History of Packilvania
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In the 21st century BCE, a document emerged which is called the Ichtmar that records the traditions and beliefs of folk religions of the semi-nomadic iron age civilisations of Central Yasteria, specifically in the area of modern-day Ashura Province. This document is the foundation of the modern religion of Paxism which attributes its authorship to Prophet Besmali although modern historians suggest that it might have been written by his associates after his death. Nevertheless, the earliest manuscripts of the Ichtmar are not only the earliest written examples of Packilvanian, but among the oldest examples of written language in history. Furthermore, the Vagumar is arguably one of the oldest religious documents in history. Around the same time, a group of followers of Besmali's work known as Besmalites constructed the first iteration of the Memorial of the Jovian Gate to commemorate the founding myth of Paxism. This structure was destroyed in a war between the Kingdoms of Wala and Tsuhe and reconstructed by the Kingdom of Yehudah.
In the 12th century BCE, around the Bronze Age, the Vagumar was written which expanded upon the Ichtmar. Its authorship is largely attributed to Jerome of Damaclion who is believed to have been commissioned by Suleiman of Yehudah in the area of what is today Adrien. The document's role as a major part of the growing Paxist religion under Suleiman's followers known as Yehudites was firmly established through the construction of the Temple of the Restoration. Circa 0 CE, a part of the meteor that struck the Great Tear of the Moon (an island near modern-day Tavaris) broke off and struck the Memorial of the Jovian Gate , giving rise to the start of the Paxist Liturgical Calendar, one of the oldest continuously used calendars in the world (which has evolved to coincide with the Common Era calendar). Around the 7th century CE, the King of Bingol, Obed III sought to create his own addition to the Vagumar, which is believed to have offended surrounding tribes to the extent that King Iktan the Devout of Bakil mustered a coalition to defeat and dethrone King Obed and expunge his followers the Obedites. He united surrounding tribes and founded the first iteration of what we today know as Packilvania which at the time was called the United Kingdom of Bakil.
During the reign of Iktanite King, Melkezedek the Great, around the 9th century CE, the Bas Magdamar was commissioned and the Magisterium of Paxism was formally founded. The Iktanite dynasty collapsed and Packilvania disintegrated around in the 12th century CE. In the late 13th century CE, Prince Ishak of Tashkar, angry about the expensive tribute demanded by his suzerain the King of Bingol, amassed a coalition of equally frustrated states and usurped the Kingdom of Bingol. Moving his court from Tashkar to Bingol, he reestablished Packilvania under the rule of the Zubraynite dynasty. In the 14th century, Prophet Sohadek, a then obscure Paxist religious figure, portended the rise of a human ruler over Felines. In the 17th century CE, the Kingdom of Fidakar under the leadership of King Saidun the Conqueror invaded the politically and economically dysfunctional Zubraynite dynasty. Basing the invasion on the teachings of Prophet Sohadek, Saidun assumed the title of the first Sultan of Packilvania. Moving his court from Halaler to Bingol, he established the Demirite dynasty's rule over Packilvania.
In the late 18th century, Sultana Zerah Demir IV contrived a political union between Packilvania and Great Morstaybishlia through a marriage to King Thadeus I. Although there was increasing cooperation and mutual trade between the two nations, economic and social conditions for the feline majority were deteriorating. These circumstances were accelerated by the Great War. Predicated on the Communist ideals invented by writer and philosopher Nikobar Luden, a movement emerged under the leadership of Gideon Muktan. Military defeat in Sorentavia further weakened the Demirite dynasty. After being expelled from the Parliament of Packilvania, Muktan and his followers the Muktanites started the First Packilvanian Civil War whereby the Demirite dynasty was overthrown and the Packilvanian Communist Party ruled the newly established People's Republic of Packilvania.
Communist rule was characterised by considerable economic growth, military expansion and political influence abroad. Nevertheless, the country pursued the systematic extermination of human beings. Working with the government of the Packilvanian puppet state Drakkengard and the colonial government of the Commonwealth of Albanares, the Carriers of Mercy under the leadership of Amhoud I rescued millions of humans and built up armaments. In 1985, they started the Second Packilvanian Civil War and defeated the Communist Party. They reestablished the Sultanate of Packilvania as a Feline-led Paxist dominated political order under the Bedonite dynasty. Their reign has seen accelerated economic growth, military expansion, political influence etc. Nevertheless, modern Packilvania remains a relatively isolated protectionist theocratic absolute monarchy under its current Sultan, Namdun III.
Iron Age
Around 2036 BCE, Prophet Besmali and/or his associates wrote the first written evidence of Paxism in a document called the Ichtmar. In the Ichtmar it is claimed that he received a vision from Noi to write a document that would enable future generations to recall the truthful revelation of Noi through writing down the myths and legends about her that the elders in his settlement knew. He is believed to have travelled Central Yasteria telling people about Noi. He eventually travelled to the Codex Pontus area and is believed to have settled and died in Lyon around 2005 CE.
Around 1900 BCE, his followers, including a wealthy man named Lord Tiraz Mawal built the first version of the Memorial of the Jovian Gate in the area now known as Ashura to commemorate the Battle of Pax and Borg and by extension the work of Prophet Besmali. Around 1800 BCE, Besmali's followers, then known as Besmalites, built the Shrine of the Prophet Besmali in Lyon to commemorate his life. In the 1340s, King Eqad led the Kingdom of Wala to war against the Kingdom of Tsuhe which was under the rule of King Putuldin. Around 1350 BCE, during the Battle of the Holy Hills, Wala defeated Tsuhe. They gained control of the Memorial but the building was destroyed in the fight. Some of the artefacts and parts of the building were preserved. Around 1475, King Hosna IV of Wala rebuilt the Memorial. It was severely damaged by an urthquake in 1230 BCE. It was rebuilt by King Gurwan of Wala around 1100 BCE. The Kingdom of Wala and the Memorial were annexed by the Kingdom of Yehudah in 523 BCE by King Joral II. He was the grandfather of King Suleiman of Yehudah.
Bronze Age
Around 400 BCE, King Suleiman of Yehudah commissioned the composition of a religious text called the Vagumar which aimed to build on the Ichtmar. The rationale provided within Paxist lore for the commissioning of this document was the fact that King Suleiman had a vision from Noi instructing him to consolidate and proliferate Paxism as taught by Prophet Besmali. However, assuming this figure existed at all, the writing of the Vagumar is believed by historians such as Alister McDoughal of Redrugus University to have been a political move to use Paxism to eradicate opposing ideologies and beliefs to Suleiman's and Yehudian rule over the nomadic herders of Central Yasteria.
Whatever the motivations, such a text was indeed commissioned and is believed to have been composed by Jerome of Damaclion, a scholar from Damaclion in Ukanar. It begins with the Ichtmar and continues with books on morality and ritual. A conference of scholars and prophets of Paxism aligned with beliefs held by Suleiman of Yehudah called the Council of Adrien met in the city of Adrien which is now in Ashura. It approved the document. The proliferation of this document formed the basis of a branch of Paxism called Yehudism as well as later Writings of Paxism. The Yehudite sect, despite having been the dominant branch at the time, has largely dissipated and remains practiced by small geoups in Packilvania and Drakkengard.
In 0CE/BCE, a meteor struck the Great Tear of the Moon in Tavaris but a chuck of it broke of and struck the Memorial of the Jovian Gate in Akas Akil promoting fears over the end of the world. Paxists believe that through the fasting and prayer of the Kingdom of Akil and surrounding lands as mandated by King Medayin II, the end of the world was averted and the new age started which today is commemorated as the start of the Paxist liturgical calendar that coincides with the start of the Common Era calendar. The writing and approval of the Vagumar was commemorated by the construction of the first iteration of the Temple of the Restoration around 120 CE by King Hujawal IV of Yehudah. This site is the second holiest site in Paxism and the Vagumar is the only religious text other than the Ichtmar that remains widely accepted to this day.
Iktanite dynasty
King Obed III ruled over the City of Bingol. He was enchanted by the teachings of fringe teachers. Seeking to bolster their own positions in his court, they showevered him flattery. As an allegedly vain and selfish figure, he fed into the flattery and fabrications of these fringe teachers. In the late 660s, one of them suggested that he adds another book to the Sacred Scripture called the Haagemar which contained polytheistic influences by allegding that Pax and Noi had demigod children known as Haagens. He tried to influence other nations to adopt and recognise the book.
The other Kings and Princes were horrified. None was more disgusted than King Iktan of Bakil. Bakil ruled a realm to the south of Shakar and north of Kharyat. King Iktan the Devout attacked the city of Bingol to overthrow Obed and end his manipulation of religion. King Obed was defeated. In the process, King Iktan the Devout gained the respect and admiration of surrounding Paxist rulers who swore allegiance to him as their new King. He was crowned High King of the United Kingdoms of Bakil (also known as the first Packilvania). This new area consisted of lands that stretched from southern Shakar, northern Ukanar, Kharyat, Mekedesh, western Rigaryat, Ashura, and Iganar. His descendents expanded the borders of Iganar by military conquest, incorporating parts of Jumhurikesh and northwest Fidakar.
Founding of the Magisterium
Through the political and military expansion of the United Kingdoms of Bakil, cults emerged which incorporated pagan beliefs and rituals into Paxist practices and doctrine. Charismatic teachers and allegedly spiritually endowed sages were spreading various versions of Paxism that sometimes opposed accepted beliefs. High King Melkezedek of Bakil felt deeply troubled by these developments.
He ordered the calling of the Council of Bingol. Invited to the Council of Bingol, were the most recognised and authoritative teachers and scholars of Paxism who adhered to the conventional doctrines and practices of the religion. The Council of Bingol began laying down how Paxism was to be governed. Its first act was to condemn the heretical practices of the cults thereby laying down supplementary measure of canonicity by reinforcing precepts in the Sacred Scriptures. It ordered the formation of the Magisterium of Paxism as the authoritative body to decide matters of doctrine and to weed out heretical practices as beliefs. In turn, the High King of Bakil was now required to be a Paxist. Furthermore, the collective decisions and judgements of the Magisterium would consists of a body of religious jurisprudence known as the Catechism and processes were laid down and criteria were specified for members of the Magisterium. This body continues to exist and has performed its functions for millenia even when the United Kingdoms of Bakil fell.
End of Iktanite Rule
High King Jezril V ruled over Bakil. However, he was notoriously promiscuous and a drunkard. The legend of his parties and the opulence and debauchery of his court reached the ears of writers such that 9th century author, Madel Albur who wrote what is believed to be one of the first erotica novels, the Packilvanian Summer based on the stories (both true and false) of Jezril's court.
High King Jezril V was also a highly disliked ruler because he publicly treated his sub-rulers unequally and failed to handle disputes with tact. In the throws of the instability that his chaotic rule caused, the Cosairs of Kodekesia first arrived in Packilvania. The Cosairs were human privateers and nomads who came from is believed to be modern day Codex.
Under the mandate of the Kodekesian King, the Cosairs (many of whom were skilled horse riders and archers), they rode into Packilvania and caused chaos, plundering and burning cities to the ground. They took this wealth back to them to Kodekesia which was expanding its borders to the west. Ill-prepared for the ferocious and sporadic attacks of the Kodekesian Cosairs, High King Jezril lost control of his kingdom and it began tattering at the seems.
To his dismay, Halaler, Mochtan, Subakil, Abkeder and many other nations declared independence or were forcibly conquered by the Cosairs. The Cosairs introduced horses to Packilvania and the nation became skilled in breeding them, a craft for which it remains well-known. Furthermore, the descendants of the Cosairs remained in Packilvania and established Kingdoms of their own. Their most notable possession was Fidakar. Notably, the ex-Corsair now king Demir Agenat converted to Paxism and established the Kingdom of Fidakar, a human-led state.
Packilvania receded to the city of Adrien and surrounding areas. The Magisterium of Paxism, under Supreme Magister Thumim Vakaden, toppled the High King Jezril V and declared the Holy See of Adrien as an independent state. Prophet Sohadek allegedly had a vision in which he foretold that a human would one day re-establish Packilvania. This revelation was so horrifying that the Magisterium had Prophet Sohadek arrested. He also stated that the new ruler of the re-united Kingdom of Bakil would be called the Sultan of Packilvania (which means "Awaited One" in Packilvanian).
In the years that followed, many rulers especially humans entertained the idea of Sultan, with some rulers calling themselves by that title to legitimize their rule. The idea of the Sultan became highly attractive among the common people because it gave them aspirations for a Paxist state and re-united Packilvania in which there would be justice and prosperity for all.
Interregnum
This refers to the period between the rule of the Iktanite dynasty which formally ended in 1112 and the start of the Zubraynite dynasty in 1275.
Zubraynite Dynasty
With Bakil fallen, many new city states and Kingdoms emerged, one of which was the Principality of Tashkar under the Kingdom of Bingol. Prince Ishak Zubrayn of Tashkar grew resentful of the economic and political authority of King Jurin IV of Bingol. He led an embassy to King Jurin IV in July 1275 to ask him to provide relief for his people due to failing crops and raids from bandits. King Jurin IV refused and continued to demand tribute from the people of Tashkar. Prince Ishak Zubrayn put together an army of 6,000 soldiers. They took the horses and camels of the people in the city and headed for Bingol. Prince Ishak had originally wanted to force King Jurin IV to end the tribute system.
When they arrived at Bingol, they laid siege. The city's forces were too poorly led and lacked motivation. Unable to break the siege, General Kudai Vurint of Kin Jurin IV's forces surrendered and asked for his forces to be spared. Prince Ishak had mercy on general Vurint's men. He not only let them live but he made them part of his army and made General Vurint one of his second-in-commands. King Jurin IV was banished from Bingol and sent to the desert. Prince Ishak was proclaimed King of Bingol-Tashkar. All the Princes of the city states that swore loyalty to King Jurin IV switched allegiance to Prince Ishak.
He placed his family members and most loyal troops in positions of power and consolidated political authority in his hands. His soldiers took over taxation and other functions from local authorities. Instead, Princes were left as landlords over large estates and he could appoint and dismiss them at will. With the power he accrued, he led a campaign to unite surrounding lands. By the end of his reign, an area overlapping Mekedesh and Ashura and he had been Crowned High King of Packilvania by the Supreme Magister Hadool III.
The descendants of King Ishak Zubrayn continued the campaigns to unite the surrounding lands such that they ruled until 1670. Furthermore, their kingdom reached from Ukanar, Mekedesh, Rigaryat, Kharyat and Iganar by in 1670. Over the course of the rule of the House of Zubrayn, literacy and writing spread such that there were libraries and schools in which physics, geometry and philosophy were being studied. The House of Wisdom in Bingol contained 700,000 manuscripts. There were 400 Paxist temples which provided for the needs of the people such as education and healthcare. By 1670, the population of the realms of the Zubraynite dynasty was about 60 million people.
The last Zubraynite ruler, was Uden II. He assumed the throne at a young age following the unexpected passing of his father due to a disease thought to be syphilis. He was incompetent and poorly advised by his minister. Several social and economic problems arose that coalesced to destabilise and ultimately topple his regime.
Demirite dynasty
End of Zubrayn rule
The human House of Demir ruled over the fertile lands of Fidakar. Due to unprecedented floods starting around 1668, their nation become incredibly wealthy and experienced a boom in commerce. The House of Demir was a human dynasty and the population of its realms was highly diverse. At the same time, the crops in the Zubrayn dynasty were failing and there was mass starvation and pirates were attacking trading vessels of the lucrative Trans-Packilvanian-Ocean trade. The people grew restless and the elites were divided, making it difficult for Uden II to exercise control. Coupled with the poor advice and incompetence of his ministers, the economy of the Zubrayn dynasty fell. Hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Zubraynite realms sought refuge in Fidakar. King Saidun Demir of Fidakar saw the opportunity that the situation presented. Due to the wealth that they accumulated, they were in a position to lend Uden II the finances he needed to pay for the running of his nation and avert an economic catastrophy.
When the debt was due to be paid, Uden II had not effectively righted the economy of his nation. King Saidun gave Uden II an ultimatum: either pay the debt in full or hand over the Crown of Zubrayn to the Crown of Demir. Uden II and his ministers and the nobles of the region were divided. King Saidun began to form an alliance with disgruntled Princes and nobles of Zubrayn so that they would abandon Uden II and align themselves with him, in return for power and wealth under King Saidun's leadership. Thus, despite being initially distrustful of a human about 30% of lords joined forces with Saidun Demir. Despite being unable to come up with the money, Uden II refused to handover his Crown and stated he would rather have his lands destroyed before handing them over to humans.
These kinds of remarks had made his soldiers resistent to him and his lords lukewarm in their support of his rule. Thus, Saidun attacked, Mochtar in Rigaryat. The city was an important hub of trade and had a road that connected directly with Bingol. The fall of Mochtar made it hard for Uden II's forces to retake Rigaryat. Eventually, King Saidun's forces drove Zubrayn forces out of Rigaryat. The lords of Iganar declared their loyalty to King Saidun and capitulated without bloodshed. Another 8 years of war followed in which King Saidun consolidated human control over Iganar, Southern Ashura, and Ukanar. In 1676, the Battle of Bingol was fought. The battle lasted days. King Saidun came up with a plan to use artillery as the basis of attack. The battle resumed. Faced with the Fidakarian fire power and numbers, the city of Bingol fell. Uden II was executed and King Saidun was declared Sultan (or Emperor) of Bakil-afhana (which we know today as Packilvania).
Morst-Packilvanian Union
In 1897, Sultana Zerah Demir IV married King Thadeus I of Morstaybishlia. The marriage had been orchestrated by Sultana Zemir to strengthen her political position at home and to project political and strategic influence abroad. Despite not being wrought in love, the marriage lasted 21 years and produced a son. Because Zerah Demir was a woman, the laws of primogeniture of Packilvania stated that the line of the House of Demir that could inherit the throne would end with her as only men could pass on their surnames to their children. Thus, her heirs would bear the name of the Royal Family of Morstaybishlia (which was known as Hastard until it changed to Louzar during the Great War). As a result, the marriage with Thadeus was not only a romantic or family issue, but it resulted in the formation of a union of crowns, in which the monarchies of Packilvania and Morstyabishlia were practically fused. Nevertheless, the countries maintained separate political institutions, armed forces and religious structures.
The union between the two monarchies received mixed reviews. On one hand, trade between Packilvania and Morstaybishlia increased about 7 fold. There was an exchange of cultures and ideas. Literature, language, art, architecture, fashion and food crossed cultural and ethnic lines. A wide array of spices such as masala and curry and foods such as Pax Fruites entered Morstaybishlian cuisine. Morstaybishlian pantsuits started being seen as fashionable and preferred in favour of the traditional headscarves and robes. While intellectuals and members of the nobility indulged in the morally liberal culture and material cultural artefacts of Morstaybishlia, the population grew increasingly disgruntled by the subversion of their beliefs and practices. Furthermore, the union resulted in increasing political influence being played by Morstaybishlian officials in Packilvanian politics. The little roles that the Packilvanian felines had enjoyed were being overshadowed by growing human control and domination of state and social institutions.
The extent of this gradual integration was such that in 1915, negotiations began for a political union in anticipation of the personal union that would arise under Crown Prince Thadeus II of Packilvania and Morstaybishlia when Sultana Zemir Demir IV and King Thadeus II passed away or abdicated. The Articles of Union were drafted under the direction of Grand Vizier Abdin Demir whom Sultana Zemir Demir IV had trusted with leading the political direction of her grand plans. The Articles of Union stated that Great Morstaybishlia and Packilvania would, upon ratification by the Kalmington and Bingol Parliaments respectively, be known together as Morstopackia under the rule of Sultan-King Thadeus II. Despite its grand ambitions, this plan had many issues. Firstly, Packilvania was a morally and socially conservative society based on the Paxist religion whose primary inhabitants the Felines were ruled by a minority of humans. Inasmuch as Packilvanians were resistant to adopt the political norms of Morstaybishlia, so too were Morstaybishlians reluctant to adopt the political system of Packilvania.
Great War
The latter half of Zerah Demir IV's reign was fraught with disasters because the alliance that had arisen between Packilvania and Morstaybishlia, Packilvania got involved in the Great War. Firstly, the Great War was greatly unpopular among felines because felines were forced to fight in foreign countries for the ambitions of a species they resented. Many felines were also forced to work under terrifying conditions in mines, farms and factories to produce the armaments and supplies needed by the military. Furthermore, the felines were subject to painful rationing of essential items and they were forced accept poor payment and employment conditions in the name of fighting the war. Humanocentric propaganda further alienated the majority feline population who were disenchanted rather than inspired or endeared by the propaganda campaign. These factors coalesced to usurp whatever seemingly favourable outcomes had arisen from the union. With young cats left without work and disillusioned with their monarchy and the Paxist religion that had drawn unpopularly close to the human population, they drew to the ideas of academic and intellectual Nikobar Luden.
Packilvanian Communist Party
First Packilvanian Civil War
Followers of Nikobar Luden's ideas (which were collectively called Ludenism) were drawn to the idea of a just and equal society ruled by and for the peasant farmers and factory workers. They longed for a government in which they had representation. Thinkers such as Gideon Muktan took these ideas further and blamed the social ills on religious devotion and human rule. Gideon Muktan founded the Feline Club which brought together young people and disaffected intellectuals. They penned the Communist Declaration which state a eight-point plan for the reinvigoration of Packilvania. The Communists ran for Parliament and Gideon Muktan was elected as an MP. Under his leadership, the Feline Club brought this declaration to Sultana Zerah Demir IV. She not only threw it away, but saw these values and ideals as dangerous to her government. She had all Communists arrested and Communism banned. Rather than end their resolve, she provided the fuel by which Gideon Muktan and his associates formed the Packilvanian Communist Party in 1917 and resigned their seats from the Parliament in defiance of the Sultana.
Despite being brutally oppressed, the PCP was able to start protests against the Sultana's reign and its members grew to 5 million strong which included soldiers, intellectuals, young people, peasants and factory workers. In 1918, the PCP formed the Packilvanian Liberation Army, a paramilitary organisation that used asymmetric warfare against the government. They caused widespread damage to public infrastructure such the bombing of the Kesel Chemical Plant and bombing of the Royal Bingol Central Train Station. The death of Sultan-King, Thadeus I in August 1918 led to a constitutional crisis regarding the succession of the Crowns of Packilvania and Morstaybishlia. In a bid to reclaim legitimacy and assuage her enemies and her disenchanted populace, Zerah Demir IV seized the opportunity to renounce all titles and claims to Morstaybishlia's throne and effectively prevented her son, Thadeus II from inheriting the Packilvanian throne. Monarchist forces struggled against the PCP and PLA. Because the Morstaybishlian government was dealing with uprisings in its own country (which were in part inspired by the actions of Gideon Muktan) and the aftermath of the Great War, they were unable to assist the Sultana as well as she needed - nevertheless, her son sent token help.
Despite the fact that Thadeus II sent a few thousand troops to aid his mother, the country was falling to the Communists left and right. In desperation, she ended the unification talks and invited the PCP to a dialogue. At the peace negotiations in 1918, Sultana Zerah Demir IV was arrested and her closest relatives and most powerful allies were either captured or killed. With her government in disarray and her authority undermined, Gideon Muktan declared the formation of the Packilvanian People's Republic (PPR) and the abolition of monarchy. Sultana Zerah Demir IV escaped on a refugee boat to Morstaybishlia and remained in exile in Morstaybishlia.
Paxist Persecution and Human Genocide
Gideon Muktan was formally elected the General Secretary of the PCP and Chairman of the Central Military Committee of the PLA, giving him supreme political authority. He purged human bureaucrats from the government and human intellectuals from universities. Many of them were sent to brutal reeducation camps in the deserts. Human business owners had their stores looted or shut down by the government. Many Paxist temples and other institutions were ordered to close and clergy were sent away. Despite the attack on religion and nobility that followed Muktan's rule, in practice nobles - especially in provinces farther away from Bingol - managed to retain their positions and control, instead under new politically appropriate titles (such as Honorary Custodian of Medayin). Furthermore, Paxist temples continued to operate in relative secrecy in people's homes. With his power consolidated and his rule absolute, Gideon turned to economic reform and international influence, abandoning the pogroms against religion and nobility. However, the human population never recovered. The attack on them was so great that their eradication was called one of the most cataclysmic genocides in world history. Decades later, the bodies of humans were still being found lying in the country side.
Prince Amhoud Bedon of Makobar became a member of the PCP in 1942. He was a devout Paxist and secretly a minister of Paxism. However, because of his hard work and reliability, his activities went unnoticed and he rose in the ranks of the party and government.
Paxist Resurgence and Scientific Discovery
The period between 1949 and 1968 is typically described as the golden age of Communist rule. However in that time, anti-Communist sentiment and Paxist adherence increased substantially.
In 1949, Gideon Muktan fell ill and passed away. The PCP declared him the Eternal President, establishing a necrocratic government. Medayin Ishikan was elected the new General Secretary of the PCP and Chairman of the Central Military Committee of the PLA. Medayin Ishikan was not nearly as influential and powerful as Gideon Muktan. Nevertheless, he exercised considerable political and military control. His rule saw the continuation of brutal and repressive practices. His rule also saw the construction of 6 new planned cities with populations of 100,000 each. The largest of which is Bakos Anos which, as of 2021, has a population of 780,000 people. His rule also saw rapid economic growth as the country relied heavily on its low labour costs and natural endowment to develop mining, agriculture and low value-added manufactured and semi-manufactured goods.
In 1951, Prince Amhoud became a senior commander at the Department of Reeducation and Indoctrination. He was responsible for the detainment and transport of humans to the desert reeducation camps where many of them died. In that position, he felt the full weight of the horrors of the felocentric regime of Gideon Muktan. He started to build up a secret network of allies to transport humans to Allegheny, Albares and Tissandra. Originally they had disguised their work as spreading Communism to foreign nations under the guise of foreign felinotarian aid.
In 1956, the Packilvanian Communist government started nuclear energy research. While originally painted as a energy research undertaking, it quickly became apparent that Packilvania was developing nuclear weapons.
The country also excelled in astronomy. It developed rockets capable of exiting the atmosphere in 1958. It deployed its first satellite in 1962. After 10 years of research, the first nuclear test was conducted in 1966 in Wusul Kabir in Ashura province.
In 1966, the Carriers of Mercy had 200,000 members and over 1,4 million volunteers. By 1966, the Carriers of Mercy had rescued 28 million humans and became a powerful faction in the Communist Party that quietly but noticeably advocated for Prince Amhoud Bedon to become the General Secretary of the PCP after Ishikan.
In 1967, Packilvania sent a manned mission to space. Maksun Abdakir became the first feline to do a space walk. This era of space missions also saw hundreds of satellites and tens of manned missions being sent to space. Global competition for cultural and strategic influence through space and nuclear research between dominant world powers precipitated scares of a new global war with fronts not only on Urth but in space and with new tools of destruction capable of destroying all life on the planet.
In 1968, the PCP faced international sanctions, failed harvests and dangerous levels of population growth, widespread proverty, inequality, government corruption and other socio-economic issues. In response to these socio-economic issues, the PCP used more propaganda and brutality. In its weakness, Prince Amhoud and the Carriers of Mercy smuggled weapons from neighbouring nations, coordinated with dethroned nobles and ostracised Paxist clergymen to retake control from the Communist government.
Second Packilvanian Civil War
In 1974, Prince Amhoud launched a massive arson attack on the Trans-Packilvanian Railway that transported freight and passengers from Bingol to Shakar (where most of the reeducation camps were located. The Carriers of Mercy destroyed many reeducation camps and rescued millions of people who fled on land and by sea to surrounding nations. The capital city of Shakar, Sharkol, was taken and a new government was proclaimed over Shakar called the Packilvanian Transitional Authority. It claimed legitimacy as the true government of Packilvania and sought international recognition, with ambassadors being sent to powerful foreign nations. To gain foreign respect, it brandished its credentials as a human-liberating organisation.
The war lasted another eleven years. Paxists were galvanized to rebel against the Packilvanian Communist Party. Uprisings arose in major cities and people burnt down government buildings. Small bands of militias formed across the nation and pledged their loyalty to the new Sultan. The forces of Ukanar was captured in 1978 following the Battle of Abkeder. Kharyat and Jumhurikesh fell in 1975.Sultan Amhoud I captured Halaler in 1983 at the Battle of Halaler. By 1984, only Mekedesh and Rigaryat remained in Communist hands. By the end of the year 1985, the Communist were defeated at the Third Battle of Bingol. The falling Yaladir government used a major scorched earth policy that saw more destruction of public infrastructure and loss of life than had been done by the Carriers of Mercy. At Bingol, the Sultan declared victory over the Communists and that Packilvania was free from Communism. The holy city of Adrien in Ashura was taken along with the Far North of Ashura province. On the steps of the Temple of the Restoration, the Supreme Magister Venam Muhadek proclaimed the restoration of the Sultanate of Packilvania and crowned Prince Amhoud as Sultan Amhoud I of Packilvania.
Bedonite dynasty
Parliament was convened for the first time in decades. It comprised of representatives from across political, social and religious lines. Soon into the process, it became clear that Sultan Amhoud I and the Carriers of Mercy wanted to establish a theocratic quasi-absolute monarchy. Despite the struggle with more liberal forces, the Sultan's power and charisma won over dissidents. Thus, on 23 August 1985, the Constitution of Packilvania was promulgated and the present form of government was established. Fundamentalist Paxists took over positions in the judiciary, policy, armed forces and civil service and proceed to fashion a Paxist society. The nobility were rewarded for their contribution to the civil war through the restoration of their titles and lands and access to new business ventures through the privatisation of state-owned enterprises. The government of Sultan Amhoud gradually did away with Communist-era economic policy and undertook economic reforms such as establishing special economic zones. However, the government remained a dictatorship.
In contrast to the Communists, a subtle social compact emerged that the Sultanate and Paxism would deliver economic progress in return for the devotion of the people. Packilvania became one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Starting with the import substitution policy, low-cost labour was used to produce consumer goods. Investment in irrigation and consolidation of communal land under large commercial farming increased agricultural output. In 1987, the government undertook a massive industrialisation policy whereby environmental and labour protection standards were relaxed and investment was poured into electrical, transport and water infrastructure to encourage manufacturing. Sultan Amhoud I passed away in 1990. His eldest son, Prince Benyamin took over as Sultan Amhoud II. He passed in 1996 due to a cancer. His son, Prince Noi took over as the Sultan and continues to reign as Sultan Namdun III of Packilvania.
As part of an effort to revive the diplomatic standing of Packilvania, Sultan Namdun III ordered Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Miku Bedon to open diplomatic talks with Lyon. On the advice of Lyonese Foreign Minister Lie-Liu Zheng, Prime Minister Alexis Jacobs sent a carefully worded reply to Prince Miku welcoming the invitation while highlighting Lyon's careful relationship with the Free Pacific States and Peregrinia. Prince Miku Bedon visited the Lyonese Prime Minister. Upon arrival they signed a deal to tentatively reopen diplomatic missions, resume trade and permit migration.
Pax-Looplite War
The Pax-Looplite War was a military conflict between 1 Infinite Loop and Packilvania in 2005. In the Battle of Cupertino, Packilvania destroyed the campus of Shiro Academy located in Cupertino resulted in that institution's relocation to Tilden in the Free Pacific States.
Alleghenian War
In 2017, the Yasterian Paxist Liberation Front conducted a terrorist attack in Allegheny and declared the start of a religious crusade to spread their extremist brand of Paxism to the world and form a Paxist theocracy in Allegheny[1]. Premier of Vekaiyu, Ikrisia Levinile held a meeting with Kral Commodore Yamano Nevikalu to discuss and determine a response from Vekaiyu to the growth of extremism in Allegheny. Despite Sipavu Commodore Aksynia Milostrovi's call for an invasion of Allegheny to end the terrorist threat, Ler Commodore Lebivistre protested against acting rashly. Taking on her advice, Levinile instructed Hejul General Sayli Kostranaru to communicate potential support from Vekaiyu to Allegheny should the situation escalate. Sultan Namdun III, seated in the throne room commissioned by his grandfather Sultan Amhoud I, tempered by the desire to preserve peaceful relations with Vekaiyu (the "Catholic Fox") ordered that ground and air forced be moved to the east of the country in preparation of an invasion of Allegheny should the situation escalate.
With escalating conflict between YPLF and Alleghenia forces as well as reports of potential links between the Packilvanian government and the YPLF, Levinile ordered Vekaiyun military forces to prepare for combat at her command, but declared that she would broker a diplomatic solution with the Packilvanian government. Sipavu Commodore Yiisu Strobinaru was sent to Sachenvorbund for talks of its ascension to the Vekaiyun Union. Vekaiyun forces were stationed at the Ta'lavero Mountains under Kral Commodore Vanse Nevikalu. Wary of Vekaiyun influence, General Basva Haagen was ordered to invade Allegheny, her forces entering Alleghenia territory in November.
Fearful of the spread of conflict, High Commander of Fortuna, Tristano Lyone ordered the Yasterian Coast Fleet of the Fortunan Navy on high alert in case of a naval attack from Packilvania. Having similar sentiments to her Fortuna counterpart, Empress Glendale Jung of Peregrinia ordered the commencement of unscheduled training exercises of the Peregrinian Imperial Defence Forces in the Tri-Islands and Imperial Sea.
Yadylika War
The Yadylika War was an armed conflict between Sokala and Iphelklori over Yadylika with the support of the Union of Commonwealth Alliances and Packilvania respectively that spanned from February 2021 to July 2021.
- ↑ Moving Sands. The East Pacific Forums.https://forum.theeastpacific.com/moving-sands-t3543.html#p178143