Republic of Faru
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| Name | Republic of Faru |
| Capital | Urbis City |
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| 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 |
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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 concept of "Faru" as we know it 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, and Faru was one of them. The province 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, and was 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, and was expressed through poetry, paintings as well as plays of 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 became expanded and became popular within the lower classes as the region remained ignored even following the autonomy granted to the Duchy of Bloatia, as well as economic stagnation within the empire that hit rural regions especially hard.
20th Century
By the 1900's, the Farun identity was mainstream, with an overwhelming majority of the people within the region identifying as such, however momentum for a fully independent Faru could not be reached. During the first decade of the century, discussion mostly surrounded an autonomous status within the duchy or even the empire, as well as possible liberal reforms to the system, such as land reform and a popular assembly. Not much progress was achieved however due to Faru's small size and low relevance within the greater scheme of things.
In late 1913 however, the Great Meridian War begun, with many Faruns being conscripted. The war was tough on the empire, draining it of resources human and financial, as well as exposing many of the issues within. By the late stages of the war, in 1918, the empire had fallen apart, and the duchy of Bloatia became 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" Najadek, 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 where they marched on Kroletfaru and secured the region of Faru as an independent nation. A treaty was signed with the Duke of Bloatia, and the Republic of Faru was born.
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
Urbanisation in 1927
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.