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Nyaristios, formerly the Republic of Nyaristios/Aristios, is an archduchy within the Imperial Archonate of Sylvania, its de-facto capital is situated in Pompaelo and is known for its culture of cats and its political system of "Nyaoism".

Nyaristios is a Semi-Constitutional Unitary Republic with a 9 member strong "9 Lives Council" serving as both the leadership and legislature. The capital of Nyaristios is Nosteria, although de-facto it is Pompaelo. There are a few other major cities, such as Yaika, Narayako, Otter, and Laikal. Nyaristios is made up of three provinces, Castellum, Astillia, and Ameria. Nyaristios prides itself on its unique culture, and seeks to protect both its own culture, as well as its cities.

Prelude
Prior to the existance of Nyaristios, the region had a turbulent history, switching hands several times; with the nations of Sylvania, the Republic of Aristios (and its variants), as well as the long-gone Imperial Aristios had once held, or held control over the region that we know today. However, what is important was the Aristii Revolution & the formation of the Republic of Aristios, which set the foundation for the current Nyaristios that is present today. During this time before the Second Republic, some of the earlier prominent figures such as Logui113, Ani, Tia and EmperorUnknown first made their steps, and later, Fusionia and a few others.

Late Republic
During the late Republic, Aristios was in a sharp decline as many of its politicians fought amongst themselves, with the gap between the Eastern Governor Azriel of Bel-Ismer and the central government of Aristios. Large portions of the east were constantly at odds with the largely Republican-supporting West. During this period, there were many attempts to restore the crown in Bel-Ismer and several other Eastern provinces within the Republic of Aristios, with it recieving constant push back from those who led the Aristii Revolution against said crown not long prior. However, despite said push-back, Azriel eventually got what he wanted and became "King" of Bel-Ismer, irregardless, however; a defined split between East and West Aristios showed itself, and this gap would only widen in the coming months. However, despite this, the demographic gap between West and East Aristios heavily favored the West, (ie. Castellum, Astillia, and Ameria), with anti-monarchist Chancellors receiving majorities and having the most amount of positions within the Aristii Government.

Castellum leaves Aristios & Intergration into Sylvania
This, eventually all came to a head in late June as the Republic seemingly began to fall apart on itself, as governor of Castellum at the time, Logui113, announced that Castellum would secede from the Republic of Aristios to join the Imperial Archonate of Sylvania, which had previously been a vassal of Aristios. This, ultimately, would be the final deathblow to what remained of the Republic of Aristios, as it gradually fell apart in what provinces remained.

However, the transition into adapting to Sylvanian politics wasnt as rough as ancipated, as Castellum stabilized quickly and was relatively unified under Governor Logui, however, the same couldnt be said for West Aristios (ie. Astillia & Ameria) which remained in the rump Republic of Aristios for a brief time before eventually joining Sylvania aswell, under EmperorUnknown.

During this period, Castellum remained both politically and demographically united, and although the population was in a slow decline, Logui was extremely popular and remained Governor for months, in one of the last elections for Castellum, Logui won the election for Archduke with a 85.7% majority as opposed to Revi's 14.3%. Also around this time, the first growth spurts of both Yaika and Narayako were noticed, two towns which had been created in the mid to late Republican era.

The Governorship of Fusionia & a change in the winds
However, by Logui had begun to grow more and more inactive, and eventually, the newly promoted Fusionia, who now was the Lieutenant-General for Castellum was seen by many as a "potential" successor to Logui, however; for the longest of time, Fusionia refused to usurp Logui. However, with the health of the Archduchy in mind, aswell as the increasing inactvity of Logui, Fusionia eventually announced that he would be restarting the electoral cycle for Castellum briefly, however; nobody else ran in this election, giving Fusionia an automatic win, with him being made Governor of Castellum not long after.

His Governorship, however; wasn't marked by significant change, but it again, laid the foundations for future events to come.

Independent Second Republic
In April 2023, EmperorUnknown began secret talks with Tia, who at the time was mayor of Oxxo, and Fusionia, who had just recently taken the mantle as Governor of Castellum. Emperorunknown talked of a proposal, one to restore the Republic of Aristios, with Castellum & West Aristios being merged to form this new state, and eventually; Fusionia agreed to this, and on eve of a cold day on the, EmperorUnknown, after having talks with Matthjis of Sylvania, announced the restoration of the Republic of Aristios (technically announced by Tia), with it encompassing the territories of Castellum & West Aristios (which was later divided back into Ameria & Astillia). Emperorunknown did not officially take power within the Republic, and instead gave official Chancellorship to Tia, while keeping Fusionia as the Governor of Castellum & Minister of Culture.

However, this new state wasnt without its drawbacks, as a newly resurgent Imperial Provinces of Aristios saught to influence, and potentially get the ROA to "merge" with them to form a "greater" Aristios, although much of the government were old-age Republicans, which prevented this from happening to pretty much any extent; however, this was indeed a point of contention between those who generally supported cooperation with the IPA, and those who supported EmperorUnknown & Tia.

Chancellor Election of
By the time of the elections, things West Aristios began to heat up, with several political parties emerging out of the woodwork for a shot at having their own government in power, these were; The All-Narayakan Revolutionary Front (ANRF), Nu'vellan Political Clergy (NPC), Royal Nationalist Legion (RYL), Aristii Conservative Coalition (ACC), and the Natural Conservative Party of Aristios (NCPA). However, many of these would be forced to enter into a coalition if they had any proper chance at beating the incumbent government. Eventually, after a series of mergers and the establishment of a conservative and a pragmatic/"progressive" camp, the election itself was announced by Chief Censor Ani not long later during the.

For all intensive purposes, the entire election process was heated, with calls of fraudulent voting due to a sudden influx of Sylvanians into the nation, aswell as a back and forth between the ACC and the Government, with the two debating over how the country should be ran, generally; this were their policies:

 Government (ANRF, NPC) 


 * Retaining of Aristii Independence
 * Cordial relations with the IPA, nothing more
 * Re-election of Tia as Chancellor

 Opposition (ACC Only) 

Opposition (Nuvenos Only)
 * Cooperate with the Imperial Provinces
 * Emplacement of Piketoneer as Chancellor (Disputed?)


 * Empower & Promote Nuvenos religion
 * Emplacement of Piketoneer as Chancellor

Election Results & Late Second Republic
Now comes a very controversial point in the Republic’s history, as many who participated claim there were signs of “electoral fraud” by the Tia administration, however; this has always been denied by the Tia administration, and subsequent heads of state(s). Around this time, Echo decided to wholly support Piketoneer, resulting in a unified coalition against Tia’s incumbent Government, however; when the results came out- Piketoneer lost to Tia by a ⅕ margin. One of the more minor candidates was Ironfin, who ran as an independent candidate, separate from both Tia Fielinya and Piketoneer.

Following the Chancellor elections, the old order in Aristios was maintained, however; the calls of fraud in the electoral province definitely undermined the Republic's legitimacy as a proper political institution. This would also mark the slow decline and later partial dissolution of the Republic of Aristios (for the SECOND time!)

The next few months were uneventful, however; Tia’s second term as Chancellor saw an increasingly restrictive electoral province, with the requirements for becoming a registered voter being adjusted to prevent “outside interference” in the electoral province, the opposition claimed this was targeted against the Imperial Provinces of Aristios, but like other allegations; was denied by administration.

However, behind the scenes; issues continued to brew, back when Aristios originally regained its Independence, one of clauses in the treaty stated if the “Republic of Aristios” faced an existential threat it couldn’t deal with, it was to rejoin Sylvania; there was also another, which stated if the “Leader” of Aristios had to leave the server within a 2 month period, it would automatically rejoin Sylvania.

This would later be extremely important in future events to come, with Tia and EmperorUnknown seemingly showing signs of quitting.

The World's Worst Birthday Gift, Reintegration into Sylvania
Some had predicted it, but not so soon, EmperorUnknown made a fateful announcement during the, which stated he was not only quitting the server, but activated the treaty with the Imperial Archonate of Sylvania, thereby, disbanding the Republic of Aristios and having all three provinces, Castellum, Ameria, and Astillia rejoin Sylvania all as archduchies.

However, to some, it was no mistake that it had happened on the second anniversary of Aristios, which was initially planned to be a joint celebration between the IPA and ROA, now; that lay in the ditch, and to some, a slap in the face. However, the IPA wasn't the only one in confusion, on the other side of the Voclarian sea, the Republican Government, while expecting something like this to happen one day, didn't expect it so soon; and thus, the Republic of Aristios ceased to exist as an independent entity, but it, as a nation; did not.

Eventually, a few major figures were able to put the pieces that had been shattered by this sudden event back together, at least; to an extent, these figures were Fusionia, Ani, Matt, and Botilov. The four agreed on a common consensus, and after a day or two of debate, they all came to a single conclusion; the Republic of Aristios would be restored partially, but only as an Archduchy of Sylvania, its political institutions would be left intact, and it would have pretty much the exact same amount of autonomy as any other Archduchy did at the time.

Not long after, Sirlad, the previous founder of Sylvania & later its Imperial Archon was nominated as a temporary "interim" leader of Aristios, however, no amount of appointing competent people could save what was next for Aristios; unpreventable decline.

Post-integration Decline
Despite Sirlad having been historically being a competent leader, he was far too busy elsewhere to focus properly on Aristios, with Fusionia, Ani, Mungo, and Beatrice calling the shots, and even then; Beatrice and Mungo would later retire, leaving Ani and Fusionia as the two remaining active government members that lived in Aristios or were even present. Eventually, seeking to deal with this period of inactvity, Fusionia & Ani got together to make an announcement on some of the issues that the Republic was facing, aswell as addressing certain controversies, especially those regarding the May Chancellor Election of.

Around this time, there was also conspiracy growing across the Sylvanian Government regarding the Republic of Aristios existing at all, with some putting up the idea of re-splitting the archduchy into its respective provinces (again), however; this was made even worse by another proposal at the time to dissolve Archduchies as a political entity entirely within Sylvania, this; would become a reoccurring issue.