Spiarus Republic

The Spiarus Republic, or Republic of Spiarus, was a neolithic elective theocratic republic established in 1671 Ʋ by Warlord Tarbec of the Spiarus tribe. Primarily located around the TBD peninsula, it is seen as the historical successor to the Aplyan Kingdom due to it's less focus on aristocracy and more focus on meritocracy. It also remains the first democratic state that has existed in Agraxian history, being democratic in the fact that it followed an elective system in which the leadership position, the Shaman, was elected by the citizens of the state. The Spiarus Republic would eventually fall into disorder due to political and ethnic differences among the populace, and be formally incorperated into the neighboring Second Askarian Empire in 1699 Ʋ, making it the largest nation that lasted under 30 Ʋ's in the polytheistic era.

Pimrarily located around the TBD peninsula, the Spiarus civilization was one of the first tribes to be incorperated into the Aplyan Kingdom. The resulting tribal differences between the civilization and the Kingdom, as well as a political and historic rivalry, would result in the collapse of the Aplyan Kingdom and the establishment of a more democratic and semi-secular state that could cater to all incorperated tribes in the future, thus the term "Republic" would be used as a formal governmental system. At it's peak, the Spiarus Republic would encompass territory from the TBD region to the TBD peninsula, which would make it one of the largest nations the time period of it's existence.

Numerous myths about the Spiarus Republic would surface later in contemporary history, with some historians claiming that the Spiarus civilization would ultimately create the first proto-written language, although these would later be debunked following the revelation of the Tombs of Albana having shown that the Albanan's were the first to create a written language around 2050 Ʋ. Most of the historical significance of the Spiarus Republic is often pointed towards the amount of architecture created during that period, including numerous statues of it's shamans and polytheistic gods. The only surviving evidence of this occurrance is in the Museum of TBD, in which the statue of the last shaman of the Spiarus Republic is on public display.

Government
As it would be later catalouged, the nation would be classified as an elective theocratic republic. The Shaman, an elected official, would serve as the leader of the republic and serve a term of ten years, without any possible way of re-election. In the case of the shaman's sickness or death, another election would be held in order to decide the successor shaman.