Mokastana
Mokastana is the name of a Geographic Area in North East Greater Dienstad, south of Morrdh and north of Yaroslav. Home to approximately 650 million people, it has a warm tropical climate good for growing a variety of crops, such as wheat, rice and medicinal products. The term Mokastana is often used when referring to the People's Unified Federation since the Federation was initially created when the nations of Mokastana unified.
Nations of Mokastana
As a geographical area, Mokastana contains three separate nations and one citystate. The three nations are members of the People's Unified Federation. While the City State of Las Venturas is a sovereign Nation.
The People's Republic of the Islands and Tierra Nueva
A heavily industrialized nation of Islands and the northern coasts of Mokastana. It is home to the Capital City of the People's Unified Federation, Mokastana City.
The Congress of Cozhuactl(Formerly the Republic of Mejico) A largely agrarian Confederation of States that together make up a key member of the People's Unified Federation. It is home to a majority of the food production for Mokastana.
The Republic of El Sur Del Gran Mokastana Predominantly pharmaceutical agriculture, Suria has strong agriculture, industry and trade when compared to its Mokan neighbors. Home to Montana Incorporated and other major businesses, El Sur is the most capitalist friendly Nation in Mokastana.
Independent City State of Las Venturas A landlocked independent nation along the Moka-Morridane border. While it does possess its own military and internal security, it does rely on its neighbors for protection and trade agreements.
Natural Resources
Grains and Food Production
Despite its size, Mokastana is one of the larger food producers in the North East of Greater Dienstad, exporting enough food to feed nearly a quarter of the population of Haishan, a primary trade partner. The primary goods produced are cereals, beans, dairy, poultry and fish. This includes cereals such as wheat, rye and barely; and assorted beans from pinto to coffee. Mokan Coffee is considered a Dienstani delicacy in many parts of the region. Which given its small growing area and large customer based, makes even the cheapest versions rather expensive to acquire.
Oil and Natural Gas
Mokastana is one of the largest producers of Oil of Natural Gases in the People's Unified Federation, with nearly 21 million barrels produced daily, almost double of the needs of the population. Due to this, much of the oil produced in Mokastana is exported to trade partners in the North East of Greater Dienstad, such as Morrdh.
Medicinal Products
Mokastana is considered the largest known producer of medicinal agriculture in Greater Dienstad. Producing medical drugs for its numerous Companies, most famously Montana Incorporated. These medical drugs are exported to nations from Nova to Gholgoth with literally billions of customers in Greater Dienstad alone. In addition to its medical agriculture, many farms grow recreational drugs for export as well, although these are heavily regulated by the Department of Pharmacy and Controlled Substances(DFSC). Despite the regulation, many have chosen to sell recreational drugs outside of the law, resulting in a major issue with rouge Cartels in Mokastana. Despite that, Medicinal and recreational products still bring in millions in revenue daily to the relatively small nation.
History and People: Precolonization
Before colonization, Mokastana was home to five different indigenous populations: the Mokas, the Coztics, the Natul, the Boli, and the Peruvians. Each had their own language and culture, but the only ones to successfully unify before Colonization were the Natuls. While many indigenous peoples were almost entirely wiped out(such as the Boli and coastal Peruvians), others maintained their independence until up to 20th century.
The Moka
The Mokas were a seafaring people who claimed the Islands in the Sea of Moka and much of the eastern coast. Their boats and trade routes crossed nearly the entirety of modern Mokastana with some evidence suggesting they even made it as far south as Istegium. The largest Moka civilization was the Moka-Lasur Empire, claiming much of the southern Sea of Moka. The second largest was the Meye Empire in northern Mejico, stretching all the way to the west coast and into modern Tierra Nueva.
Traders and fishermen, the Moka had relations with nearly every other group in Mokastana. Modern genetic research suggests that the Mokas were the most diverse of precolonized Mokastana, mixing with envery other indigenous group. It would be the Mokas who first made contact with, and integrated with the Conquistadors.
The Coztics
The Coztics ruled over modern day Tatom and parts of Morrdh with a large desert confederation in modern Arizona, and had a separate Empire along the west coast. Originally a nomadic people following herds of wild animals, they eventually formed settlements and even the desert Confederacy. Settlements were often around oasis and known herd migration routes. Under the Confederacy, inter-tribal issues were handled by small skirmishes between tribe warriors, usually over access to water or hunting rights to a herd. The skirmishes are between forces of equal size, giving every tribe a fair chance in theory. When foreigners introduced horses to Mokastana, the Coztics would embrace them and return to their nomadic ways, making them a native threat to the Morridane settlements in the area. The Desert Confederacy lasted until 1894, when the last free tribe surrendered to the Tatom government.
The Natul
The Natul of Central Mokastana were the strongest in terms of military might, pre colonization. By using military agreements and organized warfare, many Natul city states formed small Empires, eventually creating a Confederacy of their own. Unlike the Coztics who used organized skirmishes to only settle disputes. The Natuls used them to build Empires. Using their superior numbers, they would challenge smaller city states to a match of equal forces. If the city state lost, they became subjects of the Empire, if they won, they would be invited join the Empire’s Confederacy as a member state, or be destroyed. Unlike other Empires, a subjected city state would eventually have the chance to send a force to challenge a Confederate member city state, giving them a chance to gain political power at the expense of their rulers. This way the Natuls could please their multiple gods with continuous wayfare, while keeping their empires united. Even as a ruling Confederate city state, one could lose favor of weak, therefore it was in every city state's interest to keep strong warriors.
Although their Empires are gone, the Natuls were the only Native population to maintain their customs and Empire as a vassal state during Colonization. Officially, it was not until 1916 that the final Natul Confederacy fall.
The Boli
The Boli were the ethnic people of modern El Sur before colonization. Due to think jungles and Swamps, they never Unified and much of their culture is lost. It wasn't until the Natul and Moka Empires began their conquests into the southern jungles did the idea of unification come to be. Unification would eventually come in the form of the Venuz Empire, ruling over modern Venezuela and surrounding territories. This empire adopted a similar government structure to the Natul Empires, only using villages instead of city states. Some historians consider thier government an early form of a Senate, as each village could send one member to challenge another member for their seat.
Soviet archeological digs in the 40s revealed that this primitive government was building roads and infrastructure when the Conquistadors began their genocides in the South. Because of that, most of the Boli people were wiped out during colonization, while the remainders were resettled and died in Soviet resettlement programs in the 1930s. Today, only a few Surians can trace lineage back to the Boli people.
The Peruvians
Living in the South West of El Sur, the Peruvians were split into two groups, the mountain villages and the coastal villages. No form of government ever Unified the people, and it wasn't until the Natul Empires started to invade was there a need. Around the modem city of Ecuador, an Alliance between Peruvian and Boli tribes formed to fight back against the Natul Empire, eventually forcing an unsteady peace until colonization.
Much like the Boli, many Peruvians were wiped out by conquistadors, but while the coastal communities fell, the mountain tribes held on. Eventually the Peruvian Mountain tribes surrendered to a Conquistador by the name of Burgundy, who chose to recruit them instead of eliminate them. These days only a few scattered communities remain.
History: Colonization, Conquistador Wars and The First Unification
In 1759, Mokastana was 'founded' Catholic Ghantish lords of the "East Dienghant Company". The colony was originally named "Tierra Estano", meaning Land of Tin (Estano) to hide the fact precious metals were believed to be in the area. The Moka people who inhabited the islands and coasts that the Spanish speaking colony was founded on, considered these foreigners agents of their Gods, and often times tried to aide them in finding these illusive precious metals. They treated the Ghantish speakers as agents of their Gods because the Moka built grand ships as ways to celebrate their Gods of the Ocean, and saw the massive Ghantish Galleons as a sign from their Gods to aide these foriegners. When the Lasur Empire volunteered to serve the Colony of Tierra Estate, the foreigners local strength doubled over night.
Due to this treatment by the Mokas, the foreigners reported back to their homeland about how easy it would be to expand the colony and go further inland. Given other GD powers were already laying claims north of Mokastana, most noticeably colonization efforts in Morrdh by Mordent, and the lack of precious metals so far, the "East Dienghant Company" planned to send Conquistadors to claim more territory for "Tierra Estano".
1761-1796: Conquistador Wars
The Conquistador Wars are split into its various campaigns, ranging from easy conquests, to brutal wars. Each expanded the Ghantish influence, but many times colonists would continue to mingle with the locals, and by the ends of the Conquistador Wards, entirely new races were being created between the Foreigners and the local Moka peoples.
1761-1763: Conquest of Florida Del Moka
This was the first military campaign, waged against the Moka People of the northern peninsula. Although the campaign took two years to take the entire Peninsula, many locals actually embraced the foreign invaders, and willingly became subjects of the new Crown. However, the swamps and a few hostile villages did slow down the invasion, as well as many local viruses and infections hidden in the swamps. In the end, the Peninsula was conquered and named after the man who led the conquest, Juan de Flora, who was later renamed 'Juan Florida del Moka' as his new title for conquering the Moka people.
1761-1764: Conquest of modern MejicoNorte and Yucatan
This was the first conquest that ran into serious opposition. Unlike previous conquests where the locals treated the foreigners like Gods, the Meji Empire Mokans and Natul Confederacy in modern Yucatan did not worship the same gods, and therefore resisted. In Yucatan, many Mokas saw the foreigners as liberators, since their city states never managed to acquire political power. This split the power base of the Natul-Moka Empire and modern Yucatan fell soon after. In Mejico, the Meji followed Coztic desert Gods, but fell when the foreigners introduced horses and cavalry to Mokan warfare.
1762-1765: Conquest of Venezuela y El Frontera
War against the Venuz Empire and the taking of even more Moka lands. It is this war the Conquistador Pero de Orvando began the policy of extermination against locals that would not join them willingly. As such, the Venuz Empire was the first to be wiped out and resettled by Mokas and foreigners.
1772-1774: Conquest of Central Mejico
A two year war with the Northern Natul Empire in which many city states defect to the foreigner's Empire, which they consider stronger and therefore more worthy of their service. The Natul defectors were lead by the Natul City State of Mehix. Many Moka city states joined in the defection still considering the visitors agents of their Gods. This caused an internal rip in the Northern Natul Empire allowing it to fall to foreign invasion.
1772-1778: Conquest of Azteca, "The Failed Conquest"
This was the first military campaign of the Ghantish Empire to fail. After taking Central Mejico and forming a new political district, the Ghantish Empire was willing to invade the core territory of the Natul Empire. However, the Conquistadors in charge had adopted the policies of Pero de Orlando, which unified the Natul Confederacy. In addition, the Natuls had began to adopt foreign muskets and horses into their armies, resulting in a much stronger foe. When combined with the lack of indigenous help due to the genocidal tactics, this conquest failed after six years.
1774-1778: Conquest of El Sur to Ecuador
Continuation of Pero de Orlando's policy to eliminate locals who resist. This four year campaign was backed by East Dienghant Company soldiers from the homeland and treated as a serious military campaign. Even so, it took four years in the jungle to wipe out most of the Boli city states and the Northern Alliance, bringing the Empire to the mountains of Peruvia. Despite its success, many Natul City states near modern PanMoka joined the Core Natul Confederacy, and brought with them captured weapons and artillery,
1774-1789: Conquest of Tatom and western islands
During the long war with the Natul Empire, other conquistadors sought their fortune elsewhere, moving north. War began with the Coztic Confederation, but it was the coastal Empire that was the target. Moving troops north through the Mejican desert and into mountain passes made this a long and difficult Conquest. When the invasion of the Natul Empire failed, the "Northern War" became the key investment in the Mokan territories. Unlike the war in Natul territory, efforts in the North eventually did pay off. Even resulting in colonization of the Islands off of the coasts.
1783-1788: Conquest of Peruvia
Five years after Orlando's successful conquest of "The South" more colonists and nobles began arriving in the Mokan Colony. As there was still land to be claimed, and rumors of heavy payouts in the North, New conquistadors started a fresh campaign. These new leaders adopted the policy of extermination and over the course of three years, eliminated most of the native population from the coasts of the Peruvian region. The mountains would prove to be a much harder campaign, and after five years from the original set off date, the conquistadors declared the whole region for the Crown, despite the lack of control in the mountainous areas.
1790 -1794: Second conquest of Azteca(failed)
After successful Campaigns in the North and South, the Crown needed the central Natul Empire under its control to unite the colony. Putting out a reward for the nobles who brought this native empire down, many veterans of other campaigns joined this one as well. It was a two front war, with Natul backed Foreigners in the North, and the more genocidal conquistadors from the South.
This war eventually became famous in Natul history, as they lost a significant portion of their population, with some estimates as high as 40%. Although most historians agree it was closer to 20% to 26%. This would also be the first war where Natul traditional warfare was combined with modern tactics, as foreigners had been invited into the empire to aide them.
In the south, the Natuls lost a lot of city states, and even began the practice of evacuating city states further north. Those evacuated would become stigmatized in the Natul Warrior culture. As the conquistadors pushed into modern Panmoka, the resistance began stronger and the front stagnated.
In the North, the Natul Core Empire began to embrace the tactics of "Total war" and genocide used by conquistadors in the South. Natul city states who fought for the foreign empires were destroyed and people enslaved. When Natul tribal leaders pushed the Ghantish conquistadors for peace, they a were rejected. Thus many rebelled and recalled their troops home. Fighting against a modernized and clever native population forced the northern invasion to eventually fail and even lose territory as the Empire reclaimed rebelling city states.
Peace occurred when the Northern conquistador general was captured and killed, resulting in his army disbanding. The Southern leaders, now with an smaller buffer of Panmoka to contain the native Empire, declared victory and made peace.
1792-1794: Conquest of Tatom Desert Tribes (failed)
A short two year campaign attempting to eliminate many of the Coztic raiders who would attack trade routes between Santa Franco and Nuevo Orleans. Since this invasion was into the deserts around the city of Phoenix, and most investors were more interested in the Natul war further south, this Conquest saw limited support from core colonials.
Without impressive victories or treasures to bring back to the Crown. This army disbanded after only two years of battle.
1794-1796: Azteca invasion of Panmoka(failed)
During the second Conquest of Azteca, the Emperor of the Natuls revised their government. Given the sense of national unity forming between the nation states, but mostly fearing "inferior" states rebelling, the Emperor established a Parliamentary system ensuring every city state had a voice in government. Secondly, he created a national army, starting with the ostracized war refugees and soldiers from his key city states.
When the war in the North was won, and the southern conquistadors going home, he launched a counter invasion into Panmoka. They managed to reclaim some terrority which was then settled by war refugees as per the Emperor's decree, but they would not take all the territory they desired to reclaim. Eventually they were forced to fortify their meager gains and make peace with the Ghantish Colonists.
Even though their own "conquistadors" failed to reclaim Natul lands, the attack convinced many Colonial investors that war with the Natuls was no longer profitable. Many had lost fortunes supplying conquistadors to take the last Native nation, while those who invested in mining and crops were growing their fortunes. Many regional colonial governments were more concerned with their own problems, and had no motivation to aid in a third conquest. The border colony of Colombia set up a series of forts on the short border and focused on internal issues.
Conquests in the Mokan Colony had proved to be a bad investment, and with that decision, the Conquistador Wars came to a close.
History: Foreign Rule, The War of Liberty, and Gran Mokastana 1761-1796
By this time all the colonies together are referred to as "Mokastana" by locals and "Mar Estano" by the Ghantish Crown.
1811: Foreign colonization of Tatom
Tatom had been a successful colony, but only along the coasts, mountains and Islands. The large deserts in the east remained firmly under control of the Desert Tribes. Therefore the local government opens up much of Tatom for colonization by Morridane/outside citizens. Hopefully to build a buffer between the colonies and Desert Tribes.
1815: Treaty of Azteca
Azteca Empire is recognized by Colonial government as independent nation. Trade begins.
1820s: Morridane/outsider numbers swell in Tatom, request support from the Ghantish Crown to fight Tribes. No response is sufficient.
1834-1837: Tatomese Rebellion
Mordent(Morridane)-East Dienghant Company(Mokan) Regional War . Results in Morridane/British ownership of Tierra Nueva and creation of Tatom as new nation.
1839-1842: War of Liberty
Colonies Rebel against Spanish Power. Called the War of Liberty.
1842: National Fronts of Mejico, Florida y las Islas and Suria become interim governments. First incarnation of the Triple Alliance.
1843: Gran Mokastana
Triple Alliance forms a Confederacy called "Gran Mokastana" Cuidad Estano is renamed Cuidad Mokastana(Mokastana City) and becomes the Capital.
1851-1894: Plains Wars: New government of Tatom and Morridane allies fight desert tribes.
185x: Founding of Berck in Tierra Nueva. Expeditions from Tatom and Morrdh define northern Cali border based on Tatom settlements.
1864: Gran Mokastana begins collapses, due to rebellions and difficulty in managing the large nation.
1864-1873: Gran Mokastana Civil War
1873: Gran Mokastana officially disbanded. Mokastana is now the Nations of: Baja, Centrijo, Mejiconorto, Yucatan, the Ingenious Confederation, Florida y Las Islas and Suria del Moka.
1867-1869: Las Venturas Independence
Las Venturas declares independence from Tatom. Short War due to Tribal/Las Ventures alliance.