Mialof Republic

Mialof Republic
Official Name	Sires Miaoltife Nirtafe Tulesni Saliavesmiao Mialofeo (Sacred Mialof Republic of Miaolti and Nirta)
Capitals	Miaolti and Nirta
Languages
Administrative	Molpelsh
Liturgical	Archaic Miao
Government
	Democratic-Plutocratic Mixed Republic
Religion
Miaopiaoism	Elessenism(major) Aithran Orthodox (major) Semor Nador Dualism (accepted) Lumiai-Ucci Neogenesism(accepted) Tuiretovism(accepted) Miaopiao Traditionalism (accepted)
Currency
Moffilerist
Population (in 4046)
157 234 000

The Mialof Republic (also called Miaolti Republic), was a state ruling over territories mostly in eastern Miaotir, it also controlled northern Tluctir and had colonies in the north of Miaotir and Accriem. It was founded in 3526 after the Flaming Barge Revolution. It controlled most of the maritime commerce in the world through the Companies. It was one of the most influential states of its time.

Timeline

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History

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Flaming Barge Revolution (3519-3526)

The Elesmiao magocracy, in 3519 before the Flaming Barge Revolution

The Elesmiao Magocracy had controlled the Mibfoc Valley for more than a thousands years, however by 3519 it had grown weak. The Siemetv Great Clan had conquered most of the Atram principalities in the west, it sent repeated incursions through the borders plundering Tibecia and Bist. While the Archimage armies were occupied in the west, the merchants of the cities of Miaolti, Nirta and Vesbomio organized a revolt. They were unhappy of the high taxes , the absolute control of river trade by the Archimage and the imposed halt in the works for the canalization of the Mibfoc river. Nelasia, the Archimage, had been ruling for only three years and had made trading deals with the Aoner Magocracy and the Amestin Empire practically giving them full control of ocean trading routes. The merchants of the three cities sought the help of the Macrom and Robimecim slaves that worked in the cities and the Miaolti, Vonzie (Vesbomio) and Vivimbimi (Mibfiao) Principalities (dependent of the magocracy). Other Robimecim tribes fleeing the Great Clan of the Siemetv from the Voditram Principality (independent), attacked the north-western cities of Acaviao and Gidiao. In 3520, the merchants used incendiary barges to sink the Archimage's river fleet in Nirta. This allowed them to take full control of Miaolti and Nirta. The Archimage fled to Zontiao, taking all of its armies that weren't holding the western border from the Great Clan.

The Mialof Republic at its foundation in 3526

Vesbomio was still controlled by the Prince of Vonzie in 3521, when the Robimecim tribes set siege at the city and took it one year later helped by the merchants and slaves inside the walls. However the Vonzie Prince let the Mirmiao tribes in from the north, in 3522 they conquered Vesbomio and then Nirta. Most of the rebelled population, from both cities, were taken to the Great Temple of Mir and sacrificed to the divinity. In the mean time, the Miaolti Prince took back his city, while the remaining rebels fled to the Macrom tribes territories, where the Archimage's force had been expelled. The same year the Northern and Miltu Principalities seceded from the Magocracy In the west the Great Clan of the Siemetv had launched another offensive, quickly taking Tibecia, Acaviao and burning Bist. They continued advancing in the following years taking Gidiao, Viplis and Biaofan. Until 3525 when the allied forces of the Aoner and Elesmiao Magocracies stopped the attack on Eskola and destroyed most of the Great Clan armies.

In 3525, the rebel forces marched again on Miaolti killing the Prince and conquering the city. They went up the Mibfoc river and conquered Nirta. They faced the Elsemiao and Aoner armies in Mibfiao and sieged the city taking it in 3526. The Mialof Republic was founded the same year, with the creation of the River Senate in Miaolti and the Lands Senate in Nirta. The provinces of the newborn republic were, at its foundation:

Rise Over Mages (3526-3593)

After 3526, the Elesmiao Magocracy held only on the eastern territories, all the others having taken their independence or being under control of the Mialof Republic. The war between the Magocracy and the Republic continued until 3532, when the Archimage Nelasia went to the Eles Theocracy (that had a neutral stance in the war) and participated in the ceremonial bathing in the Great Temple of Eles. However, the water had been poisoned by the priests, the Archimage died, while the chosen successor died while traveling to the western Simetv to tame a dragon and be the new Archimage. The Archimage Council voted in 3535 to let the Mialof Republic choose the successor. A referendum was organized and Marcrat of Tillalti was chosen as Archimage. The Republic then started a campaign against the Maomir Kingdom, they were able to retake Vesbomio in 3537 and fully conquer it in 3538.

In the following years the Republic fully took control of the Mibfoc river from the Aoner Magocracy, but for the river delta that remained under control of the Amestin Empire. In 3540 they founded the city of Crodola on the border, and began expanding their oversea commerce, with the release of the first Sea Commerce Permits by the River Senate.

In 3546 the Foundation Council, restructured the government. The Overseeing Tribunal was created in Vesbomio. The first 56 High Judges wrote the Way-Chart, settling the functioning of the republic.

The Aoner Archimage allied in 3557 with the remaining Mirmiao tribes, they reconquered the Maomir territories but were stopped and defeated at the walls of Vesbomio by the Republic Armies, notably with armies from Pommio (recently freed from the Ponpi Principality).

In the following years the territories of the Republic expanded; in 3565 the Kiaovim and Teppem Republics were annexed; Zontiao in 3567 was taken from the Aoner Magocracy. In 3582 the Republic attacked again the Aoner Magocracy. They were helped by the Nofmac tribes from inside the magocracy. Thanks to this double front attack, the Archimage was defeated in 3593 and forced to step down. With this, Niacci, Listia and other cities of Miaotir eastern coast were under Mialof control, which gave them the capability to even further expand their long distance trading.

The Republic before the Peace of Eles in 3593

Peace Of Eles (3593-3639)

The new republic stabilized its territories with an alliance with the Lixao Empire. The Peace of Eles saw only minor skirmishes mostly with Maomir, the Siemetv Great Clan.

In 3615 the Eles Theocracy ceded its northern territories to the Republic, but was granted perperpetual on its temple and monasteries across the Republic.

War and Reform(3639-3796)

In the year 3639 the city of Biaofan, and neighboring territories were conquered from the Ixmac principality.

In 3642 the Lands Senate secretly supported peasant militias in the eastern provinces to undermine the power held by local companies over the region. However most rebellions were unsuccessful. In 3645 the role of the Lands Senate was discovered and the Traitor's Court ordered the execution of 54 Lands Senators, this prompted new revolts in their provinces. To quell them, the tribunal retracted its decision in 3647 (however 23 had already been executed).

In 3660 the principalities of the Zihò (Ladivon, Ixmac, Ixtec, Atlivi, Miaran, Zimuhò) allied against the republic, the Republic turned the war around, Viplis was conquered in 3673 ending the conflict.

This last war was extremely costly for the republic and highly unpopular. The military decisions were, at that time, made by the Rivers Senate because it functionally held executive power. The Lands Senate wanted a place in these decisions, however this was refused. This argument degenerated in a civil war, when the Overseeing Tribunal ruled in favor of Nirta in 3675. Two Generals supported Nirta, two supported Miaolti and two stayed neutral, the admiral of the River Fleet supported Miaolti. This allowed the Rivers Senate to enter Nirta in 3676, they burned the Lands Senate. However their armies couldn't take control of the city. They had to withdraw from the city. In the following years the civil war expanded to most of the republic. With popular militias supported by Nirta clashing with the private armies of rich merchants. The war continued until 3681 when a peace agreement was signed in Rubliei. The Lands Senate agreed to create the Bounding Assembly, in which the Lands Chancellor had a seat. This settled the conflict over executive power.

In 3705 the Republic joined the Amestin succession war, on Stoluu side, because the Emperor promised them Nemibfo and Molpio. So they attacked the territories controlled by their opponent, Tufnuskaras. To coordinate the campaign, the Military Authority was created. They first defeated him in Nemibfo in 3711, taking control of the Mibfoc delta. The Republic launched a new offensive against the Zihò principalities, taking the pass to the Molpio peninsula. Thus in 3727 they were able to attack Molpio from land and sea, taking the city. Finally, in 3732, the united fleets of Stoluu and the Republic defeated Tufnuskaras in Ippur.

In 3752 after the forced conversion and resettlement of more and more Mirrenist tribes inside the Republic,.they began living outside of the Republic institutions. Their use of private land and the vast wood that could be harvested from the forests in Maomir territory, was what triggered the Republic reaction. In response the Republic invaded the Maomir Kingdom, burned Mirmiao and pillaged the Great Temple of Mir with the help of the Count of Dan.

Subdivisions

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In 4046 the Mialof Republic was subdivided in 2 Capital Cities (Miaolti, Nirta), 8 Great Cities (Vesbomio, Pommio, Lestimio, Eskola, Kiaovim, New Listia, Mibfiao, Biaofan), 64 Provinces and 4 Colonies (Ippur, Puvmizo Islands, Triffjord, Tollovezn Peninsula)

Government

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The main feature of the Mialof state from its foundation, a democratic-plutocratic mixed republic, was the separation of power between the Lands Senate and the River Senate. These two institutions gathered the legislative and part of the executive power. The Vesbomio Overseeing Tribunal, created in 3546, it oversaw all tribunals across the republic and held cases between large corporations or regarding the government. Later institutions, were the Bounding Assembly (created in 3681) and the Military Autority (created in 3705). The power of these different bodies varied throughout history but they mostly kept relatively distinct roles.

Lands Senate

The Lands Senate gathered in Nirta and was composed of senators for each province. Each Province elected at least one senator, with additional senators every 200.000 citizens in the province. The Colonies had always only one ( Governor's ) Representative, they didn't always have the same powers as senators and in most colonies weren't elected (the land senate also had a limited or no power over the Colonies). Overall, this Senate was composed of more than 500 Senators and 4 Representatives.

The Lands Senate elected a single Chancellor, to oversee the senate and take part in the Bounding Assembly.

The Lands Senate had legislative power over the citizens (rights, education, justice, health...) and lands (land-use, province organization, roads, public infrastructure) of the Mialof Republic.

The power was highly centralized and the Provinces had only a very limited authority. Inside each Province the senators chose the members of the Provincial Assembly, that held the executive power at the Provincial level. However the Great Cities elected their own Urban Senate (that appointed the Land Senators) that had a limited legislative power.

Rivers Senate

The Rivers Senate was composed of 6 standard chambers of 30 members, for each official production type:

• Harvest (agriculture, husbandry)
• Extraction (mines, forestry)
• Wilds (hunting, fishing)
• Crafts (artisans, metallurgy)
• Symbols (banks, culture)
• Construction (building, infrastructure)

These Chambers were made of senators elected between and by all citizens that payed more than the High Threshold in state taxes. Moreover, you had to possess a business in the right field to be elected or cast a vote for a Senator in a given Chamber. If someone had more than one different business, they could only cast one vote in the Chamber of their choosing. However, the citizens that could vote, could choose any Chamber they wanted. An additional Chamber, the Shipping Chamber, was composed of Deputies of all the corporations holding Oversea Shipping Permits. Each Deputy had a voting power of 1/30^th of all the senate. In all, the Rivers Senate was made of 180 Senators and most often between 5-20 Deputies.

Each Chamber elected a Chancellor, they had veto powers over most decisions and were part of the Bounding Assembly.

The Rivers Senate had legislative power over the economy, companies and state budget.

Overseeing Tribunal

The Vesbomio Overseeing Tribunal, was the central justice body of the Mialof Republic. It was composed of 56 High Judges randomly chosen from the pool of eligible citizen. A citizen was eligible if: they had a Law Degree given by a certified University, they had held any political or judicial position for at least 20 year, and the citizen had cast their name, with a sphere, in the Silver Box in Vesbomio, when one of the 56 judges died (or abdicated or was in any other way prevented from exerting their function) a sphere was taken at random from the box and the new judge was chosen. The judge was appointed for life, but could abdicate at any moment, however if so they could not cast their name again in the Silver Box.

The Overseeing Tribunal was structured in Courts. There were four courts in Vesbomio:

• The High Court settled state level disputes (mostly between the senates)
• The Commerce Court settled money disputes (between large companies)
• The Military Court settled disputes against the military
• The Traitor's Court settled criminal cases that impacted strongly the Republic

The oldest High Judge received the title of President of Justice (the head of the Overseeing Tribunal). They chose two other High Judges to oversee the High Court. The other High Judges were dispatched to the main courts of the Republic, there they could appoint judges to oversee provincial courts.

All the High Judges were called to Vesbomio High Court in case of larger scale disputes in one of the four Courts. They could also assemble in Vesbomio if one of the Senates remarked an inconsistency with legal interpretation between different provinces.

The High Judges were also responsible of the respect of the Way-Chart. This constitution like set of laws described the fundamental principles of the Republic and the rights/duties of its citizens. It could be changed only by unanimous decision of the High Judges.

Bounding Assembly

The Bounding Assembly was composed, of the Lands Chancellor, the 7 Rivers Chancellors, the Military Chancellor, a Continuity Chancellor (elected by the preceding Assembly). The Archimages were part of the Bounding Assembly but only as counsel. The Bounding Assembly held most of the executive power.

Military Authority

It was made of the 6 Generals and 4 Admirals of the Republic. Generals and Admirals chose their successor, however each member of the Bounding Assembly had a right of veto. Moreover the Military Court could strip any military officer of their rank. They voted between themselves for a Military Chancellor that represented them in the Bounding Assembly. Each military leader had an assigned zone.

• General of Vesbomio : their armies guarded the Overseeing Tribunal and executed its decisions.
• General of Nirta: guarded the Lands Senate and the western frontiers.
• General of Ixen: guarded the southern frontier.
• General of Eskola: guarded the western frontier.
• General of Crodola: guarded the eastern frontier.
• General of Lestimio: guarded the western frontier.
• Admiral of Umpazi: controlled the Ice Fleet
• Admiral of Listia: controlled the Vmia Fleet
• Admiral of Miaolti: guarded the Rivers Senate, controlled the River Fleet
• Admiral of Ippur : ruled over Ippur Colony, controlled the Smia Fleet

The Military Authority made strategic military decisions, however its powers were limited during times of peace.