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Imperial Commonwealth of the People Guuj Xaat Kil Tlagaang | |
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Motto: "Xaadas Tlagáay t'álg hlan-gwáay!" "Our People Above All!" | |
 The ICOTP indicated in dark red, satellite state indicated orange, Volgorodov in red | |
| Location | Northwestern Gwaii |
| Capital | Tlat'uu |
| Largest city | T'awts |
| Official languages | Haida, Chinook |
| Recognised national languages | Salish, Tsimshian, Wakashan, Gwaii Grenfeldr |
| Ethnic groups | TBD |
| Religion | Eight Spirits (Sdáansaangaa), other faiths |
| Demonym(s) | Federal, Imperial, Haida, etc. (multiple) |
| Government | Federal Constitutional Elective Monarchy |
• Emperor | Yahl XVIII Gwaawaas Tlgunghung |
• Prime Minister | Koyah Skungwai |
| Legislature | The People's Council |
| Establishment | |
• Declaration of the Guuj Xaat Kil | 521 CE |
| Population | |
• Estimate | TBD (estimate 2021) |
| Currency | (The) People's Dáalaa (TPD) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | [+24] |
| Internet TLD | .xk |
The Imperial Commonwealth of the People (Guuj Xaat Kil Tlagaang), shortened to ICOTP and more commonly known as Haidaland or 'the Haida', is a Semi-Consitutional monarchy located in Northeastern Gwaii. Bordered by Volgorodov and the Salish in the west, the Gwaii Ice Sheet in the north, Haida Bay and Grenham in the east. It has an estimated population of 375 million, which is spread across nearly 1/4 of the continent of Gwaii. The capital city is Tlat'uu, and the largest is the city of T'awts.
Etymology
Guuj Xaat Kil Tlagaang translates to "Imperial People Land" but can also mean "Great People Land" or "Big Haida Land". "Guuj" used to mean "big" but the word "Imperial" and "Great" have been attached to it as well. "Xaat Kil" meant the Haida alone in the past but has changed into meaning "people" along with the word "Xaadas", with "Xaayda" replacing "Xaat Kil" has the demonym of the Haida people. "Tlagaang" has remained relatively unchanged, meaning "land" most of the time, but it has also been used as the word for "Nation" or "State".
History
The History of the ICOTP is a complicated topic, often debated in multiple intellectual circles. However, there are some hard truths about the nation's history, primarily these three: that Yahl Gwaawaas founded the nation around 520 CE/20 AD (but a more formal date would be 521 CE), that it is intertwined with Jashor, and that it is also intertwined, intimately so, with the Kiidaawa.
Prehistory
Pre and Post-Jashor
1st Guuj Xaat Kil
The 1st Guuj Xaat Kil emerged from the power vacuum left by the Great Dying and the groundwork that was laid by the Kiidaawa. According to old Kiidaawa K'íigaang (history) records, with populations and rival manpower low, Yahl Gwaawaas would convince what was left of the Kiidaawa then in the basin to join his group to prevent the entire basin from being totally destroyed by what seemed to be an apocalypse to them. Using this unified group's influence, and with an army of warriors, the warlord would quickly unite much of the basin with little to no resistance as most were willing to join his growing nation (with the exception of the Hoosier people). His newly conquered territories would then be consolidated by 513 CE, considered to be the birth year of the Guuj Xaat Kil.
During his rule, he would quickly establish the new Guuj Xaat Kil as the dominant power in the basin, reducing all others into tributaries (with the exception of the Hoosiers, who were forced out of the basin). The Xaat Kil script would also be created in 533 CE by him as well, which made a written form for all languages in the basin using a single script. Critical infrastructure was also rebuilt or new ones constructed during his reign, which helped glue together the disparate peoples of the basin and laying a stronger foundation for unity for the later 2nd to 4th Guuj Xaat Kil. With all these, Yahl Gwaawaas Tlgunghung would establish his dynasty.
During the reign of the Tlgunghung dynasty, many innovations occurred. In the reign of Hluuwee "the Just", the scriptures of the Sdáansaangaa faith were written down, along with various laws, the most important of which was the law of succession in the Guuj Xaat Kil, which stated that the most powerful persons of a tribe were allowed to vote for anyone from the Tlgunghung family to become the next emperor, this insured that the imperial title would stay within the Tlgunghung dynasty, and if not, to a cadet branch of it. This succession law would be improved upon in later eras, and would turn to become the basis of later succession laws for the 2nd to 4th Guuj Xaat Kil.
There would be multiple revolts in the Guuj Xaat Kil against increasing centralization, which were put down by Yahl III Gwaawaas "the Fierce", who, along with his son Yahl IV Naaw, would enforce these, ensuring that the Guuj Xaat Kil remained as a union of peoples. Later revolts would mostly consist of disaffected peasantry, disgruntled strongmen and noblemen, and after Tahaygen "Heart-eyes" reign, invasions from bold cadet house claimants. These gave birth to the idea that only the able would ever rule the Guuj Xaat Kil.
Tlgunghung rule would end in 888 with the assassination of Xunts II, already known as "the Bad". Already dealing with rebellion after rebellion, and an invasion from the Grenfeldr, along with invading claimants seeking to claim the imperial title, his death would result in a power vacuum that would shatter the Guuj Xaak Kil, splitting it between warring states run by warlords, rebels, claimants, and even foreigners.
1st Anarchy
Collapse of the GXK, 888 CE to 1066 CE - Grenfeldr kingdom - Inuit and Na-Dene migrations and invasions - The four empires - Hlagi rising
2nd Guuj Xaat Kil
Hlagi rule, 1066 CE to 1158 CE - Expansion - Centralization - Grenfeldr invasions - A plague+drought/famine leading to collapse
2nd Anarchy
Collapse of the GXK, 1158 CE to 1444 CE - Warring states period - Grenfeldr kingdoms - Dark Ages? - Tahaygenaaw manage to unite enough to declare a 3rd GXK
3rd Guuj Xaat Kil
Tahaygenaaw rule, 1444 CE to 1610 CE - Slow expansion, a lot of decentralization - Appeasement of foreigners, diseases - Technology begins to be brought up to speed - 1st and 2nd Imperial War, 2nd results in GXK annexation
Imperial Subjugation
Twelve Isles invasion and colonization period, 1610 CE to 1760 CE - Not an anarchy - Re-centralization under Imperial rule - Settlers arrive en masse but are unable to form a majority - Unpopular tax acts and an attempt to introduce slavery causes the People's War
4th Guuj Xaat Kil
Present Tlgunghung rule, 1760 CE to present
Geography
Northern mountains, tundra, and taiga. Western basin, taiga and temperate zones. Eastern peninsula, mountain, tundra, taiga, and temperate. Eastern islands, temperate, fish. Southern basin, temperate, mountains, cape area. Outside the basin.