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[h1]The Sublime Develt[/h1]
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[b]Territory:[/b]
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[i]Scarlet Color[/i]

[b]Description of Government:[/b]
The Develt is run by the Bey, an evolution from the tribal chiefs who founded the predecessor of the modern Devlet. The Bey makes all final decisions in the nation, but he is aided by a group of advisors, who are composed of the Political Elite who were the personally selected by the Bey himself to reside in the Court with him, the Political Elite who managed the Provinces of the Empire, and the Military Elite, who were the highest ranking generals of the Land Army, The Navy, and the Air Forces, as well as the leaders of the Janissaries. The Head of the Divan is known as the Grand Vizier, and serves as the Bey's right hand himself. The lower ranks of the government are ruled by the upper nobility who are granted their provincial titles by the Bey, who in turn grant lower ranking titles such as counties to lesser nobles. Aside from the Divan, The Bey will also assign ministers from members of the Divan, who will then take leave of the Divan itself to act as their own branch. This feudalistic system has been in place since the earliest days of the empire, and perhaps its survival into the modern era is a testament to the slow nature of the Devlet to change. 

Of note, is the Secondary Position of the Bey as the Caliph, the head of the faith known as Tawhid, a strictly monotheistic religion that dominates large portions of western, northern and southern Algaesia. As such, the Bey commands great respect by many, and is often looked to to defend smaller nations who follow Tawhid from invasion and subjugation. 

[b]Description of Economy:[/b]
The Devlet is not the most Technologically advanced of nations. Widespread conservatism has lead to the stagnation and gradual decay of the empire, which finds itself slightly behind other nations of Edoniras, though not too far to catch up once again.  Though urban areas of the Empire make full advantage of the power of steam and coal, major sections of the Devlet remain agricultural communities as they were a hundred years ago. As the rest of the world looks to the future, the Sublime Devlet clings tight to the past. As such, the economy of the Devlet relies mostly on agricultural imports, textiles, and other rurally produced, artisan crafts. The most significant barrier to the development of the Devlet’s economy lies in the aristocratic structure of the state, as more and more enterprising businessmen try to make a living, only to have their assets seized by the nobility, they call to the Bey to reform, though this risks revolt or assassination from the Nobility. None the less, the large size of the Devlet, along with their strategic positions on major trade routes, makes them more or less self sufficient, the rise of aircraft and oceanic trade makes the need for economic changes greater at this pivotal point now than ever before. If the Devlet is ever to compete economically with the nations of Edoniras, trade must be free, and wealth must escape the clutches of the nobility. 

[b]Description of Culture:[/b]
An important factor to consider when talking about the culture of the Devlet is to know that the empire is not inhabited by a monolithic populus. The Tuje have conquered many different ethnic groups, many different religions, and span 3 continents. The Ruling people, and the ones who have spread the farthest are the Tuje, a formerly nomadic people who were enslaved upon migrating into the lands of the Gharavi. Though the influence of the Gharavi, the Tuje converted to the Tawhid religion, adopted a sedentary lifestyle, and picked up many aspects of art and poetry from the Gharavi. When the Empire began moving out, as the Tuje took control of The Empire of God, and turned it into the modern Devlet, the empire incorporated the Kemetler of Hadricia, and the Rumi of Edoniras. The Philosophical ideas of the Rumi influence the empire to a great degree, even though the Rumi themselves were openly hostile to imperial rule. Though they were killed en mass and the surviving Rumi expelled from the Empire, one can still see the influence of them in the arts and sciences. Tawhid is the majority faith of the region. Its call to prayer in the language of the Gharavi is heard 5 times a day, and its tenents of life influence the law of the land and the behavior of the people like no other force. 

[b]History:[/b]
The People who founded the Devlet, the Tuje, migrated into the area during the era of the Empire of God, a powerful imperial power who dominated large sections of the West of Algaesia and northern Hadricia. The People of this area, the Gharavi, quickly enslaved the Tuje when the crossed over into Imperial lands around the year 870. Now a slave populous, the Tuje were under obligation to adopt the Tawhid faith of their masters. Thus began the process of moving the Nomadic Tribal people to the far west of the Holy Empire, to fight against the powerful Kingdom of Rum, which though weakened, remained resilient to conquest. Eventually, the Tuje became tired of their second class status, and revolted against the Gharavi in the War of the Devlet, commanded by the young Slave-Soldier Osman, who is said to have had a dream where he was commanded by God to fight back against the corrupted Empire of the Gharavi, and to take control, and that if he was victorious, that God promised his descendants to rule the earth. 

Osman and his rebels were successful, taking the city of Ikonya in the year 1006, and in turn, taking control of the entire empire. Osman declared the new state of the Sublime Devlet, and set immediately to work on repairing it, and preparing for conquest. For years, the Devlet waited in slumber, healing and growing, until Osman reached the old age of 57 years on, too old to go to war himself, but living to see his son, Arslan, come of age come of age and rise to the head of the Devlet’s army by the age of 33, and begin the Conquest of Rum on the heels of a devastating defeat the aging kingdom had faced. As if divinely ordained, the Walls of the Rumish Capital Fell to the armies of Arslan in 1046, as he and his soldiers poured into the city. According to legend, the moment that Arslan himself slew the Rumish Emperor Alexandros in battle, and proclaimed victory and rulership over the lands of Rum, that Osman died, leaving the victorious Arslan in control of the Empire. 

Arslan would go on to become one of the greatest Beys that ever would rule, expanding the Borders of the Devlet across most of the North of Hadricia, and reaching far into Edoniras, before having to be expelled by almost the entirety of the surrounding nations. When the wars of conquest were over, Arslan returned, and set laws into effect that secured the most basic rights of the empire, including many protections for conquered peoples and minorities, and allowed laws to let Women have equal access to the rights of a citizen, and allowing them to work and own property, as well as protect the rights of Slaves and Prisoners. Arslan Commissioned the creation of a Grand Mosque to be built in Konstantinyye, the new Capital of the Empire, so that all may remember him and the glory of the Devlet. Arslan died on 1092, 5 years before the Mosque was completed. Arslan was buried in the Tomb of Osman until completion of the Mosque, after which he was exhumed and reburied in a tomb within the Mosque. The building was named Arslan’s Mosque in his honor. In a posthumous honor, Arslan was declared the New Caliph, a title that would pass on in his lineage from now until the end of his bloodline. 

Following Arslan’s death, Osman II took over for an 60 year rule, and introduced massive reforms to the military, updating their tactics to better deal with enemies in Edoniras, and created the Janissary, and elite branch of the military composed of slave children collected from subjugated peoples in the Devlet, who would be trained from birth to fight. The Janissary proved to be deadly, both to the enemies that the would fight, and to the Bey himself, as Osman II was assassinated by the Janissary in 1160 while praying the the mosque dedicated to his father. They also proceeded to kill Osman II’s successor Mahmud 12 years into his reign for suggesting that the Janissary be abolished in a personal correspondence with the Minister of Defence. 

Most of the Devlet’s actions past this point would be uneventful, save for minor rebellions and incursions deep along the Kemet River into Hadricia. That was until the year 1467, when The Rumi people declared independence, with the support of some states in Edoniras. The response was the quick suppression of this revolt using the Janissaries, and the brutal massacre of 1/3 of the Rumish population, and the complete expulsion of all the survivors. This brutal action would earn the ire of many nations, and a deep fear of what might happen to them if they were taken over, as well as showing other subjugated nations the potential consequences of rebellion. With this precedent hanging in the air, the Devlet saw little conflict in the next 300+ years. The empire sort of became soft, with little conflict resulting in little development in terms of technology. Art and culture flourished for a while, before stagnating like technology. It was not until 1700, with the discovery of Blue Coal, that the Devlet realized how far it had let itself go. With the formerly mild annoyances of Edoniras becoming powerful, even powerful enough to stand a serious threat to the Devlet, the Empire struggles to pull itself out of a social and technological decay that if not attended to immediately, will doom the Devlet to fall. However, this will not be easy. Most of the non urban areas of the empire remain technologically backwards, and the outdated government structure hinders economic and social development. Much now rests on the current shoulders of the current Bey, Abdullah bin Hassan Osmaniye III. 


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