Second Republic of Bardonia

The Second Republic of Bardonia, informally referred to as the Bardonian Empire or simply Bardonia, was a nation in eastern Syltor. It was the second government of the nation of Bardonia. Widely regarded as a Golden Age of Bardonian power, culture & more, the Second Republic guided the state to victory during the First Coalition War alongside the Trillium Alliance, before almost achieving world domination during the Second Coalition War. It continued the governing traditions of the First Republic, with the Second Republic seeing Bardonian democracy at its most functional.

Etymology
Bardonia is named after the pre-existing discord server of its founder members, The First Republic of Bardonia, which is called "Dank Bard". The community largely theorized that the name of Bardonia was actually inspired by a hamlet in the real-world United States, that uses the same name, located in the State of New York within the city of Clarkstown in Rockland County, which is the same state that BackToTheHub is confirmed to have admitted in a Discord conversation. However, this may of just have been a coincidence, as this has been denied by Unic0rnb0i.

In Aurlûnoren, it is called "Orchendor", which literally means Dandelion Land.

Dorasterrock Market
In the early days of the Second Republic, Bardonia began to quickly ascend in economic & geopolitical strength. With the opening of Dorasterrock Market by Uni, Bardonia would make millions as the market became the most popular in the world over a few short days, to the point where Stoney himself recognised Dorasterrock as the economic capital of the world. With items in quantity, items of quality, and marked up prices, it's reliability and convenience were used by players all around Rathnir. The Dorasterrock Market supported every Bardonian town's upkeep while still making a profit.

Trillium Alliance
At the same time, Bardonia began expanding its geopolitical reach, signing secret treaties with the Empire of Escharia & the Silver Coalition, which eventually coalesced into the Trillium Alliance on November 17th, 2020. This instated a period known as 'Pax Trilli', where the Trillium Alliance would act as global policemen, keeping global peace by whatever means necessary. One of their first targets was the Last Bastion, a hideout for Rathnir's most infamous bandits. During the Siege of the Last Bastion, Trillium would show its military might and thoroughly defeat the remaining bandits in southern Yimmu-Audal, who would burn the castle to the ground. This would establish a prescedent, alongside other minor conflicts during this time, that the Trillium Alliance was undefeatable, and this would remain unchallenged until the turn of the New Year, where Yimmu-Audal would trigger the First Coalition War.

The First Coalition War
Bardonia would support the Soleannen Empire & the Sterling Crownlands in their war against Yimmu-Audal, who sought to break free from any Trillium influence over its territories and proclaim superiority over Trillium, disrupting the balance of power in the process & ending Pax Trilli. Bardonia would assist Escharia in their steamrolling of Coalition forces at the Battle of Cahuarn, as well as in their direct conflict with Audalad forces during the Skirmish of the Valley, which displayed Bardonia's capabilities as an independent fighting force. Bardonia would receive joint control of the eastern seaboard of Alteniquia alongside Escharia following the Battle of Urnu-Arrak. The successes of the Trillium War would give Bardonia a new sense of confidence, which ultimately led them to announce the dissolution of the Trillium Alliance on January 14th, 2021, and a new era of Bardonian world domination.

The Second Coalition War
Following the announcement of Bardonian mobilisation on January 14th, a Second Coalition made up of both former Trillium & Coalition members would assemble to combat the Bardonian attempt at world conquest, with notable members such as the Empire of Uldarash, the Soleannen Empire, the Sterling Crownlands & the Kingdom of Aurora. Bardonia would host the Bardonian Festival to preface the world conquest & display Bardonian culture at its finest, despite receiving much protest at the event. Norfthorn would announce it would be joining Bardonia the same day. Urnu-Arrak would then be attacked & looted by Bardonian forces in an effort to seize complete control over Yimmu-Audal on January 17th, and this was followed by the annexation of many nations into Bardonia, including Aurlunor, Volkore, Viridian & the Takumakken Empire. The following days would see a series of battles, including an attempted invasion of Lileannen, a fake Bardonian civil war, and finally the Battle of Aezenfjord.

Despite their many successes, backlash from the international community caused the Senate to turn against the idea of world conquest, resulting in the internal collapse of the Second Republic and the coup d'état by anti-world conquest members of the Senate, founding the Third Republic and rescinding all of their claims outside of the Bardonian core. Ezexus was executed during the coup, but with help from some allies Hub escaped, losing an arm in the process. BacktotheHub claimed The Drifting Isles independent and defended them from the Thid Republic, using the isles as a mercenary base and renaming them to "The Deadman's Isles". Tzseu fled to a desert in the Huitca Federation founding the small town of Seaso. Moyye headed to the North East corner of Plagos and setup the Headquarters for the Brewer's Guild, where he continued his practice. Unic0rnb0i took the alias as "The Chancellor" forming The Chancellor's Hands and causing chaos and havoc throughout Rathnir as a Terrorist Crime Lord.

Government
The Second Republic, like the First, operated as an oligarchic republic, however one with little common involvement from the Bardonian citizenry. There existed no official leader, but it was run by a single senate body who elected new members to the senate and voted on laws, diplomacy, policy, and many other aspects of state. There were always 5 senators of Bardonia and if one of them were unavailable a previous senator or respected member of Bardonia will be promoted to an Honorary Senator for meetings, but this was changed on December 2nd, 2020, when it was agreed that a random number of senators would be voted on / off.

Second Republic Senators

 * Ezexus - The Prodigy
 * Moyye - The Brewmaster
 * Tzseu - The Architect
 * BackToTheHub - The One Man Army
 * Unic0rnb0i - The Chancellor