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'''Rumahoki''', officially the '''Most Serene Sovereignty of Rumahoki''' (Latin: ''Serenissima Dominatio Rumahociae''; Pelaxian: ''Serenísima Soberanía de Rumajoqui''; Reform Tainean: ''Serenisim Sauberanetas des Roumahauki''), is a {{wp|sovereign state|sovereign country}} located in eastern [[Vallos]]. It shares a land border with [[Takatta Loa]] in the southwest, [[Vallejar]] in the south, [[Almadaria]] in the west, the [[Caphiria|Caphirian]] exclave of [[Vespera]] in the north, and it shares a maritime border with the [[Cartadania|Cartadanian]] state of [[Porta Bianca]] in the northeast and [[Puertego]] in the southeast. Its coastline runs throughout the [[Taínean Sea]]. Like its neighbours, Rumahoki is a megadiverse nation boasting one of the highest biodiversity across the biomes within it. The Rumahokian economy is a {{wp|mixed economy}} with elements of {{wp|tripartism}} and {{wp|dirigism}} with most public services (most notably healthcare, electricity, and mass public transport) being controlled by the government. However, private industries are permitted to operate in most other sectors such as telecommunications, shipping, and retail. Uniquely, the Rumahokian government is a {{wp|elective monarchy|semi-elective}} {{wp|constitutional monarchy|semi-constitutional monarchy}} under a {{wp|parliamentary system}} with a democratic {{wp|dominant-party system}} and a {{wp|fusion of powers}} with a powerful {{wp|head of state}}. | '''Rumahoki''', officially the '''Most Serene Sovereignty of Rumahoki''' (Latin: ''Serenissima Dominatio Rumahociae''; Pelaxian: ''Serenísima Soberanía de Rumajoqui''; Reform Tainean: ''Serenisim Sauberanetas des Roumahauki''), is a {{wp|sovereign state|sovereign country}} located in eastern [[Vallos]]. It shares a land border with [[Takatta Loa]] in the southwest, [[Vallejar]] in the south, [[Almadaria]] in the west, the [[Caphiria|Caphirian]] exclave of [[Vespera]] in the north, and it shares a maritime border with the [[Cartadania|Cartadanian]] state of [[Porta Bianca]] in the northeast and [[Puertego]] in the southeast. Its coastline runs throughout the [[Taínean Sea]]. Like its neighbours, Rumahoki is a megadiverse nation boasting one of the highest biodiversity across the biomes within it. The Rumahokian economy is a {{wp|mixed economy}} with elements of {{wp|tripartism}} and {{wp|dirigism}} with most public services (most notably healthcare, electricity, and mass public transport) being controlled by the government. However, private industries are permitted to operate in most other sectors such as telecommunications, shipping, and retail. Uniquely, the Rumahokian government is a {{wp|elective monarchy|semi-elective}} {{wp|constitutional monarchy|semi-constitutional monarchy}} under a {{wp|parliamentary system}} with a democratic {{wp|dominant-party system}} and a {{wp|fusion of powers}} with a powerful {{wp|head of state}}. | ||
From 1976 until 1994, Rumahoki was under a regime greatly inspired by {{wp|conservative}} and {{wp|authoritarian}} ideologies complete with a sham democracy. This regime was known as the [[Delepasian Commonwealth]], using the former Pelaxian name of the nation. This all changed with the [[Velvet Revolution]] in 1994 when left-wing factions of the [[Rumahokian Imperial Armed Forces]] overthrew the government and | From 1976 until 1994, Rumahoki was under a regime greatly inspired by {{wp|conservative}} and {{wp|authoritarian}} ideologies complete with a sham democracy. This regime was known as the [[Delepasian Commonwealth]], using the former Pelaxian name of the nation. This all changed with the [[Velvet Revolution]] in 1994 when left-wing factions of the [[Rumahokian Imperial Armed Forces]] overthrew the government and sparked a brief civil war period, eventually pushing through a series of sweeping democratic reforms which culminated in the [[Constitution of Rumahoki|Rumahokian Constitution of 1996]]. | ||
Rumahoki is a member of the [[League of Nations]], though it maintains a non-interventionist stance in international peacekeeping efforts. | Rumahoki is a member of the [[League of Nations]], though it maintains a non-interventionist stance in international peacekeeping efforts. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
"Rumahoki" originated from antiquity as a term meaning "earthly paradise" in the eastern dialects of the [[Tainean language]]. The meaning behind this term is currently debated upon, but it may have had its origins in the [[Heaven Ships]] which has been noted to be how the [[Taineans]] | "Rumahoki" originated from antiquity as a term meaning "earthly paradise" in the eastern dialects of the [[Tainean language]]. The meaning behind this term is currently debated upon, but it may have had its origins in the [[Heaven Ships]] which has been noted to be how the [[Taineans]] migrated to [[Vallos]] after being forced out of [[Crona]] by the [[North Songun civilization|North Songun civilisation]]. Much like [[Arona]], the name may be in reference to the favourable sea and weather conditions enjoyed by the people living there. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
''What is a general overview of your country's path through history?'' | ''What is a general overview of your country's path through history?'' | ||
===Early Vallosi settlements and | ===Early Vallosi settlements and Glaistic culture=== | ||
{{main|Vallosi people| | {{main|Vallosi people|Glaistic civilization{{!}}Glaistic civilisation}} | ||
The first human settlements on the [[Vallos|Vallosi]] subcontinent has been dated to the year [[12,000 BC]] based on archaeological evidence. This makes Vallos one of the last parts of the [[Occident]] to have been initially settled. {{wp|Material culture}} suggests that these settlers may have migrated from what is now [[Pelaxia]]. Society for the early [[Vallosi people|Vallosi]] who have become sedentary was primarily agricultural, reaching to about forty percent by the year [[2000 BC]]. As indigenous Vallosi society developed, they | The first human settlements on the [[Vallos|Vallosi]] subcontinent has been dated to the year [[12,000 BC]] based on archaeological evidence. This makes Vallos one of the last parts of the [[Occident]] to have been initially settled. {{wp|Material culture}} suggests that these settlers may have migrated from what is now [[Pelaxia]]. Society for the early [[Vallosi people|Vallosi]] who have become sedentary was primarily agricultural, reaching to about forty percent by the year [[2000 BC]]. As indigenous Vallosi society developed, they would eventually reach their apex with the rise of the [[Glaistic civilization|Glaistic civilisation]], so-called due to [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|ancient Istroyan]] texts about the supposed hostility and savagry of the Vallosi people. Some of the more well-known examples of Glaistic culture include so-called "shark pottery", named as such due to the use of shark teeth and bones as a crafting material while at the same time depicting shark-related motifs on pottery, and their widespread usage of masks, one of the most common archaeological finds across Vallos from that time period. The Glaistic civilisation reached its peak at around [[1800 BC]], not long before the arrival of the [[Polynesians]] and later arrival of the first [[Heaven Ships]] from [[Crona]]. However, the Glaistic civilisation, at this point classified as 'later Glaistic civilisation' due to foreign innovations, co-existed with these groups for centuries to come. | ||
Archaeological evidence aside, virtually nothing is known about the indigenous Vallosi. Thanks to the lack of technological development and the lack of a proper writing system, the indigenous Vallosi culture was eventually lost through assimilation, intermarriage, and colonisation, thus leading to a near-total displacement. The average Rumahokian may have as much as less than ten percent DNA from the indigenous Vallosi according to genetic studies made in the year [[1997]]. | Archaeological evidence aside, virtually nothing is known about the indigenous Vallosi or the Glaistic civilisation. Thanks to the lack of technological development and the lack of a proper writing system, the indigenous Vallosi culture was eventually lost through assimilation, intermarriage, and colonisation, thus leading to a near-total displacement. The average Rumahokian may have as much as less than ten percent DNA from the indigenous Vallosi according to genetic studies made in the year [[1997]]. | ||
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''What were the first political structures of your country? Did it have any very early rivals or was it controlled by a foreign country?'' | ''What were the first political structures of your country? Did it have any very early rivals or was it controlled by a foreign country?'' | ||
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''What were your country's first major moves on an international level?'' | ''What were your country's first major moves on an international level?'' | ||
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''Did your country ever have a period of significant decline or internal struggle?'' | ''Did your country ever have a period of significant decline or internal struggle?'' | ||
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''Was your country subject to imperialism later in its life, or was it an imperial power?'' | ''Was your country subject to imperialism later in its life, or was it an imperial power?'' | ||
===Delepasian Kingdom and the end of Pelaxian rule=== | ===Delepasian Kingdom and the end of Pelaxian rule=== | ||
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The newly-unified nation was a continuation of the [[Estado Social (Rumahoki)|Estado Social]] regime that was installed in 1938 in [[Rosaria]] and governed by [[Fernando Pascual]] who subsequently became the first Delepasian prime minister from its formation in 1976 until 1988 when he was succeeded by [[Nicolas Torres]] after a stroke. The Estado Social also made the institutional system of racial segregation known as the [[Navidadian System]] nationwide, barring non-Delepasians from participating in politics as well as closing down immigration to all but a select amount of [[Pelaxians]]. | The newly-unified nation was a continuation of the [[Estado Social (Rumahoki)|Estado Social]] regime that was installed in 1938 in [[Rosaria]] and governed by [[Fernando Pascual]] who subsequently became the first Delepasian prime minister from its formation in 1976 until 1988 when he was succeeded by [[Nicolas Torres]] after a stroke. The Estado Social also made the institutional system of racial segregation known as the [[Navidadian System]] nationwide, barring non-Delepasians from participating in politics as well as closing down immigration to all but a select amount of [[Pelaxians]]. | ||
The Estado Social regime in Delepasia was characterised by a gradually-liberalising economy, {{wp|Election#Sham_election|sham elections}}, prime ministerial supremacy, [[Pelaxianisation in Rumahoki|pelaxianisation policies]], and [[National Catholicism]]. Pelaxian was the sole official language during this era, and all minorities were put through brutal cultural suppression and {{wp|cultural assimilation|assimilation}} measures. Even during the Torres reforms of the early 1990s, pelaxianisation remained as official government policy, and public opposition rose sharply as an increasingly significant element of the population grew | The Estado Social regime in Delepasia was characterised by a gradually-liberalising economy, {{wp|Election#Sham_election|sham elections}}, prime ministerial supremacy, [[Pelaxianisation in Rumahoki|pelaxianisation policies]], and [[National Catholicism]]. Pelaxian was the sole official language during this era, and all minorities were put through brutal cultural suppression and {{wp|cultural assimilation|assimilation}} measures. Even during the Torres reforms of the early 1990s, pelaxianisation remained as official government policy, and public opposition rose sharply as an increasingly significant element of the population grew up having had no memory of the disastrous years of economic and political turmoil that preceded Pascual's regime and most especially when the reformist experiment was put to an end by hardliners in the [[Rumahokian Imperial Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] who felt that reforms should be up to the commander-in-chief and not the prime minister, a departure from the autonomy that Pascual had during his tenure. | ||
Diplomatically, the regime was a member of [[LOTA]], Rosaria having been a member since [[1945]], two years after the [[Second Great War]] had ended, to the detriment of whatever relations the new country may have had with [[Caphiria]]. Membership would end in 1991 as a part of the Torres reforms, aiming to move the nation torwards a more neutral stance after the end of the [[Occidental Cold War]]. | Diplomatically, the regime was a member of [[LOTA]], Rosaria having been a member since [[1945]], two years after the [[Second Great War]] had ended, to the detriment of whatever relations the new country may have had with [[Caphiria]]. Membership would end in 1991 as a part of the Torres reforms, aiming to move the nation torwards a more neutral stance after the end of the [[Occidental Cold War]]. | ||
===Velvet Revolution and democratisation=== | ===Velvet Revolution and democratisation=== | ||
{{main|Velvet Revolution|Rumahokian transition to democracy}} | {{main|Velvet Revolution|Rumahokian transition to democracy|Período de Salvación Democrática{{!}}Democratic Salvation Period}} | ||
The Delepasian government and army resisted any attempts at dismantling the Estado Social regime until April 1994, when a left-wing military {{wp|coup}} in Santa Maria, known as the [[Velvet Revolution]], led the way for the establishment of a multi-party democracy after two years of a transitional period known as PDS (''[[Período de Salvación Democrática]]''). This period was marked by constant social turmoil and a power struggle between left- and right-wing political forces | The Delepasian government and army resisted any attempts at dismantling the Estado Social regime until April 1994, when a left-wing military {{wp|coup}} in Santa Maria, known as the [[Velvet Revolution]], led the way for the establishment of a multi-party democracy after two years of a transitional civil war period known as PDS (''[[Período de Salvación Democrática]]''). This period was marked by constant social turmoil and a power struggle between left- and right-wing political forces, with the most prominent factions being the [[Delepasian Federacy]], an {{wp|authoritarian democracy|authoritarian democratic}} government filled with Estado Social reformists and Pascualist counterrevolutionaries led by [[Raul Quintero]] and headquartered in the conservative stronghold of [[San Joaquin, Homberia|San Joaquin]] in the state of [[Homberia]], the [[United Federative Councils of Vallos]], a revolutionary {{wp|Marxist}} workers' confederation led by popular far-left military commander [[Vito Borbon]] and headquartered in the forests of [[Inaua]], and the rump faction of the [[Junta for the Salvation of Civility]], which was headed by the Group of Nine and consisted of moderate socialists and liberal democrats who held a distrust for Quintero's faction and headquartered in [[Santa Maria]]. | ||
Through the first several months of the civil war period, Quintero's faction was able to win decisive victories in many battles against the two other rival factions; the split between the two socialist factions were able to weaken the revolutionaries enough for the more professional and well-organised conservative forces to prevail to the point that by early 1995, many nations began to extend diplomatic relations to Quintero's government. In an effort to form a united front against the seemingly-victorious conservatives, the Borbonist faction opted to join forces with the Junta, forming the [[Council of the National Revolution]] in August of 1995. With that, the tide of war turned so quickly that by December of 1995 Quintero and much of the leadership of the conservative faction had fled the country; the last pockets of the conservative faction would be defeated in January of 1996. | |||
The 1996 elections resulted in a {{wp|coalition government}} between the [[People's Democratic Party]] (PDP) and the [[Christian National Party]] (PNC) with [[Fernando Carvalho]], PDP's leader, becoming Prime Minister of the first | By July of 1995, the tension between these was so high, that international observers were predicting that a civil war was imminent. Forces connected to the far-left launched a further ''[[coup d'état]]'' on 3 December, but the Group of Nine, a moderate military faction led by Emperor Maximilian himself, immediately initiated a counter-coup. The main episode of this confrontation was the successful assault on the barracks of the far-left dominated [[Santa Maria Lancers Regiment]] by the moderate forces of the Commando Regiment, resulting in three soldiers {{wp|killed in action}}. | ||
The Council had emerged victorious, thus preventing the establishment of a conservative strato-democratic regime in Delepasia and ending the period of political instability in the country. The Council of the National Revolution governed Delepasia until just a couple months after the [[1996 Rumahokian legislative election|Rumahokian legislative election of 1996]]. During that time, the junta drafted a [[Constitution of Rumahoki|new constitution]], formally naming the new state the ''Most Serene Sovereignty of Rumahoki'', it established a {{wp|federalism|federal state}}, it abolished Catholicism as the state religion, it empowered the Emperor in recognition of his role in the civil war period, it established [[Pelaxian language|Pelaxian]], [[Classical Latin|Latin]], and [[Brenadine Tainean|Reform Tainean]] as the state's three official languages, established provisions committed to the realisation of the socialist revolution through a constitutional framework as well as through a designated {{wp|vanguard party}}, and it forbade any systems of racial segregation, thus putting a permanent end to the Navidadian System. | |||
The 1996 elections resulted in a {{wp|coalition government}} between the [[People's Democratic Party]] (PDP) and the [[Christian National Party]] (PNC) with [[Fernando Carvalho]], PDP's leader, becoming Prime Minister of the first civilian government since before the Velvet Revolution on 21 January 1997. In this capacity Carvalho had initiated the process of accession to the [[Vallosian Economic Association]] (VEA) by starting accession negotiations as early as February that same year. | |||
After the transition to democracy, Rumahoki quickly embraced {{wp|tripartism}} and {{wp|dirigism}} as the nation's primary economic policies, fostering in a {{wp|mixed-market economy}}. {{wp|Land reform}} and {{wp|nationalization|nationalisations}} were enforced; the constitution (approved in 1996) includes accommodations to socialist principles, complete with numerous references to socialism, the rights of workers, and the desirability of a {{wp|socialist economy}}. | After the transition to democracy, Rumahoki quickly embraced {{wp|tripartism}} and {{wp|dirigism}} as the nation's primary economic policies, fostering in a {{wp|mixed-market economy}}. {{wp|Land reform}} and {{wp|nationalization|nationalisations}} were enforced; the constitution (approved in 1996) includes accommodations to socialist principles, complete with numerous references to socialism, the rights of workers, and the desirability of a {{wp|socialist economy}}. | ||
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===Federal subdivisions=== | ===Federal subdivisions=== | ||
{{main|Administrative divisions of Rumahoki}} | {{main|Administrative divisions of Rumahoki}} | ||
Rumahoki is a federal state with nineteen [[Administrative divisions of Rumahoki#States of Rumahoki|''estados'']], including the [[Federal District (Rumahoki)|Federal District]] containing the nation's capital of [[Santa Maria]]. The primary purpose behind these entities is to be the primary-level divisions, complete with their own constitution and form of government. These entities are delegated some autonomy and self-governance, thus allowing them to pass their own laws and policies, provided that it doesn't violate the [[Constitution of Rumahoki|constitution]]. The states are further divided into [[provinces of Rumahoki|''provincias'']], [[parishes of Rumahoki|''parroquias'']], and [[municipalities of Rumahoki|''municipios'']]. These divisions are responsible for certain functions, but most notably not the educational functions due to the highly centralised nature of the education system. The ''comarcas'' serve a dual-purpose, totaling to 500, not only do they serve as a common local government over multiple municipalities they also serve as a means for the apportionment of seats in the [[Congress of the Commons]] as a means to prevent the [[National Assembly of Rumahoki|National Assembly]] from being dominated by the cities. | Rumahoki is a federal state with nineteen [[Administrative divisions of Rumahoki#States of Rumahoki|''estados'']], including the [[Federal District (Rumahoki)|Federal District]] containing the nation's capital of [[Santa Maria]]. The primary purpose behind these entities is to be the primary-level divisions, complete with their own constitution and form of government. These entities are delegated some autonomy and self-governance, thus allowing them to pass their own laws and policies, provided that it doesn't violate the [[Constitution of Rumahoki|constitution]]. The states are further divided into [[provinces of Rumahoki|''provincias'']], [[parishes of Rumahoki|''parroquias'']], [[cantons of Rumahoki|''cantones'']], and [[municipalities of Rumahoki|''municipios'']]. These divisions are responsible for certain functions, but most notably not the educational functions due to the highly centralised nature of the education system. The ''comarcas'' serve a dual-purpose, totaling to 500, not only do they serve as a common local government over multiple municipalities they also serve as a means for the apportionment of seats in the [[Congress of the Commons]] as a means to prevent the [[National Assembly of Rumahoki|National Assembly]] from being dominated by the cities. | ||
The government of Rumahoki also provides maps of the extent of the nation's four main cultures as well as the nation's regions. Three states are [[Taineans|Tainean]], three states are [[Loa people|Loa]], two states are [[Cartadanians|Cartadanian]], and twelve states are [[Delepasians|Delepasian]]. The state of [[Junu'urinia Ba'andasi-Navidadia]] is the only state to have two major cultures, those being Loa and Delepasian. The largest state by area is [[Rosaria]] at 137,664.89 square kilometers (53,152.71 sq mi), while the Federal District is the smallest state by area at 1127.24 square kilometers (435.23 sq mi). | The government of Rumahoki also provides maps of the extent of the nation's four main cultures as well as the nation's regions. Three states are [[Taineans|Tainean]], three states are [[Loa people|Loa]], two states are [[Cartadanians|Cartadanian]], and twelve states are [[Delepasians|Delepasian]]. The state of [[Junu'urinia Ba'andasi-Navidadia]] is the only state to have two major cultures, those being Loa and Delepasian. The largest state by area is [[Rosaria]] at 137,664.89 square kilometers (53,152.71 sq mi), while the Federal District is the smallest state by area at 1127.24 square kilometers (435.23 sq mi). | ||
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''How are families or kinship groups structured in your country?'' | ''How are families or kinship groups structured in your country?'' | ||
===Cuisine=== | ===Cuisine=== | ||
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''What do your people eat?'' | ''What do your people eat?'' | ||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
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Rumahoki has been a {{wp|secular state}} since 1996 with the promulgation of its constitution. As part of the government's efforts to attain assurances of non-intervention from the [[Catholic Church]], the [[Concordat of 1996]] was signed between the Church and the [[Council of the National Revolution]] which detailed the exact relationship between both entities. It superseded the [[Concordat of 1976]], itself a reaffirmation of the [[Concordat of 1948]], which had given the Catholic Church a wide array of privileges ranging from censorship of blasphemous materials to clerical exemption from military service while granting the prime minister, which at that time was [[Fernando Pascual]], the privilege of appointing clerical figures; the Pope at the time of the enactment of the Concordat of 1948 issued an encyclical which celebrated the 450th anniversary of the arrival of Mauricio Delepas and the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Los Rumas. The Concordat of 1996, on the other hand, established the Catholic Church and the Rumahokian government as two separate and yet equal entities that may not interfere in the affairs of one another while at the same time reaffirming that the Church would still be represented in the Congress of the Peerage. | |||
The concordat also established the [[twelve permil]] law in which Rumahokian taxpayers are obligated to devolve 12‰ (1.2%) from their {{wp|tax}} returns to an organised religion that has been officially recognised by the state, or to a state-run social welfare programme. According to statistics from 2032, 64.8% of the population had made a choice from amongst the recognised religions. This tax law has had the unintended effect of funding minority congregations which would not have had such a boost in funding through regular donations from their adherents. As of 2035, the current religious denominations that the Rumahokian taxpayer may choose from are as follows: | |||
* [[Catholic Church in Rumahoki|Levantine Rite]] | |||
* [[Caphiric Church|Caphiric Rite]] | |||
* [[Coscivian Catholic Church|Coscivian Rite]] | |||
* [[Mercantile Reform Protestant|Mercantile Reform]] | |||
* [[Marian Kapuhenasa]] | |||
* [[Ecclesiastical Assembly of Sarpedon|Assemblist]] | |||
* [[College of Levantine Churches|Collegiate]] | |||
* [[Vallejarian Church|Vallejarian]] | |||
* {{wp|Judaism}} | |||
* [[Qustanti Islam]] | |||
The only extant religion in Rumahoki that has not requested recognition from the government is the [[Delepasian National Church]] which since the Velvet Revolution has refused to communicate with the government, believing that doing so would validate what they deem to be an anti-clerical socialist regime. | |||
===Arts and Literature=== | ===Arts and Literature=== | ||
''What type of art do your people make? Do they have a tradition of painted art, well-crafted television shows, or great music?'' | ''What type of art do your people make? Do they have a tradition of painted art, well-crafted television shows, or great music?'' | ||