Exousía

Exousía is an Eldham nation in the region of Serrona, founded by Samuel Slimestein Vernal and Murdius Kotzal Gerrát-Olea on February 13th, 2022 or 126 TE. The name Exousía means "Land of the Exiled", which is derived from a combination of the Yurkian and Bai languages.

Foundation
Exousía was founded on February 13th, 2022. A few days prior, Slimestein had negotiations with New Domatia for land. They agreed that New Domatia would give the land in turn for Exousía to be a protectorate under New Domatia. Once there was an agreement, Slimestein, Murdius, and Vianney headed many thousands of blocks towards the new land. There, they founded the city of New Sybada and in turn, the nation of Exousía. There, they found the Vaentilazia, although broken and griefed and restored it to become the Royal Palace.

Yurki Refuge
Many of the population are refugees coming from the loss at the Battle of Yurki. The Colony of Yurki, was a small nation that was attempting to gain independence from Aristios, but ultimately failed in the end. The refugees that came from the loss of that battle were the first citizens and the foundation of Exousía.

Exousían Civil War
On February 24th, 2022, there came a vote for the current leader of Exousía that would end in 24 hours between Murdius Kotzal Gerrát-Olea and Samuel Slimestein Vernal. For the first few hours, the vote had been a tie between the two. However, Slimestein recruited some of his friends into the nation to bring the vote for himself up. Murdius claimed that this was rigging the vote and unfair while Slimestein had claimed that it was a strategy and that there was no rule against it. He threatened to kick Murdius out of the council as he was winning with the new recruits. Many of the old Yurkians sided with Murdius, while more of the newer population sided with Slimestein. Soon, Slimestein declared a civil war and attempted to join Atlechia as a protectorate, however the Vulperium thought that Exousía was a vassal of them at the time, and was unwilling to trade for the land. When many had realized that Slime had attempted to make Exousía join another nation, they left Slimestein and joined Murdius as the citizens wanted to have their own independent country. Slimestein quickly fled the country and the crown fell in Murdius' hands.

Aftermath
After the Exousían civil war, there was an unstable government as Slimestein left a huge power hole. The other remaining High Council member, Vianney, had held a meeting to discuss about what kind of government the people wanted and to catch up on many matters. The people decided to create a Constitutional Monarchy with a Senate, High Council and a royal family. The aftermath of the civil war had also created a bureaucratic mess as it was unknown who Exousía belonged to. Vulperium had claimed that Exousía was part of core Vulperium territory, as they had integrated New Domatia a few days prior and assumed that Exousía was also integrated. Atlechia had claimed that it belonged to Atlechia, however it dropped it's claims after Vulperium had claimed Exousía. Eventually, the Exousían government and Vulperium made a deal to have Exousía as a protectorate of Vulperium.

Slimestein's Coup
After Slimestein was exiled from Exousía, he started to plot a coup, wanting revenge for what they did to him, hence the Slimesteinein Rebellion began. He was planning to coup the nation, claiming that the government was lazy and the law/order of the nation was corrupt. He demanded 2K in money, Murdius and the Olea Family to leave the nation and the crown be given to him or getting a town in Luukhai, becoming the mayor of that said town and having a private army. Slimestein claimed to have 25 people with him, which was a lie, only having a fifth of the people he said he had. He attempted to get help and aid from many places like from the of town Florere in Novastonia, Novabrok, and many others.

However, due to Slimestein's disrespect towards his allies and many of them finding out what he did before, many of them asked to join Exousía against Slimestein. Exousía was able get many allies as well as Vulperium, Novabrok and Florere join them. On April 3rd, Slimestein and some of his men founded Port Slimestein near the coast of New Sybada. Slimestein and his friends then came and held a citizen (ChuenTheCat) hostage for the time being. Luckily, TheTVManic a senator nearby was able to help ChuenTheCat escape and pretend to be on Slimestein's side. Afterwards, many of Slimestein's army decided to join Exousía after they found out the truth and due to Slimestein's bad manners. Everyone with him fled and even his son left him, later Slimestein would remove Port Slimestein and leave without a trace.

Vesperian Land Purchase
In an effort to gain more land, the Exousían government decidede to contact Vesperia. After talking with the Vesperian Officials, Vesperia agreed to sell three of their cities, Vesperia's Bounty, Tzabaria, and SeaTopia to Exousía. For practical purposes, Exousía combined the islands of Tzabaria and SeaTopia into one city, Marportus. Marportus was handed to one of the High Council members, Ryver. Ryver eventually built Marportus into a town as great as New Sybada and Marportus is now one of Exousía's prized lands. Vesperia's Bounty was handed over to another High Council member, Vianney.

Goon Raid
On April 12th, many citizens were talking with each other when ErrorL and the Goons came to New Sybada and started a massacre. The Goons killed multiple citizens and some of them fled to Taernsby, a nearby city to be safe. Before the raid, there had been a strong tension between Exousía and Goonism as only 2 days before, Pickaxe, a citizen of Exousía had denounced Goonguard and ErrorL publicly. Following the raid, it was discovered that another citizen also attracted the attention of ErrorL, Qusai. He kept on insulting the Goons and would not stop. Qusai was eventually exiled for other crimes within the nation.

Atlechian Raid
On May 28th, Vianney, Ryver, and Silox were all visiting Redskull. There had just been a massive fight within the Redskull Senate Room and they came to observe what was happening. During that time, the Redskulls got angry at the Exousíans as well which caused a fight. Silox, of his own free will, killed the 3 Redskulls in the room. Although he told them that he killed them for himself and he was not representing Exousía when killing them, they still took it personally and wanted revenge. After all the Exousíans went home, Slimestein went to Swen Atlag of Swardia (Then Laconia) and asked to assemble a group of fighters to raid New Sybada in revenge. Silox and Ryver were able to find out about this a few minutes before the raid, and Silox was able to get 2 members (Higher_Dom, Shaberu) of the Paragon mercenary group to help defend. (As Silox himself was a member, he did not need to pay to get help/hire them). Exousía was able to assemble 5 fighters in total (Silox, Ryver07, Higher_Dom, Shaberu, and PrimandNuir175), while Laconia had assembled a group of ~15 fully equipped fighters. Swen was swiftly killed at the beginning of the battle after being targeted leading several raiders to flee, and causing the battle to falter. The primary battle lasted 5-10 minutes with at least 6 kills by the Exousíans and only 1 kill by the Atlechians (on PrimandNuir175, who fought with unenchanted diamond). It was a clear and decisive Exousían victory. However, In order to prevent escalation and to take responsibility for causing the raid, Silox agreed to pay 40k to Swen despite the overwhelming victory, and consequently the raid ended as the Atlechians slowly left.

Independence
Around this time, Exousía was expanding it's influence and getting much more allies. As part of the agreement with Vulperium to become their protectorate, Exousía would have to report any diplomacy they did to the Vulperium government. This would be a huge impediment to their influence and the Exousían government eventually decided to fight for independence. Proposing the idea, the Vulperium rejected it many times on the basis that they feared Exousía would be conquered by an enemy of Vulperium. Eventually Exousía and Vulperium came to an agreement that Exousía would be independent if they did not merge or join with an enemy of Vulperium. On July 1st, Silox and Vianney signed the document for independence from the Vulperium and released an announcement that they were independent. Around 2 weeks afterwards on July 13th, Exousía held an independence day party with many celebrations such as a boat race, arena fights, and some celebration for their folk religions. The party was a massive success with the party getting a beacon from it and celebrating by getting drunk.

Exousían Islands
Exousía currently holds two islands, Vesperia's Bounty and Marportus. Marportus is combination of two islands that Exousía had bought from Vesperia. Marportus is Exousía's second biggest city and is very well developed with a large market and enormous apartment buildings. Vesperia's Bounty is a farmland with a small farm house and a storage building. It is mostly composed of farmland with large fields and a small dock.

Exousían Mainland
On Serrona, Exousía holds a small piece of land which is the place of their capital, New Sybada. It is mostly desert, with a small oasis containing a Jungle. It's been expanded slightly so that New Sybada isn't completely desert. In the northern part of the mainland is the island of Luukhai. Luukhai is a savannah and contains a mansion and a fort, but it is still part of New Sybada.

The Krátoras
The Exousían head of state is the Krátoras, a permanent member until they resign or are overthrown. It is also has to be part of the Royal Family. The Krátoras only can elect High Council members. It is the highest position in Exousía. The current Krátoras is Vianney Aquinas Gerrát-Olea,

The High Council and Senate
The Exousían government is made up of two bodies, the High Council and the Senate. The High Council and the Senate make major decisions for the nation; however, the High Council has the power to overrule the Senate if they please. All members of the High Council are permanent members unless it is unanimous between the other members of the High Council and Senate to overthrow them. The Senate is democratically elected by the people through a vote that's done once a month. The current Exousían High Council members are Ryver, Silox, Wize_Nifty, Murdius, Gabe Daridia, and TheTVManic.

The Chancellor
One member of the Senate is the Chancellor, a democratically elected Senate role representing the Senate's will in the High Council. If the High Council were to have a vote, the Chancellor would vote for what the Senators discussed about and chose as the Senate itself gets one vote in High Council.

Ministers
Ministers are government officials each take care of a specific industry or field within the nation. (WIP)

Culture
Exousía is very rich in culture, having a mix of Bai and Yurkian culture.

Being on old Bai land, Exousía learned to adopt some of their customs and traditions to adapt more to the area while still keeping part of their Yurki culture. The Exousían people have a language that is a mix of the ancient Bai and old Yurkian dialects as well. They have some unique customs and traditions among rich and interesting people. Exousía has also developed some of their respective arts and traditions as well. Even while being a small nation, Exousía is rich in culture and traditions.

Folk-Religions
Exousía has many folk religions and faiths within the nation. They are a large part of the nation and there are many temples and statues to honor these faiths.

Void
One of the few is Void. Void is a religion that worships Sakupen, the void god. Sakupen uses void to infect people and control them. At the Exousían Independence Day party, Infoxxer, a herald of Sakupen, infected nearly all the drinks with void and turned many of the party-goers into voidlings. This caused a mini-epidemic within Exousía and many people panicked. One of the party-goers, Gabe Daridia, became determined to find a cure to void. Through his research, it was found that void was not the infection of Sakupen but instead a relatively harmful virus which was named VDAS (Voidborne Dermachromatic Alteration Syndrome). It's current form is spread through blood and can cause alteration of skin colour, hallucinations, and can produce a black excretion. An Anti-Void was produced and was distributed, however, Infoxxer was outraged as he still thought that void was the manifestation of Sakupen on Eldham.

The Royal Lingohistorical Institution of Exousía
The Royal Lingohistorical Institution of Exousía is an institution dedicated to discovering more about ancient Exousían heritage and it's history. Through it's research, the institution was able to discover many parts of the ancient Exousían language and some of it's myths and legends. The institution dates back ages and found that it first held the name of "Línaþon Ríga Díorasus Reoísus Exousíat" in ancient Exousían.

Art
Exousía is full of many talented artists in many fields. Exousíans bring life and beauty to an otherwise empty and lifeless desert. Exousíans especially pride themselves in architecture and paintings. Every chance to express themselves is taken and the nearly limitless amount of freedom to create is somewhat representative of Exousía's free and liberal nature.

Many projects are underway to add more to Exousían culture.