Post by omega on Oct 29, 2020 19:55:52 GMT -5
HISTORY
VAKTAN KINGDOM
The Vaktan Kingdom of yore was the first and last pre-Revolution state that had a claim to the Orthorian nation, ruled by the Selinkov dynasty for over 412 years. The monarch which founded the Vaktan Kingdom was King Vladimir Selinkov I in 1516, immortalized in name due to his deeds at a critical battle against the indigenous populations of the region - scholars often theorize that if he did not intervene personally, the Orthorian people would not be a people at all. Vladimir I established himself as a firmly autocratic monarch, setting the basis for the next 410 years of Selinkov rule, though he was also a benevolent monarch. His immediate successor, Maxim Selinkov I, continued his father's benevolent policies and actions after Vladimir I passed away following his prosperous 13 years of leadership.
In 1529, Maxim I issued the first official currency of the Vaktan Kingdom, the Orthorian Standard. Coins of various metals were minted with the faces of himself and his late father, and more would be added as the years go, up until the Orthorian Standard converted into paper currency in 1899 by the order of then Emperor Nicholas Oltair-Selinkov. Maxim I's reign was, however, short-lived, as he suffered a stroke in 1536, though leaving an heir to the throne.
The monarchs between 1536 and 1804 remained largely unimportant, with the rare exception of Vladimir Selinkov II, whose rule in 1774 was marked with a shift in what was considered legitimacy to the throne. Vladimir II declared that God himself had appointed the Selinkovs to the Holy Throne of the Vaktan Kingdom, recognized by the Lord as the only ones capable of leading the Orthorian people to glory, contradicting his predecessor's thoughts of "Might makes right", establishing legitimacy through deeds.
In 1804, following the death of Vladimir II, aged 99, the longest living monarch of all Orthoria, Mikhail Vasilyevich Selinkov rose to the throne amid the escalating crisis between the neighbouring nations surrounding the Vaktan Kingdom, eventually escalating into a bloody war which lasted for more than 15 years, with both sides suffering innumerable losses. The Orthorian people's determination and cunning, however, ultimately led to a decisive Vaktan victory, annexing more land into the growing kingdom. In 1820, one year after the war's conclusion, Mikhail Selinkov baptized the inhabitants of the now conquered lands as Orthorians, cementing the Vaktan Kingdom's control over the lands for generations.
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Mikhail Selinkov as portrayed by post-Revolution painters
After the death of Emperor Mikhail Selinkov in 1857, Emperor Nicholas Oltair-Selinkov quickly introduced sweeping reforms to the country, in order to preserve the flow of Staol to the nation which was of critical importance at the time. Converting the Orthorian Standard to a paper currency was one such reform, which was accepted in the Kingdom with limited support, though a general understanding of why it had to be done. The Vaktan Kingdom enjoyed a brief period of relative peace, with no major demonstrations or crises, up until the extremely sudden death of the Emperor in 1903 following a severe heart attack. He had named his youngest son at the time as successor, cutting the then adolescent Vladimir Kyrilovich Selinkov out of the line of succession, on grounds that Nicholas' son would become an adult before his death.
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From 1903 up until 1926, a regency had ruled the Kingdom in the interest of not one, but two young Emperors, the first dying from cholera, and the other dying in the 1928 Revolution. The regency had undone almost all of Nicholas' reforms, save for those which secured the Staol trade, and have employed the inactive Secret Police to crack down on growing dissent, namely from the recently emerging communist and socialist elements. However, their rule wouldn't last, as soon enough, in 1926, one year before the crowning of Prince Velimir Selinkov I, the 1926 Revolution began.
A NATION DIVIDED
As soon as the 1926 Revolution began, fighting broke out all across the Vaktan Kingdom, fracturing it beyond any form of repair. Provisional governments rose and fell weekly, with few succeeding to stay in power for longer than four months if they were lucky. One of the longest provisional governments to last was a communist government led by Viktor Kirilov, a man known for his devotion to the ideals of communist thought. However, the means which the provisional government used were brutal at best, and self-destructively totalitarian at worst, as agreed by most peoples of Orthoria. In a rare show of inter-faction unity, only seen during the 1912 Solidarist Union Unrests, all political and revolutionary factions vying for control of the country united in an attempt to end Kirilov's regime, succeeding at the behest of allowing Mikhail Yagoda, then commander-in-chief of the late Kingdom's army, declare his own provisional government as a military junta - which now attempts to secure power for himself and his chosen few.
There are three major political factions within Orthoria which oppose Yagoda's regime, the first being the National Liberation Front - An ultranationalist organization which sprung up during the time of Emperor Nicholas, but gained immense popularity during the regency's early years. As of the year 1930, it is led by Igor Vlasov, a man known for his uncompromising nature and deep-rooted hatred of most non-human races - with a rare few exceptions.
Second in line as claimant to the Orthorian State's leadership after Yagoda's military junta collapses, by their belief, is the Solidarist Party - a democratic party formed after the 1912 Solidarist Union Unrests, currently led by a coalition of politicians with similar ideals. Most theorize that if such a government were to gain power, they would not last long enough to hold their first elections.
Last among the major ones is the All-Global Anti-Monarchist Movement, headed by Andrey Yazov, an extremist among extremists, calling for the so-called "Great Trial" of the world's monarchies, absolutist and otherwise. While the moderates of the movement would not be opposed to the idea of cooperation with the Solidarist Party, Yazov believes they would kill the movement before it could prepare the country for the Great Trial, and thus suppresses the notion of a political union. He was among the few to truly be called a hero of the people during the 1926 Revolution, who had sadly been suppressed by Yagoda and his men.
VAKTAN KINGDOM
The Vaktan Kingdom of yore was the first and last pre-Revolution state that had a claim to the Orthorian nation, ruled by the Selinkov dynasty for over 412 years. The monarch which founded the Vaktan Kingdom was King Vladimir Selinkov I in 1516, immortalized in name due to his deeds at a critical battle against the indigenous populations of the region - scholars often theorize that if he did not intervene personally, the Orthorian people would not be a people at all. Vladimir I established himself as a firmly autocratic monarch, setting the basis for the next 410 years of Selinkov rule, though he was also a benevolent monarch. His immediate successor, Maxim Selinkov I, continued his father's benevolent policies and actions after Vladimir I passed away following his prosperous 13 years of leadership.
In 1529, Maxim I issued the first official currency of the Vaktan Kingdom, the Orthorian Standard. Coins of various metals were minted with the faces of himself and his late father, and more would be added as the years go, up until the Orthorian Standard converted into paper currency in 1899 by the order of then Emperor Nicholas Oltair-Selinkov. Maxim I's reign was, however, short-lived, as he suffered a stroke in 1536, though leaving an heir to the throne.
The monarchs between 1536 and 1804 remained largely unimportant, with the rare exception of Vladimir Selinkov II, whose rule in 1774 was marked with a shift in what was considered legitimacy to the throne. Vladimir II declared that God himself had appointed the Selinkovs to the Holy Throne of the Vaktan Kingdom, recognized by the Lord as the only ones capable of leading the Orthorian people to glory, contradicting his predecessor's thoughts of "Might makes right", establishing legitimacy through deeds.
In 1804, following the death of Vladimir II, aged 99, the longest living monarch of all Orthoria, Mikhail Vasilyevich Selinkov rose to the throne amid the escalating crisis between the neighbouring nations surrounding the Vaktan Kingdom, eventually escalating into a bloody war which lasted for more than 15 years, with both sides suffering innumerable losses. The Orthorian people's determination and cunning, however, ultimately led to a decisive Vaktan victory, annexing more land into the growing kingdom. In 1820, one year after the war's conclusion, Mikhail Selinkov baptized the inhabitants of the now conquered lands as Orthorians, cementing the Vaktan Kingdom's control over the lands for generations.
Mikhail Selinkov as portrayed by post-Revolution painters
After the death of Emperor Mikhail Selinkov in 1857, Emperor Nicholas Oltair-Selinkov quickly introduced sweeping reforms to the country, in order to preserve the flow of Staol to the nation which was of critical importance at the time. Converting the Orthorian Standard to a paper currency was one such reform, which was accepted in the Kingdom with limited support, though a general understanding of why it had to be done. The Vaktan Kingdom enjoyed a brief period of relative peace, with no major demonstrations or crises, up until the extremely sudden death of the Emperor in 1903 following a severe heart attack. He had named his youngest son at the time as successor, cutting the then adolescent Vladimir Kyrilovich Selinkov out of the line of succession, on grounds that Nicholas' son would become an adult before his death.
From 1903 up until 1926, a regency had ruled the Kingdom in the interest of not one, but two young Emperors, the first dying from cholera, and the other dying in the 1928 Revolution. The regency had undone almost all of Nicholas' reforms, save for those which secured the Staol trade, and have employed the inactive Secret Police to crack down on growing dissent, namely from the recently emerging communist and socialist elements. However, their rule wouldn't last, as soon enough, in 1926, one year before the crowning of Prince Velimir Selinkov I, the 1926 Revolution began.
A NATION DIVIDED
As soon as the 1926 Revolution began, fighting broke out all across the Vaktan Kingdom, fracturing it beyond any form of repair. Provisional governments rose and fell weekly, with few succeeding to stay in power for longer than four months if they were lucky. One of the longest provisional governments to last was a communist government led by Viktor Kirilov, a man known for his devotion to the ideals of communist thought. However, the means which the provisional government used were brutal at best, and self-destructively totalitarian at worst, as agreed by most peoples of Orthoria. In a rare show of inter-faction unity, only seen during the 1912 Solidarist Union Unrests, all political and revolutionary factions vying for control of the country united in an attempt to end Kirilov's regime, succeeding at the behest of allowing Mikhail Yagoda, then commander-in-chief of the late Kingdom's army, declare his own provisional government as a military junta - which now attempts to secure power for himself and his chosen few.
There are three major political factions within Orthoria which oppose Yagoda's regime, the first being the National Liberation Front - An ultranationalist organization which sprung up during the time of Emperor Nicholas, but gained immense popularity during the regency's early years. As of the year 1930, it is led by Igor Vlasov, a man known for his uncompromising nature and deep-rooted hatred of most non-human races - with a rare few exceptions.
Second in line as claimant to the Orthorian State's leadership after Yagoda's military junta collapses, by their belief, is the Solidarist Party - a democratic party formed after the 1912 Solidarist Union Unrests, currently led by a coalition of politicians with similar ideals. Most theorize that if such a government were to gain power, they would not last long enough to hold their first elections.
Last among the major ones is the All-Global Anti-Monarchist Movement, headed by Andrey Yazov, an extremist among extremists, calling for the so-called "Great Trial" of the world's monarchies, absolutist and otherwise. While the moderates of the movement would not be opposed to the idea of cooperation with the Solidarist Party, Yazov believes they would kill the movement before it could prepare the country for the Great Trial, and thus suppresses the notion of a political union. He was among the few to truly be called a hero of the people during the 1926 Revolution, who had sadly been suppressed by Yagoda and his men.