Chakailan

Chakailan, officially the Free State of Chakailan, is a country in Crona. It is neighbored by Varshan, Titechaxha, Telonaticolan, and Mid-Atrassic Crona.

Free State of Chakailan Cha'kail'aanan Nes'thuz'aa
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Suvwi'ad go'vad suvwi'an tu'lu ("Light the torch to freedom")
Capital and largest city	T'laa'nah
Official languages	Hieratic Varshani
Demonym(s)	Chakailani
Government	Your government type
• Your head of state	Joe Blow
• Your head of government if applicable, otherwise a legislative leader	Jane Blow
• A legislative leader of a different house, if applicable	Georgw Blow
• Upper house	Your upper house
• Lower house	Your lower house
Establishment
• Treaty of Electorsbourg	2024
• Basic Charter of Government adopted	2026
Population
• Estimate	282,401
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$288,613,822
• Per capita	$1,022
Currency	Cronan lira (de facto)

The nation was established by the Treaty of Electorsbourg as an independent nation at the end of the Final War of the Deluge. The territory was part of Varshan prior to the conflict, and its history is inexorably linked to that of Varshan and slavery within Varshan. Prior to its incorporation into Varshan, the land was sparsely populated territory of the people of Telonaticolan. However, the local mountain tribes often interacted with runaway slaves, and this area became well known as a slave escape route out of Varshan in the 19th century. A strong local culture between the tribes and slaves was established. Reduction of fugitive slavery became a top Varshani priority and the land was taken along with the other Telonaticolani lands in 1894. The area continued to be a choice area for the Anzo government to enslave and also a location where many slaves unable to work - such as the elderly or crippled - were deposited in the rare cases where they were not exterminated. The area became home to a unique people and culture with global influences due to the reach of Varshani slavery.

History

Pre-Varshani history

Little is known about the people and history of the area of modern Chakailan other than it was largely under the influence of the more numerous and prosperous Telonaticolan people, and most maps up until the Varshani integration of the territory include it as part of Telonaticolan.

Independence

Chakailan was established as an independent state by the Treaty of Electorsbourg with an explicit recognition of the unique culture that emerged in the territory with further expectation of additional slave resettlement in the future. Following its independence, it became geopolitically aligned with both Kiravia and Urcea.

Government

Culture

Chakailani culture is an eclectic blend of many different cultural traditions, with local tribal customs forming a cultural baseline on which the traditions of many different groups of former enslaved people from across the world have introduced new traditions and mores.

Symbols

The torch and torches are used in Chakailan as a symbol of liberation, as paths lit by torchlight are associated with the road to freedom from slavery. Accordingly, torch imagery has become closely associated with Chakailani culture and is pictured on the flag and coat of arms of the newly established state and is also alluded to in the state's motto, "Light the torch to freedom."

Demographics

Linguistic Demographics

The majority of residents of Chakailan speak a lower caste variant of Hieratic Varshani, though a handful of native languages which are related to it are spoken by isolated mountain tribes.

Religious Demographics

Religious affiliations in Chakailan (2028)

  Solar Arzalism/Heliolatry (38.7%)

  Folk Atheism (22.9%)

  M'acunism (15.6%)

  Catholic (7.6%)

  Various folk beliefs (15.2%)

The Chakailani people have a wide variety of religious beliefs as a result of their historical ties to servitude in Varshan. A plurality of the people are adherents of a folk variety of Solar Arzalism, though scholars believe a separate heliolatristic folk religious tradition may be included within these statistics. The second largest group of people are what can best be described as "folk atheists" - a position with no definitive philosophical or scientific arguments against the existence of a God, but rather a lived experience leading to religious nihilism. Among the relatively small but growing educated classes of Chakailan, an effort to import M'acunism into the country is underway, though some former slaves and mountain tribes are also original adherents of the faith. Catholic missionaries made minor inroads with both the native population and returning slaves during and after the Final War of the Deluge, contributing to a small but notable Christian population in the country. The remaining part of the population - about 15% - adhere to a wide variety of folk mythologies, slave religions, obscure tribal faiths not yet categorized by Occidental sociologists, and other various local traditions.

Economy

Chakailan has a very small economy, and its people are considered among the poorest in the world. The primary sectors are subsistence agriculture and nomadic pastoral herding. The economy of Chakailan is such that its government is not sufficiently strong enough or have enough credit to issue a currency. In the more remote parts of the country, barter is the primary form of exchange, but the government uses Cronan lira as its de facto currency for internal and external transactions. Chakailan is very under-urbanized, with a large, central city only presently under construction as a project of the new state - T'laa'nah, which means "liberty", - which also serves as the nation's capital. Few transportation networks or systems allow travel throughout the country, with a highway and rail network system emanating out of the city of T'laa'nah, which is under construction.