Arajan

Arajan, officially Republic of Arajan is a country located in East Artopa. It is bordered to the east by Karysse and Absame, and to the west, it borders Gaudia. The capital and largest city in Arajan is Rashtun.

The Araji civilization begun with Isatvaziar, the first of the Great Mulushahs that were in control of most territories where Araji people lived for 3 millenniums until the Salih of the Mulusha of Shibisuf Omid the Conqueror managed to unify all of the Mulushahs into a single Empire. After Omid's death, a dynastic dispute occurred between his sons, leading to the collapse and dissolution of the Empire into 3 kingdoms: Alrav, Ranghad, and Isvant. The kingdoms were eventually united into the Empire of Thrit. The Mulushahs were part of the Empire until the successful Great Rebellion, which led to the creation of several independent Araji Mulushahs. In 430AD, the Mulushahs were once again united. Shortly after the unification, the Pefrazi era began, leading to many people's Arajization throughout the conquered territories. Tamirism was brought to Arajan through Allamah Hezam's conquest of Arajan in 940AD. In 1203, the Great Araji Rebellion happened, resulting in the formation of the Empire of Arajan. From the 18th century onward, the Empire's power declined with a gradual loss of territories and wars until 1758, when the Araji Revolution occurred, which resulted in the overthrow of the thousand-year-old tradition of Araji monarchism with an electocratic republic being the replacement.

Etymology
The term "Arajan" first came into use by one of the famous Araji philosophers Ankasa Eredhwa. In one of his works, he criticized the use of the word Ashtahan to describe the lands of the Arajis. Ankasa argued that because Ashtahan had collapsed, the word has lost its grace with Allah, and as such had to be changed. "Arajan" comes from the ancient Araji word "Arj" (ارج), which means "Progress". His works soon popularized the use of "Arajan" as a term to describe the lands where Araji people live in.

Antiquity
The Araji civilization begun with Isatvaziar, the first of the Great Mulushahs that were in control of most territories where Araji people lived for 3 millenniums until the Salih of the Mulusha of Shibisuf Omid the Conqueror managed to unify all of the Mulushahs into a single Empire. After Omid's death, the Empire was in chaos. His successor Farkhan Zanid was assassinated by his brother Barzu Zanid, who then took the title of Emperor. Since it was known that Barzu killed Farkhan, most of his subjects despised him. As a consequence of the murder, local Mulushahs united together and formed the Alliance of Mulushahs to form their own kingdom. The Shibisufi Empire had collapsed and was replaced by 3 kingdoms, Alrav, Ranghad, and Isvant. The 3 kingdoms constantly bickered and fought each other until Arvand the Glorious conquered them all, turning the former Shibisuf lands into a series of Araji vassals, each one loyal to the emperor of Thrit. When Arvand died his son Uxshan succeeded him. Uxshan is revered today as a good administrator, whose leadership led the Araji lands to prosper. That all came to an end when he died. Since Uxshan didn't have any sons, Arvand's short-lived dynasty had come to an end, and the man succeeding Uxshan was the zealous Vohu-raochah. Vohu repressed the then Araji religion of Arsirubism. He did not allow any new houses of worship to be built, he made it so worship is to be done outside of major cities and imposed a heavy "infidel tax" on the Arsirubi Arajis. Because of Vohu's oppressive rule, the second Alliance of Mulushahs was formed in 503BC. This time, however, they fought for each Mulushah's independence. The rebellion succeeded, beginning the New Mulushah Era.

Ashtahan, Omassid and Masrafian Empires
The Mulushah era continued until 430 when Pefarz the Great conquered all of them and formed the Empire of Ashtahan. Pefarz's conquests of southern Absame, Kalamastan and the modern borders of Arajan led to the spreading of the Araji cultures to those areas. Pefraz's son, Sattar, would succeed him and radically change the Empire's policies. He would stop the Arajization of different cultures of the Empire. He stopped collecting "infidel tax" and changed the Empire's foreign policy to not engage too much with outsiders and preserve internal stability in the Empire. With these policies, the Empire would go on to survive until 793, when it was conquered by the Omassids. Years would go by until 940, where the Masrafian Empire defeated the Omassids and would take the title of Arajan. It would go on to rule Arajan for more than 3 centuries, bringing Shareiin Tamirism with them. The Masrafian rule over Arajan lasted until 1203AD when the Great Araji Rebellion started. The rebellion, led by Farzin the Rebel, saw the collapse of the Masrafian army in Arajan and the creation of the Empire of Arajan.

Farzin period
The Empire of Arajan came into existence after the Great Araji Rebellion that occurred in 1203. After the successful rebellion, The Shareiin Farzin crowned himself "Emperor of Arajan". His first act was to denounce the Empire of Koroush for allegedly supporting the Masrafians in their conquest of Arajan. In 1220, his rival Ramaas begun a campaign known as the "Great Raids", in which he raided Araji territory and razed villages that were near Arajan's border with Raqud. In response, Farzin raised an army of mercenaries. During the Battle of Mugodo, Farzin's men managed to capture Ramaas. Once he was brought to Farzin, he was forced to surrender his kingdom of Farzin, and when the nobles of Raqud offered "a very large sum of gold" to Farzin for Ramaas' release, he accepted, but instead of giving him back alive he only gave them his head. The former Raduq noblemen then sent an ultimatum to Farzin, saying "We, the nobles of Raqud, do not accept the outrageous annexation of our lord's title, and we are ready to fight for it. Give up your claim, or you will end just like Ramaas". Farzin refused, he once again raised an army of mercenaries and proceeded to plunder Absamean lands in what would be known as the "Great Absamean Exodus", where thousands of Absameans fled from Arajan into majority-Absamean areas outside of the Empire. Farzin would die in 1234 from dysentery.

1st Araji civil war
Irreconcilable conflict regarding the Empire's succession laws led to the first Araji civil war. With Farzin's death in 1234, the Emperor's titles were supposed to be evenly split between the two eldest children with the title of "Emperor" given to the eldest. The eldest child, Arash, accepted the partition, seeing it as a way of ensuring peace after the death of an emperor. Saman disagreed with which child should get the title of emperor. He gave Arash an ultimatum, saying that he (Saman) is the rightful owner of the title and that Arash needs to abdicate. When Arash declined, Saman raised an army and sent a letter to the kings and dukes of the empire in which he asked them to join his cause to overthrow Arash. Only the Emperor's rivals Duke Mehran and Duke Jaffar agreed to help Saman, with Saman's promise to give them more power once the civil war is over. In response to all of the chaos, Arash raised an army of 70,000 soldiers, going against Saman's 50,000. After 2 days of the start of the civil war, the Absamean nobleman Cidey Xaashi rebelled against both sides and proclaimed himself "King of Raqud". Shortly after the start of the Absamean rebellion, the governor of the Binhami Islands Hesam Karimi declared independence and proclaimed himself President of the Binhami Republic. The war began badly for Arash, his armies were defeated at the Battle of Nyanba at the hands of Cidey Xaashi's forces, while the local garrison at the Binhami islands was killed by Hesam Karimi's presidential guards. When the forces of Mehran arrived at Sasadaya, they began to siege it, giving Arash time to march to Cidey's forces and defeat them. He then proceeded to march all the way back to Sasadaya and defeat Saman's forces, which led to the collapse of his forces. Arash would then start the siege of Tuhta. This led to Mehran being captured by Arash. Arash would then go on to defeat and capture Jaffar in the Battle of Sulamer. Shortly after the battle, Saman surrendered himself to Arash. Then, Arash sent a fleet to blockade the Binhami Republic, leading to Hesam Karimi's surrender. The Civil war would last for 6 years, Arash would then change Arajan's succession laws, making the eldest child inherit all titles, and those that question the law will be denounced as a traitor.

Period of Peace
After the civil war ended, Arash would focus on stabilizing the Empire, which would lead to years of stability in the empire. When Arash would die, his son Farzin, succeeded him. Farzin is mostly known for his infamous hatred towards the slave trade and his admiration towards Sohonism, which would lead to him declaring the owning of Sohonist slaves and Tamirist slaves illegal. After Farzin died in 1289, the period of peace would ultimately end in 1290, when Farzin II's successor Saeed I invaded Xukun Sultanate, as he declared that the Absameans are "heretic barbarians".

Great Expansion Period
The Great Expansion Period began with the invasion of Xuhun, which resulted in the destruction of the sultanate and the Incorporation of the sultanate's former lands into the empire. In 1310, Saeed invaded the Kalamastani sultanate of Sheshn, which would result in the complete control of the Ari Peninsula by the Empire of Arajan. Saeed's son Arash II would succeed him as the emperor of Arajan. Arash II is most famously known for his conquest of the Aserah Sultanate and the mass killings of non-Shareiin Tamirists across the Empire. Arash II would go on to become one of Arajan's longest-ruling monarch, starting his reign in 1310 and ending in 1389. Arash's grandson Nouzar succeeded him. In 1393, he recruited the explorer Sahand Yazdani and gave him a fleet and told him "Explore the seas of Arajan". Nouzar's admiration for ships and exploring new lands led to the settlements of the North Ecric and Binmahi Islands, it also led to the Tamirization of the Sihak Sultanate and Gutawan sultanate through merchants and missionaries, which would lead to the creation of a short-lived colony of Araji people in Serangi. Arajan under the leadership of Saeed II of Arajan invaded the Masrafic Empire, causing it to collapse and taking some territories, most importantly Saeed ordered the Masrafic population in Tenyaada to leave as they were of the original sect of Tamirism.

Ethnicities of Arajan
Arajan's population is divided into several ethnolinguistic groups. Generally, the majority ethnic group of Arajan is the Arajin, whilst the 2nd largest group is Masrafic, compromising approximately 6% of the population of Arajan. A further 5 other ethnic groups are recognized in their own respective regions across Arajan. (I'll continue this later)

Politics
Arajan is an electocratic democracy organized as a unitary and presidential republic. As one of the earliest republics of the modern world, democratic traditions and values are deeply rooted in Araji culture, identity, and politics. Due to the republic being formed in times of chaos and was formed by the public, democratic traditions and values are deeply rooted in Araji culture, identity, and politics.

Arajan is a presidential republic, meaning the Prime Minister is a ceremonial role, and the president leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separation of powers.

Arajan has no official religion, almost 200 years of secularization led to a sizeable minority of |atheists living mostly in the urban areas in Arajan.

Elections in Arajan were dominated by the Shisenqelabes until the historical 1803 election, when they were defeated by the People's Alliance, Arajan would be a multi-party system. As of 1930, the 5 largest political parties in Arajan are the: Arajan National Unity Party, Shisenqelabes, National Alliance Party (Arajan), Workers' Party of Arajan and the Tamirist League of Arajan.