Diyin Tsidii
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| Country | Sokoku |
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| Capital | Dinl Chi |
| Area | 97,044 km2 km2 |
| Population | tba |
| Density | tba km2/km2 |
| Demonym | Tsidian |
| Time zone | UTC+12 |
Diyin Tsidii is a member state of Sokoku and as such the successor state of the former Helreich and Häverist colony of Neusüdentor (New South Gate) on the south coast of Altaia. Together with Nelyasat and Ayawantin, Sokoku controls the important Chalim Strait between the Stolvic Ocean and Julian Sea.
Name and ethymology
The name Diyin Tsidii can roughly be translated as "land of the holy bird". It refers to an old legend among the native people of the region, where the bird symbolises the free and individual spirit of the Izto people, as well as their bond to their ancestors. When Helreich's colonisers start expanding their comonies around Neusüdentor, the bird becomes the symbol of the native opposing forces.
In Bahaso the state was originally called Pantai Utara, meaning "northern coast". In 76XXit was changed into Garudah, which is the Bahaso name for this mythological bird.
History
The people from Radhria island opposite the Chalim Strait have a long common history with the Izto people on the Altaian mainland, not free from conflicts because of colonisation efforts from both sides. There is hardly anything known about Izto nations predating the Anarian colonial times, but it is assumed that the eastern part of the present day state were connected to the Tsuki Integrality between the 6800's and 7118.
In 71XX explorers from Helreich started building settlements on both sides of Chalim Straits in order to control the Julian Sea behind it from colonisation by other Anarian powers. But Casellan explorers soon settled on the southern coast and step by step built the colony of Aspasia. Helreich responded by fortifying their largest settlement Neu Sûdentor (New South Gate) and building a colony around it. The region was mainly used for agricultural produce, at first to support the colonial town, but gradually more and more for export as well.
A new influx came after 7471, when war refugees from Stoldavia were evicted from their lands and a large part of them were moved to Altaian colonies. They introduced crops and agricultural methods that were devastating for the local population, but delivered export products like XX. Neusüdentor became a Helreich protectorate. To expand the highly profitable plantations, the Hellish needed more workers. The government sent military expeditions to take direct control of more areas. Instead of voluntary recruitment it became a matter of forced mobilisation. The government enforced new laws that required the tribes to furnish four weeks of labour per person annually and payment of a poll tax in cash, thereby forcing reluctant local inhabitants into the work force.
Matters became worse for the local population when "Total Häverism" was declared in 7491. Neusûdentor effectively a Häverist holding. Planters continued protesting against Häverist forced labor policies vehemently. Especially during the Pan-Anarian War, when focus shifted towards iron and coal mining, as well as ship building for the war effort, forced labour was applied more rigorously. The final opposition against Häverist rule was effectively crushed in the latter half of the 7550's, when Häverist forces were able to devote their attention completely to colonial rule.
But when Izto natives managed to liberate Shuuen from Häverist occupation together with the Hueiwei majority and Fisks' settlers, a new generation of protesters emerged. They first targeted the retreated Häverist forces from former Schangtienrand, already demoralised but forced by their superiors to prepare a counter attack. It is generally considered that the sabotage in Neusûdentor highly contributed to the military success in Shuuen.
So when Shuuen became involved in liberating Shaaniaah, an Izto territory further to the east, rebel forces reached out to the new state of Sokoku. However, the large geographical dstance made it impossible for Sokoku to act immediately. It was only after XX (Kotonoh), YY (Tanah Ek) and Aspasia (Nelyasat) were decolonized, that Sokoku could deliver military support to the uprising in Neusüdentor. The fact that the colony had not converted to Orderism but had remained hardline Häverist meant that support from the Commonwealth was lukewarm. After the Treaty of XX that ended the XX War with the Wolgos, the Stolvic Orderist Commonwealth had to withdraw any claims from Neusûdentor, after which the rebel forces with the help of Sokoku easily could take over control and exile the remaining Hellish colonizers and Häverist forces to Morgenreich.
The state of Diyin Tsidii was declared in 76XX, the same year it was entered in the Federal Republic of Sokoku as the final member state.