Democratic Republic of Sidan

About
The Democratic Republic of Sidan is an authoritarian military junta state in the continent of Mesothemia and has the most Arab population within the continent, it is mentioned in New Shingleton and their passports also appear within the game, the country is currently rebuilding and recovering from a border war a few years prior with the Union of Ruralia, the city of Rbyealramal currently stands as the capital of the country.

History
The history of the land known as Sidan today began in the late Bronze Age, as the land contained a mix of several regions which allowed livestock to thrive in large quantities, and had potential in the early civilization, but due to the difficulty of scaling the mountain it was sparsely populated, as the Iron Age began, Southern Mesothemia outnumbered the large quantities of livestock, leaving Sidan behind and due to the constant migration to Southern Mesothemia, populations began to decline.

Sidan began in 1 AD, as the so called Mesothemian Barbarians began inhabiting the land and established towns and roads outside of the Mesothemian Empire, which has thrived since the beginning of the Iron Age, it was seen as an eyesore by the colossal empire due to it being served as a gateway to cross into the Mesothemian Empire, and in 34 AD, the Mesothemian Empire sieged Sidan and annexed it into a province.

Arrival of the Amphicians and Ruralians
The creation and spread of Christianity contributed to the collapse and split of the Mesothemian Empire, and also contributed to the mass migration of Barbarians into the capital, abandoning Sidan and residing within the Empire's capital, the remaining Barbarians migrated to Central Mesothemia where they were massacred by the Ruralians, a group of people who swore loyalty to the former empire.

In 453 AD the first Amphician migration began into Sidan after recently converting to Christianity, and the Ruralians migrated into South Sidan for land and livestock, the Amphicians turned Sidan into a gateway for Christanity to spread to the continent of Mesothemia and nearby lands, Sidan was divided by the Amphician majority north and the Ruralian majority south.

Both the Amphicians and Ruralians were bitter rivals and both hated eachother, which lead to violent clashes towards nearby village, as the Ruralians blamed the Amphicians for not letting them settle further, as the Amphicians saw them as an eyesore and barbaric group of people who stole the lands for better opportunity.

Amphician Sidan
The land of Sidan was constantly conquered and devastated by powerful empires of Mesothemia which contributed to a mix in both Amphician and Ruralian cultures, but still heavy clashes between the two groups still occur including farmers rebellions and assassinations, and most of the population lives under poverty.

In 532 AD, the mighty Acharenossa Empire began in Western Mesothemia and in 10 years of its existence, it conquered Sidan and the lands surrounding it.

In 659 AD, the mighty Acharenossa Empire and the Emperor, gathered slaves and resources to build a massive wall on the mountains dividing Amphician and Ruralian communities in order to stop Amphician clans from attempting violence against Ruralians, but the true purpose of the wall was to prevent the incoming spread of Islam into Mesothemia and attempt to control it, leaving Sidan only vulnerable to the spread.

After 800 years of constant conquering by Mesothemian empires and kingdoms, the spread of Islam in Sidan was not controlled properly as the Medina Caliphate declared war on the now declining Acharenossa Empire, and due to the weakness of the empire's army, the empire instantly collapsed and Sidan was annexed by the Medina Caliphate, which ended Christianity in Sidan, and the end of Ancient Sidan.

Caliphate rule in Sidan
The end of the Acharenossa Empire and the end of the ancient era in Sidan led to the beginning of Sidan's transition to a majority Amphician and Christian population to a predominantly Arab population and a province of the Medina Caliphate, the migration of Arabs forced Amphicians to flee to Ruralian villages not affected by the invasion, but because of the bitter rivalry between the two groups, a war against them occured, forcing the Ruralians out of Sidan and were wiped out completely out of Sidan.

As the Medina Caliphate collapsed and several caliphates together conquered the lands, the kingdoms in Mesothemia launched crusades aiming to push Islam out of Mesothemia, the crusades eventually destroyed several small muslim kingdoms in Mesothemia but failed to push them out of Sidan due to the harsh terrain and the 200 year old massive wall barricading them from entry, several crusades were also involved in aiming the liberation of Sidan, but ultimately lead into a disaster.

Several caliphates controlling Sidan were corrupt, and plagues, wars, and famine devastated Sidan, and Sidan was finally conquered by the Ottoman Empire somewhere in the 1700s, oppressing the Amphicians and dividing them to several districts and reinforcing the wall border between Christians and the Muslims, the border wall was heavily funded to build defenses and protect Sidan from potential invasion by Mesothemian kingdoms, Sidan had been a province of the Ottoman Empire for over 130 years until Napoleon's forces landed in Sidan in 1799, due to the weakness of the Ottoman army, the French managed to capture several rivers, and burned nearby farms capable of sustaining troops, further starving the population, eventually the French Army were forced to retreat.

19th century Sidan
Ottoman rule in Sidan stretched to the 19th century, after the failed reforms of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans were in heavy decline due to the Crimmitonian Rebellion, which resulted in secession and ending of the Crimmitonia Vilayet, several rebellions broke out in response to the major reforms by the sultans, the Janissaries, the elite force of the Ottoman Empire, opposed against these reforms and a coup d'etat occured.

After the coup in 1825, the Ottoman Empire's plans of colonizing Nesekme was devastated after the United States of Megaton and Columbia established a colony in the uncolonized land, and the new sultan abolished the Janissaries in 1826, but the structures of the Janissaries were only reduced to the autonomous Dönmeyecek Vilyaet, this contributed to a power vacuum in Sidan.

The power vacuum in Sidan caused a civil war when several warlords in Sidan attempt to control the Sidan Vilayet by violence and secede from the Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans refused for Sidan to secede as it was vital to the empire, after the civil war stretched 20 years, the now exhausted Ottoman Empire signed a treaty promising autonomy and independence as a vassal to the Ottoman Empire, a weak and unstable government took over Sidan called the "Şehit Reformu".

The new and weak unstable Şehit Reformu attempt to modernize the vassal of Sidan by instituting dramatic reforms within the military and the economy, and the cultural spheres within the vassal, the new government was pure tyranny as it initiated a violent purge of Amphicians in the south to consolidate his rule on Sidan, because of these reforms the Vassal of Sidan outnumbered the Ottoman Empire, and cut ties with the Ottoman Empire due to deteriorating relations.

The Şehit Reformu declared war on the Ottomans with the help of Mesothemia's superpowers, which stretched to 5 years and ultimately led to the Ottoman Empire's defeat, the First Sultanate of Sidan was established in 1882, ending 989 years of Caliphate rule within Sidan.

First Sultanate of Sidan 1882 - 1915
The secession from the Ottoman Empire and the declaration of the First Sultanate of Sidan contributed to an immediate civil war due to a secession crisis between two brothers seeking to claim the throne, due to the intervention by the British, the civil war ended and a pro-British sultan was installed into the new monarchy.

In exchange for valuable goods and trade by the British Empire, Sidan ordered the partial demolition of the wall, leaving only sections of the wall surviving as training grounds and necessary defense on the border of Sidan, bricks from the wall were given to farmers to help expand their business and make things better, Amphicians opposed against the demolition of the wall, but attempts to stop the partial demolition failed.

In 1903, a secession crisis started the Rbyealramal Civil War, the civil war stretched 6 years and ended in rebel victory, the Sultanate of Sidan was spared of it's dissolvement, but a constitutional monarchy was established after an agreement with the two sultans, but ended up forcing the British to partially occupy coastal areas of Sidan.

In 1914, the Great War began, devastating the entire Mesothemia, the Sultanate of Sidan was completely neutral within the war, but in mid 1916, the Sultanate of Sidan agreed to join the war against the Central Powers after desperate requests from the allies and Britain for Sidan to help fight within the war, but Sidanian troops were not capable of fighting such a massive army due to it being poorly equipped, the wall which was partially demolished also contributed to Sidan's downfall as in late 1916 Sidan's front completely collapsed and in 16 days Sidan's capital, Rbyealramal, was captured, the Sultan was forced to abdicate and surrender to the enemies.

A treaty was signed in which Sidan was divided, as Amphicians were given full independence by the Central Powers and North Sidan was divided between the two sultans, and also the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a puppet state, and the dissolvement of the Sultanate of Sidan, however this treaty did not last long as in mid 1917 allied operations completely occupied half of Sidan, and was finally liberated.

Second Sultanate of Sidan 1919 - 1944
In 1918, during the end of the war, Sidan was under military administration by the British, and by the end of the year, the Second Sultanate of Sidan was declared in 1919 as another consitutional monarchy along with a new sultan, the previous sultan who was in exile during the years of the Great War opposed this and demand his entire population declare a civil war against the new sultan.

A coup d'etat occured in the Second Sultanate of Sidan, and forced the new sultan to abdicate, replacing with the one in exile, but because of the current constitutional monarchy, his powers and control over the country were limited.

During the 1920s, the Second Sultanate of Sidan was a booming country and one of the richest nations in Mesothemia and allied with the League of Free Nations, but when the Great Depression in 1929 nearly damaged the economy of the world including Sidan, the economic downfall led to the rise of far-right extremism throughout the entire Mesothemia, this economic downfall also contributed to the sultan tightening his grip on power and weakening the constitutional monarchy, in 1933 the Great Depression ended and the massive damage was eventually impossible to fix, leaving Sidan's economy near to collapse and nearly making Sidan's currency completely useless within the country.

In 1939, the Second Great War happened again in Mesothemia, as the far-right attempt to takeover Mesothemia and the rest of the world, the League of Free Nations and Britain attempt to convince the Sultanate to join the war, but due to the instability of the Sultanate, it had its own problems which made it impossible to join the war against the far-right.

Eventually, the Second Great War turned devastating and due to the intense instability of the Sultanate, a coup d'etat occured in 1943 a few years after the Sultanate declared neutrality in the war, a new sultan loyal to the Axis forces was installed, and also joined the Axis Powers and declared war on Britain and the Allied Powers, but 5 days after the declaration of war British troops began landing on the beaches of Sidan and an operation was launched to invade the now crumbling Sultanate of Sidan, Amphicians that were oppressed by the pro-axis regime rebelled against the Sultanate as an agreement was made by the British to establish an independent state.

Most of Sidan fell under British control but failed to takeover Rbyealramal, but as the operation stretched for a year, Rbyealramal finally fell to the British, and the Second Sultanate of Sidan was abolished and military administration was installed in Sidan, and the pro-Axis sultan eventually abdicated and was executed by British forces, Sidan fell into occupation zones by the British and the United States of Megaton and Columbia, a semi-independent South Sidan was declared in mid 1946 but was short lived.

In 1948, both the United Kingdom and the United States of Megaton and Columbia agreed to withdraw from Sidan and reestablish the Sultanate of Sidan, and in mid 1948, the Third Sultanate of Sidan was established along with the previous Sidanian king who was in exile during the Great War, and establish an unstable constitutional monarchy, the third sultanate was dealing with a heavy task of rebuilding.

Third Sultanate of Sidan 1948 - 1950
The establishment of the Third Sultanate of Sidan after an agreement with the United Kingdom and United States of Megaton and Columbia gave the sultanate a heavy task of rebuilding the country after the war, because of the previous sultan that came back to power again, the sultan was given absolute power over the sultanate and established a secret police force aimed to purge opponents and the impurities of Sidan called the SSPF.

During the mid years of the third sultanate, the SSPF detained hundreds of political prisoners, banned religious clothing and attempts to westernize the monarchy into a mainly secular monarchy, but this did not change Sidan's fragile economy and was on the brink of collapse during the monarchy's last days, protests against the absolute monarchy were crushed by the SSPF.

The Third Sultanate of Sidan lasted 2 years, as the sultan's absolute power over the country grew his fear as communism began spreading across Eastern Mesothemia and other communist states including the People's Republic of Crimsonia, the Union of Ruralia was established in early 1950 after years of occupation by communist forces, in which the Sultanate responded by shelling nearby Ruralian villages by the border, and declared war on the Union of Ruralia after heavy clashing with forces nearby.

Sidan's aim in the war was to liberate the Union of Ruralia and establish an anti-communist government with the help of the newly founded Commonwealth of United and Free Nations, and with aid from the United States of Megaton and Columbia and help from the United Kingdom, the war went into several stalemates and ceasefires, with no major breakthrough within the war.

Because of the declaration of war on the Union of Ruralia, the People's Republic of Crimsonia sent an ultimatium to the Third Sultanate of Sidan to agree to a ceasefire and the end of the war or face heavy bombing, the Sultanate of Sidan and the sultan declined the ultimatium, declaring that the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations protect their civillians from heavy bombardment, this contributed to the Sidanian Revolution.

Sidanian Revolution (1950)
The Sidanian Revolution began during the late phases of the war against Ruralia, as the Sultanate of Sidan declined a 24 hour ultimatium sent by the People's Republic of Crimsonia to stop the war and agree to a peace treaty between the two sides, as Crimsonia's airforce began it's bombardment of Sidan and its large cities which contributed to the beginning of the Sidanian Revolution and the end of tyranny in the country.

Sidan was heavily bombed by the Crimsonian airforce and nearly collapsed the Sultanate of Sidan, parliament was bombed including several palaces owned by the sultan, highways and pipelines that sustained the population with water were damaged, power plants were destroyed leaving no power in the large cities, hospitals were overrun with injured people, thousands died within the heavy bombardments.

The Sidanian Revolution began, when mass protests in several cities began, protesting for the abdication of the sultan and the dissolvement of the Sultanate of Sidan, and the establishment of a new republic, due to the severity of the damage in Sidan, the Sultan and his cabinet fled and went into exile in Bostan, after the abdication of the sultan, the Third Sultanate of Sidan was dissolved, ending thousands of years of monarchy rule in Sidan, and the Republic of Sidan was established.

Republic of Sidan 1950 - 1961
The dissolvation of the Third Sultanate of Sidan began the establishment of the Republic of Sidan, an unstable government also given the task of rebuilding after the bombardments caused by the war and the nearly dying economy, the Republic of Sidan was still at war with the Union of Ruralia, protests were still occuring against the new government aswell as demonstrations by Amphicians in the south.

The Republic of Sidan was an unstable democratic government assigned the task of rebuilding again after the war against Ruralia, in 1952 peace agreements were signed to end the war and a demilitarized zone was established between the borders of Sidan and Ruralia, the leftover sections of the wall that were damaged by the war were demolished and border walls and heavy checkpoints were established, the cities were too costly to rebuild and attempts to improve the nearly useless economy and the Sidan currency, inequality between Amphicians and the Arabs were still sour,

In 1956, the Amphician Revolution began as a result of the continued oppression by the Sidan government and the military, several farmer rebellions also broke out along with a rising wave of instability, because of the revolution deemed not controllable by the military, genocide against the Amphicians began, as the military began scorching nearby villages across the border and massacring all men and children, Amphician women were raped and killed aswell, Amphicians that survived the genocide fled to the nearby Union of Ruralia, Thomas Cromwell along with the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations condemned this act and promised aid to the Amphician survivors.

In mid 1961, as unrest continues and the Amphician Revolution deemed impossible to end, a coup d'etat was launched in which the president of Sidan was overthrown including members of parliament, activists and government officials, parliament was suspended and the military secured it's complete control over the Republic of Sidan, in late 1961 the military government dissolved the Republic of Sidan, and established the Democratic Republic of Sidan, the beginning of military rule within the country began the process of islamization and the strict sharia law across the country and the continued oppression by the religious police.

The Republic of Sidan lasted 11 years and was a failed attempt at democratization, and failed to convince the rebels to stop fighting along with failed promises of reform and the heavy task of rebuilding the country and reviving the economy, secularism also contributed to the downfall of the republic and the eventual coup d'etat.

Democratic Republic of Sidan 1961 - 2008
During the mid 1960s, the military dictatorship of the Democratic Republic of Sidan was supported by the population and was mostly popular, and the military junta was supported by anti-communist countries including the United States of Megaton after Thomas Cromwell announced his resignation in early 1962, the Republic of Bistonia, the United Kingdom and the St. Ark Federation.

The Democratic Republic of Sidan went into a drastic change as the process of islamization and the placing of strict sharia law within the cities, and changed the constitution in early 1962, Sidan was rebuilding and the economy was rising at a slow rate, the flag of Sidan changed aswell, with the word "God is the Greatest" in Arabic, the regime opposed the Amphicians, continuing the Amphician Revolution which changed their aims to establish a christian state in the south, and oppose strict sharia law.

The Amphician Revolution continued to reign terror on South Sidan and continued attacks against the military increased, martial law was placed in several states in order to stop rebels from spreading their influence, the Democratic Republic of Sidan also continued to massacre Amphicians in secret and bombarded South Sidan cities, opponents were kept as political prisoners and tortured.

In mid 1970, despite Sidan's attempts at ending the war, finally came to an agreement with the Amphician rebels called the Bunduqia Agreement, signed in the city of Bunduqia, it aims to stop the Amphician Revolution and a ceasefire began, which promises to last 10 years without causing any terror within the region, this also forced Sidan's enforced martial law and sharia law in the region to stop, and an autonomous region was established after the signing of the Bunduqia Agreement, it also promised to provide amnesty to political prisoners including those exiled from the country.

After the end of the 70s, due to the violations caused by the Sidan military in the autonomous region, the Bunduqia Agreement was finally broken after 10 years, the Amphician Revolution continued along with several demonstrations, the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations condemned the act by Sidan, launching sanctions and trade embargoes starving the population and nearly devastating the government, the Union of Ruralia helped Sidan by giving loans, Sidan's farming crisis nearly ended but spent most of the koney on weaponry aimed to destroy rebels in the autonomous region.

5 years after the continuation of the Amphician Revolution, the Democratic Republic of Sidan and the Union of Ruralia had a heavy border conflict in the demilitarized border zone, an estimated 1,000 died due to the two sides bombing nearby towns, the news spread quickly about the war including New Vilnius Radio and Mazoji FM reporting about the genocide and the further escalation of the war in 1985, the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations immediately supported Sidan in the war against Ruralia, and resulted in the Democratic Republic of Sidan winning, lands were annexed and incorporated, which devastated Amphicians living near the border.

During the late years of 1989, the Democratic Republic of Sidan responded to the New Shingleton Incident allegedly caused by the Crimsonian intelligence, the military government demands all civillians from the Sidan would be immediately sent back to the homeland, it also condemned the People's Republic of Crimsonia in the disaster, calling it another disgrace by the communists, it also funded the Free Bulgarian Army and several rebel groups in return for causing the incident, the United States of Megaton and Columbia cut diplomatic ties with the country and imposed heavy sanctions, and declared Sidan to be on the list as regimes supporting terrorist groups and those who secretly possess weapons of mass destruction.

In early 1993, another border conflict erupted with the Democratic Republic of Sidan and the new Union State of Ruralia, causing a full war called the Wild Spring War, due to the weakness of the Ruralian military, it managed to capture most of Northern Ruralia, the United States of Megaton and Columbia quickly responded to the Wild Spring War, causing USMC intervention, nearly destroying Sidan's military including several water sources and dams, Sidan suffered heavy losses and were forced to surrender as troops began marching to the capital.

The United States of Megaton and Columbia after the Wild Spring War accused Sidan of building nuclear weapons of mass destruction, and accused Sidan of supporting terrorist groups and liberation groups worldwide, in 2004 a massive terrorist attack in the United States of Megaton and Columbia occured, killing nearly 4,000 people and used as one of the justifications for war against the Democratic Republic of Sidan, none of the justifications were the final until in late 2007, the Sidanian Navy accidentally shot a nearby battleship by the coast, and the final nail and justification for war against Sidan.

Invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan 2008 - 2009
The United States of Megaton and Columbia including half of Mesothemia declared war on the Democratic Republic of Sidan as the military government refused an 48 hour ultimatium, declaring that it will fight till the last man and demand all its civillians to be armed and destroy the imperialists, volunteers from nearby Arab countries also joined to fight against the USMC, the continued Amphician Revolution also began to join to fight against the Democratic Republic of Sidan.

Operation Mountain Storm was commenced 15 days after the constant bombardment of ports, cities, highways and military bases, Mesothemian troops began advancing into Sidan through the Ruralian border, securing it's control on several towns with no resistance, highways were captured and coalitions began marching to the capital, cutting off electricity and water coming through the city, the leader of Sidan began hiding in Rbyealramal, Central Sidan was the most heavily defended parts of Sidan, as coalition forces struggle to push through.

The Sidan Arab Armed Forces were poorly equipped as weapons and vehicles were outdated and had little equipment to deal with such a powerful army, units and divisions were reduced to remnants and the airforce was seen as not capable of dealing with the war, the volunteer forces were only heavily fortifying cities to the north of Sidan, they were effective in the war but lacked manpower and moral in the war.

After 5 months of the invasion of Sidan, Coalition forces arrived to help Mesothemian troops to siege Rbyealramal, troops managed to surround the city and killed 2,000 civillians within the city, but failed to advance through downtown Rbyealramal due to the fierce resistance by the SAAF, the siege of Rbyealramal lasted 23 days as several Mesothemian divisions came to aid in capturing the city, and Rbyealramal fell to the hands of CUFN, the military regime collapsed and announced all its troops and civillians fight to the end and resist the enemy.

SAAF remnants attempt to recapture Rbyealramal but was ineffective and not capable of retaking the city, as Mesothemian troops began advancing through the rest of the country, after the defeat, the Democratic Republic of Sidan was dissolved and the leaders of Sidan were forced to hide, in June 3rd 2009, the United States of Megaton and Columbia announces the end of the invasion, as 10,000 people died in the invasion.

Sidan's military leader was eventually captured, and after a trial was sentenced to death, he was finally executed in mid 2010, Sidan's vice president also went into hiding and established the Remnant Forces, attempting to takeover the government and reestablish the Democratic Republic of Sidan, a power vacuum eventually contributed to the unrest of Sidan, suicide bombers were rampant as the provisional government slowly collapses, in 2012 USMC began withdrawing.

Modern Day
Sidan today is widely regarded as a failed state ever since it's military leader and the invasion occured, it has no diplomatic relationship with the United States of Megaton and Columbia since 2056, no representation in the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations, or trade relations with other countries beyond its considerable illicit drug exports. Aside from the new Republic of Sidan's seedy businesses and the selling of ancient Sidanese artifacts, Sidan has little industry due to the invasion. The economy is virtually non-existent even with the help of several other countries, and the Sidanese currency, the Rbyeal, suffers from a high rate of inflation, and is worthless outside the Republic of Sidan.

It is unknown whether after the civil war ends Sidan continues to be a Republic. It is likely that it becomes a totalitarian terror state by former SAAF troops ran by the former vice president, if the current republic collapses, it has the possibility of transforming the country into a democratic republic and a military dictatorship, which can rise again from it's ashes and annex Southern Sidan.

Geography
The geography in the Democratic Republic of Sidan has a very diverse geography and region, as it is situated in the very north of Mesothemia and next to the Northern Mesothemian Sea, the land borders only the Union of Ruralia, in Northern Sidan the ground is completely flat and is vulnerable to desertification, land erosion and many other controversial problems within the regions of the Democratic Republic of Sidan.

Southern Sidan
Southern Sidan is mountainous and divides Sidan into two worlds, in Southern Sidan, the region is much more peaceful and more green, the terrain is rough and also difficult to cross through the mountainous areas, in the region of Southern Sidan, the military government of the Democratic Republic of Sidan prohibits travel to the region and states nearby due to civil war, the climate and the weather allows seperatists to take advantage of this.

Despite the dangers, Southern Sidan is considered a peaceful and mountainous region, completely better than the counterpart of Northern Sidan, it is also diverse and is inhabited by the Amphician minority, which is largely Christian compared to Northern Sidan, however not much of the world knows about the peaceful region of Southern Sidan as it is widely overshadowed by civil conflict.

Northern Sidan
Northern Sidan is largely depicted as Sidan itself, a massive flat field, largely poor and undeveloped, Northern Sidan compared to its southern counterpart is poor, and largely full of savannahs, Northern Sidan is the common and vital part of the Democratic Republic of Sidan, despite the bad reputation for the region, it is widely considered the safest place during the 80s until the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan, and much more populated than South Sidan, it also has more historical landmarks, but not as diverse as Southern Sidan.

Despite the horrible conditions in Northern Sidan, the northern counterpart of Sidan is largely considered the safest place in the Democratic Republic of Sidan, but their region compared to Southern Sidan is slightly much more worse, it is sparsely diverse and widely inhabited by Arabs, much of the world depicted Northern Sidan as the actual Sidan.

States
Not much states were known and written within the Democratic Republic of Sidan, but some of the largest cities in the Democratic Republic of Sidan serve as capitals of the states within the military government, however it is widely known that the Democratic Republic of Sidan is divided into 10 states, and the capital city of Rbyealramal serves as their own federal state and the main city within the Democratic Republic of Sidan.

However, the only known state within the Democratic Republic of Sidan is Southern Sidan, instead of being a large landmass and autonomous region, it was divided into 5 states along with Northern Sidan and incorporated into the country, however these 5 states within the known area of Southern Sidan is unstable and vulnerable to bomb attacks, which gave the 5 states within Southern Sidan a bad reputation.

Cities
In the Democratic Republic of Sidan, there are 4 large cities, with the 5th being the main capital of the Democratic Republic of Sidan, the city of Rbyealramal, however not many large cities are known within Southern Sidan and the possibility of a large city within Southern Sidan is small as Southern Sidan is mountainous and has rough terrain, and due to the violent civil wars that raged on the region, the large city would not have a chance at developing.

Rbyealramal
The city of Rbyealramal serves as the main capital of the Democratic Republic of Sidan, it is widely considered as the most developed city within Sidan as the others were not very developed during the 1980s, most of Sidan's main government offices and command center are placed within the city of Rbyealramal, because of being served as the main capital of Sidan, the city of Rbyealramal was given the right to rule as a federal territory, it was also considered the safest place in Sidan until the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2008.

Today, the city of Rbyealramal is completely unsafe and bombarded by insurgency groups within Sidan, the city of Rbyealramal is filled with abandoned and bombarded cities and several districts remained and continued to operate and be inhabited, most of the outside city that surround the center of Rbyealramal is largely abandoned and deserted after the war, and chances of it becoming a prosperous city are slow.

Nahrjadid
The city of Nahrjadid serves as the second largest city within Democratic Republic of Sidan and is widely known throughout the locals as the second capital of the Democratic Republic of Sidan, during the 1950s, Nahrjadid was a average sized rural village within the western parts of Sidan, and after the bombardment of the large cities by the People's Republic of Crimsonia and the eventual coup d'etat, Nahrjadid expanded and transformed into the second largest city of the Democratic Republic of Sidan, it served as a paradise for most of military and government officials, and was mostly equal between Rbyealramal.

Today, the city of Nahrjadid is in total ruins, as the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2008 led to coalition troops looting valuable items from buildings and then eventually bombarding it, during the aftermath, Nahrjadid was slowly going back up but the eventual civil war by insurgents further destroyed the city, most of Nahrjadid is completely abandoned and the chances of rebuilding the once largest city in Sidan are not possible, as it is currently filled with landmines.

Sarirmurih
Sarirmurih served as the third largest city in the Democratic Republic of Sidan, and one of the safest cities in the Democratic Republic of Sidan, throughout its early years it served as a stronghold for the Sidanian army before the city's partial destruction during the first Great War, it also became one of the cities of the mass bombings commenced by the People's Republic of Crimsonia to end the war effort in Sidan, during the military government, Sarirmurih had been completely rebuilt, not much is known about the third largest city in Sarirmurih, but it was undeveloped and equal with the city of Ghyrmuqadas, and had worst living conditions compared to Nahrjadid.

Today, Sarirmurih continued to partially function, unlike Nahrjadid and the capital Rbyealramal, Sarirmurih was not completely destroyed during the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2008 and during the insurgencies, however part of the city has been abandoned due to the insurgency, and people still continued on their efforts to rebuild part of the abandoned district, and the city of Sarirmurih is completely safe and much more stable, and most of their historical landmarks are intact.

Bunduqia
The city of Bunduqia served as the fourth largest city in the Democratic Republic of Sidan and the nearest city near the mountainous regions of Southern Sidan, Bunduqia was known and famous for its ports and where most of exports came from in the Second Sultanate of Sidan, however Bunduqia was bombarded which caused most of its population to decrease during the 50s, eventually during the military government, Bunduqia was rebuilt but only relied on water supplies and electricity throughout nearby cities, the development of the city was paralyzed by the sudden Amphician Civil War, it also became the location of the signing of the Bunduqia Agreement, temporarily ending the Amphician Civil War, which allowed Bunduqia to slowly develop over the decades.

Today, the city of Bunduqia, unlike any of the 3 largest cities that were destroyed, still remained intact and not completely destroyed during the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2008, it has remained prosperous and still remained as the only safe city left in modern Sidan, but Bunduqia is left vulnerable to rebels from Southern Sidan, and the water supplies and electricity is from the city of Sarirmurih, and Rbyealramal, which left Bunduqia to slowly deplete of its resources.

Ghyrmuqadas
The city of Ghyrmuqadas served as the fifth and final largest city in the Democratic Republic Sidan, it is located miles away from the port city of Bunduqia and is the capital of a unknown state located within the Democratic Republic of Sidan, it was also one of the cities that supplied water and electricity to the nearby city of Bunduqia, the city of Ghyrmuqadas used to be the capital of the former Acharenossa Empire and the capital of the Amphician Christians in Ancient Sidan until the invasion of Sidan by the Medina Caliphate, during the Sidanian Revolution, Ghyrmuqadas was completely destroyed by the bombardment and got rebuilt from scratch after the military government's investment into the rebuilding of the 5 large cities, however this city was neglected by the government after rebuilding.

Today, Ghyrmuqadas is largely known as a declining city in the current Sidan, as the city is vulnerable to encirclements by Sidanian insurgents and most of its outer parts and districts in the city is destroyed and completely abandoned, similar with the capital of Rbyealramal and Sarirmurih, the reason of the partial destruction of the city was because of its close proximity to the independent republic of Southern Sidan, which is currently facing a civil war and on the verge of fracturing.

Minorities
Minority groups in the Democratic Republic of Sidan consists of mainly Arabs in the north and the Amphician Christians in the south, along with a few Ruralian villages still remaining after the invasion by the Amphicians centuries ago, most of these minorities face oppression and scrutiny by the military government and most of these minority groups began rebelling against the Democratic Republic of Sidan, the invasion of Sidan by the Union of Ruralia also worsened the situation.

Arabs
The Arabs are the massive minority within the Democratic Republic of Sidan, making 78% of Sidan's population and most of Northern Sidan, the Arabs compared to the southern counterparts of Sidan are the only minority group treated fairly in the military government, most of these Arabs arrived from the lands north of Sidan, their religion is mostly Sunni Islam.

However, not much were known about the minority group except the fact that they take up most of Sidan's population during the era of the military government, and after the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2008, tensions are rising between the Amphicians and the Arabs, which will eventually spark a revolution.

Amphicians
The Amphicians are the second majority of the Democratic Republic of Sidan, they take up only 25% of Sidan's population and they are mostly situated in Southern Sidan, originally few centuries prior before the spread of Islam, the Amphicians were the main minority group of ancient and medieval Sidan in the early centuries, but because of the spread of Islam and the collapse of the once prosperous Acharenossa Empire, the Amphicians were forced to flee to Southern Sidan, but massacred and forced Ruralians out of Sidan completely during the process of their migration.

During the rule of the military government, the Amphicians faced oppression and scrutiny by the military government and the Arab majority Sidan, however most of the actions which allowed the military government to change Southern Sidan's policies contributed to a bloody civil war that lasted nearly 20 years, causing thousands of people to die.

Eventually, the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan and the overthrow of the military government in 2009 led to the process of full independence from the former Democratic Republic of Sidan, and the United States of Megaton and Columbia sorted out the process of complete independence and succession from the mainland, and in 2010 Southern Sidan declared independence.

Today, the Amphicians had achieved full independence and secession from the Arab-majority Northern Sidan, however because of political infighting and tribal unrest, the Amphicians struggle to unite and fight against eachother to seek the takeover of Southern Sidan, the chance for an independent Amphician state is impossible.

Ruralians
The Ruralians are the smallest minority in the Democratic Republic of Sidan, there has been an estimated 1,000 Ruralians in the villages of Southern Sidan, they are situated in the mountainous and remote areas of Southern Sidan, few centuries before their destruction by the Amphicians, the Ruralians had a massive population and took up and inhabited most of Southern Sidan during the rule of the Acharenossa Empire, however they were slaughtered and reduced to small rural villages deep within Southern Sidan.

The Ruralians during the military government were not recognised as a legitimate minority within the Democratic Republic of Sidan due to its scarce population, however most of these Ruralian villages and their people were not brutally oppressed by the military government, as they lived in the deep forests of Southern Sidan, including mountainous areas, they also face destruction of their villages in the 80s by Amphician rebel groups, further escalating the decline of the Ruralian population.

However, by the year 2010 and the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan, the Ruralians ceased to exist within the lands of Sidan, as most of them migrated into the country of Ruralia, the reason for the migration was because of the independence of the Amphician majority Southern Sidan, as the Ruralians feared oppression by the Amphicians, the villages they left behind were either destroyed by the civil war in Southern Sidan.

The Ruralians carved a legacy within the lands of Southern Sidan centuries ago, and then ending with the migration of local Ruralians from Southern Sidan in the 2000s, the villages they left behind were destroyed by Amphician rebel groups.

Military
The main military division in the Democratic Republic of Sidan is the Sidanian Arab Armed Forces, however the Sidanian Arab Armed Forces has taken complete control of the country including its policies, they have shaped the Arab and Amphician society under their rule and instated totalitarian rule and reigned terror on the population by their secret police force, they have also imposed curfews and martial law across the country, the rest of the armies in Sidan will be described in this section.

Sidanian Arab Armed Forces
The Sidanian Arab Armed Forces, also known as "SAAF", is the main military of the Democratic Republic of Sidan, during its years it rose from a small unorganized military to an powerful but efficient military force that took over the country of Sidan after a coup d'etat, the Sidanian Arab Armed Forces during the invasion in 2008 was poorly equipped, eventually SAAF lost control over the Democratic Republic of Sidan after they lost Rbyealramal to coalition forces.

The Sidanian Arab Armed Forces surrendered to the United States of Megaton and Columbia and their coalition forces, giving up arms and releasing prisoners of war, during the occupation of Sidan, the Sidanian Arab Armed Forces was dismantled including its airforce and navy, completely ending the Sidanian Arab Armed Forces, the structure still remained after the occupation in order to stop insurgency rebels.

South Sidan Amphician Liberation Front
The South Sidan Amphician Liberation Front, also known as "SSALF", was the most powerful rebel force that fought against the Democratic Republic of Sidan after the invasion of Southern Sidan by the Union of Ruralia, SSALF was barely organized and equipped, but most of the weapons used by Ruralian troops were used against SAAF, the SSALF also took advantage of the mountainous areas and jungle forests.

Today, the South Sidan Amphician Liberation Front has been completely absorbed into the Southern Sidan military, and most of its army and structures were given better weapons over time, not much has happened ever since.

Structure
The societal structure of the Democratic Republic of Sidan represented progress, while the rest of the population lived in poverty and their societal structure remained unstable, many government workers and high class citizens enjoyed luxury lifestyles during the 80s, the structure also included free healthcare, education, stable laws, and legitimate government, the massive population in Sidan meant a highly diverse number of individual class divides, from inhabitants of the military governments grant urban centers in Rbyealramal and Nahrjadid, to farmers and factory workers working a decent wage and responsible for its decent economic structure.

The societal structure completely collapsed after the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2008, this collapse contributed to the beginning of massive civil wars, although the societal structure was reformed and strict laws were loose, including freedom of speech, it was unstable compared to the old structure, most of its currencies, laws on equality, and the economic system would be considered useless in the future years of Sidan.

Equality
The Democratic Republic of Sidan during the military rule prohibited persecution and discrimination on the basis of gender and sexuality, but didn't instate laws prohibiting discrimination against people towards ethnicity or religious beliefs, leaving minority groups in Sidan vulnerable to attacks carried by radical groups, in conclusion of the equality laws, the Democratic Republic of Sidan and the military administration did nothing to enforce equality towards the population in Sidan, contributing to the split between Southern and Northern Sidan.

During the years prior to the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2008, the military administration enacted and enforced several laws prohibiting the prosecution of minority groups and people with different religious beliefs, as part of a governmental reform, these laws achieved nothing in return, and by the time the law was fully enacted, the Democratic Republic of Sidan had been invaded by coalition troops.

Economy
The economic structure of the Democratic Republic of Sidan had no existence of a free market economy as the military government had completely taken over the economy in Sidan, however the economy is mostly based on agriculture, oil and many other goods, forming the backbone of the economic structure of the Democratic Republic of Sidan.

In the agricultural sectors, many farmers gained huge and large plots of land for their agricultural sectors, the agricultural sectors were mainly benefited by the population, however the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2008 led to the devastation of their crops and the near destruction of the agricultural sector, and with rampant civil wars completely destroyed the agricultural sectors within modern day Sidan.

In the sectors involving oil, during the Sidanian Revolution in the 1950s and during the secular era of Sidan, the oil sector went to a drastic process of nationalization after their complete destruction by the Sidanian-Ruralian War, limiting a certain amount of foreign companies to take advantage of the oil wealth in Sidan and allowing many local companies to own large acres of land in the oil sectors, the nationalization eventually benefitted Sidan's economic systems and structure and helped slowly rebuild Sidan, however during the military coup, oligarchs took advantage of the oil sectors, mainly benefiting off the resource and gaining millions of dollars.

The oil sectors and the oligarchy system formed within the backbone of the sector eventually contributed to the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2009, and during the occupation, many oil sectors were forced to give out barrels of oil to the United States of Megaton and Columbia and opening the oil market, because of the rampant civil wars, the oil sector became one of the most secure sectors in modern day Sidan, as millions of dollars were spent protecting facilities, the oil sector in modern day Sidan had become one of the most important economic structures.

Currency
The currency in the Democratic Republic of Sidan is the Sidanian Rbyeal (SR). The Sidanian Rbyeal was adopted as a currency in 1948 after the establishment of the third Sultanate of Sidan, it was meant to be a better and much more stronger currency compared to the previous Sidanian Ramal, which was used for centuries, this made the Sidanian Ramal completely useless in the postwar era of Sidan.

The Sidanian Rbyeal in the early 50s became one of the most valuable and decent currencies in the global world, however their valuable state didn't last as the Sidanian-Ruralian War had took a turn for the worse as the People's Republic of Crimsonia began bombarding Sidan's oil reserves and farmlands, including decimating cities, roads and many utilities, this made the Sidanian Rbyeal currency completely useless during the events of the Sidanian Revolution, since the Sidanian government was unable to realize the sudden verge of economic collapse, faith in the currency considerably dropped, to protect against economic collapse in Sidan after the decimation of cities, the Sidanian government established flat currency.

Since then, the Sidanian Rbyeal currency has been revived at a stable rate, but many oligarchs controlling the oil sectors including farmers involved in the agricultural sectors lost faith in its medium of worth, both as a result of it not being backed by anything but the government's word and the inevitable inflation. By 1989, the Sidanian Rbyeal is valued around 30% of the USMC Dollar, and 20% of the Bistonian Provis.

Population
Since 1961, the Democratic Republic of Sidan has been slowly declining in population numbers, due to low healthcare and lack of job opportunities and education, the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 1989 had a total population of 12,000,000 inhabitants, (excluding Amphician Christians in Southern Sidan), the Democratic Republic of Sidan's massive population contributed to food shortage during the military government and the development of decent urban centers, the Democratic Republic of Sidan's large numbers gave its armed forces large manpower the Sidanian Arab Armed Forces can conscript at any time.

While Sidan's huge population is an immense advantage by the late 80s, the population growth strained the military government's agricultural capacity and without acquiring new territories and sources of food, and due to the sanctions placed in, the Democratic Republic of Sidan would potentially suffer food shortages by 2020 and eventually famine, because of it's policies, Sidan had to either deport or slaughter most of its population to save itself from a food shortage crisis and to save itself from the beginning of a famine, however this mostly never happened as the invasion of Sidan in 2008 led to the operation being a major failure.

The population in modern-day Sidan had been rapidly declining since 2010, as rampant civil wars tore apart the country and destroyed many large cities, economic sectors and hospitals, useless currency, the destruction of decent healthcare and short life expectancy led to the population decline accelerating, leaving Sidan's population to be around 10 million inhabitants, most of these inhabitants fled to neighbouring countries such as Southern Sidan.

Language
In the Democratic Republic of Sidan, there are an estimated 8 spoken languages native in the region and in the military government itself, Arabic is widely spoken in the country, The dialect has borrowed much vocabulary from local Ruralian and Amphician languages, this contributed to a variety of Arabic that is entirely unique to Sidan, reflecting the way which the country has been influenced.

As with Southern Sidan, the main language spoken there is the Amphician language, comprised of vocabulary from Ruralian and many other ancient languages in Mesothemia, it had been widely spoken for thousands of years, it was also recognized as the second largest spoken language in the Democratic Republic of Sidan.

Religion
In Northern Sidan, over 97% of the population in the Democratic Republic of Sidan adheres to Islam, most Muslims were divided into two groups, Sufi and Salafi Muslims and in other regions Shia and Sunni, these divisions were associated with political groups respectively, Only the eastern region of Sidan has traditionally been bereft of the Sufi brotherhoods common in the rest of the country.

Religious identity and high ground played a major role in the country's political divisions until the invasion of Sidan in 2008, Muslims have dominated the country's political and economic system ever since the Sidanian Revolution in 1950.

Political
The Democratic Republic of Sidan since 1961 is an authoritarian one-party state, because of the political systems of the military government, there is no existence as a executive branch and congress, as the military junta had absolute power over the state although the military junta largely ignored the oligarchy problem within its oil sectors, the military government controlled information coming in and out from the state aswell.

The invasion of Sidan in 2008 and the establishment of the Republic of Sidan and the Republic of Southern Sidan had completely erased the systems of the former authoritarian one-party state, including its military, because of this, the Republic of Sidan's political system is unstable and democratic elections, governance, congress, executive branches have been useless and incompetent in contributing to rebuilding modern day Sidan.

Relations
Relations between the Democratic Republic of Sidan and countries outside of Sidan's influence and presence were bitter and fierce, as several large superpowers of the world began condemning Sidan's alleged plans to slaughter half of the population to save itself from a food shortage and famine, despite this, many dictatorships and many third world countries supported and were allied with the Democratic Republic of Sidan due to their aims, ideologies and beliefs, a list will be presented towards their relations with other foreign countries in 1989

People's Republic of Crimsonia
The People's Republic of Crimsonia is known to be one of the greatest enemies of the Democratic Republic of Sidan from 1961 to 1995, their relations are fierce, bitter and aggressive, and had been spying eachother for decades, the main reason for the bitter relations was because of the destruction of cities across Sidan and the deaths of thousands during the Sidanian-Ruralian War in the 50s, and officials from both sides were assassinated, the Democratic Republic of Sidan had also secretly aided Bistonia in the Crimsonian-Bistonian War.

Although not much is known between their diplomatic relations, documents from the People's Republic of Crimsonia suggested that most of its nuclear warheads should be redirected to several cities vital to the country, although this was never met, however the volatile relations between Crimsonia and Sidan eased as the Crimsonian-Bistonian War ended and the Second Crimsonian Civil War erupted in the early 90s.

United States of Megaton and Columbia
The United States of Megaton and Columbia and their diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of Sidan were volatile although not as aggressive towards their diplomats compared to the People's Republic of Crimsonia, the United States of Megaton and Columbia saw the Democratic Republic of Sidan as a totalitarian military dictatorship that had to be immediately eliminated and that the people in the country demanded freedom, the United States of Megaton and Columbia accused Sidan of possessing weapons of mass destruction and allegedly supporting terrorist groups that caused the 2002 Columbia Attacks.

Because of Sidan's nationalization of oil decades prior, Sidan had sold oil at a costly rate, the United States of Megaton and Columbia had heavily relied on Sidanian oil due to its quality and value, but the prices of oil soared as oligarchs began hoarding money from the USMC government and used it to buy luxurious cars, mansions and weapons in the city of Nahrjadid, this also contributed to the beginning of the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2009, along with the justification of war stated above.

Union of Ruralia
Diplomatic relations between the Union of Ruralia and the Democratic Republic of Sidan are aggressive and volatile towards eachother, the main cause of the volatile relations was the Second Sidanian-Ruralian War 3 years earlier in 1986, although after Sidan won the war and regained most of its lost small territories, the tensions between the two remained aggressive despite an agreement being signed between the two, because of this, both sides made a decision to slaughter most of its prisoners of war in the aftermath of the second war.

Volatile diplomatic relations between the two ended as the Union of Ruralia began collapsing in 1989 after the events of the New Shingleton Incident and the end of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, and tensions eased between the two sides after the collapse of the communist union, but the tensions rose up again after the invasion in 2008.

Commonwealth of United and Free Nations
The Democratic Republic of Sidan had received membership in the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations during the era of the Third Sultanate, as governance changed throughout Sidan, they managed to retain their membership status in the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations, however it is highly disliked in the headquarters of the in the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations due to their actions of massacring POWs and commiting war crimes, genocide and many other more.

The Commonwealth of United and Free Nations would eventually agree to a bill signing the declaration of war against the Democratic Republic of Sidan in 2008, and CUFN peacekeepers were assigned and deployed after the complete occupation of Sidan in 2010, however most of them remain operating in Sidan due to the rampant civil wars that carried on.