Surmadri

Surmadri, Entity of
Current Flag of Surmadri
Territories claimed and controlled by Surmadri   Territories controlled by Surmadri   Territories (Historically) claimed by Surmadri
General
Location	-4800, +7300 (Formerly), Currently Undetermined
Demonym	Surmadrian
Capital city	Surmadri
National Colors	Deep Saffron
Government
Government	Direct Democratic State
• Governing Body	The People's Council of Surmadri
• State Founder	Inkog
• Current Council Representative	Blu
Formation
Foundation date	12 January 2023
Preceded by	Walled City of Surmadri (Imperial Federation)
Culture
Language	English

The City-State of Surmadri was previously a state in the western Imperial Federation on CivMC founded on the 12th of January, 2023. It formed during a period of relative emptiness in the Western regions of the Federation, primarily built to serve as a hub for the mainland. However, since the Imperial Federation Secession Crisis, the city of Surmadri has remained separated from the Imperial Federation until rejoining in the early months of 2024. In August of 2024, Surmadri suffered an ideological split from the rest of the Imperial Federation, resulting in an exodus of Surmadri and it's governing body to the Great Western Bay. Surmadri at this point in time serves as an exiled government from it's homeland, and is currently rebuilding the nation in the Wellington Duchy of Groveheart, GWB.

History

Imperial Federation Involvement

Surmadri, over the course of it's inclusion in the Federation, had been involved involved in a number of events. The IF-Thoria western border dispute being the most substantial of them.

Humanitarian Efforts

Surmadri in cooperation with the Blue Cross has supplied multiple efforts for easing limited access to food during wartime. Most prominent of which being the Butternut–SEC War support campaign involving large amounts of food related supplies being delivered to Icenia citizens

Politics within the Federation

Surmadri played a a large role in the hosting of various political parties within the Imperial Federation, primarily the Accelerationist party and the isolationist oriented Imperial Stronghold Party (ISP-DSF). Largely exerting a primarily neutral and hands-off political scene to the federation, valuing isolationism, infrastructure building and non-involvement in war abroad.

Involvement in the Imperial Federation Succession Crisis

Surmadri played the role as one of the first illegally separating states, following in the footsteps of the departure of Grenada. At the time of this incident, the Surmadri people's council voiced overwhelming support for the separation, citing an extremely probable likelihood that the Imperial Federation was unlikely to survive, and due to such circumstance, Surmadri was required to take self-preservation into it's own hands. To avoid potential involvement in a wider conflict, Surmadri ratified it's ruling and departed the federation on August 5, 2023.

Second Schism with the Imperial Federation

In August 2024, during the time in which the Imperial Federation was undergoing a second round of succession movements with Great Western Bay(GWB) and Alcantara. The Surmadri government filed a succession request of their own, citing concerns with the failure of the Imperial Federation government's ability to provide necessary equal support among it's various member states, neglecting the Western state's dire citizenship situation and allowing for stagnant growth only perpetuated by their neglect. With this failure to provide, it was recognized by Surmadri that the Imperial Federation voided any and all incentives encouraging breakaway states to rejoin the federation at all, deceiving Surmadri with false promises of prosperity that never came. Following the submission of the request for succession, it was swiftly denied following a debate with the Imperial Federation government over the state of their borders should a state be allowed to remain inside of the federation itself independently. In light of the denied request, Surmadri, having been prior offered the opportunity to take up residence with the GWB, accepted the offer and began the transfer of property to GWB lands. As it stands currently, Surmadri continues reconstruction efforts and the restoration of it's identity.

County of New Surmadri

As of the 17th of September 2024, the county of New Sumadri within Grovehart Duchy of the GWb is the designated de facto holdings of Surmadri at this current time after land negotiations with Groveheart.

Geopolitics

Deluvia

Imperial Federation

Despite the brief period of normalization following the Imperial Federation Secession Crisis, the two entities have since had a falling out politically following disagreements between the governing bodies.

Great Western Bay

Since Surmadri's admission to the GWB community, relations have been high between the Surmadrian people and GWB, assisted by their citizenship agreements and build cooperation.

USS (Defunct)

Grenada and Pride Isles remained close allies of Surmadri leading up into the readmission into the federation. With the USS having since dissolved, relations have been stagnated.

Symbols & Identity

Flags

Flag	Name	Status		Date	Description
National flags
	Flag of the First State of Surmadri	Obsolete		December 2022 - August 2024	A orange, white, and Maroon tricolor featuring the Surmadri shatter-star symbol, a star within a star
	Flag of New Surmadri County	Official / National		September 2024 - present	A similar orange, white and maroon tri-color with a 10 pointed shatter star, incorporating additional color elements into the key symbol in addition to branches under the stars
Regional flags
	Flag of the Global Territories of Surmadri	Official		September 2024 - present	A horizontal tricolor of white, orange, and maroon, featuring an enlarged shatter star surrounded by a grouping of smaller stars, representing the collective territories, historical claims and other entities of Surmadri
Other flags
	Flag of the Surma political branch	Proposed		December 2023 - present	Maroon banner with a ringed shatter star in the center