Usybork

The Republic of Usybork is a human-majority country located in north-central Ditarre. It is bordered by Norte-Muldox, Nokina, and the Ilois Republic. Its capital is the City of Usybork, for which the country is named.

The region of Usybork has been inhabited by the Uzeb Humans since the end of the Infinite War. The country was part of the Iloisa Empire, the Republic of Independent Human States, the Empire of Orcanth, and the Immortal Empire. It has existed in its current form since 2910 AT, since the fall of the Immortal Empire.

Uzybad, c. 300 BT-471 AT
The region of Uzybad, later known as Usybork after its Iloisization, was the first area settled by any of the Four Earthly Races at the end of the Infinite War. From there, the Humans expanded into the Nokina peninsula and further south into Ilois. By 150 BT, the whole area became united under the flag of the Ilois Empire. The cultural was heavily influenced by neighboring Dwarves and Elves. In 0 BT, Tulkon Bytu visited the area and spread his teachings. Usybork would later be heavily influenced by Tulkonism.

A brief rebellion took place in 248 AT in the city of Crescent Bay, but was quelled mostly peacefully by the Empire and Tulkon Ageus. The rebellion planted a seed of independence within the Uzyb people, but also resulted in further attempts to exert control by the government.

Republic of Usybork, 471 AT-700 AT
For most of the next 400 or so years, life in Usybork was rather uneventful. By 448 AT, Grytu was the Iloisa Emperor, and he decided that the Empire needed to expand globally. The Tulkon at the time was a young Dwarf, and Grytu knew that to conquer the world he'd need the Tulkon on his side. Grytu attacked the Dwarf nation of Norte-Mul and wiped out most of its population, including the Tulkon, who reincarnated as Ytinise, the first Uzeb Tulkon. Ytinise acted as an agent of Grytu, carrying out numerous military operations on his behalf. She eventually had a change of heart in 471 AT and committed to ending Grytu's reign of terror, and founded the Usybork Republic, which overthrew the Iloisa Empire and took over its territory. Ytinise designed a plan for the Republic to eventually be broken down into a union of states incase it ever became too imperialistic.

Usybork IHS, 700 AT-800 AT
which came to fruition in 700 AT when Tulkon Bodor (after ending a potential war between Usybork and the Garden Continent) helped found the Republic of Independent Human States. During this time, the country was known as the Independent Human State of Usybork, or the Usybork IHS.

Kingdom of Usybork, 800 AT-1937 AT
Bodor's immediate successor, Epi'hu, used his political career to become the leader of Usybork. He proclaimed independence from the RIHS and reformed the country into the Kingdom of Usybork in 800 AT, and conquered the Ilois IHS and the Nokina IHS. He also had intentions of conquering all of Ditarre. Epi'hu was killed in 809 AT and the Kingdom was split apart. Ilois and Nokina rejoined the RIHS, but the Kingdom refused to rejoin. The Kingdom of Usybork would ally with the RIHS during the Global War and later the Second Invasion of the Demons in 1152 AT, but once the conflicts ended in 1192 AT, they resumed their animosity.

In 1406, the Kingdom reconquered all Human territories, destroying the RIHS. In 1536, the region of Honsin, formerly known as Phocachirsk, declared independence from the Kingdom, triggering an international incident. Epodora, the first Tulkon in over 300 years, helped quell the conflict and allowed Honsin to become an independent kingdom. In 1593, the Kingdom of Usybork declared war on the Kingdom of Honsin. Tulkon Sakyge, a native of Honsin, fought back, and crippled Usybork's navy. Usybork surrendered and the country was again split apart. Honsin, Ilois, and Nokina reformed the RIHS, but Usybork once again refused to become a member state. In 1735, Usybork temporarily occupied the Nokina peninsula, and attempted to move northward into Norte-Muldox. By 1738, Tulkon O'Raenore stopped their efforts and confined them to their home region once again.

By 1919, the Kingdom of Usybork had become openly anti-Tulkon, despite its founding by two different Tulkons and a large chunk of the country being Tulkonist practitioners. In 1935, Tulkon Oranolu, a citizen of the country whose identity had just been revealed, fled to the Honsin IHS to escape persecution and was trained there by the King of Norte-Muldox, Amorim. Usybork declared war on both of these countries for supporting a fugitive. The Kingdom was defeated in 1937 and reformed into the Usybork IHS.

Usybork IHS, 1937 AT-2880 AT
Most of Usybork's history as an IHS was peaceful, if not uninteresting. The nation fought against the Orc Conquest, and at separate points protected Tulkons Giha and Rakte.

By 2876 AT, both the Usybork IHS and the RIHS were ruled by Ino, an Immortal. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Ino was allied with King Zetopa, a fellow Immortal who was planning on taking over the world. In 2880, the RIHS willingly became territory of the Empire of Orcanth. The Ilois IHS split from the Union in protest, triggering the Zatem Crisis, although Zetopa eventually allowed Ilois to be independent. The other three human states became known as the Human Protectorates of Orcanth.

Human Protectorate of Orcanth and the Immortal Empire, 2880 AT-2905 AT
In 2896 AT, Zetopa declared the formation of the Immortal Empire, triggering the Immortal War. The Immortal Empire was composed of the members of the Empire of Orcanth, while the Free Alliance was composed of the other nations of the world, including Ilois IHS, Norte-Muldox, A'Roastad, Nyfo Ynofora, the Keghotogh Republic, and the Kepet Republic. Ilois and Norte-Muldox focused their efforts on bringing down the Human Protectorates. This campaign ended at the Siege of Usybork, which took place in 2898, and Ino and Etesh, the other Human Immortal Ruler, were killed by Zetopa for their failure. The Human Protectorates joined the RIHS once again.

In 2905 AT, a ceasefire was declared. Zetopa took advantage of this time to magically bomb most of the Free Alliance countries, devastating their armies and greatly harming their civilian populations. The world surrendered to Zetopa and its entirety became part of the Immortal Empire. Zetopa's victory was short-lived, however, as he was killed by Tulkon Vonha later that year, causing the Empire to crumble.

Second Republic of Usybork, 2905 AT-Present
Tulkon Vonha helped the world recover over the next few decades. Most of the former Immortal Empire nations were placed under harsh economic sanctions. The former Human Protectorates, including Usybork, were not punished as so, as they were liberated from Immortal Empire control and fought for the Free Alliance in the early years of the War. The RIHS was completely abolished and its former members became fully independent nations. Usybork became the Republic of Usybork. The Usybork Republic was a signatory of the Onor-Ynofora Codes along with all other nations.

In 3033 AT, Usybork was heavily affected by the disease Colitzl, with thousands of residents dying. Tulkon Ico sacrificed his life to cure the disease.

Ethnicities
Most of Usybork's population is made up of its native Uzeb people, who have inhabited the region since 500 BT. The region is also home to many immigrants who have moved to the region in the past several centuries, especially neighboring humans from Ilois and Nokina as well as Onor Dwarves, A'Roafan Elves, and several different Orc ethnicities who came to Usybork through Nokina.

Religion
Early in its history, the Uzeb people (and by extension, the other human ethnic groups) worshipped the god Ukohah, for whom the Human island was named. Ukohah was part of the E'Ash pantheon prior to the Infinite War, and was the only god worshipped by Humans until 60 AT. Tulkon Darrokh, the second Tulkon, built the Temple of the Tulkon in the Kepet region of Orcanth in 60 AT, founding the religion of Tulkonism. Humans took very quickly to it, as it incorporated the God Ukohah along with cosmological traditions shared with others who worshipped the E'Ash gods.

Tulkonism remained the dominant religion in Usybork for thousands of years. During the Era with No Tulkon, many people in Usybork left the religion, although Epodora's confirmation as the new Tulkon in 1506 AT sparked a huge number of conversions. The Tulkonist Headquarters, which move every hundred years, were located in the city of Ashokin at one point. Before the Immortal War, Usybork and most of the RIHS became Human Protectorates of the Empire of Orcanth, and later the Immortal Empire. Emperor Zetopa banned Tulkonism during his rule, and Zetopan Savatism became the state religion. Many Usybork citizens still practiced in secret. After the War's end and the Empire's disbandment, Tulkonism once again became the dominant religion.

In the modern era, a growing number of Uzeb are embracing other religions, especially Daeism and Savatism, or abandoning religion entirely.