Population: 220 million Military Size: 1.16 million GDP: $1.5 trillion Budget for government: $465 billion Economy: Mostly oil and agriculture Capital: Tashkent Tashkenite Khan: Temur Sarvarbek Secretary of Foreign Affairs: Behzod Karimov Ideology: "Neo-Eurasian Integralism" (Authoritarian) Demonym: Tashkenite
History: The area was inhabited by Turkic tribes since ancient times. In 1323, Sarbek I, the local Uzbek chieftain of Tashkent, started a campaign that submitted all of Central Asia under his rule. He is known as the founder of the Tashkent Sultanate and the Sardorbek dynasty. The Sultanate was short-lived, however. In 1402, Durbek II, the great grandson of Sarbek, ascended the throne. His incompetence, along with internal unrest, caused the collapse of the Sultanate in 1406, leaving Durbek the ruler of just the city of Tashkent. The Sardorbek dynasty ruled Tashkent until 1607, when Azizbek IIII led another campaign that, once again, gave him control of Central Asia like his ancestor. The Sardorbeks now ruled the Turkic Emirate of Tashkent. It was a powerful state until 1826, when the Kingdom of Moscova to the north led a invasion of Tashkent, with great success. Tashkent's power gradually declined until 1909, when Moscova annexed most of Tashkent and left Iran as a puppet state. The Moscovans appointed someone from Tashkent to govern Iran, because they were deeply unpopular and having a Moscovan governor would cause unrest. The Moscovans ruled Tashkent and Iran until 1973. Diyor Sarvarbek, a direct descendant of the last Tashkent Emirate ruler (and, in turn, the direct descendant of Sarbek I), was the latest governor of Iran. He declared himself Khan of Tashkent with popular support. and mobilized Tashkenite troops in Iran. The Moscovans responded by sending troops south and heavily arming the garrisons in the major Tashkenite cities. They didn't have support, however. In the city of Khiva, the local townspeople stormed the armory and annihilated the Moscovan garrison there, allowing Diyor to march in unopposed. The Moscovans prepared a last-minute defense of Tashkent, which ended badly for Moscova. The humiliating treaty announced the new Tashkent Khanate independent and increased its borders to include Moscova. In 2003, Diyor died, succeeded by his only son, Temur Sarvarbek, who rules to this day.
