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Suderavian People's Republic Suderaviax Plānokéarita
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Country	Kiravian Federacy
Capital	Xromîda
Largest City	Dolno-Suderavsk
Population	2,284,000
Chief Executive	Karolyn Istraxan (UP)
Prime Secretary	S.V. Erid (SPP)
Legislature	People's Soviet
Stanora seats	3
Official languages	Suderavian Coscivian Skithanawite
Recognised languages	Kiravic Coscivian Covine language
Postal Abbreviation	SUD
Time Zone	West Levantine Time

Suderavia, officially the Suderavian People's Republic (Suderaviax Plānokéarita) is an overseas state of the Kiravian Federacy occupying an island in northwestern Levantia.

Georgraphy

“ Geographically, Suderavia is very mountainous and has a vast system of rivers, valleys, lakes, and mountains that span the region. Though the region is now ideal for many interested in winter sports, buying a cottage/vacation home, the mining business, and ecotourism, it was historically viewed as largely inhospitable land that limited colonial expansion. ” — Diamavius Cronscovinus, Suderavia: Lore Once Forgotten

History

Suderavia was first settled by palæolithic hunter-gatherers, and subsequently by pre-Aryan Levantine peoples such as the Lzveizish and Skithanawites, and later the Impaxi.

Coscivian settlements on Suderavia were founded early in the history of Coscivians in Ixnay, around the same time as in Meridia.

At some point in time, Suderavia came under Covine rule. Under Covine administration, Suderavia occupied a peripheral position in the Covine state, characterised by economic exploitation and political marginalisation. An underdeveloped and deprived province, it was valued by the government mainly for its strategic location on the [name of body of water], its mineral resources, and as a site for state dachas and weapons testing. Perceived mistreatment by the régime stoked the flames of competing Skithanawite and Sudercoscivian nationalisms on the island, which would boil over into armed insurgencies during the [X decade], when Skithanawite and Coscivian nationalists opened campaigns of bombings, mortar attacks, and small-arms attacks on military targets, Covine civilians, and sometimes one another. The militants received backing from the Kiravian Union and from Nahe, the former looking to support Coscivian national liberation and gain a proxy on the Levantian continent and the latter seeking to maintain its own security against Covina by leveraging minority separatist movements in the country.

The anti-Covine agitations and foreign interference campaigns culminated in the 211XX Suderavia War, in which a united front of the Suderavian Republican Army and Royal Skithanaw Army launched a series of mass-casualty attacks on Suderavian military installations that invited heavy-handed reprisal from the government, precipitating a bloody asymmetric conflict in the island’s interior accompanied by urban guerrilla activity in the cities. The repressive measures taken against the native civilian population by the Covine state was condemned by the Kiravian Federacy, Nahe, and [X other country].

Politics & Government

Suderavia is a semi-presidential republic. Executive power is exercised by the Governance Commission (Āritakirstuv), or “Cabinet”. Members of the Governance Commission are appointed by the Chief Executive, except for the Prime Commissioner, who is elected by the People’s Soviet. The People’s Soviet may dismiss the Commission or any of its individual members by a vote of no confidence.

The Chief Executive is elected every five years by instant-runoff vote. The Chief Executive presides over meetings of the Governance Commission and signs its decrees and orders into effect. Independently of the Commission, the Chief Executive is the supreme commander of the Suderavian Defence Force and Suderavian People’s Police, and holds a number of other prerogative powers, such as to make judicial appointments and issue pardons.

The legislative organ is the People’s Soviet, which is elected every two years. Suderavia’s countyships and independent city (Dolno-Suderavsk) serve as its electoral constituencies, and seats are allocated among them with reference to population. Elections to the People’s Soviet are by instant-runoff vote in single-member constituencies and by single transferable vote in multiple-member constituencies. X number of special seats are reserved for the Skithanawite people, who elect their representatives by [general-ticket vote probably]. Skithanawite citizens also vote in the geographic constituencies in which they live.

Society & Culture

Ethnocultural Breakdown of Saar-Silverda

  Suderavian Coscivians (38.4%)

  Other Coscivians (16.0%)

  Skithanawites
(18.8%)

  National Minorities (7.1%)

  Levantines & Others (4.4%)

  Covines (15.3%)