A History of DeBestia
This is the complete and unabridged history of our great nation, preserved by the Royal Archives. For detailed articles on specific figures, locations, and events, please consult the official DeBestia Wiki.
Chapter 1: The Lands Before DeBestia: A Tapestry of Peoples and Empires
Before the rise of DeBestia, before the advent of AdamDeBest Corp, and even before the frontiersmen of the United States drew lines on maps, the land was ancient. For millennia, it was a dynamic and sacred space, a complex tapestry woven with the lives, cultures, and histories of numerous indigenous peoples. The sweeping deserts of what would become the Dystopia Province, the dense forests of Adamia, the vast plains of Jacksonia, and the towering peaks of the Alpine Province were not empty wilderness; they were homelands, trade routes, and sacred grounds for tribes such as the Shoshone, Paiute, Bannock, Ute, and many others.
The 19th century heralded a period of irreversible change. Driven by the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, American pioneers began to push westward. As the trickle of settlers became a flood, tensions inevitably erupted into open warfare. The United States government, seeking to secure the land for its citizens, engaged in a series of brutal campaigns. Following these conflicts, the United States solidified its control. The region was organized into territories, and eventually, the states of California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah were carved from the landscape. This was the world—a patchwork of American states built upon a far more ancient foundation—that awaited the birth of its future King.
Chapter 2: The Prodigy from New York and the Birth of a Corporation
The story of DeBestia's founder, King AdamDeBest, begins not in the sprawling West, but amidst the towering steel and concrete canyons of New York City. Even as a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, his mind operating on a level far beyond his peers. His path to creating a global empire began with a spark of inspiration in elementary school, kindled by his Media Arts teacher, Adam Hyman. Observing that his teacher maintained his own website, the young Adam decided to create his own, launching his first venture: "Ak Sites." During this formative period, he befriended Jackson Bronstein, who would become his closest friend and a key architect of his future nation. At the remarkably young age of eleven, he consolidated all his ventures into AdamDeBest Corp, transforming a childhood project into a legitimate and rapidly expanding corporation. He attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School and later matriculated at Stanford University, where he pursued not only the advanced technological knowledge that would fuel his innovations but also a minor in Civil Engineering, forming the basis for DeBestia's future world-class road and Maglev train networks.
Chapter 3: The Forging of a Kingdom
It was within the intellectually charged atmosphere of Stanford University that King Adam began to assemble the core of his visionary team. He identified and recruited the most brilliant of his colleagues, individuals who possessed not only raw intellect but also a shared desire to build something new and revolutionary. This group became the foundation of the ISO Alliance. With his alliance solidifying, King Adam finalized his ingenious plan for world domination in 2044. It was a strategy of elegant precision, designed to achieve global control without direct violence. The linchpin of this plan was a massive, coordinated cyber-offensive executed by master hacker Lucifer DeVille. On January 1st, 2044, the plan was executed flawlessly. The world's digital infrastructure was brought under his control, and King AdamDeBest was crowned King of the World. His initial model was Great Britain, admiring its history and influence. This inspiration is still visible today in the design of the DeBestian flag. The new country, carved from the Western United States, was soon renamed DeBestia. It formally declared its independence from the United States in 2025. From its inception, the society of DeBestia was structured around a clear hierarchy based on loyalty.
Chapter 4: The Great Schism and the Anarchy of Olaf
As DeBestia flourished, the ISO Alliance expanded, bringing new, ambitious members into its governmental fold. Among them was the charismatic but volatile Count Olaf. As the Alliance's power solidified, ideological fissures began to appear. Olaf and a growing faction of followers became increasingly dissatisfied with King Adam's governance, viewing his absolute authority as a barrier to their own ambitions. The conflict reached a breaking point, and Count Olaf and his followers were formally expelled. In the political turmoil that followed, an election for the position of Prime Minister was called. To the shock of the loyalists, the Reformatives, leveraging a platform of populist promises and anti-establishment rhetoric, won the election. Count Olaf was named Prime Minister. Olaf's premiership was not an era of reform, but one of complete anarchy. He immediately began using the instruments of the state to wage war against its founder, detonating one of DeBestia's own advanced nuclear bombs in the heart of the capital, Adam City. This act of shocking treachery formally ignited the DeBestian War.
Chapter 5: The DeBestian War
The nuclear annihilation of Adam City plunged the nation into civil war. The Loyalists, led by King Adam, controlled the west. The Reformatives, under the tyrannical rule of Count Olaf, controlled the east. For two years, a tense cold war ensued. The cold war shattered with the Battle of ISO City. The battle was fierce, with waves of hypnotized citizens crashing against the disciplined formations of the Loyalist robot army. Ultimately, technological superiority and brilliant strategy won the day. The Loyalists secured a decisive victory and began their long march east. Finally, the Loyalist war machine arrived at the borders of Jackson City. The combination of relentless robotic assault, a crushing naval blockade, and a devastating aerial bombardment was too much for the demoralized Reformative forces. With their capital in ruins and their armies broken, the Reformatives surrendered.
Chapter 6: The Aftermath and a Lingering Shadow
With the DeBestian War concluded, Count Olaf and his top lieutenants were put on trial for treason, war crimes, and crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment in the newly constructed DeBestia Supermax Prison. However, in the chaos surrounding the fall of Jackson City, Count Olaf's cunning wife, Esme Squalor, managed to escape capture, pregnant with Olaf's child. Esme remained hidden for six years, raising her son in a remote cave deep within the Alpine Province before her eventual capture. In the ensuing confusion, her six-year-old son, Darius, managed to escape. Having spent his entire life in isolation, raised on his mother's bitter stories, the boy disappeared into the wilderness. He eventually stumbled into Aurora City, where he revived the Reformative party. Though his policies are a watered-down version of his parents' extremism, he and his party remain a constant, nagging reminder of the ever-present threat of disloyalty.