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• Establishment of the Twcietagrien New Tvoygrad Territory	circa 0 ME
• Independence from Twicetagria	13 July 234
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Doubeia, officially The Federal Doubeinese Republic, is a country located in central Esportiva. The Doubeinese territory is separated by the Strait of Doubeia into two sections: East Doubeia, and West Doubeia. Doubeia borders Kita-Hinode to its east, and Nekoni to its west. Doubeia does not share any land borders with any sovereign nation to its south. Doubeia has a population of 86 million; this figure is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. As a federal republic, Doubeia consists of x states and y territories, making up a total of z federal units. The capital, Queensland, is located on along the northern coast of East Doubeia.

Doubeia sits on traditionally uninhabited territory. The roots of modern-day Doubeia lay in the settlement of New Tvoygrad (current-day Queensland) by colonisers from Twicetagria. East Doubeia was settled by Twicetagrien colonists, while West Doubeia was populated due to a resettlement scheme promulgated by the government long after independence. Doubeia prematurely gained independence after Twicetagria fell into anarchy. The early Doubeinese post-colonial period was marred with stagnant economical growth and severe corruption against a rapidly rising population. During this period, Doubeia closed its borders. From 634 to 63?, Doubeia experienced the Doubeinese Crisis, where the government then fled the nation, leading to a series of power struggles. (following section heavily subject to changes)

Doubeia is marked by a high level of personal freedom, and its strengthening economy and industrialisation has caused it to be recognised as a potential regional power. Additionally, Doubeia hosts a wide variety of natural biospheres as well as manmade attractions, making it a popular tourist destination in Esportiva. However, there is a low level of political freedom and freedom of press, with state-owned corporations monopolising Doubeian media. Doubeia, although a democracy, has been ruled by the same party for over a century. Doubeia also faces serious crime and corruption, with crime syndicates running rampant nationwide. The Doubeinese economy is centred around the tourism and industrial sectors, with Doubeia being a major exporter in biochemical goods. Doubeia is a member of the World Assembly, and a prospective member of the Esportivan Union.

Etymology

The historical name of Doubeia, New Tvoygrad, was derived from the Twicetagrien endonym for its capital Twice Square. The origins of "Doubeia" is disputed with no known records of the name in any historical annals before the Doubeinese Revolution. Many folk etymologies of Doubeia have arisen, but the most popular and probable one is that it derives from the Johnshin Impact character Doubei. The leader who enacted the rule change, Yohan Tsyganov, was known to be an avid Johnshin Impact player who reportedly had an obsession for Doubei.

History

Prehistory

Doubeia is known to have been uninhabited by any human civilisation before the arrival of the Twicetagriens. No remains of human bodies or inventions is found anywhere in eastern Doubeia. While human bones and several tools have been found in many places across western Doubeia, they all point to ancient nomadic civilisations that did not settle down in modern-day Doubeia. Nevertheless, there have been recent archaeological findings that suggest that the southern portion of western Doubeia may have been permanently inhabited by a human civilisation some four thousand years before the Modern Era, although they have been challenged.

Colonial Era (before 234)

The first records of foreign footfall onto Doubeia was in 4 BME (Before Modern Era), when Twicetagrien explorer Ivan Antonovich landed in modern-day Queensland, then known as New Tvoygrad City. Twicetagria was known to possess inter-regional transportation methods, thus inter-regional travels between Atlantean Oceania and Esportiva took place in a relatively short period of time. While Twicetagria was known to have claimed New Tvoygrad as Twicetagrien territory since 4 BME, it was not until 0 ME that it became an official subdivision under Twicetagria as the New Tvoygrad Territory. As more Twicetagriens, mostly rural farmers, moved to New Tvoygrad with the promise of vast arable land, New Tvoygrad City started to expand into the unclaimed Esportivan land. Soon, New Tvoygrad would experience the issue of overpopulation, and this would prompt the colonial government to move residents to other settlements such as Antonovsk, Vechnoslava, and Lasinyorodar. Land ownership was encouraged by the colonial government, and resettlement schemeswere set up to entice Twicetagriens to settle in New Tvoygrad. By the end of the second sentury ME, the New Tvoygrad Territory had a total population of 3.2 million people, with approximately half of the populace living in New Tvoygrad proper.

While many records dating to this era have been destroyed or lost since, there exists a Tvoygrad Archive in the Queensland National Library, where surviving annals from the colonial era are preserved and contained in a restricted-access zone.

Early post-colonial era (234-634)

New Tvoygrad gained independence from Twicetagria after the latter's fall into anarchy. Immediately, New Tvoygrad was met with a refugee crisis, where the sheer number of incoming Twicetagrien migrants fleeing the situation in Twicetagria overwhelmed the infrastructure in New Tvoygrad. Cities across the territory saw their populations shoot up as the population disparity between Twicetagria and New Tvoygrad meant that New Tvoygrad did not have the necessary infrastructure to house the millions of refugees. As the situation led to some unrest in the newborn nation, the New Tvoygrad government implemented a resettlement scheme where New Tvoygradians were incentivised to establish more communities in the vast New Tvoygrad territory, especially since settlements were few and far in between then. Within the next century, as many as 50 towns were founded, with Uyedinyonnorsk and Yablonyayevo becoming fully-fledged cities.

New Tvoygrad's economy centred much around agriculture, with almost 94% of its average annual exports from 400 to 500 ME being agricultural goods. Little was done to diversify the nation's economy, and the economy's growth started to plateau around the year 450 ME. The lack of economic growth led to the inflation of prices across the country, and the poverty line was raised. Simultaneously, New Tvoygrad started to suffer from a brain drain as many New Tvoygradians started to migrate into the border nation of Willowa. New Tvoygrad's high emigration rate was coupled with plummeting birth rates as the cost of living continued to rise in New Tvoygrad. The social instability of New Tvoygrad pushed citizens out of the country as gang violence and police corruption was rife.

To combat the high emigration rate, Adam Krupin, the then-president of New Tvoygrad, passed a decree to shut New Tvoygrad's borders so that people and goods could neither enter nor exit the country freely. All foreign goods, companies and individuals was also expulsed to promote local-made content and patriotism. Although an ultimatum was given to New Tvoygrad citizens to return to the country, most elected not to, with some forgoing their New Tvoygrad citizenship in the process. To rejuvenate New Tvoygrad's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) sector, the New Tvoygrad government elected to kickstart projects relating to them, as well as fully subsidise all STEM-related university courses in New Tvoygrad; the programme was discontinued to a lack in funding and corruption.

Crimorgs (clipping of "criminal organisation") were based in every city. Most crimorgs had more prestige and money than a typical street gang. Crimorgs usually participated in the illegal trade industry, although their presence in trades such as prostitution, gambling and human trafficking was not uncommon. The more powerful and wealthier crimorgs had the means to bribe and blackmail law enforcement agencies in their home cities, meaning that their criminal activities were carried out unopposed for centuries. The rising rates of poverty in New Tvoygrad led to more youths joining crimorgs as a means of making money for themselves or their families; they would soon wind up joining them as full-time members. Antonovsk in particular was a city known for crimorg activity, mostly due to its proximity to Willowa, a major source for illegal trade into New Tvoygrad. By the 7th century ME, every city had more than 10% its population be official crimorg members. Despite the central government's attempts to reduce the power of the crimorgs, city governments were too powerless to enact any change.

As the country dove deeper into its self-imposed lockdown, its economy started to dwindle even more. Although the birth rate had started increasing, leading to a population boom, resources in the nation became scarce as farmland for cultivating foodstuffs was either scorched under crimorg-related activity, or seized by the government to be developed for other uses. Thus, this led to a situation of the demand for goods and services in New Tvoygrad rising without their supply doing so. Shortage of items such as food and healthcare services led to a nosedive in quality of life as starvation and minor illness began to kill more New Tvoygradians. The market also started to deteriorate as the value of goods started to drop significantly. This was countered by major price hikes, until the New Tvoygrad currency at that time became almost valueless. In addition, the central government at that time practiced mass censorship, with official media being directly affiliated with the media. Anyone found of criticising the country or the government was subject to a ten-year "correctional training". The bleak status quo in New Tvoygrad incited a sense of dissatisfaction amongst residents, until it boiled over in 634 ME.

The Doubeinese Crisis (634-???)

On 31 March, 634, New Tvoygradian civilian rebels, aided by crimorgs, took over the city of Antonovsk in one day; the city government was quick to surrender. For the following weeks, more and more cities, spreading from the south, became overrun by rebels. The city governments were virtually unarmed, and law enforcement agencies were ineffective in fighting off the civilian rebels. The central government took note of the rebels almost immediately, but failed to make a decision to counter the rebels until a few days later on 10 May. Although the military was dispatched to the various cities captured by rebels, the military had already seen a significant downsize in troops and equipment in the past, leading to a weaker army going against rebels with superior machinery. Additionally, army morale was poor; most conscripts had been forced by the government to serve, either because of family ties or in conjunction with the correctional training for government dissent. Most military troops ended up defaulting or surrendering to the rebels within a short period of time.

By the second week of June, the entire country bar New Tvoygrad proper were de facto controlled by the rebels. What was remaining of the military served as a bastion between the rebels and taking over the country. All government officials and their families had already fled out of the country, leaving New Tvoygrad without a proper leader for the time being. Despite instructions by the government to defeat the rebels, the military was quick to give in, allowing the rebels to take charge of New Tvoygrad city.

On 29 June, 634, the rebels, along with regular civilians, stormed the president's residence. The rebels damaged the interior of the residence, and the original New Tvoygrad Constitution was torn apart by rebel leader Jarnu Vasiliy. Due to the absence of the elected leaders of New Tvoygrad and the lack of an official successor, New Tvoygrad had effectively ceased to exist.

The power vacuum lasted a mere three days as the Atlanta, one of the largest crimorgs in terms of member count, seized control over the populace and re-established New Tvoygrad; the new New Tvoygrad was not internationally recognised at all and the territories of what was New Tvoygrad became a blank canvas. This did not go over well with the regular New Tvoygradian civilians who wanted to democratically elect a more suitable leader. However, Jakob Dymytrov, the leader of the Atlanta, refused to hold a free election to decide on a leader, instead taking up the title of President himself. This led to civilian clashes with the then-crimorg government; the civilians were supported by rivals of the Atlanta, while the Atlanta themselves used their numbers and weapons advantage to hold back the civilians. This led to the Massacre of the Red Square on 23 January, 635, when a clash between civilians, and the Atlanta and their allies led to a bloodbath, as 97 civilians and 73 members of the Atlanta were killed in the Red Square where the massacre took place.

Meanwhile, in the cities furthest from New Tvoygrad, the local crimorgs had already established their own self-ruling entities within these cities. Although independent by default, these self-ruling cities had no international recognition. The cities closest to Willowa, Antonovsk and Lasinyorodar, became primary targets of a Willowan invasion. The then-Willowan government cited the "potential instability brought upon Willowa due to extraneous circumstances" as their justification for the invasion. On 8 September, 635, the Willowan military initiated an offensive on Antonovsk, Lasinyorodar, and surrounding territories. The crimorgs situated in those cities were not prepared for the invasion, instead trying to establish their dominance in their cities. Although the crimorgs attempted to withstand the attack, the Willowan military far outdid them. The crimorgs in Antonovsk and Lasinyorodar were all captured and incarcerated. This alarmed not only their allies but also other crimorgs in New Tvoygrad as they became wary of possible attacks from not just Willowa but Kita-Hinode to their east as well; Kita-Hinode did not participate in the Doubeinese Crisis. The Willowan government planned on withdrawing from Antonovsk and Lasinyorodar, but after their residents intiated a hunger strike in a bid to have the Willowan government integrate them into Willowa, both cities and surrounding territories fell under Willowan rule.

While most cities and settlements in New Tvoygrad had the presence of crimorgs, Latyusk and Vechnoslava, both lying close to the Willowan border, did not. A group of civilians from both Latyusk and Vechnoslava walked the distance to the Willowa-New Tvoygrad border, pleading the Willowan army troops stationed there to liberate Latyusk and Vechnoslava. Their actions made their way to the central Willowan government. While the government had no intention of integrating more New Tvoygradian cities initially, a public referendum that was held voted for the integration of Latyusk and Vechnoslava into Willowa. Thus, the Willowan army made its way to the two cities and claimed them under Willowan jurisdiction. When the crimorgs heard of the annexation of Latyusk and Vechnoslava, they grew even more anxious about a full-scale invasion by Willowa. Back in New Tvoygrad, the situation had worsened as more New Tvoygradians started to leave urban areas towards the Willowan-New Tvoygrad border in hopes the Willowan border troops would allow them access into Willowa. However, because the New Tvoygradians did not have valid passports, they were not legally allowed to enter Willowa. This left millions of New Tvoygrad stranded along the border. Skirmishes occurred along the length of the border as New Tvoygradians tried to fight their way into Willowa illegally.

While little deaths had resulted from said skirmishes, the number of fatalities amongst the New Tvoygradians would increase as winter came by. The Willowa-New Tvoygrad border was situated in a relatively mountainous area with an altitude of roughly 2000 metres. Thus, winters were particularly harsh. The New Tvoygradians, despite the oncoming winter, had no plans to retreat to lower altitudes, instead insisting on camping near the border. An onslaught of blizzards struck the settlements of many New Tvoygradians, and with no proper shelter or clothing to shield them from the storm, many New Tvoygradians perished in the blizzards. Additionally, there was mass starvation and thirst, with people dying from a lack of food and water. While many New Tvoygradians who had survived the blizzard finally made their way back north, others were persistent in finding a way into Willowa. Some border guards took pity on the New Tvoygradians and secretly let them into their quarters within Willowan territory, although others still barred New Tvoygradians from entering the nation. After the treacherous winter of 636-637, out of the 4 million people who had made their way to the Willowa-New Tvoygrad border, more than 300,000 of them died during the winter, with half of their bodies still missing to date.

Culture

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