Korosechev

Korosechev, Officially the Farmer's Commune of Korosechev is a country located in northeast Eldham. Some consider it the largest communist society in Eldham according to land area and population - not to be confused with socialist societies that are ideologically communist.

Korosechev declared it's independence from the Confederation of Garxijos on January 22nd, claiming ownership to Korosechev Island which was also claimed by Fréves, leading the two into a war which ended with Korosechev annexing Fréves and asserting undisputed claim over the entire island.

The country has a strong indigenous culture based around Agriculture and Farming, influencing a majority of national affairs from government structure & leadership to religion and moral values. Additionally, Korosechev is extremely communist; with money and capitalism being illegal. It is also very Anti-Monarchy & Anti-Democracy, and slightly Anti-Socialism.

Etymology
The name "Korosechev" is a composite word. Koro in relation to the natives of the island, and  Sechev  being an ancient Koro word essentially meaning "Land of" (Similar to the -Stan suffix,) therefore a literal translation of the name would be "Land of the Koro." This suffix can be applied to any nation to form it's Koro name; for example, Helsia would be "Helsiansechev."

Settling Down
Shortly after joining the server and being accepted into COG, recently purchased land out west was offered as a settling ground for a new farming town, in particular a moderately sized, unnamed island; seeing as the region was very sparsely populated and had cleanly cut river borders. This was promptly accepted and a group consisting of COG Chancellor Robras and new citizen crooser64 heading out to begin construction of a small village. Upon arrival, A small house was torn down for resources, then shortly after COG President Buoyo arrived to honorarily build the first structure. This would later become a storage shed for wheat, and formally begin the creation of Orbiztan.

Formation Of Korosechev
Shortly after Orbiztan was formed, elections were held in COG, giving leverage to create a state in government land. These were swiftly taken and used in order to pass a vote through the government and then the populous to form Korosechev. Then on 6/9/2021, Korosechev was born.

Calm Before The Storm
The next few weeks were very simple. Farming was expanded and the beginning of the Golden Island Plan was started, aiming at covering the whole island in wheat with only a little room for residency. This saw a few people move out west to assist in this, namely DatB (At the time a governor from the state of Pancioni) and Onakhm (A member of Cogress from Garxijos.) These two people would later become key players in the history and fate of Korosechev.

War of Independence
After a while, the 2nd piece of the plan was initialized, declaring independence from COG. This process was slow and drawn out, as a brute force uprising was deemed impossible due to a lack of support. Attempts were made to simply annoy President Buoyo and Chancellor Robras so much that they would expel Korosechev out of the confederation. Eventually, a declaration was officially made on November 1st, 2021, Leading to Orbiztan being occupied by the COG military. The next day, a vote was held to dissolve Korosechev into the newly forming Western Commonwealth state in COG, which passed with a overwhelming majority. Korosechev was promptly declared public enemy number one, seeing as there was nothing to really be upset with in such a peaceful time. crooser64 personally struck a deal with Buoyo, giving him the right to stay in Orbiztan on the condition that he would leave the COG discord and never return.

Lost To The Silence
Following the dissolution and exile, Korosechev officially ceased to exist on 3/11/2021. Eventually DatB moved into the area with Onakhm and claimed the farm land, using it to feed Garxeto, bringing immense distraught to those who had worked on it to serve everyone. This down time allowed for a deepening and discovery of Korosechev lore, something completely absent prior to the War of Independence. During this time, crooser64 wrote a full complete lore, a near complete religion and wrote an entire bible-like book to go with it (This book was lost however, and was never found,) as well as a political ideology and a government structure. Immense planning went into Korosechev's plan for Independence for when COG inevitably collapsed, and things were set up to take off. As for what was Korosechev in COG, the land was mostly passed around like a trading card for different states. Following the dissolution, it was added to the Western Commonwealth, then after the W.C. dissolved Korosechev became government land again, and then later on was split, with the top half given to Stultum as part of Grander Stultum, and the bottom half given to the new state of Fréves.

Preparations for Independence
In the last week of it's life-span, The Confederation began to annihilate itself with internal power struggles and differing party interests and faiths. This was not unnoticed by Korosechev, which quickly polished and refurnished itself, ready for a power struggle over the island with Fréves. A more aggressive stance was taken, and any sort of backing that could be taken was taken; Notably Robras retiring to his Garxijos Manor after things started collapsing to promote the state.

Conflict with Fréves
On January 22nd, 2022, La République de Fréves was declared as an independent state claiming to own the entirety of Korosechev Island, which was contested mere hours later by an independence declaration by The Farmers Commune of Korosechev. The two nations entered into a civil war, confusing many people who were unsure what was happening with the island or who owned it. On January 24th Fréves signed a treaty detailing that they cease to exist and that Korosechev become the sole singular power over the island. Later that day, Korosechev experienced a popularity boom, briefly becoming the fastest growing nation in Eldham. This was difficult to manage, but eventually everything was process and additional members started to filter in more slowly.

Red People's Reforms
On January 26th, a few dedicated Korosechev citizens gathered together to strike in protest at the current governments laws, structure, and chaos coming from it. A list of demands was drawn up and if not met, all involved would strike and encourage the country to strike. This was met with approval and sorrow from The Korosto, who begrudgingly agreed. A few of the major demands listed were


 * Allowing civilians to make their own money via selling
 * Writing a constitution
 * Diversification of crops grown

The strike was deemed a massive success from both parties, drastically improving and propelling Korosechev's chances of survival.

General Expansion
After the first few days of chaos, things began to calm down and stability was returned to the island. Following the reforms, the government was considered extremely loyal, with several citizens even revoking their dual citizenship to become pure Koro citizens. This made path for a slower, but consistent expansion.

Renaming into Ball Ball Ball 2
On March 18th, 2022 a suggestion was submitted to rename the nation into Ball Ball Ball 2. The next day, the suggestion gained traction and managed to get enough approval votes to initiate a state-wide vote to rename the nation. The vote was short lived, and was the most mixed vote to date, but it managed to go through. On the next day the nation was officially renamed to Ball Ball Ball 2.

Over a month later on the 4th of may another vote was held to revert the name back due to several people simply no longer referring to the nation as Ball Ball Ball 2. The name was viewed as a funny joke, but it was time to put it to an end and swap back. The vote passed with a two thirds lead.

Peace and Quiet
After the collapse of Uraka, Korosechev became extreme comfy and had almost no bad relations. Tensions with Helsia were cleared up now that the dust from the Collapse had time to settle. after the abdication of king Buoyo of Bärenland (The Confederation of Garxijos's successor state,) relations begun to improve tremendously, although still with solemn seeing as the actions committed by the CoG are still fresh in the minds of the populous.

Several nations also tried puppet Korosechev, including but not limited to Scylding, Aristios, Einberg and The Imperium. These requests were all denied as Koro nationalism remained steadfast in it's identity of independence. Korosechev was also approached by a few organizations and alliances such as The Union to ask if Korosechev would like to join. These were all also denied.

Two 2nds
On the 30th of October 2022, some land consisting of about 30 chunks containing old run-down unused land was purchased from Amarillo for the price 100k by player BurinVoyager#2556 and then gifted to Korosechev. The obtaining of this new land marked the first ever change to the borders of Korosechev, and marked the beginning of the 2nd Koro Internationale. At the same time, a few players joined Korosechev and wrote their characters lore to be 2nd generation Koro; meaning that Korosechev officially had citizens that were nationally Koro at birth. Unfortunately, only a week later the 2nd Koro internationale would be dissolved when Amarillo returned stating that the sale had been illegitimate and that they would refund Korosechev for the land. The entire populous of Korosechev united in sorrow, as the city of Zkoatia had been the most successful city for Korosechev in months; and Amarillo expressed deep apologies for having to retake the land.

Koro Renaissance & Sledgehammer Doctrine
Following Korosechev's 1 year anniversary of independence, a national focus system was invented that mirrored such a system seen in Hearts of Iron 4. This system was found to be incredibly effective; and what started out as a half joke quickly revived the nation into one of the most active nations in the entire CoG region. Several old citizens came back to Korosecehv and began to reminisce about the olden days; and a phase of reflection on the early days of Korosechev and what made it so successful began. In a time when the CoG region was starting to collapse, Korosechev began flourishing.

Arts and culture flourished, diplomacy increased, and the nation became inspired to take advantage of it's surroundings in order to benefit itself. A sort of "Sledgehammer Doctrine" began to form with a resurgence in the popularity of Koro-HyperNationalism as the populous started to openly cheer for the destruction and collapse of the CoG region, with many having full faith that it was Korosechev's duty and destiny to "Smash" the region like fragile glass and pick up the pieces to form the theoretical state of Kogrosechev; a hypothetical nation consisting of the old CoG land under the rule of Korosechev.

Uniting With Cognia
As the Workers' Syndicate of North Valresh began to collapse, Korosechev began preparations to sink its teeth into the region and try and consolidate power and land; wanting to finally liberate and merge with Cognia. Cognia-Korosechev have always been very good, with Koro viewing Cognians as their brothers on the other side of history who were constantly repressed and withheld from their dreams by over-extending and vicious empires plundering their land and manpower for their own gain. A treaty was drafted between Korosechev and Cognia that would merge the two states, and this was agreed to by the current overlords of Cognia; thus on the 26th of Febuary 2023, Cognia officially joined Korosechev, marking the first Koro step towards Kogrosechev.

War of Independence
The War of Independence was a conflict between Korosechev and Confederation of Garxijos following the failed Korosechev independence movement. The war was largely uneventful, but still had notable events, such as the Orbiztan Skirmish in which CoG chancellor Robraph was murdered several times in Orbiztan in an attempt to curfew the city.

The war was short lived, and was a complete disaster for Korosechev, resulting in the complete destruction of the state and the land it occupied being given to the newly formed Western Commonwealth. In lore the independence war is represented by the Koro Genocide, where a majority of the Koro natives were slaughtered.

War for the Commune
The War for the Commune was a conflict between La République de Fréves under the leadership of Onakhm (also known a pope), and the Farmers Commune of Korosechev shortly after the breakup of CoG. The war was minor, but important for the two states as the war would forever determine who would be the true face of the island. Both sides openly admitted that they would do the exact same thing if either side won (that being join the other side and farm,) and it was more of a purely ideological war between the Communist Dictatorship Commune of Korosechev and the Capitalist Monarchy Republic of Fréves. The war was concluded with a simple request from crooser64 sent to Onakhm to politely hand over the island. Onakhm agreed citing that the ending of the island would be the same outcome either way, and that Korosechev had already been snow balling a lot more. Overall the war generated a lot of confusion, with outsiders and even insiders being puzzled as to what was going on with the island. The war was finalized with the signing of the Korosechev Truth Agreement; Detailing the complete dissolution of Fréves and it's whole incorporation into Korosechev.

First Tree War
"Main Article: Tree Wars"The First Tree War was the first in a series of conflicts between Korosechev and The Republic of Helsia over trees being planted on Korosechev Island. The war began on January 29th 2022 when Aaronx4b entered into a newly independent Korosechev and began planting trees. Chaos ensued as several Koro citizens attempted to expel Aaron while also attempting to cut down the trees being planted, and Aaron began fending them off them while invisible. Eventually Aaron was slain and agreed to stop attacking Korosechev in exchange for a bunch of alcohol. A peace treaty was signed later that day.

The war also caused a mass extermination of trees in Korosechev, as the public began viewing a majority of trees in a negative light. It is due to this root cause that, in the modern day, almost 90% of all naturally generated trees are on Korosechev island have been cut down.

Government Structure
The government of Korosechev is a Civilian Dictatorship. The only elections held are for governors and ministers, whom run cities and ministries. These elections are held monthly, and the positions are legally defined as elections to assist the Korosto in running the country, however in practice they do have authority over citizens to perform their roles. All ministers and governors are a part of The Collective, which is the entire body that runs the government. In terms of leadership, the Korosto is an Autocratic Dictator in complete control of the country; being able to enact any policy or procedure without any restraints whatsoever.

Politics
Politically charged entities such as parties are completely banned, and all candidates must be politically aligned with the nation in order to prevent division between the state. The politics of Korosechev are best described as a calm and relaxed process, with candidates often being happy to change position to avoid overlapping elections. The Korosto is a simple permanent head of state who's sole purpose is to defend and improve the lives of all it's subjects. relying on the trust of the populous to not rebel. The current Korosto, crooser64, has received generally positive reviews for his contribution and upholding of the role, however some have also sought to add more democratic elements and there has been numerous incidents of negative reception and scrutiny to certain policies.

National Focuses
Korosechev possesses a national focus system taken from the game Hearts of Iron 4. Every two months, or when the previous one is completed, a new focus tree is posted and the population will vote on which focus to complete. Some focuses are physical, such as putting national resources and manpower into the construction of things such as Battleships or Buildings, and some focuses are more theoretical; like gaining War Goals on nations or Encouraging Activity.

Traditions
The every day traditions of Korosechev date back as far as 4,000 years, and are often simplistic in nature. People are expected to share their resources and not withhold their gains from the rest of the community, as well as taking only what they need and refraining from relying strictly on others while acting lazy themselves. People are expected to farm regardless of profession, age, or strength; whatever they can provide, they are encouraged to do so.

Ancient Koro holidays and superstitions are also relevant to modern day Korosechev, particularly those around death and the afterlife. In Koro culture it is believed that the dead live on as long as they are remembered, and that these spirits can be re-awoken to briefly return to the realm of the living by playing pleasant music. These apparitions often appear as blue, wavy, faded ghosts; capable of interacting with the physical realm for the duration of their return. An organized event called the "Death Night Festival" is held every year in which a large group of people will get together and perform to awaken the spirits of the dead and celebrate along side them.

Cuisine
A majority of the dishes consumed in Korosechev are bread or wheat based. The native Koro have largely subsisted off of strictly bread for several thousand years, and as such different types have emerged for different occasions. The most common type of bread is simple loafs made with yeast, wheat, and sugar; typically made for standard everyday meals. A type of bread roll called KSNCR is typically made by mixing in paprika, cinnamon, and nutmeg into the bread and increasing the sugar content, making a sweeter and more flavorful dessert bread consumed on special occasions. Several other types exist, but are less prominent.

After the introduction of foreigners to Koro soil, several cultures brought their own twists and ingredients that mixed with the traditional stables of Korosechev to create new dishes and food culture. In particular following the Koro Genocide and subsequent reconstruction, immigrants from all across Eldham brought their diets and formed sub communities that propagated and integrated these foods into the grain based Koro society; resulting in pastas, cakes, pizzas, cookies, and with the introduction of new spices there were more combinations with traditional bread; including the creation of garlic bread.

Arts
Koro arts are relatively recent in terms of their immergence; the Koro have not historically created or promoted any form of visual art or literature, and thus the arts only arrived in Korosechev following contact with the CoG. The first arts in Korosechev were literature penned by people who had learnt Traveler's Tongue, including Kroosechev Verokov who wrote extensively about the Koro and their history. Some writers in Garxeto also wrote about the Koro.

Following reconstruction and independence several immigrants brought the arts to Korosechev, including the first visual arts such as paintings. Artists from the USSE in particular introduced landscaping of the wheat fields, as well as national personifications of Korosechev. Countryballs also became popular amongst the entire population as easy morale boosts and expressions of compassion for Korosechev; especially political cartoons during times of tension.

Media
Korosechev has several forms of domestic Media, most of which were created after independence. Korosechev has a national newspaper administered by the Ministry of Media called "The Truth of Korosechev," which releases articles regarding Korosechev and it's Neighbours, as well as events likely to effect day-to-day life.

There is also a minor film industry in Korosechev, with a single film called Korosechev the Movie being produced with additional films planned; typically depicting Koro life and cultural norms, intended for consumption across Eldham and not just within Korosechev.

Sports and Recreation
Basketball and Soccer are the most prominent sports played in Korosechev. Basketball is a native sport that has been recorded being played as far as ~2,000 years ago, with the rules being standardized after joining the Confederacy to allow other states to have small-scale competitions. Soccer is the only sport Korosechev has competed in on an international level; competing in an Eldham-wide event.

Competitive farming is a common recreational activity often undertaken by groups of people seeking to impress each other and further develop their skills and technique. Organized events typically have competitive farming competitions as a way to finish off and increase wheat stocks.

Religion
The official religion of Korosechev is Koriches, a regional religion passed down through generations. Religious freedom is allowed however, as long as no church or site of worship is larger or more grandiose then the theoretical church of Koriches. The 2nd largest religion is Coke-Vending Machineism, followed by Lux and Soleviel.

Ethnicity
Only a few players are canonically born and raised in Korosechev, with a majority of Korosechev citizens are immigrants with an overwhelming percentage being former CoG residents. Additional minor immigrant groups are; USSE, Simulami, Uraki and Rodin. Ironically, a very small amount of Korosechev citizens are racially Koro, with the only still active Koro player being crooser64. The nation is also home to the remaining Cognian players on Stoneworks following the nation gaining Cognia.

Geography
"Main Article: Korosechev Island"

Natural Geography
The main section of the nation is located in the northeast of Eldham in the region of Valresh. The entire country is hosted on a single island, Korosechev Island, which is surrounded by a thin river, with only a small opening into the Katolian Sea in the north. On the north of the island are large plains with a small savannah. Further down in the mid section of the island, a more forested area covers the land until the south. On the south side of the island, a large jungle covers a majority of the land. The eastern side of the island has a single, dormant volcano beside a small mountain-range over looking a swamp. The western side has slightly hilly and clear terrain.

Human Geography
A large portion of the nation's development is in the north, especially in the capital city of Orbiztan, which harbors the largest wheat and seed reserves in the country, as well as a hotel and the houses of several government officials. The city of Syvatoy, which originally covered the southern side of the island, was incorporated into Orbiztan on the 25th of March following the deporting of the Governor, Saint of frogs, who promptly deleted her claim. The second city on the island is Arztotzka, which resides on the eastern side at the foot of the mountains. The final city on the island is the city of Kolechnia, and was founded by the ex-prince of Fréves, Novius.