Belka (Principia Moderni IV Map Game)

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The "Belkan Empire" (Belkan: Империята на Белка) is an empire spanning across southeastern europe covering the Balkans and straddling the crossroads of Asia, the Eurasian steppe, and the large trade routes of the Eastern Medditterennean ocean.

The Belkan Empire consists of 8 Major subdivisions correlating with the ancient historical states which used to exists within said borders. There is some discrepancy left over from the Bulgarian empire due to its pre-eminence in establishing the Belkan empire however of ths nations 8 Principalities they are further subdivided by regional lands and cities to for more effective governance as well as preventing an easy break off of any of the Belkan constituent principalities from the empire.

Effectively beginning in the 1300's the Empire of Belka was not a true entity until the 16th century following the integration of Serbia, Vlach, and Moldavia as Slavic brothers in arms against encroaching islam as well as beating the nascent greek cities and one minor kingdom for dominance in the Balkans. The Bulgarian Empire finally gave way to the Tsardom of Belka following a very clear transition from a Bulgar dominant state to a melting pot of the South Slavic and the Vlach cultures most of which had already adopted huge amounts of Bulgarian culture and ideals from the previous ottoman conquest of the region. The rise of "Vasili the Great" also known as Vasili the Impaler or Vasili-Kaloyan after his adoption of Bulgarian titles, in now the Provinces of Vlach and Moldavia led to the outright conquest and destruction of the Ottomans in europe and the restoration of the Bulgarian empire under the Dynasty Dracultesti-Asen.

The state was known as both the kingdom of the Bulgars and the Vlachs in both instances with both the original iteration of the Second empire as well as the Restored second empire, however following the relative decline of the Greeks and the settlement of Bulgars and eventually Serbs, Slovenes, and Croats the region has become a more unified group of the South Slavs which achieved unity through various ideas as well as the dominant concepts of South Slavic unity adopted by the Higher nobilities, as well as the Ruling Dracultesti family. On top of this a very concrete form of national identity was established and fostered by the the nearly 350 years of conflict between muslims and the orthodox christians. Followed up by extremely militant actions taken by the orthodox church against Islamic incursion and conquest, the Bulgars, Serbs, Slovenes, Vlachs, and Moldavians adopted a common attitude and after fighting alongside in multiple wars. The Great Turkish War also known as the Great Crusade did alot of work towards solidifying a common Belkan identity specifically by mobilizing nearly half a million men into the war and bringing an unprecedented amount of people together in new ways to fight a desperate and massive war against the Caliphate.

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