Vendujo

Vendujo is a country in the Zendari world.

History
Vendujo gained independence in 1896 from surrounding land and has since fluorished as a successful, happy place. Vendujo's capital and largest city, Cilmurph, is one of the most historical places in the Zendari world, with the outskirts of the main city being filled with ancient ruins dating back to around 1700 BC.

Up until 1895, the official name for Vendujo was "The High Land of Murphenzia" due to the dynasty of dictators that ruled over the land, dating back to 1330. On February 7th, 1896, An army of 300,000 men tramples the streets of the former capital, Leixlip, up to the current dictators palace, The Palace of Murphenzia. The soldiers slaughtered the dynasty of Murphenzia and declared the country a Republic. The dynasty is memorized in the current capital city, Cilmurph, in which you can see within the title.

Gold Rushes of Vendujo (1925─1927)
On November 11th 1925, Vendese Miners went excavating a cave a few miles from the Scaveline Hanging Cliffs, and the Huantína River. They dug 250 feet below ground level and found thousands of tons of gold. Scaveline transported gold all around the country to help the growing nation thrive, which is the main reason behind Vendujo's contemporary building style.

Due to the extravagant rare findings from the Scavelinean, the rest of the country self-determined that there must be more gold beneath the grounds they walk on, so more miners were employed and continued scavenging for gold. On 18th July 1927, Vivånese miners discovered almost twice as much gold as was found in Scaveline.

Miners are still digging for gold to this day, but cities like Cilmurph, Kjeunik and Leixlip have banned excavation anywhere near the city grounds as they want to preserve both the modernity of their city grounds and their ruins of the city borders. Another reason is that it is believed there is only gold near the Southeastern ocean border, due to a failed Vendese heist way back in BC 283, when foreign thiefs sailed over and attempted to rob Vendujo, but dropped all gold they stole into the depths below.

Civil War (1931─1934)
During the winter of 1929, Scaveline were testing new weapons, that included a large missile, in which they were required to test into the ocean for health and safety purposes. The missile was accidentally set off 142 degrees off from its target destination, due to a slip up in construction. The missile hit a village between Cilmurph and Leixlip, killing over 1,000 civilians and injuring another 300.

The council of Cilmurph, Leixlip and Kjeunik saw this as a purposeful attack due to the weapons examination being private from the public eye. Vivånet defended Scaveline's apology stating how they knew the missiles were being tested and it was a faulty launch. The three western cities didn't believe them and put up a border between the jutting point on the Fokland border and the middle end of Chattahoochee in 1930, to separate the west and east of Vendujo. Cilmurph, Kjeunik and Leixlip became known as the "Ta Twerwir Triangolu" which roughly translated to "Terrifying Triangle". Qölia remained neutral from both sides.

The war officially began on January 17th 1931, when the Scavelinean council declared during the news on TEV that they would "take unmerciful action against those who wrongly accused us in 1929". 2,000 troops were sent to the border between the sides, where they were met with twice as many from the Twerwir Triangolu. Endless battles were fought out for the following 3 years, until Qölia decided to end the war by blowing up the wall and forcing each city's head of state to sign a peace treaty.

Presidential Elections of Vendujo
Vendujo elects a new president every 5 years. Presidents live like any regular citizen and don't receive special treatment, as in the Independence treaty, it states that "All children are born free and equal, and nothing throughout their life affects their stance on righteous moments and defends them from injustice."

Presidents of Vendujo alternate from male to female to promote political equality.

Facts About Vendujo

 * A poll to select the Vendese President and Vice President has gone out every 5 years since independence was gained, with the exception in 1931, when civil war broke out between the West and East areas.
 * One VDJ is worth $4.25 USD.
 * Vendujo is a very contemporary yet ancient country, with cities fluorishing with modernity and regular city noise, while outside all city borders are astonishing ruins that are thousands of years in age.
 * Vendujo shares borders with Chattahoochee to the east, and Fokland to the north.
 * You do not need a visa to enter Vendujo, unless you are from Shairia or Yuvia
 * Airline travel is free if you are under 18.

Laws

 * All people with Violían relations are banned from entering the country.
 * It is illegal to attend school if you are over 15 without a phone on ones person, incase of emergencies


 * The only pets permitted in Vendujo are dogs, or rabbits. Cats are strictly forbidden.
 * It is illegal for shopkeepers to over or undercharge, due to the low price of items and low rate of criminality.
 * Although it is illegal to campaign in public against the leader, it is legal to petition to overthrow him/her and should this petition get over 10 million signatures from Vendese people, thus would lead to the leader being overthrown.
 * It is illegal to eat pizza, because it is deemed vile and a sin to do so. However you can make items of food with similarities, but cannot be in the same shape, due to the risk of poking one's eye out.

Notable people from Vendujo

 * Christine Sydelko
 * Karen From Finance
 * Quenlin Blackwell
 * Tana Mongeau
 * Vanessa Vanjie Mateo