Grajnidar
Kingdom of Grajnidar Mnijanca Kgrajnitarsko'kmaka (New Grajni) | |
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 Flag | |
Motto: Pte litun fjense'kmaka ("For the greater good") | |
| Capital and largest city | Minvras |
| Official languages | New Grajni |
| Religion | Varheism |
| Demonym(s) | Grajnidaren (noun) Grajnidaren (adjective) |
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy |
| Ukwar II. | |
• Premier | Jondar Nakastee (Grajnidaren Democratic Party) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 39,932,213 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $891,566,519,651 |
• Per capita | $22,327 |
| Currency | Grajnidaren Crown |
| Driving side | right |
Grajnidar, officially the Kingdom of Grajnidar, is a relatively small Constitutional Monarchy located in southern Sarpedon next to its northern and only neighbour Aciria. It is home to more than 39 million citizens, of which a majority is ethnically Grajnidaren. Kharitanians and Vsikites are considered a minority in the country. Grajnidarens are part of the Ganastic ethno-linguistic group, which remains one of the smallest in the whole world.
The origin of the original Ganastic tribes is unknown, but it has been proved that they do not come from Sarpedon. From the information we have they entered the continent around the 8th century as raiders, but decided to stay in the southern part of the continent because of the rich natural resources and overall good conditions to live. This resulted in the fact that their culture is very different from other Sarpedonian.
The current Grajnidar can be described as a fairly authoritarian constitutional monarchy, with the royal family constantly trying to gain even more power over the country with the goal of getting back to what they call the 'golden age of Grajnidar', when the royals had absolute power over the country (early 20th century). The political parties of Grajnidar, while having all kinds of political positions, can be split into 2 categories/groups. One strongly supporting the royals, the other one strongly opposing. There isn't really any middle ground. While all these things may make it look otherwise, the country is relatively politically stable, as the royals and royal-supporting parties are pretty much dominant on the political theatre.
History
Most of the early history of Grajnidar is totally unknown as the first ever mentions of the Ganatic tribes come from the 6th century, when they entered the continent of Sarpedon as raiders. After decades of chaos and killing they decided to stay in the southern part of the continent, supposedly because of the rich natural resources and overall good conditions to live, where they split into 3 main groups of tribes. The very first form of state emerged from the Grajni group, which was supposedly the most advanced one of them and basically remained dominant throughout the history, in the middle 8th century. What is officially called the First Grajni Empire was then a dominant force in the south-western Sarpedon for a long time, with all the Kharitan tribes later joining the Empire, allowing it to expand to the western coast without a single batlle fought. But in the north the situation for the Empire wasn't so bright, with the Vsikitian tribes being extremely hostile and forming a nation of their own for the sole purpose of defendimg their sovereignty from the Empire. This rivalry between Grajnis with Kharitans and Vsikitians remains till this very day, with the Vsikitians still having a fairly strong regional identity and being somewhat competitive to the rest of the modern day country. (still wip, more to come)
Goverment
Grajnidar is a fairly authoritarian parliamentary constitutional monarchy. On paper the nation is lead by the Premier Jondar Nakasteee from the Grajnidaren Democratic Party (GDP), who serves as the only head of goverment. With the king Ukwar II. from the Muulikartheda dynasty being nothing more than the head of state. But in reality the King has much more power over the goverment. He can decide what laws and changes will pass, and which not. He has control over the whole Grajnidaren diplomacy and often gives 'little tips' to the goverment, which, althought do not officially have to be, are always fully implemented. The Grajnidaren constitution has seen quite a few changes in the past years, slowly giving the King more and more power. And while these changes and the goal of them is quite obvious, no one was ever successful in the efforts of stopping it from happening. The National Parliament is responsible for drafting new laws and handling the state budget, but alone doesn't really have any power, as before a law passes it needs to be checked by the Senate and then the King who has the ability to dismiss anything he doesn't particularly like, which he uses quite often. The National Senate is responsible for overseeing the Parliament and maintaining democracy by making sure nothing violates the constitution. The Senate is supposed to be completely independend, but it is currently made out of exclusively royal-associated senators. That is the cause of the recent changes and bending of the constitution in favor of the monarchs. Grajnidaren politics have overall a huge problem with corruption and bribes.