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Yanuban is a rapidly modernizing nation in southwestern [[Audonia]] on the coastal confluence of the [[Bay of Oduniyye]] and the [[Pukhtun Sea]]. It was massively urbanized in the 1980s and 90s and has a very high population for its landmass. Its executive is a president for life, but it does hold democratic elections for its legislative branch and local offices. | Yanuban is a rapidly modernizing nation in southwestern [[Audonia]] on the coastal confluence of the [[Bay of Oduniyye]] and the [[Pukhtun Sea]]. It was massively urbanized in the 1980s and 90s and has a very high population for its landmass. Its executive is a president for life, but it does hold democratic elections for its legislative branch and local offices. It is currently, as of June [[2032]] undergoing a coup lead by an anti-[[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]], nationalist junta, with representation from all branches of the Yanubi military, the National Gendarmerie of Yanuban, many hardline Muslim clerics, and nationalist politicians. President for Life, Simone al Zayd, his cabinet, and loyalists have fled to [[Bulkh]]. As of July 1, the entire country has come under the control of the Junta, but militias loyal to al Zayd have formed and are skirmishing with the Junta's forces. | ||
Yanuban is a member of many international organizations like the [[League of Nations]], the {{wpl|ISO}}, Red Crescent International, etc. and many other regulatory and economic bodies. | |||
It is a market economy focused on exports, under the watchful eye of [[Burgundie]], whose companies have a massive stake in the country's economic activity. It specializes in the assembly of microprocessors and cellphones, as well as the cultivation of tropical hard woods, fishing, and rubber, which also constitutes its major exports | It is a market economy focused on exports, under the watchful eye of [[Burgundie]], whose companies have a massive stake in the country's economic activity. It specializes in the assembly of microprocessors and cellphones, as well as the cultivation of tropical hard woods, fishing, and rubber, which also constitutes its major exports. | ||
The people of Yanuban are predominantly culturally Arab, speak Arabic, and most practice {{wpl|Sunni Islam}}. | The people of Yanuban are predominantly culturally Arab, speak Arabic, and most practice {{wpl|Sunni Islam}}. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
Yanuban means place of the south in Arabic and is named such because it was the southernmost province of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]]. | |||
==Geography== | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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Over the rest of the day the remainder of the government buildings in the capital were occupied by the military, with no resistance from staff and government personnel. At 1700, the Yanubi National Gendarmerie around the military base | Over the rest of the day the remainder of the government buildings in the capital were occupied by the military, with no resistance from staff and government personnel. At 1700, the Yanubi National Gendarmerie around the military base with the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion were withdrawn, but not before the [[National Gendarmerie of Burgundie]] were ordered back within the confines of the base. The night of June 8th was very tense, but no interactions occurred either between the protesters and the [[Burgundie|Burgoigniacs]] or the government, and the Armed Forces of Yanuban. | ||
The week of June 13th saw a flurry of activity as the military took control of more of the country and the government kept retreating and reforming. By the end of June the country had completely fallen under the control of the military and the government had fled in exile to [[Bulkh]], where it operated out of its embassy to that nation. During this time the base with the [[Burgoignesc Foreign Legion]] was largely forgotten. It wasn't until July 1, that the junta turned its attention back to the base. They reissued the ultimatum of 72 hours to [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] politicians, diplomats, and military personnel. A coalition of regional nations: [[Battganuur]], [[Bulkh]], and [[Umardwal]] condemned the coup, while [[Pursat]] tacitly supported the coup saying that the country had a right to self-determination and that [[Burgundie]] was too aggressively asserting itself in the lives of [[Audonia]]ns. | The week of June 13th saw a flurry of activity as the military took control of more of the country and the government kept retreating and reforming. By the end of June the country had completely fallen under the control of the military and the government had fled in exile to [[Bulkh]], where it operated out of its embassy to that nation. During this time the base with the [[Burgoignesc Foreign Legion]] was largely forgotten. It wasn't until July 1, that the junta turned its attention back to the base. They reissued the ultimatum of 72 hours to [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] politicians, diplomats, and military personnel. A coalition of regional nations: [[Battganuur]], [[Bulkh]], and [[Umardwal]] condemned the coup, while [[Pursat]] tacitly supported the coup saying that the country had a right to self-determination and that [[Burgundie]] was too aggressively asserting itself in the lives of [[Audonia]]ns. | ||
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The joint Legion-gendarme convoy headed deep into the city to the Burgoignesc embassy to extract the diplomatic staff. At 2127 they encountered a Yanubi roadblock which their heavy vehicles easily bashed through. The soldiers of the roadblock opened fire to no avail, but the Junta's leadership was informed and they started to see the bigger picture. All junta-loyal soldiers, gendarmes, and police were notified to delay, distract, and fire upon the convoy and to try to keep it from reaching the embassy. Junta loyalists formed make-shift detachments as they arrived in the area and started piling up cars, furniture, and tires in the streets and setting them on fire. As the Burgoigniacs pushed into the heart of the city of Muqadas they pace slowed and eventually became a crawl as they came under heavy small arms fire. The Askaris dismounted and started to work ahead of the convoy for fear of anti-materiel weapons being used to destroy their {{wpl|VBMR Griffon|Griffons and Servals}}. The Burgoignesc vehicle gunners peppered the buildings and roof lines to keep them clear and the gendarmes took up rear guard positions as the convoy plodded deeper and deeper into the city. After 45 minutes of intense fighting the first air support from the [[Navy of Burgundie]] arrived and began firing flares and strafing runs on known junta command posts and radar installations. By this point the Junta had begun using the Emergency Alert System to give commands as Burgoignesc Electronic Warfare and Jamming planes had started to degrade their ability to communicate. After an hour and 20 minutes the convoy reached the embassy but it has been besieged by a veritable army of Junta supporters and anti-Burgoignesc protesters. | The joint Legion-gendarme convoy headed deep into the city to the Burgoignesc embassy to extract the diplomatic staff. At 2127 they encountered a Yanubi roadblock which their heavy vehicles easily bashed through. The soldiers of the roadblock opened fire to no avail, but the Junta's leadership was informed and they started to see the bigger picture. All junta-loyal soldiers, gendarmes, and police were notified to delay, distract, and fire upon the convoy and to try to keep it from reaching the embassy. Junta loyalists formed make-shift detachments as they arrived in the area and started piling up cars, furniture, and tires in the streets and setting them on fire. As the Burgoigniacs pushed into the heart of the city of Muqadas they pace slowed and eventually became a crawl as they came under heavy small arms fire. The Askaris dismounted and started to work ahead of the convoy for fear of anti-materiel weapons being used to destroy their {{wpl|VBMR Griffon|Griffons and Servals}}. The Burgoignesc vehicle gunners peppered the buildings and roof lines to keep them clear and the gendarmes took up rear guard positions as the convoy plodded deeper and deeper into the city. After 45 minutes of intense fighting the first air support from the [[Navy of Burgundie]] arrived and began firing flares and strafing runs on known junta command posts and radar installations. By this point the Junta had begun using the Emergency Alert System to give commands as Burgoignesc Electronic Warfare and Jamming planes had started to degrade their ability to communicate. After an hour and 20 minutes the convoy reached the embassy but it has been besieged by a veritable army of Junta supporters and anti-Burgoignesc protesters. | ||
== Economy == | ==Government== | ||
===Executive=== | |||
===Legislature=== | |||
===Local governance=== | |||
==Culture== | |||
The culture of Yanuban is mainly the interplay of a long and deep-seated Islamification starting around [[624]] when its major settlements were conquered by Muslim armies. The people of modern Yanuban remained under the almost exclusive influence of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] until its fall in [[1517]]. In [[1635]], the [[Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company|Ularien Trading Company]] first arrived in the area and the lasting impact of [[Culture of Burgundie|Burgoignesc culture]] on the culture of Yanuban. | |||
Art, literature, and architecture in Yanuban are broadly within the schools and traditions of Muslim [[Audonia]], but like many nations of the [[Middle seas region]] it is still vaguely a part of the [[Burgoignesc thalattocracy]], as least in the cultural sense, so it draws inspiration from [[Occidental]] in general, and [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] in particular, trends and traditions. However, the influence of [[Burgundie]] on Yanubi culture was abruptly halted in [[1836]] and not meaningfully reintroduced until the 1960s, so Academic Art, Realism, Naturalism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Modern art, Modernism, and Late modernism never took hold in the Yanubi art scene. A unique Post-Romanticism style emerged in the late 1800s that highlighted Islamic ideals and uniquely [[Audonia]]n landscapes and motifs. This artstyle is something the Yanubi are particularly proud of and under the Zege Regime it enjoyed a renaissance often called Yanubi Neo-Post Romanticism. Likewise, the literary trends of the late 19th and early 20th century never made its way into the oeuvre of Yanubi literary practice. So, the Islamic moralist poetry remained a primary literary high point for Yanuban. In architecture, there were some minor [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] influences left over from their [[Burgoignesc colonial empire|colonial period]] however, the invention of climate control and air-conditioning have had the greatest impact on traditional Yanubi architecture. While religious and government buildings still follow the precepts of Islamic architecture, most new buildings are made in a more [[Occidental]] post-industrial style. This is no doubt a result of the outsized influence [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] firms have in Yanuban. | |||
The Yanubi are fairly traditional in their attire. Yanubis who work in offices run by foreign companies, they will wear western-styles of dress, but most Yanubis wear traditional Islamic clothing and they are rarely seen without some form of head covering. Perspectives on this are changing slowly with the advent of globalization and especially the internet, but it is still a cultural expectation that the vast majority of Yanubis are dressed more traditionally and conservatively. | |||
===Cuisine=== | |||
Mutton and couscous feature heavily in the Yanubi diet. Grain and rice are also common cereals. Almost all meals are a meat and vegetable as the main dish and a side of either a baguette or couscous/rice. Breakfast is light and often eaten on the go, a fairly new phenomenon, stemming from [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] influence since [[Operation Kipling]]. Lunch is taken around 11:00am, eaten slowly, and is dense and large. It is almost always eaten in a communal setting and followed by an hour rest period, where tea is consumed and men may smoke communally from a hookah/shisha. Nothing of import is discussed during this time, it is supposed to be idle banter to calm the digestion process and to not excite the body during the hottest part of the day. Dinner is eaten as a family and food is served a la table around 8:00pm. | |||
There is a strong tea drinking culture in Yanuban. Many people will stop on their way to work to drab a quick drink, will take tea breaks throughout the day, will have tea as a digestif after lunch, and will grab a tea on the way home from work. There are tea sellers, stalls, stands, and shops everywhere, even in more rural areas. It is almost an impulse of Yanubis to stop and drink tea whenever they see it. | |||
Coffee is becoming more popular with young Yanubis, mostly because of [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] influence. It is not widely liked by most Yanubis who find it bitter and displeasing to their stomachs, which is why they drink tea. | |||
Alcohol is fairly common in Yanuban, but it is not imbibed in any great volume. Young men will drink a beer in the evening and young urban people will all have a drink if they go out clubbing, but more than one is considered poor taste. Drinks are often weak and sweet. | |||
== Demographics == | |||
=== Linguistic Demographics === | |||
All Yanubis speak {{wpl|Arabic}} and those in cities and the tourist/international business sectors speak fluent [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]], around 30%. The Yanubi dialect of Arabic is mutually intelligible to most other Arabic speakers in the [[Middle seas region]]. | |||
=== Religious Demographics === | |||
Yanuban is 80% Muslim, 60% of whom follow Sunni Islam, 25% are Shiite, and 15% are Sufis. Of the remaining 20%, around 9% are Jewish, 6% are [[Merchantile Reform Protestant]], 4% are [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 1% are other (Old Gods, agnostic, or irreligious). | |||
==Economy== | |||
==Military== | |||
The military of Yanuban has three branches, the Army, the Aeronauticale, and the National Gendarmerie. The Army is 150,000 soldiers divided into 8 Divisions. It has a moderate armored force, comprised mostly of [[Operation Kipling|Kipling-era]] tanks, APCs, and self-propelled artillery, sold to the country by [[Burgundie]] during successive rounds of modernization. The primary firearm is the FN-FAL, also supplied by [[Burgundie]]. | |||
The Aeronauticale is both the air force and the navy of Yanuban. It consists of 13 air wings, of which 5 are fighter/interceptors, 4 are fighter bombers, 2 are strategic airlift/logistics, and 2 are training. The naval contingent is built around 9 frigate squadrons, 5 patrol/coast guard squadrons, and a single [[Second Great War]]-era battleship, which is too expensive to put to sea, but nominally serves as the flagship and its own fleet-in-being. The Aeronauticale also serves the air-defense role and has 32 radar installations and countless anti-air batteries dotted all along its border. | |||
The National Gendarmerie of Yanuban is the national police force of the country. It has approximately 285,400 members and is equipped and trained in the same way as the infantry in the army. Gendarmes are specially trained in riot suppression and as such also carry long batons or truncheons in addition to their FN FALS. The Gendarmerie is organized into 12 geographical police districts, whose size and staffing depends on the number of residents; as well as a Mobile Gendarmerie who have APCs and riot suppression vehicles. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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