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HISTORY
The Wystrian people belong to the Oskic ethnicity/language
group, to which also belong the Glastrian and the now
extinct Oskian peoples and languages, among other.
The Wystrian language and identity developed on the
northern island that is part of present-day Wyster, out
of a group of Oskians that moved to the north and split
itself in two, one of which ended up on the Ulethan
mainland and later evolved into Glastrians, whereas the
islanders became known as Wystrians.
Originally the name of the island only, Wyster was
known as the Kingdom of Wystrian Glaster between
the 8th and 16th centuries.
Wyster has known long periods of independence, one of
which was shared with Glaster as the Kingdom of Both
Glasters, which existed between the signing of the
Act of Mealle in 1512 and the dissolution of the
Kingdom in 1834.
At first, the Kingdom of Both Glasters consisted of the
island of Wyster and the Glastrian mainland, until King
Wandhef inherited the realm of Siatharvik on (NAME
ISLAND) in 1568. The new part became subsequently known
(informally and mockingly) as the 'Third Part of the
Kingdom of Both Glasters'. Due to the increased
importance of the Wystrian language, the new lands
became heavily wystrified, with the Oskian languages
either dying out or transforming into Wystrian
dialects.
After 1700, the mainland part of the Kingdom and the
northwestern part of Siatharvik had been slowly
annexed and colonised by the Ingerish, until in the
early 19th century only the island of Wyster remained
under the control of the Kingdom. Discontent about
the situation lead to the end of the Kingdom and the
establishment of the First Wystrian Republic in 1834.
The First Republic existed for only three years and
proved quite chaotic. Already in 1837, the monarchy
was restored and the Kingdom of Wyster was declared
under Hrevyn I, a cousin of the last King of Both
Glasters. In this period, the Ingerish parts of
Siatharvik were reconquered by Wyster. After Hrevyn
I's death in 1859, a call for more influence of the
people in state affairs let to the ousting of Hrevyn
I's 16-year old son King Hrevyn II in 1860 and the
creation of the Second Wystrian Republic.
In 1890 ex-King Hrevyn II was elected Chairman of the
Second Wystrian Republic, but after five years he
committed a coup d'état and restored the Kingdom. He
was shot in 1902 and succeeded by his son Thyllyn XIII,
who had however been mentally disabled since 1900.
Revolutionary forces took the opportunity and abolished
the monarchy again in favour of the Third Wystrian
Republic.
The fourth Chairman of the Third Republic, Peus Ghaarn
(in office from 1915 to 1921), tried to establish a
dictatorship in 1920 by creating the Fourth Republic.
Great opposition to this move resulted in a civil war
that lasted until 1927, which ended with the second
restoration of the monarchy under Thyllyn XIII's son
Hrevyn III. Glaster, which took the side of Ghaarn
in 1926 and lost the war with him, was annexed and
reintegrated into Wyster.
The new Kingdom was organised as a constitutional
monarchy, with mostly ceremonial powers for the King
and political power in the hands of an elected
government. The current monarch is Queen Atheanne,
who succeeded her father Mearh I in 2017.
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