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The First Tribunal Republic of Buscemistan

Buscemistan is an island nation in the Turangon Belt region of PEEL, off the Western coast of the Imperial States of Slimmy.

Introduction

Buscemistan is a nation in transition. Following the Senate elections of July 2053, the Buscemistani Conservative Party was fractured, suffering many defeats and losing its majority stake in the national legislature for the first time in history. A sea change was taking place in Buscemistani politics. Jaded by the conservative (by Buscemistani standards) dogma that had led to the party's steady decline, many BC's banded together with Bucemistan's minority parties and demanded a democratically elected head of state. On August 23rd, 2053, the Senate approved an amendment by a margin of 337-163 that effectively ended the era of Buscemistan as a Sultanate.

Buscemistani History

Buscemistan is unique among the nations of PEEL, as the two largest ethnic groups in the country (Buscemistanis and Stone Bearites) are not native to the land.

Pre-Buscemistani History

The ancestors of modern Buscemistan were inhabitants of the Morbian Coast and islands to the west, in what is now part of the Slimmonian Empire. The Buscemi peoples existed for a many centuries as separate nation-states, though each would trace their lineage to the Legend of Buscemi, a diminuitive man who led his starving people from parts unknown to prosperity on the Morbian Coast. These states were those of the Seymours, the Enidians, the Crispins, the Lucians, and the Andrians. In 1787 the separate states rallied together under the leadership of Sultan Stephen IX of Seymour in order to successfully repel the first of the Slimmonian invasions. In the wake of this victory Stephen of Seymour took advantage of his increased popularity and clear military superiority, seizing power in the eastern states of Andris and Crispin, with the aid of popular uprisings in those regions. Not long after, the governing bodies of Enid and Lucia would peaceably resign themselves to Seymour rule, and in 1791 Sultan Stephen IX of Seymour became Grand Sultan Stephen I of Buscemistan.

Early Buscemistan

Fearing further Slimmonian encroachment in the east, Stephen desired to expand his new empire westward. Now commanding the recently united Grand Sultanate of Buscemistan, his military would be sufficiently powerful enough to carry out such plans. Stephen's eyes were on the Turangon islands. An accomplished diplomat as well as a wily commander, Stephen opened and encouraged vigorous trade with the Turangans, even establishing a permanent settlement and trading post in the Turangons. Named Stephe to commemorate the nation's first monarch, Stephe established itself as a commercial power early on, with a permanent population of over 5000 Buscemistanis by 1800. In 1802 the people of Buscemistan were shocked to find the charismatic Stephen I dead in his sleep, from causes that remain unknown. It is presumed by some he may have had a stroke. In any event, his eldest son Stephen ascended the throne, becoming Stephen II of Buscemistan. A dour, humourless man unlike his father, Stephen II was nevertheless an excellent ruler, acting as a steady hand guiding his people on a path to prosperity. Pushing for a greater sphere of Buscemistani influence in the Turangons, Stephe encouraged the establishment of an additional port across the Andrian Bay, the city of Enid. Enid saw a population boom as immediate as Stephe, hitting 10,000 residents by 1808. Stephe, meanwhile, was perhaps the fastest-growing city off of mainland PEEL, at a population of 32,000 by 1810, and nearly 80,000 by 1820. As the Buscemistani population in the Turangons grew exponentially, tensions between the Turangon peoples and the Buscemistani settlers did as well. Many natives would treat settlers with a degree of hostility, as these newcomers would crowd the resource-rich coastlines, leaving only inland Buscemistan to the Turangons. In 1824 these tensions boiled over, and violent gangs of young Turangon men took to the streets, accosting settlers, looting, and brawling with authority figures. That year Stephen II would return to the New Asian mainland, declaring the Turangons to be in a state of rebellion, insisting they cease their insurgency or have it be put down by force. Not willing to submit peacefully to what was apparently going to be a Buscemistani-ruled home, the fighting continued, and by April 1825 the Buscemistani military presence on the island of Lucia was 60,000-strong and sweeping through Turangon villages, eliminating rebel forces and establishing Buscemistani-run local governments. Within two years all of Lucia is a Buscemistani possession, as well as all of Crispina(modern Beritius) and the southern coast of Hickle by 1831.

Modern Buscemistan