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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.
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
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