Razuni Sultanate

Summary
The Razuni Sultanate is a nation located in the southern regions of Eldham. It is a land of rolling deserts and sprawling forests, and a people who value community, peace, and justice above all else. It is a theocratic monarchy, the national religion being Salranism.

History
The capital city, Al-Razun, was founded May 31st, 2021 by Bashar Razud, (IGN: KingTheodin756). He discovered an ideal spot near an ocean monument and settled down and established the first city of the nation. Early in the construction of Al-Razun, it was plagued by bandits who in multiple times attacked the developing small town. Although the problem was quite troublesome, it would come to an end after a short battle between Razuni forces and the bandits hordes. A period afterwards, a wall was constructed around the entirety of the now city.

The Razuni Sultanate soon grew in power and numbers, and conquered a large amount of territory around itself. Within this territory there was the towns of Osgiliath and Hermonia. Osgiliath would join the Razuni Sultanate as one of its towns, and after some negotiation with the leader of Hermonia, Zacata the Slimecatking  (IGN: MasterJetRocks) , Hermonia would became a vassal state of the nation.

On June 18th, both the nation and its vassal would join the Counter Coup Coalition (CCC), which also included, the UBSR, and the Aionios Impervia. On the 22nd, the Razuni Sultanate formed a defensive pact known as the Southern Guard Bloc (SGB) along with Wandenreich, Neubaykonia, and the USSE.

Kunir War
The first war the Sultanate would take place in was the The Kunir War. Being both members of the ARS and having a defensive alliance with the USSE, they felt it was their duty to protect their ally from what seemed like an imperialistic power and threat. Razuni soldiers would gather what few sets of enchanted gears and weapons they had (stealing some from other citizens in the process) and made their way to Port Crelov. Before the battle even began, one of the Razuni soldiers would be stricken down during a sneak attack. Due to the server restarting and connection issues most of the soldiers would be unable to join the fight. It seemed that the server restarting was a blessing because of the immediate bloodbath that took place afterwards. Because of the absolute defeat in defending their ally, the Razuni Sultanate would attempt to stay away from foreign affairs and focus on internal affairs.

Skjold - Limuria War
However, this shift towards internal affairs would have to wait. Skjoldrbrodir would reach out to the Razuni Sultanate only 2 days later in help defeating the Limurians. After an unanimous vote by the House of Nobles, the Razuni Sultanate would join in assisting Skjoldrbrodir. However, because the nation was still recovering from the last battle, only Bashar Razud and Malar R. Blackwood were able to assist in the war. During the battle of Steinborg, they would in total defeat 3 enemies, and gained a good amount of loot. Razuni forces would not only assist in defending Steinborg, but would make their way to the Limurian capital and do some looting. This battle was a decisive victory and raised morale throughout the Razuni Sultanate.

The Medena Emergency
After the adoption of democracy in Medena the government slowly began to destabilize. The situation worsened to the point where the monarchist party leader Silver came to the sultan for aid in the overthrowing of the government. Luis Von de Hotin, a new politician in the Razuni Sultanate, took over the case and begun organizing the collaborators. Soon he took over the Monarchist Party and gather support for a popular coup. After the bloodless coup d'etat, named "The Medena Emergency", of the nation, the mad Lehelium Party led by HentaiSlr69 and Memeruler, choose to leave the nation. This also made the leader of the Libertarians, Myckul, to leave. The then Sultan of Al-Razun, KingTheoden756, decreed that the province could elect an emir to rule over it that would answer to the sultan, but The Founder of Medena (John Ian) declared himself King of Medena and so the Medenian Civil War began with The Al-Razuni's winning, and after the civil war the people of Medena would be Razuni citizens with all of the same rights and responsibilities including freedom of religion, freedom of press, and freedom of speech. And as of July 20th 2021 the Province of Medena would become part of the Razuni sultanate as a integrated province.

Brenran Integration
Just before the Razuni Sultanate would integrate the Province of Medena, the town of Hermonia was struggling in terms of money and population attraction, and Malar R. Blackwood (IGN : High_Monarch) felt that it would be best in Zacata the Slimecatking's (IGN : MasterJetRocks) interests for the town to be fully integrated into the Razuni Sultanate, meaning their government would be forced to give Hermonia full support. In this integration, Zacata would become Emir of a few other islands in the creation of a new, special province; called the State of Brenra, which included the islands of Hermonia, Aera and Agon-Shar. The Brenran integration happened on the 18th of July 2021.

Entrance Into the Zamotz Union
On the 14th of August, Alaina Arianrhod, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, made negotiations with the Zamotz Union to start a trial period in joining them, Indo Abn Nasir Al Malik who was the current Sultan, agreed to the trial period as well though not being initally in favor of it, but over time he would grow to be attached to his new Zamotz brothers. After 2 weeks; the trial period time was over, and it was confirmed that the Razuni Sultanate would fully join the Zamotz Union, but like the other nations, be autonomous. This action was taken to ensure more cooperation and participation on both sides than before.

 Indo Abn Nasir’s Reign and The Zamotz Union 

Indo Abn Nasir after having succeded Jack Zakar, officially approved entrance into Zamotz only a day in to his reign. Indo Abn Nasir at the start of his reign was promising, maintaining relative peace and stability in Razuni, and promising to rebuild the many outdated cities Razuni had at this time such as its own capital, Maldeqem of Medena, Hermonia, Agon-Shar, etc, many of which he did give federal aid in the form of builders, citizens, money, etc. Upon entrance into the Zamotz Union, Indo was cold towards his new peers and statesmen, but eventually warmed up to many of them,  eventually becoming an important member of the union itself, even getting some countries to join zamotz. However Indo had his flaws, for one he was compared to many other razunis and statesmen, rather brash and almost rude in some instances. Much of this came to a head during the several wars Indo would go on to represent Razuni in with the Zamotz Union and the Eldham Entete, during Indo’s time, Razuni participated in much more foreign affairs and wars than it had previously in an attempt to give his mostly inexperienced and untalented soldiers, a taste and experience in War. Indo himself remained very active, joining wars and fighting valiantly alongside allies, however most of Razuni generally wanted peace, this brought much divide and strife among his council and the Sultan, who now had to choose between his Razuni brothers, and his ones in Zamotz. Eventually it came to Indo’s attention after he recieved a letter from his successor, Malar Blackwood detailing on how most of the councilmen had planned a coup after the increased divides, and Medena, a then province rising out of the ashes under the Arianrhod family. Despite his immense fury, he pardoned his council, a decision he himself is unsure he should have done. The divides reached a boiling point after the war between the Aurorans of Rathnir and the Eldham Entete, when Razuni who was tired of being in Zamotz due to the widespread belief and in some cases, propoganda among the Razuni nobles that Zamotz, Shirokaneza, and the Eldham Entete that Indo had befriended over the long duration he had been with them in zamotz, were cruel warmongerers, which Indo and Elkool, the famed Uraki-Shirokanezan general of Zamotz and one of the heads of the Entete vigorously denied the accusations. Shortly after intense talks with the Zamotz government and to Indo’s Lament, Razuni left the union, and its future, was uncertain. Indo Abn Nasir’s reign had its ups and downs, while he devoloped infrastructure and rebuilt many cities, along with an attempted reformation of the military and putting down several attempted coups, he also made Razuni involved in many wars and rather intertwined with Zamotz.

 Leaving Zamotz, the Irisnia Split, and Present Day 

After much debate and internal tension, it was decided that the Sultanate would leave the Zamotz Union. The following period would be a time of inactivity for much of the Sultanate's population, being dragged down by the stress of each other's inactivity and a few heated internal arguments. This stress eventually surmounted to Irisnia splitting off using the guise of a festival, which despite their claims was attended by one Slanority Blackwood, who they threatened and kicked out of the city it was held in, Eldia, after surrounding them in full armor. The next weeks would be full of only tension, but would also launch the Sultanate into overdrive. The once inactive population flew into a fast-paced activity after Indo, the previous sultan, stepped down out once the Irisnians declared independence from not wanting to deal with it. The next Sultan was quickly crowned, being Malar R. Blackwood. The people were at the time very angry at the Irisnians, feeling hurt by their backstabbing tactics, though much of this died down after a week or so. The Present day Razuni Sultanate remains active, beginning to creep more and more towards a new golden age in terms of progress and activity.

Government
The government of the Razuni Sultanate is that of an absolute monarchy. It is currently ruled by the Blackwood Dynasty, with Malar R. Blackwood acting as the Sultan. Underneath the Sultan is the House of Viziers, a group of trusted advisors who help guide and assist the Sultan in affairs of state. However, the Sultan has final say on all matters. The Sultanate is split amongst multiple towns, each run by an Emir/Emira who manages their affairs.