Alokhrad

The Alokhradi Sultanate (Pronounced Aloh•Hradee Sul•tan•ate ) is a province located on the east coast of Haven and is a sovereign protectorate and subnation of the Second Empire of Uldarash. The nation was founded by Gamerblox2077 and is ruled by the Sultan, currently Al-Surii (Gamerblox2077).

Geography
Alokhrad is comprised out of two biomes; the first is a mostly arid, barren, desert area that covers a majority of the land. The second biome is a mostly grassy area, which is where the capital is located. This is the most populated area, with smaller numbers in the desert biome.

Founding
Alokhrad was first founded as a nation without a people. The First Sultan of Alokhrad, Sultan Gamerblox, would in a stroke of fortune find a people that had settled a city in the desert where Alokhrad had staked its claim. This city was South Sands and would become the first capital of Alokhrad. Although after an attempted coup, the capital was moved to Eraqat, where it currently stands.

Alokhradi-Chevkri Separation
The area known as Alokhrad was once part of the Holy Chevkri Empire but due to a lack of will and cause to hold onto the territory, the province separated from the Chevkri Republic, claimed its sovereignity and declared itself a new state in the Second Empire of Uldarash and was officially recognized by Emperors of Uldarash Canine14

The First Uprising
The population of Alokhrad was beginning to grow and the people began to demand a chance to have a say in the development of the kingdom. In response to these demands the King announced that he would create the position of Councilor, which would be elected by the people of each city. The vote was held the 15th of May, and Yusef, who held the treasury was announced as the first councilor of South Sands.

Since South Sands was the only city under Alokhrad control at the time, Yusef interpreted this as if he was not only the de facto leader of Alokhrad, but also that he had a mandate of the people to the claim the throne. The next day he would claim himself as the rightful king of Alokhrad.

This was uprising was not without opposition however, and the diplomats from the Holy Chevkri Empire —the neighbouring nation and fellow subkingdom of the Second Empire of Uldarash—refused to recognize the leadership of the rebellion as the legitimate government and the uprising lost its momentum. Yusef, and all the people who had sworn loyalty to him were marked as enemies of the state.

The rebels left Alokhrad, but Yusef, who was the founder of the South Sands and held the claim over the city, refused to give over the territory or the treasury to Gamerblox2077. In practice this meant that Sultan Gamerblox and all citizens of Alokhrad were expelled from the South Sands, which became a sovereign territory of the rebels. In the immediate need for a new capital, Sultan Gamerblox placed the first blocks in the new capital of Eraqat, were a city has long since been planned to be built.

The Induction of Astrova
On June 9th, the small city state of Astrova was peacefully absorbed into Alokhrad, and the user zTempestX was named governor of Astrova and the user Girthychocolate was named navy commander. This proved to be a very smart decision, as Girthychocolate needed resources to construct the Event horizon class battleship, the first of Alokhrad’s new navy.

Efforts to Transition into Democracy
On the first of July, Sultan Gamerblox held a referendum to the people of Alokhrad regarding whether or not to transition the Kingdom of Alokhrad into a democracy. With a majority of 2 against and 7 in favour for the proposal, the now retitled Prime Minister Gamerblox announced two laws that were put for referendum by the public on the 3rd of July. However, despite not having a majority of votes to put the laws into action, Prime Minister Gamerblox ratified the two laws "regardless of votes" - citing this as his "last decree" before announcing his retirement from the seat of power.

The two bills were the "Term Law" that limited an elected position to a term of 3 months and the "Anti-Slavery bill" Outlawing slavery completely within Alokhrad largely hoping to avoid conflict upon it.

The Second Uprising
With two laws yet to be ratified, Gamerblox called for the election of his successor but appointed user zTempestX Acting Prime Minister with three candidates on the ballot box. Among the candidates, a recent citizen of Eraqat, "Ree", criticized the system for being rigged against him -citing multiple grievances including non- citizens of being able to vote however the person who contacted the non citizens were unaware of them not being citizens- Some citizens expressed concern at his ideals, such as voting to legalize slavery. There were also rumors (all of which were proven) that he had bribed citizens in a previous election. In response to his extremist policies, the users Girthychocolate and Gamerblox2077 planned to exile him if he won. When the election came, an army was assembled. Ironically, he did not win the election, but came in second. Feeling that the vote was illegitimately taken from him, Ree revolted against the government of Alokhrad by bolstering his friends who were also citizens into taking up arms and occupying the capital, Eraqat.

In swift response, the Uldarashi military was called in by Girthychocolate and Gamerblox2077 to assist the quenching of the rebellion. The Kingdom of Falnir also sent volunteers. However, notably, Ursus Apexry of the Chevkri Republic refused to send troops and ordered troops from the Chevkri Republic that still went to stand down and return home. The reason for this, Ursus would explain was because he did not desire to support what he interpreted to be a dictatorship, but the troops that were present said in response that they were not present as representatives of the Chevkri Republic, but as their own persons supporting their own ideals.

The uprising would reach its end as Ree was defeated, held in his home for questioning until he was able to slip through and escape, abandoning his home and equipment to outrun the soldiers.

As a result of the uprising, Gamerblox would cite the uncertain times as his reason for holding onto the seat of power until the next election, which was postponed to an undefined date however on Wednesday, July 7th, Aetamos was elected with an estimated 65% of the vote.

As of 7/5/21 Ree was seen on an artificial island just outside of Eraqat, in a house built by the user Girthychocolate for the user GhostblizzardYT. It is currently unknown what his intentions are and is considered dangerous and Is living with Lord_chirp his friend and political ally. But, due to inactivity on the server, the rebellion fell apart, and the country was disbanded.

Around 7/28/21, Aetamos stumbled upon a “ political party, “ but this was merely a front for the actual group, which was determined in implementing communist policies into Alokhrad. He gathered evidence and stripped those who lived in the village that participated of their government positions, and exiled the extremists.

Around 8/4-7/21, those who started the rebellion began to grow fearful of a nearing invasion and fled Uldarash, seeking refuge in a neighboring country.

Return of the Sultan
After a month or so of prolonged inactivity by a majority of the government, both Al-Surii (Gamerblox2077) and Aetamos set up a vote to restore a monarchy. Within hours multiple citizens had voted to restore it, with a slight few voting to restore the monarchy. After the monarchy was reinstated, the title of king was renamed to Sultan, and Alokhrad was renamed to “ Alokhradi Sultanate “.