Mehicania
The Kingdom of Mehicania is an independent country in the Posaran Basin with a tumultuous history of war and conquest. Most recently in 1207, the country faced a cultural and political revolution helmed by the Hermanos de la Libertad, literally The Brotherhood of Liberty, which sought to overthrow the Mehicanian Royal Family and to join the Apgarian Confederacy.
History
Section titled “History”Pre-Kalassarian Mehicania
Section titled “Pre-Kalassarian Mehicania”Kalassarian Campaigns
Section titled “Kalassarian Campaigns”Kolhan Conquest
Section titled “Kolhan Conquest”Poasan Reconquista
Section titled “Poasan Reconquista”Foundation of the Mehicanian Real
Section titled “Foundation of the Mehicanian Real”Revoluciones de la Libertad
Section titled “Revoluciones de la Libertad”Soniman Partition
Section titled “Soniman Partition”Freehold of Uyama
Section titled “Freehold of Uyama”Freehold of Rigatona
Section titled “Freehold of Rigatona”Second Restoration of the Mehicanian Real
Section titled “Second Restoration of the Mehicanian Real”Poasan-Apgarian Conflict
Section titled “Poasan-Apgarian Conflict”Poasan-Apgarian Conflict
Neutrality
Section titled “Neutrality”During the early years of the conflict, the Mehicanian Real would announce that they would remain neutral. Though they had cultural, historical and familial ties with the Poasan monarchy, they also had significant trade relations with neighboring portions of the Apgarian Confederacy, particularly Sonima, which separates Mehicania with its former territory the Freehold of Uyama.
Neutrality was very unpopular not only externally, but also within the country. Monarchist Orthodox Masochists wanted the Real to formalize an alliance with Poasah. However, a group of radicals that fostered the ideals of the old Hermanos de la Libertad were starting to make a bloc within the Mehicanian Parliament. These Hermanos Nuevos instead wanted to forge an alliance with the Apgarian Confederacy. The more radical of the group also had the intention of overthrowing the Mehicanian monarchy, and either joining the Apgarian Confederacy or creating a new; government in the Apgarian model.
The stalemate in the Parliament gave the Real a moment to break neutrality and align the country with the Kingdom of Poasah. Before they were able to announce this, the Hermanos Nuevos were able to reveal the Real’s intentions and sway Parliament to make a declaration of neutrality as a compromise position with the moderates within the chamber.
Hermanos Nuevos and the Apgarian Occupation
Section titled “Hermanos Nuevos and the Apgarian Occupation”Pablo Remedios, the leader of the Hermanos Nuevos, was voted as the the Prime Minister of Mehicania, after a Vote of No Confidence was passed against the Carlos Mariano of the Realista Bloc in the 11th Day of the 3rd Month of 1250 AI. During this time, the Hermanos Nuevos were firm in their declaration of neutrality in public, but secretly met with the leaders of the Apgarian Confederacy to discuss a possible alliance. Some of their membership were allowing Apgarian agents to cross the border for reconnaissance and espionage operations.
Within the Hermanos Nuevos, were hardline independents who viewed their other compatriots with suspicion. These Hermanos Tradicionales held that the other Hermanos Nuevos were too close to the Apgarian Confederacy, and that they were not being true to the ideals of the old Brotherhood. The Tradicionales were mostly intellectuals from the secretive Colegio de la Salamanca within the Universidad de Kolimenta, which secretly researched magic and magical artifacts.
Salvador Salamanca, who wrote a manifesto on a new magocratic Mehicanian government called El Govierno Magocratico de la Tierra Mehicania, found out about the secret meetings and denounced them. This led to a split in the Hermanos Nuevos, with the more radical members breaking away to formalize the Hermanos Tradicionales as a separate organization. This new group temporarily aligned themselves with the Realistas. However, due to massive differences in opinion between this tenuous alliance, they were too slow to react to the Apgarian invasion that went almost unopposed by 1252 AI.
During the Apgarian Occupation, the Hermanos Nuevos formed a puppet government with the proviso that once the conflict ended, they would be allowed to form an autonomous entity within the Apgarian Confederacy as the state of Apgarian Mehicania.
General de los Salamanceros
Section titled “General de los Salamanceros”Los Illustrados
Section titled “Los Illustrados”El Govierno Magocratico de la Tierra Mehicania
Section titled “El Govierno Magocratico de la Tierra Mehicania”In 1275, the True Mehicania renamed and reformed the government into La Gobierna Magocracia de la Tierra Mehicania, officially offering support to the Posaran government to stifle the Northern Crisis.
The Thirteen, the Posaran military’s magic division, still views them with some suspicion, but their cooperation has forced them to hope. The Mehicanian contingent have been deployed to ensure that the Undead Plague does not spread further south. This marks the first time the Mehicanians established an embassy under the auspices of their new government, and their open acknowledgment of the existence and power of magic. The Posaran central authority often suppressed the worst in order to explain its incompatibility with the Orthodoxy.