Ventarya

Ventarya is a state of the Kiravian Federacy, located on the southeastern coast of Great Kirav. Ventarya was the second area of Great Kirav to be colonised by the Coscivian Empire and the first state admitted to the Confederate Republics of Kiravia.

Grand Republic of Ventarya Lordakéarita Ventarya
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Country	Kiravian Federacy
Capital	Méridatren
Population	22,345,000
Chief Executive	Íosevus Aldēmar (I)
Chancellor	Livyan Prâtoverin (RP)
Stanora seats	3
Official languages	Kiravic Coscivian, Iatic Coscivian
Postal Abbreviation	VEN

Geography

Ventarya borders Míhanska Bay and the Aquaric Ocean to the east, Hanoram and the District of Coïnvra to the north, Trinatria to the south, and Transateranda to the west. The Míhanska coast is heavily indented with peninsulae and estuaries fed by the state's numerous rivers. Most of eastern Ventarya is part of the southeastern Aquaric Coastal Plain, with the terrain beginning to rise in the middle portion of the state into the foothills of the Aterandic Mountains.

Temperate mixed forests are the dominant form of vegetation in Ventarya, though many parts of the southwest belong more properly to the South Kiravian Conifer Forests ecoregion dominated by slash pine and longleaf pine. With the contraction of the agricultural sector in recent decades, extensive reforestation has occured in the coastal and central portions of the state that were cleared for cultivation following Coscivian settlement.

History

Colonisation

Although Kiygrava was the first part of Great Kirav to be settled by Coscivians and Valēka was never rivalled as the island continent's economic core, the Míhanska Bay area (Ventarya and Hanoram) was the second part of the eastern seaboard where Coscivian colonies successfully took root. The first Coscivian settlements in what would become Ventarya were founded at X, Y, and Z by small companies of self-funded men, mostly drawn from among the minor nobility of Ańledan and northern Corcia.

The cultivation of these crops was a lucrative industry, and the Míhanska colonies quickly overtook Kiygrava in wealth and population. However, the decentralised and agrarian course of both colonies' development kept their populations largely dependent on Valēka and Old Coscivia for manufactured goods and professional services.

The Early Republic

As the most populous Kiravian state from XXXXX to XXXXX, Ventarya played a major political role in the Early Republic, often finding itself in rivalry with Kiygrava for preëminence in the infant federation.

Government

Ventarya is a presidential republic within the Kiravian Federacy. The bicameral state legislature comprises a lower House of Burgesses and an upper House of Trustees. The House of Trustees includes one Trustee representing each of the state's countyships and free cities, and one for each of several university constituencies.

The governor of Ventarya bears the title of Prime Executive, as do the governors of Hanoram and Cascada. The Prime Executive is serves a single, non-renewable five-year term, and former Prime Executives may run again only after being out of office for ten years.

Society and Culture

Population Centres

Almost two-thirds of the Ventaryan population is concentrated in its three largest metropolitan areas. The largest of these, the Kartika Metropolitan Area, spills over from the District of Coïnvra into southern Hanoram and northern Ventarya. The Ventaryan portion of the metro area has undergone rapid economic and demographic growth over the past two decades as the governmental, defence, ærospace, and information technology sectors have boomed.

-State capital area

-Habermat Roads

Ethnosocial Groups

Ventarya was first settled by Coscivian colonists from the provinces of Ańla (Ańlem and Tínorem) and Kaltedan, and today the Tínorem, Southern Ańrisem, and Kaltem ethnosocial communities descended from these colonists remain the largest and most influential in the state.

Economy

Technology, defence, and finance offices in Halixatren

A smokehouse in County Culmericum. Ventarya is a leading producer of charcuterie.

A Kiravian Navy carrier in Shafton Naval Harbour

Ventarya has transitioned from a historically agrarian economy to one heavily invested in high-tech industry and services. While the cultivation of kalir, tobacco, and various industrial crops and the raising of hogs remain important sectors of the state's economy, they directly employ far fewer Ventaryans today than in the past.

Though located far from Kiravia's major high-tech corridors on the West Coast and the outer Valēka metropolitan area, a small but growing technology sector has taken root in Ventarya, drawing on human capital and investment generated by the state's universities and by federally-supported engineering and research initiatives near Kartika and various military bases.

The defence industry and the Kiravian Forces are major contributors to the Ventaryan economy. Many large defence contractors are headquartered or have offices located in the Ventaryan portion of the Kartika Metropolitan area. Leading Kiravian weapons manufacturer Tredagon Arms Foundry is based in the town of Tredagon on the Barrima River and operates facilities in Shafton Roads. The Shafton Roads area is home to Shafton Naval Harbour, the Kiravian Navy's largest base and main centre of operations in Great Kirav, as well as several smaller dockyards and other installations. There are twelve military reservations in Ventarya, including Fort Bódran (operational headquarters of the Kiravian Army Marine Corps), and Fort Rilvitren (home to the Kiravian Army Rangers).

Construction is a key source of employment in Ventarya, driven by the demand for new development in and around the state's growing cities as rising land values demand denser development in the counties adjacent to Kartika and the suburban and exurban halos surrounding Kartika and Méridatren push outward into the countryside.