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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.
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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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==== 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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==== Maritime Expansion ====
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
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.
==== Auravasi Golden Age ====
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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]
==== Auravasi-Ethalrian Rivalry ====
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==== Union With Zemeprievadai ====
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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
==== 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,
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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=== Population===
The population in Auravas in
===Language ===
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===The Assembly===
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===Military===
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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===Energy ===
Auravas derives a large portion of its energy from
==<s>Geography</s>==
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