Bretislavia
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Bretislavian Federative Socialist Republic Bretislavská Federatívna Socialistická Republika | |
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| Religion | Secular state |
| Demonym(s) | Bretislavian |
| Government | Federal Marxist–Leninist one-party parliamentary socialist directorial republic |
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| Establishment | |
• January Uprising | January 1, 1900 |
• Socialist Republic proclaimed | January 29, 1900 |
• Establishment of Supreme Council | January 29, 1905 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,369,907 km2 (528,924 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 56,633,310 |
• Density | 43/km2 (111.4/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | 2.62 Trillion |
• Per capita | $46,299 |
| Gini | 33.2 medium |
| HDI | .899 very high |
| Currency | Bretislavian Dollar (BD) |
| Time zone | UTC-6, -7 |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +71 |
| ISO 3166 code | BRT |
| Internet TLD | .bt |
Bretislavia, officially the Bretislavian Federative Socialist Republic is a sovereign nation located on the continent of Thuadia.
Bretislavia is one of the few primarily socialist states in Anteria. This includes the other Thuadia based nation of Union of Sivuk Workers' Republics, Montilla, and Sukong. Established in 1900 in the aftermath of the deposition of the republican constitution of the Bretislavian Republic, it is the oldest socialist nation in Anteria.
Etymology and terminology
Bretislavia got its name from the Kingdom of Bretislavia, which would come to conquer the region and form the state as it is today. The roots of the name come from the evolution of the Tiskai language through the evolution of Bretislavian society as they migrated southward from the Tiskai region and formed their own society and culture. Bretislavia comes from the the river of Bretslav, whose area was among the first settled by early-modern humans. The name of the river is believed to come from an ancient leader of these settlers, Bratslaw, whose name was later corrupted to Bretslav.
History
Background
56,000 years ago, early modern humans settled what would become the lands of Bretislavia. These early modern humans (EMH) were a largely Slavic group, believed to have come from the region that would eventually become Tiskaiya. These EMH societies would later transform into large tribal kingdoms. Over time these tribal Kingdoms formed into proper feudal kingdoms, nine in total. These nine kingdoms ruled the area and surrounding areas well into the 10th century.
Establishment of Bretislavia
Early in 1051 the largest and oldest Kingdom in what would become Bretislavia, the Kingdom of Riečnepolia (literally "River Fields"), began a campaign of invading its neighbors under the rule of King Cyril IV. Riečnepolia, which had inhabited the lands and surrounding lands first settled by early-modern humans along the Bretslav River, had long had ambitions of regional unification, however, a series of disastrous rulers and military campaigns had seen the country largely mitigated in decades prior. Though still the largest Kingdom by 1051, it had seen massive land loss to its neighbors. Notably the rival Kingdom of Kentalis.
The Riečnepolian King Cyril, who ascended the throne in 1047 at the age of 21, had spent the first two years of his reign establishing a strong river-based economy and agricultural society that could field and support a large military. Despite the ease of access that came from the river when it came to transportation, the Riečnepolian economy remained heavily selective with who and what it traded. Recognizing that trade could be used as a far superior weapon to conquer rather than the underhanded Riečnepolian army at the time, Cyril targeted the Kingdom of (NAME) with his trade policy. (NAME) which lay just downriver of Riečnepolia, was one of the smaller Kingdoms in the region, as such it was just a matter of time before a deal for Riečnepolian crops could be negotiated. In 1048, a famine struck (NAME) which allowed for Cyril and his Kingdom to sweep in for a trade deal that heavily favored Riečnepolia. The deal allowed for the quick transport of crops down to (NAME), and built a dependency that would soon see (NAME) become the first victim of peaceful conquest by Riečnepolia. Through the trade, and dependency established Riečnepolia quickly usurped the reigns of (NAMEs) economic direction. In December of 1048, King (NAME), the (NAME) sovereign died of a wasting disease, and in a swift military move the younger brother of Cyril, Aleš, was quickly installed as King of (NAME).
In 1050, Cyril would marry the Queen of neighboring (NAME), one of the larger Kingdoms in the region. While an incredible diplomatic move, historians speculate from personal accounts and historical accounts of the time that this was one of the more genuine marriages between sovereigns. Which is to say, it was not done for purely political or military motivations. The marriage would greatly strengthen Riečnepolia, which had, since its peaceful conquest of (NAME), been growing ever steadily. The following year of 1051 would mark the start of the campaign to unite the lands of what was to become Bretislavia.
Cyril, confident of his military leadership in battle (though he had few experiences), devised a plan amongst his senior officers of the Kingdom of (NAME) and of Riečnepolia to invade Kentalis, the mightiest of his neighbors and the fiercest of rivals to his kingdom. Kentalis, which had developed its own language and culture independent of the culture shared by most kingdoms in the region (Riečnepolian culture), was incredibly against any attempts at unification, and desperately sought to remain an independent state for its entire existence. However it is this fervent hatred of unification and its independent culture that would eventually lead to its downfall.