Sugovia (Pacifica)

Thirteen United Provinces of the Republic of Sugovia Dreizenn Verenigte Provinzen de Repoblik Sogowien
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Ond Doch Sind Wir Hier" And yet here we are
Anthem: "de Banner weht immer noh" "The banner flies still"
Capital and	Riverion
Official languages	Sugovian
Recognised national languages	Austral, Arabic, Alman
Recognised regional languages	Sunlandic Highlander, Elbonian, Alanian Eskonic
Ethnic groups (2022)	Sugovian
Religion (2022)	Islam 68%, Christianity 32%
Demonym(s)	Sugovian
Government	Full presidential republic
• President	Mohammad Malik
• Vice President	Faisal Mobarak
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Konikslicher Rat
• Lower house	Volkssennat
Establishment
• End of the Elbonian Wars	1815
• The Sugovian Congress	1921
• Proclamation of the Republic	1935
Population
• 2023 estimate	94,000,000
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$2,100,000,000
• Per capita	$22,340
Currency	Schilling

Sugovia, officially the Thirteen United Provinces of the Republic of Sugovia (Sugovian: Dreizenn Verenigte Provinzen de Repoblik Sogowien; Alman: Dreizehn Vereinigte Provinzen der Republik Sugowien) is a nation located in North-Central Cordilia. Bordered by Weisserstein to the southeast, Past to the south, Cadiz and Losavra to the north, Ryccia to the northwest, and the Weissersteiner Sea to the east. Centered mostly on the Sugo river, which is also where the country gets its name from.

While the concept of a united Sugovia is a recent development, which was inspired by the Weissersteiner Unification in 1815, the idea of the lands by the Sugo becoming a single united entity is nothing new. Like the Weissersteiners, the Sugovian Almans originated from Frastinia following the Hazel-Cat War and the Great Calamity. Before the arrival of Almannic and Indavral tribes, the lands by the Sugo were inhabited by several different people groups, namely the Eskons, the Hosonians, the Ozahians, the Shoeptikans, and the Old Pegathians.

Sugovia is divided into thirteen provinces, all of which corresponds with the 13 signatories of the XYZ which unified Sugovia into a single nation.

Etymology

The name Sugovia came from the river Sugo. The word literally means "land of the Sugo".

Origins of the name of the Sugo river remains unknown. The earliest mention of the name of the river was in 923 BCE, when it was referred to as the Tso'ko by the Ozahians, though it is believed the Ozahian name came from an earlier people group lost to time.

Cissugovia and Transsugovia

The term Cissugovia and Transsugovia had been used to distinguish the northern and southern points of Sugovia respectively. The terms have seen popularity in the 18th and 19th century, but ceased to be used following the Sugovian Congress in 1921, which deemed the areas of Cissugovia and Transsugovia as one land.

History

Pre-Almannic civilizations

Before the arrival of the Indavral and Almannic tribes, the lands of Sugovia were inhabited mostly by several nomadic people groups, namely the Eskons, the Hosonians, the Ozahians, the Shoeptikans, and the Old Pegathians. These nomadic people groups were spread far and wide and competed with each other for resources. This period was also the first time the river Sugo was mentioned in 923 BCE (as Tso'ko in Ozahian), however it is believed that the Ozahian name may have came from a much earlier people group lost to time as the name does not mean anything in Ozahian.

By the year 1000 BCE, the tribes have began creating their own proto-states. The Old Pegathians were the first tribes to began settling in small towns, and eventually establishing small ports and fishing towns in the southern coast, now bordering the Weissersteiner Sea. The Pegathians eventually formed the Pegathian Confederation in 982 BCE, which would become the indirect predecessor to the later Almannic kingdoms of Riverion, Armonia, Oostgao, Sunland, and Weibnen-Lichtenburg. The Eskons created the semi-nomadic Eskonic Hetmanate in the year 996 BCE, centered mostly in the south of the Wald river. The Ozahians formed their own confederacy around modern-day Morhaven in 974 BCE, which would span the northern coast and competed with the Pegathians in trade. The Ozahians and Pegathians were noted to have been very urbanized in comparison to the other tribes. The Hosonians and Shoeptikans mostly inhabited the western mountain ranges, which bordered modern-day Ryccia, and did not form polities of their own until around 700 BCE.

Trade flourished between the Eskonic Hetmanate, the Pegathian Confederation, and the Ozahian Confederation and eventually expanded to the western Hosonian and Shoeptikan tribes. This extensive trade network between the tribes created a culture of mutual cooperation in the region. Goods such as minerals, fish, salt, cattle, leather, wheat, and others were traded on an average basis. This trade expanded further as the Ozahian and Pegathian confederations began trading their goods with other powers via sea, expanding the regional trade networks further. Trade was also established to the people groups around the region.

In 540 BCE, the forces of the Triangular tribes of Ikarn, Narus, and Ranaras began expanding southwards and eventually annexed parts(?) of modern-day Hohenland, Semigaria, and Algaria, which became a corridor to Pastrala.

Rise of the Elbonian Empire and the Elbonian Wars

Main articles: Heckel-Cleves War (Pacifica), Elbonian Empire (Pacifica), and Elbonian Wars (Pacifica)

Politics

The Sugovian government is officially a full presidential republic, with a distinct legislative, executive, and judicative body. However, due to the complex history and the 1934 Republican-Monarchist Deal, the individual Sugovian provinces remain a constitutional monarchy. This means that while Sugovia as a whole is a presidential republic, with the President of Sugovia as both head of state and head of government, within each provinces there is a separate head of state (the monarchs) and head of government (governors).

Administrative divisions

Sugovia has several levels of subdivision. The first level are the 13 provinces (Provinzen), which has its own monarchs, legislatures, and its own elected governors, which acts as the head of government within the province. A province is divided into Landgraviates (Landgrafschaft), which is the second level administration within the country and has its own regional legislature. The third level are the Cantons (Kantone) and the fourth level are the Municipalities (Gemenden). Saltzemarkt is an outlier, as the province is too small to be divided into landgraves, and has only a single canton.

The history of Sugovia's provinces dates back to the end of the Elbonian Wars, when the modern boundaries were drawn following the coalition's victory against the Elbonian and Triangular empires. Changes in the border occurred when the duchies of Bitteborg and Noordemaarke unified in 1822, and the unification of the Kirchenstine duchies of Leiyern-Leiyern, Leiyern-Mekklossbroekenne, and Leiyern-Frankborg in 1848.

During the Sugovian Congress in 1921, it was agreed that the internal borders of Sugovia would be drawn based on the preexisting borders of the states, and when Sugovian unification occured on October 10, 1935, virtually no changes to the preexisting borders were made. While initially these new provinces hold a large degree of autonomy, each with their own subdivisions based on preexisting subdivisions, by 1948 this was seen as largely inefficient. In 1948, both houses of the Sugovian National Assembly approved and ratified a change in the internal boundaries of the provinces, establishing Landgraviates, Cantons, and Municipalities, which replaced every other subdivision used in the provinces before then. The changes were meant to create a more streamline and efficient internal subdivision for the provinces.

Province	Capital	Population	% of Population	GDP	% of GDP
Alania	Frankstaadt
Algaria	Waißwasr
Bitteborg-Noordemaarke	Vokklabirn
Cleves	Kliefstaadt
Hohenland	Hohenstaadt
Leiyern	Leiyern
Morhaven	Morhaven
Oostgao	Woebennekonn
Riverion-Armonia	Riverion
Saltzemarkt	Saltzemarkt
Semigaria	Shaffkonn
South Elbonia	Rodenne
Sunland	Sonnedasfall

Military

Main article: Sugovian Defense Forces

The Sugovian Defense Forces (Sugovian: Sogowische Wehrmacht) consists of 4 branches, the Army (Sugovian: Landwehr), the Navy (Sugovian: Marine), the Air Force (Sugovian: Loftwaffe), and the Militia (Sugovian: Milizkraft).