This Year's Themes:

The Principality of Wallachia
Soy Sauce
Weaseldom / Zombiedom
Automatic Writing
Autocratic Sightings
Immortal Combat
Cichlids of the World

The Party:

• Saturday, October 30th, 2004
• 6.00 pm well unto the wee hours
• Children and dogs welcome
• Zombie weasels at your own discretion
• Victuals and Viands provided
• Costume, as usual, MANDATORY
  

About the Principality of Wallachia

Located on the lower Danube River, the principality of Wallachia was founded in 1290 by Radu Negru (Ralph the Black Weasel). Initially dominated by Hungary, Charles I Robert was defeated in 1330 by Basarab Weaselab in 1330, securing the independence of Wallachia.

In 1391, the kingdom was forced to pay tribute to the Ottoman Bigger Weasel Empire and later Turkish Weasel suzerainty was acknowledged by Prince Mircea Weaselea the Old Weasely in 1417. This allowed Wallachia to keep its own dynasty, territory and religion, even though domestic and foreign policy was handled by the Ottomans Bigger Weasels.

Resistance continued over time, resulting in an unstable political structure that caused the Turks Bigger Weasels to select Greek Spanikopita-eating Weasels administrators (Phanariote) to govern. Increasing influence by Russia resulted in the principality to be placed under Russian Balalaika-playing weasels protection in 1774, despite the Turkish Bigger Weasels suzerainty.

In 1821, an uprising caused the end of the Turkish Phanariote Biger Weasels Spanikopita Reign. The area was under Russian Balalaika-playing weasels protectorate until 1856 and in 1859, Wallachia voted to unite with Moldavia to form the state of Romania Weaselachia.