Marafire History

The history of Marafire is intertwined with the history of a larger region known as The Samasana Rain Fields which includes the lands west and south of Samasana, especially the tropical, subtropical, and temperate forests where the Re species is believed to originate.

Marafire is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to at least 1500 BFC.

Prehistory
before 1700 BFC

First Tribal Period
before katikati c1700-1495 BFC

Feudal Period
during katikati 1495-1212 BFC

Imperial Age
during marafi 1213-965 BFC (precipitated by the devastation caused by asteroid?)

Second Tribal Period
965-666 BFC

Federal Period
during five states 666-150 BFC

Republican Age
The Republican Age begain with the establishment of the Socialist Republic of Marafire in [150ish BFC].

Opening Trade with Woobia
Early in the first decade SFC, Woobian explorers found their way to the Fune province. They were welcomed by a commune on the Tisiki river, where they were introduced to the light and versatile bone knives and daggers used there. A bone trade was soon established with The Water Ooga Boogan Dominion of Woobia.

Attack at Fufeaitirema
At the end of 5 SFC, an extremist separatist faction in Miaine attacked the kutu of Fufeaitirema (about 400mi southeast of Miaine). The terrorists attacked in the middle of the night wearing prosthetic fiame and kuku, swinging violently through the trees cutting load branches and screaming anti-west rhetoric.

The terrorists wanted to scare cities in the area into voting pro-separatist out of fear of, and anger against, the unionists in the east. While they succeeded in fooling everyone into thinking the attackers were from Muma, it had the opposite of its intended effect. Fufeaitirema Speakers immediately began distributing propaganda through the Kenene promoting improving inter-kiane relations and maintaining peace. The overwhelming majority of Fu citizens voted for unionist Ministers in the next annual election.

Marafire is extremely mountainous and half covered in dense swamp. This terrain is easily defensible and there has not been a military threat from outsiders since [whatever attack happened ~150 BFC]. This has lead to military enrollment gradually but consistently dropping over the last century.

After the attack at Fufeaitirema, the federal government enacted a policy where each kutune is required to offer support to their kutu in order to train and arm the militias. This policy ensured that the military remained strong and healthy despite a drop in enrollment. New, stronger military leaders were also elected in the Year 6 Election.

Strained Relations with Naiparku
 Main article: The Rebirthers 

Disruption and destruction caused by Naiparkuan extremists residing in Faafa and other parts of Fuasi led to some new anti-Nahmon sentiments in much of the province, and eventually anti-Nahmon policy in Faafa. These extremists called themselves The Rebirthers, and some within Marafire believed them to be agents of the Argoran Dynasty.

In (18 or 19) SFC, Meisa Feimikunika Teafife, already a member of the Fifane, was elected Representative of Fuasi. As an active kenene, Representative Meisa had very strict views on crime and took a hard stance against the Rebirthers' jingoistic activities. After closing the ports to Argoran ships and breaking the trade deal with Naiparku, Representative Meisa quickly urged the Defense Department to act proactively against further political disruption.

(possible result: DD push Ministry of Society to write anti-Nahmon legislation; the more politic MoS doesn't want to have issues with Nahmon Rafi so instead the Premier attempts to instigate a coup to overthrow the Argorans in league w/ his daughter Sura Lilla the leader of Yoxixano and Ganamallazo)

- WIP

Prehistory:
 * historically foragers w no centralized govt; foraged in clans and were highly competitive w traditional markets; meteor hit in northwester lobe of Samasana devastated food sources and infrastrcuture, surviving Re decided to turn to socialism to survive and united under a republican govt



1st decade:
 * Exchange program w Morax sending horticulturists to improve food production. In exchange hosting tunnel diggers to create direct route from valley to coast.
 * Alliance w Acuquwara allowing citizens to come and go freely, with Acuquwara offering transportation at 60% discount

2nd decade:
 * Alliance with Gaotu formalizing freedom of movement of citizens between the two nations.
 * Strained trade negotiations w Naiparku, eventual trade deal.
 * Deals w Gaotu to jointly build a trade road connecting Fatadtutigi and Takamata and to jointly protect merchants along the road and establish checkpoints for merchants to register at.
 * New farming tech
 * Multiple or HUGE drop in military, might have to destabilize Defense Department
 * Issues with Naiparkuan extremists