Daobac-Kajera relations

Daoan-Kajeran relations

Daobac	Kajera
Diplomatic mission
Daoan Embassy, Rimae	Kajeran Embassy, Congvat
Envoy
Ambassador TBD	Ambassador TBD

Relations between Daobac (officially the Daoan Congressionall Republic) and Kajera (officially the Republic of Kajera) has had been historically turbulent. The two states had been at odds throughout much of their ancient histories with significant periods of conflict and subjugation between the two. In the modern day however this has gradually evolved from adverserial to partersnhip that was shaped through major events beginning with Kajera granting Daobac independence in 1845, the Hanaki War of 1928-1932 and the establishment of détente between the two powers in the period immediately after the Hanaki War. The two countries currently have close political, economic and military ties. Highlights of this close economic relation include Daobac pioneering the development of Kajera's network of desalinization and water treatment plants and provided commercial launch services for Kajera. Daobac on the other hand imports both processed & unprocessed food, XXX & XXX from Kajera making Kajera Daobac's second largest import partner through the Foareko. As part of the Equatorial Trade Forum (Foareko) and due to its geographic proximity, Kajera is Daobac's largest export partner with Daobac primarily providing various engineering services in the fields of environmental and aerospace engineerings. The armed forces of both countries cooperate closely with annual bilateral training exercises continuously taking place with strong emphasis in increasing interoperability between the two countries forces. Furthermore in 17 June 1955 both Daobac and Kajera established the Kayatman Security Association, a military alliance where both countries will come to the aid of another in the event that one country is attacked by a hostile force.

History

Ancient & classical era

Daobac and Kajeran relations can be traced back to the prehistoric era when the first modern humans settled upon the Kayatman archipelago during the neolethic era, though at this era no distinct Daoan nor Kajeran identities had been formed yet. Archeological artifacts that has been found throughout the Kayatman archipelago suggests that the islands of modern day Daobac & Kajera had been settled by modern humans since 5,000 BCE. The development of a distinct Daoan identity however began earlier sometime in 500 BCE when recent migration from the Ochran mainland, particulary explorers and traders from the early Jin civilization, settled in the islands of Bautroi and Dammay of modern-day Daobac. The introduction of an established foreign culture had a profound impact on the Daoans socio-cultural development, allowing them to diverge from the proto Kajeran, Raji and Nyelele languages that are more commonly found throughout the Kayatman, Karaihe & Ozeros seas. In the ancient and classical eras the tribes on the islands of modern-day Daobac regularly conducted raids against the islands that settled on the islands of modern-day Kajera, capturing settlers to be used as slaves. The Daoan Conclave, a loose confederation of Daoan pirate lords, was established in 150 BC and established a sphere of influence that encompassed nearly half of the Kayatman archipelago.

Tahamajan Rule

The Daoan's dominance continued largely unopposed until the 11th century when the expanding Tahamaja Empire encountered finally incorporated the Daoan Conclave as a vassal state. Having already incorporated the tribes on the western portion of archipelago, the Tahamajans have successfully established a foothold in the Kayatman region. The Tahamajans became protectors of the tribes in the western archipelago, much to the Daoan's frustration. Eventually in the 13th century the Daoan Conclave would become incorporated under the Tahamajan Empire as a vassal state. With the Daoans granted letters of marque and permitted to continue their raiding and pillaging way of life so long as they do not attack the subjects of the Tahamajans. This was a significant change in the Daoan and Kajeran relations as the Tahamajans were able to effectively end the conflict between the two civilizations with the Daoans becoming the protectors of the seas and the Kajerans becoming the center of commerce and trade of the empire's outermost province. This period of peace however was brought to an end when the Tahamajan civilization collapsed when Mt. Siriwangi erupted in the mid 14th century. With their political, military and economic influence fractured the entire Ozerosi region, including the Kayatman archipelago, was plunged into anarchy. The Daoans swiftly took steps to re-establish the Daoan Conclave and sought to re-assert itself as the dominant power in the region and re-instill stability and seized much of the eastern portion of the Kayatman region. On the other hand, the western tribes and warlords of the archipelago rallied behind Laina Tiimaja who also sought to unify the entire Kayatman archipelago under her rule. This led to a protracted conflict between the Daoans and Kajerans throughout the rest of the 14th century until the 16th century. While the Daoans had extensive experience in waging war and raids, their numbers were far fewer compared to the nascent Kajerans, which meant the Kajerans were able to absorb its losses while the Daoans were unable to do so. The Kajerans were able to gradually push the Daoans back until in the early 17th century the Kajerans finally defeated the last recorded Daoan holdout on the island of Dammay. This marked the start of the subjugation of the Daoans under the Kajerans.

Daobac under Kajeran rule

Under the Kajerans, the Daoans underwent significant socio-cultural changes. Most notably up until their subjugation in 1601, the Daoan language was comprised of largely written and spoken logorams that were similar to those used by the Jin on the Ochran mainland. This was largely a result of the large amount of Jin settlers who had settled on the Daoan islands and achieved positions of significant authority to the point of influencing the Daoan language from an early period of time. While both the Kajerans and Daoans were able to translate each other's languages, the Kajerans sought to forcefully deconstruct the Daoan language in the hopes that overtime the Daoan language and their culture would become extinct, allowing the Kajerans to replace it with their own language and culture. This process began long before the final Daoan holdout fell to the Kajerans. Kajeran scholars and intellectuals had attempted to simplify the Daoan language by replacing its logograms with Kajeran-scripts. The Kajerans carefully framed their attempts to phase out the Daoan language with that of Kajera's as a project to allow better communication between the two cultures. Kajeran officials argued that the use of Kajeran based scripts is far more easier for the rest of the archipelago's community to understand which is more commonly used compared to the Daoan's logograms. These efforts were finally halted just prior to Daoan independence in 1835. The contemporary Daoan language is the direct result of Kajera's efforts to eliminate it where the written form of Daoan no longer uses logograms, instead it uses Daoan-scripts, a derivative of Kajeran-scripts. Aside from cultural elimination the Kajerans also resettled Daoans, who were largely dispersed throughout the eastern portion of the Kayatman archipelago, to the islands of Bautroi and Dammay in order to better administer and control them. Daoans were also restricted from serving in positions of authority and had much restricted rights and privilages compared to the other subjects of the Kajerans. These harsh measures were implemented largely out of the Kajeran's fear of the rise of a third Daoan Conclave. The Kajeran's memory of Daoan raids and slavery against their ancestors as well as the struggle between the second Daoan Conclave against Laina Tiimaja's faction firmly ingrained in the collective Kajeran psyche at the time. It was hoped that the Daoan's could be pacified and eventually fully integrated into Kajeran society through the elimination of Daoan culture, language and deprivement from opportunities to shape the Kajeran nation-state.

When Kajera evetually became a nation state in the 19th century these anti-Daoan policies were further amplified when the Kajeran parliament passed laws that imposed unfavorable trade restrictions against Daoan businesses, goods & services. The islands of Bautroi & Dammay were also administered as multiple subnational units order to weaken Daoan political strength in the newly founded Republic of Kajera. These subnational units are collectively referred to as the Daoan provinces. As Kajera transformed into a modern democratic nation state the Daoans sought greater representation in the new Kajeran parliament. Utilizing loop-holes in Kajera's early election policies, the Doaans established political parties to promote Daoan interests & rights. In a general election on the national level, Daoan parties were able to gain small but significant number of seats. Provincial elections in Daoan Provinces saw landslide victories for Daoan affiliated parties. While not large enough to block legislation in parliament, Daoan aligned political parties in the Kajeran national parliament sparked fears of a Daoan take over within nationalist and right-wing groups of the Kajeran government. In 1830 nationalist elements within the Kajeran government passed discriminatory pieces of legislation which targeted the Daoans. Examples of such measures include geary meandering laws to ensure that only Kajeran candidates woudl be elected into parliament in future elections. This sparked a series of largely peaceful protests in 1831 by the Daoan populations concentrated in the Daoan Provinces. The protestors presented the following key demands: cessation of discriminatory election practices, repeal all discriminatory bills against Daoans and greater autonomy for all Daoan Provinces. The Kajeran's initial reaction was to suppress the protests and at the same time Daoan political parties in the national parliament engaged in dialogue with government parties to restore peace and stability. These dialogues eventually resulted in the Dammay Accords, a legislation/agreement signed by Kajeran and Daoan leaders which contained the following provisions:

• Greater autonomy for Daoan Provinces.
• Removal of all bills that were deemed discriminatory against the Daoans.
• That a referendum for the independence of Daobac be held in all Daoan Provinces within the next ten years.
• That Daoan independence should be granted within five years after the referendum in the event referendum result in a majority of the Daoan population demanding independence.

In the short term, the Dammay Accords greatly eased tensions as it addressed most of the demands that protesters presented. Various bills were introduced in the next years to help further alleviate tensions between Daoan and Kajeran ethnic groups. By 1838 the preparation for a general referendum began with both "yes" and "no" sides of the independence initiating their campaigns. Eventually in 1841 a referendum was held in all Daoan Provinces which resulted in a landslide "yes" for vote independence. After a transition period independence was finally granted and achieved in 1845.