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History
Pre-Unification
Clan Eist originated from the southern coastal territories of modern Keuland. Making landfall on 1150, the clan moved west and extended its domains, bringing petty Hugonaut and the Omiat kingdoms under their control. In 1156, clan leader Griswald Eist styled himself as King and led the formation of the Kingdom of Gristol. Their encounter with minor Runakuna and Kayamuca tribes were initially cordial, eventually leading to their inclusion into the newly forming Kingdom.
O’tara’shón:’a Sha'té:kon, a confederation of Kahnawà꞉ke tribes settle the western banks of the River Lautha. The confederation was known to its southern neighbours as the Atiwandaronk who led the periodic conflicts with the northern territories of the Kayamuca Empire with minor border skirmishes with the Runakunian tribes. Chief Karonghyontye of the Konwatsi'tsiaienni tribe would be elected as the first modern leader of Serkonos. He would led a war to bring a group of petty Haida city-states under its control. The Kahnawà꞉ke would sustain heavy defeats in their first offensive actions against the Haida, but eventually prevail in the four year long conflict.
Encounters with Ottonian, Keu, and Latin cultures influenced the Kahnawà꞉ke in 1163 led to questions on their continued existence as an independent nation when the Kingdom of Gristol begin encroaching on their territory. Faced with a difficult choice, the Kahnawà꞉ke begun to adopt certain western styles, becoming one of the first indigenous nations to westernize. The confederation adopted the Belisarian word Serkonos, as it is phonetically similar to Sha'té:kon.
By 1170, they would encounter each other in the banks of the Lautha river. Initial misunderstandings would lead to periodic border skirmishes that would last 30 years.
Gristo-Serkonan Conflicts
Griswald Eist, the first King of Gristol
Chief Karonghyontye, first elected leader of the confederated Kahnawà꞉ke tribes
Asherion's Occupation
See also: Verkun Government
Asherion's military campaigns to the northern frontier regions concerned Gristol and Serkonos governments. In response, both governments initiated economic sanctions against Asherion and the Grand Norumbia. Fearing an invasion is imminent, Prince Ulrik Eist met with the five Serkonan tribal chiefs in Donnaconna in 1806. With the support of the Grand Duke Sakayengwaraton of Serkonos, Prince Ulrik Eist formed a Gristo-Serkonan coalition. In 1807, a Gristo-Serkonan army led by Prince Ulrik Eist forced Asherion into a prolonged defensive war in Serkonos. Elements of Gristol's Landforsvaret and Serkonos' Ducal Army engaged Asherion's forces, culminating with the Fire of Donnaconna, in which the Serkonan capital city was nearly completely destroyed. Facing a losing war in the long run, Prince Ulrik Eist was forced to disperse a portion of the army to continue guerilla war against Asherion's troops in occupied Serkonos. By the summer of 1807, Asherion invaded Gristol, forcing an evacuation of the Royal Gristol Family and key government and military assets in the capital city of Griswald. Prince Eist initiated a scorched earth policy, denying Asherion resources in the Gristol front.
Taking advantages of the dense swamps and marsh regions of Gristol's southern lands, Prince Ulrik Eist formed a defensive front with the remnants of the combined forces around the Audonic and Kamryker-speaking crown-lands of Valois and Jouwer respectively. The Serkonan Ducal Army organized their formations around Jouwer, while Gristol's Landforsvaret units were organized on Valois. Grand Duke Sakayengwaraton, who escaped the Fire of Donnaconna along with the Five Chiefs, arrived a few weeks later with more troops mustered from reserve Ducal Army Legions. A Serkonan Government-in-Exile was established in Verwolde.
Founding of the Union
Present
The election of the new Progressive Conservative government of Kaniehtí:io Fox saw a dramatic change in foreign policy for Gristol-Serkonos. Entering in the Enyaman Civil War and a closer relations with Belfras was one of the major changes introduced by the new government.
On March 2021, a diplomatic row over a crashed experimental Gristo-Serkonan aircraft sparked a naval and air clash between Wazheganon Federal Navy and the Royal Gristo-Serkonan Navy.