Nizkaya

Nizkaya (Lo'Oi: Nizkáa, Kolsson: Nisseiy) is a small Lausán Lo'Oix village in the United Socialist States of Eldham. It was within the State of Ljordmir - before Ljordmir, Croscograd, and Kolssonafell united into the singular State of Kramenix where it remains today. The village's current Mayor is Divinus Vetavos.

While boasting an incredibly small population today, it is one of the single oldest continuously inhabited cities in all of Serrona. It was formerly known for its agricultural production but has since fallen economically. It is connected by a USSE-built road called Ladoxol Street to cities like Kazkaya and Manzig, and also to cities like Bierzhan.

It is perhaps most famous for its position in the immediate aftermath of the Kunir War and the Débalo Dakoroto (Traveler's Tongue: Great Humiliation) which saw the displacement of more than 2/3 of the USSE's citizens and one of Eldham's very first ethnic cleansing campaigns. During this time period, it was the only remaining populated USSE-controlled city and was temporarily the capital of the nation, at this point the city boasted many refugee camps. This time period is perhaps most famously covered in a text/epic called Dé'i Dakoroto (Traveler's Tongue: The Humiliation), which discusses Nizkaya at great length.

The city is also well known for a myth, that says former President/General Secretary Xeroise Ronango'O rode on a horse named Ladoxol to flee the city of Laria following the Kunir War and made her way to Nizkaya. Upon arrival, she buried her belongings in a chest/shulker box underground in the city. To this date, three separate excavations have occurred there to try and locate the 'Treasure of Xeroise ', which supposedly contained various relics and historical artifacts from the time period. The last excavation happened in around 215 TE, around 145 years after the initial treasures were supposedly buried.

Multiple "resettlement" campaigns have been attempted to bring life and reconstruction to the city, but none thus far have managed to catch on in success. However, the city today does look remarkably different from how it appeared in its early, more famous, history.

Founding and the Kunir War
Nizkaya was founded on June 9th 2021 by mebad. Everything went as it had to, but then the Kunir War hit, which made many people flee to Nizkaya, making it a mess. Nizkaya is the only city in the USSE that never was in the hands of another nation.

With the return of the lands, the city lost nearly everyone. Its former citizens went back to their homes or to other cities. The aftermath of the Kunir War turned Nizkaya into a deserted town, with the only remaining residents being djopis and mebad. After djopis left, mebad started the rebuilding of Nizkaya, however it was never completed and the town was abandoned for months.

Revival
After MeBad_ got inactive and the town got abandoned, Issac Vetavos (RedGunn911), after retiring from the Government, rebirthed Nizkaya and started a resettlement program in order to revive the dead town. However, progress was slower than expected, and the city was very sparsely populated. Unfortunately, Issac Vetavos was very old and couldn't continue the resettlement program on his own. He finally retired from being the Mayor of Nizkaya and gave the title to a new USSE citizen who had been helping him in the program, Sheinux77. Sheinux77 continued the program, building many houses and growing the city. Around this time, the USSE became an autonomous nation to Scylding.

Larian Raid
One day Zarotli claimed some land near Manzland, which caused some Larians to be mad, and raided Nizkaya on the 18th January 2023. The Larians involved were UnderscoreNora(_xNora)and MysticYourHeart (LetheanTears). UnderscoreNora appeared in Nizkaya, claiming to be a high-level USSE politician and gave orders to the Mayor Sheinux77, who was currently in the city at the time. However, Sheinux77 wasn't fooled by UnderscoreNora and refused to follow her orders, resulting in Sheinux77 being murdered, and the city being raided. Unfortunately, despire the USSE People's Revolutionary Army, the Adalor Guard, and the People's Security Bureau being alerted, the Larians successfully took the city, and Nizkaya fell. Today, the city has recovered and grown significantly larger since the raid, however activity has dropped and Nizkaya currently has a very low number of citizens.