Republic of Voltakra

One of the far-eastern nations on Kaaran, Voltakra is comparatively small when compared to its larger neighbours, Soitnam and Slaitan, but it has nevertheless played a vital part in Kaaranese history. While Morheka has since become a hub of scientific prowess, it is in Voltakra that we find the true birthplace of Kaaranese science, where the first proto-scientists practiced a system remarkably similar to Earth alchemy, in attempts to understand the universe around them. Voltakra has had a troubled history, constantly being invaded and splitting away, only for the cycle to repeat. Today, their sovereignty is protected only by the Kaaranese League Ratification Treay, its close economic and political ties to the Trinity Nations, and its renowned Voltakran Legion.

History
During the period of expansion and colonisation the Morhekan Empire underwent, many places were settled by people either fleeing the increasingly brutal regimes, searching for a new life, or searching for regions where enterprising entreprenours could make a fortune. Voltakra was a mixture of all three, and political refugees and opportunistic settlers settled the land in AD 900, quickly establishing a few major settlements. By AD 1150, it encompassed a large portion of the eastern continent, though religious and economic differences led to its fracturing in AD 1200, with Soitnam to the north and Slaitan to the south-west.

Though the Cult of Quenyathar had always emphasised the place of practicality over blind faith, it was in Voltakra that hey gained their biggest footing, and where the Voltakran branch of the Cult founded the University of Thergas. Over the next three hundred years, the University, and in turn Voltakra, would become the destination of budding scientists and philosophers, and attracted the attentions of other nations - including the Duashe'era Hegemony, which began a campaign of conquest in the east in the hopes of become a significant continental power to rival Mopada or Morheka themselves, with most of the east coming under its control by AD 1200. Resistance to the occupation, funded and supported by the newly-established states of the Trinity of Light, continued for another 45 years until it was brutally but effectively stamped out by the Duashe'era military