Sugovia (Pacifica)
Thirteen United Provinces of the Republic of Sugovia Dreizenn Verenikke Provinz de Repoblik Sogowien | |
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 Flag | |
Motto: "Ond Doch Sinn Wier Hier" And yet here we are | |
Anthem: "de Banner vet imer noh" "The banner flies still" | |
| Capital and | Riverion |
| Official languages | Sugovian |
| Recognised national languages | Austral, Arabic, Alman |
| Recognised regional languages | Sunlandic Highlander, Elbonian, Eskonic |
| Ethnic groups (2022.) | Sugovian |
| Religion (2022) | Islam 68%, Christianity 32% |
| Demonym(s) | Sugovian |
| Government | Full presidential republic |
• President | Mohammad Malik |
• Vice President | Abdalla Omar |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Konikslicher Rat | |
| Volkssennat | |
| Establishment | |
• End of the Elbonian Wars | 1815 |
• The Sugovian Congress | 1921 |
• Proclamation of the Republic | 1935 |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 45,000,000 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $1,050,000,000 |
• Per capita | $23,333 |
| Currency | Serren |
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 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 Sugovians originated from Frastinia following the Hazel-Cat War and the Great Calamity (bla bla bla more history soon).
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, but is believed to have come from one of the pre-Almannic tribes that inhabited Sugovia before the Great Migration by the Almans.
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 and Triangular rule
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 Pegathians (both Old and New 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'ho 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 800 BCE, the Eskons became the dominant people group in the region, followed closely by the Pegathians. It was noted that in the year 796 BCE, a war broke out between the Hosonians and the Ozahians, which saw the latter tribe driven to extinction. The Hosonians would also drive the Shoeptikans to extinction in 699 BCE in a 80 year war. However, the shenanigans of the Hosonians caught the attention of the Eskons and Pegathians, who were at the time close rivals. The two tribes signed a agreement and launched raids into Hosonian settlements, with the last Hosonian settlement destroyed in 612 BCE.
The Eskons and Pegathians lived relatively peacefully, with the Eskons establishing the semi-nomadic Eskonic Hetmanate in 651 BCE and the Pegathians began settling near the coast, creating small fishing settlements which later formed into the Pegathian League in 644 BCE. In 582 BCE, the Eskonic Host suffered a massive internal crisis, causing the Eskonic Civil War, which saw multiple Hosts, namely the Alanian Host, declaring their independence from the central host. 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.
The Almannic Migration
The Sunlandic Confederation and the Sunlandic Wars
The Crusades and rise of Almannic kingdoms
Rise of the Kingdom of Heckel, formation of the Elbonian Empire, and the Elbonian Wars
Waisswasr Accords and post-Elbonian Wars
Sugovian Congress, Republican-Monarchist Deal, Declaration of the Republic
The Great War
Cold War and Elbonian Crisis
Present Day
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 | GDP |
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| Alania | Frankstaadt | ||
| Algaria | Waisswasr | ||
| Bitteborg-Noordemaarke | Vokklabirn | ||
| Hohenland | Hohenstaadt | ||
| Cleves | Kliefstaadt | ||
| Leiyern | Leiyern | ||
| Morhaven | Morhavem | ||
| Oostgao | Woebennekonn | ||
| Riverion-Armonia | Riverion | ||
| Saltzemarkt | Saltzemarkt | ||
| Semigaria | Shaffkonn | ||
| South Elbonia | Rodenne | ||
| Sunland | Sonnedasfall |
Law
Foreign relations
Military
The Sugovian Defense Forces (Sogowische Wehrmacht) consists of 5 branches, the Army (Landwehr), the Navy (Marine), the Air Force (Loftwaffe), the Special Detachments (Sonderkommando), and the Provincial Guards and Militia (Provinzgarden ond Milizkraft).