History of Kizenia

The United Confederation has had a fluctuating political identity, with four periods of government by Communism, three Monarchies, two liberal republics, and an absolute theocracy, and a confederation (amongst others) throughout its near millennium of independence. It's initial form was as a Communist Republic, which historically seemed the most stable of the governments. For most the past millennium, it was known internationally as New Endralon, a name dating to its prior status as a colony, then a break-away province, of Endralon.

Pre-Civilization
The Kizenian Tribes are believed to be kin to the other tribes of Keris, ultimately having migrated to Keris from either the south or the east during pre-history. The Kizenians settled mainly in the three Great Valleys of Kizenia; the Western (modern Tilarnia and Kuzaki), Eastern (Sodali) and Southern (Tiania). The three Kizenian Valleys were able to gradually develop distinct but related hunter-gatherer societies, with some limited trade with their Dolgarian, Egelian and Trigunian cousins. Most of modern Kizenian culture is descended from the Southern tribes, due to the decimation that occurred in the North under Kuzaki rule.

Warring States of Kizenia
In the last millennium BCE, several Kizenian city-states emerged, most notably that of the Southern Valley near present day Solbogat, and in the Western Valley at the confluence of the Tilarnia and Kutohaderia Rivers at modern day Trei Rauri. At least three Great Wars took place between the West and South, but there was never a stable, conclusive unification between the tribes. Numerous other lesser cities are believed to have formed in both river valleys, most of them under the sway of the two great centers.

Approximately 500 CE, the first evidence of Kuzaki settlers in the Northern portion of the Western Valley emerged. It is unclear to this day whether these settlers were descended from the Gao-Showa directly, or were merely a cousins via a common ancestor, but their arrival was the a major shock to Kizenian culture and civilization to actually be recorded; it is at this point that Kizenian history in fact began to be written of at all, as the Kuzaki had a written language (albeit one with a low literacy rate), but the various Kizenian tribes did not. The word Kizenian itself is believed to be based on the Kuzaki words for energy and natural balance ("Chi" + "Zen"), as the Kuzaki initial impression of Kizenians was as an energetic but childish race of forest dwellers. The settlers founded what ultimately became the modern city of Tottori, and established the first true nation of Kuzaki, and their population grew rapidly.

By the year 800, the Kuzaki settlement had de facto control over the entirety of Kuzaki, Kutohaderia and Tilarnia Provinces, having explored and enslaved the inhabitants, and converted many of the ancient forests into farmlands and mines. Kizenians in Sodali fought the first major organized battle in 833, near Grane, in an effort to repulse the Kuzaki hunger for land and slaves; they were soundly defeated, but this battle sparked the beginnings of Kizenian identity and Kizenian nationality. Survivors of the battle who escaped to Tiania were able to rouse the natives there to defense, and the large mountains separating North and South Kizenia proved an adequate barrier and deterrent against further Kuzaki incursion. For three centuries, Kizenian civilization struggled in Tiania, while the Kuzaki attempted to keep control of their lands and their slaves in the North.

Colonial Era
In the 1700s, explorers from the other continents of Terra began their explorations of Keris; Endralon was able to establish a permanent colony near what is now Fluviului, in Sodali Province, after routing the Kuzaki defense there, in a battle that pitted ship-mounted cannons versus bows and arrows. The Endralonians were able to quickly bring additional manpower to defend their colony, and over the course of fifty years, they expanded and defeated both the Kuzaki north and the Kizenian south, establishing the territory as three Colonies - Sodali Colony, Kuzaki Colony, and Kitenia (later Tiania) Colony. Under Endralonian rule, Kuzaki and Kizenian alike were slaves, and although conditions were less brutal than under the Kuzaki whip, Kizenians brustled under it, particularly those from the free South.

Socialist Republic of New Endralon (2089-2263)
In 2089, the Keris Colonies broke away from Endralon, after a political schism formed in the homeland, pitting the left-wing exiles against the right-wing of Endralon. These left-wing exiles were able to successfully maintain political control in the Colonies, and declared the three Colonies to be the Socialist Republic of New Endralon Nominally a Marxist nation, the First SRNE largely maintained the racial divisions that had predated independence, with the colonials firmly atop the ladder, and the natives suitable for little more than hard labor.

Gradually, however, as educational opportunities found their way to the native classes, the nation evolved from an Endralon-controlled nation, to an Endralon-dominated one, and ultimately to a Majoritarian nation where the Kizenian language and Kizenian people held increasing importance.

The First SCNE nominally stood for nearly two centuries, under the sway of mostly Endralonian-controlled political factions within the greater Communist Party. Notable exceptions included the Liu, Chiang and Durruti families, who were half-Kuzaki, Indralian immigrant, and Egelian-immigrant, respectively, and each of whom held the title of General Secretary at some point during the SCNE.

The Fall of Communism
Longtime communist rule in New Endralon led to widespread poverty and social chaos. Due to the incredible inhumanity and oppressiveness of the system, it was decisively rejected by voters shortly after non-communist parties were allowed to stand for election, with a series of market reforms being passed in the 2250s and 60s and the radical right-wing League of Objectivists! winning an absolute majority in the elections of September 2264. The leader of the Communist Party of New Endralon openly wept when he learned that the country had turned over fire management, mass transit, and electricity provision to the free market. In July 2263, the parliament voted unanimously to remove the word "socialist" from the name of the country.

Federated Hegemony of New Endralon (2263-2390)
The Federated Hegemony replaced the First SCNE in 2263. Market reforms brought some relief to the population at large under the Hegemony, although a strong left-right schizm remained. The Gaut family was particularly important as leaders of the capitalist wing, while the Durruti family increasingly symbolized the strength of the political left who desired to return to the "glory years" of socialist rule.

Second SCNE (2390-2512)
The restoration of Communist rule, at least in name, finally occurred in 2390, although many of the capitalist reforms remained in place throughout the second SCNE's existence. Increasing numbers of Kizenians and Kuzaki were beginning to earn the right to vote, leading to some occasional oddities, such as the election of the oddly-named protest character, "Funkmaster TX-49958 BX" in 2446. By and large, the Durruti family maintained prominence during the Second SCNE, although right-wing politicians occasionally unseated Durrutis from power.

Free Commonwealth of New Endralon (2512-2606)
The right-wing finally broke through again in 2512, restoring a capitalist society officially to the nation. This era was mostly dominated by an ideology combining left-wing social liberties with right-wing market freedoms, most infamously under the Newfenheimer. MacLean and Ormos families. It also saw the first signs of broader Kizenian participation and its effects on the New Endralonian political situation.

Republica Socialista din Nou Endralon (2603-2660)
The rise of the KCCP brought the Left back to power, now under a Kizenian family, the Sandulescus. Originally running under the assumed Endralonian name of "Rich Whiteman," the Sandulescus came to dominate the third Socialist state (the RSNE), which became increasingly dictatorial, unlike the previous socialist periods. By this time, the Kizenian disenfranchisement was at an end, as was the widespread use of the Endralonian language - from 2603 onward, it was Kizenian, officially.

Naţiune din Nou Endralôn (2660-2686)
The Sandulescus became the House of Sandulescu in 2660, when Dimitri Sandulescu was crowned King of New Endralon. The attempt to convert the nation from Communism to Monarchy overnight was not wildly successful, and by 2686, there was clamor for change.

Republica Noua Endralon (2686-2745)
The Kingdom ultimately fell with House Sandulescu, when the new Parliament refused to crown Dimitri's son, and instead the Presidency of the nation fell to House Constantinescu. Houses Cojocaru, Lupei, and Sicte also grew in importance during the Republic, although the nation fell into chaos under the latter, who applied the lessons the Sandulescus had learned to the new era, with similar results.

Kingdom of New Endralon (2745-2777)
Sicte's son had become "President" in 2738, despite obvious signs of his mental unfitness for the job - including his proclamation that he was to be referred to as "Pharaoh Utesom the First." Utesom's reign was chaotic at best; the most notable long-lasting impact, and what he is best remembered for today (aside from an unnatural fascination with puyramids) is the identity of his last Prime Minister; Anais Kuzaki.

Republica Noua Endralon restored (2778-2791)
The Republic's second, short-lived gasp was a flurry of attempts to reform the nation, under the ironically named Klaudiuz the Terrible, then under Anais Kuzaki.

The Zeiţă (2792-2858)
Technically still known as the Republica Noua Endralon, the nation fell into a de-facto absolute theocracy with the elevation of Jade, and the Cult of Jade which held absolute power, despite an extended period in which they were a minority of the Parliament itself. This period is retroactively referred to as the Jadedom or the Great Insanity, given the events of the period.

Noua Endraloneză Republica Socialistă (2858-2929)
New Endralon's fourth Socialist government, and the last government under the name of "New Endralon," was Ai's (and later Ren's) New Endralon Socialist Republic. Affiliated with the UKSR under Ai, the nation attempted to invade and annex the break-away Caille Province away from Egelion and into the UKSR fold. When that plan failed and the UKSR began to collapse, Ai and Ren held onto power, relying on the ghosts and memories of the nation's past as a communist state.

United Confederation of Kizenia and Kuzaki (2929-3016)
The Communist state was officially dissolved in 2929, in favor of a Confederation government. The later bit of Ren's reign, plus all of Alexandra's and much of Silvia's, occurred in this mostly one-party confederation, culminating in Alexandra, and later Silvia, making a claim of monarchy and divine rights to rule.

Kizenian New Endralon
Following the fall of the SRNE, New Endralon flirted with several other political systems, ranging from theocracy and dictatorship to liberal republicanism and capitalism.