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Republic of Bogmia
Bogmijskā Republika
Flag of Bogmia
Flag
Motto: Not even hills could divide us
Bogmian: Ni kopce mas nedělí
Anthem: March of the Trumpets
Location of Bogmia (1930)   Bogmia   Haldenia, separatist infighting area   Zhengia (in Zhoushi Union)
Location of Bogmia (1930)
Capital
and largest city
Zhousheng City
(present day Plavlino)
Official languagesBogmian
Ethnic groups
Bogmian
Slovanic
Ulevan
Louzenish (Haldenian)
Demonym(s)Zhoushi
GovernmentFederal Constitutional Republic
• Prime Minister
Igor Bolodin
LegislatureBogmian Council
History of Bogmia
• Bogmian Empire wars
760 CE - 880 CE
• Independent Bogmia
1690 CE - 1773 CE
1773 CE - November 18th 1862
• Bogmian Independence
December 1st 1862
• Zhoushi Union
February 4th 1912 - May 8th 1925
May 9th 1938 - September 5th 1941
• Zhoushi Federation declared
September 6th 1943
August 23rd 2017
Area
• Total
[convert: invalid number]
• Water (%)
5
Population
• 2020 estimate
83,000,000
• 1935 census
50,000,000
• Density
[convert: invalid number]
CurrencyBogmian Xailis
Zhoushi Xailis (since 1923)
Time zoneUTC-4; -5 (PMT; PST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC-4, -5 (not observed)
Driving sideleft

Bogmia was a country, that formed a Union (1912) and later a Federation (1943) with Zhengia, creating the country of Zhousheng.

History

History of Zhousheng can not be told as a single timeline, rather as a logical conclusion of two timelines.

Ancient history and Bogmian Empire

Polyanshi were a branch of Slavic descent, which migrated at around 20 CE from the area of present-day Nerany to Zhousheng.

Cultural background

Polyash culture, being a subgroup of Kenta-Polyash Slavs, was a old pagan culture worshipping ancestors and possibly multiple tribal gods.

Bogmian empire

From the 3rd to 15th centuries, cultural separation caused the Polyashi people to split into Bogmanci/Bogmian, Slovanci/Slovans and Belgorci/Monte Blancans. In around 760 AD, Bogmians were able to consolidate themselves and form the Bogmian Empire, which spanned from southern Monte Blanco across Zhengian and Bogmian linguistic areas and southern Bakyern. The empire is seen as a beginning of the integration of Bogmian and Zhengian cultures.

The Dark Ages

After 300 years, Bogmian Empire slowly deteriorated and region after region started to break away from the central government. As of 1200 AD, Zhousheng slowly transformed into a huge area of infighting between tens, if not hundreds, of local dukes and kings. Around this time, the majority of local Bogmian warlords adopted Christianity, which spread into the area through Gadorien. In the 1520's, a new movement began to spring up. Over the span of 3 centuries, minor duchies, kingdoms and even electorates slowly merged into 3 large entities: Kingdom of Bogmia (controlling the center and north of present day Zhousheng), Kingdom of Zhengia (controlling the southern and coastal areas of present day Zhousheng) & Kingdom of Haldenia (controlling the west areas separated from the rest of Zhousheng by mountains). Haldenia and Bogmia attempted to control each other's church positions, which lead to a huge distrust of the church by the general populace. That lead to multiple wars of religious reformations, which in the end resulted in creating a unitary church with a round table council not influenced by any king or royal of sorts.

Empire of Three Kings

In 1773, this era of instability was ended by unification of the Kingdom of Monte Blanco, Kingdom of Bogmia & Kingdom of Zhengia into the Empire of Three Kings, lead by the Chepichkik dynasty, the former royal family of Monte Blanco, which became the imperial dynasty. The empire is seen as a golden era of Zhoushi history and is de facto a founding stone for the present day Mustelaria. The Empire tried enforcing one artificial language as a base. This language was based on the old proto-polyanshi southern dialects. In around 1800, Haldenia was integrated into the Empire as a part of Bogmia. This language, called the "Imperial Mustelarian" was later dropped. Empire collapsed on 18th November 1862 with a dispute over bloodline purity of the Chepichkik dynasty. Following that, all of the three kingdoms began operating as independent entities. On the wake of the 19th century, monarchies in Zhengia, Bogmia and Monte Blanco fell one by one, transforming their countries into parliamentary democracies.

New Bogmian March

TBA

Recent History

In 1912, Zhengia and Bogmia, entered a political union, which connected their foreign relations and monetary policies into one. On the same time, a writing reformation of Bogmian occured, abandoning the long-used Coptic script (which is still used in literar Monte Blancan) in favor of a new Latin alphabet. On May 9th, 1932, western provinces of Bogmia declared independence and officially established a communist government, collaboratively called "The Council" (Old Bogmian: ⲣⲁⲇⲁ (rada), Latin Bogmian: Rada), therefore the war was called "The War of the Council". The civil war dragged Zhengia into the conflict as well, de facto unifying the two nations in weapon. On September 5th 1942, the Council State surrendered when Zhoushi troops (Zhoushi standing army was formed in 1940) raised a Union flag over the Worker's Counsulate (Literary Bogmian: Pracovny Konzulat, Literary Zhengian: Praƌofƞi Gonsulaat (as you can see, Zhengian took a lot from Bogmian grammar and culture)). The war was a push for a federation of Zhousheng, which was formed in 1943. In the next decades, the country integrated first into the Shanghou Pact and later into the Sekidean Union. On December 31st 1984, a New Year's Integration Bill was passed, officially recognizing the hybrid language of Bogmian and Zhengian as a official language of Zhousheng. On August 23rd 2020, a Empire of Three Kings was reformed for 2 minutes, named the Empire of Mustelaria, which allowed the Chepichkik dynasty head to officially surrender the crown to the people by laying it on the wheat wreath. By this act, the Empire was abolished and new Federation of Zhousheng and Monte Blanco was formed, named the Federation of Mustelaria.