Esceosia (Future)

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Esceosia (/ɪzˈsɪəʊsiə/; Esceosian: Iszkózia), officially the Technocratic Empire of Esceosia (Esceosian: Teknokratikus Iszkoszi Birodalom) is a sovereign state in Central and Eastern Europe, several other planets and space territories. On Earth, it is bordered by the Greek Empire to the south, the Slavic Federation to the north and east, the Germanic Federation to the west and northwest and the Neo-Latin Empire to the southwest. The country's capital is the Space City Budapest, located between the planet Escia and its moon, housing the majority of the Esceosian population. Esceosia is the member of the Federation of the Milky Way, the single organization left after the Fifth World War, created out of the United Earth Organization.

Following centuries of successive habitation by Celts, Romans, Huns, Slavs, Gepids and Avars, the foundation of Esceosia was laid in the late 9th century by the Esceosian grand prince Árpád in the Honfoglalás ("homeland-conquest). His great-grandson Stephen I ascended to the throne in 996 CE, converting the country to a Christian kingdom. By the 12th century, Esceosia became a middle power within the Western world, and its' golden age started from the 15th century during the start of the Age of Conquest, becoming one of the first global colonial empires.

Esceosia's current borders were first established by the Treaty of Nice (1945) after World War II, when the country lost some of its territory and population along with 7,8% of its ethnic Esceosians. The country gained widespread international attention regarding the Revolution of 1973 and the reunification of the country on 7 November 1974.

After the reunification, Esceosia fully became a democratic parliamentary constitutional monarchy again, leading to the a period of peace. However, with the growing amount of terrorism and conflict between the nations across world, the Great Asian War of Influence between the Asian Cooperation Sphere (capitalist and free nations lead by Japan and South Korea) and the Pact of Beijing (communist and authoritarian nations lead by China and North Korea) in 2040, where Esceosia supported the Asian Cooperation Sphere, along with the other members of the Atlantic Military Organization and the United European Union. During the war, which lasted 6 years, over 1 billion people died altogether (no nukes used), leading to a large amount of orphans across East Asia, who immigrated into Europe and America. Because of this war, the Earth Congress was given more authority and the nations part of it were divided into a large amount of smaller nations. If a nation declared war on another country officially, the other members of the EC have to suppress them.

However, this didn't last long, as after the policy changes after the war in the UEU and the AMO, nations began to leave them, making Europe divided into factions once more. Esceosia began getting closer to the Russian Federation and signed the Pact of Moscow along with Iran, Russia, India, Britannia, Noreza, Mexico, Argentina, Turkey, Pyrénes and the PRCET. As the Pact of Moscow was an imperialist pact, all of its members wished to expand. As for the enemy, the Paris Cooperation Organization was formed by France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Merucia, the American Federation, Canada, Brazil, and several smaller nations, intending to replace the AMO. In the 2050s, the majority of the African countries were authoritarian, with the exception of Ethiopia; Suthenburg and Nigeria, which lead to the intervention from the Pact of Moscow and the PCO, officially violating the changed EC laws, despite the fact that it was needed. The Second Scramble for Africa officially began in 2052, with Esceosia retaking its former colony, the Aegypt Union that year. After this, most of Africa was carved up, although the formerly mentioned countries also annexed some countries.

After the actions of the two pacts, the power of the Earth Congress has weakened, and the struggle between them started becoming stronger and stronger in the late 2050s and early 2060s. The gears of war finally began to start in 2067, as after the Varna Incident, the Balkan states (Dacio-Bulgaria, Serbacia and Croatia-Bosnia) declared war on Esceosia, marking the start of the Third World War, another deadly conflict in human history, leading to the deaths of 200 million people between 2067 and 2075 from all over the world.

The era of wars continued until the 27th century, with the Fifth World War or First Galactic War between two groups of the United Earth Organization, billions of deaths, and the establishment of the Federation of the Milky Way after the war.

Etymology
The name Esceosia comes from an early town named Issos near the Ural Mountains that the tribes in their early days conquered and razed. Since they weren't known for anything at that time, so both the Esceosian people and outsiders used it. Thats why in some languages /i/ is used instead of /e/, as the name changed in other languages during the 17th century.

Historical

 * Iscosia / Iskoszia
 * Ungarica / Ungarika
 * Principality of Esceosia / Iszkoszi Nagyfejedelemség
 * Kingdom of Esceosia / Iszkoszi Királyság
 * First Esceosian Empire / Első Iszkoszi Birodalom
 * Second Esceosian Empire / Második Iszkoszi Birodalom
 * Republic of Esceosia / Iszkoszi Köztársaság
 * Esceosian Social Republic / Iszkoszi Szociál Köztársaság / Harmadik Iszkoszi Birodalom
 * Allied-occupied Esceosia / Szövetséges-elfoglalt Iszkózia / Iszkoszi Birodalom
 * Royal Republic of Esceosia / Iszkoszi Koronás Köztársaság
 * People's Republic of Esceosia / Iszkoszi Demokrat Köztársaság
 * Second Kingdom of Esceosia / (Második) Iszkoszi Királyság
 * Fourth Esceosian Empire / Negyedik Iszkoszi Birodalom
 * Esceoan Papal States / Ikózi Pápai Állam
 * Third Esceosian Republic / Harmadik Iszkoszi Köztársaság
 * Socialist States of Esceosia / Iszkoszi Szocialista Államok
 * Fifth Esceosian Empire / Ötödik Iszkoszi Birodalom
 * United Kingdom(s) of Esceosia / Egyesült Iszkoszi Királyság(ok)
 * Fourth Esceosian Republic / Negyedik Iszkoszi Köztársaság
 * Technocratic Republic of Esceosia / Teknokrata Iszkoszi Köztársaság
 * Third Kingdom of Esceosia / Harmadik Iszkoszi Királyság
 * United States of Esceosia / Iszkoszi Egyesült Államok
 * Technocratic Empire of Esceosia / Teknokratikus Iszkoszi Birodalom / Hatodik Iszkoszi Birodalom

Alternate
It is believed that the origin of the name "Esceosia" in the English language originated from the 11th century England, when the first relations between the two nations commenced. The Esceosian tribes of Finno-Ugric origin were part of the Bulgar confederation which included the Onogurs, whose ethnonym "Onoq in Oghur-Turkic meant "(the) Ten Arrows".
 * Sixth Esceosian Empire
 * Ungarican Empire
 * Ungarico-Dacia / Dacio-Ungarica
 * Union of Ungarica and Dacia
 * Empire of the Black Sea
 * Empire of the Balkans
 * East European Empire
 * Empire of Escia
 * Escian Imperial City
 * Esceosian Commonwealth

Before 897
The Roman Empire conquered the territory of Pannonnia and Dacia, which is now part of Esceosia. The first Roman settlement in the region was made between 41-54 CE, when a Roman region of about 600 men settled in the Pannonian region; this settlement was named Aquincum. In the neighborhood of the military settlement, a civil city grew gradually and in 106 CE, Aquincum became the focal point of the commercial life of this area and the capital city of the Pannonian Inferior region. This area now corresponds to the Óbuda district of Budapest, with Roman ruins now forming part of the modern Aquincum museum. Later came the Huns, who built a powerful empire. After Hunnish rule, the Germanic Ostrogoths, Lombards, and Gepids, and the polyethnic Avars, had a presence in the region.

In the late 9th century, the land was inhabited mainly by Slavic peoples and Avars. On the eve of the arrival of the Esceosians, East Francia, the First Bulgarian Empire and Great Moravia ruled the territory of the Carpathian Basin. Additionally, the Avars formed a significant part of the population of the Carpathian Basin at the end of the 9th century; both contemporary sources and a growing number of archeological evidence suggests that groups of the Avars survived the disintegration of their empire.

The freshly unified Esceosians led by Árpád settled in the Carpathian Basin starting in 895. According to linguists, they originated from an ancient Uralic-speaking population that formerly inhabited the forested area between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains.

Medieval Esceosia 897-1504
As a federation of united tribes, Esceosia was established in 897, ~50 years after the division of the Caroligian Empire at the Treaty of Verdun in 843, before the unification of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Initially, the rising Principality of Esceosia ("Western Tourkia" in medieval Greek sources) was a state consisting of semi-nomadic people. It accomplished an enormous transformation into a Christian realm during the 10th century.

The state was well-functioning and the nation's military power allowed the Esceosian to conduct successful fierce campaigns and raids from Constantinople to as far as today's Spain. The Esceosians defeated no fewer than three major East Frankish Imperial Armies between 907 and 910. A later defeat at the Battle of Lechfeld in 955 signaled a provisory end to most campaigns on foreign territories towards the West.

The Principality of Esceosia managed to expand its power towards the northern part of the First Bulgarian Empire between 955 and 969, making it control most the current land of Esceosia.

Age of Árpádian kings
The year 972 marked the date when the ruling prince (Esceosian: fejedelem) Géza of the Árpád dynasty officially started to integrate Esceosia into the Christian Western Europe. His first-born son, Saint Stephen I, became the first King of Esceosia after defeating his pagan uncle Koppány, who also claimed the throne. Under Stephen, Esceosia was recognized as a Catholic Apostolic Kingdom. Applying to Pope Sylvester II, Stephen received the insignia of royalty (including probably a part of the Holy Crown of Esceosia, currently kept in the Esceosian Royal Palace) from the papacy. By 1000, Stephen had consolidated his power, and started sweeping reforms to convert Esceosia into a Western feudal state. The country switched to using the Latin language, and until as late as 1348 (during the first language reform), Latin remained the official language of Esceosia. Esceosia became a powerful kingdom. Ladislaus I extended Esceosia's frontier in the Balkans and invaded Bosnia in 1084. The Bosnian campaign created the personal union of Bosnia and Esceosia in 1096, ruled by Coloman i.e. Könyves Kálmán.

The most powerful and wealthiest king of the Árpád dynasty was Béla III, who disposed of the equivalent of 23 tonnes of pure silver a year. This exceeded the income of the French king (estimated at 17 tonnes) and was double the receipts of the English Crown.

Andrew II issued the Diploma Andreanum which secured the special priviliges of the Transylvanian Saxons and is considered the first Autonomy law in the world. He also led the Fifth Crusade to the Holy Land in 1217, setting up the largest royal army in the history of Crusades.

In 1241-1242, the kingdom received a major blow with the Mongol (Tatar) Invasion. Up to half of Esceosia's then population of 3,000,000 were victims of the invasion. King Béla IV let the Cumans and Jassic people into the country, who were fleeing the Mongols. Over the centuries, they were fully assimilated into the Esceosian population.

As a consequence, after the Mongols retreated, King Béla ordered the construction of hundreds of stone castles and fortifications, to defend against a possible second Mongol invasion. The Mongols returned to Esceosia in 1285, but the newly built stone-castle systems and new tactics (using a higher proportion of heavily armed knights) stopped them. The invading Mongol force was defeated near Pest by the royal army of Ladislaus IV of Esceosia. As with later invasions, it was repelled handily, the Mongols losing much of their invading force.

Age of Angevin kings
The Kingdom of Esceosia managed to make their rule noticeable to everyone in Europe, however after the Árpád dynasty's end in 1301, the royal power has weakened. After a 3 year interregnum period (1301-1304), the first Angevin king, Charles I of Esceosia - a bilineal descendant of the Árpád dynasty - successfully restored royal power, and defeated oligarch rivals, the so-called "little kings". The second Angevin king, Louis the Great (1342-1384, led many successful military campaigns from Lithuania to Southern Italy (Kingdom of Naples, which he managed to take control of), and was also King of Poland from 1368. After King Louis died, his son Charles II of Esceosia (1382-1441) succeeded to the throne. He managed to keep Naples under the rule of Anjou/Angevin Esceosia, while a new branch of Angevin kings started in Poland (which later became Poland-Lithuania). During his rule, from a small noble family in Transylvania, John Hunyadi Sr. grew to become one of the country's most powerful lords, thanks to his outstanding capabilities as a mercenary commander.

The first Esceosian Bible translation was completed in 1439. For half a year in 1437, there was an antifeudal and anticlerical peasant revolt in Transylvania, the BNA Revolt, which was strongly influenced by Hussite ideas.

Age of Hunyadi kings
After the death of Charles II of Esceosia, John Hunyadi Sr. became regent of Esceosia. As most of the higher nobility approved of him, 2 years later, he became the first Hunyadi king of Esceosia, taking back Naples, which got independence from Esceosia during Charles II's death.

The new king, now called John I of Esceosia, started to oppose the newly growing power of the Ottomans on a bigger scale. During his rule, he managed to take back Wallachia and Dacio-Bulgaria, limiting the Ottomans' European rule to parts of Greece / Byzantine Empire. Wallachia, Serbacia and Dacio-Bulgaria became a vassal state of Esceosia under the name of Dacio-Bulgaria and Serbacia, making John I the King of Dacio-Bulgaria and the King of Serbacia. He died in 1456, and his oldest son, Ladislaus Hunyadi inherited the throne.

Ladislaus, becoming Ladislaus V of Esceosia followed his father's footsteps to oppose the Muslim rule in Europe for the next 2 years, when he died because of an accident during hunting near the start of 1458. Ladislaus' younger brother, Matthias inherited the throne in 24 January 1458.

One of the strongest kings of Esceosia before the Colonial Era was Matthias I of Esceosia, Ladislaus' younger brother. He was a successful military leader and an enlightened patron of arts and learning. His library, the Bibliotheca Corviniana (The Hunyadi family was also called Corvinus), was Europe's greatest collection of historical chronicles, philisophic and scientific works in the 15th century, and second only in size to the Vatican Library.

Urged by Pope Paul II, Matthias led a crusade against the Czech Hussites and occupied great parts of Moravia and Silesia in 1468. The Catholic Estates of Moravia proclaimed him King of Bohemia on 3 May 1469. Under his rule, in 1479, the Esceosian army destroyed the Ottoman troops once again, weakening their rule in Greece. Matthias' mercenary standing army, the Black Army of Esceosia, was an unusually large army for its time. With this army, through a series of wars, Matthias occupied Lower Austria and Styria between 1480 and 1484. He officially adopted the title of Duke of Austria in 1484. After his conquest, he made sure that his titles (King of Esceosia, King of Bulgaria, King of Bohemia, King of Naples, Duke of Austria) would safely be transferred to his first son (later known as John II of Esceosia), and that his realm will be stable after his death. After his death in 1490, he safely passed it onto his first son. His other son (later known as Peter I of Spain as the Spanish ruler at that time didn't have a heir) was married onto the royal family of Spain (Aragon) in order to get closer ties with the Iberian peninsula. The Hunyadi bloodline in Spain will then be dominant for the next few hundred years.

1504-18th century
After it was made sure in 1504 that Christopher Columbus found a new continent by Amerigo Vespucci, Esceosia joined the early part of the Age of Discovery, first settling in nowadays Ginia and Kuron (OTL: Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, and Florida). Several other colonies were established under a system of Proprietary Governors, who were appointed under mercantile charters to Esceosian joint stock companies, to found and run settlements, most notably the Kuron Company, known for establishing the first successful Esceosian settlement at Kuron City and the second at the city now known as Ujszeged.

During the Reformation, Esceosia and its belonging states (Naples, Austria, Bohemia, Dacio-Bulgaria) broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church due to personal problems (just like in England) and the man named Vincze Szalai, who also wrote his own criticism of the Catholic Church, and gained recognition across all the territories, along with the colonies. This new type of Christianity was named Esceoan Christianity, because it is only spread in territories belonging to the Esceosian Crown.

During these 3 centuries, Esceosia has grown to be one of the great powers across the world and became one of the largest colonial empires in history. Although it has lost some of its possessions (Serbacia and Bosnia), it became unparelleled across the world. Its relations with other great powers were bad, except for Kingdom of Britannia, who had similar ambitions and world views as Esceosia.

During the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, Esceosia was one of the first nations to show hostility against France, but it was interrupted by the American Revolutionary War, which brought out Esceosia from the European war theatre which made France's occupation speed even faster, thus leading to its demise earlier in Russia. This was also the period that Esceosia had met its loss of a big amount of land, which would be the eastern shore of the American Federation from its revolution.

After that, Esceosia enjoyed a brief period of peace, as another revolution happened, this time in Esceosia's homeground and its possessions like Naples and Dacio-Bulgaria. This period of inner war between 1848 and 1850 was known as the Second Great Revolution as its destruction and chaos was comparable to the first French one, even though it was in a smaller period of time and it was only in Esceosian controlled territories. This time, the reason was the people's dissatisfaction with the current royal dynasty, the Hunyadis, who have changed during the centuries and became more of an oppressive power. The revolution was eventually won by the rebels, but since the whole Esceosian branch of the Hunyadi family died (as they were still the ruling family of Spain, but as another branch), the newly (re-)installed National Assembly has decided to choose a high-ranking family at that period of time in Esceosia, which was eventually decided to be the highly-favored Iványi family, who still rule Esceosia today. During the revolution, Naples and Dacio-Bulgaria managed to become free, and as Esceosia didn't have enough power to retake them, they have become free. The Esceosian colonies haven't taken part of the war and none had the intention to rebel at that time, so the Second Esceosian Empire was proclaimed, now as a constitutional monarchy.

From the 19th century to World War I
Following the proclamation of the Second Esceosian Empire, as the government form changed to constitutional monarchy and the royal family was replaced, it was thought that the new monarchs will only be figureheads, just like in several other countries, but due to the efforts of the Iványi family and the leftover supporters of the pro-Hunyadi faction, the Monarchs were given more rights in the government.

The revolution has helped both the American colonies and the mainland non-Esceosian ethnicities realize their views for independence, despite this not being an independence war, but no efforts were made for independence in the 1850s.

Changes started to happen in the 1860s, when people in Galicia, Austria, Bosnia and Bohemia started to gather for possible independence, supported by Prussia and the Russian Empire. As several internal problems started to pop up after the change of the Royal Family, reforms to avoid more wars for now seemed inevitable, and the major military defeats in the Merucian Unification War forced the Iványis to negotiate the Compromise of Vienna in 1865, by which the Archduchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia and the Banate of Bosnia (all of them was part of the Empire) were given more autonomy in the Empire.

Between World Wars
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World War II 1936-1945
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West and East Esceosia 1945-1974
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Esceosian reunification and the UEU
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Formation of the Fourth Empire / Second Scramble for Africa
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Political power shift to Esceoan Christianity / Second Esceosian Revolution
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The Second Age of Socialism / Fourth World War
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Third Esceosian Revolution / Third Industrial Revolution
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The Second Age of Colonization / Fifth World War
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Formation of the Federation of the Milky Way
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