Nilo-Gordas

The Republic of Nilo-Gordas, better known as simply Nilo-Gordas, is a CCRP country in Occidentalis Major, run by @BellatriX_Is_ME.

Before the Niloan-Gordasi Split: the Niloan Wanderers to the Niloan Empire
The Niloans were originally wanderers, wandering over the coastal plains of southern Occidentalis Major. They avoided the mountains like the plague, knowing they were full of dangerous animals they were not equipped to deal with. The Niloans, instead, focused on the ocean and the animals on the plains, becoming master fishers and hunters.

At around 2000 BCE, the Niloans began farming, finally settling down. It is unclear exactly how power went from hand to hand, but circa 1500 BCE, the Niloan Kingdom was established.

The Kingdom was peaceful for about 200 years, in which the Niloan culture flourished and trade was developed - tentatively - with the mountain people (now almost extinct).

Then came Geornos Leví, a farmer displeased with the current monarch. He raised his own army and overthrew the final Niloan king, and declared Nilo - as they had named their land - an empire, making himself Emperor Geornos I (there were 5 emperors named Geornos).

The Niloan Empire lasted 1200 years, until 1 CE, when the family and friends of Rico Gordas declared themselves as "other."

The Niloan-Gordasi Split
Rico Gordas had never agreed with the Niloan emperor, and had always considered himself a "rebel." Throughout his life, he'd shared his philosophies with his friends and family, and once Rico was 45 and his oldest son was 25, the Gordas family (plus friends and people who generally agreed with their philosophy) declared itself independent, thus creating two groups: the 10 million-strong Niloan Empire, and 1,000 Gordasi.

For 50 years, the Nilo and Gordasi maintained an uneasy peace, and many Niloans joined the Gordasi.

In 51 CE, though, a conference meant to create a permanent peace between the two went horribly wrong, and war was declared between the two nations.

The Nilo-Gordas War (The Bi-Millenium War)
While the actual war between the two nations only lasted 3 years, tensions were high all the way until PRA Colonization, lasting almost two thousand years.

There were no real borders between them, either, so fighting over territory was common, often over plots of land as small as an acre.

As weapons were primitive then, most fights were hand-to-hand or with knives, and tended to be deadly.

Nilo was at a true stalemate, and millions died. From an original population of 50,000,000 (505 CE), the population dropped to 3,000,000 (1800 CE).

But then, the PRA invaded.

PRA Colonization
Under the leadership of the PRA, speaking the Niloan language and following Niloan customs became illegal, and 1,000 were killed for it. It was under this leadership that the Niloans and the Gordasi began to band together, and on May 30th, 1890, the first successful formal alliance between the Nilo and the Gordasi was signed, effectively ending the Bi-Millenium war.

With the alliance, though, came more rebellion, and thousands more were killed, though some by the Scourge.

While the Nilo and the Gordasi were mostly untouched by WW1, they suddenly found their PRA masters gone, and themselves no longer at war.

Thus, the Republic of Nilo-Gordas was born.

Goverment
Nilo-Gordas has a republican style of government, with leaders voted by the people. The first Zariff (the traditional title of a leader in the Niloan community) was Loreona Gengaely, who, while in office, seemed remarkably unaware of the chaos in her country, and was overthrown in 1918. She was replaced by Terenz Bustena, who has recently implemented many nationwide reforms. Under his leadership, the Niloan economy and general well-being continues to improve.

International Relations
Among Nilo-Gordas's allies are many powerful nations, including the GUE and the Praenuntian Union. Given the tensions between many of its allies, Nilo-Gordas chooses to stay neutral in most wars. When, attacked, though, Nilo-Gordas is not afraid to call on said allies.

Its closest ally, however, is the GUE, which Niloans claim "the gods have found favor with." [Keeping this in mind, does this make me, a lowly teenage girl from Texas, a god???]

Economy
Most of Nilo-Gordas's economy is based on farming, the only resource the very unfortunate country has. For its first 3 years of existence, Nilo-Gordas was in deep poverty (as described in the now-famous recounting of Seyli Toros's journey), and its government, corrupt beyond corrupt at the time, was unable to do anything about it.

Soon, though, workers and financial aid arrived from countries worldwide, with Praenuntium being the most helpful (contributing, as well, to the recent rise in population).

Nilo-Gordas has production cities in Praenuntium, which contributes to yearly iron and coal.

Other than that, Nilo-Gordas's economy continues to improve, though it still has quite the ways to go.