Tabikrion
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| Motto: "Iuncta Aut Concilio Aut Gladio" | |
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| Region | Averencia |
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| Capital | None |
| Official Language(s) | Tabreki, English, various regional dialects |
| Leader | The Chancellor |
| Population | Over 20 million |
| Currency | Tabrek Kronar |
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Contents
Introduction
The nation of Tabikrion is a large, moderately populated nation, consisting of a number of States, Provinces, Territories and Protectorates. Governing these lands are an elected Federal Chancellor and a representative State Senate, who share near limitless power. Despite being one of the older organized nations of Averencia, it has historically remained distanced from other regional powers, but expanding borders, a faltering economy and recent crisis throughout the rest of the continent have forced the Tabreks out of isolation.
History
Though modern day Tabikrion was officially formed about one hundred fifty years ago, it existed in one form or another for several centuries before. Little is known of these pre-Confederation years, and it has become an obsession of many Tabrek to discover this lost history due to the increase in nationalism in recent years.
The Confederation
The Confederation of the Tabreks was created one hundred fifty two years ago by the original three States: Veneran, Tepton and Ullenia. Though these States and several of their neighbors had been allies for many years prior, this marked the first time when they would be united under a single banner. This Confederation was lead by representative body, simply called the Senate. The number of representatives was based on the political standing of the State, not on its population. The Senate appointed the generals of the Tabarmat, the military arm of the Confederation, as well as the governors of the Provinces and Territories. The first order of business of this new nation was to expand its borders, regardless of the method. This common insatiable drive would assure unity throughout the Confederation for the next sixty years.
The First Unification
Over the next few decades other States would become part of the Tabrek Confederation; a few voluntarily joined, though most were conquered by the ever growing Tabarmat. Only one State (the powerful city-state of Codeka, a voluntary member) would be given full representation within the Confederation; the others were declared "Provinces", and given partial power. Within seventy years Tabikrion had increased its holdings ten-fold. The Confederation now comprised of four States and four Provinces, as well as a large number of unrepresented territories, which made up over half of its size.
The Provincial Uprising
After this "golden age" however, Tabikrion felt the strain of maintaining a large nation. The Tabarmat, now stretched thin across the vast lands of the Tabrek peoples, was no longer able to continue expanding. The end of the aptly named "First Unification” exposed the faults of the governing body of the Confederation. In the last decade of the Unification, the Province of Nanwel, the only voluntary non-State member, had expressed its distaste in being forced to send men, money and material to a nation that refused to approve of its Statehood. Other Provinces began follow suit after the end of the Unification, as most had become loyal to Confederation after the initial conquest of their nation. Their demands for equal representation were flatly denied by a veto after veto in the Senate. Eventually, five of the six Provinces overthrew their State-appointed governors and began illegally recalling their soldiers from the Tabrek Territories and building their own military. The States were infuriated by this action and prepared their militaries as well. The Province of Ostvil, having joined the Confederation only twenty years prior, remained neutral along with most of the Territories, and prepared to declare independence if it did come to war. Ironically, only three years after the First Unification had ended, it seemed that the nation of on the brink of a civil war.
The Second Unification
Luckily the one thing that had held Tabikrion together originally returned: War. A foreign army invaded the unprepared Western Territories (present day Eastern Ericrea, Sabrelands and Western Tabikrion) and the then the Province of Tarquist. Immediately the intense unity of the Confederation returned and the State and Provincial militaries were reformed into the Tabarmat. In a pitched four year war, the invaders were driven out, but at a terrible cost in lives and property to the Tabrek peoples. The majority Western Territories were abandoned in order to focus the Tabarmat on the defense of the rest of Tabikrion. The people of this land felt they were being betrayed and declared independence from the Confederation after the war, despite claims by the Senators that it was still under Tabrek control. These claims were never enforced and the feeling of betrayal has continued to this day amongst the people of the Sabrelands.
The Incorporated States
The close of the war brought about a period of reform within the nation. Realizing that the Confederation was fundamentally flawed, the Senate proposed a complete reorganization of the nation. It was at this point that the Incorporated States of Tabikrion was created, some seventy-five years before the present day. The IST created the Office of the Federal Chancellery, an executive branch that was elected by the Senate, creating a simple system of checks and balances. The Provinces and Territories were given increased representation in the Senate and population was factored into representation, which kept the States from overruling the votes of the others. The militia-like Tabarmat disbanded and was replaced by the more organized and professional Tabrek Armed Service, and put under the command of the Chancellor. A central currency of Tabikrion was created, the Tabrek Kronar. Finally the IST, having discovered that the invading army was foreign to Averencia (simply called Greater Tabikrion at the time) decided to implement a peacetime draft and place itself into a state of near complete isolation, thus attempting to avoid any future entanglements with the international community. This brought an end to the Second Unification, the period between the Provincial Uprisings and the Years of Refinement.
The Years of Refinement
Tabikrion remained this way for nearly three-quarters of a century, focusing itself efforts on intra-nation commerce and military buildup. The creation of nations such as Ericrea and Partron were almost completely ignored by the Tabreks, whose only non-internal actions were the conquest of several small nations to the East and South (which had been lost during the Second Unification) and the creation of the PMCs (Private Military Corporations). During this time, the Federal Chancellor's Office has continued to consolidate power into the once weak federal government, dragging the nation further and further away from its Confederation roots. Several hundred square miles of uninhabited plains within central Tabikrion were claimed by the federal government for the purpose of building a national capitol. Though many critics claimed this movement to be illegal, the Senate did nothing to stop this.
The Bartehun Depression
Seventeen years ago, a massive depression hit Tabikrion after failure of the Bartehun Dam, which many billions of Kronars had been invested in. Construction of the national capitol was halted so that federal revenue could instead be put into recovery programs. The PMCs helped introduce foreign currency into the Tabikrion economy, keeping the nation out of complete bankruptcy.
End of Isolation
Tabikrion opened its economy to the intra-continental community six years later, but only just reopened its borders and has begun to establish political ties with the other Averencians. Though still distanced from its neighbors, Tabikrion has taken a much more active role in the affairs of rest of Averencia. The economy was stabilized shortly afterwards, due mostly to the PMCs and other large corporations. Only weeks ago, the Chancellor ordered that construction of the nation capitol be continued, without the Senate’s approval. The Senate as it has done recently, did nothing, highlighting the helplessness of the Senate to stop the power of the IST from eventually completely centralizing.
(Sorry for length of History, it will be trimmed down somewhat. Geography, Politics, Military, etc. will be added in installments regularly.)
