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| style="font-size: 10.2pt; background: #fcfcfc; text-align: center;" colspan=2 | '''People's Republic of Sydona'''<br>'''''ꍈꁻ ꆥꈜꌕ''''' <small>(Coscivian)</small><br>'''''Заморска Народна Республика''''' <small>(Vesëloslavic)</small>
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| '''[[Federal Stanora|Stanora]] seats''' || 6
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| '''Official languages''' || Austral Coscivian<br>Pelian<br>Vesëloslavic<br>
| '''Official languages''' || Austral Coscivian<br>Thrakoslavonic<br>Pelian
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| '''Other Languages''' || [[Kiravic Coscivian|Kiravic Coscivian]]<br>Xosmiri Coscivian<br>Leinish, Royal Sydonan, Istroyan<br>Melotic, Vesêlo-Coscivian Creole
| '''Other Languages''' || [[Kiravic Coscivian|Kiravic Coscivian]]<br>Xosmiri Coscivian<br>Leinish, Royal Sydonan, Istroyan<br>Melotic, Thrako-Coscivian Creole
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| '''Postal Abbreviation''' || SYD
| '''Postal Abbreviation''' || SYD
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The '''Sydona''' or the '''Sydona Islands''', officially the '''People's Republic of Sydona''', is a [[Kiravian Federalism#Themes|theme]] and semi-autonomous province within the [[Kiravian Collectivity]] comprising a roughly triangular archipelago of {{wp|continental island|continental islands}} off the southern coast of [[Sarpedon|Continental Ixnay]] in the [[Pelian Sea]]. The islands have a long and convoluted history, having come under the rule of many different nations and empires over the course of the centuries. Incorporation of Sydona into the Kiravian sphere of influence began during the [[Crusades]] and was complete by [YEAR]. Sydona is known for its cultural diversity and rich heritage, and for its valuable natural resources.
The '''Sydona''' or the '''Sydona Islands''', officially the '''People's Republic of Sydona''', is a [[Kiravian Federalism#Themes|theme]] and semi-autonomous province within the [[Kiravian Collectivity]] comprising a roughly triangular archipelago of {{wp|continental island|continental islands}} off the southern coast of [[Sarpedon|Continental Ixnay]] in the [[Pelian Sea|Pelian Ocean]]. The islands have a long and convoluted history, having come under the rule of many different nations and empires over the course of the centuries. Incorporation of Sydona into the Kiravian sphere of influence began during the [[Crusades]] and was complete by [YEAR]. Sydona is known for its cultural diversity and rich heritage, and for its valuable natural resources.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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<strike>Sydona has a multiparty political landscape. Currently, the largest single party in the People's Assembly is the Convergence and Union Party (affiliated with the [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance]]), which draws support mainly from the urban Austral Coscivian middle classes, Mainlanders, and other Coscivian and Christian minority groups. The CUP supports market-driven economic development, maintaining a high level of integration with the rest of the Kiravian Federacy, and an inclusive, moderate conception of the state's identity that shies away from Austral Coscivian ethnonationalism. The Kirosocialist National Ba'ath Party (affiliated with the [[Popular Democratic Front]]), is the oldest party in the state, and is supported most strongly by the urban working classes, Coscivian Sunnis, and Arabs. The KNBP is one of the most influential Kirosocialist parties remaining relevant since the National Renewal, and also one of the most hardline. It favours state-led economic development and a more authoritarian approach to governance, though in recent years its main rallying points have been increasing income equality, strengthening labour unions, and rejecting closer integration with the rest of the Federacy under capitalist rule, in favour of greater autonomy for Sydona and a degree of protectionism for the islands' economy. The third major political grouping in Sydona is the Seven Sons of Father Abraham, an alliance between the Christian People's Party, the Autonomous Popular Party, and five smaller parties making up the Islamic-Democratic List. Inspired by {{wp|Christian democracy|Christian-}} and {{Islamic democracy|Islamic-democratic}} thought, the SSFA promote a {{wp|social market economy}} and social conservatism. In contrast to the Islamic-Democratic List, the Islamic Da'wah Party (affiliated with the [[Authentic Historical Caucus]]) calls for a more exacting and comprehensively Islamic reform of society grounded in Shi'i clericalism.</strike>


===Federal Politics===
===Federal Politics===
Sydona returns six members to the [[Federal Stanora]] by statewide {{wp|single transferable vote}}, and one member to the [[Federal Council]] elected by the Coscivian People's Assembly.
Sydona returns six members to the [[Federal Stanora]] by at-large {{wp|single transferable vote}}.


The [[Emergency Backup Executive]], a {{wp|designated survivor}} elected to lead the Federacy's {{wp|continuity of government}} efforts in the event that all other constitutional successors to the [[Prime Executive]] are killed or incapacitated in a catastrophic event, has their official residence at the Prehnite Hill Tracts on Grand Sydona.
The [[Emergency Backup Executive]], a {{wp|designated survivor}} elected to lead the Federacy's {{wp|continuity of government}} efforts in the event that all other constitutional successors to the [[Prime Executive]] are killed or incapacitated in a catastrophic event, has their official residence at the Prehnite Hill Tracts on Grand Sydona.
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| Marcus Xrysoviryn
| Dennis Kučinić
| style="text-align:center;" | Social Compact Party ([[Caritist Social Union|CSU]])
| style="text-align:center;" | Social Compact Party ([[Caritist Social Union|CSU]])
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===Public Policy and Law===
===Public Policy and Law===
The state is in the process of establishing a tax-funded public healthcare subsidy to cover 50-70% of in-hospital costs and 30-50% of general practitioner costs for its citizens in conjunction with private insurance. Scheduled for a full rollout in 21209, Sydona's would be the twentieth state healthcare subsidy of its kind in the Federacy.
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===Defence Forces===
===Defence Forces===
Like other Kiravian states, Sydona is entitled to maintain its own local defence forces. The Sydonan People's Army is responsible for air and land defence, and the Sydonan People's Navy functions as the islands' {{wp|coast guard}}, discharging roughly the same responsibilities in Sydonan waters as the [[Maritime Cutter Service]] does in the Home Islands.
Like other Kiravian provinces, Sydona maintains its own local defence forces. The Sydonan People's Army is responsible for air and land defence, and the Sydonan People's Navy functions as the islands' {{wp|coast guard}}, discharging roughly the same responsibilities in Sydonan waters as the [[Maritime Cutter Service]] does in the Home Islands.


===Local Governance===
===Local Governance===
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Sydona has a rich and diverse culture, blending the dominant mores of [[Coscivian civilisation]] with Pelian, Azikorian, and Rumeli influence, as well as more exotic cultural borrowings brought by maritime trade.  
Sydona has a rich and diverse culture, blending the dominant mores of [[Coscivian civilisation]] with Pelian, Slavic, Istroyan, and Audonian influences.
===Ethnic groups===
===Ethnic groups===
[[File:DeepSouthCoscivians.jpg|thumb|Historical woodcut of the [[Deep South Coscivians]]]]
[[File:DeepSouthCoscivians.jpg|thumb|Historical woodcut of the [[Deep South Coscivians]]]]
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Main social groups:  
Main social groups:  


*'''Pelians''' - Divergent Levanto-Sarpic ethnic group. The largest individual ethnic group in Sydona, Pelians account for a plurality of the population across most of Sydona.
*'''Pelians''' - {{wp|Armenians|Divergent Levanto-Sarpic ethnic group}}. The largest individual ethnic group in Sydona, Pelians account for a plurality of the population across most of Sydona.
*'''Austral Coscivians''' or '''Deep South Coscivians''' - Social amalgamation of Coscivised Pelians and long-settled multigenerational Coscivian-Kiravian colonists.
*'''Austral Coscivians''' or '''Deep South Coscivians''' - Social amalgamation of Coscivised Pelians and long-settled multigenerational Coscivian-Kiravian colonists.
*'''Slakoslavs''' - Majority ethnic group in the North Sydona Autonomous District, of Slavonic heritage.
*'''Thrakoslavs ( ''Thračislaveni'' )''' - Majority ethnic group in the North Sydona Autonomous District, of Slavonic heritage, related to the Slavs of [[Zeshinava]]
*'''Slakoscivians''' - Social amalgamation of Coscivised Slakoslavs and mixed Coscivian-Slakoslavic families, mostly living in North Sydona and speaking Vesëlo-Coscivian Creole.
*'''Thrakoscivians''' - Social amalgamation of Coscivised Thrakoslavs and mixed Coscivian-Thrakoslavic families, mostly living in North Sydona and speaking Thrako-Coscivian Creole.
*'''Anatolians''' - Umbrella term for various [[Audonian Christianity|Audonian Christian]] minority communities who have settled in the islands.
*'''Anatolians''' - Umbrella term for various [[Audonian Christianity|Audonian Christian]] minority communities who have settled in the islands.
*'''Leinish''' - Small-numbered community descended from Gothic-Fiannrian Crusaders, mostly concentrated in Leinland Autonomous Raion.
*'''Leinish''' - Small-numbered community descended from Gothic-Fiannrian Crusaders, mostly concentrated in Leinland Autonomous Raion.
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*'''Istrojans and Istro-Coscivians''' -  
*'''Istrojans and Istro-Coscivians''' -  


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Azikorians, hopefully lots pending Azi approval
Urceo-Perso-Celts
Woolzi Arabs and Coscivians-of-Woolzi-origin (assimilated mostly)
Groups officially classified as "Small-numbered Sydonan peoples":
*Royal Sydonans
*Salesians
-->
===Language===
===Language===
Austral Coscivian, an offshoot of [[Maritime Coscivian]] superimposed over a Pelian substrate, is the most widely spoken language in Sydona, by 35% of the population as their native tongue and an additional ~20-25% as a second language. The other two major languages of Sydona are Pelian (an independent Levanto-Sarpic language) and Vesëloslavic (a Slavonic language).  
Austral Coscivian, an offshoot of [[Maritime Coscivian]] superimposed over a Pelian substrate, is the most widely spoken language in Sydona, by 35% of the population as their native tongue and an additional ~20-25% as a second language. The other two major languages of Sydona are Thrakoslavic (a Slavonic language) and Pelian (an independent Levanto-Sarpic language). All three languages have official status


Vesêlo-Coscivian Creole is spoken by some 120,000 families in northern Érdoran (~1.54% of the Sydonan population), with a significant diaspora in Destransar and [[Valēka]]. It received official recognition in 21193 and authorised for use in public elementary education for the first time.  
Thrako-Coscivian Creole is spoken by some 120,000 families in northern Érdoran (~1.54% of the Sydonan population), with a significant diaspora in Destransar and [[Valēka]]. It received official recognition in 21193 and authorised for use in public elementary education for the first time.  


Kiravic Coscivian is an auxiliary official language, and is understood (at least in written form) by up to 40% of the population, mostly as a second language, though it is common as a first language in the major cities and among the Mainlander community. All public information is made available in Kiravic, and many large businesses now work mainly in Kiravic. However, Austral Coscivian remains the dominant language, and most Kiravic-speakers living in Sydona must learn Austral Coscivian in order to get by.  
Kiravic Coscivian is an auxiliary official language, and is understood by up to 40% of the population, mostly as a second language. It is common as a first language among the Mainlander community and is important in the corporate world. Public information is increasingly made available in Kiravic. However, Austral Coscivian remains the dominant language of the Coscivian sector and heavily Cosconised cities, and native Kiravic-speakers living in Sydona must learn Austral Coscivian in order to navigate everyday life.


Other languages spoken in Sydona by sizeable communities include Melotic, Istro-Coscivian, and Leinish, all of which are accommodated by the government.
Other languages spoken in Sydona by sizeable communities include Istroyan, <!-- Istro-Coscivian? --> Aramaic, and Leinish.


===Religion===
===Religion===
Catholicism (Latin, Coscivian, and Caphiric), Shi'a Islam (Rumeli, [[Shapirism|Shapiri]], Twelver), Sunni Islam (need to decide on sects), Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy
Catholicism (Latin, Coscivian, and [[Caphiric Catholicism|Caphiric]]), Shi'a Islam (Rumeli, [[Shapirism|Shapiri]], Twelver), Sunni Islam (need to decide on sects)


<!-- Woolzi Sects, Sarostivism. Ancient Coscivian Moon- and ancestor-worship both Christianised and Islamised.  
<!-- Woolzi Sects, Sarostivism. Ancient Coscivian Moon- and ancestor-worship both Christianised and Islamised.  
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===Sports===
===Sports===
Sports are an important part of Sydonan cultural life. The most popular sport in Sydona is Kiravian-rules football (also known as fieldball). Fieldball is widely played informally and at the organised recreational, varsity, collegiate, and local amateur/semi-professional level. Professionally, the islands are home to two teams competing in the Empire Fieldball League and one competing in the Regions Football League.  
Sports are an important part of Sydonan cultural life.


{{wp|Association football}} (Austral Coscivian: ''kʊʉrat'', from Arabic ''kura'' "ball") is the second most popular sport in Sydona, in stark contrast to the rest of the Kiravian Federacy, where it receives little attention. The Sydona Islands are represented by their own national team in international competitions, separate from the notoriously irrelevant [[Kirav national soccer team|Kiravian national team]]. Although the Sydonan national team outperforms its Kiravian counterpart, it is still not particularly successful in tournament play. Soccer is generally played during the antipodean spring and summer in Sydona, coinciding with the fall/winter regular season for fieldball in Great Kirav, though it is evolving into a more year-round sport. The Austral Coscivian language has its own distinct vocabulary relating to soccer, much of which is locally coined or borrowed from Continental Ixnayan languages, unlike Kiravic Coscivian which has mostly borrowed or calqued its soccer terminology from Levantine or wider international usage.
{{wp|Association football}} (Austral Coscivian: ''kʊʉrat'', from Arabic ''kura'' "ball") is the second most popular sport in Sydona, in stark contrast to the rest of the Kiravian Federacy, where it receives little attention. The Sydona Islands are represented by their own national team in international competitions, separate from the notoriously irrelevant [[Kirav national soccer team|Kiravian national team]]. Although the Sydonan national team outperforms its Kiravian counterpart, it is still not particularly successful in tournament play. Soccer is generally played during the antipodean spring and summer in Sydona, coinciding with the fall/winter regular season for fieldball in Great Kirav, though it is evolving into a more year-round sport. The Austral Coscivian language has its own distinct vocabulary relating to soccer, much of which is locally coined or borrowed from Continental Ixnayan languages, unlike Kiravic Coscivian which has mostly borrowed or calqued its soccer terminology from Levantine or wider international usage.
Sydona is home to the famed tennis champion [[Hinko Karthinović]].


==Economy==
==Economy==
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Sydona has extensive (mostly offshore) deposits of {{wp|petroleum}} and {{wp|natural gas}}, the easily the largest of any Kiravian province by proven reserves. The Sydona Resource Development Authority, a {{wp|trading fund|state-owned commercial entity}} under the purview of the provincial Secretariat of Energy, has a statutory monopoly on oil drilling in Sydona and its waters, though since 21202 it has begun licensing an increasing number of oilfields to private companies, such as [[Kiro-Audonian SakOil]]. Oil and gas are Sydona's leading export and source of government revenues.  
Sydona has extensive (mostly offshore) deposits of {{wp|petroleum}} and {{wp|natural gas}}, the easily the largest of any Kiravian province by proven reserves. The Sydona Resource Development Authority, a {{wp|trading fund|state-owned commercial entity}} under the purview of the provincial Secretariat of Energy, has a statutory monopoly on oil drilling in Sydona and its waters, though since 21202 it has begun licensing an increasing number of oilfields to private companies, such as [[Kiro-Audonian SakOil]]. Oil and gas are Sydona's leading export and source of government revenues.  


The eastern islands hold major deposits of {{wp|handwavium}}, while Érdoran and Manētuva have significant reserves of tin and tungsten. Offshore natural gas exploration is underway in the Sydona Sound. Sydona's handwavium industry is tightly supervised by the federal government, as the mineral is of great strategic value to the Kiravian Navy and shipping industry, which require it for interregional travel.
The eastern islands hold major deposits of {{wp|handwavium}}, while Érdoran and Manētuva have significant reserves of tin and tungsten. Offshore natural gas exploration is underway in the Sydona Sound. Sydona's handwavium industry is tightly supervised by the federal government, as the mineral is of great strategic value to the Kiravian Navy and shipping industry, which require it for certain long-haul voyages.


===Agriculture===
===Agriculture===
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