NATIONAL SHOWCASE [OOC, SEP ONLY]

[Roskian Federation]

This is a national showcase of your nation in the Region New Septentrion, informally known as Septentrion and the immediate successor of Septentrion.

Below shows an example from the Federal Soviet Republics of Yugoslovenski. It is meant to be a comprehensive OOC guide to your nation, in a way that a national IIWiki cannot (but your IIwiki link should be included where applicable).

It is meant to describe the national character, history, and goals of the modern state. Feel free to use sensational section titles.

[Roskian Federation]

NATIONAL SHOWCASE: FEDERAL SOVIET REPUBLICS OF YUGOSLOVENSKI
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Naum Valentinov,
1st New President of Yugoslovenski

Yugoslovenski: Aspiring Regional Power and Slavic Powerhouse

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Yugoslovenski, bordered by the Federation of Soviet Republics to the North and Maldania to the Northeast, is one of many slavic states binded together by the Commonwealth of Northern Casaterran States (CNCS). It holds the third largest economy of the CNCS and the fifth largest majority-slavic economy, though its military weight-class puts it as the third most powerful slavic state and state in the CNCS - trailing the FSR and Vihoslavia. Despite this, it is currently the second weakest state in its area, surrounded by Ostland, Sieuxerr, the FSR, and Eisenmatt, all of whom claim some of the most powerful militaries in Septentrion, with Siexuerr and the FSR also being the alliance powerhouses of the Able Vigil Accords (AVA) and the CNCS, respectively.

The state wishes to be the final survivor in the total collapse of the slavic states, though actively tries to prevent these collapses, militarily aiding Maldania during civil war in 2014 and invading Saintonge to liberate the Slavic people who were on the cusp of revolution. To this regard, it maintains a somewhat differing stance to the FSR, to avoid having it as a crutch, but also not denying the advantages of being in tow. It now looks to solidify gains in unity with the Slavic people with a prospective merging of itself and Maldania, who have been closely aligned through all of history.

Though the other reasons are not as noble. Yugoslovenski faces the terrifying prospect of being the frontlines of a total war between the AVA and CNCS, and also being the center of any aggressive charge by the Grand Alliance into Slavic territory. To this aim, it looks to be one of the most powerful militaries in the entire world, and could likely be on the brink of jumping over many states as it rapidly modernizes with aggressive advances into Fourth Generation Tanks and Fifth Generation Fighter Jets. The limitations of no significant water boundaries also assist it, as it focuses on fielding one of the most advanced and powerful armies in the world. Though it doesn't expect to jump over Sieuxerr or the FSR, its immediate goals are dwarfing the Germanic neighbor (Ostland) in military strength to deter any act of aggression from the East. It is clear, however, that Yugoslovenski's steps are less about power consolidation and more about its own security, with an aggressive charge by a combined AVA force likely to push straight through Yugoslovenski in its present state.

Yugoslovenski Mi-17 takes off during raid on Anton Milic's house, October 27th, 2018

A Not So Stable Democracy

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Despite her wishes to be a great Slavic Power, Yugoslovenski's run with democracy has been rocky, and has been close to the state collapsing at least three times since 1980, with total civil war averted after FSR intervention in a attempted rebellion at Fort Morsiot in the late 1980s. The most recent brush with death includes the Coup of Anton Milic, resulting in an election on January 1st, which will heavily favor the Christian Democratic Party, ending the political dominance of the Democratic Party, who led Yugoslovenski through the uneasiness of the 1990s and all the way to the aftermath of the invasion of Saintonge, which is still ongoing.

Democracy came after the third and final near collapse in 1998, after a stagnant economy returned with growth far below what was promised, and the democratic ideas of Accountability pouring in, the Supreme Soviet willingly stepped down in February, and formed the Parliament Intermediary Government, who ran until November 1st, when the full new government under the 1998 Yugoslovenski People's Constitution. Democracy proved to be the needed medicine, holding the country together fairly well after economic downturn in the mid-2000s. The dream of independence had been realized, as the country moved further to the left, embracing western liberalism while also maintaining its culture and identity. However, in 2018, after the propaganda in regards to the Saintonge War outran its usefulness, and the treatment of the working class after the war, also adding onto three protest massacres in Novi Pazar, the Democratic Party lost its popularity rapidly. The October 14th election proved to be quite the stunner though, when Anton Milic blatantly rigged the election, overstuffing the ballot and causing a 104.67% turnout, which turned to protests almost immediately.

Valentinov went to FSR, Vihoslavia, and Maldania for support of something drastic: Overthrowing Anton Milic and removing the Prime Minister position. After their support, and nearly 13 days of protests, the Military arrested Anton Milic. Valentinov took control of the government and provided a temporary order as the state moved toward its elections in January. In November, the 16th amendment was passed, giving the country an executive branch that checks and can be checked by the Legislature.

This democracy will hold.

Victory in Saintonge Parade, September 7th, 2018

A Country Full of Pride

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Yugoslovenski is a very proud country, accomplishing military operations in heavy resistance areas, boasting one of the most diverse ethnic clusters on the continent, maintaining its culture as the democratic ideals of the GA pour in through the Ostlandian Border. Though the country has almost fallen into war several times, the idea of breaking the country apart has been considered amongst the worst of possible talks, with civilians actively suppressing those ideas as they appear. The nation looks to aggressively launch itself into the modern world with power, unity, and a voice heard globally. Funding misinformation campaigns in several states, Yugoslovenski looks to increase its influence, and in turn, the influence of the CNCS globally, to help counter the Grand Alliance, who heavily punished Yugoslovenski after invading Saintonge. The uneasy friendships formed afterwards could be questioned immediately, challenging Maracaibo in Meridia despite the boost in friendship after a rescue of the Maracaiban Chancery in Novi Pazar.

It continues modernization efforts, removing outdated equipment and bringing in top of the line equipment, continuing to liberalize the economy, and pushing for a long-lasting, stable democracy. It hopes that countries will soon look up to Yugoslovenski, as Yugoslovenski presently looks up to FSR and Vihoslavia. With the 2019 government, Yugoslovenski hopes to push forward deep economic reforms and try to push for a four year mass economic growth, similar to the American growth under Lyndon B. Johnson (i haven't decided if I want this to work yet), in hopes to be relevant once again. Several potential years of huge economic growth, as well as probable integration of Maldania, could possibly help Yugoslovenski attain its goal of regional relevancy and global status.

[Letnev]

National Showcase: Federation of Soviet Republics

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The FSR: A Patchwork Goliath

The Federation of Soviet Republics, consisting of 5 internal major republics, and in political union with two others, is something of a Frankenstein's monster. Eight major ethnic groups and a plethora of minority groups share the territory making up the modern day Federation, many of them having different cultures, histories, and beliefs. These differences can lead to clashes between cultures, peoples, and ideas. Oftentimes minority groups feel under-represented or repressed, especially those in the fringe regions of the country.

Despite this, the vast majority of citizens in the country view themselves as "Soviet" rather than "Kalvian" or "Turakh". This is made possible by several aspects of the country; some of them are unique, many are not. The foremost among these aspects is the nation's Orthodox heritage. The vast majority of the country belongs to the Orthodox Christian faith, and the Church enjoys a number of benefits in the country. This creates a sense of "oneness" across cultural divides, as (almost) every distinct group in the Federation worships the same God, in similar ways. Conscription is another aspect of the country that, while not unique among nations in Septentrion, creates a sense of kinship among the different peoples of the Federation. The last aspect is one that is partially borrowed from the rest of Casaterra: local elections. While the federal government is far off in Turov, distant from the cries of the everyman, many groups rest easy knowing that they are being locally governed by one of their own.

While not a perfect union, as history has often shown, the Federation has managed to become one of the most powerful states in the history of Septentrion. With it's own internal strife relatively calmed in the twenty-first century, the country looks to pick at the stability of it's rivals, and continue to exert influence abroad as a superpower.

Neither Red nor Blue: The Third Way

When the Letnevian Empire fell into collapse, many new ideas and conceptions of government did battle in the forms of words, debate, and eventually steel. The revolutionary ideals of communism were made physical in the Red movement, and the liberal conception of Democratic ideals manifested itself in the Blue movement. Neither of these, though, was able to emerge triumphant. It was the White Soviets, not the Reds, who won the hearts of the people- and the support of foreign armies, to the dismay of the Blues. The world was unsure of how to respond to this new, strange, form of government- now called Totalism. With the zealotry of the Communists, the loose economics of the Republicans, and the cultural passion of the Tsarists, the Totalists came to create a new system.

Totalism had it's coming of age in an era of fire, in the Pan-Septentrion War. By the time Fascism had been crushed, the Federation had the largest army in the world, and likely the most powerful. Of course, it was not long before the country was in ideological conflict again- this time not within itself, but across the sea, with Communist Polvokia and the Organized States, who sought to create a liberal order. While ultimately prevailing over Communism with the collapse of Jedoria, Polvokia, and Leonesse, the Federation of Soviet Republics is still knee deep in conflict with the Organized States, and other Liberal Democracies for influence over much of the world.

The fight today has evolved much beyond conventional warfare: proxy wars, disinformation campaigns, and propaganda complement further modernization of the armed forces. With the Grand Alliance falling victim to internal strife and disorder, FSR seeks to clean up it's own house- reigning in Vihoslavia and Yugoslovenski, and continuing to exert heavy influence on the governments of Artsakh and Thesparos to end their internal conflicts. Throughout all of this, though, the Federation continues to defy the growing Liberal Democratic order, and is increasingly proving that the cold war isn't really over.

[New Hayabusa]

NATIONAL SHOWCASE: REPUBLIC OF DAYASHINA
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The Embers of the Past...
Dayashina, a thriving island nation of over 115 million citizens, is just one of the many nations that form the Grand Alliance. It includes one autonomous republic in Hanhae, which has secured a formal independence bid scheduled for 2019. For all intents and purposes, Dayashina is a nation which has had its history defined by war, from ancient times up to what is considered recent history. Perhaps the most defining moment in the history of the ancient civilization was its participation in the Pan-Septentrion War.

An IDA unit celebrates a victory over OS Marines in Themiclesia, 1941

After the formation of Imperial Dayashina, Casaterran empires subjected the nation to over 60 years of indirect subjugation. Many historians accredit this, alongside pre-existing ideas of ethnic superiority, to the rise of perhaps the most infamous political figure in the history of Septentrion - Genki Suzuki. Suzuki, after stimulating the imperial military-industrial complex both numerically and intellectually, plunged the nation into what would become known as the Pan-Septentrion War. Tearing across the continent of Meridia and wiping Casaterran navies out of the eastern hemisphere, the Empire found itself ripping a near irreparable hole in the fabric of the Casaterran world order. At its height, the Empire spanned from disputed Khalistan to Tol Uinen.

Things changed in 1943, when the Empire overplayed its hand and committed itself to a full blown campaign to invade Tol Galen. In the largest naval battle in Septentrion's history, the Imperial Dayashinese Navy traded blows back and forth with the Royal Galenic Navy, and left the fight victorious, but in desperate need of repair and recuperation. It was then that over half of the Royal Tyrannic Home Fleet, unbeknownst to the IDN, arrived in the waters of the Meridian Ocean. Combining with elements of the RGN, the combined force ended up catching the IDN off guard, and inflicted casualty rates not unlike those that the IDN inflicted at Tol Ereb. Thus, the Empire lost a massive part of its sole base of projection - its navy.

Following these events and the subsequent "Maracaiban Betrayal", which threatened the Empire's very capacity to exist, Genki Suzuki ordered an immediate reshuffle the nations military command structure, stripping his outspoken opponents of power and replacing them with those who aligned with his psychotic world view. The most significant change as a result of this reshuffle was the removal of General Yutaka Ueda, the cleanest and most effective military leader that the Empire had, from command of the Eastern Meridian Army, due to his opposition to Suzuki's racist policies. Subsequently, the entire command structure down to field officers was reshuffled, all in preparation for what would become one of history's most infamous massacres - the Genocide of Maracaibo.

Having lost all it's ground in visceral island battles across the Meridian Ocean, Dayashina found itself cornered, with the IDN having been slowly whittled down to the point where the Empire found itself split across Hemithea, Meridia, and its homeland with no means of connection or cohesion. The allies landed in Meridia in 1945, to the sight of a burning Maracaibo and a fanatically resilient Eastern Meridian Army, which took three years (two years following the official surrender of Imperial Dayashina) to functionally capitulate against all odds. After discovering the atrocities of the Imperial Dayashinese Army in Maracaibo, the allies agreed to form a committee for the investigation of Dayashinese war crimes.

In some of the most visceral combat of the war, the allies jointly landed on Dayashinese sacred islands, and launched a massive bombing campaign on the Dayashinese homeland, attempting to bring it into submission. After months of relentless bombing, the nation refused to issue a surrender after the allies beckoned them to multiple times. Leading Dayashinese officials later confirmed that the strategy was to bait the allies into a landing, a suicidal plan to inflict casualties of unfathomable proportions on allied troops, for the idea was that the nation would be willing to cease to exist before losing its honor. Eventually, allied bombers flew over Takena and the south of Nakazara, but this time, carrying a nuclear payload. Two nuclear bombs were dropped, one on each city, causing hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties and destruction the likes of which had never been seen before.

Following the official surrender of Dayashina, a soldier
of the IDA and Royal Tyrannian Army share a smoke
after the surrender of most Dayashinese holdouts on Sora

After a two month period of total standstill from both Dayashina and the allies, word started to flow to the allies that Genki Suzuki and his entire faction in High Command had committed ritual suicide. General Toshiro Miyazaki, speaking for the remainder of High Command at the time, invited the allies into the nation, promising that the IDA would lay down its arms and agree to any terms of surrender. The Emperor, accompanied by Miyazaki, and other ranking officers of the IDA, signed official documents of surrender in July of 1946.

What followed was the trial and execution of those deemed responsible (by the Grand Alliance) for war crimes, and the complete political occupation of the nation up until 1950, as they planned and guided the reconstruction of what they believed would be a critical asset in the future. Quite controversially, the Grand Alliance never formally dismantled the Imperial Dayashinese Armed Forces, and made rebuilding its military-industrial complex a priority. Historical analysts across the world are in full agreement that the Grand Alliance kept the IDA around to strike fear into Hemithean communists, which were on the rise immediately following the end of the PSW. This became evident when the Imperial Dayashinese Army, rebranded as the Republic of Dayashina Army, was deployed en masse by the Grand Alliance in the Hanhae War, which lasted from 1951 to 1953. The RDA, under native command, saw sweeping success in conjuction with reformed Hanhaean forces in the defeat of DPRM-funded and armed Hanhaean People's Front.

The Organised States, Tol Galen, and New Tyran remained an active presence across Dayashina for nearly two decades as they worked to rebuild the nation's economy. Adopting the Tyrannic Model of parliamentary process and democracy, the Republic of Dayashina eventually flourished into a modern democracy and a diversified economy, now more than just a military asset of the west. Cities once burnt to ashes were now standing far taller than they did before, with Nakazara becoming one of the world's largest financial centers by 1970. Eventually, growth rates surpassed those of Themiclesia and at one point, Menghe, solidifiying the Republic of Dayashina's position as an important part of the newly formed global economy.

Dayashina maintained a quite formal, rigid, and traditionalist society as desired by the Grand Alliance in order to not only maintain it's growth rates, but also to keep the Dayashinese military as a core part of it's society. Despite the traditionalist practices across the nation, cultural influences from OS, Tyran, and Tol Galen inevitably made their way into the nation, introducing it to everything from different types of music and literature to the tenets of consumer capitalism and business-driven individualism. In 1975, it was estimated that over 40 percent of Dayashina was fluent in Tyrannian (these figures would later grow to 85% by 2018).

Following the revitalisation of the tiger Dayashinese economy by the allies, the Republic was in a position to reasonably bid it's rebuilders a warm farewell. Military elements of the Organised States departed to Taga, while those of Tol Galen and Tyran returned home across the ocean. By their departure, the Republic had established itself as an independent power in the Grand Alliance, and began reforming it's foreign policy away from the deterrence of communism to align with the controversially hegemonic Grand Alliance general foreign policy switch up. The Republic of Dayashina, resting in the Grand Alliance's Eastern Command (EASTCOM), was handed the mantle of responsibility for the loosely defined area, encompassing Meridia and Eastern Hemithea alike. Having established itself as a global power once more, the nation was ready to move into its next era.

...light the Flame of the Future

Skyline of Nakazara, 2018

Today, Dayashina stands as one of the most powerful countries in the world, being commonly ranked as fourth or fifth in Septentrion for raw military power. On top of that, it still stands as one of Hemithea's and the world's fastest growing economies, set to surpass Themiclesia, one of the most developed states in the world, in GDP per capita in Q2 of 2019. It is home to several of the world's most prominent companies, from Dayacom International in electronics and telecommucations to Toruzuku Auto, a pioneer in the future of private transportation with significant presence across the world. Nakazara, Dayashina's capital city and the largest city in Septentrion with nearly 40 million people, is now one of the world's most important financial centers, a centerpiece and marvel of the global economy as designed by the Grand Alliance. Quality of life in Dayashina, surpassing it's Casaterran counterparts, is now amongst some of the highest in the world, supported and driven by a diversified economy which spurred extreme growth across the largely urbanised country.

With it's newfound power, unrivaled compared to any other era in Dayashinese history including the peak of its imperial might in the Pan-Septentrion War, the Dayashinese people became entitled to a renewed sense of independence and exaggerated sense of native excellence. The embodiment of this profound feeling now affecting Dayashinese people is the current Prime Minister Daichi Noru, one of only two members of the Dayashinese Conservative Party to be elected since 1955. Noru, riding off the wave of a renewed sense of unmasked pride in Dayashinese independence, traditionalism, and cultural expression, has rather aggressively strayed from the Grand Alliance status quo, stating that he refused to continue to allow his people to be treated as military puppets for an alliance which no longer served many of Dayashina's interests. Instability in the GA's most prominent power in the Organised States, as well as increasing aggressivity from the Able Vigil Accords around the world, have put Noru's Dayashina in quite a strenuous and controversial position.

Perhaps Noru's most controversial trait is the aggressivity with which he has forwarded his foreign policy goals. Following the Takena Metro Bombings in late 2015, which killed 50 innocent Dayashinese civilians, a vote was put forward to Dayashinese Parliament as to whether or not it should once again intervene in Kouraki to end the revitalised terrorist group which committed the bombings, a group that sourced from the remnants of the very one that they had thought to be destroyed after 1994. Passing by only a margin of 2%, the Republic of Dayashina once again found itself engaged in war in Kouraki. To make matters worse, President Kerman of Maracaibo, in his rampant antagonisation of Dayashina, accused Noru of trying to rebuild Imperial Dayashina, and forced his nation into the thick of the conflict by sending its own carrier strike group, which the already established joint command between Dayashina and Tyran restricted to occasional air strikes.

From 2016 to 2018, the Republic of Dayashina Armed Forces worked once again with those of Tyran and the Kouraki government to put an end to terrorism sourcing from Kouraki. After a year of continuous air strikes and special forces raids, Dayashina and Tyran had completely dismantled the organisation, much quicker and much more efficiently than in the previous intervention. More controversy sparked up when the RDA and Maracaiban Expeditionary Force got into multiple heated standoffs in the midst of the rebuilding and reformation efforts in Kouraki after it was reported that Kouraki's Princess Zara was marrying a descendant of the Dayashinese royal family. Kerman of Maracaibo used this as verification of the restoration of the Dayashinese Empire, despite the marriage being a completely private matter.

Ranking officers of Dayashina and Tol Galen inspect
Dayashinese Honour Guard battalion, Remembrance Day Parade 2017

Under Noru, Dayashina has reshifted its centre of focus in terms of foreign policy to work ever more closely with Tol Galen and Menghe. With a certain level of distrust in the OS political system following recent events, and the subsequent uptick in AVA military intervention across the world, the friendship between Dayashina and Menghe has only grown closer. With both nations seeing closer relations as mutually beneficial at the current status of general military parity, Dayashina has solidified it's membership of THETA (a trans-Hemithean free trade bloc connected by the world's largest high speed rail line spanning from Nukkomaa to Dayashina), and taken a leading role in aiding the modernisation of the Menghean armed forces, bringing them into the next generation. Simultaneously, Noru's Dayashina has secured it's economic, and strategic defensive relationship with it's now closet ally, Tol Galen. With the two being some of if not the most interconnected nations in Septentrion, with a general combined force parity with the Organised States, many analysts predict that the "two Meridian Ocean tigers" represent the near future centerpoint of global economic and political focus.

[Themiclesia]

NATIONAL SHOWCASE: Themiclesia
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The current Emperor

Yugoslovenski: Aspiring Regional Power and Slavic Powerhouse

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Themiclesia, bordered by the Nukkumaa to the north, Polvokia to the northeast, Dzhungestan to the east, and Maverica to the south, is one of the canonical Hemithean states under traditional reckoning. It is a member state of the Septentrion League, the Septentrion Trade Organization, the Septentrion Bank, the Septentrion Monetary Fund, the Grand Alliance, the East Hemithean Trade Organization, and numerous other international bodies. It is the fifth-largest economy in Hemithea, after the Organized States, Menghe, Dayashina, and Maverica. Themiclesia's military prowess is difficult to estimate due to the way it takes inventory of its assets; nevertheless, experts believe Themiclesia to have a competent defence force, judging purely by historical performance and internal regulations, even if the Organized States seems to take a very active role defending the country.

A long-time self-declared peaceful state, Themiclesia's foreign policy since the end of the 13th century has revolved around appeasement, forebearance, and seeking of mutual interests. Domestically, these tenets are supported by multiple schools of philosophy, some originating in ancient Menghe, from which most early settlers in Themiclesian originated. Abroad, Themiclesia's proximity to the Organized States, a great power, has engendered unusual demands from diplomacy. In seeking international recognition of its hegemony, the OS required a peacable partner that was moderately wealthy to appear credibly as a willing ally but co-operative as an examplary, in order to demonstrate the superiority of the liberal world order that economically benefited the OS. Themiclesia was disposed to co-operate in this matter and quickly shifted its doemstic economy such that the expanding OS economy equated expanding demand for Themiclesian goods, and that conflicts were structurally avoided. Today, Themiclesia's government officially states it has no enemies, though defence spending does not corroborate that sentiment.

Through these privileged interactions, Themiclesia has been able to devote a larger portion, than otherwise it could afford, of its resources to economic development. The most stunning achievement to date is its productivity, second to only the OS on Hemithea and sixth overall in the entire world. The average person producing $45,000 (OSD, 2017 nominal), most regions boast a living standard not dissimilar to that in the OS, and in the wealthier areas, may surpass the same. This is especially striking in context of the near-complete devastation the country suffered during the Pan-Septentrion War, which saw a prolonged conflict between Themiclesia and Dzhungestani Khanate, the Menghean Empire, and the Dayashinese Empire, the last two collectively outnumbering Themiclesia over 9-to-1. After the war, Themiclesia heavily invested in precision manufacturing, digital technology, and the service industry; lasting effects of these decisions can still be detected in Themiclesia's large computer industry, in both hardware and software sectors, a globalized financial sector, and multinational firms offering legal, accounting, and other consulting expertise.

Mi-17 takes off during raid somewhere, October 27th, 2018

A Stable Democracy

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Despite Themiclesia's canonical self-portrayal as the "legitimate state" whose sovereign was, in some sense, the supreme ruler of the world, it is today regarded as a most stable and functional democracy, amongst unitary states. It retains the monarchy purely as a symbolic head-of-state, who has little political function and is even more vestigial than some other constitutional monarchies in the world. Commensurately, Themiclesia, though a Menghean-style monarchy in form, is esteemed amongst the least authoritarian states in the world.

Despite a constant desire to remain at least nominally faithful to the Menghean monarchy that wielded absolute power, the early Themiclesian one was virtually powerless due to a variety of societal factors; it never gained much more power since establishment and, according to some historians, was a ceremonial monarchy from the very commencement, reigning over an civilian, aristocratic, autonomous bureaucracy. The Themiclesian monarch is also notable for having no connection (not even a symbolic one) to the country's armed forces and is not the commander-in-chief thereof. Soldiers considered their broadest allegiance to be towards the Audience Courtyard (朝廷, hnrjagw-deng), which is a physical place where imperial edicts, drafted by the bureacuracy with the emperor's nominal assent, were proclaimed and gained the force of law. Some authors deem this an early form of institutionalism, since the country's forces were loyal to not a person or group of persons, but to a custom or process; this sentiment is echoed by contemporary documents, which in the vast majority of cases speak of "decisions of the Audience Courtyard" rather than a specific person.

Themiclesian democracy in its present form came into existence during the 19th century, before which the bureaucracy, which managed its own recruitment, promotions, and pay, was dominant. The introduction of representative democracy partly arrived in the form of students, who were respected as heritors of classical philosophy, being asked to hold elections amongst themselves to the Court of Protonotaries, a writing office where statutes are drafted. These elections have ancient roots but acquired their present function in the said time period. A second form was through the institution of bureaucratic recommendations, in which all bureaucrats "before the imperial audience" (above a certain rank) had the power to criticize others and expose their wrongdoing. A third and final form was the qualification of bureaucrats themselves, who had to be, in the first place, supported by local gentry before being eligible for state-held examinations. As representation grew wider during the course of the century, the franchise later expanded to reach the entire adult population by 1935.

Non-elected elements in the legislative process receded in power but not necessarily in prominence and exposure. The positions of Meridian Attendant and Cavalier Attendant, once monopolized by the aristocracy, retained their influence by becoming open to more individuals of public reputation but, for one reason or another, would not stand for election. Their advice, as previously the case, was not required for lawmaking, but their personal reputation lend weight to them. This was not a powerful check on the elected chamber by any means, and certainly not sufficient to veto a bill, but the respect that these non-elected individuals commanded, which could conceivably affect an elected representative's prospects at defending his seat, was often sufficient to compel revision and reconsideration.

Victory Parade, September 7th, 2018

A Country Full of Pride

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Themiclesians are quite proud of their country, which produced a large number of accomplished individuals in a wide array of disciplines, including science, literature, diplomacy, the arts, &c. The long and diverse list of "Alumni Themicleienses", a honour roll of remarkable people from Themiclesia or having resided there, has led many to believe that the country must be doing something correct to be nurturing these individuals. Amongst the attributes that the world associates with Themiclesia—peace, curiosity, and conscientiousness—one has been identified as the root of all success, empathy. While the Themiclesian educational system has gone to great lengths to avoid political indoctrination, empathy is one value consistently emphasized through the public education system. Students are encouraged to think on behalf of others, since, according to folk wisdom, "all virtues are variations of empathy". The country's resilience in the face of enmity, forebearance of warfare, and consistent diplomatic initiative to promote peace through world trade and cultural understanding, have been described as part of the "culture of empathy".

Despite its historical and modern prominence, Themiclesia remains a hub of artistic creativity and technological innovation. The country hopes to develop the world's first "post-industrial" economy, in which most value is generated by the provision of knowledge and advice, and each person has an irreplaceable place in his specialization; this is slated to eliminate structural unemployment and liberate the economy from labour and manufacture, in which Themiclesia could not hope to compete with rising powers such as Menghe and Dayashina, to a lesser extent. Themiclesia is still a long way from such a lofty goal, but one may be assured that the smol country will be at the forefront of its own enterprise to better the world and itself along it.

[West Atlantia]

NATIONAL SHOWCASE: Tír Glas (An Ghraonlainn)
Ní neart go cur le chéile - There is no strength without unity
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Uncertain times...

Tír Glas is an island off the west coast of Vinya. It is the most populous nation in Vinya and of the Galenosphere (six nations and several smaller entities that share common cultural, historical and ethnic roots). Tír Glas is by far and away the largest Vinyan economy and qualitatively speaking the most powerful military power in the region. Jedoria retaining a substantial quantitative advantage with its vast reserve component.

Tír Glas leads an economic union in Vinya between it and the other Galenosphere nations. It is aiming to further development in the region by bringing nations other than those of the Galenosphere into the Vinyan Union though currently this is but a pipe dream with hostile states currently neighbouring all of the current partner nations.

Tír Glas is also part of collective defence arrangement in Vinya aimed at guaranteeing the security and sovereignty to the Galenosphere nations whilst also retaining a long standing informal entente with Thonador and Andor.
Worthy of note is the very real possibility, even probability that Tír Glas and the VDC will be drawn into conflict with either Artsakh or Vyzhva, there having been ongoing tensions and troubles with both since the 1940s. Vyzhva has openly committed to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, threatening their use against any of the nations surrounding it or any supporting those nations whilst Artsakh has been embroiled in an on again off again series of skirmishes and low-intensity conflicts with Tír Glas and Artanor. Jedoria whilst technically no longer at war with Andor and by extension Tír Glas (and the other Galenosphere nations) has in recent years become a member of the AVA, an alliance priding itself on the reclamation of lost territory which is deeply disturbing to both the Galenic and Andoran governments, nobody wishes to see a repeat of the Vinyan War, yet it seems not unlikely if support and aid to Jedoria from the AVA continues.

A Galenic tank commander speaking to her driver

An alliance divided...

Unwilling to fully commit to the defence of Casaterra in the face more open AVA expansionism and with shifts in local and Vinyan politics Tír Glas has found itself at odds with its role in the Global Alliance (GA), compounded by the recent internal troubles in the Organised States and the annexation and bifurcation of Saintonge by Yugoslovenski and Sieuxerr. Relatively good relations with the FSR and rapidly warming relations with Menghe have both played their part in the Galenic government's decision to rescind its membership of the GA from 2020, initially with the aim of a more formal defence arrangement in Vinya and eventually a partnership with Dayashina and Menghe. The aim being to control and prevent AVA expansion into what is currently the GA's Eastern Command (EASTCOM) whilst retaining arrangements with the CNCS (primarily FSR) and GA (Primarily the Organised States) in the area.

The Earl of Swords conversing with members of the Galenic Armed Forces

A new queen for a new era

Since the abdication of her mother in 2015, Queen Jane I alongside her younger sister Niamh, Princess of Skellige have sought to further the work started by their mother notably, the abolition of state religion and the distancing from Casaterran politics. The two have been on several state tours since 2015, most notably to Jedoria to mark the official end of the Vinyan War. Since her ascension to the throne the Galenic Monarchy has stayed popular amongst most Galenic citizens and those of the Commonwealth with many seeing Jane, like her mother before her as a herald of change for the better.

HRH Jane I prior to her coronation

The Tiger and the Horse

Since the end of the Galeno-Dayashinese war Tír Glas has tried to both model the initial government and then influence the growth of what was then termed 'New' Dayashina on itself, instilling its values and ideals, nurturing what would become its greatest ally. Favourable trade agreements and investments by Galenic industry have further intertwined the two nations and of late with the ever more belligerent rhetoric leaving Maracaibo military ties have gotten much close with interoperability down to the lowest level becoming an important concern between both nations.
Over the past few years it has become ever more common to find seconded personnel from both militaries serving as liaisons on a semi-permanent basis with their opposites, the culmination of this being the allowance of Dayashinese citizens to enlist in the Galenic Armed Forces without the previously required five-years citizenship.

Downtown Avallónë

[Jedoria]

NATIONAL SHOWCASE: Federated Combine of Jedoria


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Where many paths meet

Jedoria, officially known as the Federated Combine of Jedoria, is steeped in tradition and a history that could fill volumes. For centuries Jedoria's has been the crossroads of many varied ideologies, peoples, and journeys. Jedoria is bordered by Slavs to the north, Turks to the west and Celts to the south, with each group imparting their own unique influence on Jedoria's Baltic people. Jedoria itself is cleanily divided into north and south by the Vortish Channel and the man made Luminovian Canal. In the south large fields and forests dominate the landscape, while in the north vast taigas and mountains can be found in abundance. For much of written history Jedoria was a land divided into many different kingdoms and realms. In early times the Turkic Avernahkii ruled the land, before they were pushed out by Norse invaders from Aversgard. Later Slavic migrants from the north settled northern Jedoria, and over the course of several centuries these various powers and states ebbed and flowed with one another, spending more time fighting each other than the outside world. In 1843 Jedoria finally unified into a loose Confederation, which failed to solve many of Jedoria's problems but nevertheless was a step towards modernization. The Confederated of Jedoria avoided entanglement in in the Pan-Septentrion War, one of the few nations to not do so, but the post-war rise of international ideological expansionism succeeded in converting Jedoria to the Communist Bloc. Supported by Polvokia and then allies the Federation of Soviet Republics, the Jedorian Communist Party rose to power and in 1954 seized control of Jedoria. The Socialist Republic of Jedoria replaced the Confederation and under the leadership of General Secretary Aleksis Kraulis, Jedoria's de facto dictator, the Communists began a massive campaign to modernize and industrialize Jedoria. Domestically the programs were a huge success; literacy and life expectancy rose, as did standards of living as major infrastructure projects carved out an intricate highway system across Jedoria.

In the international sphere however, things went quite differently. Bolstered by nationalistic desires to reclaim territory occupied by foreign powers (both real and imagined) the Socialist Republic sent much of the half-century it existed locked in conflict with it's neighbors. Just half a decade after it was founded the Socialist Republic invaded it's southern neighbor Andor, sparking the Vinyan War. While Jedoria did reclaim the lands of Zavijava and Nesedana which remain Jedorian to this days, it came at a cost over over 300,000 Jedorian casualties. Exchanging lives for land would soon be a staple of Jedorian foreign policy, though never as successful. In between border conflicts with Vzyvha the Socialist Republic turned on it's former allies in the FSR by invading Kolodiya, before being forced to back down at the threat of nuclear retaliation. In his final days Kraulis, suffering from increasingly poor health, ordered his armies to invade Mozria, sparking the Jedorian-Mozrian War. in 1985 Jedoria found itself facing the combined military powers of the Able Vigil Accords, and was decisively defeated. Kraulis's death signaled the end of the war, as the Jedorians quickly thereafter sued for peace.

Relegated to the status of an international pariah, isolated and without allies, the Socialist Republic entered into a steep decline. Crippled by a stagnated economy, Jedoria entered the 21st Century alone and far behind the rest of the world, it's once well managed infrastructure decaying and it's once powerful armies increasingly outdated and ineffective. In 2003 after years of decline the Jedorian people erupted in protests against communist rule, which was met with a brutal crackdown and mass arrests. When the protests returned in even greater numbers in 2004, the military was sent in, but instead 17 divisions worth of troops defected to the protestors, sparking the Uprising which in turn led to the Jedorian Civil War. The Combine Rebels, demanding free elections and a loosening of economic regulations, rose up against the Socialist Republic, who in turn mobilized it's remaining armed forces and plunged Jedoria into war. For four brutal years the rebels and the Socialists traded blows, turning much of southern Jedoria into a battlefield. The rebels were aided by the Socialist Republic's former enemies, the Galenic powers and the Able Vigil Accords the latter of which directly contributed military forces to the fighting. After four bloody years and 2 million deaths the Socialist Republic was finally dissolved, and Jedoria transitioned to a democracy under the official title of the Federated Combine. Due to their support in the civil war, Jedoria joined the AVA in 2011, and began the long process of rebuilding.

Where do we go from here?

Time may heal all wounds, but scars are still visible across Jedoria

Just a little over ten years have passed since the end of the civil war, but Jedoria is still healing in more ways than one can imagine. 2 million Jedorians were killed during the war, including 500,000 civilians. More than 6 million were injured, and another 15 million internally displaced. Much of the country's infrastructure, already dilapidated from years of low funding and management, lay in ruin. Reconstruction, the process of repairing the damage, is expected tentatively to last until 2028 with further recovery efforts to continue until 2038. While bodies and rubble no longer litter the streets, there is still much work to be done. Countless land mines and unexploded ordinance makes entire communities uninhabitable. The State of Satalice, formerly one of the most populated in the country, is depleted of people and homes due to the years of war ravaging much of it's infrastructure and urban dwellings. There are even more problems that aren't visible; an entire generation scarred by the horrors of seeing comrades and loved ones killed or crippled, young adults who's childhood was spent cowering in cellars and basements to hide from the shelling, people who's family are forever shattered because of divided loyalties or because they lost a valued member in the fighting.

2 million Jedorians were killed in the Civil War, with millions more wounded

The war and it's psychological effects on the national psyche of Jedoria cannot be overstated. With practically everyone over the age of 15 possessing vivid memories of the war and it's impact, few decisions, least of all national policy, can be divided without the war having some kind of impact. Perhaps the most important one is "Where do we go from here?"

The Socialist Republic was a flawed state in many ways, but it nevertheless was a major power in Vinya, constantly vying with Tol Galen for influence and control. At one point the Jedorian economy was the fastest growing in all of the western hemisphere, but today hardly the same can be said. With it's shattered infrastructure and still uncertain future, Jedoria is a second rate power in almost all quantifiable aspects. It posses no major means of force projection, it's economic might is on par with a developing nation and it's history of confrontation and violence paint Jedoria in a less than flattering way. The Jedorian people and their leadership reflect this reality; slow to offend and quick to forgive, the Jedorians are well aware of how their country was once used to oppress and inflict suffering on others, something they are keenly aware of themselves. When many other nationalities view their armed forces as a sign of enduring freedom and national pride, the Jedorians are reminded of tanks in their streets, of artillery shelling their homes and schools, and young men being violently slaughtered en masse. Where as many other nations look to the cold war as a time of immense scientific progress, Jedorians look back on decades on seemingly endless conflict. This has led many in Jedoria to believe that it would be best for their country to remain out of the spotlight.

In recent years Jedoria has made several key efforts to avoid being seen as antagonistic, from naming their military the "Federal Forces" to avoid any relation to it's communist predecessors, to officially ending the Vinyan War with a treaty between Jedoria and the Galenosphere. Elsewhere Jedoria was been reluctant to take the lead; despite it's membership with the Able Vigil Accords the Federated Combine has been reluctant to follow in the footsteps of it's allies. Despite Slyvan and Sieuxerran insistence the Jedorians have been slow to modernize their armed forces, with many Jedorian soldiers armed with the same equipment of their fathers. Jedoria has avoided major entanglement in the variety of international developments, from the invasion of Saintogne and the recent political developments in the Organized States. Domestic issues continue to dominate the focus of the Jedorian government, and while not entirely reclusive from the world, the Jedorian people would much prefer it if they could expend their efforts on rebuilding their broken homeland.

[Westervelde]

NATIONAL SHOWCASE: United Republics of Rajamaa (Rajamaan Yhdysvallat), WIP

The Isolated Bulwark

Aalianism

Collapsing Faith

[Maltecna]

National Showcase: Federal Republic of Ostland - Bundesrepublik Ostland

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A Nation seeking Redemption

The Federal Republic of Ostland is a Federal parliamentary Republic, with a population of 51,329,921 and a Gross Domestic Product of 1.637 Trillion OSD, the origins of Ostland can be seen in the countless conflicts that preceded the actual formation of the Ostlandic Empire, including the Age of Krieg and the Wars of Unification. Ostland as a nation has had a troubled history, especially with its participation in the War of Sylvan Succession and the Pan-Septentrion War, with Ostland being the primary hostile power in Casaterra for the entire duration of the war.

Ostland was officially formed in 1871, with the formation of the Ostlandic Empire, which was the result of a Kommeranian Victory in the Wars of Unification, which resulted in Kommerania uniting all of the States of Ostland into the Empire to combat not just foreign influence and aggression, but to formally unify the Ostlandic peoples. The people that are now considered Ostlandic originated from Eisenmaat thousands of years ago, although originally a nomadic people they found the vast plains of Western and Eastern Ostland suitable for settlement, although this did not stop some smaller groups from remaining Nomadic. Ostland, although considered a victor in the War of Sylvan Succession, suffered a crippling economic depression which affected the economy and the Lower and Middle Classes significantly, which resulted in vast acceleration in ideological conflict. This ideological conflict came to a head when the Black Line, a Conglomeration of National-Socialist and Fascist Groups entered open combat with the Combat Groups of the Working Class, which were Armed Workers originating from the countless factories dotting Ostland. The Black Line came out of this short lived conflict victorious, and holding a significant power base with the largely discontent Ostlandic population, holding this power base convinced the loosely organized Government of the then Republic of Ostland to appoint Black Line Ministers in order to not fuel an actual civil war. One of the Black Line members appointed was the Leader of the Black Line Party, Hanz Alder, who was appointed to the Office of Chancellor. Although expected to respect the boundaries of his Office, he nonetheless took the first steps to consolidate power, first starting with debasing the Socialist and Communist Parties through planning a major scheme blaming several terrorist attacks on the parties, which was based off of the reasoning of them opposing the largely Black Line Government. A year following this occurrence, Hanz Alder was able to formally take control of both the Legislative and Executive Branches of Government through the Reich Act, which effectively allocated all Government powers to the Chancellor, Hanz Alder. Taking complete control of the Government, Hanz Alder began a mass suppression campaign of Socialist and Communist elements, aiming for a ''pure'' Reich lacking traitor ideologies. Through countless speeches and rallies, Hanz Alder gained the trust of the people, and subsequently rebuilt the Ostlandic Economy, reformed the Government, and revived the Military, alongside this, he reinstated Conscription, allowing for a fresh flow of recruits. By 1937, Ostland had regained a large portion of its economic standing, and had a sufficient military to enforce its will. On May 22nd, 1937, the Ostlandic Reich invaded Chervakia, a nation residing on the Northern border of the expansionist State, in less than a month the Chervakian Capital was taken, in credit to Blitzkrieg, which allowed for Ostlandic Mechanized Formations to swarm across the country at lightning speed. By September 11th, 1937, Erquin was also occupied, this speed and ferocity of the Invasion of both states proved impressive to the foreign powers. However, by February 1938 Ostland had begun the process of waging war against the FSR following their acceptance of Chervakian and Erquin partisans and Army remnants, causing the Northern Front to formally open.

Although the Ostlandic Reich was optimistic that its military superiority would overcome the matter of the vast FSR, it proved fruitless as the FSR was able to withstand the hurricane and push back the Heer and Luftwaffe. Within 4 years of the war beginning, the FSR Armies were approaching the borders of Ostland itself, while this occurred OS and New Tyran Forces landed on the Eastern Coast of Ostland, while their superior air power came from the West, Ostland was trapped, but nonetheless would fight to the end. The last year of the war was by far the darkest period of history in Ostland, a once industrial power in Casaterra, has had its industry leveled while foreign troops were crossing the border by the millions, by January of 1943, the Reich collapsed, ending the war in Casaterra, at a great cost not just to the Continent but to itself.

With the end of the Reich, and Hanz Alder dead, Ostland had to rebuild in order to maintain itself. Thanks in part largely to the Marshall Plan, which was conceived by the Organized States, the Ostlandic Economy began to recover at impressive rates, many regarding it as the Miracle of the Gewässertine. This economic recovery allowed for the Ostlandic peoples living standards to improve following the War, which destroyed many basic necessities. With the Ostlandic Economy recovering and showing no signs of stopping, the Federal Republic of Ostland formally joined the Grand Alliance to ensure its territorial integrity amid the establishment of the Turov Pact, which was adjacent to the border of Ostland.

Resurgence as a Regional Power

The Federal Republic of Ostland witnessed a resurgence as a Regional Power in the late nineteen eighties, when its military power during the ''Coldest War'' was at its respective height. However, once the Coldest War came to a conclusion, and the opening of trade agreements and warming of relations with former Turov Pact states, the Ostlandic Bundeswehr was downsized, this was only accelerated with the ascendance of Social Democratic Party Chancellors. Following a near two decades of mistreatment and mishandling of the Bundeswehr Budget, in 2013 Hanz Luftenburr won the Office of Chancellor, allowing for the Alliance Political Coalition to also gain a majority in the Große Versammlung. Gaining the Office of Chancellor, Luftenburr immediately attended to the matter of the Bundeswehr, which for the most part has had an increasingly reduced budget since the 90s, in the course of several years, he successfully increased the Defence Budget to 4.25% of the Nations Gross Domestic Product. Although denounced by the Dawn Political Coalition, it nonetheless was successful, even today the Alliance Coalition maintains a majority, and is expected to maintain it as long as Luftenburr remains at the head of the Coalition.

Ostland itself has become a key member to the Grand Alliance in Casaterra, specifically in Eastern Casaterra where it stands as the first line of defence against a CNCS incursion. With the increase in the Bundeswehr budget, Ostland has also begun take a far larger role in the Grand Alliance, assisting in international aid operations and maintaining an active military role, intending to protect fellow allies and close trade partners. The growth of the Bundeswehr was only accelerated when Yugoslovenski invaded the sovereign nation of Saintogne, and only grew popular support for consolidating the Bundeswehr, and support for maintaining the 4.25% budget peg. As of 2018, the Heer stands at 215,250 Active Combat Personnel, with 279,825 Personnel in reserve.

[Vyzhva]

NATIONAL SHOWCASE: Vyzhvan Collectivist State

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Land of Rolling Hills

The Vyzhvan Collectivist State, informally known as Vyzhva is a sovereign state situated in Central Vinya. The country has an approximate population count of 32 million people, whom are almost solely Vyzhvan in terms of ethnicity. Geographically speaking, Vyzhva is almost exclusively composed of steppe and lowlands, which historically housed the once nomadic Vyzhvan people.

Governmentally, Vyzhva is a totalitarian government known throughout Septentrion for its repression of civil as well as political rights. Its inhabitants live under a constant fear of being surveilled, and critique of the current government could potentially be punishable by death. The state maintains a planned economy which is fuelled by oil and agriculture, and has almost non-existing export and import sectors. Vyzhva is autocratically governed by Vazyl Ruban in accordance to the political principles of an obscure ideology known as Zayetism-Collectivism.

The Vyzhvan realms have a rich history and culture with most of it revolving around its nomadic history. Recorded Vyzhvan history takes its beginnings in 300 BCE when nomadic tribes settled what is today Vyzhva. Over time the segregated tribes devloped into tribal confederations which occasionally waged war on one another. The Warring States Epoch encompassed Vyzhvan lands up until the 14th century during which they were all unified under the common rule of the Hetman. It is also around this time that the collective leadership-style, that would come to permeate Vyzhva in the future, began to form.

The resulting polity became known as Maslihat Vyzhva and was, through territorial expansion, transformed into a greater Vyzhvan Empire, collectively led by the maslihat. The Vyzhvan empire reached its golden age around the 16th century, but began to decline in the 17th century under the pressure of Galenic invasions coming from the west. The nation entered an era of isolation that would not be lifted until liberal reforms were undertaken by Ansar Jalil in the early 20th century. The aforementioned reforms were defined by the initation of trade with neighbouring states and the introduction of the current geopolitical situation.

The Vyzhvan state would remain neutral throughout most of the Pan-Septentrion War, however the placidity of the domestic scene in Vyzhva was temporarily interrupted by a bloody civil war between the Zayetists, which were increasingly growing in numbers and popularity, and the Loyalist Vyzhvan state. The civil war lasted for three years, during which 200,000 lives were lost. The victorious Zayetists introduced their regime which would isolate Vyzhva from the rest of the world for another 70 years.

Only in recent years has Vyzhva begun to open up yet again, under the novel leadership of Vazyl Ruban who serves as the Paramount Director of the Vyzhvan people. Currently, the impoverished and comparatively isolationistic country pursues weapons of mass destruction, primarily holding them as a deterrence, should any foreign leadership wish to topple its totalitarian regime.

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Militaristic Ambitions

The Vyzhvan Collectivist State maintains extremely scarce ties with the rest of the international community and has time upon time proven to be extremely hostile towards their neighbours, even threatening them with their claimed weapons of mass destruction. Additionally, Tír Glas is constantly seen as the enemy in regards to Vyzhvan foreign policy.

The Vyzhvan armed forces, formally known as the People's Mobilisation are reknown for putting up grandiose shows of military power through exercises and wargames which may include hundreds of thousands of soldiers at times. According to an estimate made in 2017, the People's Mobilisation was thought to have approximately 1 million patriotic Vyzhvans at its disposal.

Vyzhvan society is plagued by a siege mentality and xenophobic attitudes against foreign ethnicities, which is seen as a direct result of years of isolation. Most if not all Vyzhvans consider 'the Vyzhvan race' to be superior to others, and an effective propaganda machinery enforces this attitude upon its Vyzhvan citizens.

As previously mentioned, the government has made repeated claims stating that they possess WMDs, and while most of these claims have been debunked as tools of propaganda and deterrence, analysts of the elusive nation say that the People's Mobilisation could be close to a breakthrough in the acquisition of nuclear arms. Although the despite the eventual Vyzhvan nuke would be quite primitive as compared to any of the nuclear weapons of the great powers, it still presents an immidiate risk to the nations in the near vicinity of the notably volatile state.

A handful of conspiracy theorists suggest that a Vyzhvan nuke would not be a possibility unless in the case of foreign intervention. Thus, they have made claims that somehow the Federation of Socialist Republics, commonly known as the FSR, have intervened in the Vyzhvan WMD procurement process in an effort to destabilise Vinya further. In recent years, these theories have gotten widespread support and recognition, but as of late 2018 no official explanation of the situation has been released by the Letnevian government.

[New Tyran]

National Showcase: The Kingdom of Tyran
Nemo me impune lacessit - No one cuts me with impunity

Freedom's bought with blood

It was over a millennia ago that upon the blood soaked fields of Falkirk, an outcast king by the name of Erik Tyran slew his tormentors and proclaimed a new kingdom for his people free from the chains of their oppressors. Under his reign he led his people to victories against seemingly impossible odds and established his newly birthed kingdom as a strong independent homeland for the Tyrannic people, for evermore.

The Kingdom of Tyran, consists of two countries, Anglia and Lechernt. The Kingdom also has sovereignty of five territories which do not form part of the Kingdom itself. They are the last remaining remnants of the colonial empire and are Tyrannian for as long as they wish to remain so. The country of Lechernt covers the eastern part of the nation, bordering Reberiya to the east and Sieuxerr to the south, the country has its own devolved government and distinct culture and national identity.

Following the industrial revolution the Kingdom of Tyran became one of the commercial, intellectual and industrial powerhouses of Casaterra and came to rule a colonial empire, one of the largest in recorded Septentrion history. Following a process of decolonisation in the 20th century, caused by the weakening of the Kingdom's power in the devastating Pan-Septentrion War. The Kingdom of Tyran emerged as one of the victors, but victory was costly in social and economic terms. Thus, what followed was a time of austerity and economic restraint. Almost all of the empire's remaining overseas territories became independent countries. However, its cultural impact remains widespread and deep in some of them.

The Kingdom was one of the first countries to develop a nuclear weapons arsenal, using the first nuclear device in conflict, but the new post-war limits of Tyran's international role were illustrated by the costly Second Menghean War and Azbekistan Crisis of 1947. It's a founding member of the Entente Cordiale, a multinational military alliance with the nations of Sieuxer and Sylva and a number of other allied states but left the alliance in the aftermath of the Sieuxerr-Tyrannian Conflict of 1978, nearly bringing the two nations to total nuclear conflict. Warming of relations by the start of the 21st saw A&L rejoin the Entente in the 90s and see old alliances renewed.