West Talerium
The West Talerium Monarchy
May she rest in our hearts...As most people in Atamara and the world would know, especially those from younger generations know, West Talerium is a realm without a map. The little realm of 14,900 inhabitants had a short lived, though big history. Having been created from the regions of Maapan and Chucxi, with Mapaxal as the capital, West Talerium clearly came from Talerium sovereignty and would geographically be known as the Duchy of Mapaxal by today's standards.
Not much is known about what went on inside the little realm, as few accepted the opportunity to join. When a realm of West Talerium's size is faced with several enemies with a combined population of over 460,000, one tends to stay away from what would effectively be considered a suicidal career path. However, most of those who served her until her end were proud to do so.
During her time, West Talerium's only allies were Falasan, Abington, Southasland, and the "new" Callaway. Neither of these allies offered military support, but the support they did offer was appreciated and indispensable for West Talerium to survive as long as it had. The realm's king, Prince Zetcher, did all he could with his small government and council to keep the peace desired, and in the past promised to him by his former Prime Minister, Captain. However, things did not go quite that peaceful and several realms were rallied by Captain's exaggeratory silver tongue. Darka, Eston, and Barony of Makar were Talerium's primary allies in the war and came to the call-to-arms like a dog to his master; despite Talerium having more than enough resources to subdue their "civil war" if they wanted.
West Talerium fought for peace, never leaving their own soil in attempt to ensure it but this only gave Captain's regime the time it needed, and exploited greedily, to build up the forces needed to eliminate the "threat". Because of this and many other unfortunate events, West Talerium barely received a breath of air before it was brought down by the might of two super powers and two sizeable realms. Just a good example of using a contingent of siege engines to scale a barnyard fence.
The Talerium Account
The failure that was the creation of West Talerium the Prime Minister of Talerium, Captain, blames on himself. A number of factors contributed to this secession. First was the error that Captain made in almost immediately trusting Prince Zetcher and his family upon meeting them in the south during an assault on Aja. Second was allowing this trust to cloud Captain's judgement in supporting the members of this family, which allowed them to claim powerful positions in Talerium before they would have otherwise been ready for them. Finally was a misinterpretation of words between Prince Zetcher and Captain. Prince Zetcher had initially suggested the idea of having his city become a new realm that would be in Talerium's benefit, but there was never a final decision on whether or not to proceed with such a plan, and there never was before Prince Zetcher took this action upon himself.
The timing of such a secession could not have come at a worst time. Prime Minister Captain was just recovering from an injury suffered after an assault on the other side of the continent when the secession began. Not long after, West Talerium was established and well-fortified to withstand a defensive confrontation, as well as receiving different forms of aid from enemies of Talerium. In an effort to limit the number of casualties of any innocent citizens caught up in the situation and on the side of Talerium, allied assistance was requested for the minimal amount of damage to be inflicted on the regions held by West Talerium as well as the fastest route to an end to the conflict, as well as a show of force to persuade those that allied themselves with West Talerium from interfering
The initial assault was a success for Talerium, and essentially ended the conflict unofficially until all regions were retaken. This is widely regarded as a civil war within Talerium, and teaches us the valuable lessons to not trust people too quickly and a stronger belief that a separation of governmental powers was essential to the prosperous growth of the Talerium Republic.
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