Republic of Pustoyna

Pustoyna (/pustɔɪ̯nə/), officially the Republic of Pustoyna (Dummatch: Rjəpublyka Pustwəjna), also known as Pustoynia (/pustɔɪ̯niə/) and sometimes mistakenly called Pustonya is a fictional country located in southern Central Europe. Pustoyna borders five countries: Italy to the West, Gorenjska to the North, Istria to the South-West, Croatia to the South-East and Dolenjska to the East. It covers ...... and has a population of -. It is a parliamentary republic. The capital city is Pustoyna City (Dummatch: Pustwəjna), hence the name of the country, while the largest city is Xurica.

It is considered to be Flaming Arrow's secondary official nation despite not appearing in any videos.

History
The country was established after the dissolution of Slovenia in 2035, when the country broke up into 7 independent countries because of rising tensions and cultural differences among different ethnic groups. Those 7 countries were: Dulenia (Dulajnska), Gorenia (Gorenska), Carinthia (Koroška), Istria (Istra), Styria (Štojerska), Prekmuria (Prekmüre) and Pustoyna (Pustwəjna).

First Wave of Rebellion
Severe centralization and refusal of the government in Ljubljana to recognize ethnic languages (Dulenian, Gorenian, Carinthian, Istrian, Styrian, Prekmurian and Dummatch) as official ones sparked a rebellion among ethnically and regionally-aware people across the entire country. The protests started in Pustoyna by a Pustoynish nationalist Janəs Awsc, but were the strongest among Prekmurians and Styrians, who through the years remained regionally aware and maintained their culture and language. The protesters demanded federalization of Slovenia, officialization of local ethnical languages, their implementation into schools, public administration and jurisdiction on local level, as well as financial support for development of ethnic cultures. After the government refused their demands and continued to consider local languages as only dialects, the protest broke into riots. Several mayors in Styria and Prekmuria declared independence from Slovenia, while in Maribor, a group of Styrians took over the city and proclaimed People's Republic of Maribor. Eventually the protesters formed a united front and managed to occupy entire Prekmuria and most of Styria. In response the government launched a counter-offensive, managed to capture Celje and Velenje, but was forced to sign a truce as revolts in Istria also broke out. The government agreed to recognize Styrian and Prekmurian as official dialects with some benefits, such as allowing their limited use in the first grade of elementary school and allowing schools to organize non-compulsory weekly classes in Slovene language about regional culture and local dialect. Some of the more laid-back protesters were satisfied with the offer while more extreme Styrian and Prekmurian nationalists insisted on their initial demands and refused to cede power. Slovenia was on the brink of a civil war.

Not long after Styria and Prekmuria declared independence, revolts also started in Croatia, most notably Istria and Dalmatia. Protesters, inspired by Styrian and Prekmurian nationalists, took a step further, proclaimed themselves to be a completely different nation than Croats and declared full independence from Croatia. Croatian forces managed to repress the protests in Dalmatia, but had to give in to Istriots. People's Republic of Istria was established soon after. Along with the rebellion in Croatian Istria, some protests broke out in Slovene Istria as well. The protesters here, however, were not associated with the protesters in Croatian Istria, as they only demanded language rights and did not consider themselves to be a part of Istrian nation. After multiple riots Slovene government proposed that Istrian dialect would become an official dialect with some benefits, such as limited use in first grade of school, and allowed for a censored newspaper in Istrian dialect to be issued every month. Protests in Slovene Istria and the rest of the country except Styria and Prekmuria soon died down, but the revolts in Styria and Prekmuria continued. Having dealt with the other protesters, the government was able to launch a full offensive onto liberated Styria and Prekmuria and in only five days managed to occupy all of their territory.

Mass centralization
To prevent further protests, several reforms soon passed. Many trials were held against the protesters, most of whom were given the life sentence, which was legalized just after the protests. All the municipalities were disbanded and replaced by districts, administration of which was appointed directly by the government. All the dialects of Slovene language (including Istrian) were banned from public and private use, enforced by a prison sentence for everyone that would violate the law. Army became present in every larger Slovene city and censorship for all the local newspapers was introduced. Compulsory citizenship, national and Slovene culture education was enforced across the entire country. In a matter of months, Slovenia became a severely centralized semi-democratic repressive state.