Fortistan

The Federation of Fortistan is a Representative Democracy located in the south west of Eldham in the Arsine continent. It borders Montrium, Ravenguard and Santochi. The Federation has gained most of its reputation from the Fortistani war of Independence which occurred in December of 2022.

Fortistan mainly consists of two peninsulas, the Old Lands, in which the City of Fortistan, Icefell, and Fishroom Island reside, these lands were where independence was first declared. On the other hand the New Lands are the territories that border Santochi, these lands were acquired during the peace negotiations, post-independence. Culturally its capital and government mostly bare similarities and information from the 1890s-1930s

Structure
The fortistani Political structure is a full Representative Democracy, with a judicial, executive, and legislative branch.

Executive Branch
The fortistani Executive branch is headed by the Chancellor, who is elected every 90 days, with one vote being cast by every fortistani citizen for their candidate. The Chancellor's role is to be the face of the nation to the world, be a civil servant, and have the ability to veto bills cast by the senate. The Chancellor also has a Cabinet, which currently consists of the following roles: Head of Military, Head of Intelligence, Head of State and Head of immigration. Other potential positions would be: Head of Treasury, Head of Home Affairs. All these roles work together to manage different aspects of the government.

Legislative Branch
By far the largest and arguably most important branch, the Legislative Branch consists of the Senate, who create and cast votes on different bills that affect the Federation. There are two sects to this part of the government, Parliament create bills and cast a first round of voting, 1 parliament member is voted for every state, plus another one for every 5 civilians in that state, this election occurs every 45 days, making 2 parliament elections for every 1 chancellor election. Following this the Wardens (sometimes referred to as governors) also cast a round of voting with a majority vote for approving or rejecting the bill. One Warden is voted for every state by every citizen of that state every 90 days. Finally the bill is approved by the Chancellor before being enacted.

Judicial Branch
Currently the smallest branch of the Government, the Judicial branch manages the courts of the federation, however due to a lack of criminal or civil law, it has not been developed yet.

States
There are overall 6 states within the Federation of Fortistan, all with slight cultural differences and origins.

Juddo
The City state of Juddo is the capital of the Federation, being heavily inspired by a 1910s New York, it is built as a Densely packed, radial city, with a ray-like pattern sticking out from the statue and park in the centre of the city, which stretches the main roads across the city. The most well known buildings in the capital is the Parliamentary building of Fortistan, in which courts, senate, and the Chancellors office are held. Block Tower , one of the oldest buildings in Juddo and one of the tallest, and the Statue of Freedom , constructed by Jakows12, which is the tallest building in the Federation, and is a memorial for the Fortistan Rebellion.

Fortistania
The founding state of Fortistan, with Fortistan City, the city of rebellion, being its capital, is the oldest fortistani city, being created in November of 2021. The state of Fortistania resides in the southern peninsula, and was where the Fortistani Rebellion occurred. The capital of the state has 5 iterations, after being levelled by Ravenguardian shelling multiple times during the Rebellion, crushing an estimated 2 million worth of infastructure. as of current Fortistan city is left in a quiet state post-revolution.

Icefell
Another state that was apart of the revolution, Icefell is the ancestral home of the G Dynasty, a noble house recognised across the Federation. The fortress of Icefell was integral to the Fortistani Rebellion with the large wealth stacked behind it, early stages of the war were funded by the dynasty in return for a state to be assigned to their land given the revolution was won. However the once dangerous fort of icefell took a change post-revolution, becoming a general shop ( /la spawn icefell)

Romious
A new state of the northern peninsula, Romious bases itself upon the ancient city of the same name, with its architecture reminiscent of a luxurious roman republic, the state prides itself on being the most democratically intrigued state of Fortistan. Geographically it is the eastern most state of the federation, holding a long border with Ravenguard.

Narag Nogaath (Narag)
Narag Nogaath has an interesting history in Fortistan, comprising of the northern mountainous regions of the Newlands, connecting to Juddo, its demographic consists of the refugees of Narag Dum, a previously existing group of dwarves in Ashai who had close ties to many in fortistan, following them being pushed out of Ashai, they settled in the Federation and eventually were granted their own state to represent themselves.

Mongrim
The Newest state of the Federation, Mongrim is located in the far south, bordering Fortistania and Icefell, the lands of Mongrim changed hands many time, and were also used as a platform for the invasion of Fortistan, but after succeding from Vindara, Mongrim joined the Federation as the 6th state.

Foundation
The origin of the war far predates the actual war, when Kennymcyeetus, Llarc, Troy16 and spoons_net originally founded the City of Fortistan and claimed Fishroom island, in November of 2021, they played the server for a month, and nearly intergrating into the current GoonGuard empire that existed in place of what is now Ravenguard, however, the Fortistani's eventually dipped into obscurity for some time, until precisely one year later in early November of 2022.

Upon seeing the state of Ravenguard, and under the impression that it had gone into inactivity and obscurity, Kennymcyeetus and spoons planned a meeting with Emperor Paul of Ravenguard, in which they would express their intentions to leave. But first they needed support.

Annexation of Icefell
During the Fortistani's time of inactivity, AdamekG and his mother WalterG built an unknown and unregistered fort named Icefell in the Fortistani peninsula, undisrupted by any of the Empire. upon the Fortistani's returning, Exhaustive reached out to the close fort and proposed they joined the soon to be rebellion, to which Adamek agreed under the assurance of autonomy under a new nation.

Declaration of Independence
The meeting with Paul did not go within the Fortistanis' favor, with the Emperor Paul being adamant against the Fortistanis being able to buy their land or become a vassal state of Ravenguard, upon which Kennymcyeetus stated that they would declare their independence outright in the only way left, in which Paul stated that he would declare war to keep his land...

The Fortistani Revolution (Nov 2022 - Jan 2023)
Much of Fortistani history has been defined by its revolution that involved many groups and individuals, as so lots of video content was created that you can still view today, links to these videos and from their perspective:

The Kerb Fortistan videos:
https://youtu.be/a5VaRWx6UT8 (Origin of the war) https://youtu.be/p-WKu0fKXSU (First Battle) https://youtu.be/Phjvv9CgU5g (Second and Third battle) https://youtu.be/GRrcSydLX2w (Full summary)

Wemmbu Fortistan video:
https://youtu.be/Q7nM56FjS_0

(This link no longer works, due to Wemmbu deleting his channel)

Buildup
Before the war began, Fortistani envoy Adam stretched out looking for assistance, in his travels he approached King Swen Atlag of Atlechia, a vassal of the Kingdom of Scylding, requesting help in their war in return for Ravenguard land and loot, whilst their ties to Scylding restricted Atlechia from formally assisting, this encounter would lead to Fortistan meeting with Kerb Jesus, arguably the most important player of the war. Kerb's influence and money would help the Fortistani forces get The Hands mercenary group as well as what would become Gank Squad. Ur_baked and BepsiBola would become infamous in the first battle for transforming the city into a fortress overnight, which both confused the Ravenguard forces who scouted the night before and created a high tactical advantage for the defenders.