History of Sahr
Ancient Egercia
Various nomadic peoples inhabited this area non-permanantly throughout prehistory. The earliest known permanant settlement of the region began when Aontan colonists flooded out of the Fhoen region in search of wealth and freedom. The ones who moved north founded settlements, many survive to this day such as Dugthail, Klensthail, and Ria.
As the world industrialised this region was left behind due to its lack of iron and coal. Egercians continued their pre-industrial lives while Tekkians became much more urbanised.
Great Decline and Formative era (1991-2106)
As the nations of the world split apart, Egercia became an independant nation in 1991 before it too split apart into smaller city-states. This brief period of independent unity was characterised by deadlock in the central government, resulting in local governments gradually taking more power to solve their own issues. As a result the citizens of this nation were often more loyal to their local area than their government, sharing little more than a common language.
Although Egercia was never officially dissolved as a nation, most local governments stopped associating with the central government in Dugthail, leading to the formation of city-states and fiefdoms with little to no international legitimacy. Small scale conflicts between these were common, but kept in a delicate balance of power. Raids from nomadic peoples in the northwest became common again. By the 2060s it is suspected the Chevspendi were part of these raiders, with some legends saying they appeared in the 2040s or 2030s.
Chevspendic invasion(2106-2116)
The Chevspendic horde invaded northern Egercia in 2106 with the goal of becoming a settled kingdom. The last Cynaz Miden lavro declared himself Prince of the Sahr principality, named after the Chevspendic word for the region "Sakhrlandiya" meaning "Sweet/Sugar Lands". Many new settlements were founded like Khosa, and old ones like Slovale and Dugthail were expanded upon.
Immediately there was a rift between the Chevspendic invaders and their Egercian subjects. Miden Ist spent much of his time attempting to merge the two cultures. Egercian was mandated as the state language with the 2109 Linguistic reform act, and a literacy programme followed. Many Egercians were brought to court and elevated into the new intellectual class.
Reunification of Egercia (2116-2155)
War of the Egercias (2122-2134)
Small scale skirmishes were taking place with other nations in the south since the Chevspendic invasion on account of a lack of an agreed border. Major wars were previously impossible due to the delicate power balance and the interference of Tekkia, which relied on the region's food exports and whose diplomats expertly played the microstates against eachother. However internal strife kept them busy, allowing a purely regional war to break out.
The Battle of Sys marked a point of no return as a Sahren border raid on Yablokuull 11th 2122 decisively routed the Kravsmadite garrison, and seized the trading outpost in the name of Miden 1st rather than looting and returning home. They held the position until reinforcements could arrive, prompting a crisis which Tekkia was not present to resolve, resulting in Grand duchy of Kravsmad formally declaring war on Sahr.
Sahrland launched a major offensive into Kravsmad with the goal of forcing a personal union. Kravsmad lost a series of battles and by 2124 94% of Kravsmadite land was occupied by Sahren forces. In Aughtafael, 2124 the Kingdom of Medraria joined the war against Sahrland citing the disruption of the power balance in the region. The Sahren military was outnumbered and lost several small battles forcing a withdrawal. By 2128 the Sahren government fled from Khosa to Slovale and a stalemate ensued.
Phoenia invaded southern Egercia in 2131 and marched northward against Kravsmad and Medraria. Sahrland began negotiations on a border to present themselves a useful minor ally to the larger country. Sahren counteroffensives made quick progress and by 2134 made contact with the Phoenian army. The resulting treaty split the territories nearly equally and forced Sahr and Phoenia to recognize eachother as sovereign states. The war left both states exhausted and unwilling to fight eachother.
International recognition (2122-2139)
Prince Miden Lavro passed and his son by the same name took the throne. Prince Miden Lavro the 2nd was known as the great reformer. Under his leadership the popularity of the government rose due to a growing economy and increased foreign relations. Under his reign Sahrland became an internationally recognized nation appearing on most maps by 2125. A variety of public works projects were undertaken to foster long term economic growth, including the mass adoption of the tekkian Rut as a currency.
However Miden 2nd passed at a relatively young age of () from a stroke and prompted the largest funeral service in the country by that point. The succession fell to his son Kirbo lavro, who was not even legally an adult yet. In the instability following, the "General Mouvemente for Sahren Democracy" began to amass power, to the point where kirbo lavro was forced into agreeing to a constitution which placed some power in the control of a parliament. this continued only for a short time, the parliament was shut down later in an attempt to return to absolute monarchy. This overstepping of power was a disaster for public support. Before any political factions could take advantage of the unrest, they began to fight eachother to ensure their side won. The government lost control of much of the country in the crisis and the military high command under chief of army Adamlarnin Kholsahr would launch a coup to prevent a civil war and institute a regency Junta.
Regency Junta(2139-2144)
The political groups which oppossed the government were swiftly persecuted and many were sent into exile. The General Mouvemente for Sahren Democracy and Worker's party merged to form the Republican party after fleeing into Phoenia, while the Labour party split and fled into ophir.
When the Burr War broke out, Stahlsieg units defected to Surnay taking control of several federal republics, prompting Phoenia and her new Sahren allies to join the coalition. The Sahren expeditionary force joined Nuvan forces for a joint invasion of Schrschnell, but arrived only after most of the heavy fighting was over and participated mostly in clearing holdouts and conducting relief efforts for the population there.
With much of the military overseas, the labour party launched an uprising to institute a Stilovist republic. They overran garrisons at the capital city of Khosa as well as Slovale, but would not be able to take Sys, Dugthail, or Klensagrad. These chaotic revolutions would later be called the Pozhar revolts. The revolutionaries succeeded at linking up but entered into modern trench warfare and bogged down. Regency Junta responded by launching Operation Kerosene which involved air-land coordination and amphibious assaults across the lakes to achieve surprise and take Khosa despite fierce resistance. These forces then pivotted north beginning the First siege of Slovale, taking the city and forcing the Kralnovists into hiding.
The Nuvastian administation entered a period of revolt similarly and the state collapsed, causing a crisis as the balance of power in the region shifted. The coalition decided to put a foriegn state in power to rebuild a functional government. Due to Sahrland's precarious positioning and lack of power, they were chosen as the most likely candidate to abide by neutrality. The Treaty of Phoezi declared the territory sahren, however unrest in the Wardia province proved nearly impossible to quell so the territory was allowed to break free with Sahrland gaining other minor concessions in return. Additionally the treaty port of Chadastok was purchased from Orion.
Following ophirian aggression to celepran and south comer, the junta publically demanded no action occur to these nations to preserve balance in the region. Ophir ignored this demand, and war would break out. Public support for the war was low. The klensagrad harbour strikes resulted in many losing their lives in a violent crackdown. The war would not end in a junta victory at all, the pride of the fleet SN-Doskriota was destroyed by ophirian aircraft. Phoenia pressured both sides into peace, Ophir settled on the treaty of cath which instituted a white peace. Both states entered periods of unrest afterward.
Sahren Civil War (2144-2146)
Following the treaty of Cath political dissidence increased and factions prepared for revolutions. The Republican party secretely conspired to Lavro Loyalists to start a revolt in Dugthail. In 2144 The Republicans launched an insurrection in Sys, the labour party launched an insurrection after in Klensagrad and another pocket in the north attempted to march to Slovale. the National Salvation Party launched an issurection in the north to also seize Slovale. several parties aligned to the sahren factions would also rise up in Sahren Nuvastia. The various factions overran the Junta quickly. (to be expanded upon)
In the aftermath of the war 80% of Slovale was destroyed, 13% of Khosa was destroyed, 32% of Klensagrad was destroyed, and 2 and 3% of Sus and Dugthail were destroyed respectively. The fighting bled 7% of the sahren population and 4% of the bastian population away. But now the governments of Phoenia and Sahr were ideologically compatible, and so Pan-Aontism was on the rise.
Post-war golden age (2146-2160)
After the civil war, President Nedfry Svoboda declared the Sahrland-Bastia commonwealth, Containing the territories of Bastia, Upper bastia, Sahrland, and Chadastok. The masses of conscripts provided a massive labour pool combined with prisoners of war serving penal labour sentences, which set out to rebuild the nation. Investment from all over kerbin (albeit mostly from tekkia) created a time of prosperity. Svoboda soon declared the South Sahrland Revolutionaries a terrorist organization and begun counter terror operations. The Sahren Republican Guard claimed victory the next year but the SSR would not be pacified until 2154.
In early 2148 the treaty of Phoezi expired, which mandated a sahren removal from the Nuvastian area. For most of the year it was renegotiated and the bastia region was allowed to be independent, while upper bastia was to remain in the commonwealth. This outcome could be considered dissatisfactory for all. Soon, as sahren officials predicted, Nuvastia joined the Zokesian Confederation.
At this time the nation was under a one party state, which would have to change, for it was mandated after 2150 the first elections would begin and the Republican coalition government would dissolve. When the first elections occurred, the worker's party (the second largest part within the republican alliance) Supported civil war hero Karlo Frakchiya who won by a landslide. His first act as president involved the Reformation of Greater Aontas by signing into a union with Phoenia. As a condition the egercian provinces of Baile and Rokfor were transferred into Sahrland, finally ending the separatist movements and bringing self-governance and representation back to the Egercian people.
Frakchiya's reign continued to foster the economic growth and peace in the previous years, instituting the first five year plan which aimed to revolutionise Sahren agriculture in preparation for industrialisation. On frakchiya's second term, he had narrowly won the election against both Daria Adaman and Gerbin Pridurok only because the liberal and conservative parties could not negotiate an alliance with another. The largest post civil war protest Sahrland saw eventually forced Frakchiya to resign in 2156 and Adaman won the elections afterward. The Post war golden age ended in the Hysteria of 2160, which brought on strife and complete economic reorganization.
the Forever Peace (2160-present)
The hysteria of 2160 was not economic collapse, but a spontaneous reorganization caused by increased international trade and the difference in scale between the Egercian and Tekkian economies. Workers moved to the southern Egercian regions as they showed more opportunities than the war torn Dugthail region. Military spending and unrest settled to the lowest they've ever been in Sahren history.
Kelbert-dua tengin was able to secure the next presidency with overwhelming superiority by accusing Adaman of selling out the country and promising a return to a state managed economy. The legacy of the Republican party finally died in the 2165 election as the parties formed from it ended their loose alliances.
From the 2180s onward Sahrland-Bastia as a whole suffered a general decline and caused the government to balloon with power and corruption to stop it from collapsing. Promised reforms in 2197 caused the failed Aughtafael coup in Bastia which only sped up the process of decline. In 2197 Bastia left Sahrland-Bastia and a day later Sahrland left the Commonwealth, ending 53 years of union.