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| {{Infobox country
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| |conventional_long_name = Dominion of the Sabnaki
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| |native_name = ''Sabnak'alluya'' (Sabnak)
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| |image_flag = Flag of Northern Cheyenne.svg
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| |image_coat = Sabnaki logo.png
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| |alt_coat = <!--alt text for coat of arms-->
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| |symbol_type = <!--emblem, seal, etc (if not a coat of arms)-->
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| |national_motto = Llaqtanchik, Mana atipasqa!
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| |englishmotto = ("Our People, Unconquered!")
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| |national_anthem = Our Dominion, Long Lived!
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| |other_symbol_type = <!--Use if a further symbol exists, e.g. hymn-->
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| |loctext = <!--text description of location of country-->
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| |alt_map = <!--alt text for map-->
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| |map_caption = Location of XXX (dark green)<br>In [[XXX]] (gray)
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| |image_map2 = <!--Another map, if required-->
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| |capital = Tsaile
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| |largest_city = capital
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| |official_languages = Sabnak
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| |ethnic_groups =
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| |religion = [[M'acunism]]
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| |demonym =
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| Sabnak (adjective)<br>
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| Sabnaki (plural)
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| |government_type = Autocratic federal republic
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| |leader_title1 = Autocrat of the Sabnak
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| |leader_name1 = Maitsoi Taphanso
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| |leader_title2 = Chief Minister
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| |leader_name2 = T'iis Naalnish
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| |legislature =
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| |upper_house = Council of Ministers
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| |lower_house = Urban Council
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| |established_event1 = Autocracy established
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| |established_date1 = 29 April [[1840]]
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| |area =
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| |population_estimate = 34,510,214
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| |population_census =
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| |GDP_nominal = $596,888,661,344
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| |GDP_nominal_per_capita = $17,296
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| |currency = Wampo (de jure)<br>[[Taler]] (de facto)
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| |time_zone = <!--e.g. GMT, PST, AST, etc, etc (wikilinked if possible)-->
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| |electricity = <!--e.g. "230 V–50 Hz"-->
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| }}
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| '''Sabnaki''', officially the '''Dominion of the Sabnaki''', is a country in [[Cusinaut]]. It is neighbored by the [[Algosh Republic]], [[Ashkenang]], and [[Iriquona]].
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| The Sabnak people trace their ancestry to some of the earliest prehistoric settlers in Cusinaut from [[Alshar]], with some of the oldest archaeological sites on the subcontinent appearing within Sabnaki territory. A cohesive Sabnak culture began to emerge with the advent and spread of writing during the early medieval period, with a unified Sabnak political emerging by the 1400s. Sabnak writing and language differentiates sharply from that of the rest of Cusinaut, whose writing and language is inspired by cross-[[Nysdra]] cultural exchange with [[Varshan]] and other places; accordingly, the Sabnak developed a sense of social isolation from the rest of the subcontinent. As an isolationist society, the Sabnak people fought to keep their borders closed to both their neighbors and the [[Occident]], resulting in a series of brutal wars with the [[Algosh people]] and later [[Northern Confederation]]. In the 18th century, the Sabnak people began to grow {{wp|tobacco}}, {{wp|indigo}}, and other cash crops originally present in the [[Occident]], remaining mostly isolated but funding the state and small economy with highly controlled cash crop exports. This era of Sabnaki is known primarily as the "export society", wherein the Sabnak people managed to maintain independence by becoming a reliable provider of goods to the global market; in turn, the society and state gradually transformed to support this economic model. In the 19th century, the pre-modern Sabnak confederated state was reformed into a centralized state. The Sabnak people voluntarily receded from isolation and joined the [[League of Nations]] in the 1950s. After the [[Algosh coup|fall of the Northern Confederation]], the Sabnak people resumed their centuries-long skirmishing with [[Algoquona]], the new Algosh state. Within this context, the Sabnak found new allies in the [[Occident]]. Throughout the 2010s, the Sabnak state began a rapid period of military and infrastructure modernization while importing Occidental government advisors and cultural materials. It participated in the [[Final War of the Deluge]], fighting against Algoquona and receiving territory at the conclusion of the war. Foreign investment has led Sabnaki to possess one of the world's fastest growing economies. The economic growth has largely outpaced social and political reform, leading to significant domestic political unrest since [[2010]], with limited efforts towards democratic reform made to improve Occidental ties. Observers have noted a growing {{wp|middle class}} becoming increasingly disillusioned with the traditional ruling cliques and planter aristocracy that once held firm control over Sabnak society.
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| Sabnaki is a member of the [[League of Nations]].
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| ==Etymology==
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| Sabnaki is unusual among nation-states, as its name is usually rendered as the plural of Sabnak peoples, "Sabnaki", based on the name of the state. While the full name of the state is "Dominion of the Sabnaki", i.e. state belonging to the Sabnak people, the state has no traditional or commonly accepted geographical associated with it. Over the course of the 20th century, "Sabnaki" came to be used in [[Occidental]] scholarship and cultural references as a geographical proper noun, and this usage has been increasingly accepted by the Sabnak state itself in diplomatic correspondence. In some [[Levantine]] countries and in [[Caphiria]], the Dominion is referred to simply as "Sabnacia".
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| ==Geography==
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| Sabnaki sits on the west coast of [[Cusinaut]], ranging from the Pacagine peninsula on the west to the [[Cusinaut#Cusin_Valley|Cusin Valley]] in the central of Cusinaut. The entire country sits below the Arctic circle, with much of Sabnaki featuring a {{wp|maritime climate}}. Temperatures are mild most of the year with the exception of January and February, which feature fierce winter coldfronts that regularly dip below 0 F. The interior of the country is mostly characterized by highlands surrounding the Cusin Valley, but some of the Valley's fertile lowlands sit within Sabnak territory. In the final peace of the [[Final War of the Deluge]], Sabnaki was awarded an eastern extremity known as the Treaty Corridor, which is a relatively thin piece of territory separating most of [[Iriquona]] from the [[Algosh Republic]].
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| ==History==
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| ===Prehistory to medieval period===
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| Human history in Sabnaki can be traced back to the earliest archaeological evidence of human arrival in [[Cusinaut]] from [[Alshar]], with rudimentary fishing implements found from about 20,000 BC.
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| Modern Sabnaki developed a semi-urban society by around the year 750 BC, with inland agriculture and extensive fishing allowing the growth of an urban corridor along the modern west coast of the country. These population centers did not develop into a fully urban society until well into the 3rd century AD, and for the time the people there largely erected large temporary settlements and migrated within small territories based on whether or not the fish supply in the area was exhausted. Regardless, most of these groups developed into major tribal polities, vying for control of better fishing territories as well as access to important rivers that gave easy access to the rudimentary inland agriculture.
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| ===Sabnak culture emerges===
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| [[File:Yonaguni symbol.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A collection of ancient Sabnak glyphs. The development of writing among the proto-Sabnak laid the foundation for the Sabnak culture.]]
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| The distinguishing event in the history of the Sabnaki occurred over the course of the years 450 and 950 AD, when a writing system began to emerge from the peoples living around modern Tsaile. Most historians believe that the Sabnak alphabet began as a rudimentary tally system on small wooden blocks used for trade. Accordingly, most scholars believe the Sabnak Alphabet emerged as a commercial shorthand that later found use in political and artistic settings. The first archaeological evidence of literature among the proto-Sabnak dates to around 950 AD; it details the life and times of a man called Menla, the ancestor of the author. Scholarly consensus indicates that the Menla Saga was a long-standing oral tradition among his tribe that had been recorded using what was previously commercial language, and most scholars believe the very earliest form of Sabnak literature was simple codification and recording of long-extant oral traditions. By around 1050 AD, significant political and social interaction occurred via written record. The advent of writing and literature allowed the tribal peoples of modern Sabnaki to relate with eachother in ways not previously possible, building a sense of closeness and commonality between them. The availability of written family sagas allowed their proliferation and widespread adoption. By 1150 AD, most of the peoples living in modern Sabnaki shared the same written language, a shared literary history, and a growing sense of similarity between themselves not shared by other neighboring peoples. Consequently, an identifiable "Sabnak culture" emerged by around 1200 AD out of the various proto-Sabnak peoples.
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| While the Sabnak were not unique among the peoples of Cusinaut in developing writing, most linguists and historians agree they are the only people in Cusinaut to have independently developed writing, given that most other Cusinaut language alphabets borrow significantly from the common tradition of [[Varshan]] and the [[North Songun civilization]] that filtered north through the [[Nysdra]]. This unique literary style contributed later to the sense of alienness that Sabnak people felt from their Cusinautic neighbors, an alienation that would eventually result in the establishment of an isolationist society.
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| ====Sabnak state established====
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| ====Algosh wars====
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| ===Rise of the Export Society===
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| ===War against the Northern Confederation===
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| ===Modern state established===
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| ===Deluge and Occidentalization===
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| ==Government==
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| Sabnaki is an {{wp|autocracy|autocratic}} republic, with most governing authority established in the nation's chief executive, a position usually translated as "Autocrat". The Autocrat nominally shares responsibility of governing with the Council of Ministers, comprised of the various ministerial heads he appoints, an the Urban Council, which seats proportionally represented elected officials of the forty largest cities, towns, and villages. The Urban Council nominally holds significant budget oversight, but membership is largely considered to be an honorary post marking one out for future responsibilities within the public ministries. In practice, most observers have noted that Urban Council membership is mostly restricted to the historic planer aristocracy or individuals with ancestral ties to former government or military leaders. The Autocrat and Urban Council members are elected to non-fixed terms of office, with 7-9 years usually elapsing between each Urban Council election. Autocrats may hold elections to end their term, but this practice is rare, and usually elections for the office of Autocrat only take place on the death of the sitting Autocrat. Despite these limits, the [[League of Nations]] has observed elections in the country to be "mostly fair", with limited instances of voter suppression but also limited opportunities for Sabnak people to vote.
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| Sabnaki has been described as an {{Wp|ethnostate}}, in which non-Sabnak individuals are traditionally viewed as transients with limited civil, political, and economic rights.
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| ===Executive===
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| ===Legislature===
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| ===Local governance===
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| ==Culture==
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| ===Cuisine===
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| == Demographics ==
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| === Linguistic Demographics ===
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| === Religious Demographics ===
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| ==Economy==
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| The economy of Sabnaki was traditionally based on subsistence agriculture, with a few actors in the economy growing {{wp|cash crops}} on very large estates for export; these cash crops represented the majority of Sabnaki's trade revenue. Since the dawn of the 21st century, however, the construction sector has been the largest part of the Sabnak economy as major infrastructure continues to be built across the nation. These large projects, connecting villages and cities with modern highways and railways, were first funded with foreign aid but since [[2025]] have increasingly had private and domestic government capital funding construction. With construction has come new retail and real estate sectors, as cities have grown steadily since [[2002]] requiring homes and consumer goods. As the economy has shifted from rural agriculture to urban life, the GDP has doubled in approximately 20 years, with its 2030 GDP PC of $17,296 dwarfing many of its neighbors. The economic transformation has largely disrupted the traditional "big planter" class as the government has repossessed parts of the massive estates once common throughout the country, decreasing overall cash crop exports as the agricultural sector has declined. The discovery of major uranium reserves in the Cusinaut interior has also led to the creation of a major mining sector.
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| The Sabnak economy is mostly deregulated in order to encourage continued economic prosperity.
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| ==Military==
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