Holy Bulgar Empire

''This article is about the official nation of TL Mapping. For other uses, see Holy Bulgar Empire (disambiguation).''

The Holy Bulgar Empire, also known as Bulgarica, is a radicalist theocracy in Eastern Europe. Its capital is Harkuuna, a city in the center of the country. It is the official nation of TL Mapping and first appeared in Episode 2 of his Alternate History of Europe series. ANYONE CAN USE THIS COUNTRY IN THEIR SERIES!

Founding
The Holy Bulgar Empire was founded in Eastern Europe under Pûlûr I, who overthrew the leader of his tribe after, quote, "seeing an apparition of God". He then went on to pronounce himself the "Oracle of God", after which he united the Bulgar tribes. His empire began directly west of the Black Sea. It expanded frivolously until it surrounded the newly unified nations of East and West Kieva, now simply called Kieva. The Bulgar armies wiped out the Kievans and secured domination over all of Central Eastern Europe. However, the nation of Eda in Southern Scotland was appalled at the senseless destruction the Bulgars caused in the "name of God". The Edans called the Bulgars' god a false god and an "advocate of senseless destruction". The Bulgars instantly declared war.

The Holy War
Brabrantium, another country west of the Holy Bulgar Empire, stood up for Eda and assisted its armies. Using a tactic known as the "head-on charge", the Bulgars conquered half of Brabrantium within a few months. Francia, always looking to gain land, sided with the Bulgars. In turn, the southern rival of Francia, Mamporia, sided with Eda and Brabrantium and created the Triple Entente to counter the Bulgar-Francish alliance. While visiting Italy, Oracle Pûlûr I was murdered when the Mamporians landed in Central Italy and took the whole peninsula, killing Pûlûr I in the process. His son, Pûlûr II, succeeded him, however this did not help. The Mamporians, Edans and Brabrantines were making advancements into Francia and the western provinces of Bulgarica. The Dayulid Caliphate soon joined in and Francia surrendered soon after. With the overwhelming allied forces pushing against the Bulgars, Pûlûr II decided to surrender after the allied forces conquered Dakski. (The series' version of Gdansk, aka Danzig) Bulgaria ceded Italy and Dalmatia to Mamporia, which also gained the Basque country from Francia. Tiny parts of the region of Germany were given to Brabrantium and the newly formed nation of Hadra (Though they later merged to form Germania) Finally, all of Anatolia, the Bulgar homeland, and the Southern Caucasus as well as Crimea were ceded to the Dayulid Caliphate. The Bulgars were distraught. The capital of Harkuuna had been taken and their homeland as a whole as well. Their land was greatly diminished.

The Conquest of Syber and the Fall of the Empire
After the end of the Holy War, the Dayulid Caliphate collapsed. The people of Mamporia were outraged, and thousands enlisted in the army. Soon the Mamporians, out of rage, had conquered an empire that encircled the Mediterranean Sea- and they also got to the Bulgar homeland before the Bulgars did. The Bulgar state was on its way to collapse. The invasion of the Syberii Empire, renowned for its lightning fast conquests, took all the remaining Bulgar land excluding the land around the capital of Bulgara, where Talinn, the capital of Talin, is today. The Bulgars fought valiantly and eventually decided to become a meritocracy like Syber in order to counter them. Thus, the Holy Bulgar Empire became the world's second meritocracy. The Oracle found a great General in the form of Krum Duo, and General Duo launched a series of attacks that completeley destroyed Syber. For a brief 5-year period, the Holy Bulgar Empire stretched from the Kumchatka Peninsula to North Africa. However, it eventually collapsed in on itself and several states emerged from its ruins, such as Talin, Valgond and Vordalkien.

Bulgarica Today
After the Era of Miracium (an era in which Miracium hyper-expanded and conquered most of the world) the Empire was refounded under Aspura I. The Empire managed to survive the Onslaught of Mürt in the early 1700s and exists today, under Aspura I's son Aspura II. HBE also had a war vs the mighty Daronia, which was won by Daronia of course. Cus of that war HBE is hated by a lot of mappers cus of TL's spamming and hating and continuing conflicts against ONs. Today the Empire retains its famously extremist religion but is more open to alliances. Not many any mappers used it in their series...some are HappynHungry or Nick.

A Basic Primer of Bulgar Religion
In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth, and he said "Let there be light!", for the Word of God was the law of the universe and God was its master, for the Word was God and God was the Word. Then, God created animals. One animal, man, was better than the others and so developed civilization. The best civilization, in terms of spiritual power, was that of the Bulgars, so God reached out to them through a man named Pûlûr and the Holy Bulgar Empire was founded with Pûlûr as Oracle, and God saw it good.

Allies
The main ally of the Holy Bulgar Empire during its initial existence was Francia, due to the fact that they cooperated in the Holy War. However, eventually, most of the other European countries accepted a shaky alliance with the Bulgars. This alliance became rather unshaky when the Empire was refounded. Today the Empire's main ally is Talin.

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