Blausland

Blausland (: 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳), officially the Azure Free State or more uncommonly, the Blue Free State (𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃, Freisreiks Blaus) was a country that spanned across much of central Ozara from its founding in the early Xth century up until its formal dissolution in 2003. Historically, the nation is bound by the Verdant Sea of the Ranomic Ocean to its west, its metropole centered around the Bight Lowlands and the river basins of the Milima Sea, which are host to its capital of Seecktstood and historically largest city of Blausbrunna respectively.

The portions of the central Ozaran coastline historically occupied by Blausland was first mapped and detailed by Hatarian explorers in the 15th century, seeing the establishment of s and s to facilitate commerce with local Ozaran states. The Sundish Ranomic Trading Company established Audobloma as a trading post under the command of U. vech des Frothagern in 1779, though the settlement would not gain prominence until the events of the Raschite Schism back in Sundemarck, whereafter Raschite adherents were exiled to Audobloma and its surrounding areas to settle them independently of Sundish oversight and thus, irrelevant to Sundish concerns - the events of the Consulatory Wars cemented this relationship and drew Sundish attention away from Ozara. This influx of settlers would become the foundation of what would eventually become the Blausblod people and their communities in Ozara, who would proclaim the Azure Free State as an independent and sovereign nation in 1803. Prompted by conflicts with native Ozaran kingdoms and Raschite religious rhetoric espousing the necessity of, a series of s and invasions collectively known as the Mikilssair ("Great Tribulation") would see Blausland expand into the Ozaran interior, reaching the Milima Sea by 1827.

When Blauslander settlers discovered gold in the Ozaran interior in 1833, the Blauslander Gold Rush would begin, attracting mass immigration from around the world - though primarily from Hatar, Barenia, and South Ranomia - and invigorating the Blauslander economy, fueling modernization efforts under the incumbent Stadfoeder Lars Kammic (1834-1849) which propelled the nation onto world prominence. The resultant economic influx also fueled further conflicts between Blausland and Ozaran natives over control of the nascent mining industry, culminating in the Blaus-Abhan War (1854-1860) which saw Blausland eliminate the native regional rival of the Abhan Empire and gain pre-eminence over the Milima Sea. Blausland would enter a period of consolidation and development for the rest of the century, characterized by the of native Ozarans through conversion to Raschism, adoption of the  as, and establishment of a racial segregation system later institutionalized in 1901 as dishailiti (a Sundish word for XXXXX), guaranteeing the minority Hweit (White) population's control over the politics, economy, and society of Blausland in place of its majority Swart (Black) and Niuja (Colored) population.

Blauslander politics in the 20th century would be defined by dishailiti and related Blausblod nationalism, inciting condemnation from much of the international community and thereby the nation's isolation from the world. and would be enshrined in national policy in the face of. As the Cold War mounted in the latter half of the century, Blausland would become a center of s between both blocs of the conflict, receiving intermittent and oftentimes covert support from either the TTO or GOCE in its suppression of rising anti-dishailiti activism in the country and strikes against neighboring sympathizers. Resistance activism grew increasingly militant over time, culminating in various armed struggles,, and acts of responded to by brutal crackdowns from the ascendant  Usstass Party in government. When incumbent Stadfoeder Theoderic Madelburck was assassinated by rebels in 1981, the Blauslander military declared a state of emergency and installed its leader H. P. vech des Leyden as Stadfoeder.

The Leyden regime was characterized by a massive escalation in racial conflict, as against every resistance organization - both nonviolent and militant - was declared and all limits on the military were lifted. ,, and most notably, the of Swart and Niuja peoples into Haimslands ("homelands"). Several such Haimsland would be unilaterally ceded to neighboring countries as a form of, while others remained enclaves within Blausland practically equivalent to where races undesired in Blausland proper were funneled into by force. Blausland would soon descend into a protracted civil war known as the Homeland Wars (1986-2002), marked by profound atrocities from both the government and resistance, especially as racial lines were drawn and whole populations targeted for their perceived racial affiliation with either side. Besides conventional weapons, and  would see widespread deployment by the government, this indiscriminate use of  eventually instigating an military intervention by the Atomic Ban Convention in March 2002 when usage of  were confirmed. Seecktstood would be captured by multinational forces on 27 November 2002, with most government forces refusing surrender and organizing into armed.

The Azure Free State and its government would be dissolved by international authorities under the aegis of the ABC and World Trade Federation through the signing of the Seecktstood Memorandum on 3 June 2003, replaced by the Trust Territory of Central Ozara under the joint occupation of the TTO and GOCE, administered through the bipartisan Trusteeship Council of Central Ozara. EXPAND HERE