Sugovia (Pacifica)

Thirteen United Provinces of the Republic of Sugovia Dreizenn Verenigte Provinzen der Republik Sogowien
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Alls fur die Heemat" Everything for the Homeland
Anthem: "Lasset hoh das Banner wehn" "Let the banner fly high"
Capital and	Riverion
Official languages	Sugovian
Recognised regional languages	Alman, Elbonian
Ethnic groups (2022)	Sugovian
Religion (2022)	Islam 68%, Christianity 32%
Demonym(s)	Sugovian
Government	Full presidential republic
• President	Muhammad Malik
• Vice President	Faisal Mubarak
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Konigslihe Rat
• Lower house	Volkstag
Establishment
• End of the Elbonian Wars	1815
• Concert of Sugovia	1815-1921
• 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	Shilling

Sugovia, officially the Thirteen United Provinces of the Republic of Sugovia (Sugovian: Dreizenn Verenigte Provinzen der Republik Sogowien) is a unitary presidential republic 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. The country runs on several major rivers, namely the Sugo, which is also where the country gets its name from. The country occupies an area of 540,898 km² and has a population of 98 million.

Human civilization emerged in what is today Sugovia during 3000 BCE. These early civilizations, which later became known as the Sugovics, where related to the Kalashonis of Clashonia and various pre-Alman peoples inhabiting today's Weisserstein. These peoples would remain nomadic until the arrival of the Kalashonis in 1200 BCE. During the era of the Merik Confederation, Kalashoni culture spread from its traditional stronghold along the Clarve to parts of southern Sugovia. However, with the lost of prominence of the Merik Confederation, local polities began to form adjacent to the Merik Confederation's northernmost frontiers.

Beginning in the 1000 BCE, the Sugovics would eventually form their own proto-states and polities. The first of these was the powerful Pegathian Confederation, which evolved from Old Pegathian fishing ports along the east in 982 BCE. This new polity swore allegiance to the Merik Aspar until the start of the Merik Civil War in 800 BCE. Several other states would appear during the period between the arrival of the Merik Confederation until the Merik Civil War, most of which were located beyond the borders of the Confederation. On the onset of the Merik Civil War, the northern frontiers declared open rebellion, mostly led by the Alan clan of the Kalashoni. These rebelling peoples formed their own states by the beginning of the Great Anarchy in Clashonia.

In the 800s, Almans migrated south to what is today Sugovia, Weisserstein, and Clashonia, following the Alman split. These Almans would then inhabit the areas of the Pegathian Confederation, Ozahian Confederation, and the Asparate of Alania.

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

Etymology

The name Sugovia came from the river Sugo, which is the largest river in the country. The 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 Tsogo by the Old Pegathians, though it is believed the Old Pegathian name came from an earlier people group lost to time.

History

Establishment of the Great Trade

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 Tsogo in Old Pegathian), however it is believed that the Old Pegathian name may have came from a much earlier people group lost to time as the name does not mean anything in Old Pegathian.

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

Sugovia is officially a full presidential republic, with a distinct legislative, executive, and judiciary body. However, due to the complex history and the 1934 Republican-Monarchist Deal, the individual Sugovian provinces remain constitutional monarchies. This means that while Sugovia as a whole is a presidential republic, with the President of Sugovia as both head of state and government on a national level, within each provinces there is a separate head of state (the monarchs) and head of government (the governors), delegating powers and authority to the individual provinces while still remaining a unitary state.

The President of Sugovia is the head of state and head of government, commander-in-chief of the Sugovian Defense Forces (Sogowishe Weermaht), and the director of domestic governance, policy-making, and foreign affairs. The president may serve a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms, and is elected by popular majority vote, with a run-off between the top-scoring candidates if necessary. The current President of Sugovia is Muhammad Malik.

The highest representative body at the national level is the National Assembly (Nationalversammlung). Its main functions are supporting and amending the constitution, inaugurating and impeaching the president, and formalising broad outlines of state policy. The National Assembly comprises two houses; the Royal Council (Konigslihe Rat), comprising of 225 members, and the People's Diet (Volkstag), with 580 members. The Royal Council acts as the upper house of the National Assembly and represents the interests of the monarchies, with limited rights to veto legislation and acts in matters of regional management, and its members are either selected directly by the ruling provincial monarch or by vote. The Volkstag acts as the lower house of the National Assembly and is the more dominant of the two houses, with the powers to pass legislation and monitor the executive branch.

Most civil disputes appear before the State Court (Landesgeriht); appeals are heard before the High Court (Hohegeriht). The Supreme Court of Sugovia (Oberster Gerihtshof ) is the highest level of the judicial branch and hears final cessation appeals and conducts case reviews. The Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerihtshof) which listens to constitutional and political matters. Additionally, the Judicial Commission (Justizkommission) monitors the performance of judges.

Parties and elections

The Sugovian legislature operates under a multi-party system. In all legislative elections since the 1998-1999 Political Crisis, no political party has won an overall majority of seats, which results in coalition governments. Democratic Solidarity, which secured the most votes in the 2023 elections, is the party of incumbent president Muhammad Malik. Other notable parties include the Sugovian People's Party, the Islamic Revival Party, the Republic Movement, and the Labor Party.

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 (Landgrafshaft), 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.

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 states, by 1948 this was seen as largely inefficient. In 1948, both houses of the National Assembly approved and ratified a change in the internal boundaries of the provinces, establishing Landgraviates, Cantons, and Municipalities, replacing all previous subdivisions. 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	Frankstadt
Algaria	Waißwasr
Zierenberg-Nordmark	Swillingsherzog
Cleves	Kleifs
Hohenland	Hohstadt
Leiyern	Leiern
Moorshaven	Moorshaven
Ostgau-Aldental	Webennstadt
Riverion-Armonia	Riverion
Saltzemarkt	Saltzemarkt
Semigaria	Aussig
South Elbonia	Rodenne
Sunland	Sonnedasfall

Military

Main article: Sugovian Defense Forces

The Sugovian Defense Forces (Sugovian: Sogowische Weermaht) consists of 4 branches, the Army (Sugovian: Landweer), the Navy (Sugovian: Marine), the Air Force (Sugovian: Luftwaffe), and the Militia (Sugovian: Milizkraft).