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= Etelkoz =

Etelkoz (: Etelköz, ‎𐲉𐳦𐳉𐳖𐳓𐳞𐳯; : ‎Rahaka, ܪܚܟ; : Edilköz, 𐰅𐰑𐰃𐰞𐰜𐰔; ‎: 𐨀𐨅𐨟𐨅𐨫𐨐𐨆𐨰; : Atălkus, 𐰀𐱃𐰀𐰞𐰸𐰽‎), officially the Republic of Etelkoz (: Etelköz Köztársaság, ‎𐲉𐳦𐳉𐳖𐳓𐳞𐳯 𐲓𐳞𐳯𐳦𐳁𐳢𐳤𐳀𐳤𐳁𐳍; : Rahaka Mertexmestan, ‎ܪܚܟ ܡܪܬܟܡܣܬܢܢ; : Edilköz Chumurieti, 𐰅𐰑𐰃𐰞𐰜𐰔 𐰲𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰻𐰃𐰅𐱃𐰃; : Pâddzâxâd Etelkoz, 𐨤𐨡𐨰𐨑𐨡 𐨀𐨅𐨟𐨅𐨫𐨐𐨆𐨰).

Pre-Ugor history
Situated in the steppes in the center of Yoju, along the Horse Road trade route between Sinju in the east and Napsal and Tagol in the west, Etelkoz has long been a crossroads of cultures. Throughout the first millennium CE it was host to a succession of Scythian, Yeniseian, and Turkic nomadic confederations extracting tribute from scattered but prosperous Sogdian and Tocharian city-states in which Jaatunism, Buddhism, Sabbatarianism, and local faiths coexisted in a religious melting pot.

Ugor Khanate
The Uralic-speaking Ugors migrated south from Colkonwargia in present-day Nukigurun in the and conquered the region they dubbed Etelkoz around 750 CE, establishing the First Ugor Khanate. The Ugors were more successful than their predecessors at integrating nomads and settlers into a single coherent state, although the nomad-settler distinction would remain a permanent feature of Etelkian society. The khanate prospered off the Horse Road for a hundred years, but with the fall of Cheonje trade began to decline and the khanate weakened. It also turned from Sinju to Napsal, culminating in the khans’ adoption of the Manichaean sect of Jaatunism as a state religion around 900 CE.

Heeradic rule
Etelkoz was conquered by the Heeradic Empire a few decades later and would remain under their rule for the next two centuries.

Etelkian Empire
In the 1100s, the Ugors rebelled against the declining Heerad and re-established a second khanate. Also called the Ugor Empire or Etelkian Empire, this state would expand beyond Etelkoz’s borders and at its height in the 1300s ruled a wide swath of central Yoju, spreading Manichaeism and fueling a resurgence in Horse Road trade with much of the route under one empire. Like the first khanate, the second khanate declined due to changing trade patterns, this time as trade between Sinju and the west shifted from the overland route to new maritime routes with improved Sinjuan naval technology in the 1400s and 1500s. The declining empire of Etelkoz fought and lost several wars against the rising empire of Nukigurun until it was finally conquered in the 1600s.

Nuki rule
The rump Etelkoz was initially a protectorate under Nuki suzerainty, allowing it to maintain some autonomy, but was directly annexed into Nukigurun with the advent of the First Republic. The new government aggressively promoted pan-Ergunic ideology in an attempt to assimilate Etelkoz with the rest of Nukigurun. In Eulhae, many Etelkians were conscripted into the Nuki forces and fought in the Mennefer campaign, while a small local resistance also emerged and intensified towards the end of the war. Etelkoz regained independence with Nukigurun’s defeat in 1943.

Independence
Since independence, Etelkoz has enjoyed revenues from oil, gas, and mineral reserves allowing it to become a middle-income economy and in turn fueling urbanization of the nomadic population, although inequality remains a major issue. Much of the time since independence has been spent under a nationalistic autocratic regime, most infamous for its construction of an elaborate new capital in the 1990s as well as for its efforts to revive and promote pan-Ergunism.

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