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|population_as_of        = [[2030]]
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|population_demonym      = Chaukhiroise
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==Geography==
==Geography==
===Geology===
[[File:Chaukhira Topo.png|250px|right]]
Chaukhira is an archipelago of 5 islands in the southern mouth of the [[Aab-e-Farus]]. The waters around the islands are called the al-Zelaq Straits.
 
The largest and most western island is called Chaukhira Maior (the small island off of it's northeastern coast is called Chaukhira Minor and is hardly referenced uniquely). The second largest, to the northeast is Taizerbo, the smallest to the extreme north east is Taoulga, coming back to the southwest is Ghat, and in the center of the island cluster is Akhdaran.
 
The islands are the remains of a land bridge that used to connect the southern two continental islands of [[Alshar]]. At the end of the last ice age when sea levels rose, the [[Aab-e-Farus]] overtopped the lower laying areas of the land bridge and only the islands of Chaukhira and those big islands to the south remain.
 
Because of this phenomenon, the geography that remains to form the island chain is hilly with low lying areas being built up by silty undercurrents coming from the [[Aab-e-Farus]]. This makes the northern coasts very fertile and verdant. The northern faces of the hilly landscape is also quite fertile as the Antarctic atmosphere pulls warm air out of the Aab-e-Farus]] extending the growing season and keeping it humid year round.
 
Over the past few thousand years of human settlement the nutrient rich silt has been spread throughout the islands, but the heavily rains in the monsoon season rapidly errode anything that is not secured by deep roots. As such much of the islands hillsides have been terraced for cultivation and rivers and streams have been the subject of extensive terraforming and human intervention.


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===Climate===
===Climate===
{{Further|Prevailing Winds}}
[[File:Chaukhira climate map.png|right|250px|Climate map of Chaukhira.]]
Chaukhira has a {{wpl|Tropical rainforest climate}} climate zone with significant rainfall even in its driest months. The climate is hot and humid with a lot of rainfall throughout the year. The annual average temperature is around 27.3 °C (81.1 °F). Except for precipitation and monsoonal wind direction, Chaukhira experiences no other seasonal change throughout the year. The average rainfall annually is 2,623 millimeters or 103 inches. During its wettest months, the provinces lowlands are frequently inundated by torrential rains. However, in its driest months, many regional peatlands dry out, making them more vulnerable to wildfires, and causing prolonged haze in the direr months.  
Chaukhira has a {{wpl|Tropical rainforest climate}} climate zone with significant rainfall even in its driest months. The climate is hot and humid with a lot of rainfall throughout the year. The annual average temperature is around 27.3 °C (81.1 °F). Except for precipitation and monsoonal wind direction, Chaukhira experiences no other seasonal change throughout the year. The average rainfall annually is 2,623 millimeters or 103 inches. During its wettest months, the provinces lowlands are frequently inundated by torrential rains. However, in its driest months, many regional peatlands dry out, making them more vulnerable to wildfires, and causing prolonged haze in the direr months.  


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===Flora===
 
===Flora and fauna===
Many of the characteristic [[Audonia]]n species—large mammals such as the {{wp|elephant}}, {{wp|rhinoceros}}, {{wp|giraffe}}, {{wp|zebra}}, and {{wp|antelope}} and predators such as {{wp|lions}} and {{wp|leopards}}—do not exist on Chaukhira. In addition, the island has been spared the great variety of venomous snakes indigenous to the [[Audonia]]n continent. Although it is assumed that most life forms on the island had an [[Audonia]]n origin, isolation has allowed old species—elsewhere extinct—to survive and new species unique to the island to evolve. Thus, a great number of plant, insect, reptile, and fish species are endemic to Chaukhira, and all indigenous land mammal species—66 in all—are unique to the island.
Chaukhira was once covered almost completely by forests, but slash and burn practices for dry rice and rubber cultivation, Secondary growth, which has replaced the original forest and consists to a large extent of {{wp|traveller's trees}}, {{wp|raffia palm}}, and {{wp|baobabs}}, is found in many places. The country has some 900 species of {{wp|orchid}}. {{wp|Bananas}}, {{wp|mangoes}}, {{wp|coconut}}, {{wp|vanilla}}, and other tropical plants grow throughout.
 
===Fauna===
===Fauna===


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During the [[Second Great War]] ([[1934]] to [[1943]]), Chaukhira was the site of a number of operations initiated by both [[Burgundie]] and [[Caphiria]] through its proxy [[Zaclaria]]. In [[1937]], [[Zaclaria]]n forces invaded the Chaukhiroise island of Taoulga which they were able to hold for the duration of the war.
During the [[Second Great War]] ([[1934]] to [[1943]]), Chaukhira was the site of a number of operations initiated by both [[Burgundie]] and [[Caphiria]] through its proxy [[Zaclaria]]. In [[1937]], [[Zaclaria]]n forces invaded the Chaukhiroise island of Taoulga which they were able to hold for the duration of the war.


==Politics==
==Politics and government==
Chaukhira is part of the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s [[Geography_of_Burgundie#Audonio-Alshari_Burgundie|Audonio-Alshari Burgundie]] geographic designation. [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]] is a constituent country equivalent of [[Burgundie]] with its own assembly, prime minister, budget, and laws. [[Burgundie]]'s national governmental influence is limited to subsidies, education, and security, however, its financial and cultural institutes cast a long shadow across Sudmoll.
Chaukhira is part of the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s [[Geography_of_Burgundie#Audonio-Alshari_Burgundie|Audonio-Alshari Burgundie]] geographic designation. [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]] is a constituent country equivalent of [[Burgundie]] with its own assembly, prime minister, budget, and laws. [[Burgundie]]'s national governmental influence is limited to subsidies, education, and security, however, its financial and cultural institutes cast a long shadow across Sudmoll.


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Like the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Legislative_Branch|Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional, ACAN)]], The Chaukhiroise Citizen's Court of the Provincial Assembly is a unicameral legislator. It makes provincial law, has the power of the provincial purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the provincial government. The Assembly has three seats for each province, one for the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s Chaukhira liaison, 3 for the clergy, 3 seats reserved for municipal leaders, and 3 for a rota of private business leaders. On 6 occasions throughout the year 3 more seats are opened to the public to debate topics that are not on the annual legislative agenda.
Like the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Legislative_Branch|Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional, ACAN)]], The Chaukhiroise Citizen's Court of the Provincial Assembly is a unicameral legislator. It makes provincial law, has the power of the provincial purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the provincial government. The Assembly has three seats for each province, one for the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s Chaukhira liaison, 3 for the clergy, 3 seats reserved for municipal leaders, and 3 for a rota of private business leaders. On 6 occasions throughout the year 3 more seats are opened to the public to debate topics that are not on the annual legislative agenda.


===Provincial courts===
===Law enforcement===
===Military installations===


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*[[Revenue Guard]]
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[[Navy of Burgundie|Navy]]
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==Government==
==Government==
===Vice===
===Vice===
Since [[2003]], the drug trade, especially the opium trade has become a major issue in Chaukhira when the [[Alainfisal#Drug_trade|Alainfisali Kishahurav network]] expanded onto the islands. The [[Revenue_Guard#Organization|Revenue Guard's Grand Station of the Orient]] has increased patrols, monitoring, and personnel on the islands. The issue has also sparked a public health emergency which was called into effect in [[2004]] and remains in effect today.
Since [[2003]], the drug trade, especially the opium trade has become a major issue in Chaukhira when the [[Alainfisal#Drug_trade|Alainfisali Kishahurav network]] expanded onto the islands. The [[Revenue_Guard#Organization|Revenue Guard's Grand Station of the Orient]] has increased patrols, monitoring, and personnel on the islands. The issue has also sparked a public health emergency which was called into effect in [[2004]] and remains in effect today.
===Military installations===


==Economy==
==Economy==
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===Infrastructure===
===Infrastructure===
====Maritime====
====Maritime====
=====Lighthouses=====
{{Further|Burgoignesc Maritime Navigation Administration}}
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====Air====
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==Demographics==
==See also==
==Military presence==


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