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==The Kingdom of Babkha ==

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The Kingdom of Babkha was founded on the 12th of October 2000 with a
simple website and a humble declaration of micronationhood that its
founder hoped would turn his boyhood dream into reality. Titled Shah
Babak XXVI, The young Shah, would later drop his Europeanised title in
favor of the Persian title of Babak Kapav Mehr, "Babak, Light of
Kapav". Kapav was the old name of the Province of Kapitalia, where
mythically, Babak The Great ruled and went on to conquer the other
Babkhan kingdoms to unite and found a single Babkhan nation.
Like many of todays success stories, Babkha had very humble beginnings,
a small, simple website to announce its existence and a document, its
first constitution that outlined the Shah's ambition to create a large,
politically vibrant social and cultural experiment. The first people to
become Babkhan citizens are notable, the very first was named Raqshid
Hamdollayi, who would later change his name to Fath Ali Nouradin and be
etched in Babkhan folklore with tales from his exploits in the Treesian
war. Another significant Babkhan to join early on was the very first
online citizen to be approved, a Finnish man with a self confessed love
of the middle east adopted the name Tahmaseb Farshbaf and was soon
appointed Vizier of Foreign Affairs, a post he would hold for close to
two years.
Babkha grew in fame and notoriety, as its distinct culture started to
evolve, and soon, within a month, on September 13th, the enigmatic Shah
acquired a territory to the new Babkhan Empire. A deal was struck with
Thomas Mountian, and Bathland was acquired as an "Autonomous Babkhan
Territory". Babkha would go on to be one of the earliest micronations
to join a new and dynamic organization that had sprung up in the vacuum
left by a nearly defunct LoSS. The League of Micronations was founded
and would in the future become a fierce battle ground between Babkha
and her adversaries, most notably the Rasinate of Qattera Macussia.
Initially founded as a Despotism, the Shah soon granted the growing
citizenry of Babkha a parliament and permitted the formation of
Political Parties. The Parliament was named the "Majlis i Satrapan",
and was initially a direct democracy. The founding parties were the
Babkhan Liberal Centre Party, the Socialist Taj Party and the
Conservative Party.
The political and legal landscape of Babkha would soon be changed
dramatically however. A Czech judge named George Nantell became a
Babkhan citizen and immediately drafted a constitution granting the
Majlis equal power to the Shah and was appointed Minister of Justice to
oversee the construction of a Judicial Branch of government. Within a
month, a new constitution was passed through the Majlis and the
position of Grand Vizier (Prime Minister) was created, initially, the
Shah had the right to appoint the Grand Vizier, and it was Tahmaseb
Farshbaf who was chosen for the Job. The new constitution had also
created a Judiciary, with a Constitutional Tribunal, a Magistrates
Court and a Supreme Court, Nantell was appointed Chief Justice and
President of the Constitutional Tribunal.
The Political life of Babkha was taking shape at this point too, the
BLCP grew to become a strong party, while the Socialist Taj was
abandoned. At this time, a host of new citizens had arrived and a new
political ideology had sprung up from the new citizens. The Rastakhiz
movement, a political party, founded by and led by Ramin Qajar aimed
for a Babkhan renaissance, and quickly established itself as a right
wing nationalist party. One of the most devout followers of Qajar and
the Rastakhiz movement, was a fresh military man named Ataxerxes.
At the same time, another ideology had found a home in Babkha, the
Socialist movement brought in by former Reunion citizen Juan Pablo Var
and El Doessen (who later adopted the Babkhan name of Mirza Malkom
Khan) quickly gained ground in Babkha and Var was appointed
Grand Vizier. The Socialist Peoples Party was quickly founded and in a
move that led to mass sectarian violence, the SPP aligned itself with
an aggressive international Communist movement, the Peoples
Revolutionary Party. Babkha was rocked by riots between Rastakhizis and
the SPP, with tensions climaxing with the PRP's decision to base itself
in Kamalshahr, Babkha. Right wing pressure eventually forced the SPP to
cut its ties with the PRP and caused the SPP itself to splinter, with
Fath Ali Nouradin defecting and forming his own Islamic Front of Babkha
Party, which would later be renamed to the Azadegan (Free People)
Party.
The Shah, forced to act to calm a volatile situation dissolved the
Majlis and discharged the government. Fresh elections were called, and
the Rastakhiz, now led by Ardashir Khan were tipped to take an easy
victory. The Liberal Centre Party, quiet throughout the
Socialist/Nationalist troubles had rebuilt itself unbeknownst to its
rivals and had elected another new citizen as its leader. Pascale
Dufoix, the first Babkhan woman to hold such a high position took the
leadership and began campaigning immediately. In what is regarded as
the most incredible election ever held in Babkha, the Majlis was split
even down the middle with the BLCP surprisingly receiving the most
votes and taking 2 seats in the Majlis, and the Rastakhiz taking 2
seats, with the IFB taking the fifth. The Socialist Peoples Party,
demoralized and discredited by consistent Rastakhiz pressure
disintegrated and failed to gain a single seat.
A period of great peace and harmony existed in Babkha, with the BLCP
and Rastakhiz in coalition government under the leadership of the first
female Grand Vizier of Babkha, Pascale Dufoix, Babkha's political
system was riding on its crest.
However, surprisingly and to the shock, sadness and surprise of the
micronational community, Babkha's founder and much loved Shah abdicated
the throne. Citing real life duties the Shah made a rare sacrifice and
allowed the Kingdom to live on, hand picking his closest advisor and
Military Chief, Ardashir Khan (Ataxerxes) to be his successor. The
transition of power, rarely seen in micronationalism was one of the
smoothest and celebrated events in Babkhan history. The end of one
great dynasty gave way to the beginning of another. The Kapav Era had
ended and in its place Ardashir was crowned as the first Shah of the
Osmani dynasty. On January 2003, Babkha saw another succession of the
throne whereby the Shah of the Osmani - a curious mix of writer,
politician and soldier - who secretly had only intended to rule for the
length of time needed to secure the continuation of the Kingdom,
abdicated to be replaced by another hand picked successor, former Grand
Vizier Tahmaseb Farshbaf, who started the Abakhtari line of the Radiant
Throne.
Once again the face of Babkha changed, new citizens poured in as old
ones left, and new political powers emerged. The Azadegan Party,
traditionally on the fringe of politics somehow came to the forefront
of the political establishment with its leader, [[Umra Khan]] a new
citizen and fierce advocate of Islamic Socialism took the helm. Within
months, elections were held and contested by the BLCP and Azadegan, the
Islamists gained their highest number of seats ever, taking two while
the Liberals took charge of government. Surprisingly the Azadegan
eventually faded from the limelight and by the next elections, a new
political power came into being; the Behsaz or Renaissance Party. The
Behsaz Party was the the largest party in Babkha and held the majority
of the seats in the Majlis i-Mellat.
However, with the relaxation of rules on dual-citizenship, the Babkhan
Left began a new resurgence under the former PRP activist Kuralyov and
Hanoverian citizen Kevin Hood [Abbas Madani] who between them founded
the Qermez [Red] Party, a secular replacement for the Islamist
Azadegan, and gained a large following in a short space of time.
Meanwhile a conservative mood had overtaken the Behsaz Party, which
looked upon the successes of the first Behsaz
administration as the pinnacle of the Babkhan achievement. Not everyone
in Babkha shared this view. Indeed the Qermez railed against what it
viewed as a lethargic and reactionary administration. Matters came to a
head with the revival of the Babkhan Liberal Centre Party under Rakesh
Ackbar, who decided to end cooperation with the Grand Vizierate of
Ardashir Khan Osmani and moved the BLCP to a centre left platform. When
the Shahanshah called elections in August 2003 the BLCP and Qermez
quickly resolved to form a coalition to attempt to force the Behsazis
out of government. The election was one of the hardest fought in
Babkhan history, with both sides making inflammatory speeches and
intense use of propaganda. In the end, in spite of the overall vote
being too close to call, the Behsaz gained four of the five seats on
the Majlis-i-Mellat. Magnanimously, Ardashir Khan Osmani offered
government positions to his defeated rivals who for the most part
accepted.
History moved relentlessly along and in January 2004 Ardashir opted to
resign his commission leading to a short lived administration headed by
Hesam Jahandar. In hte mean time, the alliance between Qermez and BLCP
lead to a merger platform named Rastakhiz. Hesam's successor Rakesh
Ackbar formed a successful minority administration that lasted from
March 2004 to Decmber 2005, when Rakesh was replaced after a short
period of absence by [[Trevon Andarosel|Darius Rugahi]], who basically
continued the administration until the February 2005 elections. Influx
of a few more conservative minded citizens and stagnation in the
Rastakhiz party has led to an overwhelming victory for the Behsaz and a
government under [[Rashid Arsalani]] was formed. During his
administration the [[Grand Commonwealth]] came to life, a cooperation,
yet not a complete [[merger]] between the micronations of [[Treesia]],
[[Aerlig]], Babkha, [[Lemuria]] and [[Alteria]]. Form now on the
foreign affairs and military policies would be handled on the level of
the COmmonwealth, everything else on national level. Rashid tried to
launch a set of badly needed reforms in Babkha, but due to absence of
people in key positions (mainly in the Majlis) and due to bureaucracy,
the reforms never took off. With the formation of the Grand
Commonwealth, Shah Tahmaseb Abakhtari was appointed as Shahan-Ri (head
of state) of the Grand-Commonwealth. He decided it wouldn't fit in to
hold both the position of Shah in Babkha and that of Shahan-Ri in the
Commonwealth, so he handed the position of Shah of Babkha back to
Ardashir Khan.
'''The Kingdom of Babkha'''
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