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|conventional_long_name = State of Slaconia | |conventional_long_name = State of Slaconia | ||
|native_name = Държава Слакония <small>(Slaconian)</small> | |native_name = Държава Слакония <small>(Slaconian)</small> | ||
|image_flag = | |image_flag = SlakFlag.png | ||
|alt_flag = The flag of Slaconia | |alt_flag = The flag of Slaconia | ||
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|religion = | |religion = | ||
|demonym = Slaconian | |demonym = Slaconian | ||
|government_type = | |government_type = {{Wp|Constitutional}} {{wp|Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy}} under a {{wp|de facto}} {{wp|military dictatorship}} | ||
|leader_title1 = | |leader_title1 = Regent | ||
|leader_name1 = | |leader_name1 = Lozan Razumikhin (XXX) | ||
|leader_title2 = | |leader_title2 = Chief Minister | ||
|leader_name2 = Vaeran Khiaseak | |leader_name2 = Vaeran Khiaseak (XXX) | ||
|legislature = Emergency Parliament | |||
|upper_house = {{wp|Senate}} | |||
|legislature = | |lower_house = {{wp|House of Commons}} | ||
|upper_house = | |||
|lower_house = {{wp | |||
|established_event1 = Istroyan civilization established in Slaconia | |established_event1 = Istroyan civilization established in Slaconia | ||
|established_date1 = | |established_date1 = 2500 BC | ||
|established_event2 = | |established_event2 = Conquest by [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] | ||
|established_date2 = | |established_date2 = ca. 700 AD | ||
|established_event3 = | |established_event3 = Princiaplity of Slaconia founded by [[Crusades|crusaders]] | ||
|established_date3 = 1154 | |established_date3 = 1154 AD | ||
|established_event4 = | |established_event4 = Kingdom of Slaconia founded | ||
|established_date4 = 1188 | |established_date4 = 1188 AD | ||
|area_km2 = 1,184,531 | |area_km2 = 1,184,531 | ||
|area_sq_mi = 457,350 | |area_sq_mi = 457,350 | ||
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|population_census = 85,450,000 | |population_census = 85,450,000 | ||
|population_density_km2 = 72.2 | |population_density_km2 = 72.2 | ||
|GDP_nominal = $1, | |GDP_nominal = $1,337,292,500,000 | ||
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $ | |GDP_nominal_per_capita = $15,650 | ||
|Gini = | |Gini = | ||
|HDI = | |HDI = | ||
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'''Slaconia''', officially the '''State of Slaconia''', is a country in southeastern [[Sarpedon]]. It is neighbored by the [[Sydona Islands]] and the [[Founders Sea]]. | '''Slaconia''', officially the '''State of Slaconia''', is a country in southeastern [[Sarpedon]]. It is neighbored by the [[Sydona Islands]] and the [[Founders Sea]]. | ||
Slaconia is a country primarily inhabited by [[Sarpic people]] with a significant [[Istroyan people|Istroyan minority]]. In antiquity, Slaconia was the southern extent of the [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Ancient Istroyan]] homelands, though the [[Sarpic migration]] of mid-late antiquity began to change the cultural and ethnic makeup of the interior of Slaconia; historians suggest Sarpic-speaking people made up the vast majority of the people living in the hinterlands by 400 AD. Ancient Istroyan city-states maintained control over the coastal regions until the arrival of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in the first decades of the 8th century. The Caliphate destroyed the coastal city-states and directly integrated Slaconia as the southernmost portion of its holdings in Sarpedon. This annexation ended the coastal-interior distinction and began the process of establishing the modern Slaconian culture. Slaconia was liberated from the Caliphate during the [[Crusades#Third_Crusade_(1144)|Third]] and [[Crusades#Fourth_Crusade_(1180)|Fourth Crusades]], and the first unified government for the territory - the Kingdom of Slaconia - was established. Though cultural integration gradually established a central cultural identity for Slaconia, the country remained culturally diverse throughout the medieval and early modern period, with {{wp|Mudéjar|Audonian converts to Christianity}}, a [[Pelians|Pelian minority]] to the southwest, and a coastal Istroyan minority. These two groups contributed significantly to arts and culture within Slaconia. By the 19th century, however, the still-present minority groups began to agitate for independence as an outgrowth of {{wp|nationalism|nationalist}} thought spreading across [[Sarpedon]]. The country has undergone significant decline since the mid-1850s and is broadly considered a {{wp|failed state}} in the 21st century as large portions of the country are under control of separatist and rebel groups. | Slaconia is a country primarily inhabited by [[Sarpic people]] with a significant [[Istroyan people|Istroyan minority]]. In antiquity, Slaconia was the southern extent of the [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Ancient Istroyan]] homelands, though the [[Sarpic migration]] of mid-late antiquity began to change the cultural and ethnic makeup of the interior of Slaconia; historians suggest Sarpic-speaking people made up the vast majority of the people living in the hinterlands by 400 AD. Ancient Istroyan city-states maintained control over the coastal regions until the arrival of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in the first decades of the 8th century. The Caliphate destroyed the coastal city-states and directly integrated Slaconia as the southernmost portion of its holdings in Sarpedon. This annexation ended the coastal-interior distinction and began the process of establishing the modern Slaconian culture. Slaconia was liberated from the Caliphate during the [[Crusades#Third_Crusade_(1144)|Third]] and [[Crusades#Fourth_Crusade_(1180)|Fourth Crusades]], and the first unified government for the territory - the Kingdom of Slaconia - was established. Though cultural integration gradually established a central cultural identity for Slaconia, the country remained culturally diverse throughout the medieval and early modern period, with {{wp|Mudéjar|Audonian converts to Christianity}} called ''Prechisten'', a [[Pelians|Pelian minority]] to the southwest, and a coastal Istroyan minority. These two groups contributed significantly to arts and culture within Slaconia. By the 19th century, however, the still-present minority groups began to agitate for independence as an outgrowth of {{wp|nationalism|nationalist}} thought spreading across [[Sarpedon]]. The country has undergone significant decline since the mid-1850s and is broadly considered a {{wp|failed state}} in the 21st century as large portions of the country are under control of separatist and rebel groups. | ||
Slaconia is abundant in natural resources like lithium, copper, nickel, zinc, coal, alongside significant deposits of iron, diamond, and especially natural gases in the southernmost reaches of the country. Historically, Slaconia had a substantial agriculture industry in the northernmost and more hospitable regions of the country. The industrialization of Slaconia was largely brought during the 19th and 20th centuries. Agriculture and industry were gradually dwarved by natural resource extraction and exportation over the course of the 20th century as centralized state power declined. Local factions lacked the capital and centralization to maintain extensive industrial systems and fighting sapped the useful agricultural land of the country, but those same factions managed to continue exploiting mines using purchased foreign equipment and conscripted local workers. As such, Slaconia remains a major exporter of natural resources despite significant political and economic turbulence, and the central government has consistently accused outside countries of funding local factions in exchange for unofficial trade agreements. | Slaconia is abundant in natural resources like lithium, copper, nickel, zinc, coal, alongside significant deposits of iron, diamond, and especially natural gases in the southernmost reaches of the country. Historically, Slaconia had a substantial agriculture industry in the northernmost and more hospitable regions of the country. The industrialization of Slaconia was largely brought during the 19th and 20th centuries. Agriculture and industry were gradually dwarved by natural resource extraction and exportation over the course of the 20th century as centralized state power declined. Local factions lacked the capital and centralization to maintain extensive industrial systems and fighting sapped the useful agricultural land of the country, but those same factions managed to continue exploiting mines using purchased foreign equipment and conscripted local workers. As such, Slaconia remains a major exporter of natural resources despite significant political and economic turbulence, and the central government has consistently accused outside countries of funding local factions in exchange for unofficial trade agreements. | ||
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Slaconia is a member of the [[League of Nations]]. | Slaconia is a member of the [[League of Nations]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Slaconia, natively rendered as Слакония or ''Slakoniya'', is | Slaconia, natively rendered as Слакония or ''Slakoniya'', is derived from the name of the territory during its rule from the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]], "''Slakoniyye''". The origin of this term is disputed. Some scholars have suggested a corruption of one of the area's [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|ancient Istroyan]] city-states into "Slaconium" into Audonian languages gave the area its name, though critics of this concept note that proponents have not identified any particular city which could have been corrupted this way, and have also noted no instances of it being used in pre-Caliphate sources. Regardless of its origin, "Slaconia", "Slakonia", and "Slaconium" began to appear in [[Caphiria]]n sources for the area in the 910s, suggesting that it had been in common use among Occidentals for several decades by that time. The Latinized form of Slakoniyye entered official and standardized form following the establishment of a {{wp|crusader state}} in the area called the Kingdom of Slaconia in the 1100s, providing the formal name for the country since. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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By late antiquity, the coastal Istroyan city-states arrived at a state of coexistence with the Sarpic tribes and small polities of the interior. Sources, both Istroyan and [[Caphiria]]n, paint a vivid picture of the perspectives in Slaconia. From the perspective of the Istroyans, the interior was the territory of barbarians from whom peace could be bought at a pittance with various trade goods and coin. For the Sarpics living on the interior, the coastal Istroyans were little more than merchants and middlemen who nonetheless were useful in facilitating the buying and selling of their goods across the sea. Both views paint the picture of two societies more interwoven than traditional early modern histories suggest, with trade networks running throughout modern Slaconia. Coinage from [[Great Levantia]] found in large quantities in the interior testify to the relative success of the joint economic system. | By late antiquity, the coastal Istroyan city-states arrived at a state of coexistence with the Sarpic tribes and small polities of the interior. Sources, both Istroyan and [[Caphiria]]n, paint a vivid picture of the perspectives in Slaconia. From the perspective of the Istroyans, the interior was the territory of barbarians from whom peace could be bought at a pittance with various trade goods and coin. For the Sarpics living on the interior, the coastal Istroyans were little more than merchants and middlemen who nonetheless were useful in facilitating the buying and selling of their goods across the sea. Both views paint the picture of two societies more interwoven than traditional early modern histories suggest, with trade networks running throughout modern Slaconia. Coinage from [[Great Levantia]] found in large quantities in the interior testify to the relative success of the joint economic system. | ||
Slaconia in 600 AD was dominated by about six major Istroyan cities and ten different Sarpic entities, including both tribes and cities. | Slaconia in 600 AD was dominated by about six major Istroyan cities and ten different Sarpic entities, including both tribes and cities. Beroia was the second most prominent city of the Istroyan city-states. | ||
===Medieval period=== | ===Medieval period=== | ||
==== Caliphate ==== | ==== Caliphate ==== | ||
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File:crusade 1190.png|Istroya as of the Fourth Crusade | File:crusade 1190.png|Istroya as of the Fourth Crusade | ||
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As a Third Crusade was called, a large number of forces once again coalesced in the Iddryitine Despotate in [[Sydona]]. Making landfall north of the islands, the crusading army marched north and secured most of what is today western Slaconia for the Iddryitine Despotate. Marching eastward, the crusaders then besieged the city of | As a Third Crusade was called, a large number of forces once again coalesced in the Iddryitine Despotate in [[Sydona]]. Making landfall north of the islands, the crusading army marched north and secured most of what is today western Slaconia for the Iddryitine Despotate. Marching eastward, the crusaders then besieged the city of Beroia, the primary port in southeastern Slaconia. The crusaders formed a beachhead at the tip of Beroia island and cut off the island from the nearby mainland via the Obkhovid Canal. The knights were led by a knight called Ovidio who originated in modern [[Rhotia]]. Ovidio had previously led a failed siege of the [[Melian Islands]] in 1139 after the northern islands were reconquered by the Odduniyad Caliphate but was honored and well-regarded for his devotion to the Catholic faith. This was until the Siege of Beroia in [[1154]]. Ovidio was charged with leading a cohort of knights past enemy lines to secure passage of crusader forces across the Obkhovid Canal. In doing so, he successfully cut off any lines of reinforcement for the city, which promptly surrendered to him in August 1154. Ovidio was invested as the first Prince of Slaconia by both his peers and the clerics on hand. The small Principality, by the end of the war, would include only Beroia island and a small buffer of territory on the mainland, though almost all of modern western Slaconia was occupied by the Iddryitine Despotate. | ||
==== Principality of Slaconia ==== | ==== Principality of Slaconia ==== | ||
Prince Ovidio I set to work establishing his new principality throughout the 1140s and 1150s. A majority of the population were Christians, with the territory he ruled at first being approximately half Slaconian-speaking and half Istroyan-speaking. Besides organizing dioceses on behalf of the [[Catholic Church]], converting mosques into churches, and building a series of castles throughout the land, he also focused on the forced conversion of the country's Muslim minority. The conversions, which would continue through the end of the medieval period, became a defining cultural characteristic of Slaconia, creating a major demographic of Audonian descendants who retained a sense of otherness despite their newfound Christianity. Ovidio would die in [[1162]] and leave the principality to his son Galeazzo. While the Caliphate was sufficiently chastened two decades prior, Galeazzo realized the principality's defenses were woefully inadequate should the Caliphate reinforce its westernmost possessions. As such, he began to expand the army while inviting knights from [[Levantia]] to settle in the country. The influx of men seeking employment was such that Galeazzo began to take land away from Christian peasants, first focusing on those who had been converted; in addition to alienating the locals and improving the principality's military, this had the effect of dramatically urbanizing the small realm as people were forced to move to cities. | Prince Ovidio I set to work establishing his new principality throughout the 1140s and 1150s. A majority of the population were Christians, with the territory he ruled at first being approximately half Slaconian-speaking and half Istroyan-speaking. Besides organizing dioceses on behalf of the [[Catholic Church]], converting mosques into churches, and building a series of castles throughout the land, he also focused on the forced conversion of the country's Muslim minority. The conversions, which would continue through the end of the medieval period, became a defining cultural characteristic of Slaconia, creating a major demographic of Audonian descendants who retained a sense of otherness despite their newfound Christianity known as the Prechisten. Ovidio would die in [[1162]] and leave the principality to his son Galeazzo, continuing the newly formed Ovidic dynasty. While the Caliphate was sufficiently chastened two decades prior, Galeazzo realized the principality's defenses were woefully inadequate should the Caliphate reinforce its westernmost possessions. As such, he began to expand the army while inviting knights from [[Levantia]] to settle in the country. The influx of men seeking employment was such that Galeazzo began to take land away from Christian peasants, first focusing on those who had been converted; in addition to alienating the locals and improving the principality's military, this had the effect of dramatically urbanizing the small realm as people were forced to move to cities. | ||
=====Fourth Crusade===== | =====Fourth Crusade===== | ||
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In [[1197]], the Crusading [[Elamite Order]] launched a {{wp|coup d'état}} against the [[Sydona#Iddryitine_Despotate|Iddryitine Despotate]] and seized control of [[Sydona]]. In a corresponding move, King Galeazzo II rushed his army to the west and conquered the Despotate's mainland possessions. The sources are in significant disagreement as to Galeazzo's relationship to the coup. In the Slaconian court sources, Galeazzo was alarmed by the coup and moved to secure the mainland possessions from the Elamites because he believed they would soon be {{Wp|excommunicated}} and the order suppressed, leading to certain anarchy in the territories. In [[Caphiria]]n and later Elamite sources, Galeazzo was a ready collaborator in the plan and knew of the coup months ahead of time, and he furnished both monetary and diplomatic support for the coup in exchange for the mainland territories. Whichever version is true, both the Elamites and Galeazzo were condemned by the [[Pope]] but not excommunicated. The mainland territories, which had both Slaconian people as well as [[Pelians]], was organized as the Duchy of Elephantaria-in-Salesia, commonly referred to as "East Salesia". East Salesia was predominantly governed by Pelians in the King's name and remained a mostly autonomous part of the Kingdom until the 1700s. | In [[1197]], the Crusading [[Elamite Order]] launched a {{wp|coup d'état}} against the [[Sydona#Iddryitine_Despotate|Iddryitine Despotate]] and seized control of [[Sydona]]. In a corresponding move, King Galeazzo II rushed his army to the west and conquered the Despotate's mainland possessions. The sources are in significant disagreement as to Galeazzo's relationship to the coup. In the Slaconian court sources, Galeazzo was alarmed by the coup and moved to secure the mainland possessions from the Elamites because he believed they would soon be {{Wp|excommunicated}} and the order suppressed, leading to certain anarchy in the territories. In [[Caphiria]]n and later Elamite sources, Galeazzo was a ready collaborator in the plan and knew of the coup months ahead of time, and he furnished both monetary and diplomatic support for the coup in exchange for the mainland territories. Whichever version is true, both the Elamites and Galeazzo were condemned by the [[Pope]] but not excommunicated. The mainland territories, which had both Slaconian people as well as [[Pelians]], was organized as the Duchy of Elephantaria-in-Salesia, commonly referred to as "East Salesia". East Salesia was predominantly governed by Pelians in the King's name and remained a mostly autonomous part of the Kingdom until the 1700s. | ||
The Ovidic dynasty would gradually abandon its [[Rhotia]]n cultural traditions and adopt the culture of their Slaconian subjects. As a sign of this, Beroia finally began to take on its Slaconian spelling - Beriya - in official decrees and sources by the mid-13th century. | |||
=== Early modern period === | === Early modern period === | ||
=== Rise of nationalism === | === Rise of nationalism === | ||
=== 20th century === | === 20th century === | ||
{{WIP}} | {{WIP}} | ||
==== Treaty of Kartika ==== | ==== Treaty of Kartika ==== | ||
{{OOD}} | |||
On May 19th, 1953, representatives from the belligerent nations arrived in Kartika, Kiravia to sign the end if the [[Second Great War]]. | On May 19th, 1953, representatives from the belligerent nations arrived in Kartika, Kiravia to sign the end if the [[Second Great War]]. | ||
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==== Post-War Reconstruction ==== | ==== Post-War Reconstruction ==== | ||
After the treaty took effect and resulted in a starving of capital in former independent regions, which led to a deep recession. A fifth of the rural population could find no work, and industry was in no position to absorb them leading to disintegration and massive revolts that would be crushed by violent means. | After the treaty took effect and resulted in a starving of capital in former independent regions, which led to a deep recession. A fifth of the rural population could find no work, and industry was in no position to absorb them leading to disintegration and massive revolts that would be crushed by violent means. | ||
==== Crown collapse ==== | |||
The Ovidic dynasty - now on its sixth ruling cadet branch - finally died out in the male line in [[1962]] with the death of King Galeazzo VI. This event precipitated massive unrest and civil war that continues through the present. | |||
==== The Terror ==== | ==== The Terror ==== | ||
During this period of nearly 9 years, Bussdaberria was an authoritarian democracy with a functioning multi-party parliament, though with significant restrictions on civil liberties and political pluralism. The main objectives of governments functioning in the new kingdom: in domestic terms, to strengthen a neo-feudal Levantine Catholic foundation and keep its territorial integrity intact; and, in subsequent terms, to contain the spread of communism & separatism as various revolutions sprung up. In order to achieve the latter objective, military operations that formed so-called "detachments" (Certifié chasseurs de têtes) in order to conduct reprisals for the Red Terror that had claimed thousand lives in the region by the Red Peasants by the Soviet Republic and other warlords. With the passive compliance of the authorities over 400,000 reported to either died or suffered force relocation. | During this period of nearly 9 years, Bussdaberria was an authoritarian democracy with a functioning multi-party parliament, though with significant restrictions on civil liberties and political pluralism. The main objectives of governments functioning in the new kingdom: in domestic terms, to strengthen a neo-feudal Levantine Catholic foundation and keep its territorial integrity intact; and, in subsequent terms, to contain the spread of communism & separatism as various revolutions sprung up. In order to achieve the latter objective, military operations that formed so-called "detachments" (Certifié chasseurs de têtes) in order to conduct reprisals for the Red Terror that had claimed thousand lives in the region by the Red Peasants by the Soviet Republic and other warlords. With the passive compliance of the authorities over 400,000 reported to either died or suffered force relocation. | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
<gallery mode="packed"> | <gallery mode="packed"> | ||
File:Kronzciny waterfront.png|Picturesque view of the | File:Kronzciny waterfront.png|Picturesque view of the Grad Beriya waterfront. | ||
File:Kronzciny historical district.jpg|The Tricameral Towers pictured in the background of the | File:Kronzciny historical district.jpg|The Tricameral Towers pictured in the background of the Grad Beriya Historical District. | ||
File:Little Dia Big Dia.jpg|The twin peaks of Little Dia and Big Dia on the | File:Little Dia Big Dia.jpg|The twin peaks of Little Dia and Big Dia on the island of Diakrunum. | ||
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===Constitutional government=== | ===Constitutional government=== | ||
====Executive==== | ====Executive==== | ||
The Constitution of Slaconia provides that executive authority be invested in "the King of Slaconia...or any individual designated by the government in his stead". In practice, this has meant a perpetual regency in the country. In theory the obligation of the regent is to restore the succesion, but such responsibility is considered nominal only. As such, Slaconia renamed itself to be a "State" rather than a "Kingdom" in [[1974]]. The office of Regent serves as {{wp|head of state}} and {{wp|head of the military}}, and as such exercises most major diplomatic and military decisions over the constitutional government. The Constitution provided for a "Chief Minister to be called upon by the King from the Commons to form a government in his name". Under the current constitutional order, this functionally means that the Regent selects an individual from the Commons to handle the day-to-day governing affairs of the state. Because the state emergency has suborned most civil function to military necessity, the actual authority of the Chief Minister and the Cabinet is limited to low-level administrative functions. | |||
The succession for the office of Regent is not clearly established by the Constitution, only providing that they be "designated by the government". Since [[1962]] there have been six Slaconian Regents, and though each has received nominal approval from the House of Commons, this is considered to be largely to be a {{wp|Rubber stamp (politics)|rubber stamp}} to give the Regent legitimacy. In actuality, the first Regent of this period was actually appointed by the House of Commons and then was succeeded by his son. This second Regent retired due to old age and designated a third Regent. The third Regent was functionally removed in a {{wp|Coup_d%27état#Palace_coup|palace coup}}. The fourth Regent. Since [[2002]], two men - Lozan Razumikhin and Orlin Manev - have alterated as fifth and sixth Regent, largely based on internal power and popularity within the government and military apparatus. After four non-consecutive terms, Razumikhin resumed the Regency in [[2031]] and has held the position since. Though the Regent resigns his military commission and joins one of Slaconia's political parties after being invested with office, the Regency is considered by most foreign military observers to be a {{wp|de facto}} {{wp|military dictatorship}}. | |||
====Legislature==== | ====Legislature==== | ||
Slaconia has a bicameral legislature consisting of a House of Commons and a Senate. | Slaconia has a bicameral legislature consisting of a House of Commons and a Senate. | ||
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====Political parties==== | ====Political parties==== | ||
====Security apparatus==== | ====Security apparatus==== | ||
In practice, Slaconia is a securocracy. The security apparatus dominates the political landscape of the country. Securocrats are officials located in the security establishment - the police, intelligence services and the military - that have the power to influence government policy in their favor despite popular opinion. They dominate government decision-making in the name of the preservation of the constitutional government according to most observers and sources. While international democracy watchdogs have criticized their interference in the civil government, many scholars have noted that the effectiveness of the security establishment is what ensures the central government's survival. | |||
In practice, | |||
===Administrative regions=== | ===Administrative regions=== | ||
Though the central government possesses only a portion of the country's overall territory, the country's administrative divisions - established in [[1956]] - are recognized by virtually all major factions in Slaconia and serve an important part of the country's overall political organization. | Though the central government possesses only a portion of the country's overall territory, the country's administrative divisions - established in [[1956]] - are recognized by virtually all major factions in Slaconia and serve an important part of the country's overall political organization. | ||
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===Factionalism=== | ===Factionalism=== | ||
Slaconian political life is dominated by armed political factions, and most scholars have observed that the notion of "political life" (i.e. the solving of disputes through institutional discourse) has eroded completely in the past several decades. | Slaconian political life is dominated by armed political factions, and most scholars have observed that the notion of "political life" (i.e. the solving of disputes through institutional discourse) has eroded completely in the past several decades. | ||
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There are, besides the government, six major rebel factions and a constellation of smaller entities which control minor territories, some of which are in loose alliance with larger factions. There are three main ethnic factions while the remainder are organized along political or personal allegiances. | |||
====Workers Defense Initiaitive (WDI)==== | |||
====Slaconian Salvation Government (SSG)==== | ====Slaconian Salvation Government (SSG)==== | ||
====True Sons of Slakoniyye (TSS)==== | |||
====Istroyan Defense League (IDL)==== | ====Istroyan Defense League (IDL)==== | ||
==== | ====Pelian National Liberation Front (PNLF)==== | ||
==== | ====Movement for a Slaconian Republic (MSR)==== | ||
====Other minor factions==== | ====Other minor factions==== | ||
===Law=== | ===Law=== | ||
''What kind of laws and legal system does your country employ?'' | ''What kind of laws and legal system does your country employ?'' | ||
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| caption = Self-reported ethnic origin in the | | caption = Self-reported ethnic origin in the State of Slaconia (2030) | ||
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| value1 = | | value1 =65.5 | ||
| color1 =LightYellow | | color1 =LightYellow | ||
| label2 = | | label2 =Prechistens | ||
| value2 = | | value2 =14.5 | ||
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| value3 = | | value3 =10.6 | ||
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| label4 =[[ | | label4 =[[Pelians]] | ||
| value4 = | | value4 =8.4 | ||
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}} | }} | ||
Slaconia is a multiethnic country with four main ethnic groups, though ethnic Slaconians make up a large majority of the country. | |||
====Slaconians==== | |||
====Prechisten==== | |||
====Istroyans==== | |||
{{Main|Istroyan people}} | |||
====Pelians==== | |||
{{Main|Pelians}} | |||
===Language=== | ===Language=== | ||
''What language or languages do your country's people use? Are there any previously used languages no longer common? Are these languages native to your country or shared with another?'' | ''What language or languages do your country's people use? Are there any previously used languages no longer common? Are these languages native to your country or shared with another?'' | ||
===Healthcare=== | |||
Healthcare statistics in Slaconia are generally poor. The life expectancy in Slaconia was 68 years in [[1955]], considered high at that time. Since then, no research has been conducted on the subject, though most scholars believe it falls well below the Occidental average. According to international health organizations, it spends more on healthcare than industrialized nations in the world. It still suffers, having one of the highest or near-highest infant mortality, heart and lung disease, sexually transmitted infections, adolescent pregnancies, injuries, homicides, and disabilities in Sarpedon. | |||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
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Slaconia is a predomiantly [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] country, with the vast majority of residents adhering to the Catholic Church. It is similar to most other parts of [[Sarpedon]] in this respect. | Slaconia is a predomiantly [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] country, with the vast majority of residents adhering to the Catholic Church. It is similar to most other parts of [[Sarpedon]] in this respect. | ||
A sizable minority of Slaconians are part of the [[Audonian Christianity|Audonian Christian]] tradition under the Eparchate of Grad Beriya (which is subject to the [[Audonian_Christianity#Patriarchate_of_Philadelphia|Patriarch of Philadelphia]]). Audonian Christianity spread rapidly in the 19th century among the country's {{wp|Mudéjar|culturally Audonian minority converted}} during the [[Crusades]]. While Islam had been vanquished for centuries, many of these individuals sought to reclaim what they called the "authentic religion of their ancestors" contrary to the ethnic majority of Slaconia as part of the overall trend of {{wp|nationalism}} growing in the country. This restorationist movement was accelerated by the support of Church officials for the central government during the 19th century, alienating anti-state actors. One of the world's most successful restorationist movements, Audonian Christians now number about 10% of the Slaconian population. It remained illegal but mostly tolerated until [[1896]] when it received official legal sanction. | A sizable minority of Slaconians are part of the [[Audonian Christianity|Audonian Christian]] tradition under the Eparchate of Grad Beriya (which is subject to the [[Audonian_Christianity#Patriarchate_of_Philadelphia|Patriarch of Philadelphia]]). Audonian Christianity spread rapidly in the 19th century among the country's {{wp|Mudéjar|culturally Audonian minority converted}} - the Prechisten - during the [[Crusades]]. While Islam had been vanquished for centuries, many of these individuals sought to reclaim what they called the "authentic religion of their ancestors" contrary to the ethnic majority of Slaconia as part of the overall trend of {{wp|nationalism}} growing in the country. This restorationist movement was accelerated by the support of Church officials for the central government during the 19th century, alienating anti-state actors. One of the world's most successful restorationist movements, Audonian Christians now number about 10% of the Slaconian population. It remained illegal but mostly tolerated until [[1896]] when it received official legal sanction. | ||
There are a small number of {{wp|irreligious}} people in Slaconia as well as a very small group of [[Ecclesiastical Assembly of Sarpedon|Assemblist Protestant Christians]]. | There are a small number of {{wp|irreligious}} people in Slaconia as well as a very small group of [[Ecclesiastical Assembly of Sarpedon|Assemblist Protestant Christians]]. | ||
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===Education=== | ===Education=== | ||
''How many people in your country are educated?'' | ''How many people in your country are educated?'' | ||
==Culture and Society== | ==Culture and Society== | ||
Slaconian culture combines a limited number of pre-Sarpic, pre-Istroyan cultural traditions with the Sarpic, Istroyan, and Catholic influences brought over to Slaconia over time. Due to Slaconia's status as a multiethnic country, regions have significant cultural and linguistic differences from the Grad Beriya core region. | |||
===Cuisine=== | ===Cuisine=== | ||
Slaconian cuisine has a relatively short history and not largely known outside of Slaconian. Historic and current instability caused people to prefer simple cuisines based on the meats, fish or various crops grown in their local area, and even these changed from ethnicity to ethnicity. It wasn't until the 1850s when a "High Slaconian" cuisine was uplifted from its humble roots due to wanting to change the public perception of the nation from a backwater unstable country to a sophisticated, modern 19th century state. One of the most well-known dishes of this era is ''shunki na para'', lit. Steamed Hams. It is the most widely known Slaconian dish, with traditionally a steamed pork cutlet in the middle with buns both under and above it. Various condiments are usually enjoyed with it. | |||
Soups are rare in | Soups are rare in Slaconia other than the southwestern Pelian region due to soups being perceived as poverty food. Even the lower social classes in wartorn areas do their best to avoid soup to avoid being seen as poor or lower class; the Pelian region has various soups that have become popular with the upper classes there and in [[Sydona]]. These often include mushrooms, deer or boar and potatoes. | ||
===Entertainment=== | ===Entertainment=== | ||
[[File:Whispers of Patriots.jpg|thumb|right|A photo taken during the production of season one of Whispers of Patriots.]] | [[File:Whispers of Patriots.jpg|thumb|right|A photo taken during the production of season one of Whispers of Patriots.]] | ||
Slaconian entertainment industry has quickly risen from basically nonexistent to a billion phoenix industry since the beginning of the 20th century despite the limited reach of Slaconian media. The most widely appreciated piece of Slaconian entertainment is ''Zvezdna Bitka'', a space opera set in a galaxy long time ago, far, far away. The creator Dzhordzh Lukas rose to international fame shortly after the release of the first movie in the franchise in the 1970s; the movie (and resulting franchise) is a treatment of the political and military divisions in Slaconia covered in heavy allegory. Most Slaconian entertainment is directed at the Slaconian market, with majority of it being exclusively in Slacoian. Popular domestic products often are subtitled or dubbed and shipped to foreign markets, but in small amounts due to little demand. Slaconian detective dramas are popular on foreign markets, particularly titles such as Doubting my Visions, The Phantom with Silver Hair and Whispers of Patriots. The appreciation of Slaconian entertainment on the international markets has started slow expansion of the film industry with both private and government investments, with putting emphasis on quality subtitling or dubbing to make Slaconian language entertainment less intimidating to foreign markets. The majority of the entertainment industry is located in Grad Beriya. | |||
Until the late 1970s, the music genres which were allowed to be performed in public or played on the radio were strictly controlled by the government. Due to this, even rock music was near non-existent in | Until the late 1970s, the music genres which were allowed to be performed in public or played on the radio were strictly controlled by the government. Due to this, even rock music was near non-existent in Slaconia, other than few underground groups performing for the youth of the nation, also providing a suitable outlet for the youth to "fight the power", the government decided to not crack down on it despite knowing of its existence. The reforms made in the 1970s then allowed both public performances and radio play of all genres of music, which then quickly sprouted a vibrant culture of music in the nation and the birth of various subcultures. Due to the restrictions til the late 1970s, much of the older generations look down on the newly arrived genres as decadent. | ||
Mass media, mainstream Slaconian culture typically originates within government-controlled areas. Lower quality media is produced in rebel controlled areas and occasionally disseminated internationally via the internet. This material, known as "Underground Sarpia", has a niche audience abroad and is considered to be enjoyed by Occidental audiences ironically. | |||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
Slaconian sports play an outsized role in the imagination of the Slaconian people, with international sporting events with Slaconian teams followed closely by both the people and the media. Given the poor state of both the domestic economy and political situation, academics have noted that sports are the primary area that the Slaconian people can have national pride on an international stage. Various types of sports are played and followed in Slaconia, with the most popular being football, where the most successful teams and players come from. Other regional favorites are sailing in the marine regions near Grad Beriyaand skiing and archery in the more mountainous region. | |||
Sports organizations for both young and old receive minor funding from the government to encourage better physical health for the population, and to particularly ensure that the men remain in shape for either their coming military conscription or be able to serve in the military | Sports organizations for both young and old receive minor funding from the government to encourage better physical health for the population, and to particularly ensure that the men remain in shape for either their coming military conscription or be able to serve in the military in Slaconia's endless internal conflicts. Womens sports organizations receive less funding, the government offering funding to sports which develop the muscles required in childbirth to encourage safer and more numerous birthing in the nation. | ||
===Education=== | ===Education=== | ||
''What is your country's education system like? How do the schools work? What do people think about education?'' | ''What is your country's education system like? How do the schools work? What do people think about education?'' | ||
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Within the modern divided country framework, the areas controlled by the central government resemble a functioning, if lower-end, [[Occidental]] economy. Private investment in commercial activities have been largely financed internally but remain limited, and includes trade and marketing, money transfer services, communications, industrial equipment, airlines, telecommunications, education, health, construction and hotels. Investment in transportation infrastructure in particular is far below the level necessary to maintain a functional system, and only Grad Beriya and its immediately surrounding areas have reliable forms of transportation. Territories belonging to belligerent groups, on the other hand, are significantly impoverished. Most of the economic models of these areas rely solely on natural resource extraction. The central government has long alleged to the [[League of Nations]] that many rebel groups serve as de facto economic satellites to other countries where nominally sanctioned natural resource exports are delivered. A plurality of the country's mineral resources eventually are consumed by firms within central government territory, acquired via the {{wp|black market}} with significant markup. The central government controls many of the major urban areas but few major natural resource deposits, and as such it maintains a more robust service economy but cannot leverage the country's significant natural resource wealth into capital investments. | Within the modern divided country framework, the areas controlled by the central government resemble a functioning, if lower-end, [[Occidental]] economy. Private investment in commercial activities have been largely financed internally but remain limited, and includes trade and marketing, money transfer services, communications, industrial equipment, airlines, telecommunications, education, health, construction and hotels. Investment in transportation infrastructure in particular is far below the level necessary to maintain a functional system, and only Grad Beriya and its immediately surrounding areas have reliable forms of transportation. Territories belonging to belligerent groups, on the other hand, are significantly impoverished. Most of the economic models of these areas rely solely on natural resource extraction. The central government has long alleged to the [[League of Nations]] that many rebel groups serve as de facto economic satellites to other countries where nominally sanctioned natural resource exports are delivered. A plurality of the country's mineral resources eventually are consumed by firms within central government territory, acquired via the {{wp|black market}} with significant markup. The central government controls many of the major urban areas but few major natural resource deposits, and as such it maintains a more robust service economy but cannot leverage the country's significant natural resource wealth into capital investments. | ||
Given the dependency of Slaconia on natural resource extraction, mining is among the largest industries in the country. In the areas controlled by the central government, mining is conducted mostly by private enterprise. Rebel groups meanwhile control every aspect of mining within their territory, and the proeeds from these goods are typically either invested in imported mining equipment or consumed by the faction. Agriculture is a secondary major industry in areas controlled by the central government, though most of the country's best agricultural land has laid fallow for decades due to the ongoing civil hostilities. Urban service sector economies rank a distant third behind these two sectors. | Given the dependency of Slaconia on natural resource extraction, mining is among the largest industries in the country. In the areas controlled by the central government, mining is conducted mostly by private enterprise. Rebel groups meanwhile control every aspect of mining within their territory, and the proeeds from these goods are typically either invested in imported mining equipment or consumed by the faction. Agriculture is a secondary major industry in areas controlled by the central government, though most of the country's best agricultural land has laid fallow for decades due to the ongoing civil hostilities. Urban service sector economies rank a distant third behind these two sectors. Continued dependence on mineral exports has subjected Slaconia to various economic challenges, namely, economic vulnerability due to global market fluctuations of mineral prices. Additionally, the overreliance on mineral exports has led to a phenomenon known as the "Burgoignesc Disease." This has adversely impacted other sectors of the economy, making Slaconia's non-mineral industries less competitive in the international market. Intensive mining activities have taken a toll on the nation's environment, resulting in habitat destruction, deforestation, and water pollution. Slaconia has had to grapple with the long-term environmental consequences of its mineral extraction industry. | ||
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===Currency=== | ===Currency=== | ||
Sylirian Currency the Sylirian Dinar usually exchanged for 600 Dinar equals one [[Levantine Talor]], However it is enough for most to get by in Syliria, and survive. | Sylirian Currency the Sylirian Dinar usually exchanged for 600 Dinar equals one [[Levantine Talor]], However it is enough for most to get by in Syliria, and survive. | ||
===Healthcare=== | ===Healthcare=== | ||
Slaconia's healthcare facilities are largely owned and operated by the government. Most of the population under 67 is insured by their or a family member's employer, some buy health insurance (dual insurance) on their own, and the remainder are uninsured (or partially insured). Health insurance for public sector employees is provided by the government. The National Health Agency (government's insurance and healthcare service) is the government insurance that functions as both poor insurance and old age health insurance. This policy was adopted in [[1954]]. Prior to the nationalization of healthcare and insurance services, it was provided by the private sector but it was no longer viable; in practice, some rebel factions and private firms provide private insurance in those areas outside the area of government control. | |||
Humanitarian health organizations have opened up operations across Slaconia in order to assist individuals who have inadequate access to medical facilities. Humanitarian facilities are primarily located in non-government controlled areas of the country, although movable hospital camps are also stationed near cities to deal with the disenfranchised urban populations of the country. It is estimated ten thousand members from humanitarian agencies operate in Slaconia at any given time. | |||
===Labor=== | ===Labor=== | ||
Sylirian Labor is organized by the Government any complaint on Conditions should go to The local Governates Office, then go to The Peoples Assembly, However most Complaints on Conditions are often met with a no and are never resolved, Syliria does own All if not most Construction Companies and often use them to build monuments to The party or Centers for Tourist, If not then Oil Refineries and other infestructure and Industry. | Sylirian Labor is organized by the Government any complaint on Conditions should go to The local Governates Office, then go to The Peoples Assembly, However most Complaints on Conditions are often met with a no and are never resolved, Syliria does own All if not most Construction Companies and often use them to build monuments to The party or Centers for Tourist, If not then Oil Refineries and other infestructure and Industry. | ||
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==Military== | ==Military== | ||
Even Syliria's Military is outdated, largely Equiped with AKM's and older Tanks, with its Air force using MIG 29's as its main fighter. | Even Syliria's Military is outdated, largely Equiped with AKM's and older Tanks, with its Air force using MIG 29's as its main fighter. | ||
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