Alternative History
Kingdom of Bosnia and Zachlumia
Kraljevina Bosna i Zahumlje
Краљевина Босна и Захумље
Timeline: Differently
Bosnia slsss Coat of arms of Austrian Bosnia
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: 
Jedina si jedina
Jедина си једина
(English: "You Are the One and Only")
Bosnia map Differently
Location of Bosnia and Zachlumia (green)
Capital
(and largest city)
Sarajevo
Official languages Bosnian
Demonym(s) Bosnian • Zachlumian
Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
 -  Monarch Stephen X
 -  Prime Minister Denis Bećirović
Legislature Parliament
Establishment
 -  Early medieval polity 10th century 
 -  Banate of Bosnia 1154 
 -  First kingdom 1377 
 -  Roman conquest 1498 
 -  Independence from Byzantium 17 January 1887 
Area
 -  Total 51,129 km2 
19,741 sq mi 
Population
 -  Estimate 3,475,000 (104th)
Currency Dinar (BSD)
Drives on the right

Bosnia and Zachlumia (Bosnian: Bosna i Zahumlje/Босна и Захумље), officially the Kingdom of Bosnia and Zachlumia (Bosnian: Kraljevina Bosna i Zahumlje/Краљевина Босна и Захумље), is a country in southeastern Europe.

The area of modern-day Bosnia and Zachlumia has been inhabited since at least the Upper Paleolithic. Following the arrival of the first Indo-Europeans, the area was colonised by Illyrian and Celtic civilisations. The Bosnian South Slavic people then populated the area during the 6th through the 9th century. In the 12th century, the Banate of Bosnia, and by the end of the 14th century had evolved into the Kingdom of Bosnia. In the late 15th century, the kingdom was incorporated into the Byzantine Empire, and remained under Roman rule until 1886, when the Bosnian rebellion resulted in the kingdom being formed under the rule of the Dadianis.

Bosnia is a parliamentary democracy, with a king as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. The country is a member of the European Union and the League of Nations.

History[]

Post-independence era (1886-1914)[]

Following the Russo-Roman War of 1882, the Congress of Berlin allowed Austria-Hungary to occupy the Bosnia and Zachlumia Theme, which would remain de-jure part of Rhomania but de-facto under Austro-Hungarian military rule. The Bosnian people, which had hoped for the Russian Empire to liberate them during the 1882 war, were unhappy with remaining part of Rhomania and also being controlled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1886, after Austria-Hungary introduced mandatory conscription into the Austro-Hungarian military for all Bosnian men, workers and civilians started protesting against such an idea, demanding independence.

Dadiani niko

Tvrtko III of Bosnia, King of Bosnia from 1887 to 1899

At first, Austria-Hungary and Rhomania attempted to suppress the rebellion, but following Russian demands to allow the Bosnians to govern themselves, the three countries met in Sarajevo to discuss the future of Bosnia. By early 1887, Austria-Hungary and Rhomania reluctantly allowed Bosnia to become an independent kingdom under the influence of Russia. On 17 January, the Kingdom of Bosnia and Zachlumia was established, being the first independent Bosnian nation since 1498. Niko Dadiani, a Georgian nobleman, was elected as the King of Bosnia.

The independent Bosnian kingdom was under heavy Russian and Serbian influence, with many Serbian nationalists advocating for the annexation of Bosnia and Zachlumia to create Greater Serbia. Austria-Hungary also sought interests in Bosnia and Zachlumia, hoping to expand its naval ports to larger parts of Dalmatia, while Rhomania hoped to regain the Bosnian region to expand its territory. Ultimately though, thanks to Russian diplomacy, Bosnia and Zachlumia successfully retained its independence from the major Southeastern European powers.

Government[]