Sentanism

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Flag of Sentanism, derived from the banner of the Terranilian Empire from 972 to 1424

Sentanism (Vaktrian: Sentanastıa), also known as Astrio-Vaktrian nationalism, is a chauvinist political ideology and an ethnic identity that is prevalent among Astrian Vaktrians in Terranihil. It is based on the belief that Astrio-Vaktrians or Sentanists form a nation and an ethnic group that share a unified bloodline and a distinct culture. It is centered on the notion of Sentanists during the Terranilian Empire returning to their homeland of Vaktria and expanding to sufficiently provide resources for the Sentanist nation.

Sentanism has its roots in the imperialist era of the Terranilian Empire from the 10th to the 15th century. Astrian Vaktrians wanted to reconquer Vaktria, from where the Vaktrian people and their religion of Astrianism is thought to originate. This was paired with a hostility towards the majority of Vaktrians at the time: Muslims and Christians. The empire successfully conquered Vaktria by 1344 and Alaia by 1459 and campaigned to Astrianize those living there. The imperialist era ended and the middle period of the empire to the early republic generally saw increased ethnic and religious tolerance. Then in the late 19th and early 20th century, modern nationalist movements emerged, one of which was Sentanism. They took inspiration from the Terranilian Empire and wanted to remake Terranihil into a country primarily for Astrio-Vaktrians.

Sentanists believe that Astrio-Vaktrians are the native inhabitants of Vaktria and Terranihil, and that Muslim and Christian Vaktrians are ethnically seperate from Astrio-Vaktrians. Sentanism often uses pseudoscience and pseudohistory to justify its racism, claiming that followers of Vaktrian Christianity are actually descendants of Romanyans and Jews and that Muslim Vaktrians are descendants of Arabs. They claim the legitimate Vaktrian people (Astrio-Vaktrians) were killed or pushed out of Vaktria by Christians and Muslims during the middle ages until their return via the Terranilian Empire. Sentanists often see themselves as superior to other Terranilian ethnic and religious groups and believe non-Astrio-Vaktrians should be removed from Vaktria and/or Terranihil as a whole.

Sentanism is commonly held among Astrian Vaktrians in Terranihil, is essential to national progressivism, and is part of the politically dominant National Progressive Party's agenda.

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