Republic of Faru

Republic of Faru
Flag of Faru
Name	Republic of Faru
Capital	Urbis City
Common languages	Farun (English) Regional: Gilgerian (German) Schlorb Bloat Areolan (French)
Government	Unitary semi-presidential parliamentary republic
Head of Government	Premier Peter the Great
Head of State	President Peter the Great
Legislature	Farun Senate
Population	157
Preceded by	Revolutionary Faru Chevaporozhia

Faru, officially the Republic of Faru, is a country on the south coast of central Meridia, bordered by Bloatia to the west, Mulgaria to the east, and a coastal border with Slorbia to its south and Tapedon to its north. There are plains, mountains, tundra, bedlands and grasslands. Urbis City is the country's capital and Markarth is the largest city.

History

Before Independence

18th Century

The modern concept of "Faru" began in the late 18th century following the re-establishment of the Duchy of Bloatia as a constituent and autonomous entity of the Slorbo-Glormorian Empire. During that time, administrative divisions, known as provinces, were established within Bloatia; Faru was one of provinces created. It was named after its capital, Kroletfaru, a middling town on top of the central hills of the region.

During this time, Faru did not have a distinct cultural or national identity. It was poor, political irrelevant and mostly comprised of poor rural villages.

19th Century

Faru remained a poor backwater of the empire for the first part of the 19th century, however starting in 1842, following a wave of mostly failed nationalist and liberal revolutions across central and eastern Meridia, a revisionist and romanticist artistic movement started propping up amongst the middle class of the Farun region. The movement traced itself back to a medieval duchy led by a noble house called "Faric", and fabricated a myth of a nation based in Faru separate from Bloatia. The movement was expressed through poetry, paintings and plays portraying mythical Farun heroes from bygone eras.

The movement grew beyond art by the 1870's, with organizations such as the Liberal Underground being formed to advocate for a democratic society within an independent Faru. Such ideas expanded and became popular within the lower classes due to continued economic stagnation. The increasing industrialization of the empire, which drained the rural country of labour, compounded existing discontent. The Imperial government attempted to alleviate these woes through a series of reforms which increased the autonomy of the Duchy of Bloatia.

20th Century

By the 1900's, a local Farun identity grew. This coincided with the increase of regional loyal all over the duchy, in Faru's case this was majorly due to the economic separation between its rural population and that of the largely industrial neighbours. Within the decade, political action within the province was relegated to calls for autonomy within the duchy; as education reforms opened political opportunities to landless and poor peasants, the call for autonomy amalgamated with a call for land reform and popular assembly. Not much progress was achieved due to Faru's small size and low relevance within the increasingly warming politics of the duchy and empire.

When in Great Meridian War began in 1913, a substantial portion of the male Farun population was conscripted. The war was disastrous for the empire; it drained it of resources both human and financial, as well as exposing many of the existing tensions within it. The tensions proved ruinous as, following a failed Imperial offensive in 1918, the empire had fallen apart with several duchies, Bloatia included, becoming independent.

Veterans of the war found themselves uncompensated, as the empire was now non-existent and newly independent Bloatia unable to raise funds to pay the tens of thousands of veterans coming back home from the war. Disgruntled, veterans rallied around Captain Kenneth "Infaru" Finskaravu, who took the remnants of the 7th Bloatian Infantry Company and reorganized them into the Infaru Liberation Army. The army struggled over the following year, until mid 1919 when they marched on Kroletfaru and secured the region of Faru as an independent state. A treaty was signed with the Duke of Bloatia which was followed by the proclamation of the Republic of Faru.

Revolutionary Faru

Main article: Revolutionary Faru

General Kenneth Infaru was shot by a Bloatian nationalist a week after Faru gained its independence. He had managed to establish a framework for a constitutional convention, but not much more in regards to establishing a nation.

During this time, the nation was plagued by raids by pro-imperial reactionary nomads, known as the cossacks. Early on, remnants of the Infaru liberation army fought the war against the cossacks, however quickly splintered without Infaru. Loga Pincoya, a lieutenant of Infaru who had stepped up to lead the forces, disbanded the army following failure to combat the cossacks.

Following this, another lieutenant of Infaru, Chaton Loupius, took the reins. Declaring themselves Protector of the Republic. Loupius attempted nation and democracy building experiments within Urbis City, as well as organizing a national military. They were unfortunately killed soon after during the infamous Urbis Massacre, and replaced by Ashton von Lüttwitz.

Protector Ashton kept the cossacks at bay, and managed to keep Faru safe enough for a constitution to be written by the Constitutional Convention.

On April 28, 1919, the Farun constitution was ratified by the convention, and while the war with the cossacks still raged on, ended the revolutionary era.

Modern Day

TBD

Demographics

Population

Urbanisation in 1919

  City Population (48%)

  Town Population (24%)

  Rural Population (28%)

Urbanisation in 1927

  City Population (56.05%)

  Town Population (17.83%)

  Rural Population (26.11%)

Prior to independence, Faru was a largely rural nation, however since achieving independence, the country has undergone urbanization, with most of the population now sitting within cities. The population of the country has also doubled, going from 75 to 150 between 1919 and 1927. This growth can mostly attributed to Faru's lack of any citizenship or immigration laws.

Most of Faru is "Farun", however there is a very large Gilgerian minority living in the southern regions of the country, many of them coming from before independence but also many arriving in the 1920's.