Lavana

People's Republic of Lavana ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນລັດ ລະຫວ່າແ
Flag
Motto: "ຈາກແມ່ນ້ ຳ ທີ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່" "From the Mighty Rivers"
Anthem: "The Thunder and Sky"
Capital and largest city	Pers
Recognised national languages	Lavanan, Ziba
Ethnic groups	Pasamnoan 78% Dezevauni 9% Others 9%
Religion	Badi 60% Irreligion 20% Solarian Catholic Church 9% Other 11%
Demonym(s)	Lavanan
Government	Council Republic
• Premier	Laina Keomany
• Vice-Premier	Trang Dong
Legislature	Lavanan Council
Establishment
• Formation of the Kingdom of Lavana	1876
• Establishment of the Republic of Lavana	1943
• Establishment of the People's Republic of Lavana	1964
Population
• 2020 census	49,842,742
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Per capita	7,373.00
Currency	Lavanan Dunan (LZ)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.lv

Lavana (Lavanan:ລະຫວ່າແ) officially the People's Republic of Lavana (Lavanan:ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນລັດ ລະຫວ່າແ) is a sovereign state in Coius. It borders Dezevau to the north, the yet to be renamed sea to the east, and tbd. With a total area of X, and population of 49,842,742 million people. It's capital is the city of Pers.

History

Pre-history

Jars from the Duh Hoc culture

Lavanan pre-history can trace itself to early human settlement along the various rivers of the region, agriculture can be traced to it's discovery in Dezevau, which slowly made it's way into Lavana. Early societies existed on the banks of waterways growing rice, and keeping livestock, they utilized the waterways to transport goods and conduct trade, waterways became very important to the Lavanans and became the basis for Lavanan Mythology, and society. This low scale settlements begun to slowly make alliances with neighboring settlements, and as settlements grew their influence helped keep the river safe, and trade flowing. From this settlements designed to provide aid to the population and the merchants the city-states of the region began to appear. The first remains of city-states date back to the 9th century B.C.E. from where they began to establish themselves. This settlements would fight each other for control of farmland and greater swaths of the river. The Duh Hoc culture which arose alongside the city states in the 9th century, is most known for their jars, which have been suspected to serve as their cemeteries, holding possessions along with the remains of individuals.

Early Kungian Period (5th Century B.C.E-1st Century C.E.)

Lavanan Temple to the 20 Sisters

The first organized entity in the region was that of the First Sasuanan empire in the early 6th century B.C.E., the Sasuanan Empire rose from the city of Thy Lucc near modern day Kurei in the river Kung. Thy Lucc was located in a strategic position forcing all trade through the river necessary to cross the cities boundaries, the growth of the Sasuanan's cemented Thy Lucc's importance which would be unrivaled for several centuries. The Sasuana's developed large water projects which increased the yield of rice crops in the region leading to a population boom, the Sasuana's were also able to support the growing trading in the Yet to be named sea, which led to large growth in the cities of the coast which became incredibly wealthy. With the rise of the Sasuana's the position of Sao was established.

The Lavanan Sao's ruled with great power and stability ensuring the safe passage of goods and the safety of the waterways of their realm. The empire reached it's height during the reign of Bis Lap in 205 B.C.E. He helped established the Lap Dynasty which would rule until the end of the empire. During this time the Lavanan Mythology was in it's period of growth and had established itself as the national religion of the Empire, numerous temples had been built and foreign religions were persecuted by a religious purity court which sought to eliminate foreign beliefs, which the empire considered heretical. Lavanan Mythology referred to the 20 Sisters: The 20 city-states of Lavana, and the 3 Brothers: The rivers Siadng, Sisom, and Kung. The 26 features the Lavanans believed to be pieces of soul from the "ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ຫນຶ່ງ" (Great One), which had sacrificed to create the world, sun, moon, and the cities and rivers of Lavana

Ceramic horses depicting the horses of Lao Va

The empire began to suffer under the stress of growing competition of inland and coastal cities, which sought closer ties with outside entities crucial to bring in wealth. A succession of emperors in the 1st century B.C.E. culminated in the 21 B.C.E. Sao Nan Lap's decision to outlaw foreign influences in coastal cities which culminated in large scale riots by the now bankrupted wealthy merchant class, this weakened Sasuanan power which saw itself threatened by Steppe raiders from the Great Steppe, and their incursions into their territory. Although the horse raiders could not penetrate into the Lavanan jungle, nor the Sisom river, the death of Nan Lap in 7 C.E. left a power vacuum which created a political crisis between the king's 5 sons, the turmoil would see the return of the steppe raiders in 15 C.E. when one of Nan Lap's son Liz Nap, facilitated the crossing of the raiders as mercenaries. By 17 C.E. Liz Nap would reach Thy Lucc and conquer, his mercenaries proceeded to sack the city, afterwards crowning Liz Nap as Sao.

The Sasuanan empire struggled with constant threat of steppe attack and increasingly hostile nature inside it's border would result in another political crisis in 24 C.E. when Liz Nap would die, no Sao could be crowned successfully until 32 C.E. when a steppe general, Lao Va was crowned Sao after taking Thy Lucc successfully, following a 2 year siege. A former Liz Nap mercenary, Lao Va established the Va dynasty otherwise known as the Steppe dynasty. the control of the Sasuana over it's rebellious subjects specially the coastal cities would plague the empire for it's remaining 100 years. In the year 38 rebellious cities would form the First Zapoten League to combat the Sasuanan Empire, the league would be involved in various wars against the Empire. The Va dynasty would finally fall in the year 97, following a Zapoten League reconquest of Thy Lucc. Sun Lina, a descendant of Liz Nap would establish the Nukhao Empire and the Lina Dynasty upon his coronation.

Middle Kungian Period (1st Century C.E.-7th Century C.E.)

Nukhao war elephants

The Nukhao Empire sought to reform that which had plagued the Sasuanan Empire, religious freedoms were allowed and foreign religions began to enter. Most prominently Badi from neighbouring Dezevau which had been prosecuted before but found easy growth in Nukhao, with it blending with the Lavanan Mythology creating what is referred to as Lavanan Badi.

The Nukhao feared the instability of the steppe and began in the 2nd century a series of expeditions into the steppe to establish friendly tributary states to become buffers for the Empire. Badist traders made their way into these states and slowly began to convert, Badi travelled through the trading networks in a process called the Badization of the Steppe, as Nukhao emperors thought that they could "pacify" the steppe through the conversion into Badi.

The Sao was under heavy influence from the First Zapoten League, which began to slowly diverge in interests, by 136 disputes between some members in the league would result in conflict with the Sao tasked with solving the conflict through the aid of one faction or the other. Such conflicts slowly eroded the credibility of the league and divided it's efforts in ensuring loyalty in the Sao and the inland cities. The Sao would in 159 launch a 8 year long war against the Zapoten League which was forced to establish itself again, amid rocky relations within it's members, the coastal cities could not defeat the Sao but the growing toll of the war on the Empire, and fears that any sign of weakness could cause the buffer states to free themselves from Nukhao influence. An unsteady peace was reached which cemented the Zapoten League independence as a tributary state but maintained their control in Thy Lucc, and the Sao.

With the perceived defeat of the Sao, large moves to devolve the power of the Sao occurred making the position mostly a ceremonial one. For the next 300 years the Sao acted as a rocky stabilizer of the many cities which would constantly feud with one another, with only minor warfare between them.

Late Kungian Period (12th Century-14th Century)

Dosa Mab

Geography

Hydrology

The Kung River

Demographics

Cities

Largest urban centers by population
Pers Kurei	#	Settlement	Population	Kipchu File:Patuxai.jpg Liucpa
	1	Pers	5,122,521
	2	Kurei	3,951,125
	3	Kipchu	2,869,377
	4	Liucpa	2,663,356
	5	Thy Lucc	1,662,753
	6	Laitaka	1,133,152
	7	Sureli	700,633
	8	Sureli	673,842
	9	Ongoya	551,853
	10	Edrona	313,631