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'''The Confederation of Kostromastan''', commonly known as [[Kostromastan]], was a landlocked nation that existed on the continent of [[Aurora]] that bordered [[BaykaliaBiramura]] to the north, [[Tuvaltastan]] to the south, [[Thalria]] to the west, and [[Great Morstaybishlia]] to the northwest. As of 2015, the nation had a nominal GDP per capita of $14,425 and an estimated population of 20,003,248. The largest city [[NovgorodNovugdidi]] held 4,768,513 individuals prior to its dissolution. The last nationprovince to host the capital, [[Nolova]], had a population of 1.2 million people when including its metropolitan area as of the [[2018 Summit on the Political Status of Kostromastan|2018 Summit]]Census.
 
Formed in 2006 as a direct result of both the [[Salovian Civil War]] and the [[Treaty of Astravili (2005)|2005 Treaty of Astravili]], the nation had been initially established as an interim government until a more comprehensive solution could be made that would better serve the diverse peoples of the [[Khermali River]] valley. A summit on the status of Kostromastan had been planned as early as 2008. However, in part due to the Kost-Tuva War of 2009-2010, the summit had been postponed until 2011. This summit also never came to pass, as the [[Volovan Conundrum]] resulted in further political stagnation on the question of Kostromastan. The idea of a summit had largely been neglected for years after 2011, until the advent of the 2017 [[Aurora-Pacific War]], in which the politically-decentralized nation took a vote on whether to join the war on the side of the Ethalrian-led Axis. The provinces of the nation's southern region all voted against joining the war, while the northern provinces voted to join. Nolova, the province that cast the deciding vote, also voted against war. However, due to the nature of the political structure of Kostromastan, the northern provinces simply amassed a local militia, and joined the war despite the decision. The northern provinces experienced a heavy defeat after only one military operation to invade [[Nocturne]], and only after holding the city for a few days, were forced to retreat by Allied reinforcements. [[Kuthernburg]] also conducted airstrikes on a number of military targets within northern Kostromastan as an additional response, thus ending Kostromastan's involvement in the war.
The history of Kostromastan is greatly intertwined with its neighbors Baykalia and Tuvaltastan, and goes back as far as 1,700 B.C.E., beginning with the Ancient Kostuvians and their large empire that encompassed much of central and eastern Aurora and a number of small islands north and south of the continent, as well as part of what is now modern-day Dragonia. The [[Kostuvian Empire]] existed in various forms for just over a millenium, and fell in 668 BCE. The cultural successor to the empire became [[Salovia|The Grand Monarchy of Salovia]] in 12 A.D after a long period of antiquity. Salovia existed for nearly two thousand years until the nation broke out into a deadly [[Salovian Civil War|civil war]]. Tuvaltastan, Kostromastan, and Baykalia would replace what remained territorially of the nation.
 
At the war's conclusion, Kostromastan experienced significant political stagnation nationwide, with little to no consensus on the smallest of issues. Known today as the Localization, this post-war period was defined by its lack of Confederation action. Its economy experienced one of the most devastating recessions to date, with an estimated GDP decrease of 12% relative to its 2015 numbers. Entire regions of rural farmland experienced hardship and famine as a result of the 2017 Emergency Water Conservation Act failed to make headway legislatively, leaving thousands of farmers in the north and east without access to the East Auroran Aquifer. Cities were hardest hit, as hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs, with millions more experiencing severe cuts to their annual salaries. A number of riots, most prominently the [[December Riots of Novugdidi]] and the [[January Protest for Workers]], spread through the nation, calling for the Kostrom government to end the stagnation. As such, a number of high-ranking officials, including the then-incumbent five provincial governors, the lead cabinet member, as well as prominent Kostrom political figures like Hugo Rikhieli and Iakob Virielishvili, all congregated in the [[2018 Summit on the Political Status of Kostromastan]], wherein the issues of the nation were addressed and discussed. The inconclusive nature of the meeting is widely viewed as the ''de facto'' declaration that Kostromastan was no longer a functional nation, and the government was effectively dissolved. After a short period of instability, three distinct political regions had formed: The Nationalist Socialist Union of Volova (NSUV) and The Volovan People's Army (VPA) within what is now Volova, and the nations of Tula and Astravili which later joined into a political union with [[Tuvaltastan]], and the political successor of Kostromastan in the UNAC, [[Nolova]].
Since the Treaty of Astravili in 2005 ended the Salovian Civil War, Kostromastan was established as a temporary solution to the diverse factions that inhabited central Salovia. A growing political and cultural divide within the group of nations would slowly reach a tipping point of indecision, when the 2018 Summit was held to discuss the future of the confederation. Although no solution was reached during the summit, the consensus was that the status quo of a confederation would no longer suffice, and as such the nation was given "failed state" status, with the political factions dividing amongst themselves. The nations Astra and Tula would be absorbed by Tuvaltastan in a joint move to maintain stability in the region, and [[Nolova]] would gain independence and establish itself as the successor to Kostromastan within the [[UNAC]].
 
 
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===Governmental System===
The Confederation of Kostromastan consistsconsisted of five nations:
(From North to South)
* [[Volova]]
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* [[Tula]]
 
The System of government in Kostromastan iswas very decentralized, with each province maintaining most of their sovereignty. Every two years, each province hostshosted the new capital of Kostromastan, with the cycle going from north to south. The last capital of Kostromastan was Nolova, located in the nation of the same name. When a province hosted the capital, the province gained thean extra representative, known as the Capital Representative. The Capital Representative was only allowed three consecutive term limits, each term lasting two years, and iswas elected by the province hosting the capital. When the cabinet voted on certain issues, the Capital Representative served as the tie-breaker.
[[File:kostprovinces.png|thumb|right|Provinces of Kostromastan]]
 
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