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• 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 etymology for Doubeia is heavily disputed, with no general consensus as to how the name originated. There was no mention of Doubeia in historical annals and records until the founding of Doubeia when it formed as a satellite state of Willowa, and the Willowan government never gave any explanation behind the inspiration for the name. The etymology with the most support is that the name was randomly generated and chosen specifically due to its lack of connections to existing places or cultures, especially New Tvoygradian ones. However, a folk etymology that has gotten more popular states that the Willowan leader at the time, Kyle Wilhummer, was an avid fan of a game, Johnshin Impact, and was especially fond of Doubei, one of the game's characters. This etymology is rejected by most historians due to the lack of evidence of Wilhummer's interest in Johnshin Impact.

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 (634-638)

Main article: Doubeinese Crisis

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. Although the military was dispatched to the various cities captured by rebels, the downsizing in troops and equipment, and poor morale led to most 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 over New Tvoygrad city, completing their occupation of the country.

As a result of the government's absence, there existed a power vacuum in New Tvoygrad, and due to the lack of a legal successor, New Tvoygrad had de facto ceased to exist. The power vacuum was filled in by one of New Tvoygrad's largest crimorgs, the Atlanta, and their allies, and the Republic of the Atlanta was formed as a direct successor of New Tvoygrad. The refusal of the leader of the Atlanta, Jakob Dymytrov, to hold democratic elections fueled discontent amongst the New Tvoygradian government. This led to multiple clashes between armed civilians and crimorg forces, most of which turned out to be deadly.

Willowa, a neighbouring country to the south of the Republic, launched an attack on the nation on September 635, citing the "potential instability brought upon Willowa due to extraneous circumstances" as justification. Within days, Willowa had captured the cities of Antonovsk and Lasinyorodar, and surrounding areas. After a brief period of respite, the Willowan army continued advancing into the Republic, swiftly taking control of the cities of Latyusk and Vechnoslava. The two cities, unlike most other cities in the Republic, were void of crimorg presence, although they were safe havens for crimorgs escaping the Willowan invasion. Shortly after, a treaty was passed, declaring that the territory gained by Willowa would be directly annexed into the nation. After the attack, the Atlanta started to spread its forces closer to the Willowa border in case of more Willowan incursions. They also started to forcefully recruit more civilians into the Republic's defense forces.

As the Atlanta's iron grip over the Republic grew firmer, more civilians decided to move towards the heavily-guarded Willowan border in hopes of illegally crossing it. Due to the increased crimorg presence in nearby cities, most decided to create makeshift camps away from urban settlements. However, the Willowan government did not recognise the Republic as a legitimate state, causing civilians from the Republic to be unable to enter Willowa legally. Border skirmishes between civilians and Willowan border guards regularly occurred, and there were few who managed to bypass the authorities and make it through the border. The civilians' troubles were exacerbated by the oncoming winter of 636 to 637, where temperatures dropped to a record-breaking -24 degrees Celsius and blizzards occured more frequently than in previous years. This led to as many as 300,000 civilians perishing between November 636 to February 637 due to a lack of food, resources, and proper shelter.

Discontentment with the ruling regime continued to fester as civilians were unhappy with the lack of progress in the rebuilding of the nation's devastated economy and infrastructure. At the same time, many crimorgs started to pull out of governing roles in their respective cities due to both a lack of interest and a desire for secrecy, having appeared in the public eyes because of the revolution. The Atlanta continued to hold power over the remaining territories of New Tvoygrad. Most crimorgs were wary of a Willowan invasion as the Willowan military was far more powerful and potent than them, and they feared subjugation into Willowa as the Willowan authorities were more brutal when it came to gang crackdowns. The Atlanta refused to hold democratic elections, and went so far as to ban the formation of political parties. They feared that a civilian-elected government would either choose to incarcerate them or negotiate a merger with Willowa, neither of which were ideal situations for crimorgs.

Many civilians in New Tvoygrad proper started to move out of the city to more peripheral locations in search of greener pastures. Some took advantage of the unguarded international waters and attempted to set sail either towards the Euthymian Islands or across the Doubeinese Strait. While many would perish due to the rough currents, some managed to set foot on land, and they started their own settlements. As more people caught wind of the sailing method, more chose to embark on the treacherous journey via boat towards the Euthymian Islands. However, crimorg forces were vigilant enough to immediately start patrolling the coast. However, the relative porousness of the coast guards meant most were successful in making it into the sea.

On the onset of spring, 638, Willowa launched a surprise attack on the Republic, starting from the south. Willowan coast guards and its navy blockaded the Republic's coast to prevent any possible crimorg escapades via sea. The Willowan military had made quick progress in claiming land as most of it was virtually undefended, while any crimorg forces were easily defeated. After three weeks of conflict, the Willowan army had captured all of the Republic except for New Tvoygrad. As the army made its way into the city, the military personel soldiers were paraded by most New Tvoygradians as they viewed their invasion as liberation from an oppressive regime under the Atlanta. The crimorg forces attempted to fend off the Willowan military, but were quickly subdued. On 16 April, 638, the Republic of the Atlanta fell to Willowa. While most crimorgs continued their operations, albeit on a much less conspicuous scale, the leaders of the Atlanta and its allies, fearing repercussions, committed suicide. Members of these crimorgs were urged to follow in their footsteps, but most decided to leave the crimorg before they were identified as one of their members. After a few weeks of little action, the Willowan government decided to incorporate much of The Republic's territory into Willowa itself, while the rest would be administered as a Willowan satellite state with New Tvoygrad as its capital. On 17 May, 638, a peace treaty was signed between the Willowan government and what was left of the Atlanta and its allies, formally marking the end of the Doubeinese Crisis.

Although the original plan was to integrate the whole of the Republic of the Atlanta, the Willowan government deemed itself unprepared to take in and accommodate a large amount of people and land at once. Thus, the government decided to integrate parts of the nation, while the remaining land became a satellite state, named Doubeia. Doubeia was earmarked for future independence from Willowa. In addition, the names of all former New Tvoygradian cities were renamed to rid them of New Tvoygradian influence, as well as give them more naturalised names. New Tvoygrad City was renamed to Queensland.

[ADDITIONAL NOTE] Russeland, The Mossland, Lon D'yon, Pruxxe (e with the accent), Winterfalls as city names in the future or something idk

Willowan Administration (638-???)

The first few years of the Republic of Doubeia was relatively peaceful compared to the years before. Crimorg and street gang presence in both Doubeia and the formerly New Tvoygradian portion of Willowa started to be suppressed as the Willowan and Doubeinese authorities cracked down on gangs. Former gang members that were caught were often sent for rehabilitation and career reinforcement; most became blue collar workers all across the nation. Additionally, the living members of the Atlanta and its allies were incarcerated in 640, having been sentenced to life in prison. Despite the authorities' efforts, crimorg activity was not completely quelled as crimorgs began to be more clandestine in their operations. Additionally, what was a cross border smuggling trade became an internal one as Doubeia and Willowa were technically under the same administration.

Initially, the Doubeinese economy was much smaller than Willowa's in part due to the previous tenures under New Tvoygrad and the Atlanta. Fertile farmland made up more than half of Doubeia's land, and the transitory Doubeinese government adopted a free-trade policy. This influenced many Willowan food producers to set up shop in Doubeia. Most of the farmland was state-owned, and as companies purchased the farmland to set up farms, this boosted Doubeia's economy. In the year 642 alone, Doubeia's economy grew more than double its size due to the investments of Willowan companies into the nation. During this time, the Willowan government focused on rejuvenating Doubeia's cities to make them more attractive to potential investors and expatriates. Measures taken included the implementation of proper waste disposal systems, more functional roads and highways, and enhancement of existing sewage and water systems; they were modelled after existing infrastructure in major Willowan cities.

A law mandating compulsory military service for all able-bodied Doubeinese men aged 18 to 20 years old was passed in 643. The Doubeinese government sought to strengthen the nation's defense forces not just to defend from a possible attack, but also to maintain internal stability. Despite attempts by both the Willowan and Doubeinese governments to quell crimorgs and street gangs, their presence was still omnipresent in Doubeia. Thus, in order to push against crimorg presence and prevent youths from joining crimorgs and gangs full-time, the government decided to implement compulsory conscription. This didn't go well with the general populace, with large protests in major Doubeinese cities taking place, opposing the conscription. After a sit-down protest outside the governmental hall at Queensland, the government promised to review the law, but still maintained the

In 644, the Doubeinese government decided to claim ownership over the unclaimed Euthymian Isles. The Doubeinese government decided to repurpose the islands into a tourist destination for both locals and tourists.

Culture

THE ONLY CULTURE ARE MY TWENTY-THREE GENSHIN MOTHERS: JEAN, LISA, ROSARIA, EULA, NINGUANG, BEIDOU, YELAN, SHENHE, XIANYUN, RAIDEN EI, KUJOU SARA, YAE MIKO, CHIORI, DEHYA, CANDACE, BABEL, EREMITE GALEHUNTER, EREMITE FLORAL RING-DANCER, EREMITE SCORCHING LOREMASTER, NAVIA, CLORINDE, THE ANNIHILATION SPECIALIST MEK, AND MIRROR MAIDEN.