writer in Auravasi history. The 20th century saw the development of the ______ movement, which emphasized __________.
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The Armed Forces of Auravas were created in _____ out of the Auravasi Armed Revolutionary Forces following the people's revolution. Due to the failure of the original Auravasi Revolution, the Auravasi military would be generally well funded and decently sizable, and though those metrics have decreased in recent years due to the protection afforded by growing ties to the Federation of the Southern Coast, this trend has generally been maintained, especially due to the presence of Silvist Korćetta. Auravas relies on its proportionally substantial military force and the extensive Kaskadan mountain ranges for its overland defense, with portions of the mountains being fortified and ready to establish a defensive line in the case of southern invasion. The Auravasi navy was historically one of the most prominent forces in the Sea of Gondwana. This policy has been maintained to the modern day, with Auravas possessing a rank 4 blue water navy, due to Auravas' extensive coastline, strategic naval location, and lack of substantial nearby allies. The Armed Forces of Auravas
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==== Kalana Island ====
Kalana Island's terrain is much flatter than the rapid elevation incline of the Auravasi mainland.[[File:Auravas climates.png|thumb|185x185px|The climates of Auravas in the Koppen Climate Classification ]]
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