Republic of Alamayn

The Republic of Alamayn (or simply Alamayn) is a nation located in northern Nieden and western Plagos. It is subdivided into eleven provinces. Alamayn shares land borders with the Silver Citadel and Polikos to the West, the Archduchy of Azuria to the south, and Aurea and the Holy States of Viesten to the east. The national capital is Adwa.

Axum and Aljazair
Axum was founded in April of 2021, during the power vacuum created by the collapse of the Silver Coalition. Axum was ruled by an absolutist monarch called the Ts’adik’ani, who claimed to be the divine avatar of Aros. Axum’s first Ts’adik’ani was Ezana Arsema Amilaki, who would later go on to become the second Grand Sultan of Alamayn.

Aljazair began its existence as the Kingdom of Tlemcen, founded by El-Dubbingo on 18 February 2021. The Kingdom of Tlemcen became a separate political entity from Lumeno during the last days of the Sterling Crownlands, restyling itself as the Constitutional Republic of Aljazair. El-Dubbingo would go on to become the first Grand Sultan of Alamayn, a position he held until he fell on a pile of nitroglycerin after falling into a ditch while drunk.

Alamayn
In part due to concerns over Bardonian expansion, Axum proposed a merger to their traditional ally, Aljazair. On the 20th of June 2021, Axum and Aljazair voluntarily merged to form the nation of Alamayn, with El-Dubbingo - the leader of Aljazair - becoming the first Grand Sultan.

Reign of El-Dubbingo
El-Dubbingo presided over a period of relative peace in Alamayn. El-Dubbingo’s personal diplomatic ability led Alamayn into strong alliances with many SC successor states, including Najer and Plagatea.

Acquisition of Land in Helmia
In July of 2021, Athaz the Traveler declared his intention to break-up and sell off his kingdom of Owydd-Noxnorr, Alamayn’s western neighbor. El-Dubbingo seized on this chance to purchase additional land for Alamayn. Though some of these purchases would later be deemed too difficult to hold and subsequently abandoned, this is the point at which Alamayn reached its maximum territorial extent.

War with Andoria
On 02 July 2021, shortly after the Helmian acquisitions by El-Dubbingo, a Helmian settlement named Andoria reached out to Alamayn demanding independence. While their request was initially granted, the situation soon became untenable as the Andorians proved too aggressive to be good neighbors. Andoria quickly cast about for allies, joining KATO and authorizing them to attack the Alamayni city of Adwa. El-Dubbingo summoned the Iron Shield to defend Adwa, then declared war on Andoria. El-Dubbingo personally led Alamayni forces into Andoria on 04 July 2021. The Andorians evacuated the city (war-dodged), and promptly surrendered without a second fight.

El-Dubbingo's Death
At some point in mid-July 2021, El-Dubbingo was drinking himself into a stupor in the city of Tlemcen when he decided to go for a stroll. He fell into a ditch outside the city, landing on a pile of crates filled with nitroglycerin. Nothing was left of his body after the explosion. To the surprise of the populace, he declared Axumite Ts’adik’ani Ezana Arsema Amilaki (Luke6556) the new Grand Sultan of Alamayn in his will, leaving the whole nation to him.

Reign of Luke
Luke’s reign was in many ways a transformational one. It marked the transition of Alamayn from a dictatorship to a constitutional government, and saw Alamayn’s participation in the Allium-Coalition War.

Allium-Coalition War
Only days after Luke’s ascension to Grand Sultan, Alamayn declared war on Bardonia in the Allium-Coalition war. Though Axum had privately been supporting the rebels since at least early July without El-Dubbingo’s knowledge, the ascension of Luke to Grand Sultan meant that Alamayn itself could publicly support the rebellion. Axum’s Ts’adik’ani Tansen Arsema Amilaki (Eric2772) formed a close relationship with the Ryzani rebel leader Mocoslav Kovalsky, and the two began formulating a plan to neutralize Bardonian military assets using guerilla warfare.

Coalition leadership approved a plan submitted by Tansen and Mocoslav to stage concurrent guerilla assaults on Bardonian cities in order to peel troops away from the main battle at New Dorasterrock. The war was declared on 26 July 2021, with battles fought on 27 July 2021. The rebels selected Auron’s Peak and Astoria as their targets. Astoria surrendered without a fight, leaving Auron’s Peak as the sole target. After a traitor named PageTurner leaked rebel plans to the Bardonian government, DHVO took the dramatic step of booting everyone from the Auron’s peak land claim and going offline to prevent a war declaration. Forced to select a backup target, the rebels declared war against the Pillars of the Sun.

The attack on the Pillars of the Sun was the most controversial battle of the Allium-Coalition war. Rebel high command believed that an attack against pillars would distract the Bardonian paramilitary group known as The Chancellor's Hands away from the battle at New Dorasterrock. This in mind, the worst coalition fighters were given Protection 1 armor and sent to Pillars of the Sun. Controversially, rebels were ordered to use TNT, as rebel leaders were concerned The Hands would abandon Pillars for New Dorasterrock if the city was not existentially threatened. The fighting itself was brief; rebel forces detonated TNT around the city, and were slaughtered by the hands after a short-lived skirmish. The Hands then traveled to Axum, griefing the Axumite city of Lumeno in retaliation. An Uldarashi relief force came to the rescue, saving the rest of Lumeno from destruction and leading a counter offensive against the Pillars of the Sun, after which the city was looted. Alamayn found itself largely excluded from the post-war peace process after Viodoxan Archon Hazel McSpiegel removed all Alamayni officials from future coalition meetings for reasons unknown.

New Legal System
After the war, Alamayni attention turned inward. Luke wrote Alamayn’s first major constitution, conducted the first survey of Alamayn and its provinces, and made first contact with many settlements inside Alamayn’s borders. This is commended as the beginning of a truly independent Alamayni identity, as citizens began participating in government for the first time.

Revitalization of the Silver Citadel
Silver Citadel, the old capital of the Silver Crownlands (SC), had been in a state of disrepair for sometime after the SC's dissolution. Luke ordered its reconstruction, sending DracoBrood to reclaim the city and begin undoing months of griefing. Draco performed admirably, restoring the buildings and repopulating it for the first time in nearly 5 months. Silver Citadel became the capital of the province of Argenteus, and remains a population center to this day.

War Against the Swamp Conservers
The V.A.K dispatched a small group of trusted leaders and military officials to begin an proxy invasion of Alamayn. The group comprised mainly of Halondians and core Domusists took up the abandoned claim of Tiliki (east of Adwa) to use as their base of operations. Grand Sultan Luke relied heavily on Oxaxefax to coordinate the war's logistics and setup. When the war began Alamayni troops used TNT to first breach the outer walls before quickly gaining entrance to the rest of the enemy's base. Within the opening minutes of the war the enemy supplies were seized forcing the Conservers to flee underground, where they remained for the rest of the battle. Alamayn effectively won the battle after the Conservers refused to meet them in battle.

Retirement and Death
Weary of politics and concerned about the state of the government, Luke began searching for a successor. This process was thrown into disarray on 18 October 2021, when The Hands launched an assault on the Axumite city of Adwa as revenge for Alamayn’s participation in the Allium-Coalition War. Weary of fighting, Tansen and Luke ordered the city be destroyed entirely so that it could not be seized by the enemy. The city was evacuated and systematically destroyed. Luke and Tansen waited for The Hands to enter the throne room, then detonated S1P bot’s power core, killing themselves in a massive explosion.

Destabilization and Collapse
The nation faced a crisis of legitimacy after the retirement of Ezana Arsema Amilaki (Luke6556) in October of 2021, in which a series of Grand Sultans were elected and promptly couped by those who lost the election. This internal instability was exploited by Alamayn's neighbors, the Second Empire of Plagatea and the Varandoy-Aestyrian Kingdom, who mutually annexed Alamayn on 28 October 2021 with the signing of the Sicarian agreement.

Reign of Cusless
Following Luke6556's retirement and death, the founder of Cuslandia Cusless Alamay was elected Grand Sultan of Alamayn. Cusless's ascension to the office of Grand Sultan was a contentious one and ultimately doomed to failure. Cusless had failed to run any meaningful campaign on a national level, which meant all of his support came from his home province of Cuslandia, whose residents had limited experiences with the rest of the nation. Almost immediately dissenters began plotting to usurp Cusless's new found authority. The first province to rebel was Argenteus (home of the silver citadel) under the direction of governor Alev Synderys. The province of Taeharel soon followed under the co-leadership of Bag (Bagsmain) and Bee (Cheezus69). The last province to join the plot was Stonekeep led by Oxaxefax. The leaders of the plot made contact with the V.A.K (Swamp Conservers) and signed an agreement in which they would turn Alamayn into a protectorate in exchange for the backing of the V.A.K's military in the coup. The war was set to be declared from the town of Stone Keep (Oxeaxefax's underground fortress) against the city of Cuslandia. Before the war could begin an Axumite noble named Bolivar spoke to Ox one on one and convinced him to change sides at the last second. At great personal risk, Oxaxefax surrendered before the war could begin, seizing all of the enemy's weapons, armor, and materials in the process. Despite the early victory, Grand Sultan Cusless resigned and surrendered soon after, and designated Bag as the new Grand Sultan. As a condition of his abdication Cusless insisted his province be allowed to form its own independent nation, Cusilvania. Cusilvania would remain independent from Alamayn for four months, before finally rejoining the nation in February 2022.

Reign of Bag
Immediately following his ascension to power, many crises flared up all over Alamayn. In the far west, proxy-land claims were established by Nero the Gardener under the direction of the Plagatean government to justify the full annexation of Alamayn's Plagosi territory. In the north east a former Alamayni turned Viodoxan prince fruitsaladyummyuymmy laid claim to all of Axum. Salad proclaimed the land to be the free nation of Lumeno. In the south west of the nation a disgruntled mercenary by the name of Kill Shot Maverick proclaimed his own sovereign nation. Bag, alongside his co-ruler, Bee, made great early strides in dealing with the crises, with Bee successfully cowing both salad and Maverick into submission. Plans were on the way to improve infrastructure and trade within Alamayn, but before they could begin consolidating Alamayn's holdings in the East, Bolivar publicly revealed the details of the coup that brought Bag into power. Under intense political pressure, Bag agreed to step down and hold another election. The election was run by Monkius Magnus, and all participants signed an agreement stating they would not attempt a coup on the winner.

Reign of Badflex
Badflex had only been a citizen of Alamayn for two weeks when he decided to run for Grand Sultan. Although hailing from humble means, Badflex had previous experience as a PVPer, a national leader, and even a field commander. Bag's opposers (Bolivar, Oxaxefax, Monkius Magnus, and many others) rallied behind Badflex propelling him to an easy win in the national election. Unfortunately, news of the Sicarian agreement soon followed; the V.A.K and the Sapphire Commonwealth had agreed to partition Alamayn right down the middle with the V.A.K receiving Alamayn's Nieden land and the SC member nation of Plagatea receiving Alamayn's Plagosi territory. Alamayn had a fighting chance against the V.A.K or the SC alone, but their combined forces proved overwhelming. Badflex held power for a few more weeks before the VAK demanded his resignation, and the installation of a puppet ruler. Badflex was given the impossible choice between resisting and leading Alamayn to its destruction, or abdicating in favor of the V.A.K's puppet dictator. Badflex chose to resign as Grand Sultan and handed control over to Bee, hoping that one day Alamayn would be whole again.

Reign of Bee
Having once again taken power through an unpopular coup, Bee was in a precarious position. In an attempt to establish a veneer of legitimacy, Bee renamed Alamayn to "Neo-Alamayn" and took the title of Queen ending a previously unbroken chain of Sultans dating back to the nation's founding. Seeing enemies all around her Bee began to lash out at former opposition leaders such as Oxaxefax, Badflex, Bolivar and Monkius Magnus. Oxaxefax voluntarily placed himself under strict house arrest as punishment for his previous U-turn in the original coup, which he escaped by tunneling to the nearby nation of Kyydrosil. On the eastern side of the country Magnus and Badflex seceded from Alamayn and reformed the Kingdom of Aljazair as a petty state under the rule of Plagatea. Having lost the Plagosi provinces through the shady Sicarian Agreement, Bee attempted to retain some semblance of power, and negotiated a merger between the V.A.K and Alamayn which would be known as Mithra. The merger agreement stated that both nations would retain their autonomy, with the Mithran government (notably filled with ex-VAK government officials) being given the ability to "step in" to Alamayn affairs if deemed necessary. Unfortunately, poor communication and rising hostilities between the Alamayn puppet government and the VAK-filled Mithran government led to an endless stream of confusion, miscommunication, and ultimately; the collapse of Mithra.

Bee's reign ended with a voluntary resignation after the VAK attempted to remove her from Alamayn's governing body. She is said to have fled to Eldham, and established the Kingdom of Aurea.

Reign of Ali Bin Saifu Al-Amilaki
                -> new constitution

->Independence wars

-> NERP Creation

-> New Legal System

Government
Alamayn is a monarchial republic with an elected president, ruling council, and a permanent monarch called the Grand Sultan. It is considered one of the only stable democracies on Rathnir.

In the Alamayni governmental system, citizens are usually subject to three levels of government: Local, Provincial, and National. Local government officials are usually leaders of towns, while provincial officials are usually Governors (though provinces may have other leadership arrangements, such as a King).

The government’s powers are defined by the constitution, which serves as the country’s supreme legal document. The current constitution has been amended twice: once to change the electoral system from a plurality system to a ranked-choice system, and once to add a judicial system. The original constitution of Alamayn was entirely replaced on the 11th of December 2021.

Military
Alamayn’s armed forces include the Grand Army of the Republic, its primary infantry force; and the Order of the Sinking Sun, a special operations unit nicknamed “The Rat Squad".

Grand Army of the Republic
Founded on 12 January 2022, the Grand Army of the Republic is the largest branch of Alamayn's military. It is led by General Owen Dono. Its battles include the Third Siege of Adwa, the Battle of Aljazair, the Seaside-Baronov Civil War, and the Battle of Illerya.

The Order of the Sinking Sun
The Order of the Sinking Sun was formed in May of 2021 by Orm Hrolfson, an Axumite dwarf. Its stated aim was to ensure the continued existence and eventual supremacy of Axum. Though the cult seems to have disappeared at some point after the Second Siege of Adwa, its name and legacy were readopted by the Alamayni Rat Squad during the Alamayni Liberation Wars.

The tactics employed by the Order have their roots in the Allium-Coalition War, in which underequipped and poorly trained Alamaynis began utilizing guerilla tactics against the superior Bardonian forces. This and other experiences lead to the creation of the "Rat Doctrine:"

1.) Remain undetected until a time of your chosing.

2.) Maximize damage while minimizing loses.

3.) Never fight the enemy on their terms, flee from unfavorable engagements.

Though the Rat’s tactics are officially classified, the Rats of the Order received international notoriety after beating Seaside 4,375 points to Seaside’s 99 in the Seaside-Baronov Civil War. Their battle participation record is classified.

Religion
Alamayn's state mandated religion, with the election of President BlackAdder, is Arosianism and if one worships another religion a tax must be paid to continue the worship of their superior beings.