Idabistani Wars of Religion

This article is an excerpt from Idabistan and is thus an abridged version of the events.
Derych VI's insistance of his position as Emperor sparked much uproar in the religious community and Idabistani clergy. Many fundamentalist Sebastianists disliked that the balance of power would be violated by a nation that stretched the entirety of the Mediterranean, like Maxedon once did. Radical Sebastianists feared that other Autismoi nations would force them to accept other sects of Sebastianism and many weeb beliefs used the disunification of the Idabistani clergy as the perfect situation to gain rights from the Idabistani government.

The Idabistani Wars of Religion started when the Edict of Mhoirbheinn declared all Weebs "Huguenots," which was the evolved version of a derogatory term used in the Idabistani Khanate to refer to people with sedentary lives. This helped many Sebastianist communities easily locate and pick out heathens, which led to a massive extermination of Weebs from the southern portion of Idabistan. This sparked many Weeb communities in other Autismoi nations to pick up arms and form warbands that threatened Dreconia and Pinkquitaine with naval invasions. Many Weeb adventurers invaded and usurped titles from Dreconian and Pinkquitanie rulers. They continued their path of invasion to Romica and Noobishia, however they were halted their advance into Idabistani Proper as Derych VII took control and outlawed official usurpations in Idabistan Proper, the only law of its kind in the realm. His development of local militias also forced many Weebs to cease attacks on cities in the region.

Much of the Weeb lords declared war on the direct vassals of Idabistan and tore Idabistan into many pieces. Fundamentalists argued that these actions were legal while Radicals would regularly slaughter Weeb communities in Idabistan. This all culminated into the Edict of Brousseaux, where Derych VII declared that any man may practice any religion they wish within their own household, however public demonstration of foreign religions was still outlawed. This edict would serve as one of the most important articles of the Idabistani Constitution.