Krantir

The Socialist Republic of Krantir, or simply Krantir, is a country situated on the eastern end of Velizkâ, bordered in the east by Eastern End Sea, and by Zued and Marop Republic in the west.. Krantir is made by 9 States: Greater Kranisburg, Sarujuvel, Jarkarta, Oestdaalar, Weestdaalar, Seyvirtir, Syd Troyvir, Sueden-Pothertir, Uldvitir. = Etymology = The Name "Krantir" is highly speculated, but believed to originate from the combination of the old Thaurian word for "forested land". Krantir has had diffrent names in the past, such as "Potherick", "Uldvirick", "Krytirick", which roughly translates "Realm/ land of Pother", "Realm/Land of the Uldvi" and "The land of gunpowder".

= History =

prehistory
The modern-day Krantir was first settled by the old Thaurains around 4000-3000 years before the establishment of West Potheria. At first, they were simple nomads hunter-gatherer tribes, living off the rich wildlife and vegetation of Krantir. It wasn't until agriculture started to spread to Krantir, that small tribal kingdoms and city-states started to appear, such as the city-state of Udon (today's Kranisburg ). They fought and traded with mostly each other until the Arrolians arrived.

The Arrolian invasion of Krantir
When the Arrolian horde arrived in Krantir, the kran people were taken by surprise. The Arrolians were successful at the start of their conquest of the Kran lands. However, later on, the kran people managed to unite under a confederacy and perform large-scale guerilla warfare within the forested regions of northern and eastern parts Krantir. It wasn't until the kran kings accepted to let the confederacy become a vassal state of Arrolia with great autonomy.

The bickering kingdoms period
After the collapse of the Arrolian horde, the tribes of Krantir started to retake the power within the country. However, during the process of reclaiming the lands, many old and new land claims sprung up, and the tribes started to bicker with each other, always trying to undermine each other. The period is marked by frequent wars and economic and social stagnation.

The Establishment of Kingdom of Potherick
In 1178, under the leadership of Chief Pother II of Uldvi, managed to unite the country and founded the Kingdom of Potherick. However, the unification had bankrupted the economy of the nation, due to the high cost of human life of civilians and the army. In response, Pother II implemented new taxes and tariffs of goods and resources imported to, and exported from Potherick. The Seyvir, the merchant class of Krantir, was most inflicted and outraged from the king's decision. Not long after, they started to revolt.

First Seyvir Uprising
The Seyvirs, discontent with the new tariffs and taxes, started to form an underground resistance movement against the royal crown. Two year after Pother II united the kingdom, he succumbed to ill health and his Suedian half brother, Daniel I of Maerheim, took the throne. The Sevyirs took the opportunity of Pother II death and started the revolt. They managed to take control of the harbour cities in the south and entrench themselves, straining the kingdom's economy. At first, the king sent his army to crush the revolt by encircling their supplylines. However, the Sevyir manages to break the blockade by sea and regain their supplylines. The army tries to reestablish the blockade, but fails due to lack of supply and competent commanders. The king, as a last resort, calls in favours from his family line in Sued for help in ending the revolt. In return, he recevies funding and a Suedian fleet. He sends the fleet south to support the army and finally occupy the cities, ending the revolt. Rather than executing the majority of the revolting Seyvirs, he decided to either pardon or give them light punishments.

The split of the Potherick Kingdom
After the revolt, Daniel I immediately set on removing some of the taxes and tarriffs in order to appease the remaining Seyvirs. He also reformed the military, brining in a early form of modern conscription. He tried to transition the kingdom into a constitutional one, but never managed to complete his project after an Sevyir assassination. Since Daniel I didn't have a heir, the country fell into a succession crisis, which lead to the Sevyir and the military command splitting the kingdom into their own domains.The Northern part of the country was split by the nephew of Daniel I, Mindyr II of the House Of Vyindir, and the foreign general, Andrei bandritov. Both of them claimed to be the true king of Potherick, and clashed constantly until both of them died. While Mindyr II was popular among the people, the nobility and the clergy despised him and portrayed him as a weak and gluttous, lustful and arrogant. The seyvirs quikcly became the de facto rulers of the country. Despite his questionable legimitacy to the throne, Andrei was an effective, but brutal and tyrannical military leader and administartor. Under his rule, he managed bring stablity to his part of the country. However, the peasentry and the nobility would bare the most suffering from forced labour, porperty confisaction,

The decades of stagnation
The population's trust of the government started to diminsh rapidly. The entire Kran economy was on the brink of collapse and had proven that the military was ineffective. As a response, a series of law called the Hadrian laws was implented. The laws reformed many aspects of the military, economy, and to a certin extent, the political structure of the country. In practically, these laws made serfdom legal and sometimes mandatory. It was also made as a form of punishment for more extreme cases of thieft and smuggling. The laws made every man, and some cases women and children, work in government industries and private companies. The economy became more and more central planned. The economy would slowly recover, but unrest continued to rise. After the laws, the military resembled more of a political tool for the Tuar's council to control the country and the populace. It only slightly improved the situation for a while, until in the 1970's when the military started to lose control over the country. The colony of New Krantir and the puppet state Anthara started a revolution, the war of Antharian Independence had started. The military tried to put down the revolution, but were unsuccessful. The military was occupied on all fronts to protect the political instability.

The Second Kran civil war/ "The Brothers' War"
On the 26th of March, 1979, a group of young students held a protest against the government in Sarujuvel, the second largest city in Krantir. The police tried to break up the movement, but due to lack of equipment and manpower available, were unable to put down the movement. The movement started to grow into a general protest against the government. Soon after, the military was called in and opened fire against the portesters.

= Geography =

= Culture =

= Politics =

= Demographics =