Mosir-Sumari

Mosir-Sumari, (roughly translated: the land of the foxes), was once the realm of a subterranean city; however, due to increasing population growth, they were forced to migrate to the surface for survival. The Sumari People have expanded their territory and influence through much of Central Phoros, and have established a functioning nation since their emergence, with great focus and effort put into securing land for their people, and promoting prosperity and security for their nation.

Despite its expansionist and militaristic origins, Mosir-Sumari now encompasses far more than just the Sumari, and has become a successful multicultural nation. Azuma-Zi making up the majority non-Sumari cultures, it maintains a relative level of cultural autonomy within Mosir-Sumari, owing to the mutually beneficial nature of the Merging of the two nations.

As of February 20th, 2022, the nations of Mosir-Sumari, Amarillo, and Vespera joined together in an alliance known as the Covenant of Embers.

Etymology
The name 'Mosir-Sumari' finds its origin from the language spoken by a race long gone. They named the fox-kin as Sumari, and taught them at their infancy, before disappearing into history.

Culture
The culture of the Sumari people is often believed to be vaguely hierarchical in nature, but not in a traditional manner, owing to the common belief among the Sumari that the spiritual nature of existence is in constant flow, and ever-changing.The Sumari similarly have a fascination with all things new and interesting, often adopting aspects of local cultures and langauges into their own, but also taking a special interest in technological, scientific, and philosophical advances of any sort, often seeking out any knowledge they can find to expand their own realm of information, and learning anyway they can how to best utilize and apply their knowledge to better meet their needs and desires.

Government
The Government of Mosir-Sumari is an Absolute Monarchy, led by the Kamuykur, aided by the Niskur, a council of ministers and advisors to the Kamuykur, assisting her in all governance and leadership of the country. Many of the day-to-day activities of Mosir-Sumari, however, are managed by a joint effort of the National Government and local leaders, in an effort to promote unity, cooperation, and coordination between all of them.

Succession in Mosir-Sumari is non-hereditary, and the Heir to the Kamuykur is chosen by the sitting Kamuykur, with the Niskur selecting one if the Kamuykur dies, retires, or is otherwise incapacitated without a selected heir.

National Policies
Mosir-Sumari has cemented, either in law or in practice, several national policies which serve to guide the politics of the country going forward. The most notable policies are listed below.

Internal Development
Mosir-Sumari has a strong policy enforcing internal development, promoting growth of citizenship, the creation of new towns in unsettled land, and the expansion of national infrastructure to connect each town together.

Diplomatic Pragmatism
The diplomatic nature of Mosir-Sumari has been what most would describe as "pragmatic" in nature, with many of its diplomatic decisions being simply whatever is believed to have the most benefit to the nation and its people. Notable examples of this would include the alliance of the Covenant of Embers, as well as the Non-Aggression Pact with the nation of Oceanum.

Militarism
Mosir firmly believes in maintaining a strong, well armed standing military force as a central focus of its national security, to secure its territorial sovereignty and deter outside aggression,

Ideology
Mosir-Sumari's ideology is difficult to properly define (WIP, will expand later on this)

History
The recorded history of Mosir-Sumari is a long and well kept, deriving from long written tradition among the Sumari, dating back thousands of years, with record keepers being some of the most important people in Sumari cultural tradition.

Origins
The people of Mosir-Sumari once lived under the bedrock of the world. They lived in comfort and their population grew massively. Their lifestyle became unsustainable, and such, a band of Sumari -as they call themselves,- sought a proper new home. They dug within under the confines of the layer of bedrock that separated them, & the great unknown... Until, one of the Sumari noticed a softening in the bedrock, and swiftly dug through to the other side. They noticed a softer stone, and most importantly space. A capacity for growth. Space unoccupied by the Sumari, -or anyone else to their knowledge-, and they understood to seek shelter past layer of bedrock, into the great unknown.

The Great Unknown
They mined through the stone into the world of man, shocked to find that the stone could end. That they were settling on the other side of this wonder. Sunlight was a welcomed changed. It's warmth fulfilled an inner satisfaction akin to necessity, and thus they settled where it could touch. Nighttime, was also welcomed, as the breeze awoke joys not previously understood. Some Sumari however, preferred the less overwhelming, and more closer known stone beneath, but still wished to remain within a reasonable distance. They settled right under their brothers on the surface, barely ever peeking their heads outside.

First Contact
Shortly after the Sumari sprung their first structures into existence, the people of Skjoldrbrodir noticed, and approached the Sumari, for the Sumari had settled in their land.

Diplomats from Skjoldrbrodir saw cavemen, barely developing. The truth was farther than that; The Sumari are proud, and capable. Their requests were simple, "We wish for this land, so that our people do not hunger, nor fear of having families living in quarters meant for two." They understood the pains of overpopulation, and they did not wish to relive it. Yet, Skjoldrbrodir attempted to swindle deals with less land, less resources. The Sumari would not entertain this. They understood their necessities, and were willing to fight for them. Eventually, the Skjoldrbrodir leadership caved, and gave the Sumari people all usable land from the Sumari demands.

Co-Existence with the Machines
After establishing themselves as a presence within their new world of Eldham, the Sumari people looked outwards. They weren't strangers to war, but took their hand for diplomacy. Mosir-Sumari had to find further usable land, and struck towards Azuma-Zi. For once, the Sumari leadership were willing to listen, their curiosity about the mechanations and inventions within the Azuma-Zi region expanded. While most of the Sumari people are hesitant or unwilling to embrace any sorts of changes to their bodies, they have been open to cooperating, and in turn Mosir-Sumari diplomatically absorbed Azuma-Zi into their realm.

Altercations with Jestae
Mosir-Sumari had a border dispute with the overseas territory Jestae had controlled. After several attempts of kindly asking to pay, Mosir-Sumari eventually approached the Jestae leader with an ultimatum of "Hand us over the land, or war." After several hours of negotiations, Jestae finally agreed to hand over the territories on a cost of $225,000 and gave over control to Mosir-Sumari.

The Crisis of Central Eldham (War of Scorched Shields)
Several bad actors within Skjoldrbrodir planned a coup within Mosir-Sumari to hand the territory over to Skjoldrbrodir while creating a loyal rump state with the leftover territory. The leader of Skjoldrbrodir, AC0N had chosen not to share the information, so when the Kamuykur discovered the plot she had taken it as a threat upon her national sovereignty. Mosir-Sumari called our Skjoldrbrodir and immediately created an alliance with another nation in control by the Kyani bloodline, Amarillo. The alliance caused two higher ups in Skjoldrbrodir to threaten and insult Amarillo in an attempt to break the alliance with Mosir-Sumari, only creating further tension and adding to the crisis. Amarillo and Mosir-Sumari geared up, planning for battle in the background while they were dragged to peace talks.

The war had 2 major battles in and around the Skjoldrbrodir castle of Hafnaheim. The first battle, which saw overwhelming numbers in favor of the Sumari allied forces, was a resounding, but bloody victory for Mosir-Sumari that resulted in many casualties inflicted due to infighting in the ranks of the Sumari allied forces. The second battle, which took place some weeks afterward, saw an enormous bolstering of Skjoldrbrodir's forces, many of which were turncoats that had fought for Mosir-Sumari previously, but for various reasons (most namely, hostilities with others fighting for Mosir-Sumari) they had betrayed Mosir-Sumari, which resulted in overwhelming numbers that saw a shattering defeat of the Sumari allied forces, and the sacking of the Sumari capital of Itakshiir.

After the Second Battle of Hafnaheim, negotiations with Skjoldrbrodir fell through, as morale on the Sumari side wavered. Ultimately though, what decided the end of the conflict was the involvement of Rodinnbrok in the war; Sandy contacted the leadership of Mosir-Sumari with news that he had annexed Skjoldrbrodir, and had taken over for them in all future negotiations. A ceasefire had been signed for 3 weeks to determine the outcome of the war through peace negotiations, and after several weeks a peace was signed ending the War of Scorched Shields.

Succession of Erica z Červenliška
Sometime after the war with Skjoldrbrodir and later Rodinnbrok had ended, the first and founding Kamuykur of Mosir-Sumari, Alyssa Kyani, announced her retirement and departure from politics and business, naming Erica z Červenliška as her successor. For several weeks, Kamuykur Erica z Červenliška had acted to strengthen diplomatic outreach, as well as plan to internally develop Mosir-Sumari and try to recover from the losses taken during the war. Many of her initial efforts were in securing several Non-Aggression Pacts, Mutual Defense Pacts, and otherwise strengthening relations with other nations throughout Eldham, as well as working with her council to plan reconstruction, restructuring the nation, and regaining lost population.

Support for the Old Banners
A short while after Erica's ascention to the throne, a plot unfolded in the neighboring nation of Uraka, known as the Old Banners Rebellion, a widespread secessionist movement spanning all of the former territories of the Imperium of Uraka. Mosir-Sumari had long held very few official relations with Uraka, for fear of validating the common claim that Mosir-Sumari was a vassal of Uraka, with many fears inside of Mosir-Sumari that Uraki leadership had plans of annexing the nation behind the scenes. Ultimately Mosir-Sumari's involvement in the Old Banners Rebellion was minimal, other than offering tangential support in the form of aligning with the secessionist movement, as well as signing a Mutual Defense Pact with the Imperial Realm of Arktania.