Bulbancha

Bulbancha, officially the Republic of Bulbancha (: Bʋlbancha Iháni), is a country in eastern Yeongju. The country is bounded by the Mulberry Ocean to the east, and shares borders with Iykoa to the north, Yahuimilco to the south, [green plot] to the west, and claims a border with [red plot] to the northeast through the disputed territory of Apalachea. It covers an area of [a number] km2. Bulbancha is a significantly state and consists of four highly autonomous regions called iksa, each with its own constitution. Although the country claims the city of Anhaica as its capital, the city is occupied by Apalachea, and the de facto seat of the Bulbanchan government is in Okmoki. Other major cities include Coweta, Kashita, Abihka, and Tuckabutche.

The country's population of 27.5 million inhabitants is disparate and, comprising various tribes of indigenous , Jeongmians, , Yahuimilcans, Iyokans, and [Plains culture peoples]. ,, , and are the official languages, but several other  are nationally recognized, and dozens of other dialects and foreign languages are recognized on the iksa level.

Prehistory
The cultures that comprise modern Bulbancha are originated in what is now modern Iyoka, as Muskogean-speaking descendants of the Mishasipoknian culture. By 1000 BCE, Muskogean-speaking peoples occupied the lands surrounding the Mishasipokni river as far north as central Iyoka and as far south as upper Yahuimilco.

First Bulbanchan Confederacy
The rise of expansionist maritime raiding civilizations in north Yeongju, such as Taniilux and Hachuabsh, caused significant displacement of northern Yeongjuan peoples into central Yeongju around 800 CE. Among these migrants were the ancestors of the modern Iyokans, who moved into the modern bounds of Iyoka at this time and engaged in conflict with the various Bulbanchan iksa who were living there. These conflicts, which occurred on-and-off for decades, became known as the Iyokan-Bulbanchan wars. Most of the Bulbanchan iksa were overwhelmed by the Iyokans and evacuated their traditional lands, resettling south of the Mishasipokni where they waged a series of wars against the Timucua and Calusa people indigenous to the area. Notably, however, the iksa of Apalachea managed to defend its ancestral lands against the Iyokans and remained in place north of the Mishasipokni.

Conflict over the fertile floodplains surrounding the Mishasipoknian persisted even following this major relocation. However, the Bulbanchans were unwilling to cede the river, which was sacred to them, nor the ancient and sacred mother-mounds that lay in its floodplains. In response to the threat, the First Bulbanchan Confederacy was formed, forming alliances between larger iksa and reorganizing many minor iksa as protectorates beneath them. Under the military guidance of the Apalachee war-chief , who had successfully repulsed the Iyokans before and was familiar with their tactics, the newly-formed Confederacy beat back the Iyokans and enforced the bounds of their new territory over many decades.

The social and political structures formed by the Confederacy persisted out of necessity for over a century as conflicts with the Iyokans—and later upper Yahuimilcans and —recurred. Although the alliances between the major iksa weakened with time, this period saw the integration of the minor iksa into their larger neighbors, as well as the development of Apalachea's prestigious status as the preeminent military power within the confederacy.