Kartek

General Overview
The Kartek Diarchy was a continuation state of both the Holy Tzardom of Greater Arxella and the large nomadic nation of the Gertek Horde. The nation was situated on the northern coast of the eastern continent of Sparwood, with the nation holding two capitals, Vosokogrod (the Western Arxellan Capital) and Gortovar (the Eastern Gertek Capital), with each respective centers being led by the respective rulers of the diarchy. The Kartek Diarchy was at the time of its dissolution bordered by three states: to the northwest, Escharia, to the west, Vraelea, and to the south, the Frosterium,

The Kartek Diarchy went by a multitude of names, including the Kartek Horde and the Kartek Khanaganate.

The nation was styled with a mix of both Western Europe medieval themes and themes of various cultures of the Eurasian Steppe. This mix of theming also included its Government, with the Leader of Arxella holding the title of Tzar, while the leader of the Gertek Horde held the title of Khan. The nation's name, Kartek, comes from a combination of the names of the predecessor states, Arxella and Gertek. The official language of the nation was Travelers Tongue, the most widely spoken language in Rathnir.

The Kartek Diarchy was a protectorate of the Soleàn Irastre de et Escharii, and was since its formation. The nation was on tense terms with the majority of its neighbors, in what it considered to be a cold war with the Frosterium.

After the Diarchy was dissolved, much of the nation was annexed by the Frosterium. This collapse maked the beginning of a long period of instability in the region. Eventually, the efforts of terrorist organization called the Kartek Loyalist Army led to the formation of the Kartek Federation, which held most of the territory the Diarchy did. However, the Federation was short lived, collapsing when a coalition of enemies from the inside and outside carved its territory up.

After this second major collapse, what was left of the nation was reformed into the Kartek Caliphate. Eventually, the Reformed Tzardom of Arxella and the Kingdom of Rohel decided to rejoin the Caliphate. However, due to the militarism of the Caliphate, they both quickly left the new Kartek successor state.

By this time, Kartek had been reduced to the provence of Buktenfjall. However, the nation became a vassel of the Empire of Aldovir, reannexed Arxella, and restored much of its international prestige.

Formation of the Kartek Diarchy
[Date: August 4th, 2021]

The Arxellans and the Gertek nomads were on the 'brink of war', due to the Arxellans discovering the Gertek camp Gortovar, however luckily both sides decided that it would be both sides mutual interests, to avoid a destructive war. Which could destroy both 'nations'. with them deciding to form anocratic, nation called the Kartek Diarchy where the Gerek Khan and the Tzar of Arxella hold equal power, and where there is a High Council to break political deadlock. This High Council would later consist of five people, the Minister of War appointed by the Tzar of Arxella, the Minister of Religion appointed by the Gertek Khan, and three elected officials from the general public.

Kartek Secession Crisis
[Duration: August 9th, 2021 - August 15th, 2021]

Due to sharing poor relations with much of Northern Sparwood, including Frosmyre and the Union of Burgamerian Socialist Republics, Arxella, the main precursor state to Kartek, was forced to find foreign support during a previous diplomatic crisis prior to the existence of the Gertek Horde. Niedea (later Escharia) become their overlord to protect them from their destruction, with Arxella gaining autonomy over a while, and later becoming a protectorate. After the Kartek Crisis, where Nirauras Asezie, told Escharia about Kartek's independence plot to save Arxella's culture, Kartek accepted a deal offered by Iksare Valerian Iuris Aesperii where Kartek would gain significant autonomy.

The Kartek Intervention in the Simulami Civil War
[Date: September 4th, 2021]

Prior to the Battle of Silva, Ferro Smark would lead a Kartek volunteer forces to assist in the defense of the City of Silva to aid Cadexii whom had maintained great long-term relations with the Kartek Diarchy. However once the Volunteer force had arrived to Silva, they were shocked to arrive to a empty city, absence of defenders and residents. It had became clear after further investigation that Cadexii and his supporters had fled the city with all they could carry, knowing the outcome of the upcoming conflict. Not wanting to risk the lives of his forces to defend a city whose residents had seemingly given up to their Invaders, Ferro Smark, issued the order of evacuation of their volunteer forces from the city, shortly after their withdrawal and departure they would officially recognize ZenoHUH as the Sole Monarch of the Simulami Empire.

The Kartek Incursions into Vraelea
[Duration: September 9th, 2021 - September 12th, 2021]

Following the exile of Choochie (a.k.a. Cube) from his home Nation of Vraelea on [31-08-2021] for choosing to become a Citizen of the Kartek Diarchy. He would go into exile to the Kartek Diarchy, where he was welcomed in with open arms. However the Kartek Diarchy perceived the act of exiling their new-made friend based on the reasoning of Choochie as a injustice and another one of their many "nefarious crimes" in the Vraelean Leadership. This and several coinciding events that lead to the Diarchy on September 9th to send an ultimatum to the Lotus State of Vraelea to either make Choochie the Leader of Vraelea or they will force the hand of the Diarchy in enforcing Choochie bid to claim Vraelea "to ensure the guaranteed prosperity of the Lotus State".

Vraelea response as expected was considered unsatisfactory to the Diarchy, Which led to them to form up a small expeditionary force comprising of around 9 soldiers with Tzar Ferro at the helm on September 9th 2021, heading into the State to directly once again offer the ultimatum, the Expeditionary Force was not met with resistance as they marched into the City of Vraelea, with only two of the residents upon seeing the Forces approach opted to fall back and hold up in Lotus Castle. In effect allowing for the expeditionary force to surround and lay siege at the Heart of the Vraelean Capital.

The two opposing sides would exchange blows, and kills with one another, with the expeditionary force managing to briefly breach into castle before pulling back, The expeditionary force then regrouped at the castle entrance, however unbeknownst to them, The Vraelean has set a premade trap at the entrance, As a 'fail safe ' which they activated when a large majority of the force was congregated at the entrance, which sent 5 of out of 9 tumbling down to a pit of wither roses, with 3 managing to escape from the trap, with only two causalities in the pit, the remaining 4 who did not fall into the Trap would fall back into Kartek territory, thereby ending the first brief Kartek incursion into Vraelean lands.

Following the events of the first Incursion into Vraelea it would later be revealed that Choochie had been a traitor to the Kartek Diarchy and had been exiled by Vraelea as a rouse to plant a informant inside Kartek to rally up the people to invade Vraelea as the aggressor in the conflict on September 12, 2021,

With the uncovering of this revelation, Choochie would be banished from the Kartek Diarchy in a 'somewhat ironic turn of events', with him retreating to the safety of Vraelea, with the Tsar, and his forces rallying at Vosokogrod for a second incursion in retaliation of this perceived act of "treachery", despite this the Kartek Diarchy wished to settle this in a open field battle, with both sides coming to an agreement of such, and further agreeing that no territorial acquisitions will take place for whomever was the victor.

However as Kartek forces moved into the chosen destination of the open battle, with their forces they would be met by a ambush by the Choochie and one other Vraelean equipped with ancient artefacts in armor and weaponry, who made quick work of the several surprised Kartek warriors who was not expecting to fight on route, this would eventually lead to a full rout of their forces back into Kartek lands. When the battered Kartek Forces regrouped they demanded a explanation of this blatant violation of the agreement they had made with Vraelea, To which Vraleans denied of its existence, this back and forth between group eventually ended with the banishment of Choochie. Which ended any talks of the matter.

The outcome of the first conflict can be perceived as a stalemate, with both sides sustaining casualties, despite Kartek pulling back they had only used a expeditionary force comprised of only 9 soldiers who's main intention was to directly give their terms and ultimatum, not to initially fight (although they anticipated it), yet conflict did arise. However with the second conflict it can be thought of as a unfortunate disaster with the incursions resulting in nothing but reducing the two nations relations to rock bottom.

The Portusburg Crisis
[Duration: October 6th, 2021 - October 17th, 2021]

On October 6th, Wrog, Lord of Portusburg, resigned from his position. After a brief incident in the throne room, Sinnon, a former council member of the town, was appointed to the Lordship of Portusburg. However, Wrog returned with followers and took the castle, declaring independence from Kartek. After unsuccessful negotiations, war was declared and a 40+ strong force was gathered to retake the city. On October 8th, the two forces fought at the Battle of Portusburg, ending in a victory for the Kartek Diarchy with Wrog and all his followers being killed. A second battle was planned to take place on the 17th of October to end the war, which despite the Diarchy no longer existing, was won due to a combination of former Karteks and Frosterium forces.

The First Collapse and the Frosterium Invasion.
[Duration: October 16th, 2021 - October 22nd, 2021] The weeks following the Battle of Portusburg were unusually tense. Extreme diplomatic pressure from the Sparwood power Frosterium caused a great stir in the nation and stability to plummet. Various personal scandals only worsened the stability of the Diarchy. Sensing that war with Frosterium, as well as abandonment from Escharia, were both on the horizon, and realizing that there was little to do to save the nation, Barend Kramer, Foreign Minister to the Diarchy, and Nirauras Asezie, Minister of War, attempted a coup against the government, but it failed. However, knowing the government would no longer survive, Tzar Ferro Korolevski willingly stepped down from his position, declaring Solomon Korolevski as his successor. In addition, Tommo Gortoi stepped down as Khan, appointing Foczo to act as the new head of the Gertek people.

However, proclamations resounded throughout the realm of the illegitimacy of either ruler, and the Diarchy suddenly fell into a state of anarchy. Nirauras Asezie was the first to proclaim his secession from the realm, declaring Golgograd to be the seat of the new Principality of Lansi, creating a rift between the Arxellan and Gertek territories. Another claim was made for the nation of Vennkirstadt along the western border by Comrade, who was able to petition Escharian protection along with Lansi. News of this crisis was quickly received by the Frosterium, who upon hearing it immediately laid claim to the region, proclaiming that any who resisted their annexing Kartek lands would be met with aggression, with the exception of Lansi and the Vennkirstadt. With little organization and a lack of resources, the various Kartek realms submitted to the Frosterium (Foczo being the most ardent collaborationist among them) recognizing they were not capable of resisting this incursion without the support of Escharia, who had since abandoned the realm. In the following days, multiple resistance movements would rise to fight Frosterium occupation, The Largest Being the Kartek Loyalist Army that would commit bombings on major frosterium roads in order to fight back against the unjust claiming and pseudo invasion of kartek by the Frosterium, this force was led by major figures in kartek such as 001First, Kingkmy, Barend, General_Ich, and the majority of major players that would fight and beat back the Frosterium.

During this debacle however, Frosterium had neglected to back the invasion by force, relying on states to announce they surrendered, failing even to militarily invade Kartek lands at all. This resulted in Kingkmy devising a plan that could save Kartek before it was fully annexed by neighboring powers. The land was cut into 7 different territories based on previous history and lore. He then appointed relevant individuals with history in the area to claim it as their own sovereign nation and support each others claims. Comrade claimed the Vennkirstadt, General_Ich claimed the Democratic Republic of Kranga, 001first claimed the Confederated Trade Guilds, Monkey claimed Gortovar, and Hermit claiming the lands of Maldun and Waldorf. This however leaves out Fozco, Fozco being appointed heir by Tommo Gortoi in passing before leaving, left him in the eyes of Frosterium the sole heir to the Diarchy. Fozco would claim the lands of Kartek and state they had fully surrendered and joined Frosterium. The ensuing debate would result in Kartek having its land not marked as part of frosterium, but “disputed land” left blank and assigned to no nation.

Barend Kramer (losing his mind after the failed coup), placed seven thousand trees. He went on a spiritual journey, and saw the god of the Gertek people Tenger. He appeared before his eyes and revealed his face, a gigantic troll face. As he did so a magical image of his face appeared over Gortovar. This miracle gave hope to the rebels.

What is regarded as the first attack launched by the Kartek rebels was then planned and orchestrated. Posing as a group of Solaris priests they traveled deep into Frosterium. One man died on the journey, cementing himself as an eternal martyr for the cause. However during the journey and search for a target, they were soon set upon by netherite clad Lunaris worshippers, in the ensuing chaos one man distracted them with his theological dialogue. While the rest then ran from them so as not to have their plot revealed, the second martyr to the cause was then ruthlessly slaughtered for the simple crime of venturing into the path of Frosterium citizens and revealing they were of Kartek origin. As the others fled however, 001first then planted the first bomb, severing a road. A sign was left, screenshots were taken, and a book was left unsigned so as to hide the identities of the perpetrators. With this the remaining group returned to Kartek and hunkered down for what was yet to come. Frosterium's reaction was brutal, they sent soldiers to massacre the population of the city Portusburg, a town which had willingly accepted Frosterium rule. Eventually however rebel forces drove them from the city, this cemented the idea that Kartek could win this war, it gave hope to all those who wished to reject the yoke of the foreign tyrants. They inspired other rebel groups within the borders of Frosterium, and they had shown the world that Frosterium was not invincible. Many more attacks were committed, some of which were filmed and uploaded to the Kartek Resistance Army youtube channel. The identity of key terrorists was leaked, and soon they were put on Frosterium hitlists, and had their secret police aimed squarely at this new resistance. However Frosterium was destined to collapse, legend has it that the resistance in Kartek, the graveyard of empires demoralised the nation and caused the collapse. Another theory however was that the Frosterium elite was already planning a collapse into its constituent nations, these elites then deciding that instead of fighting a never ending guerilla war, would just accelerate the collapse so as not to fight it.

The Formation, Short Life of the Kartek Federation, and Second Collapse
[Duration: October 22nd, 2021 - October 31st, 2021] After the successful guerilla campaign of the Kartek Liberation Army, the various smaller Kartek successor nations drawn up by Kingkmy. Acknowledged the need to band together in order to survive, Kingkmy decided to form a new Kartek, one purged of the source of instability that plagued the Diarchy. The new Kartek would be known as the Kartek Federation, a decentralized state composed of various autonomous provinces. as written out into the Articles of federation written up by kingkmy to define the new federation. The Kartek Federation brought a brief period of peace In the conflict of north Sparwood, with the two original successor nations the Confederate Trade Guilds and the Republic of Kranga united in a federation with the Republic of Libra, Rook'shaw, Kamyirn, Rohel (misrepresented as Cliffton), and Sorrel University. The nation of Vennkirstadt joined later. High Lord of Lansi Nirauras Asezie of Lansi out of a disbelief said federation could survive. The Federation had problems from the start, one of the biggest problems was that the nation's integrity was constantly being undermined by external forces, and external pressure brought betrayal from within, as well as internal instability. It is also important to note that during this time, an artificial island was constructed within 100 blocks of the Kartek coastline, this island was then used by Chorboi to squat, and eventually claim the rulership of a nation he named Thelassii. A majority within Kartek were of the idea that they would join the Federation and join as a fellow member-state, a vocal minority however were of the idea said island had to be removed before the state could establish itself, this minority was ignored by most.

Another issue was that of the Fozco question, while most collaborationists quickly joined the rebels once they realised independence could be achieved. Some remained loyal to the contacts they had made within Frosterium. A key example of this was Fozco, while he claimed all of Kartek originally as his own dominion, his power was undermined by those rejecting Frosterium rule. Eventually all that would remain under his control was the fort Buzovaar. The Federal Council within the first week of its existence fell apart as it underwent the process of finalising its governmnent. Despite the trust many had for another, the King of Rohel Sinnon Thornrose claimed that he was forced to join the Federation against his will, he organized a secret meeting with the leaders of neighboring countries, including High Lord Asezie of Lansi, King Chorboi Etruscii I of Thalassii, President HugeIndividual of Fjellheim, and Khan Foczo of the Gerteks, who legitimacy was highly questioned after he betrayed Kartek to become Magister of the Gertek region of the Frosterium.

Together they made a plan to dissolve the Federation and to divide the lands among themselves, as well as to cooperate against any resistance movements. However, despite Asezie pushing for the revolt to happen as soon as possible, Sinnon Thornose pushed for a delay, leading to the the plans being uncovered the night before the day the division was supposed to happen on by General_ich. He then immediately informed Jakob, leader of Libra. who called the revolutionary guard together to start a new guerilla movement. There was nothing more to be done, the Federation was over.

The Second Guerilla War against Rohel and Arxella
[Date: October 13th, 2021 - November 17th, 2021]

After the fall of the Federation, another chapter of the Civil War began. A new army of loyalists was raised, and after a long week of attempting to keep the Federation together, many people were happy to have to go back to the guerrilla war. It is speculated that this civil war is what forged the new Kartek Identity, it gave its people the willingness to keep fighting even when its own nation split together. Most impacted by this was the Revolutionary guard who within a day of awarding medals to those who fought bravely against Frosterium, had those same individuals betray the Guard itself. Once the dust had settled, there were two nations on the map where Kartek once was, the Tzardom of Arxella led by Tzar Nirauras Asezie, and the Kingdom of Rohel led by King Sinnon Thornrose.

It was at this time, Barend had returned with his friend Yiex. He was extremely effective with his hits against stray rebels. At this point he was responsible for most of the damage conducted against rebel forces, swallowing entire Rohelian armies alone. It was now evident to all that Barend had become increasingly unhinged and fanatical in his fight for Kartek. Barend began to indoctrinate the Kartek Liberation Army and radicalized every fighter, as he brought everyone closer to the Gertek religion.

After an entire week of preparation and massive indoctrination and recruitment preformed by Kingkmy, the rebellion resurged with a video that contained a message to the whole world. In this video 001first and Barend Kramer proclaimed the Kartek Caliphate with 001first becoming Caliph of the new reforged Kartek Caliphate. After this proclamation, a brutal guerrilla war campaign began against the nations that partitioned Kartek, mainly the Kingdom of Rohel. During this time Ferro was losing more and more power within the government, becoming little more than a mayor of a town.

The Kartek Caliphate set up ambushes, destroyed infrastructure, terrorized the population and kidnapped people to exchange them for ransom. The situation was so dire for Rohel that Sinnon Thornrose abdicated the throne of Rohel, he no longer could deal with the war and its consequences. His successor Vashonn Thornrose injected Rohel with new life and vigour to resist. It was at this point that many within Kartek considered Rohel no longer of a compatible culture, viewing the abdication of Sinnon as the final ruler of Rohel from the old Diarchy days. With this change in perception, the fight against them grew more fierce as calls to raze the rebellious city Portusburg (called Roseport at the time) once and for all.

The Guerilla War had no conventional battles, spontaneous battles and political assassination attempts were extremely prevalent among both sides. The successor states had no armies that could compare to the experienced caliphate fighters, Kartek was unable to invade at this time however due to diplomatic manuevering and defence pacts signed by rebel forces. Furthermore many of the rebels were unwilling to openly attack Kartek due to rumours of Kartek allies.

War with Frosmyre, Solea-Audal, and Third Collapse
Under new leadership of 001first as the caliph with Barend Kramer at his side as the holy general a new glorious chapter of Kartek history began. Surprisingly, despite fear and threats of further Escharian involvement in Kartek, and worries that the hastily assimilated rebels would once more declare independence. The nation was undergoing a golden age, a new rebirth, breathing life into the slowly decaying region. The constant conflict and propaganda and increased the appeal of the nation. With Kingkmy himself recruiting up to one hundred new citizens of the nation. These citizens would move to Byuktenben making it one of the largest cities in Rathnir population wise, however due to the limited space they soon would spew forth from the gates and create what was referred to as the Byuktenben slums, new towns would also be founded by these newcomers.

This unprecedented peace and growth was soon shattered once Frosmyre, one of the founding Frosterium states returned. They had personal issues with Ferro and proclaimed a war to end Kartek once and for all (they however were willing to end the war with just the town Ferro founded, Vosokograd).

This declaration of war had surprisingly led to a wave of support and, instead of disunity this war resulted in increased cohesion. A wave of war enthusiasm broke out across the country, stifling any resistance to the caliphate. The former rebels rejoined Kartek to fight back the Frosmyrian menace. Frosmyre Unintentionally had united these once disparate groups against it. Despite the declaration of war. Kartek would make a preemptive strike and launch an offensive campaign against three key Frosmyre cities. However due to misunderstandings with the war rules, these wars were scrapped and the rules were then clarified in the war rules. A deal was then reached with between Drachciv, and 001first. This proposed that both nations work together to take out mutual threats, and grow their nations in the process. Both nations had ambitious goals, both nations had a similar character to them. A deal was reached between the nations, Kartek would give an initial payment of 900,000 to fund the coming wars, with a few more payments later down the road. With this money Aldovir would arm itself and prepare for war, in exchange Kartek would join the war and annex bordering Escharian lands. News of this would be kept hidden within Kartek due to the secrecy around this plan, it was only told to others on a need to know basis (this would cause problems later down the road however). Not only would this give Kartek new lands to settle its rapidly increasing population, but it would also remove one of the few threats left to Karteks future goals.

War was then declared against Escharia by Kartek, to most this was unexpected, and all thought Kartek would be crushed. The rebels formerly fighting then once again broke from the nation, with Lansi once more becoming an Escharian protectorate and joining the war on the side of Escharia. Rohel too declared independence. However to prevent a multi fronted war, the government of Kartek negotiated a deal with Rohel to sell them the lands they claimed and end the war between these now very different nations. Some however rejected this in favour of declaring war on Rohel, this was considered but rejected by the government as it would mean war with not only Escharia, Frosmyre, but war with all the nations signed on their mutual defence pacts (these nations being all the constituent nations within the former Frosterium Empire). The government would then also come to terms with Frosmyr, by allowing them to take Vosokograd. This would then result in one single war for the nation to focus on.

New information came to light that Ferro Korolevski had sold secrets of the nation to the enemy and conspired against the Kartek government, confirming the suspicions many in the Kartek government held. He was then kicked from the nation following his increasing outbursts

Individuals such as General_Ich disagreed with these measures against a multi front war thinking it more wise to continue the fight against Escharia, Lansi, Rohel, Frosmyre, and all the nations signed onto mutual defence pacts. a power struggle broke out between 001first, the caliph of Kartek, and General_Ich. The situation would escalate when General_Ich would start getting in contact with members other members of the government, even officials of the nations Kartek was engaged with diplomatically to inform them that 001first had destroyed and ruined the nation, causing some to even believe that the nation had completely dissolve as it had after the end of the Diarchy. Eventually the situation would be settled after few heeded General_Ichs calls to action. This however directly contributed to a decline in activity, an almost complete dissolution of the Kartek army, and confusion amongst Kartek citizens on the status of the nation.

But anticlimactically, before any battles could be fought. Escharia Collapsed, the leaders had resigned, and the remnants of the empire joined another nation as a vassal. With Solae Audal no longer existing as an independent nation. The war had ended before it even truly began.

Finally with Kartek entering a new unprecedented golden age, 001first stood down so as to let Kartek move on to its next era. He had contacted Aldovir and requested they send a governor to govern Kartek while Kartek organised itself and established a new stable government. The emperor of Aldovir Sent Kerplis to govern Kartek. When he was inaugurated, he gave an emotional speech to the population. He mentioned the friendship between the two nations and thanked them for their trust. and so the caliphate came to an end and was replaced by a new transitional Aldovir governorship.

Aldovir governorship and the Kartek Golden Age
[Date: Unknown]

The governorship was a short period of administrative reconstruction brough about by kingkmy's connections to Drach civ, his generous donations and connections. The main task was to rebuild the administration of the country. To write a new constitution and build a new government system Inspired by aldovir. Thanks to the help of DrachCiv RGB finally came back and had high hopes for the future of the nation. The general population was skeptical they thought he would betray the nation again after 5 seconds. But their worries were soon to be assuaged. RGB turned out to be a fantastic bureaucrat and diplomat. He worked out a new constitution Improved relationship with other nations and laid the backbone of our diplomatic soft power in the world.

DrachCiv created a new class of nobles Where one of them was supposed to become the next leader of Kartek. But there was a problem that nobody expected. Nobody wanted to be the new leader of Kartek (Too much headache) the entire nobility wanted that Barend Kramer to become the new leader but he refuse. So the nobility introduced a new system That from now on no native would be made leader. Instead, the nobles would invite a foreign warrior/nobleman to lead the nation. And in the end it was decided to invite Cube a senior member of Ulfaeng as the new leader of Karte and he was allowed to decide what his title should be called.

He decided to use a title name that had never been used in the nation's history Emperor that was a big deal (Not really) In the end On December 31st he was to be crowned as god-emperor big balls also known as god-emperor Sigma. And a short time later Yimmu-audal capitulated and was completely annexed by aldovir. After the coronation aldovir ended her governorship before the constitution was signed by the member states. Due to new tensions between Kartek and The Traitors of Rohel.

Rohel had continued to antagonize and insult kartek throughout The time they had a non-aggression pact which the two nations had signed after their second act of treason. Kartek gave up half a territory in the name of peace and their capital was in an enclave. And when the non-aggression pact expired and the king Rohel wanted to renew him and word reached the Imperial Senate The nobles couldn't help but laugh. The non-aggression pact was rejected and a new conflict was eminent through another plot that General_ich planned. The Traitor Kingdom of Rohel had started prosecuting the native population of the Gertek in their country. They started being toxic to kveryone who was friends with Kartek. and forced them to give up their claims. Desperate for help the Gertek Diaspora appointed a representative for their people His name was Immigrant. He wrote a help message to General_ich who had some weeks before managed to liberate Kartek lands from Frosmyre without war By simply declaring independence. at the exact moment when Frosmyre collapsed. his city was in frosmyre territory. to not draw international attention to kartek He made it look like he was leading an independent nation The nation was named Kranga again.

When immigrant asked for help, his answer was quite simple declare independence He explained immigrant exactly what he should do. on December 39st 2021 Emigrant declared the Kingdom of Libra independent from the Kingdom of Rohel and karzek recognized his independence. Rohel wanted to take advantage of this situation to invade Kartek and tried to force nations with which they have defensive agreements into a war of aggression. However,Kartek exposed their toxicity for the entire world to see. When Rohal's allies realized they were in truth the ones who were toxic and treacherous from the start. They ended the alliance and were unwilling to go to war and help who were actually the bad guys in the story. Rohel realizing that they had no more allies, they changed their political direction there started begging for peace while others of their nobility began to mobilize. Still others continue to behave toxically Tovarisha Invited both Nations to a diplomatic trial trying to defuse the situation and keep the peace But the behavior of Rohel made it impossible to find a compromise Even antagonising Tovarisha. At the same time, kartek found themselves in another war fighting in the viodoxa civil war on the side of loic against Hazel. God Emperor Cube Informed his people that this gigantic civil war had priority. The army of Kartek formed the backbone of loic army. So the joint coalition Attackt The largest city in viodoxa this was the biggest war Kartek was ever involved in. The plan of attack was very simple The coalition forces were to storm the city walls and once they're taken, take the city bit by bit. At the same time the powerful mercenarie group Ulfaeng should take over the bridge with connected the Northern and Southern part of the city. And cut off any reinforcement. When this is done, the armies should reunite in the city center and crush the remaining troops. Everything went exactly according to plan And the armie of Ulfaeng turned out to be invincible and caused enormous damage. Within 40 minutes the entire city had been overrun. And the last troops of Hazel entrenched themselves in a tower in the northern city. A closer look revealed that Hazel's last soldiers were the Army of Rohel. they should soon regret the decision to have taken the wrong side in this war. The entire army rushes for the tower but there was a stalemate luckily the soldier King of Havoc. climbed the tower and blew it up completely with a wave of TNT. the surviving enemy troops were slaughtered one by one. And the first battle of viodoxa was won. God Emperor Cube. Congratulated his soldiers whom he called his minions for this glorious victory. And he created a small council with his trusted and most competent people the members of this council are Barend Kramer-RGB-General_ich-and gorgst. The first meeting was held shortly after the battle and they decided to declare war on Rohel to punish the traitors once and for all. At the same time, General_ich reintegrated Kranga into the Kartek Empire. And RGB even Managed to reclaim the city of vosokogrod vithout a fight. Tovarisha no longer interested in the trial because of Rohel support of Hazel. Rohel now standing all alone with no allies except lunaris In the name of honor should fight with them one last time and third-rate mercenaries. Kartek had powerful allies, a large army and Ulfaeng the most powerful mercenary group on the server the backbone of the Empire's army. Ulfaeng would fight in any war on the side of Kartek because the god emperor is a senior member of this faction. On January 7th 2022 the attack on the town of Munberg should begin. and the battle lasted a full hour. The armies of Kartek push from the southern part of the town and surrounded the town center where the enemies had entrenched themselves in a faction base. Instead of defending the walls, they wanted to make a last stand just like in viodoxa city. The battle lasted a full hour with neutral people recording the fight. In the end, the enemy defenses collapsed And the defense of the city was abandoned (The defenders all left the game) Shockingly, the King of Rohel Vashonn wasn't even at that battle and he was bold enough to declare victory at the end of the battle. This blatant lie and disrespect for the people who fought for his sneaky majesty. Caused his reputation and that of his traitor nation to be shattered once and for all. The God Emperor declared total victory. RGB Declared the annexation of the entire country and the reunification of Kartek Barend Kidnapped a family member of the mayor of the city of moonburg. gorgst Tried to arrest the entire royal family to punish them on 2 charges of high treason. But the family managed to escape. The emperor gave the entire conquered population a choice either they would let themselves be integrated or they would inevitably have to go into exile. Most of the population went into exile and they deported themselves from the Kartek lands. and so ended a conflict that had lasted for two months.

Constituent Nations
The Tzardom of Arxella

The Gertek Khanagate

The Kungarike af Buktenfjall

Paradise

The Kingdom of Almmore

The Kingdom of Kranga

The Kingdom of Ruhewald

The New Republic of Libra

Main Governing Body
The Source of Governmental Authority in the Kartek Diarchy is the Tzar of Arxella and the Gertek Khan with the nation being run as an Anocratic diarchy. Additionally, there is a High Council in the Kartek Diarchy that will advise the Duel Monarchs on Respective State Policies.

The Duel Monarchs have the ultimate authority to adopt and enforce laws, to create and appoint new offices and to grant citizenship to their respective nations and the Union, with them being the main driving force for Foreign Policy. (WIP)

Justice System
The Justice System of the Diarchy is set up with a capital offences charging system, Capital Offences, which are crimes committed against the interest of the state.

Rights of Citizens

 * 1) A right to a fair trial by a jury of five, from their region of the Union, in response to being charged with a crime. In case a citizen of the Union commits a crime in the half of the union they are not from, two of the members of the jury must be from the region the crime was committed. A majority decision of three is necessary to be convicted of a Crime.
 * 2) A right to bear arms, and to defend themselves in the case that another person directly initiates unlawful physical conflict.
 * 3) A right to be reimbursed by the government of the Union, leads to the destruction or confiscation of their property unjustly.
 * 4) All citizens of the Diarchy have the right to practice any religion they so choose without the interference of the State. (Separation of Church and State)

Types of crimes

 * 1) No person in the Diarchy may commit treason by taking actions with the intent of harming the union or disobeying lawful orders. Given by an officer of the Union. Treason has the minimum sentence of Banishment and Exile. Three Acts of Treasons are as follows:
 * 2) * Hiring an Assassin to attack Union Officials.
 * 3) * Attempting to declare independence from the Union without the permission of both Monarchs and the High Council.
 * 4) * Giving sensitive information to an enemy nation, organization or group.
 * 5) No person in the Diarchy may commit Murder by Intentionally killing another person without the provocation or lawful authority from the Union. The Minimum Sentence for Murder is Manual Labor in the Service of the Union.
 * 6) No person in the Diarchy may commit theft by Intentionally taking items from another person without their expressed consent or lawful authority from the Union. The Minimum Sentence for Theft is giving an item twice as valuable to the Recipient.
 * 7) No person in the Diarchy may commit arson, by destroying the property of another person without explicit consent of the Owner or Lawful authority from the Union. The Minimum Sentence for arson is confiscation of arms and jail time.

Kartek Milltary
The Kartek Military are jointly commanded by the Tzar and the Khan they together have the ultimate authority to issue orders to the military as well as accepting citizens into the military,

Citizenship

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Religion
In Kartek, whilst there is a policy of religious freedom, there are religions that more prominent and followed than others. notably Soleannen is the most followed religion in Kartek, which comprised of 20% of the nations population. Following Soleannen would be Gertek Folk Beliefs (no percentage). The rest are non-believers and atheistic, or follow a lesser-known religion.

Cuisine
The national food of Kartek is the Marshfish, a staple in arxellan and goblin cuisine that has been adapted in many ways. The Gerteks boil it in horse milk, the people of Ruhevald cook it with apples and barley, and the Eldhamite colonies import it for their stews.

Fashion
Depending on populas they can wearing Normadic armaments or Solider Uniform.

Music
The primary instruments used by people in Kartek are the drums and flutes, the former being introduced by the Gerteks, who brought large drums made of wood and hide. The Arxellans of the west had long played bone flutes, which they used in ancient rituals and formal ceremonies. When Arxella and Gertek united, their instruments were combined to create powerful symphonies that are still used today to inspire soldiers, welcome the Tzar, and set the backdrop for the nations greatest festivals.

Art
Artisans are rare commandities to be found in Nation but are treasured.

Architecture
Depending on each Town or Culture their architecture differs

Soleàn Irastre de et Escharii
[Date: August 4th, 2021 - Present]

The Kartek Diarchy's relations with Escharia at the start were strained, with them attempting to secede from Escharia, however Matthew Edishield would prevent this relaying information about this Independence movement to Escharia, to which they replied by giving them a ultimatum with them offering to allow the Kartek Diarchy and Maldun their other Protectrate that shares the same border as the Diarchy to merge into one, With them further adding that if they should refuse the Kartek Diarchy would be out of allies, As Escharia is their one and only reliable ally, the Kartek Diarchy would accept Escharia's offer and conform to once again being their Protectorate although with more rights than they had before notably religious freedom.

Frosterium
[Date: September 11th, 2021 - October 22nd, 2021]

Relations previously with Frosmyre were tense, with Fjellheim's leader Fistofice a vassal state to Frosmyre, a direct parallel to Arxella a vassal state to Niedea (Escharia), both having a "embittered" rivalry, with both sides seemingly disliking the other. This continued even after Frosmyre, merged with the Magisterium to form the Frosterium. The Political situation between the two states can be best described as a "Cold War" with neither side wishing to be the aggressor in a conflict with one another should one occur. The Kartek Diarchy haD began the process of normalizing relations with the Frosterium. However, this what put on hold due to a diplomatic incident, and the diplomatic pressure exerted on Kartek by the Frosterium is cited as the main reason for Kartek's collapse.

Arxellans
Inhabits Northern Sparwood

Gerteks
Nomadic Steppe people who live in the Northern Plains of Sparwood.

Goblins
Inhabitats of the Bogs and Swamps of Northern Sparwood.

Wahroongistanis
Inhabits Northern Sparwood

References & Further Reading
Sources:


 * 1) Arxella
 * 2) Gertek Horde
 * 3) Simulami Civil War

Witnesses & Testimonies:


 * 1) Ferro Korolevski
 * 2) Tommoi Gortoi
 * 3) Puma Gortoi
 * 4) MetalNinja343
 * 5) 001first
 * 6) Karma
 * 7) Yiex

Related Pages:


 * 1) Vosokogrod

Notable Figures:


 * 1) RedFireRex
 * 2) Arcstron Smark
 * 3) RGBstarship

Related Nations:


 * 1) Kingdom of Kostuco
 * 2) Soleannen Empire of scharia
 * 3) Kingdom of Iremith
 * 4) Frosmyre
 * 5) Magisterium
 * 6) Frosterium
 * 7) Empire of Aldovir

Others Pages:


 * 1) Sparwood