Osorra

The Empire of Ossora or just Ossora is an Empire located in Avalonia. It borders Tilenno to the north, Cipertine to the east, and is surrounded by the Tethys Ocean to the west and south. Ossora is a theocratic and totalitarian absolute monarchy ruled by the so called Solnechnyy Tsar' - the earthly representative of the Bactil. While in theory absolute, the Emperor is believed to be heavily influenced by the Armed Forces of Ossora and Arnica Clique, who dominate the nation's politics. The Emperor also delegates power to lesser princes or merchant guilds, who run most of Ossora's cities.

The city states that would make up the first Ossoran polities emerged with The Lake of Gantes. In the north many of these city states would affiliate themselves with the Teruuko. A rival league emerged in the south and would fight a series of wars with Teruuko, eventually forced into a tributary relationship. When city states rose in Tilenno, Ossori city states broke away from Teruuko influence, and pursued more independent foreign policy aims. The former Southern league was revived and conquered many city states, leading to the so called Early Period. The Early Period would be the first dynasty in the Ossori Imperial System, which lasted for thousands of years. Dynasties would rise and fall for thousands of years until a power struggle between two rival houses led to the disillusion of Ossora into fractured states in the 16th century. Foreign pressures saw these states unifying and closing off the the outside world. Yarovan traders aligned with a prominent coastal family and created various trade fortresses in 1830. In the 1850s these fortresses began to expand into cities, and Yarova began to make inroads into the country. In defiance of the isolation policy, the Arnica House launched the first in a series of wars that would be called The Wars of Osorri Unification, and with capable Yarovan military advisors and equipment had reunified the country by the 1880s. The Yarovphillic Emperor soon began a program of Yarovification in an attempt to create unity among culturally distinct groups.

Osorra began a massive modernization from the 1890s, creating a modern army, and modern industry. The Emperor was slowly sidelined by his advisors who much better understood how to govern. Yet he kept to power due to Yarovan meddling. When Yarova fell to war in the 1920s the Emperor was forced to informally give his power up to the Westernized army in the October 13th Event - becoming a figurehead. The government was now dominated by the Armed Forces of Osorra and the Volkov Union. The military dictatorship nationalized many Yarovan firms and began a program of left wing populism. While the dictatorship built up modern infrastructure and education, it was notorious for it's human rights atrocities and ghettoization of native populations. Foreign policy wise, the dicatatorship aligned itself with the United Provinces of Rovsnoska and Zaporizhia and other left leaning states. It was overthrown in the late 70s when the new Prince aligned with rebellious military officers and couped the now aging military dictatorship.

In the 80s the Empire underwent massive liberalization as the new government sought to dismantle the dictatorship, assets were sold off, purges occurred in the civil service, and the emperor was given back his power. This period also saw the decentralization of the empire as many noble families who helped the emperor were given power across cities. The liberalization saw an explosion of inequality, and while formal barriers for native populations were removed, their net wealth as a group only decreased. A new class of corrupt billionaires also emerged.

Today Osorra is a higher middle income country, with a developing economy.