Phylopia

Be advised that the creator of Phylopia, Gladstonevski, allows all mappers to use Phylopia in their mapping videos! Phylopia, officially known as the Republic of Phylopia is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Bulgaria and Serbia to the north, Turkia to the southeast and Greece to the south.

The religion practiced in the country is divided among deists being 59% Muslim (mostly Sunni) and 41% Christian (mostly Orthodox).

The capital, Bostral, is the second-largest city in the country after Selanic. The current government of Phylopia is under a monarchy; though constitutionally, it is a republic. The nation's first king (who also established the nation) was Phylophus, who reigned from 987 to 1033.

The country's culture draws influence from Turks and Byzantines, with an important focus on religion.

The nation's currency is the Polo. Phylopia is not a member state of the European Union. Phylopia is a multiethnical state, consisting of Albanians, Phylopians, Greeks, Turks and Bulgarians. Due to secularisation and anti-racist laws being put into place by the country's government since the nation's foundation, it remained stable. Due to illegal immigrants and refugees from Turkia passing through Phylopia, diplomatic relations between the two nations have been severed.

-Phylopus' Reign and the Foundation of Phylopia-
According to the old Phylopian annals of history, Phylopus, the founder of the nation was a "count" vassal of the Sultan of Egypt. Phylopus rebelled against the Sultan to gain independence. He and his army conquered the modern day Amman/Jordan (Old Bostral) and held the castle for 8 months. Unfortunately he was captured by the Egyptian Army. Sultan took him to Alexandria to decide the fate of Phylopus. Phylopus was exiled from the country to the island of Crete. After 10 years gaining the population's support there, Phylopus and his followers that consists of 46 people, set sail to Balkans.

The Balkan Peninsula was in chaos. Byzantines and Bulgarians were in a war. With the help of Bulgaria, Phylopus and his followers settled down to find the city of Bostral (987), and it became the City State of Bostral that day. The City State of Bostral was a vassal nation under the Tsar Simeon the Great of Bulgaria. Tsar Simeon granted autonomy privileges for the City State of Bostral under the condition that Bostral submits to protect the traders of the First Bulgarian Empire. Bostral became a middle sized naval force in the Aegean Sea, it became richer and richer day by day. This empowerement was aided by the Tsar Simeon so that Bostral can bother with the Byzantines. Tsar Simeon sent over five thousand men to Phylopus with the goal of securing Aegean Sea coast for the benefit of the Bulgarian Tsardom. Phylophus with the aid of the Tsar Simeon, enlarged the borders of the country to Greece. After the death of Tsar Simeon, Bulgarian Empire was forced to accept the independence of Phylopia. An alliance was founded with the Bulgarian Empire. The Byzantines couldn't dare to attack Phylopia due to the alliance. Phylopus's reign ended in 1033 and his son and first heir "Glad" took the throne.

-King Glad's Reign-
King Glad's Campaigns were mostly into Anatolia. Phylopian-Bulgarian Alliance managed to capture Constantinople, ending the Byzantines. Glad I, captured the coasts of Anatolia and built castles to prevent The Turks from entering his territory. The castles did not stop the Seljuk Turks from pillaging and capturing Anatolia. Glad decided to negotiate with the Seljuk Sultan and a long-lasting friendship between the two nations started. Some of Phylopians accepted Islam and some of them remained Christian (Orthodox). The Phylopian historian Mumtaz Rypos says: " The Conversion of Phylopia from Christianity to Islam was not a real consentual act, it was a diplomatic tactic to counter the Seljuk military agression to Phylopian homeland." The religious instability created a political crisis in the country. Bulgarian Alliance was ceased to exist. The Bulgar Tsar provoked the Orthodox Christian vassals of the Phylopian Kingdom. Rebellious Orthodox vassals murdered King Glad I at the siege of Bostral in 1078 and ended his 45 years of reign.

King Caroleas' Reign
Heir Caroleas was just 8 years old when the execution of his Father happened. Orthodox vassals of the deceased King Glad, reigned the country for 13 years until the King Caroleas acceded to the throne. King Caroleas (reign: 1091-1120) was a genius man and he enacted the Harmony Laws "Kanun-e Ahenk-i Flopie" to end the hostilities between the two religious believers. After bringing sollution to the stability problem, King Caroleas reconquered the coastal parts of Anatolia from the weakened Seljuk Sultanate. By the end of the century Phylopia was one of the strongest nations in the eastern Mediterranean.

Reign of The Sultans
At the end of the 14'th century, in 1392, The first Muslim king of Phylopia, Hakam I, was crowned. It was a peaceful process stated under the Harmony Laws enacted by King Caroleas. During Hakam's reign, the policy of harmony and the "Kanun-e Ahenk-i Flopie" was dissolved. Phylopia became an islamic nation and a Sultanate. According to historians, Hakam roughly massacred 20%-30% of the Christian population after the dissollution of the harmony laws. The Hakamid Sultanate under the Hakamid Dynasty lasted more than 300 years until the Kristjani Revolution of 1792.

Kristjani Dynasty Period (Period of Modernization)
In 1792, The Kristjani Dynasty under the influence of the French Revolution, captured the throne and ended the reign of the Sultans and the Hakamid Dynasty. Dynasty members of the Hakamid Dynasty were exiled to Fezzan (Modern day Libya). A secular constitutional monarchy was founded. Kristjani Dynasty re-enacted the long forgotten law of the Harmony and this action helped the stabilisation of the Phylopian state and made it easier to enact social-economic reforms. The Phylopian Constitutional Monarchy was the first nation to improve the political rights of the cititzens widely and to make social reforms among other European nations. The industrialization started in Phylopia during this period. The Kristjani Dynasty invested heavily in the cotton production and luxury and regular clothes industry. To this day, the Phylopian cotton-clothes industry is one of the best in Europe.

Republican Period
In the year 1932 due to the great depression, people of Phylopia rioted against the Kristjani government. And shortly after, these riots became a nationwide revolution. The government of Phylopia resigned after 2 months of resistance. After the Revolution in 1932, Phylopia became a secular Republic. The overthrown Kristjani Dynasty members fled to France. Some of them remained and obeyed the new republican government. Obeyed Kristjani dynasty members since then, had only symbolic powers, and the ones that rule the country are prime-ministers under a democratically elected government.